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Pueblo San Felipe, NM...Sept 10....Rebounding from a very hard crash in
Clovis NM last weekend, Robert Marfia drove to wins in both his heat race and
the feature for the NMMRA wingless sprint cars Saturday night at Hollywood Hills
Speedway. Jason Tanner provided a major challenge in the feature, but suffered a
flat tire with one lap to go while second. Jody Williams ended up second ahea
dof Larry Stoerkel. The dirt modified feature went to California transplant Mark
McClarran. McClarran raced briefly at Merced Speedway before moving to the
Albuquerque area several years ago. Dirt late model winner Butch Reid Sr ran
third until the final two laps when he drove around Richard Johnson to finish
second. Johnson settled for third ahead of Bo Martinez. Some tough action last
week and a major event in Utah limited the dirt late models to six cars and
Butch Reid Sr posted another feature win after falling out of his heat race.
Coming off a pair of $1000 wins in Tucson last weekend that gave the Barnett
Harley Davidson Touring Series championship, Curt Barnett brought his dirt late
model out of mothballs and ran second ahead of Ron Frazier Jr. After he ran
second in his heat race, Mike Mendoza was a wire to wire winner in the hobby
stock feature over Curt Neff and previous week winner Ron Leathem. The NMMRA group had raced a two night show in Clovis the previous weekend and appeared with 14 cars at the big Hollywood Hills track. Marfia won the opening heat race over visitor Brandon Schure, a 15 year old from El Paso TX. Stoerkel ran third. Tanner outraced Williams and Jon Taylor in heat 2. Marfia had flipped off the end of the track into a corn field at Clovis, but raced to tonight's feature win. A hard heat race crash tonight found a spun Jeff Brumfield Jr getting hit by Kelly Dennison and Tom Ball. Both Dennison and Ball were able to start the main event while Brumfield and Kevin Faber both scratched. The last lap flat tire by Tanner allowed Williams to run second in the feature ahead of Stoerkel, Dennison, Taylor, female racer Kristi Smith, Ball and Russell Gossett. The 13 car dirt modified field was exactly half of the 26 that chased last weekend's $1000 prize. Last weekend's winner Lorne Wofford towed all the way to Olathe CO for a $5000 to win special and came home with the $2500 second place money behind Texan Alan Sharpensteen there. Johnson won the opening heat race over McClarran and Rick Boelter. Young Steven Dutcher drove the car that he shares with father Ralph Dutcher in heat 1, then turned the car over to Ralph for heat 2 and the feature. David Sheffield edged out Reid Sr and Kevin McDonald in heat 2. McClarran was a wire to wire winner in the feature, but had to fend off stiff challenges from Johnson and Reid Sr. Reid Sr got around Johnson with two laps to go to finish second. Johnson settled for third ahead of Ford devotee Martinez and Gallup's Kevin Menapace, who started in the back row. Kenny Wheeler bounced back from a hard crash last week to get sixth ahead of R Dutcher and Donald Klinger. The cars of Marc Herrera and Larry Brown are both being repaired and Steve Conrad Jr sold his car to leave six dirt late models. Monte Neff had engine woes in hot laps that ended his night. Frazier Jr beat Barnett and Eloy Romero in the heat action. Reid Sr fell out of the heat race, but won the entertaining feature duel with Barnett and Frazier Jr. Romero ran fourth ahead of Steve Suber. There were 13 hobby stocks and Donnie Goss beat Mendoza in heat 1. Dan Harmon outraced Ray Munoz in heat 2. The entire night of racing for the hobby stocks had just a single yellow flag when Curt Neff and newcomer Roger Soliz tangled, ripping off the front bumper on the Soliz car. Mendoza was the feature winner ahead of a late challenge by C Neff. A late move by Leathem gained him third. Goss spun out of fourth from contact by Harmon at the checkered flag. Harmon was penalized back to fifth with Goss given fourth. Randall Trujillo ran sixth ahead of Munoz, Bob Scribner and Staci March. The track is dark on Sept 17, but returns to action on Sept 24. Summary Hobby Stock Heat 1-Donnie Goss, Mike Mendoza, Curt Neff, Ron Leathem, Benny Chavez. Heat 2-Dan Harmon, Ray Munoz, Staci March, Will Hanna, Karl Fanning. Main-Mendoza, C Neff, Leathem, Goss, Harmon, Randall Trujillo, Munoz, Bob Scribner, March, Hanna, Fanning, Chavez, Roger Soliz. Dirt Late Model Heat-Ron Frazier Jr, Curt Barnett, Eloy Romero, Steve Suber, Butch Reid Sr. Main-Reid, Barnett, Frazier, Romero, Suber. Dirt Modified Heat 1-Richard Johnson, Mark McClarran, Rick Boelter, Bo Martinez, Kenny Wheeler. Heat 2-David Sheffield, Butch Reid Sr, Kevin McDonald, Ron Frazier Jr, Raph Dutcher. Main-McClarran, Reid, Johnson, Martinez, Kevin Menapace, Wheeler, R Dutcher, Donald Klinger, Boetler, Sheffield, Frazier Jr, McDonald. Wingless Sprint Car Heat 1-Robert Marfia, Brandon Schure, Larry Stoerkel, Kristi Smith, Russell Gossett. Heat 2-Jason Tanner, Jody Williams, Jon Taylor, Steve Copeland, Kelly Dennison. Main-Marfia, Williams, Stoerkel, Dennison, Taylor, Smith, Tom Ball, Gossett, Schure, Copeland, Tanner, Ted McAdams. |
