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SANTA MARIA, CA., Oct. 16 - Rain
canceled the final main event of the NMRA-TQ Midget 2004 season
after two heat races had been run Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway.
Alex Harris and Scott Hansen, driving the two Greg Edenholm-owned
cars, won the eight-lap heats for the 13 cars present.
Following a 12-main event season for the reformed
TQ-Midget racing sanctioning body, Steve Lambert won the driving
championship by 27-points over Chuck West, the 2002 NMRA champion.
Lambert, the 2003 NMRA champion, set one fast time, won a single
main event, had ten top five finishes and 12 top tens. Ten different
drivers won features and 32 drivers earned 2004 points.
Former driver Greg Edenholm, the 2003 car owner
champion, won the 2004 car owner championship with his No. 2 car.
Edenholm's No. 1 title-winning car from last year finished sixth
this year. Owner/driver West Evans' No. 38 car finished second and
trailed the title-winning car by only seven points. Twenty-one cars
earned points.
The NMRA general membership meeting will be held
Sunday, November 14 from
3:00-5:00 p.m at Wood World in Westlake Village. Agenda items
include race format, membership, advertising, election of new board
members and an open forum. RSVP to NMRAWest@aol.com.
The NMRA championship awards banquet will be held
Saturday, January 15, 2005 at The Grinder Restaurant in Moorpark,
CA.
Summary:
Heat 1: Alex Harris, Kenny Wiley, Chuck West,
Steve Lambert, Ron Ahrendt,
Bruce Hiroshima, Linda Taylor.
Heat 2: Scott Hansen, Steve Parke, Nick Carlson,
West Evans, Michael
Bliffen, Ken Bonnema.
Main: Rained out. (No rain date).
FINAL 2004 NMRA POINT STANDINGS:
Drivers
Car Owners
1 Steve Lambert 691
1 Greg Edenholm # 2
709
2 Chuck West
664 2 West Evans # 38
702
3 West Evans
592 3 West Evans # 36
628
4 Kenny Wiley
589 4 Paul Lopiccolo # 21
623
5 Ron Ahrendt
384 5 Dave Lambert # 55
592
6 Bruce Hiroshima 380
6 Greg Edenholm # 1
551
7 Michael Bliffen 338
7 Guy Barber # 18
493
8 Scott Hansen 313
8 Judi Ahrendt # 87
464
9 Steve Parke
302 9 Bruce Hiroshima # 5
416
10 Walt Johnson
300 10 Michael Bliffen # 3
402
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