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De`-Ja`Vu At Kings Speedway by Dan Fleischer |
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HANFORD, CA ---April 21st Kings
Speedway 30-lap main event 30-lap SCRA main event results, Pombo edges Murphy.
April 28th Kings Speedway 30-lap SCRA main event results, Pombo edges Murphy.
Yes it was de1-ja` vu when Davey Pombo raced past Peter Murphy on the 10th lap restart after rookie Adam Frith-Smith’s spin brought out a yellow flag. Murphy led the first nine laps from his outside front row starting position, pulling away from the field and looking extremely strong. Meanwhile, Pombo, fourth at this juncture, looked helpless against the high-flying Murphy until another rookie, Miles Bishop, brought out the first yellow when he spun in turn one on lap six. When racing resumed, Murphy pulled away again and had his sights set on revenge after last week’s disappointing second-place finish to Pombo. However, when the green was displayed by starter Lee Jaskowiak after the Bishop yellow, Pombo took advantage of a mistake by Dean Alexander, who was running third at the time. Alexander jumped the burm in turn one and lost a few positions while Pombo passed second-place Rusty Carlile and set-sail for Murphy. It didn’t appear he could catch Murphy until luck entered the scene in the form of the previously mentioned Frith-Smith spin. Bunching up on Murphy’s rear push-bar, Pombo was ready to make his move. He guided his #38 machine into the low groove in turn one and executed a clean pass under Murphy’s car and quickly pulled out to a four car-length lead. Murphy kept the pressure on as the two leaders lapped traffic but he couldn’t close the gap. Even another yellow flag, courtesy of Richard Harvey’s flat tire on lap 19, couldn’t help Murphy’s cause. For the third time this season, he settled for second place. Alexander regained his form after the slight bobble and came home an impressive third for his first top-five finish of the year. Even more impressive was the performance of 2006 champion Jonathan Logan. Off to a terrible start in defense of his title, “Johnny Boy” came home fourth after starting 10th. Rounding out the top-five was Dwayne Marcum, making his first start of the season with SCRA. The Hard Charger award went to 16-year-old Justyne Hamblin, who passed more cars (12) during the 30-lapper than anyone. Hamblin started 16th but moved to ninth, only to falter after Harvey’s lap 19 yellow flag. Primed to move forward, Hamblin instead slipped back to 13th when the green returned. However, she got on the gas and passed five more cars to finish eighth, her third top-ten finish of the season. Carlile, who won the Riddle Passing Masters Dash and the privilege of starting from the pole, encountered mechanical problems and dropped to 15 in the final results. Heat winners included D. Pombo, Brandon Thomas and Jeff Gardner. RESULTS: QUALIFYING: EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT #1-10 Laps SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT #3-10 Laps KEIZER WHEELS, ALTERNATIVE SWITCHWEAR,
BR MOTORSPORTS, MATT & GLASS, STINGER CHASSIS, SALDANA RACING, RACING OPTICS
MAIN EVENT-30 Laps Point Standings: Davey Pombo, 295, Peter Murphy 280, Rusty Carlile 212, Dean Alexander 209, Jonathan Logan 193, Ryan Kaplan 190, Jeff Gardner 186, Richard Harvey Jr. 173, Justyne Hamblin 168, John Niggli 155, Brian Schuler 128, Daniel Hood 109, Garrett Ishii 95, Kevin Barnes 86, John Iturriria 79, Myles Bishop 75, Jesse Mack 62, Adam Frith-Smith 59, Dwayne Marcum 56, Steven Williams 50, Brandon Thomas 43, Jace VanderWeerd 34, Tony Everhart 32, Tony Thomas 31, Matt Day 31, Albert Pombo 29, Dave Knott 28, Ron Tjaarda 27, Kevin Borges 15, Jimmy Riddle 11 RIDDLE NTERPRISES PASSING MASTERS DASH
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