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OCEAN SPRINTS REGULARS LOOK FOR
JOHNNY KEY SPOT ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WATSONVILLE,
CALIFORNIA (July 28, 2011) – The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo will return to action this
Friday night with another qualifying race for the prestigious Johnny Key
Classic to be held in August with none of the major contenders for the Ocean
Sprints series title currently locked into the show.
Campbell’s Tim Kaeding has won the first two
Johnny Key Classic qualifying races including the Ocean Sprints vs. California
Sprint Car Civil War race on July 8.
2010 King of California Kyle Larson, by virtue of his second place
finish that night, is also locked into the Key.
This Friday night’s winner, or highest finisher not qualified in, will
earn a berth in the 51st running of the $5,000 win, 50 lap event on
Saturday August 27.
Points
leader Ronnie Day of Salinas leads Easton’s Tommy Tarlton by only 13 points
after Tarlton came back from winning the b-main to finishing fourth in the
feature. Day had his lowest finish of
the season coming home ninth.
Rookie Rico
Abreu is rapidly closing down on the top-two in the points thanks in large part
to a third place effort in the Civil War show.
The former Outlaw Kart standout finds himself just 40 points behind Day
in the standings. Rounding out the cars
in striking distance of the points lead is Prunedale’s Justin Sanders. Like Abreu, Sanders is winless on the year
but his impressive qualifying runs have kept him in contention throughout the
season.
Rounding
out the top-five in the points is Tommy Laliberte who failed to finish in the
Civil War feature but had a strong sixth place run in the June 24 edition of
the Ocean Sprints.
With eight
races in the books so far for the Ocean Sprints, Tim Kaeding has picked up
three victories ahead of Bud Kaeding with two.
Day, Tarlton, and Fremont’s Shane Golobic each have one win
on the year, but Tarlton’s win came at the Tulare Thunderbowl. Tarlton is yet to win an Ocean Sprints race
at Ocean Speedway although he picked up a win during the King of the West
appearance in Watsonville on July 1.
The balance
of the top-ten in the points includes “Cowboy” Craig Smith, Kurt Nelson, Kevin
Pylant, Golobic, and Nick Green. Golobic
started the season off racing the #121 Joe Vonschriltz entry but will again
wheel the #9 Steve Osborne Motorsports car on Friday.
Laps are
currently for sale for the Johnny Key Classic with interested parties urged to
contact [email protected]
Laps are $50 each to be paid out to the
top-three cars each lap.
The Ocean
Sprints presented by Taco Bravo show this Friday night includes Ocean
Modifieds, Wingless Sprints, and American Stocks also scheduled. Adult tickets are just $17 with seniors 65+
$15 and kids ages 6-12 are $12. The
family pass for two adults and two children is value priced at just $50. Qualifying will get underway at 6 p.m. with fan gates opening at 4:30
p.m.
For more
information on the Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo log onto http://www.oceansprints.com
and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com
www.stevenblakesley.com
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