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Santa Maria, CA - July 10, 2004...Budweiser/Recyclable Oil Golden
State Challenge winged 410 sprint cars had top billing Saturday night at Santa
Maria Speedway, but it was the J.B. Dewar/Bandit non-winged 360 sprint cars that
stole the spot light.
The 30 lap Bandit main event started well enough but the first of two
extended red flag periods occurred on lap 14 when Jason May, of Taft, flipped
end-over-end down the back chute, coming to rest hanging up-side-down in the
turn three catch fence. The next red, four laps later, was the bad one.
Kingsburg's A.J. Burgin was battling Sidney, Australia's Peter Murphy for the
lead when he tried an outside move on a back marker and
went into the turn three wall. The car flipped violently and came down hard on
the rear wheels. That hit sent Burgin to the hospital, complaining of pain in
his upper back.
When the race resumed it was Davey Pombo, of Kerman, in second place as he
tried to chase down Murphy. Murphy held on for the victory with Pombo second and
Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, third. Oakley's Scott Holloway was fourth,
followed by Hanford's Richard Harvey, Jr. The crash cost Burgin the lead in the
Bandit Series points and dropped him from second to third in J.B. Dewar points.
Pombo now leads both. Pombo also set a new 1 lap record of 13.550 seconds while
8 lap heat race victories went to Burgin, May, and Danny Olmstead of Tracy.
The GSC sprints also ran a 30 lap feature event, but without the drama of the
Bandits. There was a short delay when Mike Faria, of Tipton, crashed on the
opening lap, sidelining his mount and causing a restart. Andy Forsberg, of
Auburn, took the lead when the green flag waived the second time and held that
position throughout. Campbell's Brent Kaeding put the pressure on from second,
but that was as close as he could get. Tommy Tarlton, of Fresno, was third, with
San Jose's Jason Statler and Visalia's Blake Robertson filling in the top-five.
Kaeding also lowered the 1 lap record, setting the mark at 11.272 seconds. Ten
lap heat race victories went to Gilroy's Jon Maiwald, Fresno's Monty Feirriera
and Tulare's Brian Coelho.
Next Saturday night Century 21 Hometown Realty late model stocks, Diamond
Jewelry & Loan street stocks and Christianson Chevrolet mini stocks bring
stock car racing back to the 1/3-mile oval. It will also be the night for the
Ira's Bike Shop of Arroyo Grande Bicycle Races for kids. Admission prices will
be: $13.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors (65+) and $3.00 for children 6 to 12.
The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166
interchange on Hutton Road. Their web address is santamariaspeedway.com.
RACE SUMMARIES
Budweiser/Recyclable Oil GSC Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Brent Kaeding, 11.272 (record).
Heat 1 - Jon Maiwald, Jason Statler, Kaeding, Andy Forsberg, Tim Gibbons, Wayne
Williams.
Heat 2 - Monty Feirriera, Mike Faria, Blake Robertson, Sean Becker, Jim Skinner,
Jeff Fiscus.
Heat 3 - Brian Coelho, Kevin Pylant, Tommy Tarlton, Andy Gregg, Ricci Faria
(DNS). Main Event - Forsberg, Kaeding, Tarlton, Statler, Robertson, Williams,
Skinner, R. Faria,
Coelho, Pylant, Gregg, Feirriera, Becker, Maiwald, Fiscus, Gibbons, M. Faria.
J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Davey Pombo, 13.550 (record).
Heat 1 - Danny Olmstead, Pombo, Jeff Fiscus, Joey Layman, Gary Rayburn, Jr.,
Steve DeMott, John Iturriria.
Heat 2 - A.J. Burgin, John Burnett, Scott Holloway, Darrin Simas, Jason
Montgomery, Thad Bennett, Josh Davis (DNS).
Heat 3 - Jason May, Richard Harvey, Jr., Peter Murphy, Jimmy Thompson, Rusty
Carlile, Patrick Frisco, Kevin Lewis.
Main Event - Murphy, Pombo, Thompson, Halloway, Harvey, Olmstead, Layman, Simas,
DeMott, Carlile, Rayburn, Fiscus, Montgomery, Burnett, Iturriria, Frisco,
Bennett, Lewis, Burgin, May, Davis.
POINT STANDINGS
CAR# DRIVER - 7/10/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars
POINTS
1 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 328
2 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford
294
3 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 291
4 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 287
5 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 259
6 21R Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 257
7 68 John Burnett, Fresno 237
8 11X Joey Layman, Atascadero 231
9 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 230
10 41H Scott Holloway, Oakley 229
11 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 226
12 11D Danny Olmstead, Tracy 203
13 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 194
14 41 Rusty Carlile, Bakersfield 171
15 8M Jayson May, Taft 166
16 10 Patrick Frisco, Paso Robles 165
17 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton
156
18 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 125
19 0X Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 120
20 12C Darrin Simas, Santa Maria 118
21 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 117
22 11/27 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 113
23 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 103
24 21H Peter Murphy, Sidney, Australia 98
25 4M Gary Ferravanti, Paso Robles
96
26 33 Daniel Hood, Scotts Valley 81
27 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 77
28 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 64
29 5K Mike Knopf, Santa Maria 62
30 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 57
31 18T Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita 43
32 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 42
33 7 Greg Taylor, Ventura 37
34 7/4 Gene Manhire 37
35 09 Luis Espinoza, West Hills 34
36 8 Ronnie Case, Camarillo 34
37 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 30
38 1X Terry Shank, Santa Rosa 29
39 71X Kevin Lewis, Pengrove 27
40 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 25
41 93 Steve Williams, Merced 25
42 3G Greg Ports, Atascadero 23
43 22S Bobby Elliott, Atascadero 10
44 9W Chris Wakim, Simi Valley
10
45 77D Chris D'Arcy, Campbell 10
46 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10
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