Santa Maria, CA - August 24, 2002...BCRA/USAC Midgets, USAC Ford Focus
Midgets, and J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars brought plenty of open-wheeled race
car action to Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night.
Josh Wise, of Riverside, brought the Dino Tomassi owned,
Mopar powered Beast chassis midget from the tenth starting position to victory
in the 30-lap midget main event. Once in the lead Wise pulled away from second
place finisher Bobby Boone, of Palmdale, and third place Danny Stratton of
Fontana. Jimmy Christian, of Morgan Hill, and Robby Flock, of Temecula, placed
fourth and fifth.
Wally Pankratz, of Orange, and Mike Simpson, of Apple Valley, captured the
10-lap heat races, and Wise set fast time of 13.866 seconds.
Garrett Hansen's Ford Focus Stealth took the measure of the
rest of the competitors in that division in their 20-lap run. The Rancho Palos
Verdes driver passed third place finisher Phil Goodwine, of Mira Loma, on the
third circuit and went on to victory circle. Dallen McKinney, of Clovis, was
second and Chino Hills' Todd Hunsaker and Lakewood's J.J. Ercse completed the
top-five. Goodwine and Hunsaker won the 6-lap heat races and McKinney set fast
time of 15.240 seconds.
Visalia's Aaron Altaffer continued his roll, recording his
second straight win at SMS and third in-a-row in the J.B. Dewar/Bandit Series.
Altaffer outdistanced Nipomo's Jimmy Thompson, Hanford's Richard Harvey, Jr.,
Santa Maria's Danny Sheridan, and Arroyo Grande's Wade Griest in the 30-lap
feature event. Sheridan, Griest, and Greg Porte, of Atascadero, captured the
8-lap heat races and fast time, of 14.153 seconds, was set by
Gene Manhire of Fresno.
Next Saturday a Labor Day weekend extravaganza is
scheduled for the 1/3-mile oval, headlined by the 12th Annual Budweiser Don
Roberts Grand Prix for Street Stocks. IMCA legal Modified have been added to the
program. Each division winner will receive $1000.00. The evening will also
include Mini Stocks and Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks, including
the Campus Motorsports Program entries.
Gates open at four with qualifying at six, and racing to
follow.
Admission prices are: $13.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors (65+), and $3.00 for
children 6 to 12.
Santa Maria Speedway is 1/4-mile north of the 101/166
interchange on Hutton Road. They're on the internet at SantaMariaSpeedway.com.
Race Summaries
BCRA/USAC Midgets:
Heat 1 - Wally Pankratz, Floyd Alvis, Glenn Carson, Desi Bray, Ken Bonnema,
Bill Lindsey, Rick Haugh.
Heat 2 - Michael Simpson, Mike Whitcomb, Lee Yetter, Robert Simpson, Travis
Berryhill, Ken Molica, Jim Fowler.
Main Event - Josh Wise, Bobbie Boone, Danny Stratton, Jimmy Christian, Robby
Flock, Ronnie Day, Dallen McKinney,
Pankratz, Whitcomb, Alvis, Yetter, Jerome Rodela, Van Knill, M. Simpson, Bonnema,
Berryhill, Bray, Molica, Lindsey, Larry Brown, Carson, R. Simpson.
USAC Ford Focus Midget:
Heat 1 - Todd Hunsaker, Wayne McCormick, Randi Pankratz, Carl McCloud, Dallen
McKinney(DNS).
Heat 2 - Phil Goodwine, Garrett Hansen, J.J. Ercse, Josh Lakatos.
Main Event - Hansen, McKinney, Goodwine, Hunsaker, Ercse, McCormick, McCloud,
Pankratz, Lakatos.
J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Heat 1 - Danny Sheridan, Darren Simas, Gene Manhire, Patrick Frisco, John
Jewett, Mike Knopf.
Heat 2 - Greg Porte, Jimmy Thompson, Richard Harvey, Jr., Jason Yount, Ray
Knight, Steve DeMott(DNS).
Heat 3 - Wade Griest, Aaron Altaffer, John Burnett, Dick Stevens, Davey
Knott, Joey Layman(DNS).
Main Event - Altaffer, Thompson, Harvey, Sheridan, Griest, Simas, Porte, Knopf,
Yount, Stevens, Knott, Jewett, Knight, Burnett, DeMott, Frisco, Manhire.
Point Standings
CAR# DRIVER - 8/24/02
Dewar/Bandit Series POINTS
1 4 Gene Manhire 597
2 6 Richard Harvey, Jr. 564
3 84 Aaron Altaffer 518
4 46 Dick Stevens 498
5 33 Wade Griest 459
6 71 Jimmy Thompson 451
7 25 Jason Yount 438
8 2 A.J. Burgin 410
9 28 Davey Knott 409
10 3 Davey Pombo 365
11 68 John Burnett 345
12 8 Sherman May 327
13 3G Greg Porte 325
14 98D Josh Davis 309
15 27 Derrick Hearron 293
16 87 Buck Cox 283
17 35 Steve DeMott 283
18 91 Darren Simas 260
19 10NZ Greg Keegan 259
20 10/43 Patrick Frisco 229
21 99K Raymond Knight 223
22 13 Jeff Fiscus 213
23 75T Tom Stansberry 212
24 6A Bobby Elliott 209
25 75 Jerome Warmerdam 206
26 45 Jonathan Logan 197
27 11 Joey Layman 185
28 97 Matt Day 182
29 57 Bobby Davis 167
30 9 Dale Cross 164
31 21 Danny Sheridan 157
32 12 John Jewett 145
33 94 Alan Ballard 145
34 2K/5K Mike Knopf 141
35 21 Scott Nail 128
36 77 Brian Schuler 114
37 49 Ron Bach 87
38 1X Terry Shank 81
39 73J Josh Ford 70
40 72 Jake Ford 59
41 19 Jim Thompson 58
42 52C Michael Broome 51
43 56 Steve Conrad 44
44 66 Eric Severson 40
45 18T Clark Templeman 40
46 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr. 28
47 14X Rick Gifford 26
48 69 David Sinsley 26
49 3K Jason Montgomery 24
50 27 Tony Domingos 24
51 70 Brian Stansberry 22
52 98J Jeremy Ellertson 20
53 52 Craig Martin 20
54 76 Dennis Rodriguez 16
55 0 Troy Rutherford 15
56 11 Larry Brown 10
CAR# DRIVER - 8/24/02 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars
POINTS
1 4 Gene Manhire 259
2 71 Jimmy Thompson 257
3 6 Richard Harvey, Jr. 248
4 84 Aaron Altaffer 242
5 33 Wade Griest 231
6 46 Dick Stevens 218
7 91 Darren Simas 209
8 28 Davey Knott 203
9 25 Jason Yount 200
10 35 Steve DeMott 194
11 3 Davey Pombo 193
12 11 Joey Layman 185
13 3G Greg Porte 171
14 99K Raymond Knight 151
15 12 John Jewett 144
16 10/43 Patrick Frisco 126
17 8 Sherman May 123
18 2 A.J. Burgin 105
19 98D Josh Davis 102
20 2K/5K Mike Knopf 100
21 13 Jeff Fiscus 79
22 10NZ Greg Keegan 74
23 94 Alan Ballard 73
24 73 Josh Ford 71
25 27 Derrick Hearron 69
26 87 Buck Cox 63
27 57 Bobby Davis 51
28 75T Tom Stansberry 50
29 52 Michael Broome 49
30 72J Jake Ford 41
31 49 Ron Bach 31
32 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr. 28
33 3K Jason Montgomery 24
34 66 Eric Severson 23
35 19 Jim Thompson 21
CORRECTED STREET STOCK POINTS:
CAR# DRIVER - 8/17/02 Street Stocks POINTS
1 10 Brandon Cortner 352
2 92 Elton Shaffer 268
3 51/11 Larry Mickey 256
4 14 Willy Oathout 234
5 56 Joey Silva 210
6 04 Tim Randolph 204
7 68 Billy Simkins 202
8 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick 182
9 20 Rick Wilkinson 182
10 6 Charlie Dowdy 180
11 37 Chad Weber 172
12 62 Ed Perry 156
13 17/20T Toby Randolph 146
14 15 Tracey Pallais 106
15 4 Mitch Caldwell 86
16 1 Robert Meneley 66
17 33 Joey Claborn 58
18 61 John Romero 54
19 5 Wayne Coffman 46
20 91 John Harville 38
21 30 Cliff Summer 36
22 17 Bob Tull 34
23 6X Dave Bauer 32
24 99 Steve Suchowirsky 32
25 0Z Doug Hagio 28
26 7 Keith Heaslet 26
27 35 Joe Wilson 24
28 2 Mark Tull 20
29 69 Erick Karlson 20
30 15 Tom Stevens 16
31 4X Gene Blackman 14
32 30 Ed Roberts 10
33 Rick Plumlee 10
34 11X Steve Cargill 8
35 33 Ron Wiley 4
36 32X Paul Burton 2
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