BY: Chris Santos
9/14/22…CHICO CALIFORNIA: WEDNESDAY NIGHT, KALEB WOULD MAKE THE TRIP TO SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY TO RUN WITH THE SPRINT CAR CHALLENGE TOUR AND OPEN UP THE 2022 GOLD CUP. HOWEVER, HE WOULD HOP ABOARD A NEW RIDE AS HE & C&M MOTORSPORTS WOULD PARTNER UP FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT RACE.
KALEB WOULD START HIS NIGHT OFF ON A SOLID NOTE WITH GROUP QUALIFYING. HE WOULD GO OUT & GO 3RD QUICK IN HIS GROUP, PUTTING HIM INTO A FRONT ROW STARTING A POT FOR THE HEAT RACE & INTO A VERY GOOD SPOT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.
THE HEAT RACE WOULD SEE KALEB ROLL OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ROW IN THE 2ND POSITION FOR HIS HEAT RACE. KALEB WOULD GET THE INITIAL JUMP AND PULL OUT TO THE LEAD. HE WOULD LEAD EVERY LAP OF THE HEAT RACE & LOCK HIMSELF INTO THE DASH.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHERE HIS NIGHT WOULD TAKE HIS TURN AS HE WOULD BLOW THE MOTOR IN THE HEAT RACE. HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO RUN THE DASH AS HE WOULD ROLL OFF FROM INSIDE OF ROW 4 IN THE 7TH SPOT. ULTIMATELY HIS NIGHT WAS INDEED OVER AS HE WOULD FINISH LAST IN THE DASH AND BE A DNS FOR THE FEATURE.
THURSDAY KALEB WOULD RETURN TO ACTION FOR PRELIMINARY NIGHT 1 WITH THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS, THIS TIME IN THE KELLER MOTORSPORTS NUMBER 2K. A STRONG FIELD OF 29 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS WOULD PACK THE SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY PIT AREA, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOCK INTO THE 40 LAP SATURDAY NIGHT GOLD CUP FINALE.
HIS NIGHT WOULD START OFF IN QUALIFYING WHERE HE WOULD NEED A GOOD LAP TO PUT HIMSELF IN A GOOD SPOT FOR THE NIGHT. HE WOULD END UP GOING 20TH QUICK OUT OF THE 29 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS & BARELY MAKE THE 6 CAR HEAT RACE INVERT.
KALEB WOULD ROLL OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ROW IN THE SECOND STARTING POSITION. AFTER STARTING A SECOND, KALEB WOULD GRAB THE LEAD ON THE INITIAL START AND GO ON TO LEAD EVERY LAP. HE WOULD WIN THE HEAT RACE & LOCK INTO THE THURSDAY NIGHT 30 LAP FEATURE EVENT.
IN THE FEATURE, KALEB WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW 9 THE 18TH POSITION. SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY WOULD PROVE TO BE TRICKY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. AFTER STARTING 18TH KALEB WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD A COUPLE OF SPOTS & WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG FELL HE WOULD COME HOME 18TH
SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD BE THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 2022 GOLD CUP RACE OF CHAMPIONS. A STRONG FIELD OF 51 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS WOULD RETURN TO SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY LOOKING TO MAKE THE FEATURE & HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE $25,000 TO WIN GRAND PRIZE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
WITH NO QUALIFYING, HEAT RACE LINEUPS WOULD BE BASED OFF OF POINTS, MEANING THAT KALEB WOULD ROLL OFF FROM THE INSIDE OF ROW 4 IN THE 7TH POSITION FOR HIS HEAT RACE. STARTING 7TH, KALEB WOULD NEED TO FINISH TOP-4 TO MAKE THE FEATURE. UNFORTUNATELY THE TRACK WAS VERY HARD TO PASS ON IN THE HEAT RACES AND KALEB WOULD FINISH 7TH WHERE HE HAD STARTED THE HEAT RACE.
THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WOULD SEE KALEB ROLL OFF FROM OUTSIDE OF ROW 6 IN THE 12TH STARTING POSITION. HE WOULD NEED TO FINISH TOP-4 TO TRANSFER TO THE FEATURE. UNFORTUNATELY THE B-MAIN WOULD NOT GO HIS WAY AS HE WOULD FALL BACK TO 17TH WHERE HE WOULD FINISH THE NIGHT, AND HIS WEEKEND.
OVERALL IT WAS A SOLID BUT UNLUCKY WEEKEND FOR KALEB MONTGOMERY. HE WOULD SHOW A LOT OF SPEED ON WEDNESDAY & THEN BLOW A MOTOR WHILE LEADING THE HEAT RACE. THEN QUALIFYING ON THURSDAY WOULD SET HIM BACK FOR THE REST OF THE GOLD CUP.
KALEB & KELLER MOTORSPORTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEIR SPONSORS; SPONSORS:
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NEXT RACE: 9/15, KELLER AUTO SPEEDWAY, 360
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