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OPEN 5TH ANNUAL OPEN WHEEL SHOOTOUT by Gary Jacob |
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Wingless Spec Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Midget Lites, Super Fours and Mini Fours |
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Chowchilla, CA...Oct 21...After drawing the pole position, Antioch
veteran Bob Newberry raced to a wire to wire 20 lap win in the preliminary night
feature for the wingless spec sprints on Friday night as Chowchilla Speedway
opened their 5th Annual Open Wheel Shootout. Newberry's win earned him $200 and
David Goodwill charged from 13th to make a last lap move from 4th to 2nd to earn
$100. Scott Holloway won $90 for third as the 15 car preliminary night feature
set the lineup for the front 15 spots in Saturday night's $1000 to win action.
SCRA point leader Steven Williams won both his heat and the $50 dash, but could
only come from 12th to 4th in the 20 lapper. Shannon Newton ran fifth. Over 30
dwarf cars appeared for their regional event and the Friday night feature
determined the ten starters in a dash on Saturday that will set the order for
the front five rows in their final night feature. NorCal racer Mike Grenert from
Travis Air Force Base took the lead from Al Ghiorso on lap 10 and won the 20
lapper. Ghiorso broke while 2nd and Mark Chaves ran second ahead of back of the
pack starter Todd Damron, the Bay Area champion. Antioch titlest Ricardo Rivera
ran fourth ahead of Bay Area rookie Dave Mosier. The midget lite feature is also
set to pay $1000 to win on Saturday night, but only five teams appeared for
Friday night's action and Jared Adams turned his pole start into a wire to wire
win in the 10 lap feature over fellow late arrival Terry Bergstrom and dash
winner Richard Bailey. Adams got $50 for the feature win and Bailey $50 for the
dash win. The super fours had an interesting mix of teams in their 16 car
turnout and Fresno's Ron Martinez won the 15 lap qualifying night feature ahead
of Arizona's Ike Reed, Oregon transplant Tom Williams from Tulare, modified four
racer Danny Luukkennon and Antioch-Orland truck racer Tony Boscacci. After
Robbie Loquaci won both the dash and heat for the 8 entry mini four class, track
champion Russ Myers took the lead from Antioch truck racer Alan Heeney on lap 3
and 10 lap preliminary feature over Ed Heeney, A Heeney and Loquaci. The Wingless Spec Sprint action drew a 22 car field and the top five finishers in each of their three heat races won the right to race in the preliminary night feature. Williams had an outside front row start in heat 1 and ran a best lap of 15.69 as he won ahead of pole starter Sam Fries, David Press and Keith Shipherd. Veteran Dave Ellis blew a tire early in the race. Heat 2 got off to a wild start as Dan Gonderman suffered a struck throttle on lap 1. He ran over the front end of Watsonville regular Kenny Fredenburg and then flipped out of the ballpark, scaling the fence in turn 4. Gonderman was unhurt, but his car suffered heavy damage. Fredenburg's night was over and Newton had to pit with a flat tire. Newton came back to finish third behind fifth starting Scott Holloway and third starter Newberry. Holloway's best lap was a 16.19. Late arrival Jerry Cisco ran fourth. Enjoying his most impressive night in this class, Antioch racer Jeff Kindt won heat 3 from 4th with a best lap of 16.13. Billy Macedo ran second ahead of sixth starting Goodwill and third starter Roy Fisher. The dash paid $50 to win and recent college graduate Williams again ripped off a quick lap of 16.00 as he won ahead of Holloway and Kindt. All 15 cars that qualified through the heat action drew for their starting order in the 20 lap preliminary night feature. Newberry and Kindt drew the front row ahead of Press, Holloway, Cisco, Todd Vernon, Fries and Fisher with several top hitters having to come from the rear. Doug Brewer escaped unhurt when he flipped in turn 2 on the opening round. The talented field then ripped off 17 laps with just a single yellow flag. Newberry raced into the lead over Kindt, Holloway, Fisher and D Press. Newton settled into sixth with Goodwill and Williams quickly racing into the top 8. Goodwill climbed to sixth on lap 6 and Rick Crumley spun for a lap 8 yellow flag. Williams grabbed sixth from Goodwill on this restart, but Goodwill regained sixth on lap 13 as the top five remained unchanged. When D Press got too high and fell out of the top five on lap 15, contact from Goodwill nearly put Williams into the front fence, but Williams avoided the accident and managed to recover in fifth behind Newberry, Kindt, Holloway and Goodwill. The last yellow came on lap 17 as D Press, Keith Shipherd and Macedo got tangled up in turn 1. Only Macedo was able to continue and Vernon also pitted. Kindt's perfect feature ended when he got into the infield tire coming off turn 2 on the last lap. That shuffled the standings with Newberry getting his wire to wire win as Goodwill emerged in second ahead of Holloway, Williams, Newton, Fisher, Fries, Cisco, Crumley, Macedo and Kindt. The top 3 from four heat races advanced into the dwarf car first night feature. Antioch titlest Rivera won heat 1 from third with a best lap of 18.49 as Mark Tillinger ran second ahead of Dan Zuger. Scott Dahlgren captured heat 2 from an outside front row start, but broke an engine in the process and was done for the night. Grenert ran second ahead of Ryan Ameln and Brett Barstow. Dahlgren's best lap was 18.79. Heat 3 saw newcomer Greg Avery and Howard Fergerson crash while leading, collecting Dave Penny. Last starter Mosier inherited the lead and won with a best lap of 18.68 ahead of Bill Martinez, Martin Whittingham and Penny. Damron had the pole for heat 4, but broke leading. Gilbert Toste and Kevin Bender tangled while dueling for 2nd and Tommy Astone III blew while in third. Ghiorso made an outside pass on the last lap as he beat Chaves and turned a quick lap of 18.44. Pat Weger ran third over Toste. Damron got his car running again as he won the C Main over Dale Costa and Chris Weaver. Troy Wagner spun while 2nd. In the B Main, a spinning Jerry Doty clipped Wever and Costa was hit by Bender when he spun. Toste broke leading and Damron also lost power while in front. Fergerson raced to the 15 lap win over Penny, Dan Weger, Josh Hiatt, Costa and Jimmy Herd. Damron got lapped a couple times after he slowed, but his persistence earned him a transfer. The talented A Main field for the dwarf cars ran 17 laps without a caution. Ghiorso raced into the lead over Mosier, Grenert and Ameln. Tillinger took fifth from Rivera on lap 2. Grenert got underneath Mosier for second on lap 5 and he quickly closed on leader Ghiorso. Grenert took the lead from Ghiorso with an inside pass in turn 2 on lap 10. Chaves had broken into the top five on lap 7 and he went underneath Ameln for fourth on lap 12. When Ghiorso broke while 2nd on lap 14, Chaves emerged in second ahead of Mosier, Ameln and Rivera. Ameln took third on lap 17 and a tangle between Fergerson and Tony Miller broke out a final yellow flag. Rivera raced into fourth on the restart and Grenert won ahead of Chaves, a fast closing Damron, Rivera, Mosier, Ameln, P Weger, Hiatt and Tillinger. Dan Weger got the tenth slot. The midget lite field included Bakersfield's Wink Schweitzer and four BCRA cars. Schweitzer got the heat win when young Bailey lost power while leading on the last lap. Schweitzer had run a 16.14 while leading, but Bailey stepped it up to a 15.64 when he was in front. Bailey did salvage second ahead of Marshall Sexton. Bailey ran a 15.56 best lap as he won the dash over Sexton and Schweitzer. Bergstrom got his car running just in time to tag the dash. Trailer mates Adams and Bergstrom shared the front row for the feature and they ran 1-2 all the way with winner Adams getting his time down to 16.09 on the final round. Bergstrom ran second in the caution free race ahead of Bailey, Schweitzer and Sexton. Seventeen cars and trucks signed in to race in the super four action. Ron German from Atascadero ran a best lap of 19.62 as he won heat 1 over Martinez and Boscacci. Allen DeLoura crashed while third in heat 2 as Tulare's Williams won in his first Chowchilla appearace ahead of I Reed and Darren Reed. Martinez got into the infield while running away with the dash. He recovered to retake the lead from Williams only to be called for rough driving and dropped to last behind $50 winner Williams and I Reed. Martinez ran a 19.76 lap in the dash. German sat out the dash, but charged from the 7th row into the lead on the opening lap of the feature only to be unable to fire after a lap 2 red flag, ending his night. Chris Hicks, Kristy Myers and Boscacci tangled on the first lap of the main and German emerged leading Antioch truck racers Eric Bookout and David Gonzales. When German was pushed off the track, Bookout was the new leader but he only paced two laps ahead of Williams and I Reed before Martinez made a big move from fourth to first on lap 5. I Reed claimed second on lap 6 and Williams was third a lap later. Martinez quickly built his lead to ? lap and Bookout lost fourth to Luukkennon on lap 10. A yellow fell for a tangle between Antioch racer Wayne DeRuyter and Darren Reed. Martinez led the rest of the way to win ahead of I Reed, Williams, Luukkennon, Boscacci, late arrival Ken Bonnema in a former Lakeport Speedway I-4 Modified and Darren Reed. Dudley Reed broke in hot laps and Ron Crissafulli also did not race after hot laps. Bonnema's entry in the former Shawn Shearer car. Loquaci's best lap was 22.32 as he won the mini four heat race over R Myers and Ed Heeney. Loquaci clicked off a 22.10 as he won the $50 dash ahead of E Heeney and R Myers. In their 10 lap preliminary night feature, Loquaci was spun by A Heeney as he attempted to take third from him. A Heeney had led the first two laps over R Myers and E Heeney. R Myers took the lead from A Heeney on lap 3 and E Heeney was second two laps later. Loquaci had just passed A Heeney for third when a tap from A Heeney turned him. Rusty Neal also spun in the incident. R Myers led the rest of the way to beat E Heeney. A Heeney ran all of the track blocking Loquaci's efforts to gain third and Loquaci sent A Heeney spinning on the cool down lap. Tim Mathers ran fifth. Summary Mini Four Dash-Robbie Loquaci, Ed Heeney, Russ Myers. Heat-Loquaci, R Myers, E Heeney, Alan Heeney, Rusty Neal. Main-R Myers, E Heeney, A Heeney, Loquaci, Tim Mathers, Neal, Rick Mathers. Super Four Dash-Tom Williams, Ike Reed, Ron Martinez. Heat 1-Ron German, Martinez, Tony Boscacci, Wayne DeRuyter, Danny Luukkennon. Heat 2-Williams, I Reed, Darren Reed, Chris Hicks, Scott Bowen. Main-Martinez, I Reed, Williams, Luukkennon, Boscacci, Ken Bonnema, Darren Reed, Kristy Myers, DeRuyter, Eric Bookout, Bowen, David Gonzales, German, Hicks, Allen DeLoura. Midget Lite Dash-Richard Bailey, Marshall Sexton, Wink Schweitzer. Heat-Schweitzer, Bailey, Sexton, Jared Adams. Main-Adams, Terry Bergstrom, Bailey, Schweitzer, Sexton. Dwarf Car Heat 1-Ricardo Rivera, Mark Tillinger, Dan Zuger, Gene Pires Jr, Tony Miller. Heat 2-Scott Dahlgreen, Mike Grenert, Ryan Ameln, Brett Barstow, Dan Weger. Heat 3-Dave Mosier, Bill Martinez, Martin Whittingham, Dave Penny, Howard Fergerson. Heat 4-Al Ghiorso, Mark Chaves, Pat Weger, Gilbert Toste, Kevin Bender. C Main-Todd Damron, Dale Costa, Chris Weaver, Troy Wagner, Jimmy Herd, Trevor Press, Greg Avery. B Main-Fergerson, Penny, D Weger, Josh Hiatt, Costa, Herd, Weaver, Tony Perriera, Miller, Damron. A Main-Grenert, Chaves, Damron, Rivera, Mosier, Ameln, P Weger, Hiatt, Tillinger, D Weger, Barstow, Martinez, Whittingham, Costa, Miller, Herd, Fergerson, Zuger, Penny, Ghiorso. Wingless Spec Sprint Dash-Steven Williams, Scott Holloway, Jeff Kindt. Heat 1-Williams, Sam Fries, David Press, Keith Shipherd, Rick Crumley. Heat 2-Holloway, Bob Newberry, Shannon Newton, Jerry Cisco, Doug Brewer. Heat 3-Kindt, Billy Macedo, David Goodwill, Roy Fisher, Todd Vernon. Main-Newberry, Goodwill, Holloway, Williams, Newton, Fisher, Fries, Cisco, Crumley, Macedo, Kindt, Vernon, Shipherd, Press, Brewer. |
