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| A Happy Birthday Win For Don
Hicks by Debbie Shipherd |
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Altamont, Ca...July 31... Don Hicks of Patterson won his
first feature of the season at Altamont Motorsports Park on Saturday
July 31, leading the entire 20 lap race from green to checkers, just
a week after celebrating his 70th birthday.
In his 55th year of racing, Hicks proved he is still a force to
be reckoned with as he led the race flawlessly and powered his
Design Mobile Systems car to the checkers, followed closely by
Steve's Constuction's Pat Ariaz and J & J Dairy's Ed Amador of
Modesto. A yellow came out for a spun car in the infield on lap 3, and Hicks continued to lead after the restart. The "Rim Rider" Scott Holloway made an outside pass on Amador to take over 4th on lap five. On the 7th circuit, Silva and Holloway met with unfortunate contact with the wall in turn 2. Both drivers were unharmed but their cars too damaged to continue racing. The front pack led a tight bumper to bumper formation with Hicks leading in front of Ariaz, Amador, and Contra Costa Auto Part's Keith Shipherd. In just his 3rd feature race at Altamont, Hale Lumber's Rob
Hammond ran in the 5th spot and kept a smooth line. With only 5 laps
to go, OCR's Burt Siverling pulled into the infield as he ran out of
fuel. Amador attempted to challenge Ariaz for the 2nd spot but was
unable to overtake him, and as the checkered flag flew, it was Don
Hicks, Ariaz, and Amador in the top 3. Drive safe, have fun, and take care. |
