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NCMA At Placerville
By Sharyn Bragg

There were plenty of 360 –two barrel sprints that made the tow up the hill for a hot time in Hangtown.  Nearly forty cars were divided into four heat races which proved to be the undoing of several drivers.  Heat I had a pretty good go as Scott Holloway, Dave Hayes, Jimmy Lavell, and Doug Brewer made the “A” Main line up.  Heat II was an entirely different story.  Steve Stein and Don Emery mixed it up and Stein did a flip right in front of the flag stand.  The sprint car was done for the night, but Stein was ok as he got out and helped the crew get his car loaded and off the track. Matt Streeter, Jay Youngman, Bob Newberry and Tony Richards were in for the Main .  Heat III wasn’t any kinder to Burt Siverling as he got off the edge, tore down the caution light on the back stretch, did a pirouette and landed on his top.  He got his bell rung pretty good but was moving around at the end of the evening.  Nathan Johnson, Steve Fletcher Jr., Taylor Simas and Jerry Kobza earned their way into the Main .  Gary Lewis, Dennis Fraser, Terry Schank, Jr. and Gary Koster finished up the final heat to join the rest of the sprinters for the feature event.  The only mishap was David Spaulding who was part of a three wide situation that didn’t quite work out and ended up with some damage but managed to get it together to make the “C” Main.

Doug Gandy, Sr. was late to come this evening and was put into the “C”.  He has run Placerville many times in the past, in fact he is a past Placerville champion, but tonight was not to be his best run.  It was his first time in the car this season and he got caught in a melee that sent him into a barrel role down the front straight landing on his head.  The drive line came out and chewed up his legs pretty good.  He was released from the hospital and sent on his way home after a stitch job.  Jack Clark won that event.

Michael Zarevich and John Anderson had a meeting in the “B” Main with Zarevich catching the worst of it.  Another tangle up had Bill Bossembark facing the oncoming traffic.  After David Spaulding got his sprint car together from the heats, he ended up going the wrong way too.  Jeremy Hawes, Justin Funkhouser, Alan Clark and James Postell transferred to the Main Event.

Twenty wingless sprints started the race with Scott Holloway in his RPS Racing machine and Matt Streeter’s sprint sponsored by Matt Streeter Racing Inc. brought the pack to the green.  Streeter jumped right into the lead.  After all the carnage from the pre-race action the Main Event was a quick, smooth twenty laps that got over before you could believe it.  Pretty close to the end Dennis Fraser had a flat and was out, but no more shake ups except when Bob Newberry shook up Streeter by taking the lead with only a few laps to go.  Newberry started in tenth and out ran Streeter for the money.  Tony Richards also was in there and finished third.  Holloway was fourth and Jay Youngman rounded out the top five.

NCMA will be running on the dirt at Chowchilla Saturday July 15 and the asphalt division will make and appearance at Stockton 99 Speedway on Saturday July 22.  For further information check the website at NCMARacing.com.

Summary:

Heat I-Holloway, Dave Hays, Lavell, Doug Brewer, Zarevich, John Anderson, Jake Serven, Bossembark, Bill Hopper.

Heat II-Streeter, Youngman, Newberry, Richards, Jeremy Hawes, Charlie Marrs, Justin Funkhouser, Jimmy Steward, Don Emery, Stein.

Heat III-Nathan Johnson, Steve Fletcher, Jr., Taylor Simas, Kobza,, Alan Clark, Eddie Gardner, Ed Amador, Siverling, Jack Clark, Nick Green.

Heat IV-Gary Lewis, Fraser, Terry Schank, Jr., Gary Koster, Phil Pedlar, David Goodwill, James Postell, Kenny Webber, David Spaulding.

“C” Main-J. Clark, D. Spaulding, N. Green, B. Hopper, D. Gandy.

“B” Main-Hawes, Funkhouser, A. Clark, Postell, Anderson, Marrs, Pedlar, Serven,    Steward, Webber, J. Clark, Amador, Gardner, Bossembark, Spaulding, Zarevich.

“A” Main-Newberry, Streeter, Richards, Holloway, Youngman, Hays, Funkhouser, Fletcher, Jr., Kobza, Hawes, Simas, Brewer, Lavell, Schank,Jr., Koster, Postell, Johnson, Lewis, A. Clark, Fraser.

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