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Santa Maria Speedway July 5th Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - July 5, 2008...Twenty-six Bandit Sprint Cars and twenty-two
D&S Automotive IMCA Modifieds headlined the show at Santa Maria Speedway
Saturday night along with Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks who fielded just under
twenty cars each. That made for non-stop main event action in all four
categories.
*The "B" main event in the Bandit division was supposed to tranfer four cars to the back of the "A" feature, but when nearly half the field was taken out in one incident on lap three, the checkers were thrown and the remaining five cars went to the "A" for a 21-car starting field. Derek Buckley, of Ojai, jumped out to the lead on lap 1 of the 30-lap "A" feature and held it for the first nine circuits before being overtaken by Ventura's Greg Taylor. Taylor led the remainder of the event, followed closely to the checkers by Tipson's Dan Faria, Jr., and a flying Greg Porte, of Atascadero, who had earlier set fast time of 13.747 seconds and won an 8-lap heat race. The remainder of the top-five found Kerman's Davey Pombo fourth and Visalia's Greg Brag fifth. Other 8-lap heat race winners were Taylor, Faria, and Albert Pombo of Easton. *IMCA Modified drivers had trouble getting their 20-lap feature underway with multiple incidents taking place on the opening lap and the next two. Once the event began a sustained run, it was a shootout for the victory between point leader Kenny Kirkpatrick, of Nipomo, second in points Danny Lauer, of Santa Maria, and Clay Daly of Watsonville. After the fireworks in the first trio of laps, Santa Maria's Jake Jones went to the point and stayed there until lap 13, when he was passed by Lauer. Lauer stayed in front for the distance, follwed by Kirkpatrick, Daly, Jones, and Tommy Laliberte of San Jose. Jones, Doug Thornton, of Santa Maria, and Jimmy Reeves, of Laton, captured 8-lap heat races. * *Factory Stocks had an unbelieveable 20-lap main event featuring a final lap that saw five cars with a legitimate chance at victory. When the smoke cleared Goleta's Matt Marchiando was in victory circle with Santa Maria's David Addamo second and Atascadero's Charlie Scovell third. Fourth and fifth fell to Glen Sparks, of Santa Maria, and Kevin Linson of Arroyo Grande. Marchiando and Addamo won 8-lap heat races. *Not be be outdone by the other divisions, the Mini Stocks had plenty of action in their 20-lap feature run. Like the Modifieds, the Mini's had their two point leaders fighting for victory. When the event was done, Nipomo's Justin Marsh was first and Arroyo Grande's Justin Crockett was second. That gave Marsh a four point lead in the title chase. The remainder of the top-five were Daylan Coffey, of Santa Maria; Darrin Davis, of Atascadero; and Mike Weigel of Lompoc. Weigel and Matt Sweeney, of Van Nuys, took 8-lap heat wins. * *Next Saturday night Bandit Sprint Cars join USAC Midgets and NMRA TQ Midgets in an all open wheel show on the 1/3-mile oval. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m., with racing set to start at 6:00 p.m. Ticket prices will be $18.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors (65+), $5.00 for children six to twelve, five and under free. Credit cards are not accepted. SMS is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. RACE SUMMARIES... Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Greg Porte, 13.747. Heat 1 - Porte, Bruce Douglass, Jace VanderWeerd, Rusty Carlile, Davey Pombo, Mike Larsen, Josh Ford (DNS). Heat 2 - Dan Faria, Jr., Jeff Culver, Peter Murphy, Justyne Hamblin, Adam Frith-Smith, Steve DeMott, Bill Jones. Heat 3 - Albert Pombo, Greg Brag, Kevin Barnes, Derek Buckley, Tyler Schmidt, Rick Eberhardt. Heat 4 - Greg Taylor, Danny Sheridan, Richard VanderWeerd, Wes Gutierrez, Jason May, Jared Little (DNS). "B" Main Event - D. Pombo, May, Schmidt, Larsen, Little, Eberhardt, Frith-Smith, DeMott, Jones, Ford. "A" Main Event - Taylor, Faria, Porte, D. Pombo, Brag, Murphy, A. Pombo, Gutierrez, Carlile, Sheridan, Hamblin, May, Buckley, Barnes, J. VanderWeerd, Little, Culver, Larsen, Schmidt, Douglass, R. VanderWeerd. IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Doug Thornton, Danny Lauer, Tommy Laliberte, Paul Terrones, Clay Daly, Chet Reeves, Chris Whitford, Bob Campitelli. Heat 2 - Jake Jones, Greg Mancebo, Randel Davis, Josh Vogt, Kyle Camperud, Ron Wiley, Keith McIndoe. Heat 3 - Jimmy Reeves, Ian Hunter, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Michael Dalton, John Uccellini, Chad Weber, Shane Jones. Main Event - Lauer, Kirkpatrick, Daly, Jones, Laliberte, Thornton, Vogt, Terrones, Weber, J. Reeves, Davis, C. Reeves, Dalton, Jones, Whitford, Campitelli, Hunter, Camperud, Wiley, Mancebo, McIndoe, Uccellini. Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - David Addamo, Charlie Scovell, Michael Frazier, Kevin Linson, Tim Bennett, Danny Sutton, Jim Ford, John Hanson, Robert Read. Heat 2 - Matt Marchiando, Glen Sparks, Dale Sylvester, Mike Leland, Kirk Morgan, Pete Lethcoe, Bill Spratlin, Randy Obert, Derek Todd. Main Event - Marchiando, Addamo, Scovell, Sparks, Linson, Frazier, Bennett, Sylvester, Lethcoe, Read, Sutton, Obert, Todd, Hanson, Ford, Leland, Spratlin, Morgan. Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Mike Weigel, Darrin Davis, Daylan Coffey, Justin Marsh, Bill Jewell, Rob Gilbertson, Ben Caswell, Phillip Sewell, Justin Klucker. Heat 2 - Matt Sweeney, Korban Ensign, Justin Crockett, Jeff Biggs, Robby Cervantes, Chuck Weber III, Kristy Gilbertson, Frank Nyback, Kenny Smith. Main Event - Marsh, Crockett, Coffey, Davis, Weigel, R. Gilbertson, Jewell, Biggs, Weber, Ensign, Cervantes, Caswell, Nyback, Smith, Sewell, K. Gilbertson, Klucker, Sweeney (DNS). POINT STANDINGS: SMS Bandit Sprint Cars - 1. Peter Murphy, 328 2. Albert Pombo, 291 3. Justyne Hamblin, 252 4. Rusty Carlile, 241 5. Kevin Barnes, 218. IMCA Modifieds - 1. Kenny Kirkpatrick, 346 2. Danny Lauer, 345 3. Doug Thornton/Josh Vogt, 319 5. Paul Terrones, 290. Factory Stocks - 1. Kirk Morgan, 415 2. Michael Frazier, 375 3. Glen Sparks, 358 4. Tim Bennett, 348 5. Mike Leland/Kevin Linson, 327. Mini Stocks - 1. Justin Marsh, 404 2. Justin Crockett, 400 3. Jeremy Heroux, 336 4. Jeff Biggs, 318 5. Bill Jewell, 315.
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