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EIGHT WINS FOR SHERIDAN AND D'ARTENAY
by Gary Jacob

Winged 360 Sprint Cars, Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars,
IMCA Modifieds and Hot Stocks

Hanford, CA..Sept 25..Series point leader Ronnie Day won his sixth Rebel winged 360 sprint car feature in 16 events Saturday night at Kings Speedway. He holds an 82 point lead over Tim Worth with just an Oct 9th race remaining on the 2004 schedule. Worth managed to climb into second by wheeling a car without power steering to second place ahead of Peter Murphy. Fast timer Garrett Ishii fell out of second with his 17th place run. For the Bandit unwinged 360 sprint cars, it was another incredible effort for Danny Sheridan. He posted quick time over a 27 car field, won his heat race and then captured the feature race. The win was his 8th in 13 Bandit races in 2004 allowing him to finish fourth in points despite missing five races on the 18 race point schedule. Rookie Jimmy Reeves, a former IMCA Modified track champion, ran a season best second ahead of Richard Harvey Jr and double division Murphy. Davey Pombo Jr wrapped up the Bandit point title with a 7th place run that left him 114 points up on Harvey. Harvey moved into second on the final night as an 11th place run dropped Scott Holloway to third, 7 points behind Harvey. Jumping into his own car after the Large family car was badly damaged, Steve Smothermon from Porterville got his 2nd Hanford IMCA Modified win of 2004 ahead of track champion Bryan Burnes and Chad Patterson. Burnes finished 17 points ahead of Paul Stone when Stone could only manage a 13th in the finale. Ron D:Artenay Jr from Coalinga finished off his Hot Stock championship year with his 8th feature win in 13 starts. He only finished 33 points up on fellow Coalinga resident Rodney Sullivan. Another Coalinga driver Preston Martin was second in the feature and Johnny Cardoza debuted a new car with a third after badly damaging his mount in a race ending crash two weeks earlier.

Ishii was the quickest of the 20 winged 360 sprint cars at 14.027 with always fast Andy Ferris in second at 14.072. Day ranked third at 14.110 and Tommy Tarlton had a 14.121. Young rookie Robert Ballou was fifth ahead of Worth. Jerry Pelayo won heat 1 over Colby Solomon and Ricci Faria. Another young rookie of the modified midgets, Jeff Delte won heat 2 over Stan Yockey and Ballou. It was Golden State champion Jason Statler taking heat 3 ahead of Murphy and Day. Day posted his sixth feature win ahead of Worth, Murphy, Faria, Yockey, Craig Stidham, Delte, Rick Williams and Ferris. Ishii is 14 points back of Worth and 62 ahead of Ballou. Ballou is only 3 ahead of Tarlton and Pelayo leads Ferris by just 7 points in the sixth place duel. The Bandit sprint cars were paced in time trials by the 16.087 turned in by Sheridan in the Warren Dorathy car. Holloway ranked second at 16.100 and Daniel Hood posted a 16.131. Another young rookie out of the modified midget ranks, Chad Boespflug was fourth ahead of champion D Pombo Jr, Arron Chaney and Danny Olmstead. Sheridan then battled from sixth to win heat 1 over D Pombo Jr and Bobby Elliott, who was subbing in the John Burnett car. Bakersfield's Bobby Davis Jr won heat 2 over Chaney and Merced rookie Steve Williams. Reeves outraced Dave Knott and Hood in heat 3 and it was Petaluma regular Norm Johns returning to his favorite track to win heat 4 over Matt Day and Harvey Jr. They advanced the top four from each heat and they were joined by six transfers from an 11 car B Main. Holloway won the B Main over Murphy, Evan Suggs, Jonathan Logan and Shawn Edwards. In the feature action, it was all Sheridan ahead of Reeves, Harvey Jr, Murphy, Chaney, Elliott, D Pombo Jr, Rusty Carlile and Richard Brace Jr. Sheridan claimed fourth in points ahead of Burnett and Reeves.

The IMCA Modifieds checked in with 18 cars including Watsonville regular Mark Sargent and Ventura regular Wes Richardson. Mark Hamblin broke in hot laps and A J Wright was done after the heat action to leave a 16 car feature. Joe Chapman beat Stone and Patterson in heat1 while it was Burnes taking heat 2 over Mike Villanueva and Claudine Contente. Billy Wilker won heat 3 over Jim Reed and Richardson. Smothermon was last in heat 1 so he came from the rear of the field to capture the feature race ahead of Burnes, Patterson, Richardson, Ed Nichols, Sargent, Villanueva, Tom Stidham and Wilker. C Contente ran 11th and finished third in points, 23 ahead of Smothermon and 45 ahead of the consistent Nichols. The Hot Stocks had an 11 car field that included a token appearance by California State Street Stock Championship Series titlest Rich Denman. Denman did not run a heat race, but managed a 9th in the feature. J T Contente did beat D'Artenay in heat 1 with Cardoza third. Martin beat Sullivan and Tony Contente in heat 2. D'Artenay made it 8 wins in just 13 races in the feature ahead of Martin, Cardoza, Sullivan, J Contente, T Contente, Mark Courtney and Joe Fisher. T Contente was third in points, 35 behind Sullivan.

Summary

Hot Stocks
Heat 1-J T Contente, Ron D'Artenay Jr, Johnny Cardoza, Mark Courtney, Michael Redding.
Heat 2-Preston Martin, Rodney Sullivan, Tony Contente, Joe Fisher, Luis Avila.
Main-D'Artenay, Martin, Cardoza, Sullivan, J Contente, T Contente, Courtney, Fisher, Rich Denman, Redding, Avila.

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1-Joe Chapman, Paul Stone, Chad Patterson, Mark Sargent, Tom Stidham.
Heat 2-Bryan Burnes, Mike Villanueva, Claudine Contente, Ed Nichols, A J Wright.
Heat 3-Billy Wilker, Jim Reed, Wes Richardson, Lonnie Lacy Jr, Joe Gonella.
Main-Steve Smothermon, Burnes, Patterson, Richardson, Nichols, Sargent, Villanueva, Stidham, Wilker, Lacy, C Contente, Larry Lundin, Stone, Gonella, Chapman, Reed.

Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Danny Sheridan 16.087
Heat 1-Sheridan, Davey Pombo Jr, Bobby Elliott, Albert Pombo, Mike Larson.
Heat 2-Bobby Davis Jr, Arron Chaney, Steve Williams, Rusty Carlile, Scott Holloway.
Heat 3-Jimmy Reeves, Dave Knott, Daniel Hood, Richard Brace Jr, Danny Olmstead.
Heat 4-Norm Johns, Matt Day, Richard Harvey Jr, Chad Boespflug, Evan Suggs.
B Main-Holloway, Peter Murphy, Suggs, Jonathan Logan, Shawn Edwards, Charles Turner, Darren Simas, Steve DeMott, Olmstead, Thad Bennett.
A Main-Sheridan, Reeves, Harvey Jr, Murphy, Chaney, Elliott, D Pombo Jr, Carlile, Brace, Boespflug, Holloway, Day, Olmstead, Williams, Hood, Logan, Turner, A Pombo, Johns, Edwards, Davis Jr, Knott.

Winged 360 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Garrett Ishii 14.027
Heat 1-Jerry Pelayo, Colby Solomon, Ricci Faria, Monty Ferriera, Ishii.
Heat 2-Jeff Delte, Stan Yockey, Robert Ballou, Craig Stidham, Rick Williams.
Heat 3-Jason Statler, Peter Murphy, Ronnie Day, Tim Worth, Mark Barroso.
Main-Day, Worth, Murphy, Faria, Yockey, Stidham, Delte, Williams, Andy Ferris, Pelayo, Robbie Lowder, Ballou, Mike Stallings, Tommy Tarlton, Solomon, Gary Caldwell, Ishii, Ferriera, Statler, Barroso.

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