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SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY JULY 3RD RECAP
by Jim Pluhar

Santa Maria, CA - July 3, 2004...The J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars and California Rebel Cup Sprint Cars brought winged and non-winged 360 sprint car racing to Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night. Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks and Campus Motorsports Factory Stocks also competed, and the WRA Vintage Midgets and Sprints paraded their rolling museums in several exhibition runs.

Peter Murphy, of Sidney, Australia, set the early pace in the 30 lap Bandit Series feature, hounded every step of the way by Santa Maria's Danny Sheridan. Seven laps from the finish Sheridan's persistence paid off when he passed Murphy on the outside in turn 4 and went on to victory. Murphy was second and Kerman's Davey Pombo third. That put Pombo closer to Kingsburg's A.J. Burgin, who finished fourth, in the Series points chase and extending his lead in J.B. Dewar point standings. Gary Rayburn, Jr., of Grover Beach, completed the top-five. Rayburn, teammate Joey Layman, of Atascadero, and Jimmy Reeves, of Laton, captured 8 lap heat race wins and Pombo set fast time of 13.938 seconds.

Tommy Tarlton, of Fresno, set fast time of 12.523 seconds for the winged Rebel Cup cars. That converted to a third place finish in the 30 lap feature behind Ronnie Day, of Salinas, and winner Tim Worth of Coalinga. Garrett Iishi, of Carruthers, and Monty Ferriera, of Fresno, won the 8 lap heats.

The 20 lap Factory Stock feature was a replay of the previous six events with David Addamo leading an all Santa Maria top-five to his seventh victory. Scotty Preast did his best to end Addamo's win streak, even getting by for the lead at one point, before settling for the runner-up spot. Kirk Morgan, Brian Signorelli, Sr. and Tom Breshears followed the top-two to the checkers. Eight lap heat races went to Morgan and Dave Thompson of Santa Maria.

The Campus Motorsports class saw Dos Pueblos High School extending its lead in the points with a third sweep of heat and feature events. Cabrillo High School was second in the 10 lap main event with the Youth Auto Club backed by the City of Santa Maria Parks & Recreation Department coming in third. San Marcos High School was fourth.

Next Saturday night the winged 410 sprints of the Budweiser Golden State Challenge and the J.B. Dewar/Bandit Series non-winged 360 sprint cars will bring nothing but speed to the 1/3-mile oval. Tickets will cost $16.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors (65+) and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. Santa Maria Speedway is 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. They're on the internet at santamariaspeedway.com.

RACE SUMMARIES

J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Davey Pombo, 13.938.
Heat 1 - Joey Layman, John Burnett, Rusty Carlile, Pombo, Peter Murphy, Steve DeMott, Josh Davis.
Heat 2 - Jimmy Reeves, Danny Sheridan, John Iturriria, A.J. Burgin, Mike Knopf, Thad Bennett, Scott Holloway.
Heat 3 -Gary Rayburn, Jr., Patrick Frisco, Jimmy Thompson, Richard Harvey, Jr., Jeff Fiscus.
Main Event - Sheridan, Murphy, Pombo, Burgin, Rayburn, Thompson, Carlisle, Harvey, Fiscus, Jason May, Reeves, Iturriria, DeMott, Bennett, Burnett,
Holloway, Davis, Knopf, Jason Montgomery (DNS).

California Rebel Cup Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Tommy Tarlton, 12.523.
Heat 1- Garrett Iishi, Tarlton, Jeff Fiscus, Tim Worth, Jerry Pelayo.
Heat 2- Monty Ferriera, Robert Ballou, Ronnie Day, Mark Barroso, Jeff Delte.
Main Event- Worth, Day, Tarlton, Iishi, Barroso, Ferriera, Delte, Pelayo, Ballou, Fiscus.

Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks:
Heat 1 - Dave Thompson, David Addamo, Michael Frazier, Dan Oliveira, Tom Breshears, Kelly Pusley, Mike
Cavalier, Michael Hyland.
Heat 2 - Kirk Morgan, Bill Pinette, Scotty Preast, Brian Signorelli, Sr., Dan Smith, Dale Sylvester, Tom Keck, Tim Bennett, Justin Cole.
Main Event - Addamo, Preast, Morgan, Signorelli, Breshears, Pusley, Keck, Smith, Bennett, Hyland, Sylvester, Oliveira, Cole, Thompson, Frazier, Pinette, Cavalier.

Campus Motorsports Factory Stocks:
Heat 1 - Dos Pueblos High School, Youth Auto Club, San Marcos High School, Cabrillo High School.
Main Event - Dos Pueblos High School, Cabrillo High School, Youth Auto Club, San Marcos High School.

POINT STANDINGS

CAR# DRIVER - 7/3/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars POINTS
1 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 278
2 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 261
3 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford 251
4 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 243
5 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 226
6 21R Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 223
7 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 223
8 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 220
9 68 John Burnett, Fresno 203
10 11X Joey Layman, Atascadero 192
11 41H Scott Holloway, Oakley 186
12 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 166
13 11D Danny Olmstead, Tracy 160
14 8M Jayson May, Taft 137
15 41 Rusty Carlile, Bakersfield 136
16 10 Patrick Frisco, Paso Robles 136
17 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 125
18 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton 124
19 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 117
20 4M Gary Ferravanti, Paso Robles 96
21 0X Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 85
22 11/27 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 83
23 33 Daniel Hood, Scotts Valley 81
24 12C Darrin Simas, Santa Maria 80
25 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 79
26 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 77
27 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 64
28 5K Mike Knopf, Santa Maria 62
29 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 57
30 21H Peter Murphy, Sidney, Australia 46
31 18T Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita 43
32 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 42
33 7/4 Gene Manhire 37
34 7 Greg Taylor, Ventura 37
35 8 Ronnie Case, Camarillo 34
36 09 Luis Espinoza, West Hills 34
37 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 30
38 1X Terry Shank, Santa Rosa 29
39 93 Steve Williams, Merced 25
40 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 25
41 3G Greg Ports, Atascadero 23
42 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10
43 77D Chris D'Arcy, Campbell 10
44 9W Chris Wakim, Simi Valley 10
45 22S Bobby Elliott, Atascadero 10

CAR# DRIVER - 7/3/04 Factory Stocks POINTS
1 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 407
2 32 Kirk Morgan, Santa Maria 359
3 40 Tom Breshears, Santa Maria 346
4 9 Brian Signorelli, Sr., Santa Maria 329
5 81 Dale Sylvester, Grover Beach 304
6 7 Dan Oliveira, Lompoc 304
7 58 Michael Hyland, Lompoc 296
8 69 Justin Cole, Santa Maria 290
9 8 Mike Cavalier, Santa Barbara 277
10 16 Bill Pinette, Nipomo 208
11 15 Michael Frazier, Santa Maria 189
12 91 Scotty Preast, Santa Maria 188
13 77 Tim Bennett, Santa Maria 182
14 68 Dan Smith, Atascadero 177
15 49 Dave Thompson, Santa Maria 89
16 77B Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 76
17 71 Kenn Hackett, Atascadero 73
18 10 Ray Degeer, Bakersfield 48
19 77B Kelly Pusley 39
20 73 Tom Keck 38
21 97 Mark Courtney, Coalinga 35
22 14 Rick Prettie 20

CAR# DRIVER - 7/3/04 Campus Motorsports POINTS
1 30 Dos Pueblos High School 162
2 17 Cabrillo High School 142
3 88 San Marcos High School 91
4 11 Youth Auto Club 46

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