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SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY APRIL 17TH RECAP |
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Santa Maria, CA - April 17, 2004...Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, took
up right where he left off in 2003 by winning the first J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint
Car main event of the 2004 season Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.
Thompson passed Santa Maria's Darrin Simas on the sixth circuit of the 30-lap
event and held him at bay for the duration of the run. Series point leader Danny
Sheridan grabbed third with a last lap, last turn pass on Kerman's Davey Pombo
who had to settle for fourth. Steve DeMott, of Santa Maria, rounded out the
top-five. Scott Holloway, Oakley; Jason May, Taft; Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover
Beach; and, Pombo won 8-lap heat races. Along with his feature win, Sheridan
also set fast time of 14.649 seconds and took home the "Best Looking
Car" award for his division. Nipomo's Kenny Kirkpatrick won his first 25-lap Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stock feature event of the year after an early battle with Nipomo's Willy Oathout. Kirkpatrick broke on top, but by lap two Oathout was in the lead. On the ninth lap, Kirkpatrick re-passed Oathout and went on for the win. Santa Maria's Tim Randolph placed second with Bakersfield's Billy Simkins third. Fourth went to Rick Wilkinson, of Paso Robles, fifth to Nipomo's Chad Weber, and Oathout faded to sixth at the finish. Oathout and Randolph captured 8-lap heat races. Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks began their 2004 racing season Saturday night. Dave Thompson scored wins in the 20-lap main event and an 8-lap heat race to secure the early point lead. Fellow Santa Maria driver Tom Breshears finished second in the feature with Lompoc's Michael Highland third, and Santa Marians Brian Signorelli, Sr. and Kirk Morgan fourth and fifth. Morgan won the other heat race and Dan Oliveira, of Lompoc, took home the "Best Looking Car" trophy. Next Saturday night the Budweiser Golden State Challenge Winged 410 Sprint Cars will be the highlight of the evening. Street Stocks and Factory Stocks will be on the schedule for the second week in-a-row. Gates open at four, with qualifying at six and racing at seven. Tickets will cost $16.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors (65+) and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. The Speedway is 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. Their web address is santamariaspeedway.com. RACE SUMMARIES J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Danny Sheridan, 14.649. Heat 1 - Scott Holloway, Sheridan, Jimmy Reeves, Steve DeMott, Joey Layman, Thad Bennett. Heat 2 - Jason May, Jimmy Thompson, John Burnett, Steve Williams, Michael Baker, John Jewett. Heat 3 - Gary Rayburn, Jr., Richard Harvey, jr.,A.J. Burgin, Johnny Iturriria, Josh Davis. Heat 4 - Davey Pombo, Evan Suggs, Chad Boespflug, Darrin Simas, Danny Olmstead. Main Event - Thompson, Simas, Sheridan, Pombo, DeMott, Burgin, Harvey, Rayburn, May, Reeves, Olmstead, Bennett, Baker, Iturriria, Layman, Holloway, Boespflug, Burnett, Suggs, Jewett, Williams, Davis (DNS), Gene Manhire (DNS), Jay Ervine (DNS), Bobby Davis (DNS). Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks: Heat 1 - Tim Randolph, Billy Simkins, Joey Silva, Mitch Caldwell, Chad Weber, David Addamo, Rick Trimmer. Heat 2 - Willy Oathout, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Charlie Dowdy, Rick Wilkinson, Elton Shaffer, Frank Miller, Tim Breshears. Main Event - Kirkpatrick, Randolph, Simkins, Wilkinson, Weber, Oathout, Dowdy, Addamo, Breshears, Trimmer, Caldwell, Silva, Shaffer, Miller. Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Dave Thompson, Brian Signorelli, Sr., Dan Oliveira, David Addamo, Tim Bennett, Dale Sylvester, Rick Prettie. Heat 2 - Kirk Morgan, Michael Highland, Tom Breshears, Bill Pinette, Mark Courtney, Kenn Hackett, Mike Cavalier, Justin Cole. Main Event - Thompson, Breshears, Highland, Signorelli, Morgan, Oliveira, Hackett, Bennett, Cavalier, Courtney, Addamo, Pinette, Sylvester, Cole, Prettie (DNS). POINT STANDINGS CAR# DRIVER - 4/17/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars POINTS 1 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 53 2 12c Darrin Simas, Santa Maria 47 3 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 47 4 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 45 5 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 41 6 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 41 7 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford 41 8 21r Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 41 9 8M Jayson May, Taft 40 10 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 37 11 11d Danny Olmstead, Taft 34 12 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 33 13 41h Scott Holloway, Oakley 33 14 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 32 15 11 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 32 16 11x Joey Layman, Atascadero 30 17 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 30 18 68 John Burnett, Fresno 29 19 33e Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 29 20 12j John Jewett, Orcutt 25 21 93 Steve Williams, Merced 25 22 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 20 23 7 Gene Manhire 10 24 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 10 25 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10 CAR# DRIVER - 4/17/04 Street Stocks POINTS 1 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick, Nipomo 102 2 37 Chad Weber, Nipomo 94 3 68J Billy Simkins, Bakersfield 87 4 20 Rick Wilkinson, Paso Robles 84 5 14 Willy Oathout, Nipomo 83 6 56 Joey Silva, Santa Maria 82 7 6 Charlie Dowdy, Arroyo Grande 76 8 04 Tim Randolph, Santa Maria 74 9 22 Rick Trimmer, Arroyo Grande 74 10 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 73 11 47 Tim Breshears, Santa Maria 71 12 4 Mitch Caldwell, Santa Maria 70 13 94 Frank Miller, Cypress 63 14 99 Steve Suchowirsky, Oxnard 39 15 92 Garold Shaffer, Santa Maria 34 16 29 Elton Shaffer, Santa Maria 32 17 81 Jacob Jones, Santa Maria 22 18 27 Ian Hunter, Santa Maria 10 CAR# DRIVER - 4/17/04 Factory Stocks POINTS 1 49 Dave Thompson, Santa Maria 54 2 40 Tom Breshears, Santa Maria 48 3 58 Michael Highland, Lompoc 46 4 9 Brian Signorelli, Sr., Santa Maria 44 5 32 Kirk Morgan, Santa Maria 44 6 7 Dan Oliveira, Lompoc 41 7 71 Kenn Hackett, Atascadero 38 8 77 Tim Bennett, Santa Maria 37 9 8 Mike Cavalier, Santa Barbara 36 10 97 Mark Courtney, Coalinga 35 11 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 35 12 16 Bill Pinette, Nipomo 34 13 81 Dale Sylvester, Grover Beach 32 14 69 Justin Cole, Santa Maria 31 15 14 Rick Prettie 20 |
