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SHERMAN TIES RECORD, HAS EYES ON BREAKING IT by Windy McDonald |
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Phoenix, AZ (September 10) Jeremy
Sherman tied the record for most Sprint Car wins in a season with a hard fought
win over Nathan High Saturday night at Manzanita Speedway. Sherman, racing in
the 19th race of the year matched the 13 win total posted by Bob
Ream, Jr. in his 1998 championship season. Ream also went 13 for 19. Sherman has
four more races and based on his dominance this year should easily break the
record.
After finishing second to Chris Bonneau on September 10 and then running second to the youngster again in the first heat race, Sherman took the green flag for the 25 lap feature on Manzy’s 1/3rd mile track determined not to finish second again. Bonneau lined up in the front row, beat Seainn Hendricson into the first turn and showed the power in his Hawks Construction Chevy as Sherman was working his way toward the front after starting seventh. A crash that eliminated cars driven by Mike Martin and Scott Pasmore slowed the field after only two laps had been completed. The restart following the yellow flag was aborted when J.T. Imperial hooked the rear bar on Bonneau’s car and blocked the field. Sherman was on Bonneau’s rear bumper until he finally managed a pass that netted him the lead on the seventh lap. As Bonneau faded Nathan High, up from fifth, and Imperial took up the chase. Sherman was pushing the cushion while High was working the bottom. High had the lead coming off turn four of the 15th lap but a yellow flag came out for a stalled car and that gave the lead back to Sherman. Sherman, taking a page from High’s book, kept the Fred Bryan sprinter on the bottom and held back the hard charging High who was hoping to celebrate his birthday a few hours early with a win. “We weren’t that good on the bottom,” Sherman said in a victory lane interview, “So I had to move back to the top. It was good enough to keep the #6 car back”. His high grooving carried him to a 1.87 advantage over High, a former winner, who matched his best finish since that win on April 16th. He was also second in the May 28th fifty lapper. Imperial faded late in the race and Mike Leslie took over the third spot after starting 14th and maintained it to the checkered flag. Josh Pelkey lost more ground to the points leader with a fourth place finish, his 11th top five of the year. Seainn Hendricson notched his second straight top five with a strong fifth place finish. Bruce St. James was the hard charger of the race for the second straight time as he powered the Klein Engines sprinter from 18th to sixth. He came from 24th to eighth in the September 3rd race on the half mile track. Rounding out the top ten were Imperial, Jeff Henry, Marty Miller and Bonneau. Bonneau won his first ever trophy dash before beating Sherman in the first heat. In addition to the two front runners, Bob Ream, Jr. and Henry earned their way into the feature by finishing third and fourth. High went wire to wire in winning the second heat over Andy Reinbold, Bobby Boone and Leslie. The third heat went to Imperial who was better than Jay Ervine, Brian Swinehart and Miller. The final heat put Pelkey, Hendricson, Scott Pasmore and Mike Martin in the feature. The final four berths in the 25 lap feature went to the top four in the 12 lap semi and Matt Rossi took the win over St. James who had charged up from ninth. Shon Deskins and Tom Ogle took the remaining two spots in the feature. The Sprints will be back on the short track in the “Allscapes Night at the Races” September 17th on a card that also features BRA Dirt Modifieds on the half miler. SUMMARY
ARIZONA SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION-1/3rd Mile Track
Main Event: 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Nathan High 3. Mike Leslie 4. Josh Pelkey 5. Seainn Hendricson 6. Bruce St. James 7. J.T. Imperial 8. Jeff Henry 9. Marty Miller 10. Chris Bonneau 11. Shon Deskins 12. Andy Reinbold 13. Bob Ream, Jr. 14. Tom Ogle 15. Matt Rossi 16. Brian Swinehart 17. Bobby Boone 18. Mike Martin 19. Scott Pasmore 20. Jay Ervine Lap leaders: laps 1-7 Bonneau, laps 8-25 Sherman
1st Heat: 1. Chris Bonneau 2. Jeremy Sherman 3. Bob Ream, Jr. 4. Jeff Henry 5. Bernie Smith 6. Shon Deskins 7. Lealand Fuller 8. Bruce St. James
2nd Heat: 1. Nathan High 2. Andy Reinbold 3. Bobby Boone 4. Mike Leslie 5. Steve Sandrolini 6. Brian Hacker 7. Johnny Williams, Jr. 8. Don Keesler 9. Chris McArthur 10. Don Earven 11. Lealand Fuller 12. Mike Bonneau 13. Bernie Smith 14. Ben Gregg
3rd Heat: 1. J.T. Imperial 2. Jay Ervine 3. Brian Swinehart 4. Marty Miller 5. Brian Hacker 6. Ben Gregg (DNS-Chuck Buckman)
4th Heat: 1. Josh Pelkey 2. Seainn Hendricson 3. Scott Pasmore 4. Mike Martin 5. Tom Ogle 6. Johnny Williams, Jr. 7. Don Keesler
Arizona Race Mart Trophy Dash: 1. Chris Bonneau 2. Jeff Henry 3. Bob Ream, Jr. 4. Bobby Boone
UNOFFICIAL ASCA POINTS
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