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Nick Green Nips Rescino At The Line In Second CASA Thriller
by Glenn Hopper

6-18-05 – Tracy, CA. Sparkling 18 year old rookie Nick Green, who came up just a foot short of his first California Asphalt Sprintcar Association feature win in last week’s CASA race at Altamont Raceway & Arena, used the experience gained for this back to back opportunity to make sure it was he who had the one-foot advantage at the stripe, and in doing so, became the first rookie driver in CASA history win a feature event. Green’s ear-to-ear grin in victory lane said it all as the youngster prevailed over defending CASA champion Nick Rescino, Jr. in a 50-lap barn burner that had to be seen to be believed.

Green edged Rescino in a similar fashion for fast time honors in qualifications, posting a fast lap of 17.574 at 102.424 M.P.H., .011 faster than Rescino in a harbinger of things to come.

Destiney Hayes claimed heat number one after stalking Earle Stanton for several laps, who in turn held off Green, 2004 CASA champ Tony Iacobitti, Jessica Helberg and Marvin Mitchell. Heat two went to Rescino over Glenn Hopper, Scott Clough, Joe Hauck and Craig Smith who retired to repair a driveline vibration.

The trophy dash took on a different look with both Smith and Rescino unable to answer the call, Smith’s crew in the midst of a drive train repair and Rescino fixing a problematic throttle linkage the fifth and sixth fast qualifiers were added as replacements. Helberg and Hopper joined the dash however it was Hayes over Green, Hopper and Helberg in the four-lap event.

Several CASA drivers, including Green, were interviewed trackside during the always popular fan autograph session, and it was then that Green let it be known he and his #14 crew might just have “a little something” for the feature this evening.

With a six-car inversion Hopper and Helberg paced the field to the green flag, however as the pair entered turn one, Hayes attempted to go low under Helberg and the two made contact and slid into the turn one wall. Helberg was able to make quick repairs to her maroon #4 and rejoin the field but Hayes’ #28 suffered substantial damage and was finished for the night.

On the complete restart, Hopper was penalized back to row two for apparently jumping the initial start, a decision not universally agreed upon, however this now placed “Cowboy” Craig Smith and Green on the front row. Smith sped to the early lead with Green, Rescino and Hopper close behind. Several laps into the fray Rescino maneuvered his #11 past Green for second while Smith tried to distance his #32 from the pack. In typical CASA action, Smith could never gain a comfortable lead though he did fair well until the very same driveline gremlins returned and doomed his quality run. He and Stanton made their way to the pits on the same lap with Stanton concerned about a quickly rising temperature gauge.

This left Rescino at the helm but Green was never more than a car length behind at any time. During the entire 50-lap affair, Green hounded Rescino down every straight and through every high-speed corner. Closer than a shadow, Green pressured Rescino as the pair scorched around the half-mile at a torrid pace. As the caution free event kept clicking the lap counter, Rescino’s mount showed signs of getting looser each lap under Green’s relentless attack. The two were the class of the field and with a few laps remaining they put the rest of the field a lap down, and as the white flag flew Green pressed even harder. As the lead pair roared through turn three on the final lap Green feigned high through the middle of the corner then ducked low as they exited turn four. The screaming fans, again bearing witness to another photo finish saw Green, after a 49 and nine-tenths lap epic battle, squeeze past Rescino by no more than a foot to extract a huge measure of redemption over last weeks outcome and win his first CASA sprint car feature in a sensational effort that will long be remembered by all.

A jubilant Green crew soaked up the victory and holds the promise of more to come for their talented young shoe. Rescino, disappointed but gracious, finished second over Hopper, a rebounding Scott Clough in fourth, his best finish of the season, and Helberg who returned to run a solid fifth.

Tony Iacobitti plagued with some steering woes finished sixth over veteran campaigner Marvin Mitchell in seventh. Unfortunately, Joe Hauck’s best run to date was forced to join Smith in the pits with a similar vibration issue and Hauck was credited with eighth. Ninth was Smith, tenth went to Stanton and Hayes was classified in eleventh.

CASA takes a well-deserved weekend off before gearing up for the big Inaugural Mike McCreary Memorial 100 on July 2nd at Champion Speedway in Carson City, Nevada. The “Tire Burning Thunder” of the California Sprint Cars is looking forward to a very special event to remember one of CASA’s founders, and a true racing icon by having an enhanced purse for which the top CASA guns will take aim. Please visit www.casaracing.com for more information on the Mike McCreary Memorial and all CASA activities.

6-18-05 CASA Results

QUALIFYING
1. Nick Green- 17.574 102.424 M.P.H.,
2. Nick Rescino, Jr.- 17.585, 3. Destiney Hayes- 17.762, 4. Craig Smith- 18.019, 5. Jessica Helberg- 18.022, 6. Glenn Hopper- 18.048, 7. Tony Iacobitti- 18.188, 8. Scott Clough- 18.217, 9. Earle Stanton- 18.267, 10. Joe Hauck- 18.733, 11. Marvin Mitchell- 19.031,

TROPHY DASH 
1. Destiney Hayes,
2. Nick Green, 3. Glenn Hopper, 4. Jessica Helberg

35 LAP MAIN EVENT
1. Nick Green,
2. Nick Rescino, Jr., 3. Glenn Hopper, 4. Scott Clough, 5. Jessica Helberg, 6. Tony Iacobitti, 7. Marvin Mitchell, 8. Joe Hauck, 9. Craig Smith, 10. Earle Stanton, 11. Destiney Hayes 

POINT STANDINGS 6-18-05

1

Nick Rescino, Jr.

303

2

Nick Green

279

3

Tony Iacobitti

242

4

Glenn Hopper

238

5

Jessica Helberg

227

6

Earle Stanton

211

7

Marvin Mitchell

211

8

Joe Hauck

204

9

Trever Cummins

168

10

Jeff Gardner

158

11

Scott Clough

154

12

Brad Bumgarner

124

13

Brian McClish

119

14

Ryan Baumgartner

117

15

Craig Smith

115

16

Ivan Worden

107

17

Michael Trimble

71

18

Jeff Burrows

66

19

Ed Amador

62

20

Burt Silverling

62

21

Pat Ariaz

61

22

Shauna Hogg

48

23

Anthony Simone

48

24

Alan Kaiser

40

25

Destiney Hayes

37

26

Rob Hammond

36

27

Bob Beck

34

28

Michael Zarevich

32

29

Amy Barnes

30

30

Tom Haxall

28

31

John Silva

28

32

Eric Silsby

10

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