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Lake Pleasant, AZ....May 25.......By
traveling close to Phoenix, AZ, the USAC Southwest Unwinged Sprint Car Series
car count grew to 32 cars and veteran Phoenix area racer Charles Davis Jr won
the 30 lap feature after passing Eric Wilkins on lap 22. Wilkins had taken the
lead from Brandon Lane on lap 4 and he finished second ahead of Saturday night
runnerup Ronnie Clark and fast timer Jeff Branaman. Kent Rosevear, the Saturday
night winner at Show Low, did not appear at Canyon. The sprint cars were joined
by the IMCA Modifieds, who were racing for a second straight night. In just his
second race night at Canyon in a new family built car, Terry Belcher Jr won the
20 lap feature ahead of Saturday night winner Rick Ward and Darren Williams.
The big field of unwinged
sprint cars was paced in time trials by Branaman's 14.11 lap on the 3/8 mile
clay oval. Jeremy Sherman ran a 14.20, Bugs Norbury a 14.44 and Davis ranked
fourth with his 14.48 lap. Matt Rossi, Wilkins, Lane and Clark rounded out the
quickest 8 qualifiers. B Norbury won the dash ahead of Branaman and Beau Binder.
They used a four heat format with just the top four finishers in each heat
advancing into the 30 lap A Main. Jay Erbine won the first heat ahead of
Branaman. Wilkins won heat 2 ahead of Bernie Smith. Lane and Saturday night fast
timer Robert Marfia Jr were 1-2 in heat 3 and Davis won heat 4 ahead of Robert
Hall Jr and Nathan High. Ron Kratz was the only heat race flip victim. The B
Main found 14 cars battling for just 4 transfer spots. Binder flipped in the B
Main with Jeff Henry winning ahead of B Norbury, Chris Bonneau and point
leader Kaylene Verville. Seventh fast qualifier Lane paced the first three laps
of the 30 lap feature with Wilkins taking over for the next 18 laps. Davis got
out front for the final 9 laps to collect the win. Wilkins ran second ahead of
Clark, Branaman, Rossi, Lane, Erbine, Martin and Bob Ream Jr. Both Hall and High
flipped in the A Main. Martin and Verville ended the weekend tied for the point
lead, 10 ahead of Clark and 12 in front of Lane. Rick Ziehl stands fifth, just
21 points out of first.
The IMCA Modifieds drew
30 cars for a second straight night. Belcher Jr won the main event ahead of
Ward, Williams, Jason Noll, Shawn Zelenka, R C Whitwell, Darin Center, Tony
Martin, Eric Center, Anthony Madrid, D J Wood and Brandon Eichelberger.
Summary
IMCA Modifieds
Main-Terry Belcher Jr, Rick Ward, Darren Williams, Jason Noll, Shawn Zelenka, R
C Whitwell, Darin Center, Tony Martin, Eric Center, Anthony Madrid, D J Wood,
Brandon Eichelberger, Joe Ward, Robert King Jr, Jim Collinsworth, Ricky
Thornton, Robin Boomgaarden, Jim Hurd, Tim Palmer, Mark Mann, Robert Paquette,
Tommy Towe, Hank Logue, Guy Norton.
USAC Unwinged Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Jeff Branaman 14.11
Dash-Bugs Norbury, Branaman, Beau Binder.
Heat 1-Jay Erbine, Branaman, Rick Ziehl, Matt Rossi, Bruce St James.
Heat 2-Eric Wilkins, Bernie Smith, Jeremy Sherman, Mike Martin, Binder.
Heat 3-Brandon Lane, Robert Marfia Jr, Aaron Reyer, Bob Ream Jr, Jeff
Henry.
Heat 4-Charles Davis Jr, Robert Hall Jr, Nathan High, Ronnie Clark, Davey
Bateman.
B Main-Henry, B Norbury, Chris Bonneau, Verville, St James, Jim Aragon, Binder,
Steve Stone, Chuck Buckman, Dave Burns, Paul Norbury, Andrew Reinbold, Bateman,
Mike Rux Jr.
A Main-Davis, Wilkins, Clark, Branaman, Rossi, Lane, Erbine, Martin, Ream,
Ziehl, Verville, Henry, Smith, B Norbury, Reyer, Sherman, Marfia, Bonneau, Hall,
High.
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