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San Felipe Pueblo, NM....August 7.......Having
earlier earned the pole by winning the JE Pistons Trophy Dash, Rickie Gaunt from
Torrance CA led all 30 laps in his Tony Smiley mount to gain the rich win as the
SCRA sanctioned $44,000 Non Wing World Championship two night show at Hollywood
Hills Speedway concluded on Saturday night. Friday night preliminary winner Mike
Kirby ran second in the Dale Crossno car and Gaunt teammate Charles Davis Jr
started fifth and finished third. Davis had earlier set fast time and won his
heat race. Rick Ziehl from Las Cruces NM was fourth ahead of Show Low AZ long
tow Robert Hall Jr. The race was cut from it's scheduled 40 laps to 30 laps
because SCRA director Ronnie Shuman was afraid of the tire wear on the dry slick
3/8 mile clay oval. Arizona drivers swept the top 3 spots in the dirt late model
feature for a second straight night as Keith Noyes from Phoenix outraced Casa
Grande's Mike Tahtinen and another Phoenix long tow Chris Cross. Noyes was paid
a $100 bonus above the $450 winners' check for leading every lap in the feature.
Aztec Speedway racer Jesse Baldwin wheeled his IMCA Stock Car to a $425 win in
the street stock feature ahead of Ron Frazier Jr and former Aztec champion Allen
Bradley.
J R Bonesteel got the hobby stock feature win worth $350 for a second straight
night with Kenny Wheeler second ahead of Randy Carter.
Kirby, Steve Ostling, Ziehl and Gaunt earned spots in the dash with their
1-2-3-4 finish on Friday night. The car count grew to 44 as more of the New
Mexico teams joined the Saturday night action. Davis earned quick time honors
with his 16.711 lap and Mike Spencer ran a 16.774 effort. Bakersfield CA
youngster Alan Ballard was third at 16.897 and Mel Murphy from Riverside CA
ranked fourth at 17.018. The top ten times were rounded out by Hall Jr, Bruce St
James, David Burns, Justin Fisher, Bobby Seals and Kelly Denison. Each of the
four heat races advanced the top four into the A Main. Davis came from the rear
to win heat 1 over Hall Jr and Seals. Robert Gomez got the heat 2 win over
winged star Jason Martin from Kansas and Friday night fast timer Charlie Fegan
won heat 3 over Tim West and Ballard. Leighton Crouch from Lubbock TX won heat 4
over Bo Baker and James High. The top four time trailers to advance through the
heat action joined the Friday night top four in the 8 car JE Pistons Dash. Gaunt
earned the pole for the 30 lapper with his win over Kirby, Ostling, Ziehl,
Davis, Hall Jr, Spencer and Ballard. The top 28 time trailers had earned heat
race assignments and everyone else raced the 8 lap C Main with the top four
earning that last heat race starting spot. Jeff Brumfield Jr won the C Main over
Jared Scutt, Paul Whitehead and Lubbock racer Gary Appel. Four transfer spots
were available in the 12 lap B Main and Denison got that win over Tom Ball, St
James and Robert Marfia Jr. Appel clipped a stalled car and flipped. Just
missing the move up were New Mexico's Jody Williams, Jon Taylor and Brumfield
Jr. The A Main had 24 starters with Gaunt, Kirby, Ostling asnd Ziehl in the
front two rows. The race started with an unusual five car melee as Denison ended
up sitting on top of the cars of Ball, Ballard, J Martin and Seals. Everyone
except Seals was able to continue. Gaunt and Kirby waged a race long duel that
wasn't decided until the final corner with Gaunt getting the win. Kirby settled
for second and Davis ran third ahead of Ziehl, Hall JR, young Phoenix racer
Justin Fisher, Ronnie Clark, James High, Fegan and Ballard.
The hard crash on Friday night limited the dirt late models to 11 cars on
Saturday with four from Arizona and El Paso TX racer Curt Barnett. Cross won his
heat race for a second straight night as Toby Herring ran second over Friday
night winner Adam Crippen. Noyes won heat 2 ahead of Tahtinen and Barnett. Noyes
had the pole for the feature action and he led every lap for his $100 bonus.
Tahtinen ran second for the second straight night and Cross was third ahead of
Herring and Butch Reid Sr.
The street
stocks fell back to 11 cars as the teams involved in the Aztec Speedway point
battle had to return home for the point action there. Jeff Whyman won the first
heat over Rick Boelter and James Tyrell with Baldwin the heat 2 winner over
Bradley and Frazier Jr. Baldwin raced from sixth starting to the lead on first
lap and he won with Frazier Jr just nipping Bradley for second. Whyman was
fourth ahead of Boelter. The hobby stock count grew by four to 28 cars for
Saturday. Double division Whyman won heat 1 over Suzanne Bonesteel and Boyd
Ellis. Fourteen year old Colt Treharn won heat 2 over Ronnie Leathem Jr and Ron
Frazier Jr. Shane Kapinski outraced Randall Trujillo and Robert Kapinski in heat
3. The heat action saw John Cruickshank get hit hard headon. He was unhurt and
able to race in the feature. Treharn was forced high in the feature action and
hit the pit exit wall headon. Trujillo spun and was hit hard by Tim Knight. As
Trujillo slid into the infield, he was hit head on by R Kapinski. J R Bonesteel
won for the second straight night ahead of Wheeler, Carter, Randall Yates and S
Kapinski.
Summary
Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-Jeff Whyman, Suzanne Bonesteel, Boyd Ellis.
Heat 2-Colt Treharn, Ronnie Leathem Jr, Ron Frazier Jr.
Heat 3-Shane Kapinski, Randall Trujillo, Robet Kapinski.
Main-J R Bonesteel, Kenny Wheeler, Randy Carter, Randall Yates, Shane Kapinski.
Street Stocks
Heat 1-Jeff Whyman, Rick Boelter, James Tyrell.
Heat 2-Jesse Baldwin, Allen Bradley, Ron Frazier Jr.
Main-Baldwin, Frazier Jr, Bradley, Whyman, Boelter.
Dirt Late Models
Heat 1-Chris Cross, Toby Herring, Adam Crippen.
Heat 2-Keith Noyes, Mike Tahtinen, Curt Barnett.
Main-Noyes, Tahtinen, Cross, Herring, Butch Reid Sr.
Unwinged Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Charles Davis Jr 16.711 Dash-Rickie Gaunt, Mike Kirby, Steve Ostling.
Heat 1-Davis, Robert Hall Jr, Bobby Seals, Ronnie Clark, Jon Taylor.
Heat 2-Robert Gomez, Jason Martin, Nick Rael, Mike Spencer, Bruce St
James.
Heat 3-Charlie Fegan, Tim West, Allan Ballard, Seth Wilson, Tom Ball.
Heat 4-Leighton Crouch, Bo Baker, James High, Justin Fisher, Larry Stoerkel.
C Main-Jeff Brumfield Jr, Jared Scutt, Paul Whitehead, Gary Appel, J C Powell Jr,
Jerry Johnston, Thomas Murray, Robert Marfia Jr, Rick Flowers, Kristy
Smith.
B Main-Kelly Denison, Tom Ball, Bruce St James, Marfia, Jody Williams, Taylor,
Brumfield, Scutt, Mel Murphy, Jimmy Crawford.
A Main-Gaunt, Kirby, Davis, Rick Ziehl, Hall Jr, Fisher, Clark, High, Fegan,
Ballard, St James, Ostling, Wilson, Baker, Gomez, West, Denison, Rael, Crouch,
Marfia, J Martin, Spencer, Ball, Seals.
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