Traditional Sprint Car FanSite

See You At The Races!!!

 Press Release

CARLILE BREAKS THROUGH IN SCRA MAIN
by Dan Fleischer
Sept. 9 2006 Rusty Carlile stopped the Davey Pombo juggernaut at Kings Speedway Saturday night when he received the checkers for the first time this season. Carlile took advantage of Pombo's bad luck when the latter's car came to a stop on the main straightaway, just a lap and one half short from yet another victory.

Pombo, whose juggernaut included three previous main event victories and a win in the evening's Heat and Dash, appeared headed for a sweep and another big payoff as he led throughout the majority of the 30-lapper, although Carlile was challenging for the lead as the two raced through heavy lapped-traffic. As the white flag was about to be displayed, the leader's car coasted to a stop. What would have happened if Pombo's machine continued is anyone's guess, a question never to be answered.

With the yellow flag displayed for the removal of Pombo's car, the field bunched up for a two-lap shootout. Point leader Jonathan Logan lined up directly behind Carlile's machine, followed by hometown favorite Chad Boespflug and consistent Andy Ferris. When the green flag reappeared, Carlile jumped out to a three car-length lead and won easily but eyes then shifted to Boespflug as he attempted to pass his Hanford rival Logan on the final circuit. It wasn't to be however, as all four cars finished in the order of the restart. Derrick Hearron, who captured his heat race, finished a strong fifth, his best performance of the season.

Pombo jumped into the early lead from his pole position, out-gunning Richard Harvey Jr. as they headed into turn one. Before one lap could be recorded in the books however, Harvey's previous bad luck reappeared and the veteran pulled off the racing surface with a broken rocker-arm. The problem had been discovered prior to the start of the main and although minor repairs were accomplished, the ability to run the full 30 was always in doubt.

Pombo, who ran away from the field two weeks ago, didn't enjoy the same domination this time as the hot challengers were never more than 25 yards behind, biding their time until the later portion of the event. Lapped traffic might have entered into the outcome as Pombo found it difficult to maneuver through, allowing Carlile and Logan to close swiftly, hoping to pounce on the leader's difficulties. It all became a moot point when Pombo's misfortune occurred. His vocal fans moaned while Carlile's support group cheered.
Sixteen cars checked through the pit gate and raced against the clock in qualifying. Boespflug had quick time, and as mentioned earlier, Hearron and Pombo took top honors in the heat races. With only the October 6/7 Dirt Nationals remaining on the SCRA point schedule, Logan maintains his slight lead over Carlile, 752 to 703. Although Harvey took a slight 'hit' in the points, he remains third with 589.

QUALIFYING:

#90 Chad Boespflug 16.059, #51 Rusty Carlile 16.088, #32 Jonathan Logan 16.123,
#3 Davey Pombo 16.287, #51x Jeff Gardner 16.403, #4j Andy Ferris 16.444, #77s Brian Schuler 16.565, #59 Richard Harvey 16.692, #97 Matt Day 16.739, #35 Albert Pombo 16.902, #57 Derrick Hearron 17.997, #4 Burt Foland 17.252, #36b Kevin Barnes 17.280, #14 Kevin Borges 17.308, #44 Brent Lowder 17.388, #8n Nate Ziegler 17.410

HEAT #1-10 Laps:
Hearron, Day, Logan, Boespflug, Gardner, Schuler, Barnes, Borges

HEAT #2-10 Laps:
D. Pombo, Foland,Carlile, Harvey, Ferris, Pombo, Lowder, Ziegler

DASH- 6 Laps
D. Pombo, Harvey, Carlile, Boespflug, Logan, Day (DNS)

MAIN 30-Laps
Carlile, Logan, Boespflug, Ferris, Hearron, Day, Schuler, Foland, Borges, A. Pombo, Lowder, Barnes, D. Pombo (DNF), Ziegler (DNF), Gardner (DNF), Harvey (DNF) 

SITE SEARCH

WEBSITE
 HOME PAGE
 LATEST UPDATES
 MESSAGE BOARD
 CHAT ROOMS
 CLASSIFIEDS
 BUSINESS CARDS
 ADVERTISING
 SPONSORS
 MULTIMEDIA
 ACTION GALLERY
 GIFT IDEAS
 ONLINE STORE
 LINKS

SANCTIONS
 SPRINT CARS
 OTHERS

RACING
 RACE RESULTS
 RACE SCHEDULES
 PRESS RELEASES
 RACE COLUMNS
 NEWS & NOTES
 TEAM NOTES
 DRIVER ROSTERS
 DRIVER PROFILES
 RACE TRACKS
 RACING INFO

MISC
 VOTING BOOTH
 BULLETIN BOARD
 DTRSC SKINS
 FUN PAGE
 RACE FANS
 TRIBUTES
 SPECIAL THANKS

Get your own FREE Guestbook from htmlGEAR
 SIGN GUESTBOOK
 VIEW GUESTBOOK

EMAIL US

T-SHIRTS
& MORE