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Nathan High Wins Midget Show Again at Hollywood Hills Speedway
9-2-2007
Bob & Karen Ingram
San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. A perfect night for racing saw the first and only all open wheel racing show at Hollywood Hills Speedway tonight. Tonights show had Mini-Sprints, Midgets and Non-Winged Sprints all on the same card. The track was in excellent condition and all three classes put on some VERY exciting races. There was one very tense moment as the #36 Midget of Laveen, Arizonas 15 year old Brendan Higgins who had won last nights main event get tangled with several cars on the first lap and take several very hard rollovers, actually going over the top of the also rolling #2 of Arvada Colorados Bobby Harr. Fortunately both Higgins and Harr were able to walk away from the crash without injury. However both very fast and competitive cars were done for the night. The #2X of Denver, Colorado driver Luke Icke led most of the main event but was passed in the closing stages by the #21A of Phoenix, Arizonas Nathan High. Icke had also led a large portion of last nights main event before finally settling for 2nd behind Higgins. In the winners circle, Icke and High had some heated words before Icke left the track without doing the customary interview with track promoter Bobby Seals.
The Non-Winged Sprints also had some fantastic racing with the #45X of Johnny Herrera, who had won the Winged Sprint show in Show Low Arizona last night taking a hard fought victory over the #9X of Kelly Denison with current points leader #61X Bo Baker taking home the 3rd position. Herrera started in the 11th starting spot and took most of the race to get by the very strong running cars of Denison, Baker, Jon Taylor & Scott Box who filled out the top 5 positions.
The Mini-Sprints had a shorter field of cars than usual as they dont normally run 2 days in a row and had some attrition after a very tough night of competition last night. The Main Event once again saw an extremely close battle between two of the hottest drivers in this division with the #17 of Pagosa Springs, Colorados D.J. Snyder and Albuquerques #19X of Jordan Mattson. These 2 drivers along with the missing #74X of Joshua ( The Jet ) Hodges have waged battle all year long with Hodges winning most of the races with either Snyder or Mattson close on his heels. Tonight Mattson was not to be denied as he took a very close win over Snyder with last nights winner, Phoenix, Arizonas #47 Brandon Shelton coming home in the 3rd position. Also in the hunt was the #72 of Mike Brewer making his first start of the year keeping the leaders in sight and finishing in the 4th spot with the #7H of Jerry Higginbotham nipping at Brewers heels at the finish line to take home the 5th place position.
Thanks to all of the great Drivers, Crews, Sponsors, Staff and FANS for coming out to Hollywood Hills Speedway and supporting Dirt Track Racing in New Mexico.
Have A Great Day
God Bless Everybody
Midget Results
Heat #1
#21AZ Stevie Sussex Phoenix, Arizona
#4 Josh Lakatos Pasadena, California
#83 Jonathan Halford Tulsa, Oklahoma
#36 Brendan Higgins Laveen, Arizona
#11AZ James Tash Phoenix, Arizona
#0 Johnny Murdock Dallas, Texas
#33 Scott Fennell Littleton, Colorado
#17 Todd Plemons Denver, Colorado DNF
Heat #2
#2 Bobby Harr Arvada, Colorado
#21A Nathan High Phoenix, Arizona
#7 Billy Mentgen Arvada, Colorado
#14 Chris Scheil Lakewood, Colorado
#37 Jennifer Greenberg Rio Rancho, New Mexico
#2H Jay Sant Parker, Colorado
#31 Buddy Lowther Thornton, Colorado
#6 Mike Marfia Rio Rancho, New Mexico DNF
Heat #3
#2X Luke Icke Denver, Colorado
#22 Dustin Burkhardt Phoenix, Arizona
#2G Terry Goodwin Phoenix, Arizona
#98 Dave Scroggs Arvada, Colorado
#10AZ Ken Perry Buckeye, Arizona
#13 Cole Murdock Colorado Springs, Colorado
#8 Darin Fala Phoenix, Arizona DNS
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#83 Jonathan Halford
#2G Terry Goodwin
#14 Chris Scheil
#36 Brendan Higgins
#98 Dave Scroggs
#7 Billy Mentgen
Main Event
#21A Nathan High Also won at HHS on 5-12-07, becoming a habit ???
#2X Like Icke 2nd two nights in a row, always the bridesmaid ?
#4 Josh Lakatos Had some of the best moves early, always close
#22 Dustin Burkhardt Stayed close to the front all night
#2G Terry Goodwin Fought hard from 9th starting spot
#37 Jennifer Greenberg Great run after mechanical problems last night
#21AZ Stevie Sussex Ran the highest groove of anyone, VERY fast
#14 Chris Scheil
#83 Jonathan Halford
#98 Dave Scroggs
#10 Ken Perry
#2H Jay Sant
#17 Todd Plemons DNF Fast both nights, hurt by mechanical gremlins
#0 Johnny Murdock DNF
#7 Billy Mentgen DNF
#31 Buddy Lowther DNF
#33 Scott Fennell DNF
#2 Bobby Harr DNF Hard Rollover with Higgins
#36 Brendan Higgins DNF Wins on Saturday, rolls on Sunday ( OUCH )
#11AZ James Tash DNF Taken out in first lap crash
Non-Winged Sprint Results
Heat #1
#61X Bo Baker
#22 Jessie Baker
#26 Randy Smith
#78 Jody Williams
#52 David Burns
#24 Russell Gossett
#17 Chris Spiak ( May have been dad Steven ? )
#F2 L.C. Kesterton
Heat #2
#45X Johnny Herrera
#40X Scott Box
#9X Kelly Denison
#65 Rick Johnson
#29 Ronnie Smith
#21 Paul Whitehead
#611 Charlie Fegan
#93 Jon Taylor
#8 J.C. Powell
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#40X Scott Box
#45X Johnny Herrera
#61X Bo Baker
#22 Jessie Baker
Main Event
#45X Johnny Herrera Had to work hard from 11th starting spot
#9X Kelly Denison Another great run, may get Herrera before the year is over
#61X Bo Baker Always at the front, thats why he is the points leader
#93 Jon Taylor Past Champion, came from DEEP in the field
#40X Scott Box Raced hard with Herrera and company at the front
#16 Billy Page Led the race for several laps early, coming on strong late in the year
#8 J.C. Powell
#78 Jody Williams
#26 Randy Smith
#24 Russell Gossett
#F2 L.C. Kesterton
#52 David Burns DNF
#611 Charlie Fegan DNF
#21 Paul Whitehead DNF
#17 Chris Spiak ( or maybe Steven Spiak ) DNF
#65 Rick Johnson DNF Went out in first lap crash
#22 Jessie Baker DNF Also went out in first lap crash
#29 Ronnie Smith DNS
Mini-Sprint Results
Heat #1
#47 Brandon Shelton Phoenix, Arizona
#19X Jordan Mattson
#7H Jerry Higginbotham
#72 Mike Brewer
#77 John Massey
#2 Matthew Cordova
#22X David Gay DNS
Heat #2
#17 D. J. Snyder
#95 Aaron Wheeler
#68 Brian Perea
#45X Ryan Culpepper
#8 Chris Perea
#36 Kaylene Verville Avondale, Arizona DNS
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#77 John Massey
#68 Brian Perea
#45X Ryan Culpepper
#2 Matthew Cordova
Main Event
#19X Jordan Mattson Always FAST, ready for a full size Sprint ????
#17 D.J. Snyder Always at the front, great race with Mattson
#47 Brandon Shelton Phoenix driver won last night, very close tonight
#72 Mike Brewer Great job, first night out, driving Bruce Hoseas car
#7H Jerry Higginbotham Has been very fast the last few weeks, a win soon ??
#77 John Massey Another driver who is really stepping up
#8 Chris Perea Good steady race
#45X Ryan Culpepper DNF - Top winged pulled up causing LOTS of drag
#68 Brian Perea DNF
#2 Matthew Cordova DNF
#95 Aaron Wheeler DNF Has really come on lately but mechanical woes ended his night
#22X David Gay DNS
#36 Kaylene Verville DNS Long tow from Arizona to not make the race ( OUCH )
These results are not official and we apologize for any errors in names or finishing positions.
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