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Santa Maria Speedway June 2nd Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - June 2, 2007...Century 21
Hometown Realty Bandit Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds,
Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks competed Saturday night
at Santa Maria Speedway.
*Visalia's Jesse Mack stretched his lead in the Bandit Sprint Car point standings with his third 30-lap feature win of the season on the 1/3-mile oval. Two frightening incidents brought out red flags during the event, one when the left rear wheel came off Thad Bennett's mount coming out of turn four sending him into a series of flips, and the other when Eric Severson caught fire rounding the south turns engulfing the cockpit in flames. Both drivers walked away. Mack had to fight-it-out with Greg Porte, of Atascadero; Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach; and, Ron Wade, of Bellflower, for the win. Porte, Thompson and Wade finished second through fourth, with Joey Layman, of Atascadero, fifth. Severson did a lap just over 80 mile-per-hour to set fast time of 14.777 seconds. Eight-lap heat races were won by Mack, Porte and Thompson. *After coming close last weekend, Santa Maria's Danny Lauer held on to win the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature over Tim Breshears, of Santa Maria, and Randy McGraw of Ojai. It was Lauer's first main event victory at SMS. Arroyo Grande's Chad Weber and Nipomo's Kenny Kirkpatrick completed the top-five. McGraw and Joe Weaver, of ventura, captured 8-lap heat races. *Factory Stocks had a multi-car wreck on the front chute that took out point leader Kirk Morgan, of Santa Maria, along with others. Morgan was scored twentieth in the 22-car field, while Santa Maria's Dave Thompson dominated the field for the second week in-a-row to claim the win in the 20-lap main event. Second went to Doyle Graham, Jr., of Grover Beach, followed by Kevin Linson, of Arroyo Grande; Glen Sparks, of Santa Maria; and, Chuck Barfoot of Pismo Beach.Thompson, Gary Rayburn, Jr., of Grover Beach, and Tim Bennett, of Santa Maria, won 8-lap heat races. *Mini Stocks had their own 20-lap shootout between point leaders Ken Kehs and Justin Crockett, both of Arroyo Grande, and Rob Gilbertson of Santa Maria. Gilbertson was looking for his first career victory but Kehs and Crockett were going to make him earn it. And, earn it he did, starting sixteenth in the 18-car field and taking the lead for the first time on lap seven. It appeared Gilbertson's first feature victory would elude him when Crockett went to the point on the 13th circuit. But, Gilbertson wasn't through, repassing Crockett on lap 17 for the win. Kehs also got by Crockett for second place leaving Crockett to finish third. Fourth was Frank Nyback, of Santa Maria, and fifth Matt Sweeney of Van Nuys. Kehs took one 8-lap heat race and Santa Barbara's Ben Caswell the other. *Next Saturday night Late Models, IMCA Modifieds and Mini Stocks return to the Speedway, joined by the second local round of the East vs. West Super Street Stock Series pitting Santa Maria Super Streets against their Bakersfield counterparts. Ticket prices will be $14.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (65+), $3.00 for children 6 to 12, 5 and under free. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange, on Hutton Road. RACE SUMMARIES Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Eric Severson, 14.777. Heat 1 - Jesse Mack, Severson, Joey Layman, Jason May, Charles Turner. Heat 2 - Jimmy Thompson, Ron Wade, Thad Bennett, Michael Baker, Greg Alexander. Heat 3 - Greg Porte, Albert Pombo, Bill Jones, Gordie Edwards, Ryan Guy. Main Event - Mack, Porte, Thompson, Wade, Layman, Alexander, Baker, Jones, Edwards, Turner, Guy, Severson, May, Bennett, Pombo. IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Randy McGraw, Josh Vogt, Danny Lauer, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Tim Breshears, Brad Prows, Rob Green, Keith McIndoe. Heat 2 - Joe Weaver, Jacob Jones, David Addamo, Paul Terrones, Von Vondera, Chris Whitford, John Mead, Chad Weber. Main Event - Lauer, Breshears, McGraw, Weber, Kirkpatrick, Whitford, Vogt, Weaver, Prows, Green, Addamo, Terrones, McIndoe, Jones, Mead, Vondera. Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Gary Rayburn, Jr., Michael Frazier, Robert Read, Tom Renner, Rich Prettie, Jim Ford, Pete Lethcoe, Chris Graham, Brian Salzberg. Heat 2 - Tim Bennett, Ray Pezzi, Tim Correia, Kirk Morgan, Glen Sparks, Chuck Barfoot, Charlie Scovell, Mike Leland, Aaron Smith. Heat 3 - Dave Thompson, Doyle Graham, Jr., Kevin Linson, Dale Sylvester, Danny Sutton, Taylor King, Theo Van De Sande, Bill Pinette. Semi-Main - Pinette, Scovell, Graham, Van De Sande, Smith, Leland, Lethcoe, Salzberg. Main Event - Thompson, D. Graham, Linson, Sparks, Barfoot, Renner, Bennett, Ford, Pinette, Frazier, Pezzi, Scovell, Sylvester, C. Graham, Smith, Van De Sande, Prettie, Rayburn, Correia, Morgan, Read, King. Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Ben Caswell, Rob Gilbertson, Justin Crockett, Mike Pezzi, Casey Terry, Greg Noah, Aaron Cervantez, Robby Cervantez, Phillip Sewell. Heat 2 - Ken Kehs, Justin Marsh, Mike Weigel, Frank Nyback, Matt Sweeney, Eddie Newman, Bill Jewell, Jeff Biggs, R.J. Shoemaker. Main Event - Gilbertson, Kehs, Crockett, Nyback, Sweeney, R. Cervantez, Caswell, Jewell, A. Cervantez, Weigel, Noah, Pezzi, Newman, Terry, Sewell, Marsh, Shoemaker, Biggs. POINT STANDINGS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jesse Mack, 246, 2. Jason May, 192, 3. Joey Layman, 184, 4. Jimmy Thompson, 170, 5. Charles Turner, 161. IMCA Modifieds: 1. Tim Breshears, 184, 2. Chad Weber, 181, 3. Jacob Jones, 161, 4. Danny Lauer, 158, 5. Chris Whitford, 153. Factory Stocks: 1. Kirk Morgan, 212, 2. Tom Renner, 205, 3. Kevin Linson, 197, 4. Glen Sparks, 181, 5. Michael Frazier, 173. Mini Stocks: 1. Ken Kehs, 193, 2. Justin Crockett, 183, 3. Rob Gilbertson, 172, 4. Frank Nyback, 159, 5. Justin Marsh, 154.
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