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Murphy Lays Down The Law In Bandit/VRA Competition! |
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Hanford, CA - April 15, 2008…Blues legend B.B. King has a
song titled “The Thrill Is Gone.” It’s too bad B.B. wasn’t in attendance
to witness Peter Murphy’s flawless drive to victory last Saturday at Kings
Speedway. The Clovis, California pilot was absolutely unstoppable in
Round #1 of the Bandit/VRA Sprint car competition. Peter, who is coming off of a convincing win on April 5th
at Bakersfield Speedway in Bandit 360 non-wing Sprint car action, carried that
momentum into Saturday’s show. You could feed off the intensity of the race that was being
put out by Team Tarlton crew-member Jason Wheelock. He wanted the win as bad as
Peter, and you could see the fire in Jason’s eyes. If one were to look up the definition of “Murphy’s
Law” it basically means this: “if
anything can go wrong, it will” But
that’s not Peter Murphy’s belief. To him, “Murphy’s Law” simply means
this: “I will stand on the gas and give it my all for my team, sponsors,
and fans lap after lap!” And that’s exactly what Peter did last Saturday
night on the 3/8 mile at Kings Speedway. Peter
is no stranger to the Kings Speedway surface. In 2007, he won 6 SCRA main
events, with 4 of those wins coming on back-to-back weekends. He was also
crowned the 2007 series champion. In
Heat race #2, Peter put on an absolute driving display. He intensly slid into
his 8th starting spot, and when the green came out, he methodically
moved forward. He was able to take the car to the top or move to bottom of the
race track, picking off cars at every opportunity. Peter eventually won the race
going away. As
main event cars rolled to the straitaway, Peter walked to turn #1, to check out
the racing surface. He must have seen something he liked. At
the drop of the green, he sat back and bid his time. When the time was right, he
started his attack. Lap-after-lap, he started picking off cars, just like he had
in his heat race. The
Paul Baines and Blaine Steele wrenched Tarlton
& Son, Inc., Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Kaeding Performance, Ridgeline
Framing, Sharp Insurance, VMAC, BR Motorsports, Fresno First Bank, Pro Signs,
#21 Maxim
was on fire! On
lap-12 of the intense event, he wrestled the lead away from the leader and never
looked back, and for his efforts brought home back-to-back Sprint car wins. “I’m
really happy to win this race,” Peter explained after his win. “I’m really
looking forward to the rest of the series.” Peter
Murphy will be going for three straight victories this Saturday April 19th
at Santa Maria Speedway. He will be piloting Tom Tarlton’s familiar Black #21
in Bandit Sprint car action. |
Photo
Courtesy Paul Trevino 
