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SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY SEPT 11TH RECAP
by Jim Pluhar

Santa Maria, CA - September 11, 2004...FedEx Night at Santa Maria Speedway featured J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars, Christianson Chevrolet Mini Stocks and CDCRA Dwarf Cars.

Kerman's Davey Pombo needed 21 points, going into the night, to clinch the J.B. Dewar Sprint Car championship at SMS. Pombo needed only to start the 30-lap "A" main event but he did better than that, placing third behind winner Aaron Chaney, of Clovis, and second place Rusty Carlile of Bakersfield. Chad Boespflug, of Hanford, and four-time defending champ Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, were fourth and fifth. His top-five placing gave Thompson second in the final standings. It had looked like it would be Danny
Sheridan's night on the third- mile oval after he set a new one-lap track record of 13.354 seconds and won his 8 lap heat race. The Santa Maria driver gained the lead in the "A" main on the sixth circuit and was pulling away before a lap 14 accident with a back marker broke the left front suspension, bringing Sheridan to a stop on the back chute. Bakersfield's John Iturriria was unable to avoid the stranded mount, slid into Sheridan and flipped onto his roll cage. Both drivers were okay, but sidelined for the night.

Steve DeMott, of Santa Maria, Evan Suggs, of Scotts Valley, and Jason Montgomery, of Templeton, captured the other heat races and Josh Davis, of Atascadero, won the 12 lap "B" main event which was shortened to 4 laps when only the transfer cars were left running.

Tom Grzincic easily clinched his second consecutive Mini Stock title with his seventh 20-lap feature win of the season. Fellow Atascadero hot shoe Darrin Davis needs 31 points the final race of the season to be the runner-up for the second year in-a-row. Lompoc's Mike Weigel, Arroyo Grande's Jessica Rust, Atascadero's Mike Leland and Kevin Swanson, of Santa Ynez, filled out the top-five in the feature. Grzincic and Davis took first in 8 lap heat race action.

CDCRA Pro division competitor Rob Anderson won his third of four main events run at Santa Maria this season and Senior driver Gary Ebeling made it four-of-four. The 25 lap event combined the Pros and Seniors who were run together but scored separately. Rob Hansen and Loren Bradbury were second and third in the Pros and Walt Boyd and Mike Van Acker second and third in the Seniors. Anderson and Hansen won 8 lap Pro heats and Boyd and Gordon Brand won 6 lap Senior heats.

Next Saturday night's 27th Annual Classic Rock 99.1 "The Fox" Bill Baker Memorial will feature Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, Diamond Jewelry & Loan Street Stocks, Crossroads Community Church Factory Stocks and Campus Motorsports. Admission will be: $13.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors 65 and over, and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. SMS is 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road. Their internet address is santamariaspeedway.com.

RACE SUMMARIES

J.B. Dewar/Bandit Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Danny Sheridan, 13.354 (record).
Heat 1 - Sheridan, Chad Boespflug, John Iturriria, Mike Knopf, Josh Davis, Brian Kittle, Richard Harvey, Jr. (DQ).
Heat 2 - Steve DeMott, Scott Holloway, Jimmy Reeves, Jimmy Thompson, Aaron Sirles, Thad Bennett, Michael Baker.
Heat 3 - Evan Suggs, Joey Layman, Rusty Carlile, Jeff Fiscus, Ryan Devitt, Jon Harshbarger, Gary Rayburn, Jr. (DQ).
Heat 4 - Jason Montgomery, John Burnett, Davey Pombo, Aaron Chaney, Bobbie Elliott, Patrick Frisco.
"B" Main Event - Davis, Frisco, Kittle, Devitt, Sirles, Harsbarger, Knopf, Fiscus, Bennett (DNS), Baker (DNS), Elliott (DNS).
"A" Main Event - Chaney, Carlile, Pombo, Boespflug, Thompson, Holloway, Kittle, DeMott, Suggs, Burnett, Montgomery, Layman, Frisco, Sirles, Harshbarger, Devitt, Davis, Sheridan, Reeves, Iturriria, Harvey (DQ), Rayburn (DQ).

Christianson Chevrolet Mini Stocks:
Heat 1 - Darrin Davis, Frank Nyback, Ben Caswell, Bill Jewel, Todd Burnett, Rob Gilbertson, Robert Read, Mike Leland, Dave Biddle, Kenny Smith, Lulu Van Nuys (DNS).
Heat 2 - Tom Grzincic, Warren Flick, Jeremy Heroux, Jessica Rust, Mike Weigel, Justin Crockett, Kevin Swanson, Kristy Gilbertson, Debby Ferrara, Brian Nunes (DNS).
Main Event - Grzincic, Weigel, Rust, Leland, Swanson, Heroux, Nyback, Crockett, Flick,
Read, Burnett, Jewel, Van Nuys, Biddle, Ferrara, Davis, Smith, Caswell, K. Gilbertson, R. Gilbertson, Nunes (DNS).

CDCRA Dwarf Cars:
Pro Heat 1 - Rob Hansen, Loren Bradbury, Randy Throne, Brian Saxton, Carl Behmer, Brent Stevens, Roger Ganzer.
Pro Heat 2 - Rob Anderson, Bill Emerson, Jason Tomlinson, Rob Brown, Angel Figueroa, Jose
Guevara, Dennis Gregory.
Pro Main Event - Anderson, Hansen, Bradbury,
Throne, Figueroa, Gregory, Stevens, Tomlinson, Emerson, Guevara, Behmer, Saxton, Ganzer, Brown.

Senior Heat 1 - Walt Boyd, Dave Quigley, Marv Tomlinson, Gary Barber (DNF).
Senior Heat 2 - Gordon Brand, Gary Ebeling, Mike Van Acker, Glen Monk.
Senior Main Event - Ebeling, Boyd, Van Acker, Brand, Quigley, Monk, Tomlinson, Barber (DNS).

Point Standings:

CAR# DRIVER - 9/11/04 J.B. Dewar Sprint Cars POINTS
1 3 Davey Pombo, Kerman 417
2 71 Jimmy Thompson, Grover Beach 377
3 6 Richard Harvey, Jr., Hanford 337
4 35 Steve DeMott, Santa Maria 327
5 41H Scott Holloway, Oakley 318
6 18 Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria 313
7 68 John Burnett, Fresno 312
8 21R Gary Rayburn, Jr., Grover Beach 299
9 11X Joey Layman, Atascadero 296
10 2 A.J. Burgin, Kingburg 291
11 0 Jimmy Reeves, Laton 279
12 41 Rusty Carlile, Bakersfield 245
13 77 Thad Bennett, Santa Maria 233
14 11D Danny Olmstead, Tracy 203
15 10 Patrick Frisco, Paso Robles 197
16 3K Jason Montgomery, Templeton 194
17 33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley 190
18 0X Jeff Fiscus, Los Osos 181
19 29 Michael Baker, Santa Maria 172
20 8M Jayson May, Taft 166
21 98D Josh Davis, Atascadero 160
22 11/27 John Iturriria, Bakersfield 155
23 98 Chad Boespflug, Hanford 142
24 69 Aaron Chaney, Clovis 140
25 12C Darren Simas, Santa Maria 138
26 5K Mike Knopf, Santa Maria 118
27 28 Davey Knott, Fresno 107
28 21H Peter Murphy, Sidney, Australia 98
29 33H Daniel Hood, Scotts Valley 97
30 4M Gary Ferravanti, Paso Robles 96
31 18T Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita 69
32 22S/6K Bobby Elliott, Atascadero 67
33 57 Bobby Davis, Bakersfield 52
34 35R Ryan Devitt, Dana point 51
35 9W Chris Wakim, Simi Valley 43
36 93 Steve Williams, Merced 40
37 6K Brian Kittle 38
38 7 Greg Taylor, Ventura 37
39 7/4 Gene Manhire 37
40 09 Luis Espinoza, West Hills 34
41 8 Ronnie Case, Camarillo 34
42 7 Chris Tramel, Ventura 33
43 33A Aaron Sirles 31
44 12 Jon Harshbarger 30
45 14 Rick Gifford, Bakersfield 30
46 1X Terry Shank, Santa Rosa 29
47 71X Kevin Lewis, Pengrove 27
48 12 John Jewett, Orcutt 25
49 3G Greg Ports, Atascadero 23
50 35X Albert Pombo 18
51 22S Evan Smith, San Miguel 17
52 77D Chris D'Arcy, Campbell 10
53 21 Jay Ervine, Las Vegas, NV 10

CAR# DRIVER - 9/11/04 Mini Stocks POINTS
1 8 Tom Grzincic, Atascadero 553
2 6 Darrin Davis, Atascadero 460
3 56/27 Mike Weigel, Lompoc 436
4 5 Frank Nyback, Santa Maria 411
5 12 Justin Crockett, Santa Margarita 386
6 95 Mike Leland, Atascadero 383
7 96 Jessica Rust, Arroyo Grande 381
8 4 Jeremy Heroux, Nipomo 363
9 33 Rob Gilbertson, Santa Maria 361
10 29 Robert Read, Arroyo Grande 357
11 3X Kevin Swanson, Santa Ynez 347
12 1 Dave Biddle, Arroyo Grande 332
13 43 Debby Ferrara, Nipomo 299
14 44 Ben Caswell, Santa Barbara 272
15 9 Brian Nunes, Santa Maria 249
16 2X Todd Burnett, Santa Ynez 232
17 2 Paul Terrones, Lompoc 223
18 41 Warren Flick, Orcutt 158
19 04 Bill Jewel, Santa Maria 125
20 32 Kristy Gilbertson, Santa Maria 116
21 8X Lulu Van Nuys 110
22 7 Michael Herlihy, Arroyo Grande 94
23 42 Ron German, Paso Robles 76
24 34 Chris Claborn, Santa Maria 73
25 10X Brent Hendricks, Santa Margarita 70
26 11 Andrew Greman, Ventura 48
27 96X David Peterson, Ventura 47
28 10 Mark Doss, Santa Maria 39
29 34 Robert Claborn, Santa Maria 38
30 32X Tina McGowan 38
31 10X Chasman Guerrera 31
32 12X Dave Ellott 30
33 10 Kenny Smith, Santa Maria 28
34 17 Paul Johnson, Ventura 24
35 3 Brad Long, Burbank 22

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