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Press Release
Santa Maria, CA - October 13, 2007...Century 21 Hometown Realty Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars and VRA Dwarf Cars closed out the racing season Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway, during the running of the 22nd Annual Bud Stanfield Memorial.
*Visalia's Jesse Mack clinched the local Bandit Sprint Car championship and moved into second place in Grand Slam points with his fourth place finish in the "A" main event. Atascadero's Greg Porte won the event, his second of the season, in convincing style, leading all 30 laps. Greg Brag, of Visalia, finished a strong second, but could not overtake the flying Porte. Justyne Hamblin, a feisty 17 year-old lady from Hanford, ran an impressive third. Fifth went to Santa Clarita's Clark Templeman III. Josh Davis, of Atascadero, captured the 12-lap "B" main event and Mack, Brag, Stockton's Jonathan Henry and Fresno's Davey Knott won the 10-lap heat races. Fast time of 13.746 seconds was set by Josh Ford of Camarillo. The Grand Slam title will be decided in two weeks at Ventura Raceway.
*Jeff Shelton took the measure of his competitors in the VRA Pro Dwarf Car 20-lap feature event. Shelton outran point leader Jim Scribellito, with Brent Stevens third, Curt Cook fourth and Greg Goodwin fifth. Scribellito and Cory Pollock won 7-lap heat races. *The Senior VRA Dwarf Car 20 lapper was won handily by point leader Ed Niedzwiecki. He was followed to the checkers by Gary Conditt, Dave Hume, Kevin Alverson and Tom Bellinger. Seven-lap heat race wins went to Alverson and Hume.
*Racing is scheduled to resume at Santa Maria Speedway in April 2008.
RACE SUMMARIES:
Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Josh Ford, 13.746. Heat 1 - Jonathan Henry, Derek Buckley, Justyne Hamblin, Josh Ford, Joey Layman, Josh Davis, Ron Tjaarda, Cliff Warren. Heat 2 - Jesse Mack, Greg Porte, Clark Templeman III, Henry Clarke, Mike Knopf, Davey Pombo, Dennis Rodriguez. Heat 3 - Davey Knott, Eric Severson, Albert Pombo, Gordy Edwards, Jr., Jimmy Thompson, Bill Jones, Tom Harper, Jeff Fiscus. Heat 4 - Greg Bragg, Kevin Kierce, Greg Taylor, Bruce Douglass, Zak Hawthorne, Mike Larson, Ryan Guy. "B" Main Event - Davis, Layman, Hawthorne, Tjaarda, Knopf, Thompson, Harper, Guy, Warren, Jones, Fiscus, Larsen, D. Pombo, Rodriguez. "A" Main Event - Porte, Bragg, Hamblin, Mack, Templeman, Taylor, Buckley, Thompson, Severson, Kierce, Henry, Ford, Knott, A. Pombo, Tjaarda, Layman, Davis, Knopf, Douglass, Clarke, Hawthorne, Edwards.
VRA Pro Dwarf Cars: Heat 1 - Jim Scribellito, Jeff Shelton, Dillon Hume, Michael Sweeney, Jr., Lars Wolfe, Michael Lewis. Heat 2 - Cory Pollock, Curt Cook, Brent Stevens, Doug Martin, Greg Goodwin, Chris Olson. Main Event - Shelton, Scribellito, Stevens, Cook, Goodwin, Pollock, Sweeney, Hume, Wolfe, Olson, Martin, Lewis.
VRA Senior Dwarf Cars: Heat 1 - Kevin Alverson, Bill Van Praag, Jon Prechtl, Wes Harris, Jerre Hinton. Heat 2 - Dave Hume, Gary Conditt, Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, George Sack, Jr. Main Event - Niedzwiecki, Conditt, Hume, Alverson, Bellinger, Prechtl, Van Praag, Harris, Hinton, Sack. *
POINT STANDINGS:
Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars: 1. Greg Taylor, 326 2. Jesse Mack, 324 3. Josh Ford, 312 4. Jonathan Henry, 298 5. Eric Severson, 252. Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jesse Mack, 615 2. Jimmy Thompson, 535 3. Joey Layman, 491 4. Greg Porte, 477 5. Albert Pombo, 442.
VRA Pro Dwarf Cars: 1. Jim Scribellito, 2785 2. Brent Stevens, 2610 3. Jeff Shelton, 1885 4. Greg Goodwin, 1770 5. Cory Pollock, 1695.
VRA Senior Dwarf Cars: 1. Ed Niedzwiecki, 2910 2. Bill Van Pragg, 2460 3. Gary Conditt, 2265 4. Jon Prechtl, 2190 5. Tom Bellinger, 2150.
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