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SECOND NIGHT OF A NEW MEXICO WEEKEND FINDS |
| SAN FELIPE, NM, AUGUST 7, 2004 - On a clear, less
threatening evening, with the track not as greasy as Friday, Rickie Gaunt stormed to his sixth NAPA Auto Parts / Auto Trader Magazines win of the season. In time trials, Gaunt's teammate, Charles Davis Jr., captured Arizona Race Mart fast time honors, wheeling the Smiley Extreme Chassis//David Zoriki #8A to a Saturday clocking of 16.711. Six new entries were on hand with the loss of two cars from last night to make this evening's field total of 44 cars. The top four finishers from the Friday's "A" Main gained automatic entries into Saturday's 30-lap feature. Mike Kirby, Steve Ostling, Rick Ziehl and Gaunt were staged at the front of the Saturday night JE Pistons Dash to determine their starting positions in the finale. Joining the transfers from last night in tonight's Dash were Davis, Mike Spencer, Alan Ballard and Robert Hall, with the finish determining the grid for the first four rows. The balance of the racers worked their way through the heats and Semi to gain an entry into the "A" Main. Twenty-four racers ascended to the feature to vie for top honors. The opening lap of the feature found a third of the field piled up in turn four. After the melee, only Bobby Seals was unable to restart. Gaunt maintained the lead closely pursued by Kirby, Ostling and Ziehl as they approached and threaded their way through traffic. By the midway point, there was enough rubber laid down, that a number of the racers were pulling wheelies coming off the corners. Ziehl was hooked up so well that he was driving off the right rear tire. Davis was running a harder tire, which took longer to adapt to the track surface, but as it did, Davis was charging toward the front. Ostling had a tire going flat and dropped from a steady fourth to finish a distant twelfth. Meanwhile, Davis won an ongoing duel with Ziehl and moved into third. At the checkers, Smiley teammates Gaunt and Davis book-ended Kirby for the podium positions. Ziehl came home fourth, followed by a strong running Hall out of Show Low, Arizona. Charlie Fegan was aboard the top finishing 360, coming home ninth. SCRA/NWWC regular, Ballard was involved in the first lap crash, suffering a broken front end. Quick repairs got him back on the track returning to gain a tenth place finish. As the race entered the final laps, the front-runners appeared to get faster. Gaunt's last lap was turned at 15.948. At the post race interview, Gaunt was pleased to have set his nemesis, Kirby back to second while claiming his sixth victory of the season. He stated that he way happy to have won and be on the podium with his good friend and teammate. When Gaunt and Kirby were informed that a few more laps might have let Davis garner his first victory of the season as he was closing fast behind the front twosome. Gaunt, as always was gracious in Victory Circle as he thanked the fans for supporting the races at Hollywood Hills Speedway. The traveling band now moves on to Oskaloosa, Iowa for race #3 on Tuesday, August 10th. A large field is expected to challenge for the $30,000 first place purse. SCRA RACE #9 - HOLLYWOOD HILLS SPEEDWAY, SAN FELIPE, NM 8/7/04 Arizona Race Mart Time Trials 1. Charles Davis Jr., Smiley 8A, 16.711, 2. Mike Spencer, Engstrom 44, 16.774, 3. Alan Ballard, Ballard 97, 16.897, 4. Mel Murphy, Murphy 62, 17.018, 5. Robert Hall, Hall 16AZ, 17.026, 6. Bruce St James, St James 7K, 17.110, 7. David Burns, Burns 52NM, 17.206, 8. Justin Fisher, Fisher 95J, 17.384, 9. Bobby Seals, Fegan 64, 17.398 10. Kelly Denison, Denison 9X, 17.399, 11. Tom Ball, Mach 2 Racing 16, 17.407, 12. Jay Ervine, Tuttle 21AZ, 17.440, 13. Mark Nation, Nation 3N, 17.489, 14. Jimmy Crawford, Crawford 13, 17.540, 15. Seth Wilson, Wilson 17, 17.554, 16. Larry Stoerkel, Stoerkel 01, 17.630, 17. Robert Marfia, Marfia 6NM, 17.670, 18. Nick Rael, Newlin 73, 17.692, 19. Jody Williams, Anderson 78, 17.698, 20. James High, High 23H, 17.702, 21. Jon Taylor, Taylor 93, 17.727, 22. Jason Martin, Martin 36, 17.763, 23. Tim West, West 77D, 17.787, 24. Bo Baker, Baker 22, 17.836, 25. Ronnie Clark, Clark 33, 17.904, 26. Robert Gomez, Gomez 54, 18.073, 27. Charlie Fegan, Fegan 611, 18.145, 28. Leighton Crouch, Crouch 0C, 18.221, 29. Jeff Brumfield, Brumfield 5J, 18.248, 30. Mike Martin, Martin 57M, 18.293, 31. Jared Scutt, Scutt 25, 18.322, 32. Gary Appel, Appel 96, 18.332, 33. Paul Whitehead, Whitehead 21, 18.406, 34. J.C. Powell, Powell 8, 18.423, 35. Jerry Johnston, Johnston 5D, 18.595, 36. Thomas Murray, Murray 11, 18.957, 37. Ted McAdams, McAdams 19, 19.159, 38. Rick Flowers, Smith 97R, 19.419, 39. Kristy Smith, Smith 4L, 19.513, 40. Steve Copeland, Smith 67, 19.780 "C" Main (8 Laps) 1. Brumfield, 2. Scutt, 3. Whitehead, 4. Appel, 5. Powell, 6. Johnston, 7. Murray, 8. Marfia 9. Flowers, 10. Smith, 11. Copeland, 12. McAdams. SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 1 (10 Laps) 1. Davis, 2. Hall, 3. Seals, 4. Clark, 5. Taylor, 6. Nation, 7. Marfia, 8.Brumfield. STINGER CHASSIS HEAT 2 (10 Laps) 1. Gomez, 2. J.Martin, 3. Rael, 4. Spencer, 5. St James, 6. Denison, 7.Scutt, 8. Crawford. SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT 3 (10 Laps) 1. Fegan, 2. West, 3. Ballard, 4. Wilson, 5. Ball, 6. Williams, 7. Whitehead,8. Burns. OVAL TRACK RACING HEAT 4 (10 Laps) 1. Crouch, 2. Baker, 3. High, 4. Fisher, 5. Stoerkel, 6. Appel, 7. Murphy, 8.Ervine. JE PISTONS DASH (6 Laps) 1.Gaunt, 2. Kirby, 3. Ostling, 4. Ziehl , 5. Davis, 6. Hall, 7. Spencer, 8.Ballard B-MAIN EVENT (12 Laps) 1. Denison, 2. Ball, 3. St James, 4. Marfia, 5. Williams, 6. Taylor, 7.Brumfield, 8. Scutt, 9. Murphy 10. Crawford, 11. Whitehead, 12. Ervine, 13. Burns,14. Nation, 15.Appel, 16. Stoerkel. A-MAIN EVENT (30 Laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Kirby, 3. Davis, 4. Ziehl, 5. Hall, 6. Fisher, 7. Clark, 8.High, 9. Fegan, 10. Ballard, 11. St James, 12. Ostling, 13. Wilson, 14. Baker, 15.Gomez, 16. West, 17. Denison, 18. Rael, 19. Crouch, 20. Marfia, 21. J.Martin, 22. Spencer, 23. Ball, 24. Seals. Laps Led: Gaunt 1-30. |
