FALLON - Fans at Rattlesnake Raceway on Saturday got a full menu of what can happen during a night of racing. It ranged from crazy to fast and furious.

Lady Luck dealt her cards early during the GenX feature.

"It was fun," Don Hall said after winning the race. "Considering that the car blew up with about three laps to go I guess the car suited the track pretty good."

It took two attempts to get the GenX feature started. The result was the same with Mandy Ellsworth leading the charge into Turn 1 and Hall making a sweeping outside move to grab the point as the field exited Turn 2.

Ellsworth eventually faded, possibly after being spun by another car. Toward the front Paul Yamanaka worked his way to second ahead of Bryan Kaster, who ended up third.

After the dust settled, Hall described how lucky he was just to finish the race.

"I took the green with the water temperature at 230 degrees and at the end it was running on three cylinders at 275. I just made it as there were sparks coming out from under the hood on the last lap," he said. "This is a replacement car as we rolled our racecar three weeks ago at Susanville."

One veteran driver switched classes and managed to score a victory in his first time out with a very different car. For the past several years, Dennis Crook has raced a Pro4 machine, but on this night he was behind the wheel of a much more powerful 318 Modified.

To complicate matters, the track was still slick after being soaked during the intermission.

After having its start waved off, the field finally got into proper order. The green waved and they were off. Crook, who started in the front row, took off and left everyone in his dust and mud.

Behind the leader Jim Turner soon slotted into second, while Duncan Lee grabbed third. They both finished in that order behind the flying Crook, who just checked out on the field.

Asked about driving a new and more powerful car, winner Crook said, "It was pretty interesting and there was a little learning curve at the beginning. The car was beautiful and handled like a dream. I don't know if I've given up Pro4's but for now I'm running a 318."

Luck also played a part in Crook's victory.

After his heat race, he was able to correct some steering issues with his car. Then, as the cars were working in the moisture on the track, he was hit but a spinning car but escaped with only a dented wheel.

The shortest race of the night was the IMCA Modified feature. It ran caution free, from green to checkered, in about 10 minutes of fast, furious action.

Up front Duane Kramer led the charge until the 15th lap when a charging Jake Holland grabbed the point. Back in the pack, division points leader Dustin Jenks was on a charge of his own, but had to settle for second as there was no catching the flying Holland.

Another short and fast race was the Pro Stock main.

When the race started Al Goss took off with Rob Grace in hot pursuit. The first caution came when the racer of Ed Goss apparently broke a ball joint that almost put him into the Turn 1 wall.

Right after the green waved, things came to a sudden halt when another car slammed into the same wall.

By now Jesse Gonzalez held second and when the green waved again he was after the fleeing Goss. For the next several laps they were nose-to-tail roaring around the track.

Unfortunately, Goss suffered mechanical failure that dropped him out of the race and let Gonzalez run away to the victory. Sparks driver Josh Ogg was unable to close the gap and had to settle for the runner-up spot.

During the night a couple of cautions were lengthened when both tow trucks ran out of gas, fortunately at different times. During the last incident one truck was towing the other truck that had hooked up a damaged car when it ran out of gas.

The longest race of the night was the Bomber main. This division is supposed to run on a sloppy track and they got to start working in the water after the intermission.

With the track so wet, it took a long time and finally the officials lined everyone up on the infield dirt. Then the field was told they would do a standing start.

Unfortunately two drivers thought they could run on the dirt but were soon signaled to get on the track. When the checkered waved on their shortened event, Chris Christiano claimed the victory followed by Brandon Thunder.

For most of this season, the Hobby Stock class has had the largest field of cars. This night was no exception as the filled up most of the front straight during introductions.

When the green waved, Ronnie Goetz led the charge while Mardi Cuthbert slotted into second and soon took the point. Four laps into the event the race was stopped when Mike White slammed into the Turn 1 after contact with Goetz.

After determining the drivers were uninjured the field got back in ordered and racing resumed. Two laps later Bill Holloway took the lead right before another caution when leader Cuthbert slowed on the backstretch.

Back in the pack both points leader Luis Miranda and Spanish Springs driver Richard Italiano were working their way to the front.

After another quick caution Italiano was second with Miranda holding the fourth spot. Although he soon took the lead, Italiano headed for the pits with what seemed to be overheating problems.

Up front a bit too eager Miranda hit and spun Holloway bringing out another caution. Not only did Holloway have to go to the back but the officials put Miranda there as well.

As a result Pete Baglin assumed the lead and wasn't about to give it up. Behind him Miranda was slicing his way through the field and was second with two laps to go.

In the final charge Baglin was able to hold the lead despite pressure and some contact from Miranda and they crossed the line in that order.

"The race was hard and long!" Baglin said after winning his second race of the season. "Yea, I could feel somebody back there pushing me. All these cars are pretty much even, it's just who ever messes up but I finally found a groove."

•This weekend's biggest race will be staged by the Northern Nevada Kart Club at Desert Park Raceway in Lemmon Valley. With an over $1,000 to win purse in the 80 shifters there should be some top-notch drivers from California invading the local's turf.

Qualifying should begin a little after 5 p.m. and racing after that his completed. This time 14 classes are expected including the return of the 125cc shifters led by many time champion Mitch Kennedy.

That same night, at 6 p.m., the Lovelock Speedway will begin its second night race of the season. Now that the track has lights the remained of their races will be during the evening.

OTHER RACING NEWS

•Travis Petersen continued his season of domination at the American Valley Speedway in Quincy, Calif. by winning his sixth Pro Stock feature in as many races on Saturday evening.

•This week only the Busch Brothers, of NASCAR's Nevada Quartet, were in action as both raced in the Sprint Cup event at Pocono. And both had their share of bad luck.

For Kyle a top 10 finish was spoiled when he had to stop for gas with two to go, which dropped him to 36th at the end. His brother Kurt, who led at one point, also had his bad luck and finished 38th after starting 10th.

RESULTS

Rattlesnake Raceway - Aug. 2

Bombers:

Heat Winners - #1 Brandon Thunder, #2 Kelly Thompson

Main (10-Laps) - 1. Chris Christiano, 2. Brandon Thunder, 3. Kelly Thompson, 4. Josh Montgomery

318 Modifieds:

Heat Winners - #1 Bob Bender, #2 Duncan Lee

Main (15-Laps) - 1. Dennis Crook, 2. Bob Bender, 3. Jim Turner, 4. Marri Andrews, 5. Duncan Lee

GenX:

Heat Winners - #1 Paul Yamanaka, #2 Skeeter Donaldson

Main (20-Laps) - 1. Don Hall, 2. Paul Yamanaka, 3. Bryan Kaster, 4. Cody Thunder, 5. Jana Neal

Hobby Stocks:*

Heat Winners - #1 Royce Goetz, #2 Chris Vanroekel, #3 Mike White

Main (30-Laps_ - 1. Pete Baglin, 2. Luis Miranda, 3. Bill Holloway, 4. Wes Washburn, 5. Ronnie Goetz Jr.

Pro Stocks:

Heat Winners - #1 Jesse Gonzalez, #2 Gary Nevers

Main - (20-Laps) - 1. Jesse Gonzalez, 2. Josh Ogg, 3. Rob Grace, 4. Gary Nevers

IMCA Modifieds:

Heat Winners - #1 Dustin Jenks, #2 Jake Holland

Main (30-Laps) - 1. Jake Holland, 2. Dustin Jenks, 3. Rich Hill, 4. Dave Ellsworth, 5. Malen Gonzalez

* - Unofficial, subject to change.