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SAWYER WINS AT VENTURA RACEWAY
March 10, 2012
Starting from the 7th position Robby Sawyer put the #198 in the winner's circle Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. This was Sawyer's first win for the 2012 Race Season. It was a great night for the team! Congratulations to Robby! Sawyer will race again next Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
SAWYER FINISHES FOURTH IN SEASON OPENER AT SPEEDWAY
MARCH 3, 2012
Bakersfield Speedway had a packed grandstands Saturday night in addition to 28 modifieds that showed up to compete in the season opener. The modifieds drew numbers for qualifying position and Sawyer ended up starting sixth in the third heat. Robby finished second in the heat which placed him in the sixth starting spot for the A main event. After a long red flag during the American Stocks a time curfew had the modified main cut short. Sawyer finished the evening in fourth place. The team was pleased with the final finish of the evening! The modifieds will race again on March 17, 2012. To watch the video of Saturday's Modified main go to>Watch The Modified Main At The Go Live Stream Network
SAWYER FINISHES FOURTH AT BUDWEISER NATIONALS
OCTOBER 7 & 8, 2011
The Bud Nationals is the biggest event of the year at Bakersfield Speedway as it wraps up the Season as the Big Final Show. The two day event drew 40 Modifieds and only the top two from the qualifing heat races would earn an automatic transfer to Saturday's A main event. Robby Sawyer finished second in his heat race Friday night then ran a twelve lap twelve car qualifier to determine staring position for Saturday's A main. Sawyer finished third in the qualifier on Friday which guaranteed him the third starting position in the A main. All other cars that did not qualify would have to race either a C or B main on Saturday.
Saturday night the house was packed at Bakersfield Speedway. It became evident when the green flag fell the crowd would get their money's worth of race action and the top four drivers put on a great show in the modified main. Twenty-two cars started the Modified 40 lap main event. Sawyer started in the third postion and ran third for most of the race as he chased down Bobby Hogge of Salinas and Brad Pounds of Bakersfield. Pounds, Hogge, Sawyer and Dutton pulled away from the rest of the field. There was no room for error by any of the drivers and at times during the race there was some side-by-side challenges and nose to tail racing. From a spectator perspective it was a great race.
There were four cautions during the 40 lap feature and each time on the restart the four drivers would again break away from the rest of the field. On the final caution on lap 33 Robby went into turn one deep and taking it to the high side, this then opened up an opportunity for the #222 of Dutton to get underneath the #198. The final top four finishers were Pounds, Hogge, Dutton and Sawyer. See complete main event finish below.
A Main
1. #15B Brad Pounds
2. #2 Bobby Hogge IV
3. #222 Gary Dutton
4. #198 Robby Sawyer
5. #55 Daylen Coffey
6. #1x Rick Childress Jr
7. #51 Jason Bannister
8. #2J Justin Schweitzer
9. #97 Jay Marks
10. #2L Larry Hood
11. #28 Darrell Hughes II
12. #29 Andy Obertello
13. #61 Robbie Witwer
14. #111 Logan Drake
15. #13 Vance Beltran
16. #5 Scott Pounds
17. #5c Shawn Calderwood
18. #96 Steve Smothermon
19. #5B Buddy Shelton
20. #18c Chris McKellar
21. #5w Larry Wise
22. #38s Nick Sylvester
Prior to the weekend of the Bud Nationals Robby ran Ocean Speedway in Watsonvile on Friday and Antioch on Saturday. After two days of racing the Northern California tracks and losing a motor at Saturday's race in Antioch Sawyer was glad to have a top five finish at the Budweiser Nationals. Sawyer Racing would like to thank the crew and sponsors for all the help and support with getting to the Bud Nationals and for the 2011 race season. Robby plans to race again Veterans Day weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Duel In The Desert.
#198 Finishes Second at Bakersfield Speedway
September 3rd, 2011 - Labor Day Weekend
After suffering various mechanical issues in the two day show at Antioch Speedway and Merced Speedway..... Sawyer comes back strong at his home track.
The labor day race saw a good crowd on hand at Bakersfield Speedway. Sawyer finished second on the Labor Day weekend race. Watch the video
SAWYER PREPARES FOR TWO DAY SHOW
Robby Sawyer and the race team are preparing for a two day show in Northern California on the weekend of August 27th & 28th. Sawyer's last run was in Bakersfield when he got collected in a crash on August 13th at Bakersfield Speedway. The #198 suffered some bent frame damage and went to the frame shop this past week (Thank you H & S Body Works). Sawyer sat out the following weekend making the Northern Cal Show his focus. The team is really excited about the upcoming race and have taken lots of time to prepare for the two day show. The racing will resume again Saturday night for Sawyer Racing at the West Coast Nationals and Dirt Modifieds at Antioch Speedway. Then on Sunday the modifieds will move south to Merced Speedway. Please check both websites for race times and admissions. We hope to see all our supporters there! Weekend race pics>
SAWYER FINISHES SECOND AT BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY
[Robby Sawyer being interviewed in Victory Lane]
July 30, 2011
Bakersfield Speedway had a different agenda for the IMCA modifieds Saturday night as they ran a qualifying schedule with the top six qualifiers competing in a bonus in a Dash for Cash.
Robby Sawyer qualified 3rd fast for the nights racing which placed him in the 6th position in the trophy dash for cash. Sawyer finished fifth in the six lap shoot out.
The twenty-five lap main event had 17 modifieds starting with Sawyer's #198 sitting in the sixth starting position. Sawyer moved to fourth within a couple laps and then an early yellow was thrown because of a car spinning on the track. The remainder of the race went caution free. Sawyer moved into second about lap 13 and with about seven laps to go the #15 of Brad Pounds challenged Sawyer for second place. The leaders caught lapped cars and Sawyer used this to his advantage as he moved through traffic quickly. Sawyer went onto finish second with Kyle Heckman's #11 taking the win. The final results were Heckman, Sawyer, Pounds, Hood an Childriss Jr. rounding out the top five. Robby Sawyer plans to race again in two weeks at Bakersfield Speedway.
