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SHERMAN SEEMS TO ALWAYS FIND A WAY |
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Phoenix, AZ (June 10) Jeremy Sherman scored
his seventh win of the year in Saturday night's Arizona Sprint Car Association
feature at Manzanita Speedway and Bugs Norbury made his first trip to the
winner's circle as he won the 20 lap Arizona Midget Racing Association main
event.
Jeremy Sherman found yet another way to win races at Manzanita Speedway. Sherman, who has won 32 races in the past three and a half years, tracked down race long leader Brandon Lane in the closing laps of the 25 lap feature on Manzy's half mile track but needed record speed to get his seventh win of the season. Sherman started ninth in the 24 car field and was still mired in seventh at the midpoint of the race. He switched to the low side of the track and passed third running Jeff Henry on the 17th lap, took second away from super rookie 15 year old Mike Colegrove a lap latter and then cut into Lane's lead. He had the lead on the 21st lap and completed his night's work in a record time breaking his own 25 lap record. Sherman's time of 8:48.25 bettered his old record of 8:53.51 he had set on June 18, 2005. Lane appeared to slow in the closing laps but managed to hold off Colegrove for second. Jeff Henry got his second top five finish of the year with a strong run that had him fourth at the finish line and Mike Leslie maintained his third place standings in the points chase with a drive 11th to fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Mike Martin, Nathan High, Matthew Rossi, Marty Miller and Josh Pelkey. Sherman's drive from ninth to first made him the hard charger of the race. Sherman has won all four of the half mile track races this year and has beat four different drivers in doing so. He beat Marty Miller in the first trip to the big track, held off R.J. Johnson in the second race then chased down Charles Davis, Jr. in the June 3rd race. The entire sprint car program produced only one yellow flag, that coming on the first lap of the third heat when Chris Bonneau caught the turn one wall. The car suffered minimal damage and was repaired in time for the feature. Colegrove posted a wire to wire win over Jeff Henry in the first heat race, his third heat win of the year. Rookie driver Dana Fite won his first heat when he beat Lane in the second eight lapper. The final heat went to Sherman who started on the pole and easlily beat Rossi. Pelkey won his first Arizona Race Mart trophy dash of the year as he outdistanced High, J.T. Imperial and Lane. The Sprints will be on the half mile track again June 17 in the running of the Hank Arnold Memorial. SUMMARY ARIZONA SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION (1/2MILE TRACK) Main Event: ( 25 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Brandon Lane 3. Mike Colegrove 4. Jeff Henry 5. Mike Leslie 6. Mike Martin 7. Nathan High 8. Matthew Rossi 9. Marty Miller 10. Josh Pelkey 11. Chad Boat 12. Bob Ream, Jr. 13. Bernie Smith 14. Bruce St. James 15. Dana Fite 16. Andy Reinbold 17. Justin Fisher 18. Seainn Hendricsen 19. J.T. Imperial 20. Shon Deskins 21. Chris Bonneau 22. Mike Bonneau 23. Ryan Linder 24. Jay Ervine (Time: 8:48.25 New track record) Lap leaders: laps 1-20 Lane, laps 21-25 Sherman 1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Mike Colegrove 2. Jeff Henry 3. Bob Ream, Jr. 4. Marty Miller 5. Mike Martin 6. Jay Ervine 7. Shon Deskins 8. Justin Fisher (Time: 2:40.90) 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Dana Fite 2. Brandon Lane 3. Nathan High 4. Mike Leslie 5. Bruce St. James 6. Seainn Hendricsen 7. J.T. Imperial 8. Mike Bonneau (Time: 2:43.22) 3rd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Matthew Rossi 3. Chad Boat 4. Josh Pelkey 5. Andy Reinbold 6. Bernie Smith 7. Ryan Linder 8. Chris Bonneau (Time: 2:40.00) Arizona Race Mart Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey 2. Nathan High 3. J.T. Imperial 4. Brandon Lane ASCA UNOFFICIAL POINTS 1. Jeremy Sherman 2152 2. Josh Pelkey 1654 3. Mike Leslie 1416 4. Mike Colegrove 1415 5. Jeff Henry 1397 6. Nathan High 1379 7. Bernie Smith 1352 8. Marty Miller 1337 9. Mike Martin 1322 10. Matthew Rossi 1276 NORBURY MAKES HIS FIRST TRIP TO MANZANITA'S WINNER'S CIRCLE The AMRA had a short but competitive field for their part of the Saturday night doubleheader and the June 10th date will be indelibly ingraved in Bugs Norbury's mind. While Norbury has come close to winning in the AMRA he had never drank from the winner's cup unitl he beat the field in Saturdy night's 20 lapper on the one third mile track. Last year Bugs won seven heat races and had four top five finishes including one second place finish. He had already scored top fives in three in the five races run this year and it was close, but no cigar, as he finished second in the May 13th race at Manzanita. Norbury, as is his style, used the high groove for much of the race but was also capable of running the low side which helped him in his drive from the third row. He finally chased down Jeff Perry and took the lead on the 12th lap. Chad Boat, the 14 year old son of Billy Boat the former Indy Car driver, started on the inside of the second row, dropped back to fifth and then changed his groove. He put it on top and drove back to second and was challenging Norbury for the win when the checkered flag fell. Perry, who entered the race as the only AMRA regular with a main event win, came in third ahead of Lonnie Oliver and John Sarna. The rest of the top ten were Stevie Sussex, Dustin Burkhart, C.J. Sarna, Mike Leslie and Robert Marfia. Oliver won the first eight lap heat race with a wire to wire win over Perry, Leslie, Marfia and Sussex. The second heat went to Boat, up from fourth, John Sarna, Norbury and C.J. Sarna. C.J. Sarna won his first ever trophy dash with a win over Burkhartm, Brian Swinehart and Norbury. The Midgets will again run the one third mile track in next week's Hank Arnold Memorial ARIZONA MIDGET RACING ASSOCIATION (1/3 MILE TRACK) Main Event: (20 laps) 1. Bugs Norbury 2. Chad Boat 3. Jeff Perry 4. Lonnie Oliver 5. John Sarna 6. Stevie Sussex 7. Dustin Burkhart 8. C.J. Sarna 9. Mike Leslie 10. Robert Marfia 11. Mike Colegrove 12. Mike Marfia 13. Brian Swinehart Lap leaders: laps 1-11 Perry, laps 12-20 Norbury 1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Lonnie Oliver 2. Jeff Perry 3. Mike Leslie 4. Robert Marfia 5. Stevie Sussex 6. Dustin Burkhart 7. Brian Swinehart 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Chad Boat 2. John Sarna 3. Bugs Norbury 4. Mike Marfia 5. C.J. Sarna 6. Mike Courtney 7. Mike Colegrove Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. C.J. Sarna 2. Dustin Burkhart 3. Brian Swinehart 4. Bugs Norbury (Time: 1:05.18) |
