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Click on underlined text for the feature on drivers and pilots who deserve a closer look. From Victorville Auto Raceway (VAR) and the Adelanto Grand Prix, to high in the clouds, you share triumph and collapse, victory and defeat, championships and crashes, valiant all in effort and intensity. Free download of QuickTime may be required for viewing.

HEIDI TRESLER

HURRICANE REASON! Where did sprint car princess Heidi Tresler get her "Hurricane" nickname? See and hear for yourself!

10-YEAR-OLD PEDRO GONZALEZ REPEATS AS MINI-DWARF CHAMPION AT VICTORVILLE AUTO RACEWAY!

PEDRO GONZALEZ: MINI-DWARF CHAMPION! 10-year-old Pedro Gonzalez wins his second straight track championship, racing his mini-dwarf #7, at Victorville Auto Raceway. Comments from the two-time champ!

CRAWFORD CRASH

TRIPLE FLIP! Sprint cars at Victorville Auto Raceway hit 100 mph and provide thrilling, even chilling highlights when they go out of control. Jimmy Crawford's triple flip crash is spectacular!

AIR ADEN! Apple Valley's John Aden is defending track sprints champion. The popular Aden goes airborne, then performs a near-perfect pirouette! Did either driver leave the track under his own power?

OPENING NIGHT! OPENING ROUND! Defending Late Model track champ Mike Kirby, and Bakersfield IMCA Mods racer Larry Hood, were opening night winners at VAR!

LANEY RACING'S MIKE KIRBY PULLS AWAY FROM THE PACK IN WINNING VAR LATE MODEL SEASON OPENER!

MIKE KIRBY DEFENDS VAR LATE MODEL CROWN BY WINNING SEASON OPENER!

24-YEAR-OLD BAKERSFIELD IMCA MODS DRIVER LARRY HOOD TAKES CHECKERED AT VAR SEASON OPENER.

SETH WILSON WINS MAY DAY AT VAR.

SETH WILSON: WINNER'S CIRCLE! VAR's defending sprints champ gets a winner's circle kiss after capturing the May Day checkered.

SETH WILSON WINS! Unedited, no frills, start-to-finish May 1 victory at VAR (check out Austin Williams' end-over-end flip on lap 15)! Seth Wilson shoots the gap and outruns Tony Jones to take the checkered.

SETH WILSON SPORTS A NEW LOOK IN DEFENSE OF TWO-TIME VAR TRACK SPRINTS CHAMPIONSHIP!

SETH WILSON: HERE'S #1! The two-time defending VAR sprints champ has a new number, but a rough heat race in first defense of title!

JESSE GORDON: Yucaipa flash wins sport mod debut at VAR! Highlights of April 10 racing, interviews with Gordon and Amanda Fritsch.

2009 MINI-DWARFS CHAMP

PEDRO GONZALEZ: CHAMPION! Nine-year-old Pedro Gonzalez wins VAR's Mini-Dwarfs '09 Track Title. Racing highlights, and comments from the champ!

PEDRO GONZALEZ

JEFRO BLALOCK: RETURN TO ACTION! Fan favorite Jefro Blalock joined a group of former track champs in his return to VAR. Why was he gone? We won't leave you in suspense (the "old school" racers are shown in black-and-white)!

HURRICANE HEIDI

HURRICANE HEIDI! Spring Valley Lake teen Heidi Tresler is third in season points, four races into the VAR sprintcar season. Hear the VVC nursing student tell about challenging other top drivers, race after race.

JESSE GORDON

JESSE GORDON: CHECKERED! Yucaipa seventeen-year-old Jesse Gordon captured the checkered in VAR's street stock main, July 11. Hear how he came by the nickname "Flash!"

SETH WILSON

SETH WILSON: CHALLENGED! VAR's reigning sprintcar champ meets the challenge of John Aden and Heidi Tresler, Memorial Day weekend.

HEIDI TRESLER

HEIDI TRESLER: SPRINTS PRINCESS! This 19-year-old is aggressive and courageous racing sprintcars, and determined to improve on her third-in-season-points finish the past two years at VAR. Interview, music and racing action.

SETH WILSON

SETH WILSON: SPECTACULAR FINISH TO START! See VAR sprints champion Seth Wilson open defense of his title with a spectacular finish, defeating veteran Bill Rose.

AMANDA FRITSCH: DIRT DIVA DUSTS CHALLENGER! What happens to a driver who tries to get too cozy with Amanda Fritsch? See the VAR sport mod main, and hear from Amanda.

ADELANTO GRAND PRIX: TRACK HISTORY FLASHBACK! Highlights of the 2007 event preview this weekend's 29th annual Adelanto Grand Prix!

VUKI'S PRIDE: Billy Wilson (pictured) is the "middle" son of Vuki's three profiled, racing dwarfs at VAR. Bobby, Billy and Reece are an on-going tribute to racing great, Bill Vukovich.

CHAMPS! Track champions at Victorville Auto Raceway are highlighted and interviewed. Most race in the West Coast's premier Thanksgiving weekend event, VAR's Turkey Classic!

SCOTT HAYDIS AND RACE TOWN 395 HOST THE 2011 ADELANTO GRAND PRIX FEBRUARY 12-13.

ADELANTO GRAND PRIX! A track history flashback with past pro champions interviewed.

FOR BRYCE! VAR street stock champ, Chris Tooley, races for his four-year-old son, Bryce. The Norco racer is interviewed and racing highlights are shown to some of his favorite music.

VAR ROYALTY! Crowned, in unofficial manner, at Victorville Auto Raceway. Most race in one of the West Coast's most prestigious events, the Turkey Classic, Thanksgiving weekend.

TITLIST! Seth Wilson raced to the sprints championship at Victorville Auto Raceway, but of equal delight that night was seeing son, Skyler, race the track in black seventeen. Take a look into the future!

ORDEAL! Sprints leader Seth Wilson's ordeal leading to the 27th of September race at Victorville Auto Raceway rivals the obstacles he faced on the track. Learn what's done during a red flag stop from Jim Wells.

BROTHERLY LOVE? Racing brothers Kevin and Jason Andrews have emerged stars of Victorville Auto Raceway. Jason won the 2007 street stock championship. Older brother Kevin took him on, when Jason made his 2008 return to the Victorville ovall.