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CHARLES DAVIS JR OUTDUELS GARDNER AT HOLLYWOOD HILLS
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged 410 Sprint Cars, Dirt Late Models, Street Stocks and Hobby Stocks

Pueblo San Felipe, NM.....Oct 1.....Retaking the lead from Damion Gardner on lap 18, Charles Davis Jr got his first SCRA unwinged 410 sprint car feature win of 2004 as the club opened a two night stay at Hollywood Hills Speedway on Friday night. Davis had earned a front row start in the 20 lapper by placing second behind teenager Alan Ballard in the dash. Davis led the first 9 laps, then 4th starter Gardner took over for 8 before Davis nosed back ahead for the final three rounds. Gardner ran second ahead of former WoO regular Johnny Herrera and Ballard. Those four drivers were seeded into the $10,000 to win Saturday night show that also closed the 2004 NonWinged World Championship Series. With his 6th place run, Rickie Gaunt wrapped up the 2004 SCRA championship. Gaunt and Davis are teammates on the Smiley Racing Team. Eloy Romero got his first $450 win of 2004 as he captured the dirt late model feature over three division racer Ron Frazier Jr and Curt Barnett. Barnett was able to join the action for the two nights at Hollywood Hills when his dirt modified was destroyed in a Thursday night crash at his home track in Las Cruces, where he planned to chase a $10,000 win on the weekend. Frazier Jr had a big night as collected the $400 street stock win over Joe Smithberger and Shaun Dutcher. In the hobby stocks, the three heat winners took the top three spots in their feature with Steve Bonesteel beating Phil York and Dan Harmon.

The SCRA unwinged 410 sprint cars had a 34 car turnout with Gaunt gaining quick time honors with a 15.718 lap. Ronnie Clark ran a 15.889 and Gardner ranked third at 16.016. Mike Spencer's 16.103 earned him fourth quick honors ahead of Steve Ostling, Ballard and former Washington star Gary Taylor, now racing out of Denver CO with the Conklin team. The top four finishers from each heat advanced into the A Main where they were joined by six transfers from the B Main. Indiana's Tony Elliott put the Ellis car in the winner's circle for heat 1 over New Mexico's own Tim West and Ostling. Jeremy Sherman from Arizona won heat 2 over Ballard and Herrera. New Mexico's Paul Whitehead flipped in this event. Oklahoma's Larry Neighbors won heat 3 over NMMRA point leader Tom Ball and Davis Jr. New Mexico star Rick Ziehl outraced Jody Williams and Texan Leighton Crouch in heat 4. The dash sets the grid for the first four rows in the 22 car A Main grid and is reserved for the 8 fastest qualifiers to transfer through the heat action. This event had a tough time getting started, but 17 year old Ballard from Bakersfield CA collected the win ahead of Davis Jr, Shon Deskins, Gardner, Clark and Herrera. Ostling was a flip victim in the dash. Gaunt had problems in his heat and had to run the B Main, starting on the pole. Former dwarf car star Seth Wilson impressed with his B Main win over G Taylor with Gaunt fading to a third ahead of Spencer, Dave Burns, Bo Baker and Yuma Az long tow Mike Martin. Davis beat Ballard on the initial green flag for the 20 lapper and paced 9 laps before 4th starter Gardner put the Chaffin car in front. Davis was able to battle back to retake the lead with three laps to run for the win. Gardner ran second over Herrera and Ballard. Ostling recovered from his flip to finish fifth ahead of Gaunt, G Taylor, Clark, Wilson and Elliott. Mike Spencer rolled early in the race, but continued and finished 14th. Neighbors flipped on the first lap, West was the victim of a hard flip and Ziehl crashed hard into the fence in turn 2 early in the action.

The late addition of Barnett gave the dirt late models a 9 car turnout so they ran a single heat race with Butch Reid Sr getting the win ahead of C Barnett, Ron Frazier Jr and Romero. Deral Meek was a feature scratch and Albuquerque's Romero got his first win of the year ahead of Frazier Jr, Barnett, Steve Conrad Jr, Ralph Dutcher and Marc Herrrea. The street stocks split 15 cars into a pair of heat races. Ronnie Bell beat James Tyrell and Kenny Smith Jr in heat 1 and it was Jay Pape rebounding from his blown engine at the last race to capture heat 2 over Santa Fe's Smithberger and Jeff Whyman. Pape suffered two flat tires in the feature that placed him last in the 14 car rundown. Frazier Jr got the win over Smithberger, Shaun Dutcher, Bell, Whyman, Smith Jr, Jennifer Zorn and Henry Alvidres. The hobby stocks fielded 26 entries and Phil York won heat 1 over Frazier Jr and Benny Chavez. S Bonesteel outdueled Boyd Ellis and Staci March in heat 2 and it was Dan Harmon getting the heat 3 win over Ronnie Leathem and Glenn Jaramillo. S Bonesteel won the feature race over York, Harmon, Leathem, Ronnie Bell and Bob Suber, who was making his 2004 season debut.

Summary

Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-Phil York, Ron Frazier Jr, Benny Chavez, Bob Suber, Ray Munoz.
Heat 2-Steve Bonesteel, Boyd Ellis, Staci March, Randy Carter, Gus Westerfield.
Heat 3-Dan Harmon, Ronnie Leathem, Glenn Jaramillo, Rick Boelter, J R Bonesteel.
Main-S Bonesteel, York, Harmon, Leathem, Ronnie Bell, Bob Suber.

Street Stocks
Heat 1-Ronnie Bell, James Tyrell, Kenny Smith Jr, Jennifer Zorn, Dan Jimenez.
Heat 2-Jay Pape, Joe Smithberger, Jeff Whyman, Ron Frazier Jr, Rick Boelter.
Main-Frazier Jr, Smithberger, Shaun Dutcher, Bell, Whyman, Smith, Zorn, Henry Alvidres, Andy Tanner, Donovan O'Brien, Boelter, Tyrell, Jimenez, Pape.

Dirt Late Models
Heat-Butch Reid Sr, Curt Barnett, Ron Frazier Jr, Eloy Romero, Ralph Dutcher.
Main-Romero, Frazier Jr, Barnett, Steve Conrad, Dutcher, Marc Herrera, Monte Neff, Reid Sr.

Unwinged 410 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Rickie Gaunt 15.718
Dash-Alan Ballard, Charles Davis Jr, Shon Deskins, Damion Gardner, Ronnie Clark, Johnny Herrera, Steve Ostling, Tim West.
Heat 1-Tony Elliott, West, Ostling, Shon Deskins, J C Powell Jr.
Heat 2-Jeremy Sherman, Ballard, Herrera, Clark, Seth Wilson.
Heat 3-Larry Neighbors, Tom Ball, Davis, Gardner, Gary Taylor.
Heat 4-Rick Ziehl, Jody Williams, Leighton Crouch, Kelly Denison, Mike Campbell.
B Main-Wilson, Taylor, Gaunt, Mike Spencer, David Burns, Bo Baker, Mike Martin, Jeff Brumfield, Rich Bubak, Jerry Johnston.
A Main-Davis, Gardner, Herrera, Ballard, Ostling, Gaunt, Taylor, Clark, Wilson, Elliott, Baker, Deskins, Ball, Sherman, Spencer, Dennison, Crouch, Williams, Burns, Ziehl, West, Neighbors.

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