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7-3-04
– Carson City, NV. Nick Rescino Jr. powered his Bayshore Racing Engines
Special to yet another California Asphalt Sprintcar Association victory, his
sixth in a row, at Champion Motor Speedway in Carson City, Nevada. Rescino, as
in the exciting and action packed 100-lap feature, also took a commanding lead
in the Nevada State Sprint Car Championship Series posting back to back wins in
the second of the four race Nevada series. Rescino’s winning streak, along
with some misfortune suffered by point leader Matt DeMartini, has propelled him
into the CASA championship point lead as well. Santa
Rosa’s Brian McClish started the warm, comfortable Carson Valley evening off
blasting to fast time at 12.250 seconds, just a few ticks off his current track
record. McClish out timed a 17-car field as 12 CASA regulars made the trek over
the Sierras to be joined by 5 Nevada competitors. Qualifying determined
participants for each of two trophy dashes, the “B” dash, won by Jared
Consani and the Coy Concrete Trophy Dash won by Rescino. The lineup for each
dash was determined by having each driver draw from a deck of cards. The
feature lineup/inversion was also to be determined by having fast-timer McClish
draw from the deck as well. As McClish said the last time CASA raced at
Champion, “Hey, the fans want to see a show – it’s a hundred lapper –
let’s give ‘em a show. Invert the whole field.” “Done.” Said CASA and
track management and McClish tagged the back of the field this night as well. Veteran
driver Marvin Mitchell paced the field to green with local star Mike Ogden along
side. Ogden grabbed the upper hand early but was quickly under siege as Consani
and Bryan Bullard pressed their way forward. A lap seven spin gathered the field
again for the restart and shortly thereafter DeMartini suffered a front-end
problem that caused his early retirement. Rescino rocketed his way to the point
after DeMartini’s exit but had Bullard, McClish, and 2002 track champion Glenn
Hopper hot on his heals. On the 40th circuit, local drivers Tom Haxall and Bob
Beck were involved in a crash just off turn four which temporarily blocked the
front straightaway. Both cars suffered night ending damage and the race was
red-flagged to clear the track and maximize green flag racing. As the field
accelerated in turn four on the restart, third running McClish’s engine
hesitated badly and he and Hopper were quickly shuffled back in the pack. An
infield spin by local USAC driver Amy Barnes put her to the back of the field
and at risk of losing a lap to the omnipotent Rescino. And several laps later,
Mark Beck and rookie driver Ryan Baumgartner tangled while racing in the now
customary close quarters provided by the tight high-banks of Champion Speedway,
with Baumgartners’s #24 stalling backwards and trapping Hopper behind him.
Both cars rejoined the pack and the rest of the race went green. Or more
appropriately, dark blue as Rescino’s dark blue #11 continued to pass and lap
cars at any and every passing opportunity. Rescino held the point over Bullard
who closed in when Rescino encountered heavy traffic but couldn’t mount a
sustained attack with so many drivers battling each other on every inch of the
track. Tony Iacobitti, steadily working his way to the front substituting for
the vacationing Joe Hauck who wanted to make sure his #85 car supported the CASA
car count, held third over McClish who was able to overcome his earlier restart
problem and hustle his candy purple #O4 back into the top four. Amy Barnes and
Mike McCreary held positions five and six respectively buy could not protect
themselves from losing a lap to the fleet Rescino. At
the checkers, Rescino completed his double hat trick over Bullard, Iacobitti,
and McClish. Barnes and McCreary completed 99 laps for fifth and sixth over M.
Beck, Ogden, Hopper and Baumgartner. Dan Gonderman and Marvin Mitchell made it
an even dozen to take the flag and close round two of the highly entertaining
Nevada State Sprint Car Championship Series as well as the first half of the
CASA season. At
the halfway mark of the 2004 CASA season, Rescino has a big lead in the Mike Coy
Concrete Construction Trophy Dash Challenge having won 5 of 7 trophy dashes to
date. McClish ranks second with 5 appearances and 1 win and DeMartini has
qualified for 5 dashes to hold third. One thousand dollars awaits the winner of
the season-long challenge and five hundred will go to the runner-up. CASA
car owner, Mike Consani is arranging a CASA Sprint Car demonstration/test
session at Ukiah Speedway on Saturday, July 10th, during Ukiah’s regularly
scheduled race program, to showcase CASA and test the feasibility of scheduling
CASA events at the beautiful Northern California speedway in the near future.
Those wanting more information should contact Consani directly. The
CASA cars and stars then return to Altamont Motorsports Park to begin the second
half of the 2004 campaign with a 30-lap feature event on July 17th. 7-3-04 CASA Results QUALIFYING COY
CONCRETE TROPHY DASH B-Dash 30
LAP MAIN EVENT POINT STANDINGS 7/3/04
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