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Phoenix, AZ (April 26)
Jeremy Sherman and Chris Edwards recorded their first wins of the season while
Kiley Fellers romped to his second straight win in Manzanita Speedway's open
wheel tripleheader Saturday night. Jeremy Sherman was without a ride for Saturday night's Arizona Sprint Car Association races at Manzanita Speedway as his regular ride, the Stacey Fuller car, was awaiting a new engine. However Sherman struck a deal with owner/driver Tim Beal and it paid off with Sherman getting his first win of the year and Beal getting his first win ever. Sherman lined up in the third row with the Beal's Auto Body sponsored sprinter and used up only six laps in taking the lead. Josh Pelkey, the 1997 champion, shared the third row with Sherman and followed him to the front. It was virtually nose to tail in the final half of the race with heavy traffic keeping it even closer. The two were never more than a car length apart as Sherman called on all his skills to keep Pelkey at bay. Josh's J.D. Byrider car was still on Jeremy's tail at the checkered flag. Chris Bonneau beat pole sitting Jesse
Dunham into the first turn and led the first two laps. The race was slowed when
points leader Charles Davis, Jr. and Chuck Buckman made contact in turn two
while working the third lap. Both cars were through for the night. The running of the semi produced the only serious crash of the night and sent Bugs Norbury to a nearby hospital. Norbury did numerous flips on the opening lap of the semi and was knocked unconscious for several minutes while the paramedics worked to free him from his severely damaged car. However he was alert and talking when he was transported. Jay Ervine captured the semi main over Norman, Jeff Slinkard, Brian Hacker and R.J. Johnson. Buckman beat Pelkey, High and Dunham in the
first heat. Bonneau scored in the second heat by beating Tony Smiley, Moriarity
and Ricky Johnson. The third heat had Davis winning from the second row. While
he was not near the record he set in the last outing it was the second fastest
eight laps ever. Smiley beat Davis, his brother-in-law, in the
trophy dash. The Arizona Sprints will return to Manzanita's one third mile track
on May 17. SPRINT CARS Main Event: 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Josh
Pelkey 3. Ricky Johnson 4. Chris Bonnea 5. Joe Moriarity 6. Jimmy Norman 7. Dave
Bateman 8. Steve Cushman 9. Brian Hacker 10. Nathan High 11. Paul Norbury 12.
Jesse Dunham 13. Mike Kuemper 14. Ben Gregg 15. R.J. Johnson 16. Jeff Slinkard
17. Mike Miller 18. Jay Ervine 19. Chuck Buckman FELLERS REPEATS IN MINI SPRINT CAR FEATURE While Fellers and his Budget Signs/Western Garage Door car was never seriously challenged, a late charge by sixth starting Jeff Greszler cut his margin of victory to a scant two car lengths. Charles Mokry came out of the fifth row to nail down third with Dave Alexander taking fourth ahead of Danny Mathus. Rounding out the top ten were Dustin Carmony, Mark Stroh, Pasmore, Tim Ogle and Joey Strobel. Thomas Ogle came from the fourth row to win the first eight lap heat race. He made a pass on the sixth lap that carried him past race long leader Brent Yarnal with Richie McQuillan taking third. The second heat wnet to Danny Mathus who beat Alexander and Pasmore. The final heat was won by Greszler who trailed Fellers until the sixth lap when he finally assumed the lead. Fellers hung on for second with Mokry getting third. Tim Ogle made a great drive from fifth row to capture the semi main with Kurt Stults, Jessica Patterson and Stroh in pursuit. Fellers also won the Texas Roadhouse trophy dash and picked up a $25 gift certificate from the sponsor as well as the winner's trophy. MINI SPRINTS Main Event: 1. Kiley Fellers 2. Jeff
Greszler 3. Charles Mokry 4. Dave Alexander 5. Danny Mathus 6. Dustin Carmony 7.
Mark Stroh 8. Scott Pasmore 9. Tim Ogle 10. Joey Strobel 11. Richie McQuillan
12. Brent Yarnal 13. Rick Alexander 14. Kurt Stults 15. Jessica Patterson 16.
Scott Birdzell 17. Lance Peterson 18. Joey Parks 19. Thomas Ogle 20. Tony Osuch 2nd Heat: 1. Danny Mathus 2. Dave Alexander 3. Scott Pasmore 4. Rick Alexander 5. Jessica Patterson 6. Allen Beck 7. Joey Parks 8. Michael Young 9. Dan Goodman (Time: 2:11.23) 3rd Heat: 1. Jeff Greszler 2. Kiley Fellers 3. Charles Mokry 4. Dustin Carmony 5. Jim Mattison 6. Mark Stroh 7. Don Keesler 8. Tim Ogle 9. Robert Mobley (Time: 2:08.99) Trophy Dash: 1. Kiley Fellers 2. Thomas Ogle 3. Danny Mathus 4. Don Keesler 5. Tim Ogle 6. Dustin Carmony (Time: 1:06.88) CHRIS EDWARDS GETS WIN IN MIDGET FEATURE As they had done in the preliminary races,
it was another barn burner with Johnson, just ten days past his 16th birthday,
repeatedly beating back Edwards charge. The race was decided when Edwards went
to the front as Johnson suffered mechanical problems and exited the race with
four laps remaining. David Birmingham, Jr., the 2001 champion dropped Elliott to
third as he tried to close on Edwards but had to be content with runnerup
honors. Behind Elliott were David Rosales who had started 13th and rookie driver
Cole Houser. The rest of the top ten were Robert Ellis, Mike Courtney, Dean
Daly, Dale Daly and Johnson. Elliott bested Leslie and Birmingham in the first
heat. Main Event: 1. Chris Edwards 2. David
Birmingham, Jr. 3. Doug Elliott 4. David Rosales 5. Cole Houser 6. Robert Ellis
7. Mike Courtney 8. Dean Daly 9. Dale Daly 10. R.J. Johnson 11. Adam Young 12.
Mike Leslie 13. Justin Fisher 14. Ben Peterson 1st Heat: 1. Doug Elliott 2. Mike Leslie 3. David Birmingham, Jr. 4. David Rosales 5. Robert Ellis 6. Dean Daly (Time: 2:07.49) 2nd Heat: 1. Chris Edwards 2. R.J. Johnson 3. Mike Courtney 4. Cole Houser 5. Ben Peterson 6. Adam Young 7. Dale Daly (No Time) Trophy Dash: 1. R.J. Johnson 2. Chris Edwards 3. David Birmingham, Jr. 4. David Rosales (Time: 1:05.16) UNOFFICAL AMRA POINTS |
