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JIMMY MAY WINS SIXTH NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN |
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Bakersfield, CA, Aug. 16 - Jimmy May, of Ventura, won his sixth
NMRA-TQ Midget 20-lap feature of the nine-race season and fourth in
a row Saturday night at the third-mile clay Bakersfield Speedway. It
was the first NMRA appearance of three scheduled this season at the
Kern County oval. The next two races at Bakersfield Speedway will be
held on September 6 and 27. May led all 20-laps and again drove one of the Hart chassis/Hart-Honda powered cars owned by former TQ driver Greg Edenholm, of Agoura. Edenholm's cars have won seven of the nine main events this season. May, who was absent from two races earlier this year, jumped from seventh to fourth in 2003 driver points with his latest victory. He now trails point leader Steve Lambert by 52 points. Scott Hansen, in the other Edenholm Hart/Hart-Honda, finished second to go along with his victory at Perris June 21. Point leader Lambert drove his brother's TQ to third place and increased his point lead from four to nine over 2002 NMRA champion Chuck West--the fifth finisher. Walt Johnson placed fourth in Guy Barber's 2002 NMRA championship car. Rounding out the top ten in an 11-car field were Kenny Wiley, Ron Wade, Michael Bliffen, West Evans and Steve Parke. Jody Bandfield was 11th. Hansen and West won a pair of eight-lap heat races. The Summary: (pickup agate) Heat 1: Scott Hansen, Jimmy May, Walt Johnson, Ron Wade, Steve Parke, Jody Bandfield. Heat 2: Chuck West, Steve Lambert, Kenny Wiley, Michael Bliffen, West Evans. Main: May, Hansen, Lambert, Johnson, West, Wiley, Wade, Bliffen, Evans, Parke, Bandfield. NMRA-TQ MIDGET POINT STANDINGS: (as of 8/25) 1 Steve Lambert 449 2 Chuck West 440 3 Walt Johnson 424 4 Jimmy May 397 5 Kenny Wiley 386 6Jody Bandfield 385 7 Scott Hansen 380 8 Chris Hedge 340 9 West Evans 334 10 Steve Parke 304 |
