Martin McKeefery Racing Results

2005 Semi-Pro World Road Racing Champion

Season Stats

Season totals Main event Starts Main event Wins SemiPro Wins
Top 5

Top 10
Fast Time Track Records DNF

Oval races

28

9

18

26

26

13

2

2

Road races
17

2

10

17

18

3

1

Road Circut
National Points
Top 10 of 86 Drivers
11/12/05

Oval Track
National Points
Top 10 of 699 Drivers
9/24/05

1 MARTIN McKEEFERY CA 1194

2 MICHAEL DIAZ VA 1152

3 ROBERT HALL NC 1148

4 JOHN SCHARF UT 1141

5 ALEX KENNEDY NM 1094

6 DESIREE' ROBINSON CA 1081

7 ALASTAIR TOPLEY UNITED KINGDOM 1076

8 ROBERT RADUECHEL CA 1073

9 DAVE MOORE ENGLAND 1070

10 JOHN SUMMERS CA 1055

1 PATRICK MOLESWORTH NJ 2500

2 JAMES BUESCHER TX 2494

3 MICHAEL BILDERBACK IL 2485

4 KYLE FOWLER GA 2485

5 BRENNAN POOLE TX 2467

6 MARTIN McKEEFERY CA 2464

7 MARK BAKAJ CT 2461

8 CHRIS BAILEY PA 2458

9 JORDAN ANDERSON SC 2450

10 JOHN MEMMER IN 2449

2005 Racing Results

Date

Qualify
SemiPro

Finish
SemiPro

Driver
Count

Qualify
All drivers

Finish
All drivers

Track/Comments

Nov.

12
2

1

30

World Nationals First Place!

11 heat 2

2

15

11 heat 1

1

15

Infineon 2.52 mile road course
World Nationals

Oct.

30
1

1

20

3

4
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course

29
1

1

21

3

4
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course

9
4

DNF

24

14

DNF
Infineon 2.52 mile road course
Motor failure starting in the morning forced me out of the race.

8
2

1

24

7

4
Infineon 2.52 mile road course
What a race! Drivers were here from all over the West. Lots of passing and really fast driving by everyone. What an honor to place up front with these drivers!

Sept.

24
1

2

24

1

2
Shasta 1/3 mile oval
Set the track record at 17.960
Entering last weekend’s event at SRP, Micah Parmer had the Legend championship clinched. That was the good news. The bad news was his dismal night on track during the main event, during which he dealt with mechanical issues. Twenty-four cars started the feature, with visitor Martin McKeefery starting on the pole. Frank Marks led the early portion of the race, but was passed on lap nine by Zachery Kavert. Those two would swap the lead a couple of times before Kavert finally took the lead for good and went on to win the race. Rounding out the top five were McKeefery, Steve Fensler, Jr., Marks, and Jason Schuppert. The main event was slowed by at least six caution flags, and though some drivers made their exit on the back of an Anderson Towing truck, all drivers were in good health.

17
1

4

19

1

7
Madera 1/3 mile oval
Set the track record at 17.80

16
-

4

8

-

-
Las Vegas, NV

11
1

1

16

1

1
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course

10
2

DNF

14

2

DNF
Roseville 1/4 mile oval

4
1

1

14

1

1
Ukiah 1/4 mile oval

3
1

1

13

1

1
Ukiah 1/4 mile oval

2
1

1

10

1

1
Ukiah 1/4 mile oval

August

27
1

1

15

1

1
Carson City
Martin McKeefery of Milpitas, Calif., celebrated his 18th birthday and helped his bid to win the INEX national semipro oval championship with a victory in the 15-car, 40-lap Legends feature race. McKeefery started 12th in the main event and worked through the field in a race that saw three caution flags and one red after a spectacular crash on the 16th lap that knocked Bobby Hodges out of the race.

"It was a great race," said McKeefery, who has two victories and one runner-up finish in four appearances at Champion this summer (he has posted fast time all four times). McKeefery, in the running for Legends national road and oval championships (see www.mckeeferyracing.com/),was looking forward to racing one more time at Champion on Sept. 24. However, Champion's scheduled show has been canceled, with the final show now set for Sept. 17. "We were going to come up here ...that was going to be a big deal for us because we need the points,"said James McKeefery, Martin's father. "Now we're scrambling to find another race somewhere."

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/2005108290032

26
2

19

6
Las Vegas, NV

20
1

1

16

1

2
Carson City 1/4 mile oval
Madjeski, of Incline Village, collected his first Legends main event victory in three seasons at Champion in a highly competitive Legends race that ran 30 laps without any cautions.

Some misfortune earlier in the day actually came back to help out as Madjeski led virtually from the start of the Legends 30-lapper.

"Earlier, I had a plug bust so I didn't run well in qualifying, which put me up front (for the main event). That was an advantage, but it's still a win. I'll take it because I've had my misfortunes, too," Madjeski said.

At the end, he held off young stars Martin McKeefery and Micah Parmer to take the checker flag. McKeefery, 17, of Milpitas, Calif., won the Legends main event at Champion on July 30 while Parmer, 18, of Anderson, Calif., is the Legends points leader at Shasta Speedway and second-place finisher in the main event at Champion one week before.

"I knew they were coming," Madjeski said. "I slacked off for a while because I wanted to save my tires, but when I looked back and saw them, I knew I couldn't save anything anymore. I wasn't going to just give it to them."

Parmer moved into fourth-place on the 15th lap, with McKeefery and Denny Hadler in hot pursuit. Parmer moved into second on the 22nd lap and then made an inside move to try and pass into the lead on the 25th lap, only to see Madjeski close the door. McKeefery moved into second-place with two laps to go, but he was unable to make a serious bid for the lead.

13

1

1

12

1

1
Altamont 1/4 mile oval
Legends of the Pacific made their second appearance on the “Quick Quarter Mile” this evening. Martin McKeefery took the checkered flag for the win, which was not anything strange to him as he is a graduate of the Mini Cup Jr. Stars. McKeefery had quick time, won his heat and took it all the way to the Main Event.

7
3

3

Infineon

6

1

1

15

1

3
Stockton 1/4 mile oval

6
3

3
Infineon

July

30
1

1

17

1

1
Carson City 1/4 mile oval
The 17-year-old McKeefery made his second Carson City appearance of the season a good one as he won an exciting 17-car Legends main event that saw five different leaders over 30 laps. McKeefery, who blew a motor and settled for 11th in his June 4 race at Champion, took the lead with two laps to go after passing Bobby Hodges who then spun out and went to the pits.

McKeefery, who was coming off a win against a strong field the weekend before in Stockton, set a fast time of 14.55 in qualifying that is the best this season in the Legends division at Champion.

23
1

1

15

2

1
Stockton 1/4 mile oval, this was my best win every!!! I won the race ahead of some very tallented drivers who came back for a visit.
The Legends of the Pacific again visited Stockton 99 Speedway Saturday night. Milpitas' Seventeen year old Martin McKeefery, #27, again took the checkered flag. Tracy's Jeremy Wood, #22 earned second place, San Lorenzo's Mark Bailey took third, Lodi's Donny Stone finished fourth and Stockton's Fred Clement rounded out the top five.

16
1

2

12

1

3
Lakeport 1/4 mile oval, this was an unfortunate race because there was no outside groove that night and we have to race pretty much single file.

9
1

3

14

2

8
Ukiah 1/4 mile oval

2
1

1

14

2

4

Roseville 1/4 mile oval

June

26
1

1

12

2

2
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course

25
2

35

6
Infineon - support race for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 with NEXTEL CUP

18
1

1

11

1

1
Stockton 1/4 mile oval

11
1

1

16

3

2
Roseville 1/4 mile oval

4
1

6

19

1

10
Carson City, lost the motor while moving into first place

May

29

1

18

1
LAKEPORT, California -- In the final night of the 3-day Robinson Rancheria Casino and Bingo INEX Legends Cars Spring Nationals at the Lakeport Speedway, Martin McKeefery of Milpitas led all but nine laps of the 40 lap feature and collected the $400 win and three-foot tall trophy courtesy of Robinson Rancheria Casino and Bingo general manager Scott Sirois

28
1

18

3
Lakeport

27
2

2

18

2

2
Lakeport

21
1

1

14

2

2
Stockton 1/4 mile oval, that's 7 in a row first in semi-pro division

15
1

1

17

3

3
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results
This race was really fun because I had to start in the back and I passed up into third place.

14
1

1

17

2

2
Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results

7
2

1

15

3

3
Stockton 1/4 mile oval
About lap 8 I took the lead in the race and held on until lap traffic slowed my momentum and I was passed into third place where I finish and first in class.

April

30

2

1

18

3

3
Altamont 1/4 mile oval
After passing into second place with only 2 laps to go, a hard hit from behind moved me to the outside where I was passed. Some how I saved the car and was able to finish in third place overall, first in class.

Lakeport 1/4 mile oval Rained out

16

1

1

18

3

2
Madera 3/8 mile oval

10

1

1

25

8

5

Infineon 2.52 mile road course
Group C results
This was a really great race. I started in 9th and finished in 5th overall and a 1st in my class. Since this was a National Qualifier is was a big race to win.

9

DNF

3

25

DNF

19

Group C results
I hit the tire wall on the first lap of qualifying so I had to start in last place (25). I was lucky we could fix my car in time to race. I worked my way to finish 19 and 3rd in class.

2

1

3

16

2

9

Madera 3/8 mile oval
Wow what a race. I raced between 6th and 2nd place all night. I was spun under yellow, on a restart lap, I drove up the back of another car which caused my steering box to go off and I had to work hard to keep it running. While attempting to pass into 2nd at the end of the race I spun into the infield and had to settle with a 9th place finish.

March


Altamont 1/4 mile oval
Rained out

February

19

1

2

17

2

7

Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results
This was my first time at Thunderhill. By the end of qualifying I was really getting the feel. To qualify 2nd of 17 drivers was really a great result for me. But without knowing how to drive in the rain and we had a down pour for the race, I didn't finish as well as I would have liked. I need rain tires!

20

2

6

19

6

14

I lost my brakes and had to pit, my Dad got me back out there and I ran the 3rd fastest of the group but was 4 laps down. The track was dry too! Darn.

January


22

1

2

19

5

2

Infineon 2.52 mile road course Group C results
Second place finish after trading 2nd and 3rd with #14 who ran from the back to the front that race. Skip ran a great race.

23

1

3

15

1

6

After achieving a substantial lead on the pack (about 1/4 mile ahead of the rest), a full course yellow flag gathered all the cars together. On the green flag restart, I maintained the lead but drove the car too deep into turn 2 and spun the car. I got back into the race in 8th place, passed 2 cars in the last lap.

Off season
Indoor Karting with Mud-racing.net season points total

Qualify

SpeedRing indoor Karting
12/16

3 of 25

World of Outlaws winged sprint car ace, Randy "The Hurricane" Hannigan, mixed it up all day with some of Mud's best (and some of Mud's youngest) winning the main event under heavy pressure from the young Legends driver Martin McKeefery. McKeefery dogged the leader Hannigan most of the race until a failed passing attempt coming into the hairpin late in the race cost him a podium.

Tony Hunt Make-A-Wish fundraiser 1/16

5 of 93

There were 93 drivers, 26 were professional drivers who captained a team of 4 drivers each. I'm proud to have participated in this great event and happy our team placed first in overall points. Thank you to Karen C.; my grandmother, Marie; Sandi O.; Sharon H.; and Patty N. for contributing to the fundraiser!!!!!

Leman's indoor Karting 2/27

3 of 27

Finished 4 click here for details
...drivers who have proven themselves to be threats on any given day were series new "young guns" Karting Specialist ROB DONITZEN (Third for the day), MARTIN MCKEEFERY (4TH)...he's 17 LEAN AND MEAN!! ...

Season totals	Main event Starts	Main event Wins	SemiPro Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Fast Time	Track Records	DNF
Oval races	28	9	18	26	26	13	2	2
Road races	17	2	10	17	18	3		1

Date	Qualify SemiPro	Finish SemiPro	Driver Count	Qualify All drivers	Finish All drivers	Track/Comments
Nov.
12	2	1	30			World Nationals First Place!
11 heat 2		2	15
11 heat 1		1	15			Infineon 2.52 mile road course World Nationals
Oct.
30	1	1	20	3	4	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course
29	1	1	21	3	4	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course
9	4	DNF	24	14	DNF	Infineon 2.52 mile road course Motor failure starting in the morning forced me out of the race.
8	2	1	24	7	4	Infineon 2.52 mile road course What a race! Drivers were here from all over the West. Lots of passing and really fast driving by everyone. What an honor to place up front with these drivers!
Sept.
24	1	2	24	1	2	Shasta 1/3 mile oval Set the track record at 17.960 Entering last weekend’s event at SRP, Micah Parmer had the Legend championship clinched. That was the good news. The bad news was his dismal night on track during the main event, during which he dealt with mechanical issues. Twenty-four cars started the feature, with visitor Martin McKeefery starting on the pole. Frank Marks led the early portion of the race, but was passed on lap nine by Zachery Kavert. Those two would swap the lead a couple of times before Kavert finally took the lead for good and went on to win the race. Rounding out the top five were McKeefery, Steve Fensler, Jr., Marks, and Jason Schuppert. The main event was slowed by at least six caution flags, and though some drivers made their exit on the back of an Anderson Towing truck, all drivers were in good health.
17	1	4	19	1	7	Madera 1/3 mile oval Set the track record at 17.80
16	-	4	8	-	-	Las Vegas, NV
11	1	1	16	1	1	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course
10	2	DNF	14	2	DNF	Roseville 1/4 mile oval
4	1	1	14	1	1	Ukiah 1/4 mile oval
3	1	1	13	1	1	Ukiah 1/4 mile oval
2	1	1	10	1	1	Ukiah 1/4 mile oval
August
27	1	1	15	1	1	Carson City Martin McKeefery of Milpitas, Calif., celebrated his 18th birthday and helped his bid to win the INEX national semipro oval championship with a victory in the 15-car, 40-lap Legends feature race. McKeefery started 12th in the main event and worked through the field in a race that saw three caution flags and one red after a spectacular crash on the 16th lap that knocked Bobby Hodges out of the race. "It was a great race," said McKeefery, who has two victories and one runner-up finish in four appearances at Champion this summer (he has posted fast time all four times). McKeefery, in the running for Legends national road and oval championships (see www.mckeeferyracing.com/),was looking forward to racing one more time at Champion on Sept. 24. However, Champion's scheduled show has been canceled, with the final show now set for Sept. 17. "We were going to come up here ...that was going to be a big deal for us because we need the points,"said James McKeefery, Martin's father. "Now we're scrambling to find another race somewhere." http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/2005108290032
26		2	19		6	Las Vegas, NV
20	1	1	16	1	2	Carson City 1/4 mile oval Madjeski, of Incline Village, collected his first Legends main event victory in three seasons at Champion in a highly competitive Legends race that ran 30 laps without any cautions. Some misfortune earlier in the day actually came back to help out as Madjeski led virtually from the start of the Legends 30-lapper. "Earlier, I had a plug bust so I didn't run well in qualifying, which put me up front (for the main event). That was an advantage, but it's still a win. I'll take it because I've had my misfortunes, too," Madjeski said. At the end, he held off young stars Martin McKeefery and Micah Parmer to take the checker flag. McKeefery, 17, of Milpitas, Calif., won the Legends main event at Champion on July 30 while Parmer, 18, of Anderson, Calif., is the Legends points leader at Shasta Speedway and second-place finisher in the main event at Champion one week before. "I knew they were coming," Madjeski said. "I slacked off for a while because I wanted to save my tires, but when I looked back and saw them, I knew I couldn't save anything anymore. I wasn't going to just give it to them." Parmer moved into fourth-place on the 15th lap, with McKeefery and Denny Hadler in hot pursuit. Parmer moved into second on the 22nd lap and then made an inside move to try and pass into the lead on the 25th lap, only to see Madjeski close the door. McKeefery moved into second-place with two laps to go, but he was unable to make a serious bid for the lead.
13	1	1	12	1	1	Altamont 1/4 mile oval Legends of the Pacific made their second appearance on the “Quick Quarter Mile” this evening. Martin McKeefery took the checkered flag for the win, which was not anything strange to him as he is a graduate of the Mini Cup Jr. Stars. McKeefery had quick time, won his heat and took it all the way to the Main Event.
7	3	3				Infineon
6	1	1	15	1	3	Stockton 1/4 mile oval
6	3	3				Infineon
July
30	1	1	17	1	1	Carson City 1/4 mile oval The 17-year-old McKeefery made his second Carson City appearance of the season a good one as he won an exciting 17-car Legends main event that saw five different leaders over 30 laps. McKeefery, who blew a motor and settled for 11th in his June 4 race at Champion, took the lead with two laps to go after passing Bobby Hodges who then spun out and went to the pits. McKeefery, who was coming off a win against a strong field the weekend before in Stockton, set a fast time of 14.55 in qualifying that is the best this season in the Legends division at Champion.
23	1	1	15	2	1	Stockton 1/4 mile oval, this was my best win every!!! I won the race ahead of some very tallented drivers who came back for a visit. The Legends of the Pacific again visited Stockton 99 Speedway Saturday night. Milpitas' Seventeen year old Martin McKeefery, #27, again took the checkered flag. Tracy's Jeremy Wood, #22 earned second place, San Lorenzo's Mark Bailey took third, Lodi's Donny Stone finished fourth and Stockton's Fred Clement rounded out the top five.
16	1	2	12	1	3	Lakeport 1/4 mile oval, this was an unfortunate race because there was no outside groove that night and we have to race pretty much single file.
9	1	3	14	2	8	Ukiah 1/4 mile oval
2	1	1	14	2	4	Roseville 1/4 mile oval
June
26	1	1	12	2	2	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course
25		2	35		6	Infineon - support race for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 with NEXTEL CUP
18	1	1	11	1	1	Stockton 1/4 mile oval
11	1	1	16	3	2	Roseville 1/4 mile oval
4	1	6	19	1	10	Carson City, lost the motor while moving into first place
May
29		1	18		1	LAKEPORT, California -- In the final night of the 3-day Robinson Rancheria Casino and Bingo INEX Legends Cars Spring Nationals at the Lakeport Speedway, Martin McKeefery of Milpitas led all but nine laps of the 40 lap feature and collected the $400 win and three-foot tall trophy courtesy of Robinson Rancheria Casino and Bingo general manager Scott Sirois
28		1	18		3	Lakeport
27	2	2	18	2	2	Lakeport
21	1	1	14	2	2	Stockton 1/4 mile oval, that's 7 in a row first in semi-pro division
15	1	1	17	3	3	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results This race was really fun because I had to start in the back and I passed up into third place.
14	1	1	17	2	2	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results
7	2	1	15	3	3	Stockton 1/4 mile oval About lap 8 I took the lead in the race and held on until lap traffic slowed my momentum and I was passed into third place where I finish and first in class.
April
30	2	1	18	3	3	Altamont 1/4 mile oval After passing into second place with only 2 laps to go, a hard hit from behind moved me to the outside where I was passed. Some how I saved the car and was able to finish in third place overall, first in class.
Lakeport 1/4 mile oval						Rained out
16	1	1	18	3	2	Madera 3/8 mile oval
10	1	1	25	8	5	Infineon 2.52 mile road course Group C results This was a really great race. I started in 9th and finished in 5th overall and a 1st in my class. Since this was a National Qualifier is was a big race to win.
9	DNF	3	25	DNF	19	Group C results I hit the tire wall on the first lap of qualifying so I had to start in last place (25). I was lucky we could fix my car in time to race. I worked my way to finish 19 and 3rd in class.
2	1	3	16	2	9	Madera 3/8 mile oval Wow what a race. I raced between 6th and 2nd place all night. I was spun under yellow, on a restart lap, I drove up the back of another car which caused my steering box to go off and I had to work hard to keep it running. While attempting to pass into 2nd at the end of the race I spun into the infield and had to settle with a 9th place finish.
March
Altamont 1/4 mile oval						Rained out
February
19	1	2	17	2	7	Thunderhill 3.0 mile road course Group C results This was my first time at Thunderhill. By the end of qualifying I was really getting the feel. To qualify 2nd of 17 drivers was really a great result for me. But without knowing how to drive in the rain and we had a down pour for the race, I didn't finish as well as I would have liked. I need rain tires!
20	2	6	19	6	14	I lost my brakes and had to pit, my Dad got me back out there and I ran the 3rd fastest of the group but was 4 laps down. The track was dry too! Darn.
January
22	1	2	19	5	2	Infineon 2.52 mile road course Group C results Second place finish after trading 2nd and 3rd with #14 who ran from the back to the front that race. Skip ran a great race.
23	1	3	15	1	6	After achieving a substantial lead on the pack (about 1/4 mile ahead of the rest), a full course yellow flag gathered all the cars together. On the green flag restart, I maintained the lead but drove the car too deep into turn 2 and spun the car. I got back into the race in 8th place, passed 2 cars in the last lap.

Off season Indoor Karting with Mud-racing.net season points total
	Qualify
SpeedRing indoor Karting 12/16	3 of 25	World of Outlaws winged sprint car ace, Randy "The Hurricane" Hannigan, mixed it up all day with some of Mud's best (and some of Mud's youngest) winning the main event under heavy pressure from the young Legends driver Martin McKeefery. McKeefery dogged the leader Hannigan most of the race until a failed passing attempt coming into the hairpin late in the race cost him a podium.
Tony Hunt Make-A-Wish fundraiser 1/16	5 of 93	There were 93 drivers, 26 were professional drivers who captained a team of 4 drivers each. I'm proud to have participated in this great event and happy our team placed first in overall points. Thank you to Karen C.; my grandmother, Marie; Sandi O.; Sharon H.; and Patty N. for contributing to the fundraiser!!!!!
Leman's indoor Karting 2/27	3 of 27	Finished 4 click here for details ...drivers who have proven themselves to be threats on any given day were series new "young guns" Karting Specialist ROB DONITZEN (Third for the day), MARTIN MCKEEFERY (4TH)...he's 17 LEAN AND MEAN!! ...