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NCMA At Lakeport
By Ed Amador & Sharyn Bragg

May 6, 2006...Pat Ariaz waited through the winter and two rainouts to finally have his first win in the first Northern California Modified (sprint car) Association asphalt race of 2006.

A perfect spring day and more than a dozen sprint cars made the tow all the way to the tip of Clear Lake to run this race. Let the racing begin!

Gary Koster of Woodland made an unbelievable move on the last lap to take the win from Concord ’s Burt Siverling to come in first for the first heat race.

Antioch ’s Jeff Kendt picked up the number one spot for the second heat race, as he went wire to wire in the lead position.

The Trophy Dash consisted of the four top qualifiers inverted. Manteca ’s Ariaz was to set the pace with Koster. Ed Amador Modesto’s “racing farmer” and Mike Zarevich also from Manteca and fast time this evening, right behind them. When the green flag came out the dash was on. As they came to turn one Ariaz and Koster traded tire rubber and it seemed to sort itself out.  On the white flag lap, Zarevich drove into turn one hard and Amador was on the brakes hard. Fortunately no harm was done and Koster took the dash.

The 30 Lap Main Event began with Oakley’s Scott Holloway (the track record holder) on the pole and Ariaz right next to him.  Ariaz attained the first position after he beat Holloway to turn one, lap one. Ariaz, who has been the NCMA Asphalt Champion for three years running, picked up his second win at Lakeport.  His first was in 2003. The pack was running tight making the only way to pass on the outside. Holloway was holding second and they were all holding hard when Bobby Bankson of Rancho Cordova and Antioch ’s Dan Gonderman went for the position.  Bankson made it around Holloway coming off turn four and gained second by a nose.  Holloway maintained third, with Gonderman in fourth and Zarevich rounding out the top five. Jeff Burrows of Manteca , Koster, Morgan Hill ’s Rob Hammond, Jimmy Lavell from Brentwood , and Siverling were the top ten.  Jack Clark out of Santa Rosa was not able to finish as he had a power steering problem. Amador suffered from overheating problems and Kendt also retired with mechanical problems.

This being the first race of the asphalt series and their yearly run to one of the favored tracks on NCMA’s circuit made it pretty special as thirteen sprinters started the main event.  This was the biggest field of NCMA sprints to race at Lakeport in six years. Big thanks to Bob and Nadine Strauss and staff that not only make it great racing but enjoyable for the racers and their families.

Please join NCMA as they race on the ”Fastest Half Mile in the West”, Altamont Motorsports Park on Sunday, May 21. To get further information please check our website, WWW.NCMARacing.com.

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