By Gary Costa Chico, Ca. – (May 8-9, 2009) – Golden State Challenge Sprint Car star and points leader Tyler Walker has been on fire the last few weeks in the SC Motorsports, NMI Industrial Contractors No. 24 JEI. The Scott Chastain owned mount would park in Chico for two days to compete in the regular Friday night 410 show and prepare themselves for the prestigious Golden State Challenge sanctioned 40-lap Dave Bradway, Jr. Memorial. Friday night, Walker was the 31st car out and qualified second out of the 33 car field, pounding the ¼-mile speedway with an 11.449. In Heat No. 2, Walker finished fourth and took the last transfer spot after starting from his sixth position. Walker would then start the 25-lap main event in the fifth position. As the action out on the racetrack would start to heat up, unfortunately so did the motor. Walker wisely pulled the No. 24 off of the racing surface. Taking no chances, the team chose to change out the bullet and replace it for the next evening of competition. Like the professionals that they are, the team went to work, put Friday behind them and focused themselves for the next evening’s races. Walker again would go out late in the qualifying field as he was the 33rd car out. He was able to turn a nice lap which qualified him in the fourth position out of the 35 cars that took time. Walker would immediately go to work in Heat No. 1. From his fifth starting spot, he was able to chase Andy Forsberg to the checkered flag for second place. With Walker transferring into the feature, it also put him in the dash where the Los Angeles driver finished third. From his third starting Walker didn’t waste anytime when the green light came on. Walker quickly moved into the third spot; however he was pacing himself in the 40-lap affair. As the laps clicked off, the car started pulling wheelies due to the nose cone coming loose. Around the halfway point in the race the red flag flew and an “open red” was called. The crew noticed a broken water fitting on the motor. The team fixed the nose cone, but was unable to fix the broken line. Walker was pushed back off and went to war with Jonathan Allard. During the battle, Walker’s right rear slipped over the edge of the turn and he proceeded to spin out and was forced to start at the back-of-the-pack. Never one to give up, Walker pushed off and fought for every position that he could. While moving forward, the broken waterline reared its ugly head, and started releasing water, the motor would begin to “lie down”, but he still managed to finish fourth in the wild night. “I am really proud of the team,” proud crew chief Lee Lindgren said. “With everything that went on this weekend they never gave up. This is a team effort. Tyler drove as hard as he could after spinning Saturday and I’m real proud of him too. We will move on and we are all looking forward to Tulare.” UP Next For SC Motorsports!: Tyler Walker will seek his fourth win and will also look to put some points distance between himself and Dave Bradway, Jr., Memorial winner, Jonathan Allard this Saturday, May 16th for Round No. 8 of the Golden State Challenge Series at the Tulare Thunderbowl. Be sure to follow us on the web at: www.tylerwalker24.com and for all of your Industrial Building needs, be sure to look us up on the web www.nmiindustrial.com All of us from the SC Motorsports team would like to thank: A Better Valley Crane, Stainless Distributors, NIEMANN’S Auto Touch, Inc., VMAC Racing, YAK Graphics, Impact racing, Racing Optics, BR Motorsports, Snap On, Izzie’s Body Shop, TriCo Welding Supplies, Weld Racing, TP Wings, ButlerBuilt, JEI and Shark Racing Engines, for all of your continued support!

(Chico, CA) Tyler qualified 2nd quick out of 33 cars with a lap of 11.449. Tyler started 6th in his heat race and finished 4th. In the A-main feature Tyler Started 5th and finished 13th. The next race for the team is May 8th at the Silver Dollar Speedway located in Chico, CA.

By Gary Costa
Watsonville, Ca. (April 24, 2009) – Tyler Walker and the SC Motorsports team would score their second consecutive Golden State Challenge Sprint Car win in spectacular fashion at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville. The team has not finished out of the top-8 in five of the GSC races entered this year.
"I told Scott (Chastain), that we are going to have a great year," Walker said. "Every time that I show up at the racetrack, I have the confidence in my guys that the car will be fast."
The team is rapidly gaining momentum, with April being a productive month for Scott Chastain's, SC Motorsports, NMI Industrial Contractors No. 24, JEI. Ocean Speedway would become the site for the teams' third win. The capable team, has garnered two other wins in GSC competition this season, with victories coming at Antioch Speedway, April 4th, and last weekend at Petaluma Speedway.
Heading into the fifth round of the series, Tyler would carry a slim 4 point lead into the event over the always tough and current King of California, Jonathan Allard.
In qualifying, Walker would flash around the ¼-mile speedway in the Lee Lindgren wrenched mount to second quick, out of the 21 car field - timing in with an 11.889. In Heat 2, Walker would finish second to Bud Kaeding. In the all important dash, Walker would finish fourth, which would put him in the second row of the 30-lap feature.
When the feature went green, Walker would immediately pounce, and start his charge from his fourth starting spot. Walker was calculating and made every move count on the racy surface. With three laps to go, Walker put the heat on leader Allard. On the white flag lap, Walker would go to the top of the racetrack in turns 1 & 2, and utilize the Don Ott power under the hood. He proceeded to pass Allard, and drove to victory in the exciting event.
"It was an awesome race. Once we got in lapped traffic, we reeled them in. The guys had the car good and most everyone was running the bottom of the racetrack. I just hauled it in on the top and the car stuck. Jonathan and Brent are as tough as they come and to be able to pass them is a great feeling. I'm really looking forward to Tulare!"
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Up Next For Tyler Walker – May 2nd,the SC Motorsports Team will head to the Tulare Thunderbowl and will be seeking their fourth win. The last visit to the speedway brought an eighth place finish.

Walker holds off Allard for entertaining Petaluma Golden State Challenge 410 Series victory

By Gary Thomas

Petaluma, CA – April 18, 2009…An exciting conclusion to the main event on Saturday night at the Petaluma Speedway saw Los Angeles, CA's Tyler Walker narrowly beat out Chico's Jonathan Allard at the line to score his second victory of the young Golden State Challenge Sprint Car Series season.

The win for Walker marked the seventh triumph of his GSC career and moved him into the ninth spot on the all-time win list, joining Jimmy Sills, Greg Decaires and Randy Hannagan. Walker's fastest lap in the feature of 12.111 aboard his Lee Lindgren tuned machine was also the quickest lap ever turned at the Petaluma Speedway. Interestingly the ultra talented driver was just over a tenth of a second off the all-time track record at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway in his heat race last week as well.

Walker started from the pole in the 30 lap feature after winning the dash for the first time this season, but early on had his hands full with fellow front row starter and young upstart Brandon Carey. Following a pair of jam-ups on the first pair of starts that led to cautions, the front row starters drag raced down the front stretch on the third start and put on a thrilling first lap show that saw Carey out-wheel Walker into turn three to claim the lead.

Carey was doing a tremendous job out front as Walker stalked him every step of the way through the early stages. Cautions on lap three and lap nine though kept drivers out of traffic, but following this some green flag laps were able to click off and the racing heated up on the tacky 3/8 mile clay oval. When the green flag flew again traffic came into play after just a few laps and it allowed Walker and Allard the chance to close in.

With Carey in his sights Walker put his SC Motorsports, NMI Industrial Contractors No. 24 on the outer regions of the Petaluma Speedway and got side by side with Carey in turn two on lap 14, but couldn't make the pass. He stayed with it however, and used the same move the following lap to gain enough momentum entering turn three to rocket around the outside of Carey and make the exciting move to claim the top spot.

At that same instance Allard followed right along and slipped underneath Carey to slice into second and begin to set his sights on Walker. With heavy duty traffic ahead of the leaders it allowed the top four cars to bunch up and become nose to tail, but unfortunately a caution on lap 17 slowed the extremely intense action.

On the restart Allard biked in turns one and two, which allowed Walker to zoom away in the open track. Once traffic came back into play however, Walker began to fight a tight condition like most everyone did in turn two as the exit of the corner had gotten choppy. A number of times it looked like cars might bounce around enough to tip over, but all of the drivers did a tremendous job to wrestle their 850 hp sprinters back down to the ground.

With Walker trapped in traffic Allard closed back in once again and made it a battle for the lead, but just as soon as it looked like it might be a shootout in the closing laps, the caution lights came back on for a spun car on lap 25 in turn four. When the green flag came back out for the final time Walker scooted away in the open track and looked to be on way to an easy victory, but traffic with just a couple laps left, coupled with Allard making a great charge, made for an exciting finish right down to the wire.

With the white flag out Walker played it safe getting into traffic, but at the same time Allard drove his Williams Motorsports, K&N Filters No. 0 extremely hard into turns one and two. It gave him a lot of momentum and he closed right up on Walker's bumper entering turn three. With heavy lapped traffic in front of them Allard went high off the final corner and got to the outside of Walker, but the Los Angeles driver was able to beat him out by about a foot at the line to pick up the victory as both drivers dealt with slower cars in their fight to the stripe.

The exciting victory was redemption for Walker and his SC Motorsports team after tough luck in lapped traffic last season took them out of contention while leading both main events in Petaluma. "I just have to thank Scott and Kathy Chastain, Lee Lindgren and this whole team for giving me a great car tonight," Walker said. "This track was hooked up tonight and it was pretty thrilling when traffic came into play cause it's really tough to get by the slower cars at this place."

For Allard it was his second runner-up of the season and the third time in four starts that he was in position to bring home a victory, yet came up just shy at the finish. It kept up the strong recent trend of success for Allard at Petaluma however; as the two-time King of California has finished either first or second in half of the Golden State Challenge Series events at the track since 2005.

Coming home in third was 13-time King of California Brent Kaeding who made a nice late race move to earn his second podium finish of the season. The driver of the Al's Roofing Supply, Kaeding Performance No. 69 spent much of the race locked in some entertaining battles among the top five and showed strength running with a fresher power-plant under the hood during the night. "BK" was also the fastest qualifier in the field to start the evening.

Elk Grove's Kyle Larson made a nice charge in the feature to come home in fourth and earn his second straight top five finish aboard the Vertullo Racing, G&N Construction No. 83v. The 16 year-old was running in eighth with nine laps down and fought his way forward as he diced it up with a number of drivers, including Kaeding during the later stages of the feature. The youngster continues to impress in his first full year of 410 sprint car racing.

Carey, another impressive youngster, crossed the stripe in fifth after leading the first half of the feature. It marked the first career top five finish for the driver of the Carey Racing No. 55, who was very impressive in limited starts last season and has come back this year showing a lot of speed once again. The Ripon racer has shown the ability to gas-it-up with the best of them and has displayed a thrilling no-fear driving style in his limited starts with the Golden State Challenge Series.

Rounding out the top 10 in the feature were Grass Valley's Jason Statler, Chico's Jason York, 18th starter Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Scotts Valley's Evan Suggs and row 10 starter Bradley Terrell of Sebastopol.

The Golden State Challenge Sprint Car Series will be back in action next Saturday night at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

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Results Petaluma Speedway April 18

Fast time- Brent Kaeding 12.493
Heat 1- Colby Copeland
Heat 2- Tyler Walker
Heat 3- Bud Kaeding
Dash- Tyler Walker
A-main- Tyler Walker, Jonathan Allard, Brent Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Brandon Carey, Jason Statler, Jason York, Bud Kaeding, Evan Suggs, Bradley Terrell, Mike Benson, Colby Copeland, Brent Bjork, Luke Dollansky, Ricky Wright, Ken Fredenburg, Pat Harvey, Mike Stallings, Shawn Arriaga, Jeff Griffin, Stephen Allard, Alissa Geving

(Tulare, CA) - Saturday night marked the second appearance of the year for the 24 team at the Thunderbowl Raceway. Tyler qualified 10th quick. In heat race action Tyler went out and won his heat race. In the A - main event Tyler brought the #24 NMI Industrial, SC Motorsports car home in 8th position. The next race for the SC Motorsports team is Saturday April 18th at the Petaluma Speedway.

(Antioch, CA) – April 5, 2009… By: Gary Thomas - Los Angeles throttle-masher Tyler Walker is always guaranteed to put on a show and he thrilled the fans once again on Saturday night by charging to victory during an entertaining late race duel with Jonathan Allard in lapped traffic at the Antioch Speedway.

Walker, who finished runner-up in the Golden State Challenge points last season, moved into tie for 10th on the all-time series win list joining Randy Tiner, Paul McMahan and Bobby McMahan with six career wins apiece. "Man I just can't say enough about this 24 team," Walker said. "Lee had this thing hooked up and it was a great race and a lot of fun in traffic those last handful of laps.
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The 30 lap Golden State Challenge Sprint Car Series main event started off with San Jose's Tim Kaeding jumping out into the lead from the pole position, but it didn't last long as the yellow lights came off for a spun car in turn two. On the ensuing restart two-time & defending King of California Jonathan Allard would find the traction he needed up high to blast into the lead from the outside of the front row.

A caution on the fourth lap would slow the action, but following this a long green flag run was seen, which allowed competitors to dice it up in lapped traffic for an extended period of time. When the green flag waved again Allard maintained a decent advantage out front as he navigated lapped traffic to perfection aboard his Williams Motorsports No. 0.

The battle to watch had become the fight for second as T.Kaeding had company in the form of Tyler Walker. As lap 10 clicked off Walker was able to get side by side with the Roth Motorsports No. 83jr, but couldn't complete the pass on the tricky slicked off surface. Walker didn't give up however, and on lap 12 would execute a slide job in turn three to move in front of Kaeding and into second. The pair would then proceed to exchange the position a few more times over the next couple of circuits until Walker got the advantage on lap 14.

Once in second Walker then began to reel in Allard as lapped traffic continued to be a factor for the front runners. The driver of the SC Motorsports, NMI Industrial Contractors No. 24 had found the high side of turns three and four to his liking and just as he was getting ready to sweep around the outside of Allard on lap 19, the yellow lights would flash on.

When the green flag came back out for the final time with 11 laps to go Walker continued to run the high line in turns three and four, trying everything to get by Allard. He would close in on the entry of the turn, but exiting the fourth corner Allard seemed to have the advantage in the open track. It all changed when traffic came into play however, as the lapped cars were running side by side making every move crucial in the final outcome.

A blanket could be thrown over the top few cars and as the 25th lap was clicked off the action became extremely intense on the Antioch Speedway bullring. With just four laps remaining Allard tried to negotiate a lapped car down low, but would lose momentum for just a split second and that's all Walker needed to rocket off the second corner to take the top spot away. Allard then had to fight off T.Kaeding and now Brent Kaeding in the battle for second.

The trio would have a tussle for the runner-up position on lap 28, until Allard made a great move in turns one and two up high to charge around a few lapped cars and get right back behind Walker to challenge for the lead once again. Allard would get up to the bumper of the green 24 sprinter, but Walker drove a perfect final lap to march on and take the checkered flag by a few car lengths to score his sixth career Golden State Challenge Series victory. It also marked Walker's second straight win in the April GSC event at the Antioch Speedway.

After leading the first 26 laps of the main event Allard crossed the stripe in second to tie his best career Antioch Speedway finish. T.Kaeding ran most of the race with a sour sounding engine as he had reportedly lost a cylinder, but was able to beat out Brent Kaeding by about an inch at the line for the third spot. For "BK" it was another good run as he came on strong at the end from his fifth row starting spot in the Al's Roofing Supply No. 69.

Crossing the line in fifth was sixth row starter Kyle Hirst in the GP Development No. 6, but unfortunately got upside down just past the start-finish line following the checkered after banging wheels with another competitor. He was ok, but it was a rough way to end a good run for the 21 year-old from Loomis. Campbell's Bud Kaeding came home in sixth aboard the Alviso Rock No. 29 as he gets set to head back to Eldora next week for a USAC non-wing event.

GSC rookie contender Kyle Larson had a strong run from the rear of the field as he carved his way through the pack on the tricky race track. The 16 year-old, Elk Grove resident drove the Vertullo Motorsports No. 83v from the 16th starting position to finish seventh in the main event. Rounding out the top 10 it was the DF Rios Construction No. 00 of Jason Statler, the Murphy Motorsports No. 13 of Peter Murphy and the Bjork Construction No. 7b of Brent Bjork.


The Golden State Challenge Series will return to action at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway next Saturday night April 11. More news and info can be found at http://www.goldenstatechallengeseries.com

Antioch Speedway Results April 4-

Fast time- Tim Kaeding 11.913

Heat 1- Shawn Arriaga
Heat 2- Tyler Walker
Heat 3- Bud Kaeding
Dash- Tim Kaeding
B-main- Brent Kaeding
A-main- Tyler Walker, Jonathan Allard, Tim Kaeding, Brent Kaeding, Kyle Hirst, Bud Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Jason Statler, Peter Murphy, Brent Bjork, Mike Benson, Taylor Malsam, Evan Suggs, Shane Golobic, Brandon Carey, Willie Croft, Ricky Wright, Ken Fredenburg, Dan Simpson, Shawn Arriaga, Pat Harvey, Jim Richardson

(Placerville,CA) - On Saturday the SC Motorsports team was in action at the Placerville Speedway. In qualifying Tyler was recieved a No Time penalty. In heat race action Tyler Started 9th and moved up to finish 5th. In A-Main action Tyler started 20th and moved his way up 12 positions to finish 8th. The next race for the SC Motorsports team is Saturday April 4th at the Antioch Speedway.

(Tulare,CA) - Tyler and the SC Motorsports team made the trip to the Thunderbowl Raceway . On night number one in qualifying Tyler timed in with a lap of 12.983 which was 10th quick out of 32 cars. Tyler won his heat race. By winning his heat race Tyler was guaranteed a top 10 starting spot for the A - Main. In the dash to set the top 10 starting spots for the A – main Tyler finished 5th.  Starting 5th in the A – Main Tyler was dicing back and forth with positions 4th through 7th place cars. Tyler brought the car home in 4th position. The team had the car on a rail. On Night number two Tyler timed in 27th quick out of 33 cars with a lap of 13.937. In Heat number 3 Tyler finished 5th. In the A-main Tyler started 23rd and finished 25th due to the motor over heating. The next race for the SC Motorsports team is Saturday March 28th at the Placerville Speedway.