2006 Little World 100 Results

If you didn't make it to The Cave Speedway last night, Saturday, February 18th, for the running of the 2006 Little World 100, boy, did you miss out on some excellent racing. It was a packed house with standing room only at The Cave for this event and 15 drivers showed up to try to get into the field for The Cave's biggest race of the year. JP was the quickest qualifier with a lap time of 2.414 seconds just squeaking past Tyler, who ran a 2.416. That was just the first indication of how competitive the night would prove to be. JP went on to win Heat #1. Heat #2 was won by Matt; and Jeremy took the win in Heat #3. A "Dash for Cash" was run next featuring the six fastest qualifiers including JP (2.414), Tyler (2.416), Jeremy (2.424), Dwain (2.430), Matt (2.438) and Mikey (2.582). Tyler came out on top and took home the cash. The C-Main was next which gave the driver's their last shot at making the show and advancing to the B-Main. Mike F. took the win and claimed the last starting spot in the B-Main. The top three drivers from the B-Main were Tyler, Mikey and Dwain. The six spots for the feature were set and the drivers awaited the start of the 2006 Little World 100 with great anticipation with a few nerves thrown into the mix. To determine lane starting position, a Dash was run of the three heat winners, JP, Matt and Jeremy. Matt held on for the win in the Dash and started the Feature in Lane 1, the preferred starting position. I have said this before but by far, THIS WAS THE BEST RACING we have ever witnessed at The Cave Speedway. The field was chocked full of talented drivers and quick cars and you could feel the excitement in the air as the field was turned loose. The race consisted of six 18-lap segments and it started at a blistering pace. The entire field remained close throughout the entire event. There were only three or four cautions which just goes to show the abilities of these drivers and the control they have over these little 1:24th scale "rockets". There was give and take as the drivers approached the squeeze down lanes in the turns and they showed great patience as they waited for just the right place to make their move to the front. As the laps ran down, the field was furiously chasing Tyler. With two laps to go there was a tie for the lead and a three way tie for second, but when all was said and done, Tyler held on for the win. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions were separated by mere inches after running 100 laps.

The final results were:
1st - Tyler; 2nd - Dwain; 3rd - Jeremy; 4th - Matt; 5th - Mikey; 6th - JP.

I challenge any of you reading this to find a better form of racing on a small budget that is this close and exciting. This was one for the record books for sure. If you are beating yourself up for missing all this action, you have a chance to make things right every Friday night at 7:30 by coming to The Cave to see for yourself what all the hoop-la is about. You won't be disappointed! If you are, we'll give you your admission fee back, no questions asked! (NOTE: There is no admission fee.)

Racing action will resume next Friday, February 24th, with the regular line-up of racing events at "The Cave", where REAL racers go to hibernate!! See you there!