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KIRBY PACES THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE NWWC TOUR AT HOLLYWOOD HILLS 
by Norm Bogan

SAN FELIPE, NM, AUGUST 6, 2004 - Staging in the pits for Friday night's
opening round of the Non-Wing World Championship (NWWC) tour at Hollywood Hills
Speedway found the NAPA Auto Part / Auto Trader Magazines SCRA traveling
contingent, plus many entries from the local NMMRA racers and some visitors from
Texas, Arizona Kansas and Nevada for a total of forty cars.  Local racer, Charlie
Fegan exhibited some of his drag boat expertise to claim fast time over the traveling band. 

Mike Kirby aboard the Carol Crossno/Snap-On Tools, Downing powered, TCR broke
Rickie Gaunt's strangled hold on SCRA victories.  "Super Rickie" assumed the early lead after a couple of false starts, but lost the point to Kirby on lap eight.  Eventually, Steve Ostling and Rick Ziehl got by Gaunt, followed by teammate, Charles Davis Jr. completing the top five.

In the post race interview, Kirby was excited about his first SCRA/NWWC victory of the year and said he liked the track.  He plans to run again tomorrow night at the San Felipe, NM venue and then continue on the tour to Oskaloosa, Iowa for the Tuesday night Ultimate Challenge with its $30,000 to win purse and a possible invitation to the Wednesday night Rick Zimmerman race at the nearby famed Knoxville Raceway.  Kirby stated that Gaunt ran him clean and as his car came to the track, he was able to pass for the lead.  It was fun for these two good friends to compete against each other. 

Saturday night's finale will be a send off for the teams on their journey to the Midwest.
             
  
SCRA RACE #8 - HOLLYWOOD HILLS SPEEDWAY, SAN FELIPE, NM
8/6/04

Arizona Race Mart Time Trials
 1. Charlie Fegan, Fegan 611, 16.927,  2. Rick Ziehl, Ziehl 20, 17.350,  3. Mike Kirby, Crossno 38, 17.496,  4. Justin Fisher, Fisher 95J, 17.509,  5. Robert Gomez, Gomez 54, 17.598,  6. Charles Davis, Jr., Smiley 8A, 17.615,  7. Mike Spencer, Engstrom 44, 17.759,  8. Mark Nation, Nation 3N, 17.759,  9. Tom Ball, Mach-2 Racing 16, 17.929,
10. Steve Ostling, Willis 45, 18.022, 11. Jon Taylor, Taylor 93, 18.057, 12. Rickie Gaunt, Smiley 2A, 18.110, 13. Mel Murphy, Murphy 62, 18.184, 14. Paul Whitehead, Whitehead 21, 18.249, 15. Bo Baker, Baker 22, 18.294, 16. Alan Ballard, Ballard 97, 18.365, 17. Jeff Brumfield, Jr., Brumfield 5J, 18.448, 18. James High, High 23H, 18.487,
19. Bruce St. James, St. James 7J, 18.649, 20. Tim West, West 77D, 18.653, 21. Jesse Baker, Baker 22B, 18.851, 22. Ronnie Clark, Clark 33, 18.909, 23. Jody Williams, Anderson 78, 18.954, 24. Robert Hall, Robert Hall Sr. 16AZ, 18.993, 25. J.C. Powell, Jr., Powell 8, 19.080, 26. Thomas Murray, Murray 11, 19.120, 27. Seth Wilson, Wilson 17, 19.144, 28. Jerry Johnston, Johnston 5D, 19.199, 29. Leighton Crouch, Crouch 0C, 19.402, 30. David Hair, Hair 44X, 19.478, 31. Kelly Denison, Denison 9X, 19.551, 32. Gary Appel, Appel 96, 19.613, , 33. Jared Scutt, Scutt Bros. 25, 19.628, 34. Mike Martin, Martin 57M, 19.837, 35. Jason Martin, Martin 36, 19.851, 36. Jimmy Crawford, Crawford 13, 19.919, 37. Ted McAdams, McAdams 19, 20.029, 38. Jay Ervine, Tuttle 21AZ, 20.192, 39. Nick Rael, Newlin 73, 20.456, 40. Dave Burns, Burns 52, No Time,

"C" Main (8 Laps)
1. Denison, 2. Appel, 3. Scutt, 4. Ervine, 5. Crawford, 6. McAdams, 7.J. Martin, 8. Crouch , 9. Hair, 10. M. Martin, 11. Rael.

SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 1 (10 Laps) 
1. J. Baker, 2. Ball, 3. Powell, 4. Fegan, 5. Gomez, 6. Denison, 7. Murphy, 8. Brumfield.

STINGER CHASSIS HEAT 2 (10 Laps)
1. Clark, 2. Davis, 3. Ziehl, 4. Ostling, 5. Whitehead, 6. Appel, 7. Murray, 8. High.

SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT 3 (10 Laps)
1. Wilson, 2. Spencer, 3. Kirby, 4. Williams, 5. B. Baker, 6. St James, 7. Taylor, 8. Scutt.

OVAL TRACK RACING HEAT 4 (10 Laps)
1. Hall, 2. West, 3. Gaunt, 4. Ervine, 5. Fisher, 6. Ballard, 7. Nation, 8. Johnston.

JE PISTONS DASH (6 Laps)
1.Ostling, 2. Gaunt, 3. Kirby, 4. Ziehl, 5. Davis, 6. Spencer, 7. West, 8. J. Baker.

B-MAIN EVENT (12 Laps)
1. Fisher, 2. Taylor, 3. Nation, 4. B. Baker, 5. Ballard, 6. Gomez, 7. Murphy, 8. High, 9. Denison, 10. Whitehead, 11. St James, 12. Johnston, 13. Brumfield, 14. Appel, 15. Murray, 16.  Scutt.

A-MAIN EVENT (20 Laps)
1. Kirby, 2. Ostling, 3. Ziehl, 4. Gaunt, 5. Davis, 6. Spencer, 7. Fegan, 8. Gomez, 9. Ball, 10. Hall, 11. B. Baker, 12. Ballard, 13. Fisher, 14. Clark, 15. Nation, 16. Ervine, 17. Williams, 18. Powell, 19. Taylor, 20. J. Baker, 21. Wilson, 22. West - No Time.
Laps Led: Gaunt 1-7, Kirby 8-20
   
NWWC Points as of 8/7/04
  
                 TOTAL
1   Mike Kirby      133
2   Rick Ziehl      124
3   Rickie Gaunt    122
4   Charles Davis, Jr. 120
5   Charlie Fegan   101
6   Robert Hall     100
7   Justin Fisher   95
8   Steve Ostling   95
9   Ronnie Clark    89
10  Mike Spencer    76
11  Alan Ballard        73
12  Robert Gomez    70
13  James High      68
14  Bo Baker        67
15  Seth Wilson 67
16  Tom Ball        67
17  Tim West        59
18  Bruce St James  57
19  Jody Williams   51
20  Kelly Denison   47
21  Jay Ervine      45
22  Jon Taylor      44
23  Mark Nation     43
24  J.C. Powell, Jr.    41
25  Nick Rael       37

2004 SCRA Driver point standings
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CAR            NAME                 HOMETOWN            STARTS POINTS
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    1.  2A  Rickie Gaunt    Torrance CA     8   645
    2.  8A  Charles Davis, Jr   Buckeye AZ  8   590
    3.  97  Alan Ballard        Bakersfield CA      9   502
    4.  33  Ronnie Clark    Tucson AZ           9   441
    5.  17  Seth Wilson San Clemente CA 9   416
    6.  44  Mike Spencer    Temecula CA     7   398
    7.  50  Damion Gardner  Concord CA          4   379
    8.  3N  Mark Nation Los Olivos CA           9   350
    9.  57M Mike Martin (R) Yuma AZ     9   321
    10. 98  Verne Sweeney   Lomita CA           7   311
    11. 6   Casey Shuman    Corona CA           7   291
    12. 45  Steve Ostling   Corona CA           4   240
    13. 62  Mel Murphy  Riverside CA            7   201
    14. 20  Rick Ziehl  Las Cruces NM           3   199
    15. 51  Kevin Urton Elk Grove CA            4   187
    16. 21A Danny Sheridan  Santa Maria CA  4   184
    17. 25  Dwayne Marcum   Fresno CA       3   150
    18. 92  Mike English    Norwalk CA          3   143
    19. 38  Mike Kirby      Torrance CA     2   133
    20. 84  Aaron Altaffer  (R) Tulare CA       3   125
    21. 17X Josh Pelkey Peoria AZ           3   118
    22. 7K  Bruce St. James Phoenix AZ      4   116
    23. 6X  Brandon Springstead (R) Mission Viejo CA    3   107
    24. 98J Jeremy Ellertson    Hermosa Beach CA    5   106
    25. 56AZ Alex Pruett    Carefree AZ         3   103

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