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ERVINE WINS NON-WINGED SPRINT CAR SHOW AT THUNDER RACEWAY
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged Sprint Cars and Pro Stocks

Show Low, AZ...June 19.....Las Vegas NV long tow Jay Ervine raced to the win in the unwinged sprint car special at Thunder Raceway on Saturday night by outracing Southwest legend Rickey Hood. J T Imperial ran third. The show had been booked as an NMMRA sanctioned race, but became a non-sanctioned show when the Phoenix AZ ASCA cars were left without a race due to the Manzanita ownership changeover dark night. An agreement could not be reached with the New Mexico group to allow the Arizona teams to not be handicapped in the heat race lineups. NMMRA still encouraged their teams to attend and nine of the 21 cars on hand were members of NMMRA. Jumping into the Buddy Burnett car that won the recent 50 lap special for the Pro Stocks, most recent dirt modified feature winner Jeff Anderson drove to a victory in the Pro Stock feature with Globe's Don Earven second in his first local start of 2004. Earven was battling for the Casa Grande track title this summer when a dispute with the track officials saw him stop racing there.

The solid turnout of unwinged sprint cars were divided into three qualifying heat races and New Mexico legend Bo Baker from Grants won heat 1 over Tim Beal and young New Mcxico charger Jon Taylor. Hood outraced Phoenix youngster Josh Pelkey and Robert Hall in heat 2 while former NMMRA rookie of the year Kelly Dennison won heat 3 over Michael Bryan and Andy Reinbold. Imperial and Ervine were 4-5 in the heat 3 finish. Paul Whitehead was unable to start the main event after earlier problems while a hot lap crash left Dave Burns out of the heat action. Burns did get his car repaired to make an appearance in the feature. An accident in the feature forced Baker to be hospitalized with a broken arm. Nick Rael, Jeff Brumfield Jr and Burns all failed to finish the feature. Ervine raced to the win ahead of Hood, Imperial, Taylor, Jody Williams, Reinbold, Pelkey, Bryan, Denison, Hall and Beal.

The track divided 14 Pro Stocks into three heat races. Point leader Dave Totherow won the first ahead of Brad Dorsey and Yvonne Doyle. Anderson outraced Eric Armenta and Ryan Peterson in heat 2 and Richard Malone took heat 3 over Jay Niver and Wayne Totherow. In the feature, it was Anderson on top of D Earven, Dorsey, Tim Thomas, D Totherow, Malone, Armenta, Niver, Peterson and Robert Riley. D Totherow's point lead is 20 over Niver and 38 ahead of Armenta. Peterson is two points back of Armenta and 6 ahead of Vernon Totherow.

The dirt modifieds, pro stocks and dwarf cars race on June 26 and the dirt modifieds and mini sprints are featured on a two day special on July 3-4. The mini stocks join the Saturday night action on that weekend.

Summary

Pro Stocks
Heat 1-Dave Totherow, Brad Dorsey, Yvonne Doyle, Ray Earven, Don Earven.
Heat 2-Jeff Anderson, Eric Armenta, Ryan Peterson, Vernon Totherow, Tim Thomas.
Heat 3-Richard Malone, Jay Niver, Wayne Totherow, Robert Riley.
Main-Anderson, D Earven, Dorsey, Thomas, D Totherow, Malone, Armenta, Niver, Peterson, Riley, V Totherow, W Totherow, Doyle, Aaron Earven.

Unwinged Sprint Cars
Heat 1-Bo Baker, Tim Beal, Jon Taylor, James Aragon.
Heat 2-Rickey Hood, Josh Pelkey, Robert Hall, Jody Williams.
Heat 3-Kelly Denison, Michael Bryan, Andy Reinbold, J T Imperial, Jay Ervine.
Main-Ervine, Hood, Imperial, Taylro, Williams, Reinbold, Pelkey, Bryan, Denison, Hall, Beal, Aragon, Ben Astenius, Jesse Stone, Real.

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