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Chowchilla, Ca August 21......David Goodwill of Napa won the
20 lap feature at Chowchilla Speedway’s 1/3 mile track on Saturday
night, overpowering Ramos Oil's Gary Koster on lap 17 and taking the
checkered flag with Koster and Oakhurst’s Doug Gandy close behind.
Goodwill was involved in a frightening three car tangle in the
trophy dash where Ed Amador barrel rolled seven times, Keith
Shipherd went end over end four times, and Goodwill flipped. All of
the drivers were all right, the Amador and Goodwill cars were
repaired in time for the main event, but Shipherd’s car was
destroyed. Veteran driver Gary Koster of Woodland won his first
trophy dash in a wingless sprint, and was ecstatic.
Twelve NCMA wingless sprints were divided into two heat races. Heat
one featured first time driver Doug Gandy, Jr. driving his
father’s car, and he drove smoothly and had fun.Kaeding
Performance's Goodwill took the win with Contra Costa Auto Part's
Shipherd second. Heat two was won by J & J Dairy's Amador
followed by Koster and
OCR
’s Burt Siverling. The trophy dash began with Koster taking the
lead from a pole start, followed by Shipherd, Goodwill, and Amador.
On lap two Shipherd, Goodwill and Amador ran three abreast coming
out of turn four, and suddenly they were airborne, flipping and
rolling in front of the flagstand. Chowchilla’s promoter Tom
Sagmillar, track officials, NCMA officials, and the ambulance crews
all did a professional job of quickly responding and attending to
the drivers involved. While the Amador and Goodwill teams made
repairs, the Lavell, Hammond, and Mehalas teams assisted the
Shipherd crew, and promoter Cindy Sagmillar made follow up checks on
the drivers as well. The generous Chowchilla fans collected almost
$300.00 in a rollover fund that was divided between the three
drivers.
Gary Koster took the lead at the green in the 20 lap feature, and
the action slowed early into the race for a spun car. Several laps
later Amador spun in turn 3 for another caution. Koster continued
his lead after the restart, followed by Gandy, Randy Jones
Construction's Jimmy Lavell, and Goodwill. Lavell’s broken drag
link brought out a caution, and
Manteca
’s Michael Zarevich was flagged off the track after his second
spin. Goodwill charged into the lead on lap 17, and was followed to
the checkers by Koster and Doug Gandy. The NCMA Sprints will be
racing again on Saturday, August 28 at
Altamont
’s ½ mile paved track. Drive safe, have fun, and take care.
Summary:
Heat 1: David Goodwill, Keith Shipherd, George Terry, Rob Hammond,
Michael Zarevich, Jim Janssen
Heat 2: Ed Amador, Gary Koster, Burt Siverling, Jimmy Lavell, Doug
Gandy,Jr., Dale Mehalas
Trophy Dash: Gary Koster, Keith Shipherd, David Goodwill, Ed Amador
Main: Goodwill, Gary Koster, Doug Gandy, Burt Siverling, George
Terry, Rob Hammond, Ed Amador, Jim Janssen, Dale Mehalas, Zarevich,
Jimmy Lavell, Keith Shipherd (DNS)
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