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Shelby
handles the field Reische Sweeps; Hammer
cruises by Bob Burbach |
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Marysville, CA - May 7, 2005...Phillip Shelby, Ken Reische and visiting
driver Darrell Hanestad took home the hardware in racing action at Twin Cities
Speedway Saturday. Two of the three divisions may see lead changes at the top of
the point standings in the Riebes Racing Series Stock Cars and the Hunt Magneto
Speedway Sprint Cars respectively.
Phillip Shelby smoked the field in an impressive performance in the Riebes Racing Series Stock Cars. Shelby pounded the point home that he is a serious contender for the point championship this year. The event had a rocky start however as a “Talladega” style pile up involved most of the starting field in a noisy grinding crash. Inside second row starter Donnie Fortney of Yuba City lost it off of turn four as the field thundered toward the green flag. Fortney’s car headed for the infield then snapped back to the right and slid in front of the pack. Fortney’s car was hit hard as most of the field piled in. The big crash came to rest under the starter’s stand. Remarkably, only three of the cars involved were eliminated in the melee, though many returned looking badly beaten. In fact, Fortney and his banged up car wound up coming back to a seventh place finish from the back. A second remarkable incident showed up as the race was winding down into its final few circuits. Shelby had been simply untouchable and was running away. Point leader Andy Aust of Marysville was carving his way toward the front and engaged in a wheel-to-wheel duel with Kenny Robinson. Robinson and Aust battled feverishly and Aust had a slight advantage as the pair headed on to the front stretch. Robinson and Aust got together and Aust was turned around and pounded the wall driver’s side first in almost the same spot, and same way that Robinson hit it last week. Like Robinson’s car last week, Aust’s car was pretty badly hurt and the point leader limped toward the pits. Robinson was penalized for the incident and was set back accordingly. Aust’s car rolled to a stop against the wall as the field rumbled up the straightaway under yellow. Then Aust’s car accelerated and slammed into the right side of the Robinson 9r. Aust was disqualified from the event and all points for the night were removed. Robinson recovered and finished fourth in the final standings. Shelby took his first checkered flag of the year in convincing style. Impressive rookie, Brad Magenheimer of Tudor roared to a career best second place finish as two time champion George Magenheimer (Brad’s dad) was third. Robinson was fourth with three time champ Jerry Bartlett in fifth. Aust’s penalty may drop him to as low as eighth in the point standings while Shelby will find himself on the top of the heap when the points are officially awarded later this week. An excited, but restrained Shelby thanked almost everyone on the planet for getting him here to victory lane. It was great to see the young star get his first win here in Riebes Racing Series Stock Car competition. Clayton’s Darrell “The Hammer” Hanestad is batting 1,000 at TCS in the Hunt Magneto Wingless Warriors Speedway Sprint Cars. Hanestad has four visits and four wins to his credit…perfect. The track was smooth and slick when the feature rolled out. High winds had battered the clay all day. The race was a thriller, however as Hanestad came from row four to first in a sterling effort. While Hanestad’s effort was expected, it was the unexpected that was most pleasing on this Saturday night. Auburn’s Jimmy Steward came through into second position after battling Hanestad tooth and nail for a few circuits. Steward even re-passed Hanestad once before the Hammer took control. David didn’t get Goliath this time, but Steward had ‘em up in their seats as he battled the star speedway sprinter. Steward had battled point leader Steve Stein and Marysville’s Ryan McDaniel to secure second. Steward is a graduate of Sprint 100 racing and has really shown remarkable progress since coming to the volatile Hunt Speedway Sprinters. Quick qualifier, Antioch’s Bob Newberry, reached third in the final tally as he followed Hanestad and Steward to the front. McDaniel followed Newberry across the line with Stein a close fifth. McDaniel should be the new point leader with his fourth place finish over Stein. Stein was doing everything he could to wrest fourth away from McDaniel. It was not to be. The slick surface took the horsepower advantage away and it was a clean race with dicing all the way through the field. The wingless warriors put on a fine show. A couple of notes: James Castleberry pieced his worn out racer together after a grinding flip at Chico on Friday. Castleberry made the show after some hard work after Friday’s wreck. Jeremy Hawes finally had his Ford powered ride going forward arriving in a nice sixth place finish. In victory lane, Hanestad said he’d be here every week if Antioch Speedway weren’t fifteen minutes from his shop. Maybe it’s a good thing for the other Hunt Speedway Sprinters that he stays close to home. Yuba City’s Ken Reische was victorious again in TCS Mini Stock action. Reische just ran away with the lead. All the action took place behind the point leader. Mike Merritt, currently fifth in the point standings hushed the crowd as he was extricated from his car in a bizarre incident in turn three. Merritt was running in fifth position when he hooked up with a lapped car and rocketed off the turn three banking. The car hammered the concrete and came to a dead stop. At this writing Merritt was reported as shaken but unhurt. The only racer who was going to make a difference in the outcome of this one was Yuba City’s Kevin Sprague. Kevin limped to the pits with a flat tire while running second. He spent the rest of the race carving his way to the front for a fine fifth place finish. A late race yellow closed up the pack and parked second place runner Robert Luster on Reische’s rear bumper. The run to the checkers saw no change and Reische won. It was good to see Luster back in the hunt after a tough run last week. Reische’s teammate Joel Guisti ran a credible third and Yuba City’s Heather Bartlett made up some ground in the point hunt with a solid fourth. The BCRA Midget Lites were the traveling show this week. A solid field of twenty-two racers made the show. Roseville’s Tyler Franklin came from row eight to claim the trophy. Thrilling, IN YOUR FACE~HIGH SPEED ACTION returns this Saturday night. The fire-breathing Riebes Racing Series Pacific Sprint Cars will appear again. The wingless warriors of the Hunt Magneto Speedway Sprint Car Series, the TCS Mini Stocks and the Nor Cal Dwarf Cars will round out the impressive card. Gates open at 5 with racing at 7PM at the one and only Twin Cities Speedway. There is NO increase in admission prices this year. Adult tickets are $10, juniors and seniors $7, children $5 and under six will be admitted for free. In fact, season passes are available for the first time this year at a reduced, per race price. Call (530) 675-2050 or drop by the ticket office on Saturday. Twin Cities Speedway is located at 1468 Simpson Lane in Marysville. For additional information call (530) 742-9222 or go to www.twincitiesspeedway.net.
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