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Wingless Spec
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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 Pure Stocks Dwarf Cars Super Stocks Modifieds Wingless Spec Sprints |
