Santa Maria, CA - June 1, 2002... Thirty-two J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint
Cars, twenty-one USAC Western States and Ford Focus Midgets, and fourteen
Factory
Stocks converged on Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night.
The 30-lap midget main event was cut to 20 laps due to the
length of the program. Ronnie Day, of Salinas, led the early laps before being
passed by Josh Wise, of Riverside, on lap 14. Point leader Shane Scully, of
Northridge, moved to the point four laps from the finish, but wily veteran
Wally Pankratz battled by him on the very next lap and went on to his
seventeenth career USAC Midget victory. Danny Stratton, of Fontana, was second
followed by: Dallen McKenny, Clovis; Bobby Boone, Palmdale; and Dean
Alexander. Boone, Scully, and Steve Williams won the 8-lap heat races and Wise
set fast time of 13.819 seconds.
Garrett Andrews, of Vacaville, won the first 10-lap Ford
Focus Midget heat race but crashed hard in a frightening end-over-end flip in
the second heat. The event was called complete on lap seven, and Andrews was
transported to a local hospital for observation. J.J. Ercse, of Lakewood,
captured the main event which was shortened to 8 laps. Second was Garrett
Hansen, Rancho Palos Verdes, followed by: Randi Pankratz, Paso Robles; Steve
Lambert, Port Hueneme; and Todd Hunsaker, Chino Hills. Josh Lakatos, of
Pasadena, turned the quick lap of 15.328 seconds.
Richard Harvey, Jr., of Hanford, led the majority of the
30-lap J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Car "A" main event. But, when push
came to shove, Davey Pombo, of Kerman, worked his way from his eighth starting
position, in the 24-car field, to score his second straight victory at SMS.
Harvey held on for second, with Taft's Sherman May making an impressive drive
to third. Greg Porte, of Atascadero, was fourth and Nipomo's Jimmy Thompson
fifth. Eight-lap heat races were taken by: Josh Davis, Atascadero; Wade Griest,
Arroyo Grande; May; and A.J. Burgin, Kingsburg. Derrick Hearron, of
Bakersfield won the 12-lap "B" main event and fast time, 14.346
seconds, was set by Danny Sheridan of Santa Maria.
Scotty Preast, of Santa Maria, had a perfect night in the
Factory Stock division, winning an 8-lap heat race and the 20-lap main event.
Garold Shaffer and Kelly Pusley, both of Santa Maria, were second and third.
Goleta's Ray Sayre and Atascadero's Ron Wesney were fourth and fifth. Gary
Rayburn, Jr., of Grover Beach, won the other heat race in a head-to-head
battle with his father Gary Rayburn, Sr. of Arroyo Grande.
Next Saturday night Late Model Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini
Stocks and Factory Stock will be on the track for an all stock car show.
Admission prices will be: $11.00 for adults, $8.00 for seniors 65 and over,
and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. Spectator gates will open at four with
qualifying at six and racing at seven. The Speedway is
located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. They're on
the internet at SantaMariaSpeedway.com.
Race Summaries
USAC Western States Midgets:
Heat 1 - Bobby Boone, Wally Pankratz, Josh Wise, Michael Simpson, Dallen
McKenney, Jimmy Christian, Van Knill.
Heat 2 - Shane Scully, Matt Rossi, Alex Harris, Jerome Rodela, Robby Flock,
Chris
Walker, Robert Simpson. Heat 3 - Steve Williams, Danny Olmstead, Danny
Stratton, Ronnie Day, John Serale, Dean Alexander, Thomas Meseraull.
Main Event - Pankratz, Stratton, McKenney, Boone, Alexander, Rossi, Rodella,
Flock, Christian, Knill, Scully, Serale, Wise, Meseraull, Williams, Day,
Olmstead, M. Simpson, R. Simpson, Harris, Walker.
USAC Ford Focus Midgets:
Heat 1 - Garrett Andrews, Josh Lakatos, Todd Hunsaker, J.J. Ercse, Phil
Goodwine, Randi Pankratz, Garrett Hansen, Steve Davis, Steve Lambert, Wayne
McCormick.
Heat 2 - Lambert, Davis, Hansen, Hunsaker, Pankratz, Ercse, Goodwine, Lakatos,
McCormick, Andrews.
Main Event - Ercse, Hansen, Pankratz, Lambert, Hunsaker, Davis, McCormick,
Goodwine.
J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Heat 1 - Josh Davis, Gene Manhire, Danny Sheridan, Davey Pombo, Alan
Ballard, Derrick Hearron, Bobby Davis, Jake Ford.
Heat 2 - Wade Griest, Aaron Altaffer, Josh Ford, Greg Porte, Darren Simas,
Dick Stevens, Ray Knight, Dennis Rodriguez.
Heat 3 - Sherman May, Jimmy Thompson, Jeff Fiscus, Greg Keegan, Jason Yount,
Jason Montgomery, Joey Layman.
Heat 4 - A.J. Burgin, Richard Harvey, Jr., John Burnett, Troy Rutherford,
Davey Knott, Steve DeMott, Eric Severson.
"B" Main Event - Hearron, Montgomery, Davis, Stevens, Layman, DeMott,
Jake Ford, Severson, Rodriguez, Knight.
"A" Main Event - Pombo, Harvey, May, Porte, Thompson, Manhire,
Keegan, Burgin, Knott, Burnett, Fiscus, J. Davis, Yount, Griest, Stevens,
Simas, Layman, Hearron, Sheridan, Altaffer, Montgomery, Josh Ford, Ballard, B.
Davis.
Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks:
Heat 1 - Scotty Preast, Michael Norlock, Tim Breshears, Ray Sayre, Kelly
Pusley, Ron Wesney, Mike Wied.
Heat 2 - Gary Rayburn, Jr., Gary Rayburn, Sr., Garold Shaffer, Thad Bennett,
Brian Signorelli, Sr., Jared Biely, Peter Murphy.
Main Event - Preast, Shaffer, Pusley, Sayre, Wesney, Wied, Norlock, Biely,
Bennett, Rayburn, Jr., Breshears, Rayburn, Sr., Signorelli.
Driver Point Standings
CAR# DRIVER - 6/1/02
Dewar/Bandit Series POINTS
1 4 Gene Manhire 261
2 2 A.J. Burgin 261
3 6 Richard Harvey, Jr. 246
4 71 Jimmy Thompson 230
5 8 Sherman May 226
6 10NZ Greg Keegan 222
7 46 Dick Stevens 221
8 84 Aaron Altaffer 220
9 13 Jeff Fiscus 213
10 3 Davey Pombo 199
11 33 Wade Griest 182
12 68 John Burnett 179
13 25 Jason Yount 170
14 28 Davey Knott 161
15 57 Bobby Davis 148
16 87 Buck Cox 126
17 9 Dale Cross 117
18 21 Scott Nail 105
19 98D Josh Davis 103
20 91X Darren Simas 93
21 45 Jonathan Logan 85
22 35 Steve DeMott 82
23 1X Terry Shank 81
24 21 Danny Sheridan 78
25 6A Bobby Elliott 77
26 11 Joey Layman 65
27 97 Matt Day 59
28 75 Jerome Warmerdam 54
29 99K Raymond Knight 48
30 3G Greg Porte 42
31 75T Tom Stansberry 32
32 77 Brian Schuler 31
33 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr. 28
34 27 Derrick Hearron 27
35 14X Rick Gifford 26
36 12 John Jewett 25
37 73 Josh Ford 25
38 27 Tony Domingos 24
39 3K Jason Montgomery 24
40 70 Brian Stansberry 22
41 94 Alan Ballard 22
42 72 Jake Ford 19
43 66 Eric Severson 18
44 76 Dennis Rodriguez 17
45 0 Troy Rutherford 1
46 91 Jim Thompson 0
CAR# DRIVER - 6/1/02 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars
POINTS
1 3 Davey Pombo 106
2 6 Richard Harvey, Jr. 91
3 4 Gene Manhire 89
4 8 Sherman May 83
5 13 Jeff Fiscus 79
6 84 Aaron Altaffer 78
7 33 Wade Griest 76
8 10NZ Greg Keegan 74
9 28 Davey Knott 74
10 2 A.J. Burgin 73
11 71 Jimmy Thompson 71
12 46 Dick Stevens 69
13 11 Joey Layman 65
14 25 Jason Yount 63
15 91 Darren Simas 63
16 99K Raymond Knight 48
17 35 Steve DeMott 47
18 3G Greg Porte 42
19 98D Josh Davis 37
20 68 John Burnett 37
21 87 Buck Cox 31
22 21 Danny Sheridan 29
23 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr. 28
24 27 Derrick Hearron 27
25 73 Josh Ford 25
26 3K Jason Montgomery 24
27 94 Alan Ballard 22
28 57 Bobby Davis 21
29 12 John Jewett 0
CAR# DRIVER - 6/1/02 Factory Stocks
POINTS
1 77 Thad Bennett 212
2 91 Scotty Preast 206
3 81 Gary Rayburn, Sr. 156
4 11 Kelly Pusley 142
5 34 Peter Murphy 102
6 47 Tim Breshears 94
7 1 Ray Sayre 92
8 68 Dan Smith 88
9 19 John Dietrich 80
10 32 Kirk Morgan 70
11 66 Chad Shaffer 68
12 9 Brian Signorelli, Sr. 66
13 1T Mike Norlock 58
14 42 John Acosta 56
15 91 Robert Mathews 50
16 66 Garold Shaffer 46
17 98 Ben Harper 44
18 22 Dan Herlihy 44
19 99 Ron Wesney 30
20 42 Mike Wied 28
21 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr. 28
22 32 Justin Biely 26
23 32 Jared Biely 24
CAR# DRIVER - 5/4/02 Street Stocks
(Revised point standings)
POINTS
1 92 Elton Shaffer
72
2 6 Charlie Dowdy 60
3 04 Tim Randolph 56
4 20T Toby Randolph 54
5 51/11 Larry Mickey 52
6 62 Ed Perry 50
7 56 Joey Silva 44
8 10 Brandon Cortner 42
9 61 John Romero
42
10 15 Tracey Pallais 36
11 30 Cliff Summer
36
12 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick 36
13 6X Dave Bauer
32
14 68 Billy Simkins
30
15 37 Chad Weber
28
16 0Z Doug Hagio
28
17 91 John Harville
26
18 14 Willy Oathout 24
19 4 Mitch Caldwell 24
20 69 Erick Karlson
20
21 2 Mark Tull
20
22 17 Bob Tull 18
23 1 Robert Meneley 16
24 20X Rick Wilkinson 8
25 33 Ron Wiley 4
26 32X Paul Burton
2
27 38 Harvey Jones 0
28 88 Joey Claborn
0
29 99 Steve Suchowirsky 0
(Larry Mickey penalized 48 points for failing to bring number 11 car up to
Street Stock specifications)
