Antioch, CA..June 10...Veteran racer Keith Brown Sr drove his Shaw
modified to a $600 win in the dirt modified feature at Antioch Speedway on
Saturday night and snapped Kellen Chadwick's four race winning streak at the
track in the process. Chadwick was in the Sargus Performance mount this night
and broke a rear end in his heat. That forced him to tag the 21 car feature, but
he still managed to charge to a 2nd place finish ahead of returning star Scott
Busby. Chadwick holds a large track point lead, but can't commit to running the
full schedule. Point leader Jim Perry III emerged as the winner of a wild
wingless spec sprint car feature. Jeff Kindt led much of the race, but got taken
out by Danny Olmstead and Perry raced to the victory ahead of female star Brandi
Ford and a returning Dan Simpson. Defending track champion Ty Duggins continued
his incredible limited late model domination with his third feature win. He has
three wins, one second and one third in the five races run to date. Jeff Silva
ran second and trails the consistent Duggins by 64 points. David Rosa was a
season best third. Todd Gomez added to his super stock point lead with a third
win. Third ranked Manny Avila ran second and Terry DeCarlo Jr was third. DeCarlo
Jr is second in points, 22 behind Gomez while Avila is tied for third with
defending champion Melissa Hansen, four more points back. Duane Daniel got his
first dwarf car feature win of the year and Ed Johnson ran second ahead of John
Hilbelink. Point leader Jimmy Coppin won the pure stock main ahead of Rob
Waldrop, Billy Barnes and Brian Beard II. Oddly, the top four finishers are
1-2-3-4 in points also.
Picking up
visitors from both the Petaluma and Merced areas, the dirt modifieds had a 22
car turnout and ran a 21 car feature. Aaron Crowell won the opening heat race
over K Brown and Merced's Rodney Freitas. Busy with his construction business,
Busby made his season debut with a fourth as he tuned his car up for the
Northwest Modified Nationals. Car builder Joe Carr visited from Petaluma and he
won heat 2 over Bill Wallace and Debbie Clymens. Merced and Chowchilla star Paul
Stone drove his Victory Chassis to a win in heat 3 over Brad Coelho and Robert
Norris. Chadwick broke in his heat and had to tag the 21 car feature. Jeff
Thomas was the feature scratch. K Brown is seriously chasing the combined
Chowchilla-Antioch state title and got his first feature win of 2006 as he held
off the fast closing Chadwick. Busby ran a solid third and Freitas ran fourth in
just his second ever Antioch visit. Ed Daviess was fifth ahead of Brad Coelho,
Merced visitor Johnnie Baptista in his new D&M, Wallace, Don Shelton and
Norris. Chadwick's point lead is 42 points over Coelho and 60 ahead of Davies. K
Brown is 20 points back of Daviess and 14 ahead of former champion Shelton.
Fourteen wingless
spec sprints were divided into two heat races. Olmstead made his first 2006
visit to the ¼ mile clay oval and he won heat 1 over former midget star Matt
Streeter and Kindt. Billy Macedo beat Ford and Brian Gray in heat 2. Streeter
took dash honors over Olmstead and Macedo. Kindt raced into the feature lead,
but Streeter moved up to challenge him. There was contact between the two and
Streeter flipped. Olmstead then became the Kindt challenger. Again, there was
contact between the two and Kindt spun. Olmstead was disqualified from his
feature finish for the rough driving and Perry III raced to the win ahead of
Ford, Simpson, point runnerup Jeff Rose, Roy Fisher, Derek Overcamp, David
Press, previous week Fernley winner Dan Gonderman and Kindt. Perry is 11 points
up on Rose and 29 ahead of both Ford and Fisher.
The limited late models
also had a 14 car turnout including the division debut for veteran racer Terry
DeCarlo Sr. DeCarlo Sr did win the opening heat race over Silva and John Kriebel
with female star Lori Brown fourth. Duggins won heat 2 over Vern Niewald and
Rich Quadrelli. Quadrelli led the feature until Mike Gustafson took over.
Duggins came from 10th in his win. Silva ran second ahead of Rosa, L Brown, Dave
Lexer, DeCarlo Sr, Niewald, Clay Twigg, Gustafson and Quadrelli. Silva moved
around Lexer into second in the standings as Lexer stands two points back of
Silva and 4 ahead of Twigg. Gustafson is fifth, 10 points back of Silva.
Sixteen super stocks were
divided into a pair of heat races and DeCarlo Jr won heat 1 over Chris Sorenson
and Gomez. Avila won heat 2 and Petaluma Speedway mini stock star Danny Potts
joined the action with a second ahead of Carl Berendsen II. Gomez got his third
feature win of the year ahead of Avila, DeCarlo Jr, Potts, Melissa Hansen,
Berendsen II, Ken Rhoades, Daniel Mendes, Tony McCown and Dean Plambeck. Twenty
dwarf cars were split into three heat races and Daniel had a perfect night as he
won heat 1 over Daniel Williams and Tony Carmignani. Hilbelink also had a big
night as he won heat 2 ahead of Johnson and Mark Tillinger. Red hot Ricardo
Rivera beat Russ Roy and Craig Avery in heat 3. Both Avery and Ricardo broke
leading in the feature with Daniel getting the win ahead of Johnson, Hilbelink,
Tillinger, Jack Haverty, point leader Carmignani, David Teves, Jacklynn Haverty,
R Roy and Ryan Dennis. Carmignani has built a 29 point lead over Rivera with
Hilbelink another 24 points back in third. Johnson is 11 more points back in
fourth. The pure stocks continue to have solid car counts and they split 17 cars
into three heat races. Mark Wilson beat Jon Haney and Waldrop in heat 1 and Mike
Matheson won heat 2 over Gene Haney and Jason Robles. Bob Bennett captured heat
3 over Coppin and rookie Barnes. Coppin continues to thrive in the car that
Kevin Fitzgerald won the 2005 track title in as he added to his point lead with
a feature win ahead of Waldrop, Barnes, Beard, Matheson, Dan McCown, G Haney,
Scott Hansen, Robles and Adam Kujala. Coppin is 25 points up on Waldrop, 68 in
front of Barnes and 90 ahead of Beard. G Haney is just two points back of Beard
in fifth.
It was
announced that the June 24th $3000 to win, $300 to start Western Dirt Late Model
Tour event here will also pay $100 tow money to teams towing from the
Bakersfield-Santa Maria area and further.
Summary
Pure Stock Heat 1-Mark Wilson, Jon Haney, Rob Waldrop, Greg Henry, Ryan
Perry. Heat 2-Mike Matheson, Gene Haney, Jason Robles, Brian Beard II, Scott
Hansen. Heat 3-Bob Bennett, Jimmy Coppin, Billy Barnes, Cathy McCause, Richard
Jones. Main-Coppin, Waldrop, Barnes, Beard, Matheson, Dan McCown, G Haney, S
Hansen, Robles, Adam Kujala, McCause, Jones, Bennett, Wilson, Perry,
Henry.
Dwarf Car Heat 1-Duane Daniel, Daniel Williams, Tony Carmignani, Jaclynn
Haverty, Jack Haverty. Heat 2-John Hilbelink, Ed Johnson, Mark Tillinger, Jerry
Doty, Ryan Dennis. Heat 3-Ricardo Rivera, Russ Roy, Craig Avery, Travis Hensley,
Austin Roy. Main-Daniel, Johnson, Hilbelink, Tillinger, Jack Haverty, Carmignani,
David Teves, Jacklyn Haverty, R Roy, R Dennis, Butch Liston, Rivera, Avery,
Williams, Doty, Sonny Calkins, Hensley, A Roy, Kurtis Craig, Bob Accordo.
Super Stock Heat 1-Terry DeCarlo Jr, Chris Sorenson, Todd Gomez, Ronnie
Jones, Wayne Wright. Heat 2-Manny Avila, Danny Potts, Carl Berendsen II, Paul
Mendes, Michael Newman. Main-Gomez, Avila, DeCarlo Jr, Potts, Melissa Hansen,
Berendsen II, Ken Rhoades, Daniel Mendes, Tony McCown, Dean Plambeck, Wright,
Sorenson, Alan Beasy, Jones, Newman, Billy Williams.
Limited Late Model Heat 1-Terry DeCarlo Sr, Jeff Silva, John Kriebel, Lori
Brown, Clay Twigg. Heat 2-Ty Duggins, Vern Niewald, Mike Gustafson, Rich
Quadrelli, Chevy McGinnis. Main-Duggins, Silva, David Rosa, L Brown, Dave Lexer,
DeCarlo Sr, Niewold, Twigg, Gustafson, Quadrelli, Jason Ryan, McGinnis, Chester
Kniss, Kriebel.
Dirt Modified Heat 1-Aaron Crowell, Keith Brown Sr, Rod Freitas, Scott Busby,
Mike Villanueva. Heat 2-Joe Carr, Bill Wallace, Debbie Clymens, Ed Daviess, Jeff
Thomas. Heat 3-Paul Stone, Brad Coelho, Robert Norris, Johnnie Baptista, Don
Shelton. Main-Brown Sr, Kellen Chadwick, Busby, Freitas, Daviess, Coelho,
Baptista, Wallace, Shelton, Norris, Crowell, Villanueva, Gary Hetrick, Shawn
Dozier, Mitch Enos, John Sutherland, Debbie Clymens, Carr, Kevin Fitzgerald,
Stone, Mike Salazar.
Wingless Spec Sprint Dash-Matt Streeter, Danny Olmstead, Billy Macedo, Brandi
Ford. Heat 1-Olmstead, Streeter, Jeff Kindt, David Press, Dan Gonderman. Heat
2-Machedo, Ford, Brian Gray, Jim Perry III, Dan Simpson. Main-Perry III, Ford,
Simpson, Jeff Rose, Roy Fisher, Derek Overcamp, Press, Gonderman, Kindt, Gray,
Macedo, Streeter, Michael Vaughn.
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