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SHERIDAN CONTINUES HANFORD MASTERY WITH $500 WIN
by Gary Jacob

Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars and Super Street Stocks

Hanford, CA..Oct 22...Winning for the 9th time at the track in 2004 despite not racing the entire schedule, Danny Sheridan pocketed $500 for his Kings Clash victory in the Bandit unwinged 360 sprint cars as the Dirt Track Nationals weekend opened Friday night. Sheridan also captured his heat race with a last turn move around Peter Murphy in his Warren Dorathy owned mount and he was a wire to wire winner in the 10 lap Kings Clash to pocket the five $100 bills posted by Western Speed and Fuel owner Gary Olson. Murphy ran second in the Clash ahead of Rick Williams and Bandit champion Davey Pombo Jr. Heat wins were posted by Danny Olmstead, Sheridan, Ventura regular Chris Wakim and Williams in a 32 car turnout and a pill draw will determine the inversion factor for the $3000 to win, 30 lapper on Saturday night. The Kings Clash win for the super street stocks went to Santa Maria open comp winner Tim Randolph as led all 10 laps after earlier winning his heat race. That victory also earned him $500 from Olson. Everyone else in the Clash earned $50, but Darrell Hughes was penalized from his 2nd place finish for spinning Petaluma champion Woody Woodward on the final lap. That gave second to Preston Martin ahead of Hanford champion Ron D'Artenay Jr. The four division show attracted over 150 cars and the massive pit area accommodated them despite having large flooded areas from the midweek rains.

The 32 Bandit Sprint Cars were divided into four ten lap qualifying heat races and the top four from each moved into Saturday night's A Main. First and Second both advanced to the 10 lap Kings Clash race. Outside front row starter Olmstead was a wire to wire winner in heat 1 over Jimmy Crawford in the Twister Chassis house car. Aaron Chaney came from last to finish third over Josh Ford. Sheridan had taken the lead from Jim Richardson on lap 2 in heat 2 despite starting 7th, but lost the lead to Murphy on lap 6. Sheridan came back with his last turn pass to gain the head win with Murphy second ahead of Richardson and 8th starting Richard Harvey Jr. Heat three was dominated by outside front row starter Chris Wakim as Bandit champion Pombo Jr came from fifth. Pombo rained second on lap 5 and finished third with Santa Maria's Gary Rayburn Jr third over teenaged Garrett Hansen. Pole starter Williams won heat 4 and Chris D'Arcy gained second when race long second Daniel Hood was spun by a lapped car on the final round. Jimmy Reeves came from 7th to run third over Jonathan Logan. The draw for the starting order in the Kings Clash put Pombo Jr and Sheridan on the front row ahead of Olmstead, Murphy, D'Arcy, Williams, Crawford and Wakim. Sheridan and Murphy were 1-2 on the first lap and they stayed there for all ten laps. Williams raced into third on lap 2 and ran there with Pombo fourth over Crawford and Olmstead.

The 33 super street stocks also used the four heat format so the top four in each moved into Saturday night's $1500 to win 30 lapper. The Kings Clash had the heat winners and the sixth place cars. Track champion D'Artenay started fourth in heat 1, but had the lead on the first lap. He lost the top spot to Gary Dutton in the Bill Little car on lap 2, but regained it on lap 4. D'Artenay won with Dutton second ahead of pole starter Keith Heaslet and Zach Forster. Pole starter Randolph dominated heat 2 and Watsonville champion Dennis Pelphrey came from sixth to run second over Steve Cargill and Charlie Dowdy. Dowdy won a side by side duel with Chowchilla champion Chris Messmer for that final transfer. Joey Silva was a wire to wire winner from outside front row in heat 3 and Johnny Cardoza took second from Auburn's Wayne Trimble on lap 4. Petaluma star Mikol Westling ran third and a late race black flag for spinning Trimble cost Billy Simkins the last transfer with Bakersfield champion Robby Sawyer gaining that fourth spot. Third starter Preston Martin, a Hanford rookie, took the lead from Rich Denman on the opening lap of heat 4, but had to force Denman high off the track late in the race to gain the win as Denman had used a slide job to gain the top spot. Denman finished second and Petaluma's Mitch Machado nursed a failing engine over the final two laps to gain third ahead of Santa Maria champion Kenny Kirkpatrick. This Kings Clash started a car short as Jeremiah VanScoy had trailered home before the pill draw put the sixth place cars in. Trimble and Randolph had the front row ahead of Silva and Hughes. Randolph took a quick lead over Trimble with Hughes into third. Silva was out on lap 2 and Martin made contact with fellow Coalinga resident D'Artenay in his pass for fifth on lap 4. Trimble fell back on lap 5 as Hughes, Woodward and Martin moved into the 2-3-4 slots. Woodward grabbed second from Hughes on lap 6 and Randolph had a large lead wiped out when D'Artenay spun with a flat tire for a lap 8 caution. Randolph won easily and Hughes turned Woodward on the last lap to shuffle the standings. Martin gained second over D'Artenay and Woodward.

Summary

Super Street Stocks
Heat 1-Ron D'Artenay Jr, Gary Dutton, Keith Heaslet, Zach Forster, Mark Ohlinger, Woody Woodward.
Heat 2-Tim Randolph, Dennis Pelphrey, Steve Cargill, Charlie Dowdy, Chris Messmer, Darrell Hughes.
Heat 3-Joey Silva, Johnny Cardoza, Mikol Westling, Robby Sawyer, Darren Thomas, Wayne Trimble.
Heat 4-Preston Martin, Rich Denman, Mitch Machado, Kenny Kirkpatrick, J T Contente, Jeremiah VanScoy.
Kings Clash-Randolph, Martin, D'Artenay, Woodward, Hughes, Trimble, Silva.

Bandit Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars
Heat 1-Danny Olmstead, Jimmy Crawford, Arron Chaney, Josh Ford, Matt Day, Steve DeMott.
Heat 2-Danny Sheridan, Peter Murphy, Jim Richardson, Richard Harvey Jr, Chad Boespflug, Scott Holloway.
Heat 3-Chris Wakim, Davey Pombo Jr, Gary Rayburn Jr, Garrett Hansen, Evan Suggs, Jason Yount.
Heat 4-Rick Williams, Chris D'Arcy, Jimmy Reeves, Jonathan Logan, Bobby Elliott, Jason Montgomery.
Kings Clash-Sheridan, Murphy, Williams, Pombo, Crawford, Olmstead, D'Arcy, Wakim.

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