(September
29, 2007) –
Modesto
’s “Racing Farmer” Ed Amador tamed the “Fastest Half Mile in the West”
this evening to win the race and the NCMA Sprints Pavement Championship for
2007. Going into the evening Amador
was only slightly ahead of Jimmy Lavell in the points chase, but managed to
widen the gap by the end of the night.
David
Goodwill was the fast qualifier for the evening; during one of his practice runs
he averaged more than 100 miles an hour. He also posted over 100 mph during one
of the laps in the heat. He almost
joined Lavell in the 100 mile an hour club
and
we’ll probably see that happen in the 2008 season.
Lavell was second quick with Jeff Burrows, Michael Zarevich, and Ed
Amador running the top five fast times.
The
heat race ended up in a pretty wild ride for Lavell.
He was running on the outside of E. Amador and rubbing is sometimes
racing but in open wheel racing it gets pretty nasty sometimes as Lavell
launched off of one of Amador’s wheels and ended up in the turn 3-4 wall with
his tail crammed up to his back. The
02 sprint was pretty well finished and Lavell was having some back pain.
When Lavell launched, Zarevich was trying to avoid another problem, also
went over Amador’s wheel but landed on all four, managed to go in for repairs
and came back out to finish the heat in fifth.
Rob Hammond won the heat and went on to win the Trophy Dash. The evening
looked like Hot Rod
Hammond
had the night in his pocket, but he suffered engine problems and was not able
to run the main.
The
20 lap main had Ed Amador and Michael Zarevich trying for the win, E. Amador
pulled it off with Zarevich second. Jeff
Burrows ran a close third with Goodwill fourth and Denny Burrell, in his first
run on pavement since he lost his car at Madera Speedway, rounding out the top
five. The last main event for 2007
ran 20 clean, caution free laps in just over six minutes.
Championship
results and points to be posted soon. Also
fans, friends and family stay tuned for information on the NCMA Sprints banquet
to be held November 10.
Summary:
Heat
I-Hammond, Goodwill,
E. Amador
, Steve Amador, Zarevich, M. Amador, Burrell, Burrows, Lavell.
Dash-Hammond,
Zarevich, Goodwill, E. Amador
Main-E.
Amador, Zarevich, Burrows, Goodwill, Burrell, S. Amador, M. Amador
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