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Hanford, CA....August 28.........Series
point leader Ronnie Day got his fourth win in the 13 2004 races by driving to a
$1500 victory in the 30 lap Rebel Cup winged 360 sprint car feature at Kings
Speedway Saturday night. The race had a ten car inversion and Day came from
fifth for his win with 8th starter Ricci Faria a $1000 second. Tommy Tarlton
raced from 4th to a $650 third and moved into a tie for fourth in the series
standings. Day holds a solid 59 point lead on Garrett Ishii, who is just 2
points in front of Tim Worth. Brent Kaeding joined the Rebel Cup action and came
from 16th starting to finish fourth. A graduate of the modified midget and mini
sprint ranks, 16 year old Bandit rookie Chad Boespflug got his first 25 lap
feature win and did it in impressive fashion as he lined up 8th as the division
fast timer. He has only ran 9 of the races and is buried in the point standings.
Scott Holloway started in the 4th row alongside Boespflug and chased him to the
win with series point leader Davey Pombo Jr coming from 16th starting to
third ahead of 18th starter John Burnett. Merced's Paul Stone closed to within 6
points of defending track champion Bryan Burnes by winning his third 25 lap IMCA
Modified feature, but has only one race on Sept 25th to try and make up that
margin. P Stone came from 12th for his $400 win, but Burnes started 9th and
finished 2nd to stay in the point lead. Outside front row starter Aaron Barnell
ran third ahead of Claudine Contente. Contente only needs to appear for that
final race to wrap up third in points.
The
winged 360 Rebel Cup sprint car division had a 21 car turnout and usual winged
410 racer Brian Coelho set quick time with his 14.061 clocking. Andy Ferris ran
a 14.205, R Faria a 14.227 and Kaeding a 14.235. The Kaeding time was later tied
by Ishii with rookie Jeff Delte also in the 14.2 bracket. Day was 7th. Mark
Barroso won heat 1 over Day and Colby Solomon with both Kaeding and Stan Yockey
running outside the top five to miss the inversion. Tarlton beat John Giffen and
Danny Faria Jr in heat 2 and Jerry Pelayo won heat 3 over R Faria and Wayne
Williams. Monty Ferriera broke in time trials and his night was over. The 30 lap
feature had a ten car inversion that placed D Faria Jr and Tim Worth on the
front row ahead of Williams and Tarlton. Kaeding lined up 16th. It was fifth
starter Day racing to the win ahead of 8th starter Faria and Tarlton. Kaeding
caught the attention of the crowd with his drive from 16th to 4th as point
runnerup rivals Worth and Ishii ran 5-6. Rookie Robert Ballou ran 7th ahead of
Ferris, Coelho and Yockey. Ballou is tied for fourth in points with Tarlton.
The unwinged 360
Bandit sprint cars fielded 24 teams and Boespflug surprised with his quick time
of 16.010. Series point leader Pombo Jr was second quick at 16.390, but a sixth
in his heat kept him out of the feature inversion. Holloway has impressed in his
rookie Bandit season after several years with the NCMA spec sprints. He timed in
third quick at 16.390. Gene Manhire ran a 16.443 and Arron Chaney a 16.445.
Terry Schank Jr won heat 1 over Boespflug and Evan Suggs. Brad Evett outraced
Jonathan Logan and Jason Montgomery in heat 2 and it was Rusty Carlile winning
heat 3 over Holloway and Matt Day. Albert Pombo broke in hot laps and the night
ended for Bobby Davis Jr in the heat action. That left 22 cars for the 25 lap
feature and the feature inversion was an 8. That placed Logan and visitor
Richard Brace Jr in the front row ahead of Richard Harvey Jr and Suggs. Third
row starters were Chaney and Manhire while Holloway and Boespflug made up row 4.
The top ten at the checkered flag had just 3 cars that started in the front four
rows as 8th starting Boespflug beat 7th starter Holloway. D Pombo Jr came from
16th to place third over 18th starter Burnett and 12th starting Carlile. Suggs
was sixth ahead of Montgomery, Schank Jr, Jim Richardson and Steve DeMott. With
Harvey getting 20th, D Pombo Jr holds a 27 point lead. Burnett moved around the
absent Danny Sheridan into third in points, 104 behind D Pombo Jr. Holloway is
tied with Sheridan four fourth and the absent A J Burgin stands 6th ahead of
rookie Jimmy Reeves, who was 13th this night.
There were 15
IMCA Modifieds including the 2004 season debut for Bobby Hogge. Point leader
Burnes won the first heat over Jon Schlundt and Hogge. Female star Contente won
heat 2 in front of Billy Wilker and Nichols. The early action took it's toll as
top runner Steve Smothermon, North Fork's Ray Mayer and A J Wright were all
feature scratches. Hogge was the first car to drop out of the 25 lapper and P
Stone came from the sixth row to win in his Victory Chassis. Burnes came from
9th to place second and front row starter Barnell was third ahead of Contente,
Nichols, Jim Reed and Wilker. Pole starter Tom Stidham was fourth at the
checkered flag, but was disqualified when he failed to stop in the claim area at
the end of the race.
Kings Speedway is
dark on Labor Day weekend but returns with a big show on September 11th as they
host the final point race for the hotly contested CarQuest Western Xtreme Dirt
Car Series dirt late models. The winged Rebel Cup 360 sprint cars and the Hot
Stocks will provide the support action that night. Defending Series champion
John Silva paces the CarQuest points by 17 over Bobby Hogge IV and 20 ahead of
Eric Jacobsen as they head into their Sept 4th date at Bakersfield Speedway
Park. The top six is rounded out by Richard Papenhausen, Larry Damitz and Mike
Johnson.
Summary
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1-Bryan Burnes, Jon Schlundt, Bobby Hogge, Joe Gonella Jr, Tom Stidham.
Heat 2-Claudine Contente, Billy Wilker, Ed Nichols, Aaron Barnell, Ray Mayer.
Main-Paul Stone, Burnes, Barnell, Contente, Nichols, Jim Reed, Wilker, Joe
Chapman, Gonella, Schlundt, Hogge.
Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Chad Boespflug 16.010
Heat 1-Terry Schank Jr, Boespflug, Evan Suggs, Richard Brace Jr, Josh
Davis.
Heat 2-Brad Evett, Jonathan Logan, Jason Montgomery, Richard Harvey Jr, Gene
Manhire.
Heat 3-Rusty Carlile, Scott Holloway, Matt Day, Dave Knott, Arron Chaney.
Main-Boespflug, Holloway, Davey Pombo Jr, John Burnett, Carlile, Suggs,
Montgomery, Schank Jr, Jim Richardson, Steve DeMott, Knott, Thad Bennett, Jimmy
Reeves, Brace, Davis, Evettt, Aaron Sirles, Chaney, Logan, Harvey, Manhire,
Day.
Winged 360 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Brian Coelho 14.061
Heat 1-Mark Barroso, Ronnie Day, Colby Solomon, Coelho, Tim Worth.
Heat 2-Tommy Tarlton, John Giffen, Danny Faria Jr, Andy Ferris, Garrett
Ishii.
Heat 3-Jerry Pelayo, Ricci Faria, Wayne Williams, Jeff Delte, Robert Ballou.
Main-Day, R Faria, Tarlton, Brent Kaeding, Worth, Ishii, Ballou, Ferris, Coelho,
Stan Yockey, Barroso, Giffen, Solomon, Pelayo, Robbie Lowder, Mike Stallings,
Kirt Organ, D Faria Jr, Delte, Williams.
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