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TOM BALL LEADS FINAL TEN LAPS TO WIN AT SHOW LOW
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged Sprint Cars and Dwarf Cars

Show Low, AZ....July 24.....The NMMRA unwinged sprint cars took their act on the road to Arizona for the first time as a 22 car field invaded Thunder Raceway in Show Low.  Former champion Tom Ball took the lead on lap 16 and won the 25 lap feature over former rookie of the year Kelly Denison and Jon Taylor. The win increased Ball's series point lead to 12 points over Taylor and 13 ahead of Denison. Ryan Henesey outraced Pat Henesey to win the dwarf car feature as Frank Phillips placed third.

The sprint car turnout included three Arizona teams and the cars were divided into three heat races. Outside front row starter Paul Whitehead won heat 1 over Ted McAdams and Tim Jones. Heat two also went to the outside front row starter Jeff Brumfield Jr and Jody Williams was second ahead of J C Powell Jr and Glendale AZ racer Mike Miller. Larry Stoerkel won heat 3 from the pole over Denison and Bo Baker. With dark threatening clouds, only a few sprinkles occurred and the drivers enjoyed the high speed tacky track conditions. David Burns was the only feature scratch. NMMRA uses big inversions on their feature lineup and Whitehead was the early leader. Robert Hall Jr brought out a yellow flag on lap 2 and Brumfield Jr got into the back fence for a lap 7 yellow flag. Seventh starting Powell Jr moved into second ahead of Denison, Stoerkel and Williams. The red flag fell on lap 9 as Bobby Seals tangled with Jimmy Scott, M Miller and Bo Baker. Ted McAdams hooked the brim for another caution on lap 12. Denison raced into the lead only to see another red when Whitehead, Powell Jr, Stoerkel and Williams tangled. When racing resumed Denison led Whitehead, Ball, Baker and Powell Jr. Baker was racing with a flat left rear tire. Powell forced another yellow and was done with Ball taking the lead from Denison on lap 16 and winning ahead of Denison, Taylor, Baker, Tim Jones, McAdams, Kristy Smith and Whitehead. Several of the NMMRA teams will race with the SCRA unwinged sprint cars at Hollywood Hills on August 6-7, but the next NMMRA action is another double point show at Cortez, CO. The series has already made one very successful trip to that Four Corners territory track.

The dwarf cars split 15 cars into a pair of heat races and Matt Lund won the first over Helen Henesey and Ryan Henesey. P Henesey was out front in heat 2 over Randy Anderson and Storm Phillips. R Henesey was chased to his feature win by P Henesey, F Phillips, Anderson, Jim Davis, Lund, S Phillips, Larry Stewart and H Henesey.

Summary 

Dwarf Cars
Heat 1-Matt Lund, Helen Henesey, Ryan Henesey, Frank Phillips, Tom Peck. 
Heat 2-Pat Henesey, Randy Anderson, Storm Phillips, Ron Neville, Jim Davis. 
Main-R Henesey, P Henesey, F Phillips, Anderson, Davis, Lund, S Phillips, Larry Stewart, H Henesey, Neville, Peck, K C Click, Tim Cotherman, Dave Crowell, Dudley Johnson, Peck. 

Unwinged Sprint Cars
Heat 1-Paul Whitehead, Ted McAdams, Tim Jones, Rick Flowers, Steve Copeland. 
Heat 2-Jeff Brumfield Jr, Jody Williams, J C Powell Jr, Mike Miller, Dolan Hall. 
Heat 3-Larry Stoerkel, Kelly Denison, Bo Baker, Jason Tanner, Tom Ball, Jimmy Scott.
Main-Ball, Denison, Jon Talor, B Baker, Jones, McAdams, Kristy Smith, Whitehead, Flowers, Williams, Stoerkel, Powell Jr, Tanner, Hall, Copeland, Bobby Seals, Robert Hall Jr, Jesse Baker, Miller, Scott, Brumfield.

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