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August 22-23.......Manzanita
Speedway celebrated it's 52nd season of continuous operation on Friday and
Saturday night with 9 divisions of competition. The ASCA unwinged 360 sprint
cars got a rare opportunity to race on the half-mile track Saturday night and
red hot Jeremy Sherman won the feature race ahead of Justin Fisher and Davey
Bateman. The Sherman-Fisher 1-2 finish duplicated their finish in the AMRA
Midget main event on the smaller 1/3 mile clay oval. Dustin Carmony and Danny
Mathus ran 1-2 in the AMSRA Mini Sprint main event. The Saturday night action
was rounded out by the super stocks and defending track champion George Fronsman
won to cut Kenny Gill's point lead to just 11 points. Gill finished third behind
Kevin Willer. The IMCA Modifieds were featured on Friday night and Arizona
living legend Terry Belcher Sr won the main event ahead of Anthony Madrid and
Terry Belcher Jr. With his third place run, Belcher Jr cut Joe Warner's track
point lead to just 2 points. Warner leads the points at both Manzanita and
Canyon along with the Arizona State listing. Chris Snyder beat point leader Tim
Jones in the dwarf car feature. Rookie of the year candidate Richard Kirn won
the factory stock main ahead of former dirt late model racer Kent Staley. With
his his third place run, Ron Poe cut Bobby Taylor's point lead to just 2 points.
Donnie Birmingham beat Robert Husted in the claimer feature and Larry Sowacki
returned from a lengthy absence to win the bomber feature ahead of Roger Smith.
After a tough weather
week, more rain hit on Saturday night and the sprint car teams want to thank the
super stocks for wheel packing the half-mile track for nearly one hour to make
it raceable. The unwinged 360 sprint cars were the only division to race on the
larger track on the weekend. With some of the top Arizona teams racing at the
$5000 to win VRA Nationals at Perris CA, 22 unwinged sprint cars appeared and
the club placed the top ten in points directly into the A Main with the other 12
cars chasing ten transfers out of a B Main. Bateman won the dash ahead of Ricky
Johnson and Jimmy Norman. Sherman had to come through the B Main but he won that
with Travis Cooley second ahead of Jeff Slinkard and usual USAC racer Mike
Martin. Fisher claimed that final transfer forward from the B Main, but he and
Sherman put on a show in the A Main as they drove through the field. Sherman won
with Fisher second ahead of Bateman, Slinkard, Martin, Jay Ervine, Nathan High,
R J Johnson, Josh Pelkey and Ricky Johnson. The midgets fielded 12 cars and
Fisher beat David Rosales in the dash. In their feature, it was again Sherman
and Fisher 1-2 ahead of Adam Young, Terry Palmer, Cole Houser, Mike Leslie, R J
Johnson and Robert Ellis. Earlier this month, Young towed all the way to Banks
OR and won the first BCRA Midget race ever held in Northern Oregon. The mini
sprints had a solid 25 car turnout and started everyone in their main event on
the 1/3 mile oval. Jessica Patterson Don Keesler in the dash. Carmony and Mathus
ran 1-2 in the feature ahead of Charles Mokry, Kiley Fellars, Tony Osuch, Dennis
Parks, Kurt Stults and Thomas Ogle. The sprint car teams passed the hat and came
up with a donation for the super stock purse to thank them for their wheel
packing efforts. The super stocks had a 20 car turnout and Anthony Madrid beat
Fronsman and Willer in the dash. In the feature, it was Fronsman winning ahead
of Willer, point leader Gill, Dale Wall, Mike McLean, Dennis Spidell, John
Crawford, Don Costa, Ray Reynolds and Crystal Reynolds. A Madrid ran 12th and
dropped 38 points back of Gill, just 8 ahead of Willer in their duel for third
in points.
The IMCA Modifieds headlined the Friday
night card with 24 cars racing a feature event only on the 1/3 mile clay oval.
Belcher Sr won ahead of A Madrid, Belcher Jr, Ron Funk, point leader Warner,
Ricky Thornton, Tom Wyman, Casa Grande street stock champion Art Lacy, Dominique
Askren and David Burrows. While Warner remains just 2 points ahead of Belcher Jr,
John Cornell ran 17th and dropped to 13 points behind the leader. Madrid in
fourth, 32 points behind the leader and just 5 ahead of the tied duo of Funk and
Thornton. The dwarf cars fielded 23 cars and Greg Loper beat Richard Milton in
the dash. The B Main was dominated by the Henesey family from Show Low as Ryan
Henesey won ahead of Theron Bobbitt and Helen Henesey. Snyder beat point leader
Tim Jones in the A Main with teenaged rookie Nick Escobedo climbing to fourth in
points with a third place run ahead of Pat Henesey, Casey Cain, Art Garcia,
Denny Dowty, Roger Dvorak, Kevin Stalbaum and R Henesey. The factory stocks had
the biggest turnout with 27 cars so they put the top 15 in points into the A
Main and let the other 12 battle for five transfers out of the B Main. Paul
Arseneau won the dash over Terry Mumaugh. Julio Hurtado won the B Main ahead of
Ty Warner and double division racer Chris McCurdy. Kirn was chased to his
feature win by K Staley, Poe, Clifton Maggard, Ryan Roath, T Warner, Mumaugh, Ed
Crabtree and Jerry Lee. Taylor finished 17th and saw his point lead shrink to
just the two points over Poe. The claimers fielded 20 cars and dash winner
Donnie Birmingham won the main event ahead of Robert Husted and an unidentified
driver in #23. Brian Bennett ran fourth ahead of Jeff Moeglin and Jeremy Lilly.
Sowacki took the bomber main with Roger Smith second and another unidentified
#28 in third. Sheila McCurdy ran fourth over General Law Jr, Brad Hallin and
Troy Mangano.
Summary
August 22
Bomber
Dash-Randy McCrory, Troy Mangano, Sheila McCurdy.
Main-Larry Sowacki, Roger Smith, #28, S McCurdy, General Law Jr, Brad Hallin,
Mangano, Peter McSorley, Tommy Hester, McCrory, Bill Drake, Doug Barrett, Paul
Brown Jr, Aaron Rider.
Claimer
Dash-Donnie Birmingham, Brian Bennett, Ben Shepherd.
Main-Birmingham, Robert Husted, #23, Bennett, Jeff Moeglin, Jeremy Lilly, Joe
Gentile Sr, Brad Thomas, Larry Orban, Donald Yates, James Paulot, Jennifer
Silber, Larry Upton, Shepherd, #34, Richard Pino, Rene Madrid Jr, Shane
Savage.
Factory Stock
Dash-Paul Arseneau, Terry Mumaugh, Ron Poe.
B Main-Julio Hurtado, Ty Warner, Chris McCurdy, Corky Warner, Danny Shepherd,
Jason George, Eric Foote, Joseph Pino, Jared Keener, Chico Hernandez.
A Main-Richard Kirn, Kent Staley, Poe, Clifton Maggard, Ryan Roath, T Warner,
Mumaugh, Ed Crabtree, Jerry Lee, John Reynolds, Arseneau, Daniel Romero, Mike
Lilly, Reeve Staley, Hurtado, Jackie Parmeley, Bobby Taylor, D Shepherd, C
Warner, C McCurdy.
Dwarf Car
Dash-Greg Loper, Richard Milton, Tom Peck.
B Main-Ryan Henesey, Theron Bobbitt, Helen Henesey, Richard Hoelzer, Peck, Tim
Cotherman, Russell Hardy, Loper, Milton, Gerald Hardy.
A Main-Chris Snyder, Tim Jones, Nick Escobedo, Pat Henesey, Casey Cain, Art
Garcia, Denny Dowty, Roger Dvorak, Kevin Stalbaum, R Henesey, R Hoelzer, Peck, H
Henesey, Hardy, Bobbitt, Cotherman, Chuck Vallone, Chris Ricker, Sandy Matthews,
Wesley DeBeaux, Travis Seals, David Brodeur, Milton.
IMCA Modified
Main-Terry Belcher Sr, Anthony Madrid, Terry Belcher Jr, Ron Funk, Joe Warner,
Ricky Thornton, Tom Wyman, Art Lacy, Dominique Askren, David Burrows, Jason
Noll, R C Whitwell, Brian Spindleman, Mike Way, Buddy Wade, John Cox, John
Cornell, Jay Foster, Jim MacNeil, Wyman, Robert King Jr, Steve Bender, Danny
Price, Dave Craft.
August 23
Super Stock
Dash-Anthony Madrid, George Fronsman, Kevin Willer.
Main-Fronsman, Willer, Kenny Gill, Dale Wall, Mike McLean, Dennis Spidell, John
Crawford, Don Costa, Ray Reynolds, Crystal Reynolds, Larry Price, A Madrid, Dave
Erickson, James Fields, #15, #99J, Matt Lundy, Joe Sarginger, Mike Lilly, John
Romero.
Mini Sprint
Dash-Jessica Patterson, Don Keesler, Dennis Parks.
Main-Dustin Carmony, Danny Mathus, Charles Mokry, Kiley Fellars, Tony Osuch,
Dennis Parks, Kurt Stults, Thomas Ogle, Mark Stroh, Lance Peterson, Keesler,
Scott Birdzell, Robert Mobley, Judd Hathaway, Rick Alexander, Don Goodman, Scott
Pasmore, Michael Young, Trey Deane, Tim Ogle, Jim Mattison, Jeff Greszler, Brian
Shaw, Robert Mitchell, Dale Janisse.
Midget
Dash-Justin Fisher, David Rosales, R J Johnson.
Main-Jeremy Sherman, Fisher, Adam Young, Terry Palmer, Cole Houser, Mike Leslie,
Johnson, Robert Ellis, #71X, Mike Courtney, David Birmingham, Rosales.
Unwinged 360 Sprint Car
Dash-Davey Bateman, Ricky Johnson, Jimmy Norman.
B Main-Jeremy Sherman, Travis Cooley, Jeff Slinkard, Mike Martin, Mike Miller,
Steve Cushman, John Yates, Kent Rosevear.
A Main-Sherman, Justin Fisher, Bateman, Slinkard, Martin, Jay Ervine, Nathan
High, R J Johnson, Josh Pelkey, Ricky Johnson, Bugs Norbury, Norman, Jesse
Dunham, Cushman, Ronnie Clark, Miller, Paul Norbury, Rosevear, #21N, Cooley.
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