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SMS August 26th Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - August 26, 2006...USAC/CRA Non-Winged 410 Sprint Cars, NMRA TQ Midgets, WRA Vintage Midgets & Sprints and Mini Stocks entertained race fans Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Rip Williams came from the outside of the second row to capture the 30-lap USAC/CRA Sprint Car "A" main event with Blake Miller placing second. The two Yorba Linda drivers finished ahead of Santa Maria's Danny Sheridan who led for a time but was relegated to third at the checkers. Tony Jones, of Norco, and Williams' teammate Matt Mitchell, of Yorba Linda, rounded out the top-five. David Cardey, of Riverside, won the 12-lap "B" main event and Concord's Damion Gardner, Scotts Valley's Evan Suggs and Mitchell captured 10-lap heats. Ventura's Cory Kruseman set fast time of 13.911 seconds, averaging over 85 miles-per-hour. Ron Ahrendt, of Harbor City, began the evening for the NMRA TQ Midget division by averaging just over 75 mph to set fast time for the second time in-a-row with a 15.960 clocking. Oxnard's Chris Hedge came out on top in the 25-lap feature event, with West Evans, of Moorpark, second and Kenny Wiley, of Sunland, third. Fourth went to Chuck West, of Clovis, and Ahrent finished fifth. Evans and Scott Dobson, of Newbury Park, won 8-lap heat races. Camarillo's Andrew Greiman visited victory circle for the fifth time this season to further extend his point lead in the Mini Stock division after their 20-lap feature. Santa Maria's Frank Nyback came home second with Lompoc's Paul Terrones third. Atascadero drivers Mike Leland and Ryan Stolz were fourth and fifth. Nyback and Matt Sweeney, of Van Nuys, were winners in 8-lap heat race action. WRA Vintage Midgets & Sprint entertained fans with two exhibition runs in their finely restored race cars, most of which are 50 years old, or older. Next Saturday night the track will be dark but racing will return the following night, Sunday, September 3, with the running of the 16th Annual Don Roberts Stock Car Grand Prix. Century 21 Hometown Realty presents the Western Dirt Late Model Tour featuring a 50 lap main event sponsored locally by Saturn of Santa Maria. Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks will go up against Bakersfield Super Streets in a 50 lap East vs. West Shootout event and Factory Stocks will run a 20 lap feature. 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 USAC/CRA Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Cory Kruseman, 13.911. Heat 1 - Damion Gardner, Danny Sheridan, Davey Pombo, Kruseman, Blake Miller, David Cardey, Eric Severson, Josh Williams, Patrick Frisco. Heat 2 - Matt Mitchell, Rip Williams, Mike Spencer, Josh Ford, Matt Stewart, Mike Knopf, Steve DeMott, Nadine Keller. Heat 3 - Evan Suggs, Rodney Argo, Tony Jones, Greg Porte, Alan Ballard, Ryan Devitt, Bill Jones, Jeff Fiscus. "B" Main Event - Cardey, Severson, Devitt, DeMott, Keller, Frisco, Knopf, B. Jones, J. Williams (DNS), Fiscus (DNS). "A" Main Event - R. Williams, Miller, Sheridan, T. Jones, Mitchell, Gardner, Kruseman, Suggs, Pombo, Cardey, Argo, Ballard, DeMott, Severson, Devitt, Stewart, Keller, Spencer, Porte, Ford. NMRA TQ Midgets: Fast Time - Ron Ahrendt, 15.960. Heat 1 - Scott Dobson, Chuck West, Chris Hedge, Steve Parke, Ron Ahrendt, Jenna Bliffen. Heat 2 - West Evans, Kenny Wiley, Bruce Hiroshima, Richard Ortega, Jr., Michael Bliffen. Main Event - Hedge, Evans, Wiley, West, Ahrendt, Ortega, Dobson, M. Bliffen, Hiroshima, Parke, J. Bliffen. Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Frank Nyback, Ken Kehs, Paul Terrones, Ben Caswell, Ryan Stolz, Jeff Biggs, Debby Ferrara, Kristy Gilbertson, Phillip Sewell, Mike Weigel (DNS). Heat 2 - Matt Sweeney, Chris Harwin, Rob Gilbertson, Aaron Cervantez, Justin Crockett, Andrew Greiman, Mike Leland, Bill Jewell, R.J. Shoemaker, Justin Marsh. Main Event - Greiman, Nyback, Terrones, Leland, Stolz, Kehs, R. Gilbertson, Crockett, Biggs, Harwin, Ferrara, Cervantez, Jewell, Shoemaker, K. Gilbertson, Sewell, Sweeney, Caswell, Weigel, Marsh. POINT STANDINGS Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 445 2. Ken Kehs - 379 3. Justin Crockett - 362 4. Mike Leland - 334 5. Rob Gilbertson - 327. |
