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6-19-04
– Tracy, CA. Nick Rescino Jr. laid a 5-spot on the California Asphalt
Sprintcar Association field, recording his fifth consecutive feature win in his
now familiar, overpowering style. Rescino made quick work of the traffic
starting ahead of him and distanced himself from the 13-car field in the 30-lap
CASA feature event at the Altamont Motorsports Park half-mile. Rescino
only made incremental gains in the point standings however, as point leader Matt
DeMartini held firm to his CASA Championship points lead with a solid second
place finish. Throughout Rescino’s winning streak, he has had difficulty
catching DeMartini in the points chase as DeMartini keeps consistently finishing
near the top of the field, and he also keeps adding to his point total with top
five qualifying efforts. Rescino did gain five qualifying points himself,
posting a 17.313, 104.015 MPH lap to earn yet another CASA Fast Time Award. Rookie-of
the-Year contender, and third quick qualifier, Jared Consani won heat number one
in convincing fashion over “Cowboy” Craig Smith making his first pavement
start aboard Joe Kuderca’s black #32. Consani’s #4j, damaged in a heat race
crash last week, was still under repair come race day so his grandfather, Bob
Consani loaned young Jared an equally potent car from his stable. Heat two was
won by USAC star Shauna Hogg, making her first start with CASA. DeMartini
finished second over reigning CASA Champion Tony Iacobitti, who returned from a
long absence to sub for vacationing Bryan Bullard in the OCR #71. Rescino
won the Coy Concrete Trophy Dash with a daring pass on lap one, but the real
entertainment was watching the three-way battle for second. Hogg finished inches
ahead of Consani to her inside and DeMartini to her outside as the trio ran
“under a blanket” the whole race and sped out of turn four to the stripe
three abreast. Iacobitti
and Glenn Hopper lead the front row to the green flag with Hopper gaining a
slight advantage in turn one to lead the first two laps before Consani powered
past to lead the next several laps. DeMartini and Rescino appeared glued
together as they made their way forward through the field from their third row
starting spots. Rescino and DeMartini erased Consani’s lead as the pair
pressed their way to the front. The caution waved just past the halfway point on
lap 16, as Scott Clough suffered a steering problem and ground to a halt against
the turn one concrete with substantial damage to his bright red #5. On
the restart, DeMartini tried everything to catch the fleet Rescino as Consani
held third position over Iacobitti, Hogg, Hopper, Smith and Mitchell. Smith
retired a few laps later with overheating problems and Rescino continued on to
victory with the running order behind him unchanged. In
CASA health watch news, Allen Harney, who suffered double knee injuries in last
weeks crash, is resting comfortably at home, and Larry Texeria, a victim in the
same crash, visited the CASA pits briefly, hobbling on his still swollen and
sore legs. Both expressed sincere thanks to the track medical staff, their
hospital care providers and CASA members and fans, who expressed so much
heartfelt concern for them. Additionally, CASA co-founder, Mike McCreary was
hospitalized Friday with abdominal pains and was undergoing tests at U.C. Davis
Medical Center. He was still involved however, as the Oval Chassis Research crew
had his room number on cell phone speed-dial. Next
up, the CASA cars and stars make their second trip to Carson City, Nevada for a
100-lap event in the four-race Nevada State Sprint Car Championship Series,
Saturday, July 3rd. 6-19-04
CASA Results QUALIFYING COY
CONCRETE TROPHY DASH HEAT
1 HEAT
2 30
LAP MAIN EVENT POINT
STANDINGS 6/12/04
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