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JOE LARKIN JR RETURNS FOR $1000 NMMRA WIN IN ALBUQUERQUE
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged Sprint Cars, Dirt Modifieds and Hobby Stocks

Albuquerque, NM....July 26......Returning to action after missing two races, Joe Larkin Jr charged from 10th starting to the lead in just 6 laps and he raced to a $1000 win in the 25 lap special for the NMMRA unwinged sprint cars Saturday night at Duke City Raceway. Point runnerup Steve Nix finished second ahead of 2002 rookie of the year Kelly Denison with point leader Bo Baker fifth behind rookie of the year candidate Jon Taylor. The dirt modified field included three invaders from the Las Cruces-El Paso area. Christy Georges made a last lap slide job on Toby Herring to take the lead, but Herring stormed back to retake the lead and win with Georges second of David Sheffield and Mark McClarran. Steve Bonesteel won the 22 car hobby stock main event ahead of Ronnie Bell and Gabby Otero.

         The sprint cars divided their 20 car turnout into three heat races. Jeff Brumfield Jr beat fellow rookie of the year candidate Taylor in heat 1 with Kristy Smith third. Russell Gossett raced into the lead at the white flag to win heat 2 over David Burns and Jimmy Scott. Outside front row starter Denison won heat 3 over Tim West and Tom Ball. Taylor beat West and Gossett in the dash. The field included Duke City Raceway track owner Chuck Jackson in the backup car for point leader Baker. Taylor took a quick lead in the 25 lapper as a spin by Tim Jones brought out a yellow flag with six cars tangled. The incident ended the race for Gosseett, 2002 champion Ball, Santa Fe newcomer Scott and new rookie Thomas Murry. Taylor was still leading on lap 5 when Burns ran over a wheel and flipped twice without injury. West and Baker were collected in the incident and only Baker returned for the restart. Larkin took the lead by passing Taylor and Smith on lap 6 and was never headed. Nix ran second ahead of Denison, Taylor, Baker, Brumfield, Chris Faber, Michael Marfia Jr and Smith. Baker's point lead is 16 over Nix and 35 ahead of Ball.

         The 15 dirt modifieds were divided into a pair of heat races. Tyrone Yazzie won the first heat over Sheffield and Georges. Kyle Odom won heat 2 over McClarran and Herring. Herring and Georges entertained the crowd with their late race duel in the main event with Herring winning ahead of Georges, Sheffield, McClarran, Odom, Ron Frazier Jr, Robert Haaland, Sherman Barnett and Michael O'Neal. Butch Reid blew his engine, ran 11tha nd saw his point lead cut to 14 points by Frazier Jr, who is the hobby stock point leader. Bo Martinez ran last behind Bumper Jones and Taylor Yazzie to fall 9 points back of Frazier. Sheffield has climbed into a tie with Haaland for fourth, 37 points back of Reid.

        The hobby stocks split into three heat races with Randall Trujillo, John Cruickshank and Steve Bonesteel the winners. Top runner Rick Boelter was disqualified from his feature finish as S Bonesteel won ahead of Bell, Otero, Phil York, Trujillo, Dan Jimenez, Staci March, Audrey Whyman and Suezanna Bonesteel. Frazier was 19th, but holds a 44 point lead over York.


Summary 

Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-Randall Trujillo, Gabby Otero, Dan Jimenez, Audrey Whyman, Lee Abers. 
Heat 2-John Cruickshank, Ron Leathem Jr, James Shook, James Mickle, Aleta Hanna.
Heat 3-Steve Bonesteel, J R Bonesteel, Ron Frazier Jr, Jeff Whyman, Ronnie Bell.
Main-S Bonesteel, Bell, Otero, Phil York, Trujillo, Jimenez, Staci March, A Whyman, Suzanna Bonesteel, Leathem Jr, J Bonesteel, Vicki Goss, Bobby Sandy, Hanna, Abers, Mickle, Cruickshank, J Whyman, Frazier, Shook, Gus Westerfield. 

Dirt Modifieds
Heat 1-Tryone Yazzie, David Sheffield, Christy Georges, Ron Frazier Jr, Bumper Jones.
Heat 2-Kyle Odom, Mark McClarran, Toby Herring, Robert Haaland, Sherman Barnett.
Main-Herring, Georges, Sheffield, McClarran, Odom, Frazier, Haaland, Barnett, Michael O'Neal, Sean Hughes, Butch Reid, Tyrone Yazzie, Jones, Taylor Yazzie, Bo Martinez.

Unwinged Sprint Cars
Dash-Jon Taylor, Tim West, Russell Gossett. Heat 1-Jeff Brumfield Jr, Taylor, Kristy Smith, Tim Jones, Kevin Faber. 
Heat 2-Gossett, David Burns, Jimmy Scott, Chris Faber, Chuck Jackson. 
Heat 3-Kelly Denison, West, Tom Ball, Larry Stoerkel, Bo Baker. 
Main-Joe Larkin Jr, Steve Nix, Denison, Taylor, Baker, Brumfield, C Faber, Michael Marfia Jr, Smith, J C Powell, K Faber, Jackson, Stoerkel, West, Burns, Tim Jones, Ball, Thomas Murry, Scott, Gossett.

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