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David Cardey Wins Round 8!
by Josh Williams

June 15, 2002...David Cardey made it look easy Saturday night at Barona Speedway!  “This one feels pretty good because we haven’t been able to win here before.”  There were many bent nerf bars at the end of the evening as just 6 of 20 cars made it to the race shortened 25 laps.  An obviously great setup effort by the chief (DAD) Jim Cardey on the Team SADD black # 37 as it appeared as though he was on a much smoother surface than the rest of the field.
The evening kicked off as usual for most except for Steve Cardey as he was looking for a confidence booster and went out to hot lap with the 600 Multi-Sprints!  Chris Rahe again clocked the quickest lap in 14.3 seconds.  Notably fast also was rookie points leader Ashley Walker with a 14.4 qualifying effort.  Dylan Morris led most of the first heat race with Vince Tjemeland in 2nd.  Vince was able to pass Dylan for the win.  Jesse Dean, Gary Sexton and Chris Rahe made the transfer.  Greg Bragg ran out of laps and would have to settle for a rare B Main appearance.  David Cardey made quick work of the 2nd heat race lineup to take the win from the his 7th place starting position.  Donny Gansen, Karl Benefeil, Nick Nicholson and Danny Swanson occupied transfer spots at the finish.  Veteran Lonnie Clabaugh used the front row to his advantage and led the field of rookies to win the 3rd heat race.  Aaron Reyer, Adam Householder, Jonny Bates and Ashley Walker transferred to the A Main.  This left the front row of the B Main consisting of fast qualifiers Greg Bragg and Paul Townsend.  Paul used the outside line to get the jump on Bragg and drive off to win.  Ernie Bartley moved up to take the 3rd transfer spot from his 10th place starting position ahead of Steve Cardey and Josh Williams.
Chris Rahe paced the field to the green flag from the pole along side Ashley Walker.  Rahe jumped out into the lead as David Cardey followed.  Gary Sexton passed Ashley Walker for 3rd on lap 3.  The red flag was waved on the following lap for Steve Cardey and Josh Williams as they tangled in turn 3 with Williams upside down.  The action was again halted on lap 8 as contact between Ernie Bartley and Lonnie Clabaugh left Lonnie upside down on the front stretch.  Donny Gansen passed Jonny Bates to enter the top 5 on the restart.  David Cardey was in perfect position to capitalize on Chris Rahe’s continued bad luck as Rahe dropped out on lap 11 with mechanical problems.  Jonny Bates retired from the race on lap 12 surrendering the 5th spot to Greg Bragg.  Bragg was on the move from his 17th place starting position.  Ashley Walker had dropped off the pace on lap 13 with a mechanical problem when Danny Swanson clipped her right rear tire and spun on the front stretch but recovered nicely to loose only 1 position to Jesse Dean.  Caution flew on lap 20 as Greg Bragg and Donny Gansen tangled while battling for the 3rd spot leaving Gansen parked for the evening.  Bragg made the restart but pulled off with a flat tire.  Aaron Reyer in his first CLS start of the year was now up to 5th after falling back to 10th earlier in the race.  Gary Sexton broke on lap 23 while running a strong 2nd to David Cardey and was also finished.  Danny Swanson looked to be the only one able to challenge Cardey as he moved into 2nd on lap 24.  Damage resulting from earlier contact sent Swanson spinning in turn 2 after completion of the 25th lap.  The checkered flag was brought out during the caution as just 7 cars remained.  David Cardey picked up his 2nd win of the season ahead of two Jesse Dean cars driven by Jesse himself and Aaron Reyer in 2nd & 3rd place respectively.  Vince Tjemeland was hard charger moving up 9 to finish 4th.  Nick Nicholson finished 5th.

Race Summary:
Heat 1 – Vince Tjemeland, Dylan Morris, Jesse Dean, Chris Rahe, Gary Sexton, Greg Bragg, Wink Schweitzer, Mike Barnette, Pat Hickey, Eric King

Heat 2 – David Cardey, Donny Gansen, Karl Benefeil, Nick Nicholson, Danny Swanson, Paul Townsend, Steve Cardey, Josh Williams, Steve Nelson

Heat 3 – Lonnie Clabaugh, Aaron Reyer, Adam Householder, Jonny Bates, Ashley Walker, Dan Lancaster, James Squire, Seth Kramer, Ernie Bartley

B Main – Paul Townsend, Greg Bragg, Ernie Bartley, Steve Cardey, Josh Williams, Mike Barnette, Wink Schweitzer, Dan Lancaster, Eric King

A Main – David Cardey, Jesse Dean, Aaron Reyer, Vince Tjemeland, Nick Nicholson, Danny Swanson, Gary Sexton, Dylan Morris, Karl Benefeil, Greg Bragg, Donny Gansen, Ashley Walker, Jonny Bates, Chris Rahe, Ernie Bartley, Lonnie Clabaugh, Paul Townsend, Adam Householder, Steve Cardey, Josh Williams                   

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