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Silver Dollar Debute
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The 2008 racing season hasnt see Tyler Spath in the California racing scene. That changed when the call came down from car owner Roy Bumgarner to fill in driving duties for the injured Brad Bumgarner. Eager to get behind the wheel of a 410 sprinter made the 7 hour drive from his home in Corvallis Oregon late Thursday night.
Qualifying started the night with Tyler going out early in the session and capturing a 11.87 fast lap, placing him 17th out of 27 cars for qualifying.
Tyler Started from pole in heat race number two. early race hickups shuffled Tyler back to the third position, in the closing laps however he was back banging on the door for the 2nd place position.
In the Main event the #88 Bumgarner racing machine started 16th in the 20 car field. Avoiding the many accidents infront of him Tyler brought the car home in 11th place.
Special Thanks go to Grandpa and Grammy Bumgarner, the whole Bumgarner racing crew, and NorCal Perfomance
Posted by tyler on Monday, August 18 @ 12:15:43 MST (635 reads)
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New Ride for Tyler Spath
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Tyler Spath has added additional driving duties for the 2008 season. It has just been announce that Tyler will drive the #99 Stealth Focus Midget for Bell Motorsports out of Marysvill WA. Tyler can be seen in action at Grays Harbor Raceway, Skagit, and Willamette Speedway in the Bell Motorsports machine. Tyler will continue driving the NorCal Perfomance KR14 in California.
Posted by steve on Thursday, April 10 @ 13:14:24 MST (650 reads)
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Season Wrap Up
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The 2007 race season came to a close recently for Tyler Spath at this years edition of Trophy Cup, held in Tulare California. The weekend started strong with a 36th qualifying time out of a feild of 86 cars. Heat race action saw a decline in their momentum as hard contact was made with the wall after a bozai slide job by another car. The NorCal Peformance KR14 was tore up tip to tail, the crew worked all night rebuilding and straigtening the car.
Posted by tyler on Wednesday, December 12 @ 15:07:37 MST (653 reads)
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Apologies
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I apologize for the delay in updates for the site. I have just started school at Oregon State University again and busier than i want to be. new updates and pictures will come real soon.
-Tyler
Posted by steve on Wednesday, October 03 @ 13:19:45 MST (662 reads)
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Knoxville and Beyond
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The NSCS season came to a halt as the
lucky few were given the opportunity to travel east and compete at the famed
Knoxville raceway, in the Brodix Tournament of Champions. Tyler Spath and the
NorCal Performance race team were one of the lucky four teams to receive an
invite to the anticipated race. Tyler loaded up with his one man crew, his
brother Jacob, and set off into the heartland.
Posted by tyler on Thursday, August 23 @ 00:00:00 MST (759 reads)
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NSCS Speedweek
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Tyler Spath and the NorCal Performance Race team just returned home after four racing filled weeks. Racing action started back on July 20th for the beggining of NSCS Speed Week. Weather conditions cancelled the two day Fred Brownfield memorial at Grays Harbor Raceway. The first race of Speedweek was held at Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford Oregon. The night started with Tyler and the NorCal crew missing the mark in qualifying placing them behind the inversion for the heat race. Coming all the way from the 4th row Tyler manuvered his way into the 4th and final transfer spot nipping at the heals of allstar racer Shane Stewart. The main event at SOS Tyler started back in the 9th row and was making steady progress when an over heating engine forced him to pull into the pits ending his night early.
The next stop for the NSCS Speed Week brought the crew a little farther north to the Cottage Grove Speedway.
Posted by tyler on Tuesday, August 14 @ 17:00:53 MST (730 reads)
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Speed Week Begins
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After a Friday night rainout at Grays Harbor Raceway, Tyler Spath and crew will hope to get the second night of action in at GHR for the inagural Fred Brownfield Memorial. With the looming threat of rain, racing action at the GHR may be postponed untill the end of the week. Sunday Will be a travel and rest day for Tyler and crew, as they will make a pit stop at Tyler's new home in Corvallis Oregon.
Posted by tyler on Saturday, July 21 @ 09:34:52 MST (676 reads)
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Golden State Challenge American Valley Speedway
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Tyler Spath and the NorCal Performance Race had a couple of new unveilings for the June 23 event. The first was the arrival of the new Tyler Spath racing T-Shirts, on sale now for $20. The Second was the unveiling of their new 410 cubic inch motor. “The days of bringing a knife to a gun fight are over” said Spath, and a big gun it was. Staring down complete blindness down the back shoot, Tyler clicked off the 7th fast time. Posted by tyler on Monday, June 25 @ 11:40:25 MST (722 reads)
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Memorial Day Weekend Continues Strong
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Medford, OR
May 31, 2007
Coming off a strong 3rd place finish at Willamette Speedway, Tyler Spath and the NorCal Performance crew looked to keep their momentum going at Southern Oregon Speedway. Firing strong out of the box Tyler Spath clicked off a 12.956 in qualifying making him 16th of 29.
In heat race action Tyler Spath and veteran Randy Pierce checked out from the rest of the field battling for the lead. The heat race came all the way down to the line as Tyler Spath came just short of the heat race win. 2nd in the heat transferred Tyler Spath directly into the A main event.
Lining up 6th row outside Tyler Spath made quick work of other competitors. Spath found moister on the outside groove witch helped him move through the field. Final laps saw action between Tyler Spath and Robbie Vaughn battling for the 6th position. Vaughn continually took the line away forcing Spath to the infield several times before the checkers flew. Tyler Spath crossed the line in 7th position. One more race remains in the Memorial Day weekend racing action. Sunday nights events will take place at Cottage Grove Speedway, in Cottage Grove Oregon.
Recap
Qualifying:16th-12.956
Heat:2nd
Main:7th
Posted by tyler on Thursday, May 31 @ 23:29:32 MST (812 reads)
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A night of 3's at Willamet Speedway
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Willamette Speedway
Lebanon, Oregon
May 25, 2007
After a long tow to Lebanon Oregon, Tyler Spath and NorCal Performance race team pull through with a 3rd place finish at the tight 3/8 mile Willamette Speedway. The night started well for Tyler Spath as he went out as the final qualifier and timed in a 13.431 placing him 3rd overall in qualifing.
Heat race action saw Tyler Spath starting 6th in his head. After captilizing on an early mistake by Evan Funk Tyler moved into the 3rd place position. Tyler's 3rd place finish garnered him a transfer spot into the A-Main and a place in the trophy dash. The trophy dash saw Tyler Spath finishing 4th.
A-Main event Tyler Spath lined up 2nd row outside. Early race slip ups moved Tyler Spath back to the fifth position. Persistance and patience paid off when Tyler Spath moved passed Rob Held for the 4th positon. Laps later Tyler Made another move by Travis Rutz for 3rd. As the double checkards flew Tyler Spath crossed the stripe 3rd behind race winner Roger Crockett and runner up Mitch Olson.
Qualifing-3rd. 13.431
Heat Race-3rd
Dash-3rd
A-Main-3rd
Posted by tyler on Saturday, May 26 @ 02:46:01 MST (683 reads)
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