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Hot time for Ed Amador at Altamont |
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Altamont Motorsports Park - Tracy, CA May 19, 2008 Ed Amador claimed the number one spot in today’s Main Event at Altamont Motorsports Park. The triple digit weather didn’t slow this veteran Modesto racer down. He started beside the pole position to take the green and never had to look back. The day began with qualifying, and after having a rough day in his first outing, April 19, Manteca’s Pat Ariaz set fast time today with David Goodwill of Napa coming in a close second. Goodwill had posted the quickest times in practice but Ariaz came in a .012 second faster in qualifying. Morgan Hill’s Rob Hammond was third quick. Steve Amador in his first outing for the season, fourth and Jeff Burrows also of Manteca was fifth fastest. The 20 Lap Main Event was started with a total inversion. Burt Siverling coming from Concord held the pole, with Ed Amador on the outside. Burrows and Patterson’s Steve Amador, taking third and fourth. At the completion of the first lap, Ed Amador had the lead; Burrows, Steve Amador, Ariaz and Goodwill were leading the pack. By the halfway point, E. Amador was a quarter of the track ahead of the rest of the racers. Burrows, Ariaz and Goodwill were jockeying around for the second spot to punt for the front position. Just a few laps from the finish, S. Amador’s sprinter lost a belt and was out of commission, bringing out the first caution for the day. On the restart, E. Amador still pulled away like he was sling shot from the pack. Burrows was holding on to second, but Ariaz was bound and determined to make it to second and ended up loosing it on the outside and brought out the yellow on the final lap. No harm done, but he was out of the top five for the checkered flag. The hot track at Altamont made a hot time for Ed Amador as he won his first Main Event for 2008. Burrows did finish second, with Goodwill in his sophomore year on pavement taking third. Rob Hammond had a nice, smooth fourth place and Rookie, David Burchett of Tracy, finishing fifth in only his second race of the season. Burchett is well known, as Altamont is his home track and he was the Super Mini Truck Champion on the quarter mile several times. NCMA Sprints are looking forward to rolling onto the dirt of Petaluma Speedway next Saturday night, May 24th. In the 20 Anniversary season of NMCA, the Select Series is greatly anticipating its return to Petaluma after many years’ absence. |
