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LAST LAP PASS NETS BUSBY WIN AT ANTIOCH
by Gary Jacob

Wingless Spec Sprints, Dirt Modifieds, Super Stocks, 
Dwarf Cars, Pure Stocks and Four Bangers

Antioch, CA....April 2......Rebounding from a last place heat finish, Jim Perry Jr led just the final 3 laps to win the 25 lap wingless spec sprint car feature at Antioch Speedway on Saturday night. Joey Santos had broke leading with the three laps remaining and and Arvo Backholm finished second ahead of Scott Merrell. Central California modified legend Scott Busby rebounded from a midrace flat tire and drove around former track champion Don Shelton in turn 3 of the final lap to win the 25 lap dirt modified main event. Shelton ran second ahead of Nick Caughman Jr. D J Petrell won his second straight super stock main event ahead of Johnny Curtis and Melissa Hansen. A second straight large turnout of dwarf cars found Watsonville track regular Matt Sargent getting a second straight feature win. Fellow Bay Area racers Ryan Ameln and Todd Damron ran 2-3. The pure stock standings were shuffled when three of the top four finishers were disqualified in post race tech. Kevin Fitzgerald survived tech to get the feature win ahead of Lynn Zehr and Jason Buchanan. Hawk Valentine outdueled opening night winner Hans Walde to get the four banger feature win.

         There were 16 wingless spec sprints and Santos won the opening heat race ahead of Merrell and Kevin Lewis. Eric Mentch won heat 2 ahead of Dan Gonderman and Roy Fisher. Top runners Scott Holloway, Bob Newberry and Jeff Rose all scratched from the feature. Mentch beat Merrell and Santos in the dash. Gonderman was the early leader in the feature with Mentch challenging. They made contact and Mentch flipped. Santos inherited the lead but broke with three laps to go and Perry Jr was first to the checkered flag ahead of Backholm, Merrell, David Hayes Jr, Fisher and Dennis Fraser. There were also 16 dirt modifieds and Caughman Jr won heat 1 ahead of Petaluma car builder Joe Carr and Shelton. David Press outdueled Busby for the heat 2 win with Steve Noack in third. Caughman Jr also won the dash ahead of Shelton and Press. Shelton appeared to be headed to the feature win, but Busby charged hard into turn 3 and made his outside groove run around Shelton on the final lap for the exciting win. Shelton ran second ahead of Caughman Jr, Mike Salazar, Ed Davies, rookie Mike Chandler, Fred Von Stieff and Pete DeGracia.

            Fourteen super stocks were divided into a pair of heat races and Petrell won the first heat ahead of Tony McCown and Denise McCown. Carl Berendsen II outraced Manny Avila and Melissa Hansen in heat 2. Petrell made it two straight feature wins ahead of Curtis, Hansen, Ken Rhoades, Rod Huckabee, Berendsen, Kenny Neu and Avila. Neu was filling in for Jeremy Petrell, who was racing his limited late model in the Steitz All Star Tour action at Chowchilla. Twenty two dwarf cars were split into three heat races. Daniel Williams beat Jaclynn Haverty in heat 1 and Ricardo Rivera won heat 2 over Mark Tillinger. Damron beat Sargent and Ameln in the talent filled heat 3. Sargent made it two straight feature wins with Ameln second ahead of Damron, Jim Barton, Rivera, Williams, Roger Ingalls and rookie Dave Mosier. After the disqualifications, Jimmy Coppin won the first pure stock heat over Mark Wilson. Fitzgerald outraced Amber Ree in heat 2 and he emerged as the feature winner ahead of Zehr, Buchanan, Cheryl Waldrop, Brian Beard II, Wilson, Anthony Adams and Adam Kujala. Fourteen four bangers were split into a pair of heat races and John Tinay won the first ahead of Walde and Jerry Carpenello. Phil McClelland won heat 2 in front of Valentine and Chris Black. Valentine outdueled Walde for the feature win with Tinay third ahead of Steve Howshall, McClelland, Carpenello, Mike Spurek and C Black.

         The Golden State Challenge Series winged 410 sprint cars invade Antioch Speedway on April 9. They will be joined by the wingless spec sprints and the mini trucks.

Summary 

Four Bangers
Heat 1-John Tinay, Hans Walde, Jerry Carpenello, Ryan Fletcher, Doug Tanner. 
Heat 2-Phil McClelland, Hawk Valentine, Chris Black, Crystan Ganzell, Michelle Black. Main-Valentine, Walde, Tinay, Steve Howshall, McClelland, Mike Spurek, C Black, Fletcher, M Black, Tanner, Nicole Quadrelli, Brittany Slaney, Ganzell. 

Pure Stocks
Heat 1-Jimmy Coppin, Mark Wilson, Cheryl Waldrop, Adam Kujala, Brian Beard II. Heat 2-Kevin Fitzgerald, Amber LaRee, Jason Buchanan, Lynn Zehr, Daniel Cruse. Main-Fitzgerald, Zehr, Buchanan, Waldrop, Beard, Wilson, Anthony Adams, Kujala, Ronnie Jones, Cruse, Coppin, Natalie Perry, LaRee. 

Dwarf Cars
Heat 1-Daniel Williams, Jaclynn Haverty, Jim Barton, Tony Carmignani, Charlie Cachelin.
Heat 2-Ricardo Rivera, Mark Tillinger, Charlie Correia, Roger Ingalls, Dustin Coffee.
Heat 3-Todd Damron, Matt Sargent, Ryan Ameln, Dave Mosher, Duane Daniel.
Main-Sargent, Ameln, Damron, Barton, Rivera, Williams, Ingalls, Mosier, Tillinger, Haverty, Sonny Calkins, Jeff Pippin, John Chambers, Daniel, Butch Liston, Carmignani, Aaron Dillon, Coffee, Scott McIntosh. 

Super Stocks
Heat 1-D J Petrell, Tony McCown, Denise McCown, Rod Huckabee, Kenny Neu. 
Heat 2-Carl Berendsen II, Manny Avila, Melissa Hansen, Megan Ponciano, Johnny Curtis. 
Main-Petrell, Curtis, Hansen, Ken Rhoades, Huckabee, Berendsen, Neu, Avila, T McCown, D McCown, Ponciano, Jake Dewsberry, Don Janda, Rob Anderson. Dirt 

Modifieds
Dash-Nick Caughman Jr, Don Shelton, David Press. 
Heat 1-Caughman, Joe Carr, Shelton, Robert Norris, Daniel Buck. 
Heat 2-Press, Scott Busby, Steve Noack, Mike Salazar, Ed Davies, 
Main-Busby, Shelton, Caughman, Salazar, Davies, Mike Chandler, Fred Von Stieff, Pete DeGracia, Don Olsen, Norris, Larry Lundin, Noack, Press, Carr, Gene White, Buck. 

Wingless Spec Sprints
Dash-Eric Mentch, Scott Merrell, Joey Santos. 
Heat 1-Santos, Merrell, Kevin Lewis, David Hayes Jr, Arvo Backholm. 
Heat 2-Mentch, Dan Gonderman, Roy Fisher, Bob Newberry, Billy Macedo. 
Main-Jim Perry Jr, Backholm, Merrell, Hayes, Fisher, Dennis Fraser, Santos, Lewis, Gonderman, Mentch, Todd Vernon, Macedo, Jason McIntosh.

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