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Round
“3” - Dejavu at Perris! by Josh Williams |
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(Perris Auto Speedway - April 6, 2002)
Greg Bragg again took the checkered flag in his heat race and the A
main to complete another perfect night at Perris Auto Speedway.
The fist heat race was won by Chris Rahe from the front row
ahead of Donny Gansen, Paul Cook and Lonnie Lopez.
The tacky surface allowed Chris to run some of the quickest
lap times ever seen in a Lightning Sprint (17.5/102.8 mph average).
For the second week in a row Steve Cardey took the checkered
flag in his heat race withstanding the pressure from some very fast
company - his cousin David Cardey.
Jeff Stiller & Steve Elliott followed closely but just
out of striking distance. The
front row of the 3rd heat race was made up of former CLS
Champions Brent Sexton & Robby Sczymczak.
Brent’s bad luck turned worse when his 3rd motor
in as many starts blew. Tyler
Brown followed Sczymczak closely to the line ahead of Keith Janca
& Josh Williams. Greg
Bragg won the fourth heat race from the 3rd row ahead of
Karl Benefeil, James Squire and Denise Cline.
Jonny Bates (Rookie) in his 3rd CLS start took a
commanding lead in the B Main until veteran Danny Swanson chased him
down & took the lead. Ashley
Walker followed. Gary
Sexton worked through the field from the back of the pack of 13 to
wrestle the final transfer spot from Jon Squire.
Chris Rahe occupied the pole position in the A Main along side Steve Cardey. Chris jumped out to an early lead. Steve Cardey ran 2nd ahead of Greg Bragg and Robby Sczymczak. Bragg took 2nd from Cardey on lap 4. Rahe retired on lap 5 with a mechanical problem surrendering the lead to Greg Bragg. David Cardey, always good on re-starts took 2nd from Steve. Lonnie Lopez hit the k-rail exiting turn 2 and flipped hard down the back stretch. Lonnie was ok. Tyler Brown moved into 3rd on lap 8. David Cardey brought the field to a stop under a red flag on lap 14 when he flipped in turn 2. Tyler Brown would now chase Bragg on a very fast but rough track. Keith Janca steadily worked his way up to 4th from his 11th starting position while Paul Cook rounded out the top 5. The top 5 remained unchanged until the 20 lap checkered flag. Denise Cline “Hard Charger” moved up 10 positions finishing 6th. Race Summary: Heat 1 – Chris Rahe 51, Donny Gansen 25, Paul Cook 72, Lonnie Lopez 11L, Paul Townsend 38, Ashley Walker 10, Gary Sexton 48, Jim Henderson 21, James Dean 11 Heat 2 – Steve Cardey 31, David Cardey 37, Jeff Stiller 56, Steve Elliot 81, Jonny Bates 33, Danny Swanson 76, Lonnie Clabaugh 99, Jesse Dean 22 Heat 3 – Robby Sczymczak 4, Tyler Brown 34, Keith Janca 67, Josh Williams 5, Steve Barnette 88, Pat Hickey 27, Brent Sexton 44, Jon Squire 15 Heat 4 – Greg Bragg 2, Karl Benefeil 45, James Squire 54, Denise Cline 8, Mike Barnette 46, Steve Nelson 66, Dylan Morris 28, Ernie Bartley 74 B Main – Danny Swanson 76, Jonny Bates 33, Ashley Walker 10, Gary Sexton 48, Jon Squire 15, Lonnie Clabaugh 99, Steve Barnette 88, Dylan Morris 28, Steve Nelson 66, Pat Hickey 27, Mike Barnette 46, Paul Townsend 38, Ernie Bartley 74 A Main – Greg Bragg 2, Tyler Brown 34, Steve Cardey 31, Keith Janca 67, Paul Cook 72, Denise Cline 8, Robby Sczymczak 4, Jonny Bates 33, Danny Swanson 76, Ashley Walker 10, Jeff Stiller 56, Josh Williams 5, James Squire 54, David Cardey 37, Gary Sexton 48, Steve Elliott 81, Lonnie Lopez 11L, Karl Benefeil 45, Chris Rahe 51, Donny Gansen 25 Points (4/6/02) Greg Bragg 415 Tyler Brown 361 Denise Cline 305 Chris Rahe 264 David Cardey 263 |
