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TIME WINNER by Gary Jacob |
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Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pony Stocks |
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Ventura, CA -July 1, 2000--Jumping over to his father
Bob's car, Randy Moody became the first VRA unwinged 360 sprint car
driver to win three features in 2000 with his $1,000 victory in
Saturday nights 30 lap feature. He came from 5th starting for the win
while Gary Howard protected his point lead with a $500 third behind
Chris Wakim, who won $750. Wakim closed to within 25 points of second
ranked Greg Taylor with his finish as Moody stands fifth in points.
Rookie Daman Redmon used his front row starting spot to collect a $300
win in the 20 lap feature for the IMCA Modifieds. It was his first
victory and he stands 10th in points. Point leader Mike Furlong ran
third behind Steve Smith. Tom Stephens came from 5th starting as he
won the 20 lap street stock main event for his fifth win in 8 starts.
His $125 victory left him 4th in points as he missed one of this years
events. Point leader Craig Germanetti ran third behind rookie Steve
Bulpitt. The pony stocks continue to amaze with a 37 car turnout and a
9th consecutive different winner as James Brown followed up his heat
win with a victory in the 20 lap main event. Despite again finishing
outside the top five in 9th, Cliff Ashlock still holds the point lead,
but his margin has been cut to 10 points by Ray Martinez.
The VRA sprint cars had 30 cars in the pits, but only 27 survived to race in the qualifying heats. Point runnerup Taylor, point leader Howard, Jeff Heaton and Will Perkins were the four heat winners. The top four from each heat advanced into the 30 lap main with a top two required in the B Main to round out the 18 car grid. Mike Davis won the B Main over Brett Butler. Top runner Clark Templeman III saw his night end in the heat action. Heaton and Perkins shared the front row for the 30 lapper with Taylor and Howard in row 2. Perkins took the lead in turn 1, but bobbled in turn 4 and saw Howard race into the lead ahead of Heaton and Taylor. Moody was riding in fifth after starting there, but he made his move on lap 10 as he saw all the leaders move to the bottom and he rode the cushion from 5th to 2nd in one lap. Howard had built a half-straight lead, but Moody reeled him in. Lapped traffic stopped any attempt by Moody to pass Howard for the top spot, but on lap 20 Howard bicycled over the turn 3 cushion and glanced off the wall before stalling. Howard restarted in the rear and new leader Moody had a lapped car cushion over Heaton and Wakim. Wakim passed Heaton for 2nd on lap 24 and Heaton pulled his smoking mount into the infield before that lap was completed. Ronnie Case blew on lap 25 and collected teammate Jimmy Crawford. In just 6 laps, Howard had blasted from the rear to 4th. Moody rode the high line to his win with Wakim trying slide jobs on the final two laps in turn 1, but falling short. Howard got around Taylor late to finish third with John Wright in 5th. Tom Stansberry was sixth ahead of Bill Welch and Jim Gresham. Howards point lead is now 155 over Taylor, who is just 25 ahead of Wakim. Heaton fell 275 points off the pace with his DNF and fifth ranked Moody is 400 behind point leader Howard. The IMCA Modified action drew 19 cars, but Bakersfield Speedway star Steve Smothermon blew in hot laps to end his night. Kings Speedway regular Joe Chapman made the tow south from San Jose and 1998 champion Randy McGraw made his 2000 debut. Heat winners were defending track champion Donald Houghton, point leader Furlong and Bill Waltman. McGraw ran second to Furlong in their heat action. Redmon ran third in his heat, but won the 20 lap main from his outside front row start. Second row starter Smith ran second ahead of Furlong, 3rd starter Stephen Mitchell, Houghton, John Aitken, Rich Wolfe and California state point leader Bill Saltzman. Smothermon was hoping to close ground on Saltzman in that point race. Furlongs point lead is now 9 over Wolfe, who is 10 in front of Aitken. After a slow start, Houghton has climbed into fourth, 22 behind Furlong. The street stocks also had a 19 car turnout and heat winners were Greg Raap, Santa Barbara veteran Mike Riccardi and Stephens. Stephens has five wins and a third in the six features that he has finished this year. He lined up fifth for this weeks win with third starting rookie Steve Bulpitt finishing second. Defending track champion Craig Germanetti was third ahead of early season point leader John Uccellini, Tracey Pallais and Wayne Heurung. Randy Miller ran 7th and veteran Frank Woodward was 8th after car builder Dave Phipps drove his car in the heat action. Germanettis point lead is 75 over Uccellini, who is just five points ahead of Heurung. The large field of Pony Stocks required top four finishes in 9 and 10 car heat race fields to make the 20 lap A Main. Those 16 drivers were then joined by the top four from the 20 car B Main. Heat winners were Dave Revard, Brad Long, Brown and Jack Fullerton. Double division racer Woodward won the B Main over point runnerup Ray Martinez and point leader Cliff Ashlock. The car filled class has 9 different feature winners in 9 races this season. Brown won the A Main and he was chased by a pair of rookies who are challenging for the point lead. Wes Richardson ran second ahead of Mark Gillimore, Scott Bulpitt, Martinez, Bryan Rungaitis, Daniel Shrubb, Long, Ashlock and Bryan Weaver. Ashlocks point lead is just 10 over Martinez while Gillimore stands 20 ahead of Richardson and just 75 behind point leader Ashlock. Summary Pony Stock Heat 1-Dave Revard, Scott Bulpitt, Julie Masters, Wes Richardson, Frank Woodward. Heat 2-Brad Long, Jon Everhart, Bryan Weaver, Chris Tramel, Ray Martinez. Heat 3-James Brown, Bryan Rungaitis, Rick Rodarte, Mike Frazier, Cliff Ashlock. Heat 4-Jack Fullerton, Mark Gillimore, Daniel Shrubb, Gary Yeates, Matt Tramel. B Main-Woodward, Martinez, Ashlock, Tom Burroughs, Tom Fish, Garnet Baril, M Tramel, John Burroughs, George Kreider IV, Jeff Graham. A Main-Brown, Richardson, Gillimore, Bulpitt, Martinez, Rungaitis, Shrubb, Long, Ashlock, Weaver, Frazier, Masters, Rodarte, Revard, Woodward, C Tramel, Fullerton, Everhart. Street Stock Heat 1-Greg Raap, John Uccellini, Steve Bulpitt, Bradley Prows, Dave Phipps. Heat 2-Mike Riccardi, Wayne Heurung, Stephen Suchowirsky, Michael Lee, Walter Van Wingarden. Heat 3-Tom Stephens, Randy Miller, Craig Germanetti, Tracey Pallais, Dan Murphy. Main-Stephens, Bulpitt, Germanetti, Uccellini, Pallais, Heurung, Miller, Frank Woodward, Riccardi, Murphy, Lee, Erick Karlsen, John Romero, Prows, Suchowirsky, Raap, Will Smith, Van Wingarden, Joe Porche. IMCA Modified Heat 1-Donald Houghton, Rick Wolfe, Stephen Mitchell, Hobie Conway, Kathy Pierson. Heat 2-Mike Furlong, Randy McGraw, Steve Smith, Ed Shelton, John Aitken. Heat 3-Bill Waltman, Jamie Taylor, Daman Redmon, Jim Bartelt, Bill Saltzman. Main-Redmon, Smith, Furlong, Mitchell, Houghton, Aitken, Wolfe, Saltzman, Waltman, Pierson, Barttelt, Shelton, Conway, Joe Chapman, Taylor, Chris Tonoli, McGraw, Al Adam. Unwinged 360 Sprint Car Heat 1-Greg Tayulor, Chris Wakim, Jimmy
Crawford, Denny McVey, Mike Davis. Heat 2-Gary Howard, Tom Stansberry,
Ronnie Case, Jim Gresham, Dale Harwood. Heat 3-Jeff Heaton, Randy
Moody, Bill Welch, Richard Renken, Brett Butler. Heat 4-Will Perkins,
Tony Dighera, John Wright, Rob Kershaw, Jim Porter. B Main-Davis,
Butler, Porter, Jeremy Ellertson, Luis Espinoza, Sparky Edmonston,
Jessie Denome, John Woodward, Dayle Henry, Harwood. A Main-Moody,
Wakim, Howard, Taylor, Wright, Stansberry, Welch, Gresham, Perkins,
Renken, Kershaw, Davis, Case, Crawford, Butler, Heaton, Dighera,
McVey. |
