LAKEPORT — The mighty midgets of the Bay Cities Racing Association make the first of their two appearances this season at the Lakeport Speedway on Saturday night.
Highlighting the competition will be two Lake County drivers, Eric Mostin and Brian Gard. Gard recently moved to Clovis to attend college and work. He will be driving the Napa-based Arata Brothers Chevy-powerd Stealth. Mostin, aboard the family Gaerte-powered Beast, will be looking to repeat his two victories at Lakeport in 2004.
Among the other top entries will be Travis Berryhill, the current BCRA point leader who has scored two consecutive feature wins aboard his “Spirit of American Canyon” Fontana-powered Stealth ? one on the dirt at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville and the second at the paved Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka.
Defending BCRA champion John Sarale of Stockton will be piloting his Chevy-powered Beast. Sarale won the Lakeport feature last June.
Also entered are seven-time BCRA champion Floyd Alvis of San Carlos, driving his VanDyne/Stealth as well as Steve Roza of Clovis, David Prickett of Fresno, Ralph Cortez of Sacramento, Bill Lindsey of San Carlos, Cameron Beard of Atwater and Gary Dickenson of Santa Rosa.
The midgets, rated at more than 350 horsepower in their 900-pound racing machines, are among the fastest cars to appear at the Lakeport Speedway.
Also on the BCRA racing card is the popular vintage division, featuring midget cars from the 1930s through the mid-1970s.
Saturday night”s program also includes the Northern California Racing Association mini-stocks, street stocks and bombers.
Admission to the Lakeport Speedway is $11 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and students and $5 for children. The family package of two adults and two children is $29.?
