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BOESPFLUG COPS
SCRA 40-LAP MAIN AT TULARE |
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(MAY 14, 2005 - TULARE, CA) A DAZZLING DRIVING DISPLAY is the only manner in which one can describe the events at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway on Saturday May 14th. Not only did Chad Boespflug and Davey Pombo thrill the fans with lead-swapping moves, the balance of the competition was doing the same thing during the extended 40-lap main event. When all was said and done, the 17-year-old “Hanford Hornet” was on the top-step of the victory podium once again, making it two features in-a-row and three overall in the young season. Boespflug started on the pole as a result of his Forest Transportation Dash Masters win, and technically led wire-to-wire. Technically is only a term in this case, as lead changes in the middle of a lap are not recorded. Before the lead swapping began, Boespflug raced off to a short lead from the get-go and was weaving his way through the heavy traffic, resembling the Los Angeles Freeway system, while the balance of the field staged terrific battles of their own. Pombo, Johnny Rodriquez, Tyler Spath and Steven Williams’ waged war for the second through fifth positions, while Danny Olmstead, Chris D’Arcey, Jim Richardson and Richard Harvey battled feverishly further back. During the heated action, Pombo tangled slightly with another car, lost his momentum and dropped back to fifth. Undaunted however, he worked his way back into the second position with some slick moves of his own. On lap 21, Jeff Gardner made contact with the turn 1 wall bringing out the yellow. This allowed Pombo, Rodriquez, Spath and the balance of the field to ride the tail of Boespflug’s #98 machine. Five laps later, Boespflug and Pombo swapped the lead twice during the lap before Boespflug put some space between them. He seemed headed for an “easy” victory, but his lead evaporated once again when Rodriquez brought out the yellow 10 laps later with a flat right rear tire after tangling with Williams. Once again Pombo was poised to challenge for the victory and sure enough, made his move two laps later when he powered into turn 3 on the low side passing Boespflug. When his (Pombo) momentum carried him toward the outside wall, Boespflug made the cross-over-move, regained the lead and received the white flag. From that moment on, he increased the lead slightly and reached the checkers with a 4-length cushion over the hard-charging Pombo. With his victory, Boespflug cut into Williams’ point lead and now trails by only one point, 328 to 327. Following the pair to the line were Spath, Williams and D’Arcey, with Olmstead Richardson, Carlile, Harvey and Albert Pombo completing the top-ten. Albert received the “Hard Charger” award after starting in the 20th position. Earlier in the program, Boespflug and D. Pombo set the stage for the thrilling main event with a duplicate run in the Dash. The only difference was Pombo started from the pole and Boespflug from the number five post position. Boespflug moved his way to the lead halfway through the run only to have Pombo make the move described earlier, taking a short-lived lead, only to have Boespflug pull his now familiar cross-over-move to take the victory. Rodriquez, Spath, Todd Hunsaker, and Williams captured heat events. Main Event-40 Laps: 1st #98 Boespflug, 2nd #3 D. Pombo, 3rd #35 Spath, 4th #93 Williams, 5th #77 D’Arcey, 6th #11D Olmstead, 7th #8 Richardson, 8th #51X Carlile, 9th #59 Harvey, 10th #35X A. Pombo, 11th #2H Thomas, 12th #97 Day, 13th #69 Chaney, 14th 21T Smith, 15th #55 Rodriquez, 16th #75 Hunsaker, 17th #64 Slater, 18th #21A Guy, 19th #32 Logan, 20th #51 Gardner, 21st #44 Hair, 22nd #35R Devitt, 23rd #19 Foster, 24th #77S Schuler |
