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Albuquerque, NM....July 13.......Continuing
his great 2002 season in his Big Dog Chassis, Richard Johnson won Saturday
night's dirt modified main event at Duke City Raceway with Ford powered Bo
Martinez second over Bobby Bachechi. Unwinged Sprint Car point leader Tom Ball
was the feature winner in their 20 lap feature after taking the lead on lap 15.
Steve Nix ran second over Bo Baker. The dirt late models had the third point
leader to win a feature on this night as Robert Schorr gained wins in both the
heat and main event. Jim Aragon was second. Steve Bonesteel beat Jeff Whyman and
the winner's son J R Bonesteel in the hobby stock feature. With his fifth place
run, Ron Leathem Jr moved into the season point lead with just a 4 point margin
on incoming point leader Ronnie Bell, who ran 15th.
The dirt modifieds
had a 21 car turnout. Heat winners were Johnson, Butch Reid and Mark Seifried.
In the feature, it was Johnson on top with Martinez second over Bachechi, John
Tanner, Aztec long tow Taylor Yazzie, James Lynch and California transplant Mark
McClarran. Johnson built his huge track point lead as closest challenger Toby
Herring was 13th and dropped 84 points back of Johnson. Arizona's Max Sadler
joined the action for the first time in 2002. The unwinged sprint cars had a 17
car turnout. Kelly Denison beat Ron King in heat 1 with West on top of
Duane Taylor in heat 2. Early season point leader Joe Larkin Jr won heat 3 over
Miles Merritt and Ball. Ball outran Nix, Baker, King, West, Blaine Harvey and
Denison in the feature. With the Duke City point system, Ball is 42 points ahead
of Larkin, who ran 9th. Merritt was 15th and and is just 2 points ahead of Baker
in their third place duel.
The 8 car turnout for the
dirt late models found Schorr and Aragon also 1-2 in the heat race. Jim Willis
ran third in both the heat and feature with Carlos Dorcas fourth in the main
ahead of Marc Herrera and Avie Chavez III. Schorr's point lead is 22 over double
division racer Willis. The 19 hobby stocks were divided into three heat races
and several of teams continue to use a second driver for the heat action. J R
Bonesteel won the first heat over Ronald Yates. James Mickle and Randall
Trujillo were 1-2 in heat 2 and Bell won the third heat over Leathem and Phil
York. Both of the top 2 feature runners use female drivers for the heat action
as Suzanne Bonesteel drove the feature winning car to 3rd in her heat with
Audrey Whyman 4th in that same race. In the main event, it was S Bonesteel on
top of Whyman, J R Bonesteel, R Trujillo, Leathem Jr, Robert Kapinski, April
Trujillo and York. Leathem Jr ended the night with a 4 point lead on Bell, a 42
point lead on Whyman and 52 ahead of S Bonesteel. York is just 2 points back of
S Bonesteel.
Summary
Hobby Stocks
Heat 1-J R Bonesteel, Ronald Yates,
Shane Kapinski, Robert Kapinski, Thomas Hayes.
Heat 2-James Mickle, Randall Trujillo, Suzanna Bonesteel, Audrey Whyman, Randy
Carter.
Heat 3-Ronnie Bell, Ron Leathem Jr, Phil York, Rick Boelter, Rick
Martinez.
Main-S Bonesteel, Whyman, J R Bonesteel, R Trujillo, Leathem Jr, R Kapinski,
April Trujillo, York, Mickle, Dan Jimenez, Yates, Boelter, S Kapinski, Cody
Cagle, Bell, Ron Frazier, Carter, Hayes, Martinez.
Late Models
Heat-Robert Schorr, John Aragon, Jim
Willis, Ron Frazier, Carlos Dorcas.
Main-Schorr, Aragon, Willis, Dorcas, Marc Herrera, Avie Chavez III, Frazier,
Andy Tanner.
Unwinged Sprints Cars
Heat 1-Kelly Denison, Ron King,
Kristy Smith, Chris Faber, Tim Jones.
Heat 2-Tim West, Duane Taylor, Larry Stoerkel, Jeff Brumfield, Russell
Gossett.
Heat 3-Joe Larkin Jr, Miles Merritt, Tom Ball, Bo Baker, Steve Nix.
Main-Ball, Nix, Baker, King, West, Baline Harvey, Denison, Faber, Larkin,
Taylor, Brumfield, Stoerkel, Gossett, Jones, Merritt, Smith, Don Brown.
Dirt Modifieds
Heat 1-Richard Johnson, Tyronne
Yazzie, John Tanner, Andrew Frazier, Robert Haaland.
Heat 2-Butch Reid, Bo Martinez, Toby Herring, David Sheffield, Eric Alwin.
Heat 3-Mark Seifried, James Lynch, Taylor Yazzie, Mark McClarran, Bobby Bachechi.
Main-Johnson, Martinez, Bachechi, Tanner, Taylor Yazzie, Lynch, McClarran, Steve
Conrad Jr, Haaland, Kyle Odom, Michael O'Neal, Tim Lamm, Herring, Max Sadler,
Sheffield, Matt Whetstine, Reid, Tyronne Yazzie, Alwin, Frazier, Seifried.
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