Stock Car Enduro Racing in Northern California

Congratulations to Chris "7he Magician" Lancaster for his first win in 2011.

Video, compliments of David Pabst

Chris Lancaster (7) of Carmichael continued his winning ways at Stockton. The Enduro got off early on this night, but that didn't take away from the excitement. Lancaster started on pole with Ron Wills (18) of Folsom nibbling at his right door panel as the green flag fell. If you know Enduro's, you know well the action gets quite busy, quite quickly. And so it went, the blender began its spin, splish-splashin away with each approaching lap. Lancaster took the lead immediately, and that's never a good thing, because by lap 65, he was the only one left on the lead lap. At the hundred lap halftime break, all twenty cars were still on the race track, which is really a testament to the driving ability of these guys and gals. On lap 106, the first car fell out of the race, and after that, the immensity of the moment began to take its toll as one by one, cars began to fall out. Meanwhile, Lancaster continued to show the way all the way to the checkers, for the outstanding and quite rare, wire to wire victory. The #01R of Folsom's Brandon Erickson finished two laps back in second with Ryan Strmiska (98) of Salida finishing on the podium in third. Lodi's David Papst Jr. (2), a threat every time he hits the track, could only manage a fourth, while Lodi's Adam Baggett (24K) finished the night in fifth.

1 7 Chris Lancaster 199

2 01R Brandon Erickson 197

3 98 Ryan Strmiska 197

4 2 David Pabst, Jr. 196

5 24k Adam Baggett 195

6 13x Loren Chitwood 195

7 55 Matt Manolis 188

8 37x Steve Grant 188

9 23 Russel Johnson 186

10 313 Robert Daniel 186 

11 14 Timber Cookson 185

12 007 Jason Allen 183

13 66w Ken Winland 179

14 18 Ron Wills 174 

15 37 George Connor 167

16 99 Kathy Reyes 165

17 5 Joe Morgenstern 147

18 62 Jose Hernandez 130

19 7H Richard Herzog 120

20 01 Cody Guertin 106