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Santa Maria, CA - August 8, 2004...Danny Sheridan, of Santa Maria, saw
nothing but dollar signs when Century 21 Hometown Realty more than doubled the
winner's share of the J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Car purse for Saturday's running
of the 19th Annual Classic Rock 99.1 "The Fox" Bud Stanfield Memorial.
Eddie Stanfield, Bud's son, recently joined the Hometown Realty family and was
instrumental in upping the pot for the race which was
established in his father's memory after the elder Stanfield was hit by a sprint
car in 1984 and succumbed to his injuries.
Starting with a record setting run of 13.424 seconds in qualifying, which
netted another $200.00 put up by Century 21, Sheridan went on to win an 8 lap
heat race and the 30 lap main event. After picking up the lead from Hanford's
Richard Harvey, Jr. on lap six, Sheridan drove away from the rest of the field
despite the efforts of Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, to keep him in sight.
Thompson finished second with Oakley's Scott Holloway third. Fourth and fifth
were taken by Gary Rayburn, Jr., of Grover Beach, and Davey Pombo, of Kerman,
and Harvey placed sixth. Steve DeMott, of Santa Maria, captured the 12 lap
"B" main and Holloway, Pombo and Harvey scored heat race victories.
BCRA Midgets and Midget Lights were also on the schedule. Jimmy Christian, of
Morgan Hill, won his second straight 30 lap feature event at SMS followed by
Thomas Meseraull, of San Jose, and Brian Gard of Kelseyville. Fremont's Rob
Russell and Marysville's Shane Matthews were fourth and fifth. Christian and
Tyler Brown, of Norco, took the 8 lap heat
races. Visiting USAC driver Danny Stratton, of Fontana, broke the 1 lap record
for non-winged midgets, set back in 1995 by J.R. Lawson. That turned out to be
the highlight of his night after blowing his engine in heat race action.
Chad Compton, of Elk Grove, led Roseville's Tyler Franklin and Saint Helena's
Jeff Griffin to the checkers in the 20 lap Midget Lites feature event. Elk
Grove's Doug Hunting and Citrus Heights' Scott Kinney were fourth and fifth.
Franklin and David Maples, of Sebastopol, won 8 lap heat races.
Next Saturday night Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, Diamond
Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks, Christianson Chevrolet Mini Stocks and Campus
Motorsports Factory Stocks will be on the 1/3-mile clay oval. Gates open at
four, qualifying begins at six and racing at seven. Admission prices will be:
$13.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors (65+) and $3.00 for children 6 to 12.
Santa Maria Speedway is located 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 - Danny Sheridan, 13.424 (record).
Heat 1 - Sheridan, Chad Boespflug, Chris Wakim, Chris Tramel, Steve DeMott,
Davey Knott, Ryan Devitt, Steven Williams.
Heat 2 - Scott Holloway, John Burnett, Aaron Chaney, Gary Rayburn, Jr., Daniel
Hood, Darren Simas, Josh Davis, Jimmy Reeves.
Heat 3 - Davey Pombo, Jimmy Thompson, Clark Templeman III, Joey Layman, Thad
Bennett, Mike Knopf, Rusty Carlile, Bobby Davis (DNS).
Heat 4 - Richard Harvey, Jr., Jeff Fiscus, Michael Baker, Bobby Elliott, Albert
Pombo, Evan Suggs, John Iturriria, Evan Smith.
"B" Main Event - DeMott, Knopf, J. Davis, Carlile, Suggs, Knott,
Devitt, Reeves, Simas, Bennett, A. Pombo, Smith, Hood, Williams (DNS), Iturrira
(DNS), B. Davis (DNS).
"A" Main Event - Sheridan, Thompson, Holloway, Rayburn, Pombo, Harvey,
Boespflug, Fiscus, Elliott, Knopf, Burnett, Baker, Tramel, Wakim, Knott, J.
Davis, Layman,
DeMott, Carlile, Suggs, Templeman, Chaney.
BCRA Midgets:
Fast Time - Danny Stratton, 13.465 (record).
Heat 1 - Jimmy
Christian, Thomas Meseraull, Shane Matthews, Cliff Servetti, Pete Davis, Joe
Lindsey, Tim Joyce, Scott Pierovich (DNS).
Heat 2 - Tyler Brown, Rob Russell, Michael Hubert III, Floyd Alvis, Danny
Stratton, Garratt Boyden, Greg Dennett, Brian Gard.
Main Event - Christian, Meseraull, Gard, Russell, Matthews, Dennett, Davis,
Joyce, Alvis, Lindsey, Servetti, Boyden, Brown, Hubert.
BCRA Midget Lites:
Heat 1 - Tyler Franklin, Chad Compton, Jeff Griffin, Sam Corso, Jeff Scott, Joey
Hoover, Billy Graham, Jr., Chris Glass.
Heat 2 - David Maples, Scott Kinney, Doug Hunting, Scott Clark, Drew Barney, Ron
Weimer, Greg Griffin.
Main Event - Compton, Franklin, J. Griffin, Hunting, Kinney, Maples, Clark,
Scott, Corso, Barney, Hoover, G. Griffin, Weimer, Glass, Graham.
POINT STANDINGS
CAR# DRIVER - 8/7/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars
POINTS
1 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 372
2 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford
337
3 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 336
4 21R Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 299
5 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingsburg 291
6 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 286
7 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 281
8 41H Scott Holloway, Oakley 276
9 68 John Burnett, Fresno 274
10 11X Joey Layman, Atascadero 260
11 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 251
12 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 213
13 11D Danny Olmstead, Tracy 203
14 41 Rusty Carlile, Bakersfield 197
15 8M Jayson May, Taft 166
16 10 Patrick Frisco, Paso Robles 165
17 0X Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 160
18 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton
156
19 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 152
20 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 150
21 12C Darrin Simas, Santa Maria 138
22 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 132
23 11/27 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 128
24 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 107
25 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 98
26 21H Peter Murphy, Sidney, Australia 98
27 5K Mike Knopf, Santa Maria 97
28 33H Daniel Hood, Scotts Valley 97
29 4M Gary Ferravanti, Paso Robles
96
30 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 89
31 18T Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita 69
32 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 52
33 22S/6K Bobby Elliott, Atascadero 47
34 9W Chris Wakim, Simi Valley
43
35 93 Steve Williams, Merced 40
36 7/4 Gene Manhire 37
37 7 Greg Taylor, Ventura 37
38 8 Ronnie Case, Camarillo 34
39 09 Luis Espinoza, West Hills 34
40 7 Chris Tramel, Ventura 33
41 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 30
42 1X Terry Shank, Santa Rosa 29
43 71X Kevin Lewis, Pengrove 27
44 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 25
45 3G Greg Ports, Atascadero 23
46 35R Ryan Devitt, Dana point 22
47 35X Albert Pombo 18
48 22S Evan Smith, San Miguel 17
49 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10
50 77D Chris D'Arcy, Campbell 10
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