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LEADER OLSEN'S WIN by Gary Jacob |
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Bandit Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds and Hot Stocks |
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Hanford, CA -May 22, 1999--Brenden Olsen from Fresno,
the point leader for the traveling Bandit unwinged 360 sprint cars,
used a lap 23 pass around Gene Manhire to score a $700 win in their 25
lap main event Saturday night at Kings Speedway. In the 20 lap main
for the IMCA Modifieds, Turlocks Bob Hotchkiss outdueled previous
feature winner Chad Patterson to win and he leaped all the way to
second in points as 4th place finisher Steve Smothermon from
Porterville took over the top point spot with the blown engine for
incoming point leader Mike Johnson. After earlier winning his heat,
Delbert Turnmire took top honors in the 20 lap Hot Stock feature.
The Bandit turnout was 16 cars and previous week Tulare winner Jerome Warmerdam posted fast time honors with his 16.003 lap as Jarrett Chaney ran a 16.094 lap and Olsen was third at 16.247. Both A J Burgin and Mike Downing broke in hot laps, but Burgin borrowed Jim Phelans car for the racing action. Problems in the heat race action sidelined Josh Davis and Warren Dorathy from the main event. 1998 champion Danny Sheridan returned to Bandit action after missing the two previous races to run the season opening races at his home track in Santa Maria. He and Chaney won heat races. Davey Pombo Jr returned to Kings action and led early. On lap 13, Dave Knott spun for a yellow flag. Manhire was leading Sheridan and Olsen, but Olsen made a late charge around both and took the lead on lap 23 for his 25 lap win. Warmerdam was second ahead of Manhire, Sheridan, Pombo, Chaney, Matt Day and Burgin. The warm night proved tough for the $325 claim engines that the IMCA Modifieds run. Heat winners were Rex Tyler, Tom Bowser and Bob Williamson as a 25 car field appeared. Both Ray Arena and Del Reeves were feature scratches. Eddie Stewart caught fire for a lap 1 yellow in the feature and a frontstretch crash that eliminated Jason Pugh and Richard Vandersteen again slowed the action. A J Wright lost a motor and was hit by Bowser to end Bowsers night also. Point leader Mike Johnson lost an engine. From lap 10 on, it was Hotchkiss and Patterson dueling for the win and veteran racer Hotchkiss pulled away in the late lapped traffic. Hank Silva finished third and Smothermon used his 4th place run to move past Johnson and Jimmy Reeves into the point lead. Hotchkiss stands just 8 points behind Smothermon and Loren DeArmond is 9 points back. Johnson brought a six point lead into the event, but left 9 points back. Tim Pilcher was a solid fifth ahead of Ed Nichols, Joe Chapman, DeArmond and Tyler. The Hot Stocks had a 12 car turnout and heat winners were Craig Fromme and Turnmire. In the feature, Turnmire was leading both C Fromme and Claudine Contente. On lap 15, C Contente took second from C Fromme, but a late tangle between Joaquin Contente and Aaron Revious set up a one lap restart for the win. Turnmire fought off the stiff challenge from C Contente for the win with Dave Bush third ahead of C Fromme, Shawn Fromme, Revious and Joaquin Contente. Ron Hurt had led the points entering the night, but he was 10th and Bush emerged as the new point leader. Summary Hot Stock Heat 1-Craig Fromme, Dave Bush, Aaron Revious, Shawn Fromme, J T Contente. Heat 2-Delbert Turnmire, Claudine Contente, Richard Yarborough, Ron Hurt, Joaquin Contente. Main-Turnmire, C Contente, Bush, C Fromme, S Fromme, Revious, J Contente, Tom Sagmiller, Yarborough, Hurt, J T Contente, Frank Reed. IMCA Modified Heat 1-Rex Tyler, Mike Johnson, Tim Pilcher, Tom Stidham, Loren DeArmond. Heat 2-Tom Bowser, Steve Smothermon, Bob Hotchkiss, A J Wright, Mike Cotta. Heat 3-Bob Williamson, Richard Vandersteen, Hank Silva, Chad Patterson, Jimmy Reeves. Main-Hotchkiss, Patterson, Silva, Smothermon, Pilcher, Ed Nichols, Joe Chapman, DeArmond, Tyler, Larry Howland, Gerard Felipe, Gerald Russell, Williamson, Eddie Stewart, Rex Porterfield. Bandit Sprint Car Fast Time-Jerome Warmerdam 16.003 Heat 1-Danny Sheridan, Brenden Olsen, Warmerdam, Larry Dietz, Matt Day. Heat 2-Jarrett Chaney, Gene Manhire, Davey Pombo Jr, Dave Knott, Brian Schuler. Main-Olsen, Warmerdam, Manhire, Sheridan, Pombo, Chaney, Day, A J Burgin, Schuler, Knott, Chad Gillihan, Dietz. |
