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San Felipe Pueblo, NM....June 28.....Veteran
Bo Baker from Grants NM won his second straight 25 lap NMMRA unwinged sprint car
feature Saturday night as the traveling series returned to Hollywood Hills
Speedway. The victory improved his point lead to a large 31 points over Steve
Nix. Baker led just the final 4 laps after passing Robert Marfia Jr from Rio
Rancho. Marfia Jr hung on for second ahead of Chris Faber with Nix running 4th.
The hobby stocks joined the sprint car show and J R Bonesteel won the 20 lap
feature ahead of heat winner Randy Carter and his father Steve Bonesteel.
The unwinged sprint cars fielded 17
cars. Rookie Jeff Brumfield Jr won the Leavitt Group Dash for Cash ahead of Tim
Jones and Kevin Faber. Jones won the first heat from the pole ahead of Russ Hein
and Kristy Smith. Marfia Jr came from fifth to win the second heat ahead of 4th
starter C Faber. Nix won heat 3 from fifth with pole starter Larry Stoerkel
second. Tom Ball was the only feature scratch. Marfia paced the 25 lap main
event from lap 5 after starting fifth. Coming from 13th, Baker passed Marfia Jr
for the lead on lap 22 and won. His June 21st win came at Duke City Raceway.
Marfia Jr ran second ahead of C Faber, Nix, last year's rookie of the year Kelly
Denison, Stoerkel, Hein and K Faber. Baker had 89 points compared the 58 of Nix
and Bobby Seals at 52. Next action for NMMRA is July 12th back at Duke City
Raceway.
Carter beat S
Bonesteel in the hobby stock heat race and the main event saw J R Bonesteel
winning ahead of Carter, S Bonesteel, Jennifer Bertetto and Ron Leathem Sr.
Summary
Hobby Stocks
Heat-Randy Carter, Steve Bonesteel.
Main-J R Bonesteel, Carter, S Bonesteel, Jennifer Bertetto, Ron Leathem
Sr.
Unwinged Sprint Cars
Dash-Jeff Brumfield Jr, Tim Jones, Kevin Faber.
Heat 1-Jones, Russ Hein, Kristy Smith, K Faber, Brumfield.
Heat 2-Robert Marfia Jr, Chris Faber, Russell Gossett, Miles Merritt, Jon
Taylor.
Heat 3-Steve Nix, Larry Stoerkel, Bo Baker, Kelly Denison, Nick Rael.
Main-Baker, Marfia Jr, C Faber, Nix, Denison, Stoerkel, Hein, K Faber, Gossett,
Merritt, Jones, Rael, Smith, Brumfield Jr, Taylor, David Burns.
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