Santa Maria, CA - May 31, 2003... No less than seven cars broke the
existing 1-lap record for J.B. Dewar/Bandit Series Sprint Cars Saturday night at
Santa Maria Speedway. Josh Wise, of Riverside, broke it the most, setting the
new mark at 13.574 seconds, for an average speed of around 88 miles-per-hour.
Richard Harvey, Jr., of Hanford, grabbed the lead from pole
position in the 30-lap main event, and led the first twelve laps before being
overtaken by Kingsburg's A.J. Burgin. Burgin was poised for the win despite
constant pressure from Arroyo Grande's Jimmy Thompson. But, on the twenty-fifth
circuit two cars spun in front of the leaders. Thompson went high and Burgin
went low, right into the side of one of the spun competitors. Thompson went on
to victory, followed by Series point leader Aaron Altaffer, of Tulare,
and Wise. Early leader Harvey was fourth and Bobby Elliott, of Fresno, fifth.
Burgin was credited with fourteenth.
Jeff Fiscus, of Los Osos; Altaffer; Greg Porte, of
Atascadero; and Darren Simas, of Santa Maria, all won 8-lap heat races. Fresno's
John Burnett snagged the 12-lap "B" main event and Simas received an
award for "Best Looking Car" in the Sprint Car division.
Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks ran their first
points race of the season, which means 25-lap feature winner Elton Shaffer, of
Santa Maria, is also the point leader. Nipomo's Kenny Kirkpatrick led most of
the event before Shaffer passed him three laps from the finish. Kirkpatrick
re-passed Shaffer two laps from the end, but on the final lap both Shaffer and
Rick Wilkinson, of Paso Robles, got by to finish one, two, dropping Kirkpatrick
to third. Shaffer and Joey Silva, of Santa Maria, won 8-lap heat races.
A disqualification dropped Santa Maria's David Addamo from an
apparent second place finish behind deffending champion Thad Bennett of Santa
Maria. Four more Santa Maria drivers: Tim Breshears, Tom Breshears, Scotty
Preast, and Justin Cole each moved up a spot to fill the top-5. Tom Breshears
and Preast came away with 8-lap heat race wins.
Next Saturday night Century 21 Filer Realtors Late Model
Stocks, Zeiders Farms Mini Stocks, and Crossroads Community Church Factory
Stocks all see action. Gates open at four with racing at seven. Tickets are:
$12.00 - adults, $10.00 - seniors (65+), $3.00 - children 6 to 12.
The Speedway is 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton
Road.
Race Summaries
J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Josh Wise, 13.574.
Heat 1 - Jeff Fiscus, Wise, Dick Stevens, Josh Davis, Evan Suggs, Mike
Broome.
Heat 2 - Aaron Altaffer, Steve DeMott, Gary Ferravanti, Davey Pombo, Bobby
Davis,
John Burnett.
Heat 3 - Greg Porte, A.J. Burgin, Jimmy Thompson, John Jewett, Aaron Chaney,
Mike Baker.
Heat 4 - Darren Simas, Bobby Elliott, Richard Harvey, Jr., Jason Montgomery,
Jayson May.
"B" Main Event - Burnett, Chaney, May, Davis, Suggs, Davey Knott,
Baker, Gary Rayburn, Jr., Broome, David Addamo.
"A" Main Event - Thompson, Altaffer, Wise, Harvey, Elliott, Porte,
Fiscus, Pombo, B. Davis, Knott, DeMott, May, Montgomery, Burgin, Simas,
Ferravanti, Chaney, Stevens, Burnett, Jewett, Suggs, J. Davis.
Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks:
Heat 1 - Elton Shaffer, Chad Weber, Toby Randolph, Tim Randolph, Mitch Caldwell,
Willy Oathout, Rick Trimmer, Steve Suchowirsky. Heat 2 - Joey Silva, Billy
Simkins, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Rick Wilkinson, Charlie Dowdy, Joey Claborn, Ian
Hunter. Main Event - Shaffer, Wilkinson, Kirkpatrick, Tim Randolph, Simkins,
Silva, Oathout, Toby
Randolph, Weber, Caldwell, Suchowirsky, Trimmer, Dowdy, Claborn, Hunter.
Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks:
Heat 1 - Tom Breshears, Thad Bennett, Rick Prettie, Herb Crowley, Michael
Highland, David Addamo (DQ), Kenn Hackett (DQ).
Heat 2 - Scotty Preast, Kirk Morgan, Tim Breshears, Glen Sparks, Michael
Gardner, Justin Cole.
Main Event - Bennett, Tim Breshears, Tom Breshears, Preast, Cole, Crowley,
Sparks, Gardner, Prettie, Highland, Morgan, Addamo (DQ), Hackett (DQ).
Point Standings
CAR# DRIVER - 5/31/03
Dewar/Bandit Series POINTS
1 84 Aaron Altaffer, Tulare 229
2 20 Davey Pombo, Kerman 212
3 3G Greg Porte, Atascadero 202
4 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford
201
5 68 John Burnett, Fresno 187
6 2/29 A J Burgin, Kingburg 180
7 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton
168
8 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 161
9 75 Jerome Warmerdam, Hanford 145
10 28 Dave Knott, Fresno 140
11 22S Bobby Elliott, Fresno 127
12 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 114
13 52C/18 Mike Broome, Bakersfield 113
14 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 109
15 21 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 105
16 45 Jonathan Logan, Hanford 97
17 3 Albert Pombo, Fresno 96
18 46 Dick Stevens, Goleta 96
19 71 Jimmy Thompson, Arroyo Grande 92
20 0 Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 85
21 45 Brad Evett 72
22 4 Gene Manhire, Fresno 66
23 27 Derrick Herron, Bakersfield 61
24 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 58
25 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 50
26 19S Josh Wise, Riverside 47
27 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 38
28 97 Matt Day, Bakersfield 37
29 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 36
30 91 Darren Simas, Santa Maria 34
31 8 Jayson May, Taft 33
32 6X Brett Butler, Los Angeles
32
33 44 Larry Dietz 31
34 4M Gary Ferravanti, Santa Maria
31
35 6B Ron Butler, Los Angeles 28
36 8 Dan Gonderman, Fresno 28
37 29 Mike Baker, Santa Maria 27
38 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 26
39 57 Nick Sylvester, Bakersfield 24
40 1X Terry Shank 10
41 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 10
CAR# DRIVER - J.B. Dewar Sprint Pts 5/31/03
POINTS
1 84 Aaron Altaffer, Tulare 96
2 71 Jimmy Thompson, Arroyo Grande 92
3 3G Greg Porte, Atascadero 92
4 22S Bobby Elliott, Fresno 87
5 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford
80
6 20 Davey Pombo, Kerman 78
7 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 76
8 68 John Burnett, Fresno 72
9 2/29 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 68
10 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton
65
11 46 Dick Stevens, Goleta 60
12 98 Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 59
13 21 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 54
14 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 53
15 18 Mike Broome, Bakersfield 53
16 19S Josh Wise, Riverside 47
17 0 Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 42
18 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 36
19 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 35
20 91 Darren Simas, Santa Maria 34
21 8 Jayson May, Taft 33
22 6X Brett Butler, Los Angeles
32
23 4M Gary Ferravanti, Santa Maria
31
24 6B Ron Butler, Los Angeles 28
25 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 28
26 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 26
27 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 24
28 29 Mike Baker, Santa Maria 22
29 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 10
CAR# DRIVER - 5/31/03
Street Stocks POINTS
1 92 Elton Shaffer, Santa Maria 54
2 20 Rick Wilkinson, Paso Robles 47
3 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick, Nipomo 45
4 04 Tim Randolph, Santa Maria 42
5 68 Billy Simkins, Bakersfield 43
6 56 Joey Silva, Santa Maria 43
7 14 Willy Oathout, Nipomo 38
8 20T Toby Randolph, Santa Maria 39
9 37 Chad Weber, Nipomo 39
10 4 Mitch Caldwell, Santa Maria
35
11 99 Steve Suchowirsky, Oxnard 34
12 22 Rick Trimmer, Arroyo Grande 33
13 6 Charlie Dowdy, Arroyo Grande
32
14 33 Joey Claborn, Santa Maria 31
15 27 Ian Hunter, Santa Maria 30
16 62 Ed Perry, Carpinteria 0
17 81 Jacob Jones, Santa Maria 0
CAR# DRIVER - 5/31/03 Factory Stocks POINTS
1 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 151
2 47 Tim Breshears, Santa Maria 146
3 91 Scotty Preast, Santa Maria 144
4 40 Tom Breshears, Santa Maria 133
5 32 Kirk Morgan, Santa Maria 121
6 69 Justin Cole, Santa Maria 114
7 73 Glen Sparks, Santa Maria 108
8 58 Michael Highland, Lompoc 108
9 30 David Addamo, Santa Maria 81
10 9 Brian Signorelli, Sr., Santa Maria
77
11 20 Michael Gardner, San Jose 72
12 68 Danny Smith, Templeton 71
13 14 Rick Prettie 69
14 00 Herb Crowley, Santa Maria 40
15 81 Gary Rayburn, Sr., Arroyo Grande 33
16 71 Kenn Hackett, Atascadero 0
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