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| ZIEHL WINS SCRL FEATURE AT THUNDER
RACEWAY by Gary Jacob |
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Unwinged Sprint Cars and Dirt Modifieds |
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Show Low, AZ..June 25..Taking advantage of a tangle between leaders Jon Taylor and Ronnie Clark on lap 23, former series champion Rick Ziehl from Las Cruces NM drove to victory as the SCRL unwinged sprint cars made their first 2005 season visit to Thunder Raceway. Colorado's Rich Bubak got around Taylor to finish second and 2004 NMRA champion Taylor ran third as the contact left him with a broken shock. Tucson's Clark drove the Morales entry to fourth in front of Bo Baker. With his second win of the season, Dan Radcliffe Jr closed to within 9 points of Barnett Harley Davidson dirt modified point leader Jeff Anderson. Eric Kelley returned after missing a couple events and placed second in front of previous race winner Tony Cronihger and Norman Uptain. Anderson placed fifth in the 20 car feature. There were 17 SCRL unwinged sprint cars and Robert Hall Jr won the dash in front of James High, Clark and Baker. High was debuting a new car for series founder Hal Burns. Yuma's Mike Martin beat Clark and New Mexico's Jason Tanner in heat 1 and Ziehl captured heat 2 in front of Baker and Shawn Sanders. Hall Jr also won heat 3 ahead of Brandon Lane and Taylor. Taylor paced the first 22 laps of the feature, but his tangle with Clark as they dueled for the top spot left him with a broken shock and cost Clark several spots. Ziehl drove by for the feature win and Bubak followed him to a second. Taylor salvaged third and Clark was fourth ahead of Baker, Martin, Lane, High, Hall, Ron Kratz, Sanders and Tim Jones. There were 21 dirt modifieds and they were divided into three heat races. Anderson and Radcliffe ran 1-2 in the first heat with former stock car racer Kenny Steed in third. Terry Howard beat Cronihger and 2004 champion Max Sadler in heat 2 and Duncan AZ long tow Mike Money continues to show improvement as he won heat 3 ahead of E Kelley and Uptain. The division was given a dash and Radcliffe picked off this race in front of Howard and Money. Sadler's tough season continued as he was a feature scratch. Radcliffe scored the feature win ahead of E Kelley, Cronihger, Uptain, Anderson, Howard, Jack Moore, Mitch Mohler, Money, Troy Cooke, Brad Edgington and Ross Black. There is a tight battle for the track title as Anderson leads Radcliffe by 9 points, Cronihger by 11, Uptain by 12 and tonight's 15th place finisher Richie Davis by 17. Even E Kelley remains in contention, 35 points back and just 2 in front of Howard. With a large field of invading cars expected for this weekend's Modified Summer Nationals. The dirt modifieds will be chasing a $1000 win on both Saturday and Sunday night. The mini sprints and dwarf cars will also be racing. Summary Dirt Modifieds Dash-Dan Radcliffe Jr, Terry Howard, Mike Money. Heat 1-Jeff Anderson, Radcliffe Jr, Kenny Steed, Troy Cooke, Terry Martzell. Heat 2-Howard, Tony Cronihger, Max Sadler, Richie Davis, Paul Banghart. Heat 3-Money, Eric Kelley, Norman Uptain, Allen Kelley, Joey Wampole. Main-Radcliffe, E Kelley, Cronihger, Uptain, Anderson, Howard, Jack Moore, Mitch Mohler, Money, Cooke, Brad Edgington, Ross Black, Wampole, Jim Bender, Davis, Steed, Banghart, A Kelley, Bob Livingston, Martzall. Unwinged Sprint Cars Dash-Robert Hall Jr, James High, Ronnie Clark. Heat 1-Mike Martin, Clark, Jason Tanner, High, Leland Fuller. Heat 2-Rick Ziehl, Bo Baker, Shawn Sanders, Rich Bubak, John VanHorne. Heat 3-Hall Jr, Brandon Lane, Jon Taylor, Tim Jones, Mike Harris. Main-Ziehl, Bubak, Taylor, Clark, Baker, Martin, Lane, High, Hall, Ron Kratz, Sanders, Jones, VanHorne, Tanner, Harris, LC Kesterson, Fuller. |
