Young guns and suprise guests turn Firebird Raceway into an action packed racing holiday weekend.

October 31st marks Halloween and The 2nd annual Whiplash Firebird Halloween Race. However, this year would be just as exciting as last year, with many new faces from the young guns to the surprise guests the racing would prove to be anyone's ballgame.

First up on the racing schedule would be the UTV practice where many drivers would be getting used to the track and how it changed through the race.


A UTV pushes hard through the turn



Another UTV takes the inside line and gets some air off the hump in the middle of the turn

A high horsepower trophy kart races in the UTV class, and powers through the turn

Next up to practice would be the Buggy class, it proved to be an exciting practice session.

Carl Rohrer 3 wheels his class 5 VW Bug through the corner

119 Class one car, goes up on two wheels in the turn

1377 rolls in the turn

Teammates Lonnie Hart & Scott Martenson battle out of the corner

After the action of the Buggies, next came the trucks. Some took it slow and other just went for it.

1485 plows through the turn

Brandon Nelson catches some air down the second straight

The number 29 Pro2 powers through the turn

Dustin Smith in 1468 pushes his truck going through the turn

The number 29 Pro2 catches some air before hitting the corner

In Mark Porter's Pro2 was his step son Mitch Porter his is 16 years old, and doesn't have a drivers license yet. This would be his third time driving the truck. He powers through a corner in this shot.

Next up was the makeup trophy kart racing seeing at Snowflake the trophy karts got rained out. These kids would prove to be very competitive and push their karts to the edge to get the checker flag.

TK number 38 pushes it going into the turn

TK 9 gets close to rolling coming out of the turn

A trophy kart rolls in the turn, darn flag guy jumped into my shot..hahaTK's 49 and 10 get tangled up in the turn

Not a lap later and TK 10 would help 7 go over on her lid

Then Saturday afternoon came along and it was the UTV main here is a shot from before the race in staging.

Down the second straight three UTV jump at the same time

A couple of UTV hit the table top before the turn

A UTV goes up on 2 wheels in the turn

Then I made my way to the backstretch where it goes up into an off camber jump/hill climb here are some shots.

A UTV speeds up the hill

A UTV on one wheel flies through the section

After the UTV race was the second truck/buggy practice session

Mitch Porter puts the truck up on two wheels in the corner
Scott McCraken speeds through turn 2 in his class 8 truck

A pair of buggies battle out of turn 3

That would conclude Saturday. Sunday was the Race main events for the Trophy Karts, Trucks, and Buggies.

Here is a shot from the trophy kart race, 24 avoids disaster as he goes up on two wheels in turn 1

Then it would be the Buggy and Truck mains which were combined.

Here is a shot of the starting grid
Mitch Porter awaits the start of the race
At the start of the race Shannon Campbell leads the pack of buggies down the second straight

Mitch Porter and Rick Thomas battle down the track on the first lap

Scott McCraken goes up on two wheels going through turn 2

Shannon Campbell catches some air in his class 1/rock buggy

Mitch Porter flies off a jump

A class 12 car soars off the jump

A class 10 car get wild off the jump

Shannon Campbell three wheels his rock buggy through the turn on the last lap

After the dust settled Mitch Porter would take the checkered flag for the truck class and third overall, He also had the fastest lap

Dustin Smith and his co-pilot celebrate after winning the 1450 class

Shannon Campbell walks through the pits after a a class one victory and second overall

Lonnie Hart in his class 10 Car would go on to win the event and take the overall.
That does it for a great weekend of racing at firebird.
Thankyou all for reading.