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BIGGEST CAREER WIN FOR YOUNG ARRON CHANEY
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars

Hanford, CA...Oct 23...Winner of one feature race in his part-time schedule with the Bandit unwinged 360 sprint cars, young Arron Chaney from Clovis paced the final 21 laps and fought off the challenges of top runners like Danny Sheridan and Peter Murphy to score a $3000 win in the 30 lap Bandit unwinged 360 sprint car feature Saturday night at Kings Speedway's Western Dirt Track Nationals. Carrying sponsorship from Lone Oak Lodge and Sharp Insurance, Chaney ran third in his heat race on Friday night but a 10 car inversion put him and Jim Richardson on the front row for the 30 lapper. Richardson led three laps before spinning and Chaney took the lead on lap 4. Rick Williams got by Chaney on lap 7, but stalled on the track during a lap 9 yellow flag and Chaney was back out front for the final 21 rounds. Second traded between Friday night Kings Clash winner Sheridan, Murphy and Jimmy Crawford but none were to challenge Chaney for the top spot. Sheridan ended up second ahead of Murphy, Crawford and Ventura Raceway regular Chris Wakim. USAC national point racer Josh Ford ran sixth ahead of 22nd starter Jeff Fiscus.

The Saturday night action started with 14 cars chasing six transfer slots from a 12 lap B Main as John Burnett did not return and Bobby Davis Jr was a scratch. Young talented rookie racer Chad Boespflug led all 12 laps to win the B Main and Jason Yount made a late move around Evan Suggs for the second slot. Suggs held on for third ahead of Scott Holloway with some last turn contact racing put transfer hopeful Matt Day in the infield. Steve DeMott ended up fifth ahead of Fiscus and Bill Jones. Daniel Hood crashed in turn 4 and another potential transfer Bobby Elliott was sent off the track when he failed to line up in his proper spot on a lap 10 yellow flag. Elliott elected to park his car on the front stretch and walk to the pits so the officials had to steer his mount into the infield.

Track officials were still worried about approaching rain and pushed off the sprint car feature without interviewing the dirt late model winner, Steve Drake. The big inversion for the 30 lapper saw Graeagle long tow Richardson setting the pace for three laps before Chris D'Arcy ran off the end of the track in turn 1 and Jonathan Logan's race ended with a flip in turn 3. Logan was not hurt. Williams had paced Richardson for the top spot when Richardson spun in turn 3 for another caution. Chaney was able to stay in front of Williams for three laps on this restart, but Williams raced to the front in the Flachman car on lap 7. Danny Olmstead spun in turn 4 to trigger a multi-car melee that sent Suggs partially over the front fence with DeMott and Holloway also involved. Right behind the melee, leader Williams stopped at the top of turn 4 and Kings has a rule that if you stop, you go to the rear. Chaney regained a lead that he was never to relinquish. Murphy was now second in another Sharp Insurance sponsored mount and Sheridan ran third in his quest for a 10th Bandit win in 2004. Wakim took fourth from Bandit champion Davey Pombo Jr on lap 12 and Olmstead pitted. Crawford put the Twister Chassis car in fifth on lap 16. After clipping Ford, Boespflug stalled with a broken front end for a lap 17 yellow flag. Young Garrett Hansen fell out as Sheridan drove underneath Murphy for second on lap 18. Murphy regained second on lap 20 and Crawford drove underneath Sheridan for third on lap 21. The officials were questioning Crawford's line that placed him in the infield in turn 2 and 4. Crawford gained second on lap 23 before Williams stalled for a yellow flag. Murphy ran off the end of the track and fell back to 4th behind Sheridan. Holloway spun for a lap 24 yellow flag and was sent off the track. Bill Jones also spun into the infield and ended up punching a hole in the infield advertising signs. The final six laps ran without a caution and Chaney stayed out front. Sheridan was back in second on lap 25, but Murphy stormed back to retake that spot on lap 26. Sheridan got second for good on lap 27 and Pombo Jr lost several spots with an off track excursion on lap 28. Chaney won ahead of Sheridan, Murphy, Crawford, Wakim, Ford, Fiscus, Richardson, Jimmy Reeves, Gary Rayburn Jr, DeMott and Pombo. Also finishing lead lap were Richard Harvey Jr and D'Arcy.

This was the final event of 2004 for Kings Speedway but track manager Dave Swindell announced that a similar event to the Western Dirt Track Nationals would open 2005 on the final weekend of February.

Summary

B Main-Chad Boespflug, Jason Yount, Evan Suggs, Scott Holloway, Steve DeMott, Jeff Fiscus, Bill Jones, Jason Montgomery, Craig Stidham, Charles Turner, Matt Day, Daniel Hood, Colby Solomon.

A Main-Arron Chaney, Danny Sheridan, Peter Murphy, Jimmy Crawford, Chris Wakim, Josh Ford, Fiscus, Jim Richardson, Jimmy Reeves, Gary Rayburn Jr, DeMott, Davey Pombo Jr, Richard Harvey Jr, Chris D'Arcy, Holloway, Jones, Rick Williams, Danny Olmstead, Garrett Hansen, Boespflug, Suggs, Jonathan Logan.

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