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Santa Maria Speedway August 9th Recap |
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Santa Maria, CA - August 9, 2008...Bandit Sprint Cars, D&S Automotive IMCA
Modifieds, Mini Stocks, and VRA Dwarf Cars (augmented by several members of
"BAD", Bay Area Dwarfs), put on a memorable show Saturday night at
Santa Maria Speedway.
*Justyne Hamblin wowed race fans and surprised triple-point leader Peter Murphy, of Clovis, with her exploits in the 30-lap Bandit Sprint Car main event. Starting fifth in the 20-car field, the petite young lady from Hanford combined a new motor, an affinity for the high groove and the will to win to score her first ever main event win in the division. With his attention concentrated on fending off Easton's Albert Pombo, Murphy, formerly of Sydney, Australia, could do nothing but watch as Hamblin blew by, seven laps from the end, and pulled away to victory. Murphy, Albert Pombo, Kerman's Davey Pombo, and Visalia's Richard VanderWeerd filled out the top-five. Albert Pombo, Richard VanderWeerd, and Jared Little, of Hanford, won 8-lap heat races. *Santa Maria's Doug Thornton outlasted Nipomo's Kenny Kirkpatrick and point leader Danny Lauer, of Santa Maria, to score his second 25-lap IMCA Modified feature win of the season. Arroyo Grande's Chad Weber and Santa Maria's Josh Vogt were fourth and fifth. Thornton took the lead seven laps into the event and never relinquished it, even though he had constant pressure from Kirkpatrick and Lauer. Thornton, Kirkpatrick, and Weber captured 8-lap heat races. *Darrin Davis picked up his third 20-lap Mini Stock main event win of 2008, coming home ahead of point leader Justin Crockett, of Arroyo Grande, and Jeremy Heroux of Nipomo. Lompoc's Mike Weigel and Santa Maria's Daylan Coffey were next to the checkers. Davis chased Santa Maria's Rob Gilbertson for the first eight laps and Crockett for the next nine, before securing the lead. Davis and Heroux snagged 8-lap heat wins. *VRA Dwarf Cars ran two 20-lap main events, one for the Pro division and one for the Senior division for drivers 45 years-of-age and older. One of the visiting members of the Bay Area Dwarfs who came to town to race with the Ventura Racing Association Dwarf Cars won the Pro feature. Ryan Diatte, of Salinas, led the bulk of the event before being passed by second place Ray Estrada, of Yucaipa, four laps from the end, only to repass Estrada on the final lap for the victory. Jeff Shelton, of Simi Valley; Brian Saxton, of Mentone; and, Gilbert Toste, of Gilroy, finished third through fifth. Bill Martinez, of Salinas, led most of the Senior feature before being passed by Ventura's Ed Niedzwiecki on lap 15. Martinez went back to the point on the seventeenth circuit, but Niedzwiecki went back by on the final lap for the win. Martinez was second, Port Hueneme's Glen Monk third, Newbury Park's Kevin Alverson fourth, and Kent Benson, Sr., of Valencia, fifth. Eight-lap heat races were taken by Diatte, Saxton, and Toste in the Pros and Niedzwiecki and Martinez in the Seniors. *Next Saturday night USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Cars make their second and final run of 2008 at Santa Maria Speedway. NMRA TQ Midgets and Mini Stocks will join the big-bore sprinters. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m., with racing at 6:00 p.m. Admission will be $20.00 for adults, $16.00 for seniors (65+), $5.00 for children six to twelve, free for kids five and under. Credit cards are not accepted. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. RACE SUMMARIES... Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Jason May, 13.607. Heat 1 - Steve DeMott, Bruce Douglass, Justyne Hamblin, Peter Murphy, Luis Espinosa, Jason May, Bill Jones. Heat 2 - Richard VanderWeerd, Alan Ballard, Jace VanderWeerd, Albert Pombo, Brandon Thompson, Jeff Culver, Mike Larsen. Heat 3 - Jared Little, Tyler Schmidt, Rusty Carlile, Davey Pombo, Jonathan Logan, Rick Eberhardt. Main Event - Hamblin, Murphy, A. Pombo, D. Pombo, R. VanderWeerd, Schmidt, Ballard, Carlile, DeMott, Logan, Little, J. VanderWeerd, Culver, Jones, Eberhardt, Douglass, Thompson, Espinosa, Larsen, May. IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Doug Thornton, Jim Pettit II, Danny Lauer, Paul Terrones, Bob Campitelli, Greg Markarian. Heat 2 - Chad Weber, Jake Jones, Steve Greenland, Andrew Greiman, Daylan Coffey, Kenny Rayner. Heat 3 - Kenny Kirkpatrick, Josh Vogt, Ian Hunter, Rob Green, Ken Kehs. Main Event - Thornton, Kirkpatrick, Lauer, Weber, Vogt, Terrones, Jones, Campitelli, Coffey, Markarian, Rayner, Green, Greenland, Greiman, Hunter, Pettit, Kehs (DNS). Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Darrin Davis, Matt Sweeney, Justin Marsh, Frank Nyback, Korban Ensign, Cody Greiman, Chuck Weber III, Ben Caswell, Elton Shaffer, Greg Noah, Jeff Biggs. Heat 2 - Jeremy Heroux, Rob Gilbertson, Justin Crockett, Daylan Coffey, Mike Weigel, Michael Frazier, Wade Bognuda, Robby Cervantes, Richard Stevens, Phillip Sewell. Main Event - Davis, Crockett, Heroux, Weigel, Coffey, Marsh, Sweeney, Nyback, Gilbertson, Ensign, Shaffer, Biggs, Frazier, Bognuda, Caswell, Greiman, Cervantes, Sewell, Noah, Weber, Stevens. VRA Pro Dwarf Cars: Heat 1 - Gilbert Toste, Jeff Shelton, Mark Biscardi, Brent Stevens, Kevin Calvo, Mike Sweeney, Jr., Eric Elton. Heat 2 - Brian Saxton, Jose Guevara, Mike Lewis, Greg Penny, Lee Majors, Jr., Craig Bridges, Steve Bensen. Heat 3 - Ryan Diatte, Ray Estrada, Gene Pires, Jr., Jeff Fillingame, Chris Olson, Chris Dorto, Bob Kranig. Main Event - Diatte, Estrada, Shelton, Saxton, Toste, Stevens, Biscardi, Guevara, Pires, Majors, Lewis, Elton, Olson, Calvo, penny, Bridges, Kranig, Dorto, Sweeney, Fillingame, Benson (DNS). VRA Senior Dwarf Cars: Heat 1 - Ed Niedzwiecki, Roy Coe, Kevin Alverson, Glen Monk, George Calvo, Ron Capodieci, Mark Davis. Heat 2 - Bill Martinez, Mike Neal, Kent Benson, Sr., Tom Bellinger, Mike Bailey, Bill Van Praag. Main Event - Niedzwiecki, Martinez, Monk, Alverson, Benson, Coe, Bellinger, Bailey, Capodieci, Calvo, Van Praag, Davis, Neal. POINT STANDINGS: SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Peter Murphy, 466 2. Albert Pombo, 406 3. Justyne Hamblin, 379 4. Rusty Carlile, 355 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 330. IMCA Modifieds: 1. Danny Lauer, 499 2. Kenny Kirkpatrick, 479 3. Josh Vogt, 449 4. Doug Thornton, 424 5. Chad Weber, 422. Mini Stocks: 1. Justin Crockett, 496 2. Justin Marsh, 486 3. Daylan Coffey, 396 4. Mike Weigel, 386 5. Jeff Biggs/Ben Caswell/Jeremy Heroux, 380. |
