7/18 - The Williams family swept the trophies at Thunder Raceway Saturday night! Melanie Williams #39 lead green to checker in the JBJ Trucking trophy dash, she ran just ahead of Randy Dienes #90 and Mike Witt #13. The first heat race had the quick Tim Cotherman #43 out running #18 Matt Decker, all the way from Black Canyon City and Helen Henesey followed with a close 3rd. The second heat race was taken by our furthest traveler of the night, Jesse Patterson out of Tucson, he beat the always quick Mike Williams and John Ogden. The third heat race was an exciting one with George Cooke out running Pat Henesey until 2 laps to go, Cooke made a small slip up coming out of 4, and Henesey took full advantage, taking the heat win, followed by Cooke, Racey Mike Bracy and fan favorite Frank Phillips.
The smooth track preparation set up fast racing from top to bottom, which was bound to lead to some exciting action. Cooke and Ogden lead the field to the green to log only one lap before the red flag was thrown, Jesse Patterson entered a little to high in 3 and slammed into the exiting wall of the track, ending his hopes for a good finish, also collected in the mishap was Mike Witt and Bob Craig all the way up from Williams, AZ.
The action was close and quick up front with Mike Williams finally finding his way to the lead, Tim Cotherman, Matt Decker, Ogden, and Pat Henesey had nothing for the quick Williams, who drove his car straight to victory lane. Next race is in Prescott, See you all there!!

Main Event

1st	Mike Williams #2
2nd	Tim Cotherman #43
3rd	Matt Decker #18
4th	John Ogden #6
5th	Pat Henesey #12
6th	Steve Kapaun #47
7th	George Cooke #64
8th	Frank Phillips #1
9th	Helen Henesey #10
10th	Heather Henesey #11
11th	Melanie Williams #39
12th	Mike Bracy #21
13th	Storm Phillips #4
14th	Neil Etter #22
15th	Scott Cardella #24
16th	Randy Deines #90
17th	Rat Stafford #95
18th	Bob Craig #62
19th	Mike Witt #13
20th	Jeff Craig #31
21st	Jesse Patterson #25

'Car # 'Driver 3/7 4/4 4/25 5/2 5/9 6/6 6/13 6/20 6/27 7/18 8/1 # of races Total Average
12 Pat Henesey 72 80 71 55 75 13 77 77 71 68 62 11 721 65.5454545454546
43 Tim Cotherman 0 35 56 0 80 71 80 64 44 77 47 9 554 61.5555555555556
39 Mike Williams 33 74 68 65 0 39 0 80 35 78 71 9 543 60.3333333333333
11 Heather Henesey 63 57 31 48 68 48 64 51 23 47 41 11 541 49.1818181818182
21 Mike Bracy 0 0 50 62 71 74 69 51 53 45 61 9 536 59.5555555555556
10 Helen Henesey 35 61 29 17 69 61 72 28 57 52 45 11 526 47.8181818181818
46 Mike Moyer 71 75 49 71 0 64 0 68 67 0 49 8 514 64.25
67 Mike Dunn 78 17 80 74 0 78 0 11 76 0 78 8 492 61.5
18 Matt Decker 49 0 45 78 0 29 0 0 57 72 47 7 377 53.8571428571429
87 Chris Goodin 54 42 25 13 47 35 52 43 37 0 0 9 348 38.6666666666667
66 Brian Comley 39 56 45 17 0 71 0 61 56 0 0 7 345 49.2857142857143
6 John Ogden 0 0 13 35 0 47 0 54 45 68 69 7 331 47.2857142857143
93 Melanie Williams 49 46 0 23 0 47 0 35 35 41 31 8 307 38.375
O2 Butch Dunn 0 0 39 69 0 60 0 63 62 0 0 5 293 58.6
47 Steve Kapaun 0 0 53 0 0 55 65 0 0 57 62 5 292 58.4
54 Fred Defibaugh 66 0 70 60 0 0 0 35 47 0 0 5 278 55.6
5 Storm Phillips 0 64 0 51 10 11 17 0 0 41 48 7 242 34.5714285714286
60 Russ Madden (R) 41 47 19 0 0 49 53 0 0 0 31 6 240 40
65 Steve Dunn 0 39 73 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 4 211 52.75
O9 Charles Smith 0 33 15 37 0 15 0 37 43 0 0 6 180 30
44 George Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 31 39 46 0 60 0 4 176 44
1 Frank Phillips 0 0 0 0 64 0 56 0 0 53 0 3 173 57.6666666666667
32 Cliff Lee 0 0 27 41 0 0 0 29 72 0 0 4 169 42.25
90 Randy Deines 49 0 0 0 46 0 41 0 0 31 0 4 167 41.75
34 Scott Tupper 37 37 11 0 0 13 0 33 25 0 0 6 156 26
7 Matt Baldwin 50 15 11 47 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 5 140 28

Prescott Valley Raceway
Aug 8th, 2009
Points Race #12

1. Mike Williams
2. John Ogden
3. Matt Decker
4. Jeremiah Tatum
5. AJ Breu
6. Scott Tupper
7. Bob Craig
8. Tim Cotherman
9. Butch Dunn
10. Russ Madden
11. Mike Bracy
12. Storm Phillips
13. Melanie Williams
14. Mike Moyer
15. Scott Cardella JR
16. Randy Deines
17. Rick Godsey
18. Steve Dunn
19. Russ Hardy

Thunder Raceway
Aug 15th, 2009
Points Race #13

1.Mike Dunn
2.Mike Williams
3.Steve Dunn
4.Helen Henesey
5.Butch Dunn
6.Frank Phillips
7.Heather Henesey
8.Matt Decker
9.Randy Deines
10.Rick Haase
11.Neil Etter
12.Scott Cardella
13.AJ Breu
14.Melanie William
15.Mike Witt
16.John Ogden
17.Tim Cotherman
18.Pat Henesey


8/15 - With rain on Friday, a lot of prep was put into the Thunder Raceway Track and it paid off with a glass smooth racing surface on Saturday night. The draw for the trophy dash posted George Cooke, Steve Dunn, Frank Phillips, and Randy Deines. Local boy Frank Phillips jumped out into the lead for the 4 lap dash with Dunn moving past Cooke for 2nd. As Dunn searched for a way around Phillips, Cooke muscled his way back into 2nd just as the white flag came out. Phillips wins!

Heat one was a stacked event and John Ogden continued with his recent front running drives and lead flag to flag with Tim Cotherman and Mike Williams in tow. Steve Dunn, Butch Dunn, and Heather Henesey battled for the final invert finishing in order.

Heat two saw Frank Phillips leading again and Pat Henesey hounding him all the way to the checkered. Rookie driver AJ Breu with another good drive to third.

Heat three saw some action with early leader Melanie Williams spin into the infield and leaving Mike and Mike to decide who wanted the top spot. Mike Dunn reeled off the last few laps in front with Matt Decker and Helen Henesey following. Mike Witt pulls the last invert position with 4th.

By the main event there was a definite blue groove formed. With the first start being called back, Helen Henesey in her pretty Blue Iron Horse Coatings 40 Ford Pickup took the lead and held on through the first couple cautions. Meanwhile, Mike Dunn found the bottom line to make his way past Helen by the 1/2 way mark. Mike Williams was chasing with Steve Dunn sticking his nose in and searching for a way around to get to his brother. Mike Dunn stuck to the bottom like a catfish and making all challengers look to the high line. Helen Henesey still hanging in fourth and Butch Dunn with another charge to fifth. Just as the white flag flew, Steve Dunn mounted his last lap effort and climbed the back straight wall and triggered a chain of events that left himself, Dad Butch, and two other cars sideways and stopped in turn 3. Just prior to that, another car spun in turn 2 that caused the caution leaving Mike Dunn to finish with waving checkered and yellow flags.

Thunder Raceway revised the finish results based on a protest filed by a member. The offical results are posted.

9/18 - 20 Racers showed up for the last event of the season at Thunder Raceway. Keeping the points race tight, Mike Williams made the trip from Prescott, along with Randy Haugen and Russ Maurer coming all the way from Albuquerque, NM to join in on the fun. The night started out with a very fast JBJ Trucking Trophy Dash, Helen Henesey took the lead away from Matt Decker in turn 1 and never looked back. The Coconino Motors sponsored #10 truck out ran the quick Mike Bracy to the checker flag for the first win of the night! Heat 1 had Tim Cotherman out running a hard charging Pat Henesey to the checker. Heat 2 had the Phillips brothers, Frank #1 and Storm #5 leading the field to the green flag, they both couldn't hold off the fast Helen Henesey, who out drove Frank Phillips, Heather Henesey, and Storm Phillips to the checkered flag. Heat 3 also brought excitement to the Show Low crowd as Mike Williams proved he was a Points Champion contender out running Mike Bracy and Matt Decker to take the third heat win. The main event had a small mix up on the first lap, taking out the heat race winners Helen Henesey, Tim Cotherman and the always quick "Racey" Mike Bracy. The group settled down for a complete re-start and it was back to racing. Matt Decker charged ahead to take the lead. He started to check out just ahead of Heather Henesey and the aggressive Mike Williams. Decker couldn't get a hold of the track as his sedan looped it coming out of turn 2. This brought the yellow out, letting Mike Williams re-start the field ahead of Heather Henesey, who wasn't going to give him an easy victory. Russ Madden followed in 3rd just ahead of points leader #12 Pat Henesey. Williams and Heather Henesey broke away from the field, Henesey giving it all she had to get around the flawless Mike Williams and was unsuccessful. Mike took the win with Heather Henesey coming in a close second, Pat Henesey got around Russ Madden to take 3rd, with John Ogden holding on to round out the top 5. The battle for the Championship is getting tight. 1st - Pat Henesey (853)(top 12 races only), 2nd - Mike Williams (784), 3rd- Tim Cotherman (726), 4th Heather Henesey (684), 5th Helen Henesey (643). With three races left in the series and the new points structure, the top three spots in the championship are still up for grabs. Next race is at Prescott Valley Raceway on Oct. 3rd.

Thunder Raceway
Sept 12th, 2009
Points Race #15

1. Mike Williams
2. Heather Henesey
3. Pat Henesey
4. Russ Madden
5. John Ogden
6. Frank Phillips
7. AJ Breu
8. Randy Deines
9. Storm Phillips
10. Randy Haugen
11. Melanie Williams
12. Neil Etter
13. Matt Decker
14. Rick Haase
15. Scott Cardella
16. Ryan Henesey
17. Russ Maurrer
18. Helen Henesey
19. Mike Bracy
20. Tim Cotherman

10/10 - NADCAR took the show to Mojave Valley Raceway and put on some great racing for the fans in the grandstands. All eyes were on the championship contenders since it is still up for grabs. Heat #1 saw points leader Pat Henesey follow Mike Dunn the entire 6 laps and at one point tapping the #67 Dunn truck on the rear bumper trying to find a way around. Dunn takes the win followed by Pat Henesey and Matt Decker. Heat #2 saw another green to checker run with Tim Cotherman, Helen Henesey, and Randy Deines finishing first, second, and third. All the action was in heat #3 with Storm Phillips breaking a suspension on the green flag putting him out. Mike Williams checked out until 3 laps in when Todd Cameron wheel hopped AJ Breu on the back straight sending Todd into the tire barriers in turn three. After the red flag, Butch Dunn was unable to restart due to a broken engine part and the leader Mike Williams had to limp to a second place finish with a broken suspension mount. Rookie driver AJ Breu takes his first heat race win!

NADCAR paraded the track with a Four Wide Salute To The Fans that brought the crowd to their feet. When the green flag flew it was all about the outside lane. AJ Breu dropped the hammer and lead the field with Matt Decker in tow. Pat Henesey got to the outside of Mike Dunn for third and started his march to the front. By lap three, Pat had taken the lead and was checking out on Dunn with Mike Williams in hot pursuit gunning for that championship. With excellent driving from all the NADCAR drivers the Main Event went green to checkers without any yellow flags.

With this years Best of 12 Championship Points format coming into play, the points race is very close for the top two positions as well as third on down. With only one race left on the schedule and using a best of 11 race formula to calculate points, Mike Williams has a one point advantage over Pat Henesey. For third in the points it's Tim Cotherman with an eight point advantage over Mike Dunn. It looks like it will come down to the final race at MVR on Oct.. 24th to see who takes the top three spots in the NADCAR points championship for 2009.

Mojave Valley Raceway
Oct 10th, 2009
Points Race #17

1. Pat Henesey
2. Mike Dunn
3. Mike Williams
4. Matt Decker
5. Ryan Henesey
6. Russ Madden
7. Randy Deines
8. Helen Henesey
9. Tim Cotherman
10. Heather Henesey
11. AJ Breu
12. Rick Haase
13. Scott Cardella
14. John Ogden
15. Butch Dunn
16. Todd Cameron
17. Storm Phillips

Good job to all the NADCAR drivers for another great year......

Mike Williams won the last race and takes the Championship
Mike Dunn 2nd and got 4th in the points


Henesey Racing needs to fire the driver that took the team out.....ouch