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Albuquerque, NM.....August
16.......Taking just 7 laps to charge from 8th starting to the lead, 2002 NMMRA
unwinged sprint car 2002 rookie of the year Kelly Denison raced to his first
feature win in the 20 lap main event at Duke City Raceway on Saturday night.
Steve Nix continued his strong recent runs with a 2nd place finish that closed
him to within 11 points of season point leader Bo Baker. Denison passed feature
scratch Tom Ball to move into third in points. The combination of Butch Reid's
Barnett's Harley Davidson dirt modified win and a 15th place run for Ron Frazier
Jr left Reid with a 23 point lead in the track title fight. Mark Seifried had a
career best second ahead of fourth ranked David Sheffield. Jim Willis added to
his big street stock season point lead with a win ahead of third ranked Dan
Harmon and Jay Pape. Still using a car borrowed from father Steve, J R Bonesteel
won the hobby stock main event ahead of Shane Kapinski and James Shook.
19 cars checked in
for the sprint car action at the 3/8 mile clay oval. L C Kesterson from Aztec
won the first heat ahead of Jimmy Scott. Charlie Fegan beat Kristy Smith in heat
2. Denison had a perfect night as he won heat 3 ahead of previous race winner
Joe Larkin Jr and Nix. Ball was the only main event scratch. Fegan flipped
several times off turn 4 early in the race for a red flag. Kesterson led early
from the pole position, but it was 8th starter Denison in the lead in just 7
laps. Nix chased him to the 20 lap checkered flag with Nick Rael third ahead of
current rookie of the year point leader Jeff Brumfield Jr. Point leader Baker
was fifth ahead of Kesterson, J C Powell, Chris Faber, Russell Gossett and Tim
Jones. Baker's point lead is 11 over Nix and 36 ahead of Denison. The club
returns to Duke City Raceway on August 23 and Sept 6.
The dirt modified action saw
the return of former track champion Richard Johnson after he raced out of town
for the past several weeks. The 18 car field was split into three heat races.
Frazier Jr won heat 1 over Kyle Odom. J R Baxter made a rare start and won heat
2 ahead of Seifried. Sheffield outraced Johnson and Robert Haaland in heat 3.
The special Dash for Cash was won by Frazier Jr ahead of Sheffield and Seifried.
Reid only managed a 4th in his heat, but he drove his D&M Performance
Chassis to the feature win. The main event had 16 starters with both Bo Martinez
and Eric Alwin scratching. Seifried and Sheffield continued their strong
evenings with 2nd and 3rd place runs ahead of Mark McClarran, Johnson, Haaland,
Taylor Yazzie, Michael O'Neal and Rob Louder. Frazier is 16 points ahead of
Haaland with Sheffield another 12 points back in fourth.
The street stock count
improved to 15 as usual Sertoma Speedway racers Walton Kyle Jr and Walton Kyle
Sr made the long tow north from Las Cruces. Double division racer Kenny Wheeler
won heat 1 over Willis. Busy three division competitor Ron Frazier Jr won heat 2
ahead of Pape and Clay Moseley. Nick Herrera was a main event scratch to leave
14 cars. Willis won the feature race ahead of Harmon, Pape, Andy Tanner, Ralph
Garcia, Kyle Jr, James Tyrell and Jennifer Zorn. Willis built his point lead to
88 points over Wheeler and 102 ahead of Harmon. The hobby stocks split a 26 car
field into three heat races. Point leader Ron Frazier Jr won the first heat
ahead of Rick Boelter while Randall Trujillo outraced Wheeler in heat 2.
Suezanna Bonesteel won heat 3 ahead of Audrey Whyman. Benny Chavez, Jennifer
Bertetto and Gabby Otero were all disqualified from their feature finishes as J
Bonesteel won the main event ahead of S Kapinski, Shook, Trujillo, Phil York,
Thomas Hayes, Staci March and Robert Kapinski. Frazier Jr ran 20th and saw his
point lead cut to 32 points by York. Boelter ran 16th and stands 46 points out
of first. S Kapinski is fourth, 8 points back of Boelter. J Bonesteel is fifth,
12 points behind S Sapinski.
Fast approaching is the two
race end to the New Mexico Modified Holiday Championship Series on Saturday and
Sunday nights of Labor Day weekend. Both nights pay $1000 to win and the overall
champion of the four race series pockets $2000. Reid and Bumper Jones from Las
Cruces won the Memorial Day weekend main events. The unwinged sprint cars, dirt
modifieds, late models and hobby stocks race on August 23. The holiday weekend
will also see a destruction derby on Saturday night and a street stock special
on Sunday night.
Summary
Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-Ron Frazier Jr, Rick Boelter, James Shook, Robert Kapinski, Ronnie
Bell.
Heat 2-Randall Trujillo, Kenny Wheeler, Aleta Hanna, John Cruickshank, Thomas
Hayes.
Heat 3-Suezanna Bonesteel, Audrey Whyman, Dan Jimenez, Michael Kapinski, James
Welker.
Main-J R Bonesteel, S Kapinski, Shook, Trujillo, Phil York, Hayes, Staci March,
R Kapinski, S Bonesteel, Ronnie Bell, Bob Sandy, Wheeler, M Kapinski, Bob
Scribner, Welker, Boelter, Hanna, Ron Leathem Jr, Whyman, Frazier, Cruickshank,
Jimenez, Brian Haworth.
Street Stocks
Heat 1-Kenny Wheeler, Jim Willis, Walton Kyle Jr, Jennifer Zorn, Henry Alvidres.
Heat 2-Ron Frazier Jr, Jay Pape, Clay Moseley, Andy Tanner, Walton Kyle Sr.
Main-Willis, Dan Harmon, Pape, Tanner, Ralph Garcia, Kyle Jr, James Tyrell, Zorn,
Kenny McDonald, Wheeler, Moseley, Frazier, Alvidres, Kyle Sr.
Dirt Modifieds
Dash-Ron Frazier Jr, David Sheffield, Mark Seifried.
Heat 1-Frazier Jr, Kyle Odom, Mark McClarran, Sean Hughes, Tim Lamm.
Heat 2-J R Baxter, Seifried, Tyrone Yazzie, Butch Reid, Taylor Yazzie.
Heat 3-Sheffield, Richard Johnson, Robert Haaland, Rob Louder, Eric Alwin.
Main-Reid, Seifried, Sheffield, McClarran, Johnson, Haaland, Taylor Yazzie,
Michael O'Neal, Louder, Tim Lamm, Hughes, Jerry Johnston, Tyrone Yazzie,
Frazier, Odom.
Unwinged Sprint Cars
Heat 1-L C Kesterson, Jimmy Scott, Tim Jones, Ron King, Kevin Faber.
Heat 2-Charlie Fegan, Kristy Smith, Jeff Brumfield Jr, Russell Gossett, Nick
Rael.
Heat 3-Kelly Denison, Joe Larkin Jr, Steve Nix, Bo Baker, Chris Faber.
Main-Denison, Nix, Rael, Brumfield, Baker, Kesterson, J C Powell, C Faber,
Gossett, Jones, Scott, Jon Taylor, King, Smith, K Faber, Thomas Murray, Larkin,
Fegan.
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