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Hawes
earns it Brilliant
high side pass garners first victory Monahan,
Reische and Robinson also score by Bob Burbach |
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Marysville, CA - July 3, 2005...Jeremy Hawes, Mike Monahan, Ken Reische
and Kenny Robinson won their respective feature events at Twin Cities Speedway
Saturday night.
Marysville’s Jeremy Hawes scored his first ever feature event victory in the Hunt Magneto Speedway Sprint Car Series. Hawes made a series of great moves to put veteran drivers in his wake. The rookie sensation put a ford powered sprint car into victory lane for the first time at TCS as well. The race looked like it would be another easy run for Dr. David Goodwill as he had an up front starting berth with Antioch Speedway Sprint car champion Bob Newberry. As expected the two veterans diced for the lead in a stirring early race duel. Hawes found third and didn’t seem to have enough to challenge the two up front. Newberry nipped past Goodwill only to be re-passed again by the Doc. The race came to a grinding halt after the first seven circuits when Blane Varner and Charlie Marrs got together in turn one. Varner’s car took to the air in a series of barrel rolls that left the rookie contender dazed but unscathed. The break seemed to help Hawes the most. He was a rocket on the heels of Goodwill and Newberry. He started to close rapidly. The trio hooked up in the best race of the season and the fans roared their approval. Newberry repassed Goodwill. When the Doc attempted to re-pass again the pair bumped wheels and they both were out of shape enough to allow Hawes and a fast closing Steve Stein to challenge. Hawes fired his mount into a great fight with Goodwill and Hawes was soon past and headed for Newberry. In a brilliant high side pass Hawes flew into a lead he would never relinquish. It was a great drive by the fast rising young star. Stein soldiered into second with the Doc settling for third. Newberry faded to fifth when he nearly parked it in a vain attempt to get back in the fight. Marysville’s Kenny Robinson parlayed a front row start into his first win of the season in the Riebes Racing Series stock car main event. Robinson held off a fast closing Jake Cavasos and Andy Aust to take the victory. Rookie contender Brad Magenheimer of Tudor had this one in the bag until a turn three miscue allowed a number of combatants to pass on by. In a remarkably trouble free main event the top three stayed close through the entire race. Jeremy Blackshere and George Magenheimer rounded out the top five in the very competitive event. Sparks Nevada’s Mike Monahan went flag to flag virtually unchallenged in the Riebes Racing Series Pacific Sprint Car feature event. Monahan gunned his familiar blue racer into the lead at the start and endured a number of restart challenges to pick up his first win of the year. The 2004 champion never saw anybody though point leader Brent Dothage almost got there. Dothage was moving all night long, got to second and simply could not close on “the madman”. Kevin Lovell ran a credible third in the rapid-fire event. Steve Watts and two-time champ Mike Wasina came in fifth. Championship contender Korey Lovell spun out early and spent the rest of the race working back to sixth in a notable run back into contention. Yuba City’s Ken Reische must be living right. But tonight he'd have to settle for second. As the white flag flew, race long leader Robert Luster sailed into turn one and second running Reische simply was not going to be able to contest the lead. In fifty yards the entire complexion of the race changed. Luster’s dominant white ride flew off of the turn one banking with three-quarters of a lap to go and came to a stop. Reische had to be the most surprised guy in the place when the checkers were thrown his way. Luster was very animated when he exited his car. He had simply been dominant and surely was headed for a well deserved victory. James Gillaspie was a tiger all night and finished in second followed by Jamey Ollar, Shane Stoker and a fast improving James Foster. Foster came from last to fifth after early race problems sent him to the back of the field. This Saturday night the California Sprint Car Civil War Series will bring their competitive brand of motorsport to TCS. Top stars from all over northern California will race in the prestigious event. Gates open at 5 with racing at 7PM at the one and only Twin Cities Speedway. Twin Cities Speedway is located at 1468 Simpson Lane in Marysville. For additional information call (530) 742-9222 or go to www.twincitiesspeedway.net. PACIFIC SPRINT CARS, SPEEDWAY SPRINTS, STOCK CARS, MINI STOCKS TWIN CITIES SPEEDWAY - MARYSVILLE, CA JULY 2, 2005 - POINTS RACE #14 RIEBES RACING SERIES PACIFIC SPRINT CARS HEAT RACE WINNERS MAIN EVENT HUNT MAGNETOS SPEEDWAY SPRINT CARS MAIN EVENT RIEBES RACING SERIES STOCK CARS MAIN EVENT TCS MINI STOCKS MAIN EVENT |
