terrykurtz.com

Home
Santa Fe Drifters
Events & Activities
People
Motor Sports
Victor Valley College
High School Athletics
School News
Running & Fitness
About Us

Motor Sports

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.
SETH101.jpg
SETH WILSON SPORTS A NEW LOOK IN DEFENSE OF TWO-TIME VAR TRACK SPRINTS CHAMPIONSHIP!
SETH0501.jpg
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.

BRAD BENNETT: WAYWARD SON! Is this, no more Mr. Nice Guy? It's bad Brad Bennett's IMCA heat race, May 1, 2010, at VAR!

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!

VARNISH! VAR (Victorville Auto Raceway) racing highlights are the track's finishing touch, with interviews from the season's opening night race winners.

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

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

VAR032010.jpg
LANEY RACING'S MIKE KIRBY PULLS AWAY FROM THE PACK IN WINNING VAR LATE MODEL SEASON OPENER!
VAR032010.jpg
MIKE KIRBY DEFENDS VAR LATE MODEL CROWN BY WINNING SEASON OPENER!
HOOD1.jpg
24-YEAR-OLD BAKERSFIELD IMCA MODS DRIVER LARRY HOOD TAKES CHECKERED AT VAR SEASON OPENER.
PEDRO.jpg
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!

PEDRO2.jpg
PEDRO GONZALEZ
KBRO2.jpg
THE TEMECULA TERROR

THE TEMECULA TERROR! What did it take to bring Bobby Kimbrough back on the track at VAR? He never tires of new challenges, and tires are a part of this story!

HARESKY.jpg
JOE HARESKY

JOE HARESKY: VAR IMCA TRACK CHAMP! Firefighter Joe Haresky wins the VAR IMCA Mods track championship, and immediately gives praise and glory to the Highest!

STEWART.jpg
SEAN STEWART

"ROCKETMAN" SEAN STEWART: A heat race collision took its toll, effecting the Bullhead City (AZ) IMCA Mods racer's run at the VAR track championship.

JEFRO.jpg
JEFRO BLALOCK

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)!

HEIDI.jpg
HEIDI TRESLER

ON THE RIGHT TRACK! One procedure at the start of each raceday has Heidi on the right track.

HURRICANE REASON! Where did sprint car princess Heidi Tresler get her "Hurricane" nickname? See and hear for yourself! The teen races next at VAR September 26!

HURRICANE SEASON! Hurricane Heidi Tresler tore through to win her heat race the final Saturday sprintcars ran in July at VAR. See heat race and main highlights and hear the Spring Valley Lake teen's analysis.

HEIDITRESLER2.jpg
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.

GORDONTROPHY.jpg
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!"

ENNIS86.jpg
ENNIS 86 SPRINTCAR
CHRISENNIS09.jpg
CHRIS ENNIS

CHRIS ENNIS: BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS! Architect student Chris Ennis tells how and why he began sprintcar racing, amid highlights from his July 11 heat and main in Victorville.

KENT.jpg
RONNIE WILLIAMS

ROLAND KENT MOTORSPORTS RACING TEAM! A monster among the IMCA mods racers out of Las Vegas, these drivers are classy competitors at VAR! Comments from the monster and Ryan Cotrell.

KENT2.jpg
JOE KENT
WILSON.jpg
SETH WILSON

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

KBRO.jpg
BOBBY KIMBROUGH

BOBBY KIMBROUGH: LOOKING UP! How did things turn out for the sporft mod racer and OneDirt.com editor, in his return to VAR after nearly three years' hiatus?

HEIDITRESLER2.jpg
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.

SETH1.jpg
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.

KIEFER.jpg
KIEFER'S BORROWED CAR

CAN'T CATCH KIEFER! Pahrump's Levi Kiefer ran away with the IMCA Mods main, April 25, at VAR. And he was driving a borrowed car!

AMANDA1.jpg
AMANDA FRITSCH

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.

VAR.jpg

VICTORVILLE AUTO RACEWAY! Call (760) 403-4144 or go on-line to www.victorville-auto-raceway.com for the VAR schedule.

ADELANTOPRIX.jpg

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

BILLYWILSON.jpg
BILLY WILSON

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.

ENNISTITLE.jpg

CHRIS ENNIS: TALKIN' TURKEY! IMCA mods racer Chris Ennis overcame a spin-out late in the VAR Turkey Classic main and raced to an incredible finish. Comments from the Bakersfield driver and racing highlights!

SHANEJONES.jpg

SHANE JONES: TRACKIN' THE CHECKERED! True to western movie classic icon, "Shane," this IMCA racer is short on words, long on action! From the series of profiles on VAR race car drivers.

SWEARENGINHOODUP.jpg

LOOK MOM! NO VISION! 19-year-old Robert Swearengin races five laps in VAR's Turkey Classic with his hood up, no straight-ahead visibility! See the Bakersfield racer's story and action highlights.

WENZEL.jpg

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!

TOOLEY.jpg
BRYCE & CHRIS TOOLEY

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.

PRISCHMANN43.jpg

PRISCHMANN IN PURSUIT! Keith Prischmann's pursuit of the VAR street stock track championship, and rivalry with Chris Tooley, are documented, with action highlights and interviews.

SethTrophy.jpg

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.

SOOTER.jpg

SOOTER MOVES UP! Apple Valley's Jessica Sooter moved up to Sport Compact Senior competition at VAR, and finished runner-up to the track champion!

BENNETT.jpg
BRAD BENNETT

WINNER! Twenty-year racing veteran Brad Bennett brings a lot to the VAR track. Including other racers! Meet a true winner, one of the nicest guys you'll ever encounter, in racing! And hear from his pit crew.

WILSON.jpg

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!

JARED.jpg
JARED STAUFFACHER

STAUFFACHERS (AS IN RACING)! 14-year-old Jared Stauffacher is a fourth generation racer, driving his sport compact at VAR. Grandparents Jerry and Bev, and their son, Kris, are also interviewed.

SethWilsonOrdeal.jpg
SETH WILSON

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.

FritschRacing.jpg

DIRT DIVA! Modifieds racer Amanda Fritsch returned to Victorville Auto Raceway and showed she was really back on track! The 24-year-old High Desert resident finished 7th in season points in 2006, and promptly finished 8th in her first main in two years.

CrawfordFlip.jpg
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!

MORRIS.jpg
TROY MORRIS

MODS CHAMP! IMCA modifieds are the monster trucks of stock car racing at VAR. Troy Morris won the IMCA mods title. His story is inspirational. Mods return for the Turkey Classic.

Crawford.jpg

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?

BROTHERS.jpg

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.


GOLDSTARBMX.jpg

The gang at GOLDSTAR in Apple Valley stand by to provide unsurpassed service in meeting your equipment rental needs.  terrykurtz.com and videosportz has found most rental facilities provide comparable equipment.  The difference at GOLDSTAR in Apple Valley is their willingness to take the extra step, to go the extra mile, to see that you are totally satisfied with their service, as well as their equipment.  GOLDSTAR gives videosportz a lift to provide the highest vantage point for top coverage of motor sports.