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Phoenix, AZ......Sept
13........Taking just six laps to take the lead from the sixth row, Jeremy
Sherman lapped all but the top 7 finishers in a caution free 25 lap feature for
the ASCA unwinged 360 sprint cars Saturday night on the 1/3 mile clay oval at
Manzanita Speedway. It was Sherman's fourth straight win and sixth in the last 7
races. The only mar to the streak was a 5th on August 16 as the Dave Ellis 21J
car has been near perfect. Bob Ream Jr was second in the feature ahead of 2002
champion Eric Wilkins. With a 5th place run, Ricky Johnson held onto a small 26
point lead over Josh Pelkey. Fresh off a preliminary night feature win and a 4th
place run in the finale of the prestigious IMCA SuperNationals in Boone IA,
Terry Belcher Jr won the IMCA Modified main event. Casa Grande street stock
champion Art Lacy broke a motor dueling Belcher Jr for the lead and Jay Foster
ended up a career best second after Terry Belcher Sr slowed in the closing
rounds to avoid a claim. Belcher Jr did have his engine claimed by Dominique
Askren and he agreed to sell. Belcher Jr ended the night with Arizona state
point leader Joe Warner for the Manzanita track point lead. Danny Mathus got his
first Manzanita Speedway feature win in over a year in the Arizona Mini Sprint
main as Dustin Carmony and Jeff Greszler chased him to the win. On Friday night,
Ron Poe outraced fellow factory stock title contender Bobby Taylor for that win.
Ben Shepherd beat Jeremy Kimble in the claimer feature and Dan Lawrie outraced
Manzanita Speedway web site master Brad Hallin the bomber action.
The ASCA unwinged sprint cars had a great 32 car turnout and they were divided
into four heat races. Pelkey beat Sherman in the dash. Brandon Lane beat Ream Jr
in heat 1, Sherman outraced point leader Ricky Johnson in heat 2, Nathan High
edged Pelkey in heat 3 and young R J Johnson won heat 4 over Jeff Branaman. The
top four from each heat advanced and they were joined by four transfers from a
16 car B Main. A restart incident saw Buddy Earle flip end for end without
injury. Paul Norbury won the B Main ahead of Joey Moriarity, Las Vegas racer Jay
Ervine and Jeff Henry. Just missing transfers were Justin Fisher, Bruce St James
and double division racer Scott Pasmore. The heat races and the B Main saw all
the teams racing the bottom groove, but a brief sprinkling of water before the
feature found everyone racing the top groove in the 25 lap A Main. In just his
second start of the year, Ashley Corey led the first 3 laps before Ricky Johnson
took over. Ricky Johnson was only out front for two laps before Sherman used one
of his patented slide jobs to race out front. Working lapped traffic to
perfection, Sherman stretched his lead to a full straight over Ricky Johnson.
Ricky Johnson ran off the top of the track with five laps to go and dropped back
to fifth. Ream Jr chased Sherman to the checkered flag for his best 2003 season
finish. Wilkins was third and fourth starter Lane was fourth at starter Dave
Cushman's checkered flag. Sherman averaged 17.28 per lap as the 25 laps took
432.05 seconds. Ricky Johnson was fifth, but Pelkey ran sixth to stay within the
26 points. Wilkins is a distant third in points and Sherman has climbed into
fourth with his success. High, Yuma's Mike Martin, Davey Bateman and P Norbury
rounded out tonight's top ten.
The IMCA Modifieds split 23 cars into three heat races. Belcher Sr won the first
heat ahead of Chuck Black with Belcher Jr the second heat winner over Mark
Fowler. Foster enjoyed a big night as he won heat 3 over Casa Grande champion R
C Whitwell. Having lettered the former Rick Ward car to his tradtional #2, Lacy
started on the pole for the feature and led a couple laps before Belcher Jr took
over. Belcher Jr led two laps and Lacy was back out front. The rim riding
Belcher Jr raced back into the lead and took his father Belcher Sr with him as
they raced around Lacy. In the closing rounds, Belcher Sr slowed to fall out of
the claimable top four with Foster rising to a 2nd ahead of Warner. Former drawf
car star Tony Martin was 4th ahead of John Cornell, Black, Belcher Sr, Ricky
Thornton, Ron Funk and Guy Norton. Whitwell had knocked Anthony Madrid off the
end of the track during the race and Madrid t-boned Whitwell when racing
resumed. Both Whitwell and Madrid were disqualified for their actions. The
championship will be decided on Friday, Sept 26. Cornell is only 15 points back
of the two leaders and 27 ahead of Thornton. Thornton is just a single point
ahead of Funk. The mini sprint count dropped slightly to 19 cars. Last week's
feature winner Kiley Fellars won the dash ahead of Lance Peterson. Heat wins
went to Robert Mobley, Dustin Carmony and Jeff Greszler. It took Mathus just
four laps to take the lead from 2002 champion Dennis Parks in the feature race.
Scott Pasmore was in the second place duel when he pitted with three laps to
run. Carmony and Greszler both passed Parks on the final lap to finish 2-3.
Parks ran fourth ahead of Thomas Ogle, Tim Ogle, Mark Stroh and Scott Birdzell.
Mathus is running second behind Greszler in the season championship fight.
The stock car action on Friday night saw 20 factory stocks, 20 claimers and 9
bombers. Terry Mumaugh won both the dash and his heat for the factory stocks.
Other heat winners were Kent Staley and Chris McCurdy. Poe was second in both
the dash and his heat, but he won the main event ahead of Taylor, Mumaugh, Paul
Arseneau, Richard Kirn, K Staley, Ryan Roath and Mike Lilly. Brian Bennett and
Donnie Birmingham wre the claimer heat winners. Shepherd ran second in his heat
and won the feature honors ahead of Jeremy Kimble, Larry Upton, Chris McCurdy
and Frank Outlaw. Brad Thomas, Francine Pino and Robert Husted rounded out the
top 8. Dan Lawrie won the lone heat race for the bombers ahead of Hallin and
Howard Powell Jr. Lawrie then took feature honors ahead of Hallin, Peter
McSorley, Sheila McCurdy and John Stafford.
Summary
Sept 12
Bombers
Heat-Dan Lawrie, Brad Hallin, Howard Powell Jr, Roger Smith, Troy Mangano.
Main-Lawrie, Hallin, Peter McSorley, Sheila McCurdy, John Stafford, Powell Jr,
Mangano, Smith, Randy McCrory.
Claimers
Heat 1-Brian Bennett, Jeremy Kimble, Chris McCurdy, Donald Yates, Bill Drake.
Heat 2-Donnie Birmingham, Ben Shepherd, Randy Allen, Gregory Gentile.
Main-Shepherd, Kimble, Larry Upton, McCurdy, Frank Outlaw, Brad Thomas, Francine
Pino, Robert Husted, #47, Bennett, Birmingham, #57, Jeremy Lilly, Bill Drake,
Yates, #34, Allen, Gentile, Jeff Moeglin.
Factory Stocks
Dash-Terry Mumaugh, Ron Poe, Reeve Staley.
Heat 1-Kent Staley, Poe, Bobby Taylor, Mike Lilly, Clifton Maggard.
Heat 2-Chris McCurdy, Jared Keener, Ryan Roath, Ed Crabtree, Joseph Pino.
Heat 3-Mumaugh, Ty Warner, Paul Arseneau, John Reynolds, Chris Mitchell.
Main-Poe, Taylor, Mumaugh, Arseneau, Richard Kirn, K Staley, Roath, Lilly, R
Staley, Pino, Reynolds, Maggard, Mitchell, Jeff Carter, McCurdy, Daniel Romero,
Keener, Warner, Crabtree, Larry Rider.
Sept 13
Mini Sprints
Dash-Kiley Fellars, Lance Peterson, Dave Alexander.
Heat 1-Robert Mobley, Scott Pasmore, Danny Mathus, Scott Birdzell, Kurt Stults.
Heat 2-Dustin Carmony, Dennis Parks, Thomas Ogle, Peterson, Don Keesler.
Heat 3-Jeff Greszler, Tim Ogle, Tony Osuch, Mark Stroh, Brian Shaw.
Main-Mathus, Carmony, Greszler, Parks, Thomas Ogle, Tim Ogle, Stroh, Birdzell,
Osuch, Stults, Keesler, Fellars, Mobley, Jim Mattison, Shaw, Peterson, Rick
Alexander, Pasmore, Michael Young.
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1-Terry Belcher Sr, Chuck Black, Guy Norton, John Cornell, Brian Spindleman.
Heat 2-Terry Belcher Jr, Mark Fowler, Ricky Thornton, Art Lacy, Darrell
VanBruggen.
Heat 3-Jay Foster, R C Whitwell, Joe Warner, Anthony Madrid, Steve Bender.
Main-Belcher Jr, Foster, Warner, Tony Martin, Cornell, Black, Belcher Sr,
Thornton, Ron Funk, Norton, Jim MacNeil, Kenny Wyman, Bender, Dominque Askren,
VanBruggen, John Cox, Fowler, Lacy, Wyman, Spindleman.
Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars
Dash-Josh Pelkey, Jeremy Sherman, Davey Bateman.
Heat 1-Brandon Lane, Bob Ream Jr, Ashley Corey, Bernie Smith, Paul Norbury.
Heat 2-Sherman, Ricky Johnson, Eric Wilkins, Andy Reinbold, Bruce St James.
Heat 3-Nathan High, Pelkey, Bugs Norbury, Willy Grombach, Brian Hacker.
Heat 4-R J Johnson, Jeff Branaman, Bateman, Mike Martin, Jesse Dunham.
B Main-P Norbury, Joey Moriarity, Jay Ervine, Jeff Henry, Justin Fisher, St
James, Scott Pasmore, Darren Hagen, Dunham, Mike Kuemper.
A Main-Sherman, Ream Jr, Wilkins, Lane, Ricky Johnson, Pelkey, High, Martin,
Bateman, P Norbury, B Norbury, Corey, Henry, Ervine, R J Johnson, Smith,
Moriarity, Grombach, Reinbold, Branaman.
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