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Santa Maria, CA - August 19, 2006...Bandit Sprint Cars,
IMCA Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks and Mini Stocks all saw action
Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.
Davey Pombo, of Kerman, started seventh in the 30-lap Sprint Car main event and
worked his way slowly through the field to take the lead from Hollywood's Kevin
Kierce on lap 21. From that point on the race was for second place, and what a
race it was, culminating on the final lap when Nipomo's Jeff Fiscus went from
third to second. Greg Porte, of San Luis Obispo, briefly passed Fiscus, who was
chasing Kierce, but, coming out of turn four for the final time, Fiscus split
Kierce and Porte to arrive at the checkers first behind Pombo. Kierce finished
third, Porte fourth and Santa Maria's Mike Knopf made a solid drive to finish in
the top-five. Pombo, Atascadero's Joey Layman and Taft's Jayson May captured
8-lap heat race victories and Porte set fast time of 14.075 seconds for an
average speed of 85 mph.
No matter where Jimmy Reeves starts, this time eighth, in the IMCA Modified
25-lap feature event, the Laton driver seems to be able to find his way to the
front. Randy McGraw took the lead from Atascadero's Darrin Davis on the seventh
circuit and appeared to be off to his first win of the year until, four laps
from the finish, Reeves got by the Ojai driver and went on to his sixth main
event victory of the season. McGraw held on for second with Santa Maria's Tim
Breshears third. Davis took fourth followed by Ron German of Paso Robles.
Eight-lap heat races were won by Breshears and Danny Lauer of Santa Maria.
Kenny Kirkpatrick, of Nipomo, battled by Santa Maria's Tom Breshears on lap 8 of
the 25-lap Street Stock main event to capture his second win of the season.
Billy Simkins, of Bakersfield, led the first five laps before being overtaken by
Breshears, who was only on the point for two circuits before being passed by
Kirkpatrick. Tim Randolph, of Santa Maria, was third at the finish, Breshears
fourth and Santa Maria's Toby Randolph fifth. Kirkpatrick and Chad Shaffer, of
Santa Maria, scored 8-lap heat race wins.
Twenty Mini Stocks ran caution free in their 20-lap feature event. Atascadero's
Mike Leland led every lap but the first and last as he tried to win his first
main event. Point leader Andrew Greiman, of Camarillo, spoiled Leland's efforts
with a last lap pass for his fourth victory of the season. Leland was second,
Santa Maria's Frank Nyback third, Lompoc's Paul Terrones fourth and Arroyo
Grande's Justin Crockett fifth. Rob Gilbertson, of Santa Maria, and Ken Kehs, of
Arroyo Grande, won their 8-lap heat races.
Next Saturday night one of the premier events of the season comes to the
1/3-mile oval when Budweiser presents the USAC/CRA Non-Winged 410 Sprint Cars.
NMRA TQ Midgets, WRA Vintage Midgets & Sprints and Mini Stocks will complete
the program.
Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The
Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.
RACE SUMMARIES
SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Greg Porte, 14.075. Heat 1 - Joey Layman,
Porte, Kevin Kierce, Mike Knopf, Steve DeMott, John Kopischke, Mike Larson. Heat
2 - Davey Pombo, Albert Pombo, John Iturriria, Rusty Carlile, Thad Bennett, Jeff
Culver, Patrick Frisco (DNS). Heat 3 - Jayson May, Jeff Fiscus, Jesse Mack,
Dennis Rodriguez, Jr., Curtis Richards, Charles Turner (DNS). Main Event - D.
Pombo, Fiscus, Kierce, Porte, Knopf, May, Mack, Carlile, Layman, DeMott,
Rodriguez, Iturriria, Larson, Kopischke, Culver, Bennett, Turner, A. Pombo,
Richards, Patrick (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Tim Breshears, Randy McGraw, Ron German, Darrin Davis,
Ian Hunter, Steve Greenland. Heat 2 - Danny Lauer, Jimmy Reeves, Chad Weber,
Doug Thornton, Steve Vogt. Main Event - Reeves, McGraw, Breshears, Davis,
German, Vogt, Lauer, Hunter, Thornton, Weber, Greenland (DNS).
Street Stocks: Heat 1 - Chad Shaffer, Tom Breshears, Tim Randolph, Robert
Meneley. Heat 2 - Kenny Kirkpatrick, Billy Simkins, Michael Frazier, Toby
Randolph. Main Event - Kirkpatrick, Simkins, Tim Randolph, Breshears, Toby
Randolph, Frazier, Shaffer, Meneley.
Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Rob Gilbertson, Andrew Greiman, Justin Crockett, Matt
Sweeney, Chris Harwin, Mike Leland, Aaron Cervantez, Bill Jewell, Kristy
Gilbertson, Justin Marsh. Heat 2 - Ken Kehs, Ryan Stolz, Paul Terrones, Frank
Nyback, Ben Caswell, Jeff Biggs, Debby Ferrara, David Petersen, Phillip Sewell,
Mike Weigel (DNS). Main Event - Greiman, Leland, Nyback, Terrones, Crockett,
Petersen, Kehs, R. Gilbertson, Marsh, Cervantez, Weigel, Sweeney, Jewell,
Ferrara, Harwin, Biggs, K. Gilbertson, Sewell, Caswell, Stolz.
POINT STANDINGS
SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jeff Fiscus - 712 2. Steve DeMott - 684 3. John
Iturriria - 679 4. Joey Layman - 664 5. Mike Larson - 620.
IMCA Modifieds: 1. Jimmy Reeves - 305 2. Tim Breshears - 281 3. Chad Weber - 277
4. Doug Thornton - 264 5. Danny Lauer - 256.
Street Stocks: 1. Tim Randolph - 349 2. Billy Simkins - 333 3. Tom Breshears -
301 4. Kenny Kirkpatrick - 291 5. Robert Meneley - 268.
Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 395 2. Ken Kehs - 337 3. Justin Crockett - 325
4. Mike Leland 293 5. Ben Caswell - 291
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