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Johnny Herrera takes the Main Event win, and the lead for the points chase at USA Race Park Saturday Night in Tucson, Arizona! |
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November 7, 2005...
Herrera not only won the main Event Saturday Saturday night, but snagged the
lead in the points chase for the Southwest Sprint Car Series over Rick Ziehl by
seven points. Rick Ziehl, from Las Cruces, New Mexico has lead almost all
season, but the chase has been close between Ziehl, Herrera, and Ronny Clark
driving the Morales sprinter from Tucson , Arizona.The points chase also
includes two new drivers Andrew Rienbold in 9th, and Robert Hall Jr. in 10th. Joe Herrera has also taken the car owner points lead over the Joe Morales sprinter, by 9 points. The season points chase will end on the December 31st at USA Race Park in the Roger McCluskey Classic, a two day event. The Second day of the McCluskey Classic will be the first points event for the 2006 season. Marty Miller from Glendale, Arizona led the Main by a half lap, until a yellow flag was dropped after a car spun in turn one on the 14th lap . By this time Herrera had worked himself to second from the sixth starting spot, which put Herrera on Millers back bumper on the restart. A controversy was born when the race was restarted with a lapped car being put back into the rear of the field, which should have been left between Miller and Herrera. It was latter determend that the car was lapped on the 13th lap, and that the lapped car should have been placed between Miller and Herrera on the restart. Miller ended up finishing 4th, but was awarded a third place pay-off for the scoring error, but was penalized an undisclosed amount for the official harassment by a team car member. Racing action was nonstop through the entire field with a Goodyear Hard charger award being awarded to Cole Boyd from Tucson on his out standing charge in the Main Event from the rear of the field. Ronny Clark out qualified the entire field by more than a half second with a 16.558, which also qualified Clark for a Goodyear right rear tire for the Roger McCluskey Classic coming up on December 31st and January 1st New Years Day! Rookie driver Porter Smith driving the Dave Burns sprinter # 52 flipped during qualifying, and took an ambulance ride to the hospital, but was back in time to watch the feature! Qualifying Order 1. 94 Ronny Clark 16.558, 2. 45x Johnny Herrera 16.912, 3. 16z Rick Ziehl 16.918, 4. 19 Andrew Rienbld 17.06, 5. 66 Cole Botd 17.138, 6. 27 Marty Miller 17.219, 7. 71 Jody Williams 17.378, 8. 99 James Aragon 17.441, 9. 22 Ben Greg 17.460, 10. 16az Robert Hall Jr. 17.473, 11. 0 John Carney Jr. 17.594, 12. 5 Shon Deskin 17.642, 13. 11d Derek O'dell 17.672,14. 40x Scott Box 17.704, 15. 13m John Carney Sr. 17.819, 16. 25 Jesse Dunham 17,854, 17. 45 Ron Kratz 17.855, 18. 67 Travis Cooley 17.971, 19. 71x Brian Hostard 18.763, 20. 82 Jeff Neeler NA, 21. 48 Shawn Sander NA, 22. 54G Robert Gomez NA. Heat 1 1. 11d Derek O'dell, 2. 19 Andrew Rienbold,3. 25 Jesse Dunham,4. 94 Ronny Clark,5. 16az Robert Hall Jr.,6. 71 Jody Williams,7. 71x Brian Holstard,8. 48 Shawn Sander Heat 2 1. 45x Johnny Herrera,2. 40x Scott Box,3. 45 Ron Kratz,4. 0 John Carney Jr.,5. 99 James Aragon,6. 82 Jeff Neeler,7. 66 Cole Boyd Heat 3 1. 16z Rick Ziehl,2. 27 Marty Miller,3. 5 Shon Deskin,4. 67 Travis Cooley,5. 22 Ben Gregg,6. 54g Robert Gomez,7. 13 John Carney Sr. Main Event 1. 45x Johnny Herrera,2. 19 Andrew Rienbold,3. 16az Robert Hall Jr,4. 27 Marty Miller,5. 16z Rick Ziehl,6. 94 Ronny Clark,7. 0 John Carney Jr.,8. 5 Shon Deskins,9. 66 Cole Boyd,10. 54g Robert Gomez,11. 22 Ben Greg,12. 82 Jeff Neeler,13. 48 Shawn Sander,14 71 Jody Williams,15. 45 Ron Kratz,16. 11 Derek O'dell,17. 25 Jesse Dunham,18. 13 John Carney Sr.,19. 99 James Aragon,20. 71x Brian Holstard,21. 67 Travis Cooley,22. 40x Scott Box Top Ten in points after Nov. 5th 1. Johnny Herrera 439 2. Rick Ziehl 432 3. Ronny Clark 412 4. Jon Taylor 290 5. Jason Tanner 287 6. Bo Baker 285 7. Scott Box 235 8. Mike Martin 223 9. Andrew Rienbold 211 10, Robert Hall Jr. 207 |
