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Sherman wins Manzy
sprints, Ream and High in hard crash
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Phoenix, AZ (April 8) Jeremy Sherman’s second straight Arizona Sprint Car Association win Saturday night at Manzanita Speedway was overshadowed by one of the worst crashes in recent history. Bob Ream, Jr., who had earlier won the trophy dash, and Nathan High made contact while battling for the lead in the third heat race. Ream had taken the lead into turn one and High tried the high side to regain first place. The two cars made contact midway down the back straightaway of the one third mile track and both cars got airborne and started flipping. Ream’s car did at least eight flips and traveled about 150 feet before coming to rest against a light pole in turn three of the half mile track. High’s sprinter also did a series of flips. Both drivers climbed out of their destroyed cars and after being checked over by the paramedics walked alway from the crash scene. Sherman lined up for the 25 lap feature on the outside of the back row, chased down Jeff Henry and moved into the lead on the eleventh lap. He then pulled away for the win The race for second had the fans attention as Bernie Smith was in the high groove and Henry was running low. They traded positions on virtually every lap with Henry beating Smith to the finish line for his best finish since his win on May 14 of last year. Smith’s third place finish was his career best. Josh Pelkey came out of the seventh row to finish fourth, earning him the hard charger of the race honors. Mike Leslie had a great drive to get fifth. Leslie was involved in a lap 9 skirmish that forced him to the pits. He made it out on the lead lap and made the inside line work on his way toward the front. He made it all the way to second but then dropped back to his fifth place finish. Rounding out the top ten were Matthew Rossi, Marty Miller, Andy Reinbold, Shon Deskins and rookie driver Mike Colegrove who started 17th. Smith went wire to wire in the first heat race with Henry in second, Mike Martin third and Thomas Ogle fourth. The second heat went to Sherman who started on the pole but was hard pressed to beat Seanin Hendricsen to the checkered flag. Marty Miller took third ahead of Chuck Buckman who started eighth. The final heat went to Colegrove who inherited the lead when Ream and High crashed. Only three cars were left running and the race was called with Rossi and John Williams getting second and third. SUMMARY
ARIZONA SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION Main Event: 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Jeff Henry 3. Bernie Smith 4. Josh Pelkey 5. Mike Leslie 6. Matthew Rossi 7. Marty Miller 8. Andy Reinbold 9. Shon Deskins 10. Mike Colegrove 11. Chuck Buckman 12. Brandon Lane 13. Jay Ervine 14. Thomas Ogle 15. Williams Hawkins 16. John Williams 17. Ryan Linder 18. Bret Mellenbert 19. Seainn Hendricsen 20. Mike Martin 21. Dana Fite Lap leaders: laps 1-10 Henry, laps 11-25 Sherman
1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Bernie Smith 2. Jeff Henry 3. Mike Martin 4. Thomas Ogle 5. Andy Reinbold 6. Bret Mellenbret 7. Dana Fite (Time: 2:00.75)
2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Seainn Hendricsen 3. Marty Miller 4. Chuck Buckman 5. Mike Leslie 6. Josh Pelkey 7. Brandon Lane 8. Williams Hawkins (Time: 2:00.34)
3rd Heat: 1. Mike Colegrove 2. Matthew Rossi 3. John Williams 4. Nathan High 5. Bob Ream, Jr. 6. Shon Deskins 7. Ryan Linder
Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Bob Ream, Jr. 2. Josh Pelkey 3. Mike Martin 4. Marty Miller (Time: 1:01.63) |
