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SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY JUNE 26th RECAP |
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Santa Maria, CA - June 26, 2004...Large fields were the order of the day
Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. The J.B. Dewar/Bandit Series fielded 31
sprint car entries, Christianson Chevrolet Mini Stocks weren't far behind with
23 and Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks had 15. The 30 lap Bandit "A" main event was a wire-to-wire run for John Burnett, of Fresno, his first career victory. Kerman's Davey Pombo was runner-up for about the fifth time this season and wonders if he'll ever score a victory. His consolation is that he leads the J.B. Dewar point standings and is second in Bandit Series points. Steve DeMott, of Santa Maria, drove to a strong third place finish after doing $2,000.00 worth of damage to his ride back on June 5. Hanford's Richard Harvey, Jr. and Santa Clarita's Clark Templeman III were fourth and fifth. Atascadero's Josh Davis, Harvey, Scotts Valley drivers Evan Suggs and Daniel Hood, and Laton's Jimmy Reeves won 8 lap heat races. Rick Gifford, of Bakersfield, captured the 12 lap "B" feature and Pombo set fast time of 15.413 seconds. Bakersfield Speedway star Robby Sawyer visited Santa Maria Saturday night and went away with first place money in the 25-lap Street Stock main event. The race was shortened by one lap when the 30 minute clock ran out, but second place Willy Oathout, of Nipomo, was in no position to catch the winner anyway. Santa Maria's Tim Randolph came in third, followed by Nipomo drivers Chad Weber and Kenny Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick and Santa Marians Ian Hunter and Tim Breshears took the 8 lap heat races. It was Atascadero point leader Tom Grzincic prevailing once again in the 20 lap Mini Stock main, but not without some drama. Grzincic was involved in a first lap accident that sent him to the back of the large field for the restart. The defending champion was eighth by lap 4, fifth by lap 9, second by lap 17, and passed leader Andrew Greman, of Ventura, for the victory on the final circuit. Greman held on for second, followed by his teammate David Peterson, Lompoc's Mike Weigel and Kevin Swanson of Santa Ynez. Grzincic and Peterson won the 8 lap heats. Next Saturday night J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars return to the 1/3-mile oval joined by California Rebel Cup Winged 360 Sprint Cars, Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks, Campus Motorsports Factory Stocks, and Western Racing Assocaition (WRA) Vintage Midgets and Sprints. Tickets will cost $16.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors (65+) and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. Santa Maria Speedway can be found 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 - Davey Pombo, 15.413. Heat 1 - Josh David, Pombo, Jimmy Thompson, Jeff Fiscus, Rusty Carlile, Rick Gifford. Heat 2 - Richard Harvey, jr., Clark Templeman III, A.J. Burgin, Scott Holloway, Gary Rayburn, jr., Patrick Frisco. Heat 3 - Evan Suggs, Luis Espinoza, Steve Clevenger, Mike Knopf, Jason Montgomery, John Iturriria. Heat 4 - Daniel Hood, Danny Sheridan, Ronnie Case, Aaron Chaney, Joey Layman, Gary Farravanti, Jr. Heat 5 - Jimmy Reeves, Greg Taylor, Jason May, John Burnett, Thad Bennett. "B" Main Event - Gifford, Layman, Rayburn, Carlile, Montgomery, Bennett, Iturriria, Farravanti, Frisco. "A" Main Event - Burnett, Pombo, DeMott, Harvey, Templeman, May, Burgin, Sheridan, Knopf, Chaney, Taylor, Reeves, Case, Espinoza, Gifford, Davis, Layman, Holloway, Thompson, Fiscus, Suggs, Hood. Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks: Heat 1 - Ian Hunter, Joey Silva, Tim Randolph, Rick Wilkinson, Mitch Caldwell. Heat 2 - Kenny Kirkpatrick, Willy Oathout, David Addamo, Dave Stutts, Steve Suchowirsky. Heat 3 - Tim Breshears, Robby Sawyer, Charlie Dowdy, Chad Weber, Rick Trimmer. Main Event - Sawyer, Oathout, Randolph, Weber, Kirkpatrick, Breshears, Stutts, Silva, Trimmer, Suchowirsky, Wilkinson, Addamo, Dowdy, Hunter, Caldwell, Billy Simkins (DNS). Christianson Chevrolet Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Tom Grzincic, Brian Nunes, Andrew Greman, Frank Nyback, Jessica Rust, Michael Herlihy, Robert Read, Todd Burnett, Debby Ferrara, Jeremy Heroux, Mike Leland. Heat 2 - David Peterson, Mike Weigel, Darrin Davis, Ben Caswell, Kevin Swanson, Justin Crockett, Brad Long, Paul Terrones, Paul Johnson, Rob Gilvertson, Dave Biddle, Chasman Guerrera. Main Event - Grzincic, Greman, Peterson, Weigel, Swanson, Heroux, Davis, Terrones, Leland, Nyback, Gilbertson, Caswell, Ferrara, Guerrera, Crockett, Rust, Burnett, Read, Biddle, Nunes, Johnson, Herlihy, Long. POINT STANDINGS CAR# DRIVER - 6/26/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars POINTS 1 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 233 2 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 219 3 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford 213 4 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 202 5 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 193 6 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 182 7 21R Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 179 8 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 173 9 68 John Burnett, Fresno 172 10 11D Danny Olmstead, Tracy 160 11 41H Scott Holloway, Oakley 159 12 11X Joey Layman, Atascadero 155 13 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 137 14 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 125 15 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 117 16 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton 114 17 8M Jayson May, Taft 102 18 10 Patrick Frisco, Paso Robles 101 19 41 Rusty Carlile, Bakersfield 96 20 4M Gary Ferravanti, Paso Robles 96 21 33 Daniel Hood, Scotts Valley 81 22 12C Darrin Simas, Santa Maria 80 23 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 77 24 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 64 25 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 57 26 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 53 27 11 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 50 28 0J Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 49 29 18T Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita 43 30 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 42 31 7 Greg Taylor, Ventura 37 32 5K Mike Knopf, Santa Maria 37 33 7/4 Gene Manhire 37 34 09 Luis Espinoza, West Hills 34 35 8 Ronnie Case, Camarillo 34 36 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 30 37 1X Terry Shank, Santa Rosa 29 38 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 25 39 93 Steve Williams, Merced 25 40 3G Greg Ports, Atascadero 23 41 22S Bobby Elliott, Atascadero 10 42 9W Chris Wakim, Simi Valley 10 43 77D Chris D'Arcy, Campbell 10 44 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10 CAR# DRIVER - 6/26/04 Street Stocks POINTS 1 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick, Nipomo 280 2 14 Willy Oathout, Nipomo 265 3 04 Tim Randolph, Santa Maria 264 4 37 Chad Weber, Nipomo 259 5 20 Rick Wilkinson, Paso Robles 243 6 6 Charlie Dowdy, Arroyo Grande 242 7 47 Tim Breshears, Santa Maria 232 8 56 Joey Silva, Santa Maria 232 9 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 211 10 68J Billy Simkins, Bakersfield 210 11 4 Mitch Caldwell, Santa Maria 193 12 22 Rick Trimmer, Arroyo Grande 173 13 99 Steve Suchowirsky, Oxnard 140 14 94 Frank Miller, Cypress 127 15 29 Elton Shaffer, Santa Maria 121 16 27 Ian Hunter, Santa Maria 119 17 20T Toby Randolph, Santa Maria 73 18 73 Chip Gehle, Buellton 58 19 98 Robby Sawyer, Bakersfield 53 20 81 Jacob Jones, Santa Maria 53 21 29 Dave Stutts, Santa Maria 39 22 19 Darrin Hopkins, Bakersfield 39 23 92 Garold Shaffer, Santa Maria 34 24 45 Ryan Dale, Santa Maria 32 25 24J Anthony Giuliani, Watsonville 10 CAR# DRIVER - 6/26/04 Mini Stocks POINTS 1 8 Tom Grzincic, Atascadero 310 2 6 Darrin Davis, Atascadero 239 3 27 Mike Weigel, Lompoc 237 4 5 Frank Nyback, Santa Maria 228 5 96 Jessica Rust, Arroyo Grande 203 6 12 Justin Crockett, Santa Margarita 200 7 29 Robert Read, Arroyo Grande 197 8 33 Rob Gilbertson, Santa Maria 194 9 95 Mike Leland, Atascadero 189 10 4 Jeremy Heroux, Nipomo 187 11 1 Dave Biddle, Arroyo Grande 177 12 3X Kevin Swanson, Santa Ynez 174 13 43 Debby Ferrara, Arroyo Grande 158 14 44 Ben Caswell, Santa Barbara 135 15 2 Paul Terrones, Lompoc 116 16 9 Brian Nunes, Santa Maria 115 17 41 Warren Flick, Orcutt 75 18 34 Chris Claborn, Santa Maria 73 19 10X Brent Hendricks, Santa Margarita 70 20 2X Todd Burnett, Santa Ynez 61 21 11 Andrew Greman, Ventura 48 22 96X David Peterson, Ventura 47 23 10 Mark Doss, Santa Maria 39 24 34 Robert Claborn, Santa Maria 38 25 10X Chasman Guerrera 31 26 17 Paul Johnson, Ventura 24 27 7 Michael Herlihy, Arroyo Grande 23 28 3 Brad Long, Burbank 22 |
