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WARMERDAM AT HANFORD by Gary Jacob |
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Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds and Hot Stocks |
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Hanford, CA -May 6, 2000--Only fast time eluded
Jerome Warmerdam as he raced to victory in the feature for the Bandit
unwinged 360 sprint cars and won his heat after timing second fast
Saturday night at Kings Speedway. Gene Manhire pressured Warmerdam
down the stretch while Brad Evett ran third. Defending track champion
Jimmy Reeves won the 20 lap main for the IMCA Modifieds to join Mike
Johnson as a two time winner in 2000. Johnson lost second in an
encounter with a lapped car and was racing without brakes. That
dropped him to a fifth place finish as Wayne Coffman placed second
ahead of Lonnie Lacy Jr. When Bryan Burnes teamed up with Justyn
Labutski for the 2000 season, big things were predicted for the team,
but they have battled a series of equipment failures in their
aggresive race schedule. Car problems forced them to miss their heat
Saturday night, but Burnes then battled from the rear to win the 20
lap main ahead of J T Contente and Johnny Cardoza.
The Bandit unwinged 360 sprint cars had a 14 car turnout and point leader A J Burgin posted fast time honors with his 15.728 lap as Warmerdam was just a tick back at 15.730. Evett ran a 15.860 lap and Davey Pombo returned to Bandit action by timing fourth fast at 15.992. Matt Day won the first heat race ahead of Burgin and Evett. Warmerdam won heat 2 with Brenden Olsen second ahead of Pombo. It was Warmerdam's third win of 2000 and all three have come at the Kings Speedway 3/8 mile clay oval. Manhire finished second with Evett third ahead of Pombo, Olsen, Bobby Davis Jr, Josh Davis, Dave Knott and Burgin. Jim Phelan was a feature scratch. The IMCA Modifieds had 18 cars and they were split into three qualifying heats with Reeves the first heat winner with Johnson second. Chad Patterson edged out Tom Bowser in heat 2. For the 2000 season, Wayne Coffman from Bakersfield switched his point racing to the Hanford track and he won heat 3 with Ed Nichols second. Gary Pugh had trailered after problems in hot laps and the remaining 17 cars all started the 20 lap main. Reeves took main event honors in front of Coffman, Watsonville long tow Lonnie Lacy Jr, Bowser, Johnson, Joe Chapman, Tom Stidham and Bob Dias. The Hot Stocks were not only running a regular show at Kings, but tuning up for the opener of the four race California State Street Stock Championship Series that opens May 13th at Bakersfield Speedway Park. Johnny Cardoza won heat 1 with Rick Tarr second ahead of J T Contente. In heat 2, it was Roy Hart Jr in front of Aaron Revious and Ken Noland. Burnes missed the heat making repairs, but tagged the main event lineup and won the 20 lapper in his Palace Indian Casino sponsored effort. J T Contente was second ahead of Cardoza, Claudine Contente, Tarr, Ron Hurt, Revious and Rich Denman. Summary Hot Stock Heat 1-Johnny Cardoza, Rick Tarr, J T Contente, Craig Fromme, Jim Harris. Heat 2-Roy Hart Jr, Aaron Revious, Ken Noland, Joaquin Contente, Ron Hurt. Main-Bryan Burnes, J T Contente, Cardoza, Claudine Contente, Tarr, Hurt, Revious, Rich Denman, Kenny Eskew, Joaquin Contente, Harris, Noland, Fromme, Hart. IMCA Modified Heat 1-Jimmy Reeves, Mike Johnson, Lonnie Lacy Jr, Jeff Heusdens, Eddie Stewart. Heat 2-Chad Patterson, Tom Bowser, Gerard Filipe, Ray Arena. Heat 3-Wayne Coffman, Ed Nichols, Joe Chapman, Rex Porterfield, Bob Williamson. Main-Reeves, Coffman, Lacy, Bowser, Johnson, Chapman, Tom Stidham, Bob Dias, Filipe, Nichols, Stewart, Porterfield, Williamson, Arthur Devult, Heusdens, Patterson, Arena. Bandit Sprint Car Fast Time-A J Burgin 15.728 Heat 1-Matt Day, Burgin, Brad Evett, Dave Knott, Josh Davis. Heat 2-Jerome Warmerdam, Brenden Olsen, Davey Pombo, Gene Manhire, Jason Yount. Main-Warmerdam, Manhire, Evett, Pombo, Olsen, Bobby Davis Jr, Davis, Knott, Burgin, Day, Keith Silva, Warren Dorathy, Yount. |
