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Phoenix, AZ (May 6) Different track, one different car, same results...That was the scenario in the Arizona Sprint Car Association race Saturday night at Manzanita Speedway. When the checked flag fell on the 25th lap of the feature race, this time on the half mile track, Jeremy Sherman was in front and R.J. Johnson was again in second just as he was last week. However he was not driving his usual Bobby Martin owned sprint car. DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN--ITS SHERMAN AND JOHNSON Shortly before time to head to the track R.J. Johnson received a call from Bill Sweeney,co-owner of the car driven by Marty Milller. Miller had injured his back and R.J. was offered the ride and he quickly accepted. The second straight one-two finish was different than last week when Sherman took the lead from Johnson in the closing laps. This time Sherman started 12th and wrested the lead from Mike Martin on the 10th lap. Meanwhile Johnson was coming through the traffic after starting 14th. He climbed to third on the 15th lap and took over second when Charles Davis, Jr. gave up the position when he blew a rear end on the 17th lap. Johnson stayed close to Sherman for a couple of laps but the 2005 champion steadily pulled away and crossed the finish line 3.35 seconds ahead of R.J. Bruce St. James started on the pole but Andy Reinbold had the lead at the end of the first lap. He gave way to Martin on the fifth lap and dropped back. He did not finish and was credited with 19th on the finish sheet. St. James also dropped back and with seven laps to go he was running seventh. He found the right groove and made a late race charge that carried him up to third. Mike Leslie notched his second straight top five finish as he got passed Brandon Lane for fourth. The rest of the top ten were Mike Martin, Bernie Smith, Shon Dekins, Jeff Henry and Nathan High. Fourteen year old Chad Boat outgunned the field in the 12 lap semi main and flashed under the checkered flag a half lap in front. His run was fast enough to put his name in the record book as he tripped the clock at 4:02.72, a tick of the clock faster than the old mark of 4:02.95 which was set by Mike Leslie in 2004. Chad flipped in the feature and was scored last in the 24 car field. He was not injured. Reinbold won the first eight lap heat race with Josh Pelkey, Nathan High and Brian Hacker taking the other main event transfer spots. Brandon Lane went wire to wire in beating Shon Deskins, Mike Leslie and Johnson in the second heat. The third heat went to Bernie Smith with Martin, Davis and Matthew Rossi in pursuit. The final heat was a win for St. James with Henry edging Sherman for third and Dana Fite took fourth SUMMARY ARIZONA SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION (1/2 MILE TRACK) Main Event: (25 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. R.J. Johnson 3. Bruce St. James 4. Mike Leslie 5. Brandon Lane 6. Mike Martin 7. Bernie Smith 8. Shon Deskins 9. Jeff Henry 10. Nathan High 11. Mike Colegrove 12. Jay Ervine 13. Josh Pelkey 14. Brian Hacker 15. Matthew Rossi 16. Dana Fite 17. Seainn Hedricsen 18. Andy Reinbold 19. James Aragon 20. Ryan Linder 21. Charles Davis, Jr. 22. J.T. Imperial 23. Chris Bonneau 24. Chad Boat Lap leaders; laps 1-4 Reinbold, laps 5-9 Martin, laps 10-25 Sherman 1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Andy Reinbold 2. Josh Pelkey 3. Nathan High 4. Brian Hacker 5. Thomas Ogle 6. Seainn Hendricsen (Time: 2:44.06) 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Brandon Lane 2. Shon Deskins 3. Mike Leslie 4. R.J. Johnson 5. Chad Boat 6. Chris Bonneau 7. Mike Colegrove (2:41.97) 3rd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Bernie Smith 2. Mike Martin 3. Charles Davis, Jr. 4. Matthew Rossi 5. James Aragon 6. Chuck Buckman 7. Johnny Williams (Time: 2:41.22) 4th Heat: (8 laps )1. Bruce St. James 2. Jeff Henry 3. Jeremy Sherman 4. Dana Fite 5. Jay Ervine 6. J.T. Imperial (no time) Semi Main: (12 laps) 1. Chad Boat 2. Seainn Hendricsen 3. James Aragon 4. Chuck Buckman 5. Chris Bonneau 6. J.T. Imperial 7. Mike Colegrove 8. Jay Ervine 9. Ryan Linder 10. Johnny Williams (Time: 4:02.72-new track record) Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson 2. Jeremy Sherman 3. Matthew Rossi 4. Charles Davis, Jr. |
