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| Santa Maria Speedway 6/30 Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - June 30, 2007...Century 21 Hometown Realty Bandit
Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks brought plenty of
excitement to race fans at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night.
*Davey Pombo, of Kerman, left nothing to doubt as he swept the board in the Bandit Sprint Car division setting fast time (14.028 seconds), winning an 8-lap heat race and the 30-lap "A" main event. It took Pombo eight laps to catch and pass early leader Dwayne Marcum of Fresno. From there it became a three car race between Pombo, point leader Jesse Mack, of Visalia, and Davey's cousin Albert Pombo of Easton. Albert held onto third place until seven laps from the end when John Niggli, of Tulare, slipped by. At the checkers it was Davey Pombo in front, Mack second, Niggli third, Albert Pombo fourth and Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, fifth to move to second in points. Other heat race winners were: Joey Layman, of Atascadero; Mike Knopf, of Santa Maria; and, Marcum. The 10-lap "B" main event went to Zak Hawthorne of Los Angeles. *The 25-lap IMCA Modified feature event had so many yellow flags, for various reasons, that the event was shortened to twenty laps. When the smoke cleared, Rich Denman, of Coalinga, was in front for his first victory of the season with Santa Maria's Danny Lauer second and Arroyo Grande's Chad Weber third. Santa Maria's Josh Vogt and Joey Claborn were fourth and fifth. Claborn captured an 8-lap heat race as did Kenny Kirkpatrick of Nipomo. *Factory Stocks showed up with one less car than the sprinters, twenty-six. They too needed a "B" main to set the field for the 20-lap "A" main event. Doyle Graham, Jr., of Grover Beach, chased Nipomo's Chris Crompe for seventeen circuits before taking over the lead. Santa Maria's Dave Thompson fought Graham hard for the remaining laps but had to settle for second. Third went to Santa Maria's Michael Frazier, fourth to Crompe and fifth to Arroyo Grande's Kevin Linson. Linson's top-five came by virtue of a victory in the 10-lap "B" main. Thompson, Tim Bennett, of Santa Maria and Ray Pezzi, of Terra Bella, captured the 8-lap heat races. *After running well all season, but not long enough to finish most of the 20-lap feature events, Justin Marsh, of Nipomo, finally put it all together to win his first career Mini Stock main event. Marsh took the lead from Arroyo Grande's Justin Crockett on lap five of the 20-lap event, and then had to fight off point leader, and four-time winner, Ken Kehs, of Arroyo Grande, to notch the victory. Crockett got by Kehs on the final circuit to place second, with Kehs third, Matt Sweeney, of Van Nuys, fourth and Mike Weigel, of Lompoc, fifth. Marsh and Kehs won 8-lap heat races. *Next Saturday night Santa Maria Speedway presents Late Model Stocks, IMCA Modifieds, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks. The Ira's Bike Shop of Arroyo Grande bicycle races for kids will also be on the schedule. Admission prices will be $14.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (65+), $3.00 for children 6 to 12, 5 and under free. SMS is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange, on Hutton Road. ****** RACE SUMMARIES Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Davey Pombo, 14.028. Heat 1 - Pombo, Brandon Thomson, John Niggli, Jeff Fiscus, Jeff Culver, Bruce Douglass, Cole Milton. Heat 2 - Joey Layman, Jesse Mack, Greg Porte, Ron Tjaarda, Zak Hawthorne, Mike Larson, Ryan Guy. Heat 3 - Mike Knopf, Rusty Carlile, Albert Pombo, Gordie Edwards, John Iturriria, Austin Mero. Heat 4 - Dwayne Marcum, Jimmy Thompson, Davey Knott, Dennis Rodriguez, Jr., Nick Boxwell, Bill Jones. "B" Main - Hawthorne, Mero, Boxwell, Culver, Jones, Iturriria, Guy, Milton, Larson, Douglass. "A" Main - D. Pombo, Mack, Niggli, A. Pombo, Thompson, Thomson, Marcum, Porte, Rodriguez, Knopf, Culver, Fiscus, Carlile, Knott, Layman, Iturriria, Mero, Boxwell, Edwards, Tjaarda, Hawthorne, Jones. IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Joey Claborn, Tim Breshears, Josh Vogt, Todd Hermosillo, Ron Wiley, Keith McIndoe, Rob Green, Danny Lauer. Heat 2 - Kenny Kirkpatrick, Rich Denman, Jacob Jones, Chad Weber, Joe Weaver, Chris Whitford, Steve Greenland. Main Event - Denman, Lauer, Weber, Vogt, Claborn, Breshears, Hermosillo, Whitford, Weaver, Kirkpatrick, McIndoe, Wiley, Greenland, Green, Jones. Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Dave Thompson, Chris Crompe, Bill Pinette, Chuck Barfoot, Dave Biddle, Kirk Morgan, Kevin Linson, Mike Leland, Dale Sylvester. Heat 2 - Tim Bennett, Pete Lethcoe, Tom Renner, Doyle Graham, Jr. Tim Correia, Gary Rayburn, Jr., Theo Van De Sande, Mitch Caldwell, Rich Prettie. Heat 3 - Ray Pezzi, Jim Ford, Glen Sparks, Charlie Scovell, Michael Frazier, Pete Richards, Danny Sutton, Les Vogt. "B" Main - Linson, Van De Sande, Caldwell, Vogt, Leland, Prettie, Sylvester, Sutton (DNS). "A" Main - Graham, Thompson, Frazier, Crompe, Linson, Ford, Caldwell, Rayburn, Lethcoe, Bennett, Renner, Morgan, Van De Sande, Correia, Richards, Pinette, Barfoot, Sparks, Vogt, Biddle, Scovell, Pezzi. Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Justin Marsh, Justin Crockett, Matt Sweeney, Eddie Newman, Mike Weigel, Greg Noah, Mike Pezzi, Phillip Sewell. Heat 2 - Ken Kehs, Ben Caswell, Jeff Biggs, Brian Weber, Bill Jewell, Robby Cervantes, Aaron Cervantes, R. J. Shoemaker. Main Event - Marsh, Crockett, Kehs, Sweeney, Weigel, Biggs, Jewell, Weber, Noah, A. Cervantes, Newman, Caswell, Pezzi, Shoemaker, Sewell, R. Cervantes. ** POINT STANDINGS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jesse Mack - 342, 2. Jimmy Thompson - 253, 3. Joey Layman - 249, 4. Bill Jones - 216, 5. Jayson May - 202. IMCA Modifieds: 1. Tim Breshears - 255, 2. Chad Weber - 244, 3. Danny Lauer - 234, 4. Josh Vogt - 215, 5. Chris Whitford - 214. Factory Stocks: 1. Tom Renner - 289, 2. Kirk Morgan - 285, 3. Kevin Linson - 274, 4. Michael Frazier/Doyle Graham, Jr. - 256. Mini Stocks - 1. Ken Kehs - 337, 2. Justin Crockett - 321, 3. Matt Sweeney - 276, 4. Justin Marsh - 267, 5. Ben Caswell - 261. |
