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Sept. 9th Santa Maria Speedway Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - September 9, 2006...Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, Bandit Sprint Cars, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks were in action Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Mike Johnson did just what he had to do to take back the point lead in the Late Model Stock division. The Lompoc driver set fast time of 15.745 seconds, 76 mph average, won an 8-lap heat race and the 25-lap main event to score the maximum 55 points for the night. Buena Park's Billy Griffin had the lead by a point going into the night, but mehanical problems in the feature event dropped him to a last place finish and third in points behind Santa Maria's Rick Coffey who finished third in the main behind Johnson and Lompoc's Dana Beattie. Devin Crockett, of Arroyo Grande, was fourth and Donnie Hampl, of Atascadero, fifth. Griffin captured the other heat race. Visalia's Jesse Mack was the victor in the 25-lap Bandit Sprint Car main event after a two car duel with point leader Jeff Fiscus, of Nipomo, who passed Mack for the lead on lap 7 and held it until lap 17 before Mack took the top spot back for good. Fiscus was second, followed by Santa Maria's Steve DeMott and San Luis Obispo's Greg Porte, who set fast time of 14.567 second, just over 77 miles-per-hour. Jayson May of Taft placed fifth while 8-lap heat race wins went to Mack and Fiscus. Tom Renner, of Nipomo, won his first 20-lap Factory Stock feature event of the season but Santa Maria's Glen Sparks was second to stretch his point lead over Santa Maria's Kirk Morgan who spun himself out of a top-three finish, coming home ninth. Bill Pinette, Santa Maria; Doyle Graham, Jr., Grover Beach; and, Michael Frazier, Santa Maria, filled out the top-five. Eight-lap heat race wins were taken by Renner and Sparks. Mini Stocks also ran a 20-lap main event and it was Mike Leland, of Atascadero, finishing on top after being denied his first career main event victory on the final lap, earlier in the season, by point leader Andrew Greiman of Camarillo. Santa Maria's Frank Nyback, Ventura's Jim Evans and Arroyo Grande's Ken Kehs followed Leland to the chekered flag. Greiman placed fifth and captured and 8-lap heat race with the other heat going to Kehs. Next Saturday night Bandit Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks and Mini Stocks will take to the 1/3-mile oval. 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 Late Model Stocks: Fast Time - Mike Johnson, 15.745. Heat 1 - Johnson, Donnie Hampl, Brian Stote, Jeff Hylton, Dick Stevens, Mike Riccardi, Anthony Barkett. Heat 2 - Billy Griffin, Devin Crockett, Rick Coffey, Dana Beattie, Brien Wirtz, Justin Crockett. Main Event - Johnson, Beattie, Coffey, D. Crockett, Hampl, Wirtz, Hylton, Stote, J. Crockett, Stevens, Riccardi, Barkett, Griffin. Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Greg Porte, 14.567. Heat 1 - Jesse Mack, Eric Severson, Porte, John Iturriria, Jeff Culver, Patrick Frisco, Charles Turner. Heat 2 - Jeff Fiscus, Jayson May, Ron Wade, Steve DeMott, Joey Layman, Mike Larsen. Main Event - Mack, Fiscus, DeMott, Porte, May, Frisco, Iturriria, Severson, Wade, Culver, Layman, Turner, Larsen. Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Glen Sparks, Charlie Scovell, Bill Pinette, Robert Read, Danny Sutton, Tim Correia, Michael Frazier, Matt Marchiando, Garrett Croson, James Henderson. Heat 2 - Tom Renner, Kevin Linson, Doyle Graham, Jr., Dale Sylvester, Tim Bennett, Rich Prettie, Kirk Morgan, Chuck Barfoot, Chris Graham, Jim Ford. Main Event - Renner, Glen, Pinette, D. Graham, Frazier, Marchiando, Linson, Sutton, Morgan, C. Graham, Read, Bennett, Barfoot, Prettie, Sylvester, Correia, Croson, Ford, Scovell, Henderson (DNS). Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Ken Kehs, Jim Evans, Mike Leland, Justin Marsh, Paul Terrones, Matt Sweeney, Bill Jewell, Tyler Brockett, Robbie Claborn, Debby Ferrara, Mike Weigel. Heat 2 - Andrew Greiman, Frank Nyback, Chris Harwin, Ryan Stolz, Justin Crockett, Ben Caswell, Jeff Biggs, Phillip Sewell, R.J. Shoemaker, Aaron Cervantez. Main Event - Leland, Nyback, Evans, Kehs, Greiman, Sweeney, Crockett, Caswell, Biggs, Shoemaker, Ferrara, Sewell, Weigel, Terrones, Harwin, Marsh, Jewell, Claborn, Brockett, Stolz, Cervantez. POINT STANDINGS Late Model Stocks: 1. Mike Johnson - 187 2. Rick Coffey - 171 3. Billy Griffin - 169 4. Dana Beattie - 158 5. Brian Stote - 156. Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jeff Fiscus - 937 2. Steve DeMott - 874 3. Joey Layman - 838 4. Jayson May - 816 5. Jesse Mack - 813. Factory Stocks: 1. Glen Sparks - 459 2. Kirk Morgan - 395 3. Doyle Graham, Jr. - 387 4. Matt Marchiando - 383 5. Tim Bennett - 378. Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 489 2. Ken Kehs - 424 3. Justin Crockett - 400 4. Mike Leland - 386 5. Ben Caswell - 356. |
