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Albuquerque, NM.....June 21......Taking
advantage of a lap 15 tangle between leader Joe Larkin Jr and second place Larry
Stoerkel, point leader Bo Baker won the NMMRA unwinged sprint car feature
Saturday night at Duke City Raceway. Nick Rael ran second ahead of Arizona
visitor Mike Rux Jr. Toby Herring beat Richard Johnson and Ford powered Bo
Martinez in the Dirt Modified main event. Johnson, Martinez and Butch Reid are
locked in a tight duel for the track championship. Jay Pape beat Joe Smithberger
and Ronnie Frazier in the street stock main event. Ronnie Leathem Jr took the
hobby stock honors ahead of point leader Robert Kapinski and J R Bonesteel.
The unwinged sprint
cars split 19 cars into three heat races. David Burns won the first heat over
rookie Jeff Brumfield Jr and Jon Taylor. Charlie Fegan beat Robert Marfia Jr and
Chris Faber in heat 2. Last year's rookie of the year, Kelly Denison, won an
exciting heat 3. Tom Ball had passed him at the white flag, but Denison retook
the lead on the final round running the high line. Ball was second ahead of
Baker. Rux Jr spun to force a restart in the main event. On the next try, eight
cars tangled in turn 1 with both Robert Jansson and Ball rolling in the
incident. Jansson, Kevin Faber and Taylor had to be towed to the pits, but Baker
was among the cars making repairs and returning. A second red flag occured on
lap 4 when Tim Jones tagged Larkin Jr and flipped in turn 4. Larkin suffered
minor damage and had worked his way into the lead at the midway mark of the 20
lapper. Fegan spun for a lap 15 yellow flag. On the restart, another yellow
occured when Steve Nix blew a tire and collected Chris Faber. On the next
attempt, second place Stoerkel got into leader Larkin to force yet another
yellow. Baker inherited the lead and paced the remaining rounds to win ahead of
Rael, Rux Jr, Denison and Russell Gossett. Track officials allowed Larkin to
restart and he crossed the finish line in 5th, but the sprint car officials
ruled that he shouldn't have been allowed a second push start and dropped him
behind all the cars that finished the race.
The dirt
modifieds were split into three heat races. Taylor Yazzie won the first ahead of
Mike O'Neal and Sean Hughes. David Sheffield captured heat 2 ahead of
Monte Hunter and Martinez. Herring had a perfect night as he won heat 3 in front
of Mark McClarran and Johnson. Herring won the feature race ahead of Johnson,
Martinez, Ronnie Frazier, Reid, Donald Clinger, Robbie Haaland, Sheffield,
Hunter and Yazzie. The 13 street stocks were divided into a pair of heat races.
Ralph Garcia beat Ron Frazier Jr in heat 1 and Clay Moseley outraced Jim Willis
in heat 2. Pape only managed a fifth in his heat race, but won the main event
ahead of Smithberger and Frazier. With a fourth place run, Dan Harmon took the
point lead from 13th place finisher Willis. Harmon ended the night 10 points
ahead of Willis. Third ranked Kenny Wheeler ran fifth ahead of heat winners
Garcia and Moseley. Wayne McCleskey made the long tow from the Tucson, AZ area
to run 8th. The hobby stocks started a huge 25 car feature after three heat
races. Randall Trujillo beat John Cruickshank in heat 1 and James Mickle won
heat 2 over Leathem Jr. Shane Kapinski beat Ron Frazier Jr in heat 3. Leathem
was chased to his feature win by point leader R Kapinski, J R Bonesteel, Steve
Bonesteel and Ronnie Bell. Stew Bailey was sixth ahead of Charla Robinson and
Michael Kapinski. With a 20th place run, S Kapinski fell 46 points back of point
leader R Kapinski and just 8 ahead of both Frazier and Bell.
Summary
Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-Randall Trujillo, John Cruickshank, Aleta Hanna, Michael Kapinski, Gus
Westerfeld.
Heat 2-James Mickle, Ron Leathem Jr, J R Bonesteel, Gabby Otero, Charla
Robinson.
Heat 3-Shane Kapinski, Ron Frazier Jr, Thomas Hayes, Jeff Whyman, Robert
Kapinski.
Main-Leathem Jr, R Kapinski, J R Bonesteel, Steve Bonesteel, Ronnie Bell, Stew
Bailey, Robinson, M Kapinski, Frazier Jr, Mickle, York, Jennifer Bertetto, Mike
Mendoza, Trujillo, Brian Haworth, Hayes, Rick Boelter, Cruickshank, Nicole
Stoerkel, S Kapinski, Lee Abers, Hanna, Staci March, Audrey Whyman, James
Davis.
Street Stocks
Heat 1-Ralph Garcia, Ron Frazier Jr, Henry Alvidres, Wayne McCleskey, Jay Pape.
Heat 2-Clay Moseley, Jim Willis, Ronnie Bell, Joe Smithberger, Dan Harmon.
Main-Pape, Smithberger, Frazier Jr, Harmon, Kenny Wheeler, Ralph Garcia,
Moseley, McCleskey, Tracy Griffin, Frazier Jr, Alvidres, Bell, Willis.
Dirt Modifieds
Heat 1-Taylor Yazzie, Mike O'Neal, Sean Hughes, Ron Frazier, Butch Reid.
Heat 2-David Sheffield, Donald Clinger, Monte Hunter, Bo Martinez, Bill
Lynch.
Heat 3-Toby Herring, Mark McClarren, Richard Johnson, Robert Haaland, Eric Alwin.
Main-Herring, Johnson, Martinez, Frazier, Reid, Clinger, Haaland, Sheffield,
Hunter, Yazzie, O'Neal, J R Baxter, Kyle Odom, McClarran, Alwin, T J King.
Unwinged Sprint Cars
Heat 1-David Burns, Jeff Brumfield Jr, Jon Taylor, Tim Jones, Kristy
Smith.
Heat 2-Charlie Fegan, Robert Marfia Jr, Chris Faber, Larry Stoerkel, Russell
Gossett.
Heat 3-Kelly Denison, Tom Ball, Bo Baker, Joe Larkin Jr, Steve Nix.
Main-Baker, Nick Rael, Mike Rux Jr, Denison, Gossett, Brumfield, Stoerkel,
Smith, Larkin, Faber, Nix, Fegan, Marfia, Burns, Jones, Ball, Robert Jansson,
Kevin Faber, Taylor.
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