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LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2007 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dustin Morgan, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-12.405; 2. Mat Neely, 17N, Neely-12.596; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-12.617; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-12.624; 5. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-12.677; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.696; 7. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-12.701; 8. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-12.741; 9. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-12.754; 10. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-12.780; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.799; 12. Jeff Bland, 21x, Bland-12.814; 13. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-12.831; 14. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-12.839; 15. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-12.891; 16. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-12.915; 17. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-12.935; 18. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-12.947; 19. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-12.984; 20. A.J. Anderson, 57, Hazen-12.986; 21. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-12.999; 22. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-13.022; 23. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-13.024; 24. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-13.096; 25. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-13.124; 26. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-13.129; 27. Brad Sweet, 2J, Yeley-13.142; 28. Michael Trimble, 21T, Kruseman-13.158; 29. Brandon Petty, 26, Pearce-13.171; 30. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.195; 31. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-13.224; 32. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.264; 33. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-13.265; 34. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-13.280; 35. Sammy Imel, 35, Imel-13.320; 36. Mitch Wissmiller, 7x, Mahan-13.331; 37. Josh Ford, 2, Reid-13.336; 38. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-13.353; 39. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-13.406; 40. Steve Ott, 0T, Ott-13.458; 41. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-13.485; 42. #71x, Kunz-NT; 43. #81x, Ballou-NT; 44. #67x, Kunz-NT; 45. #21s, Stewart-NT; 46. #29x, CW-NT; 47. #11 Walker/Guiducci-NT’ 48. #20s, Stewart-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Hagen, 3. Mellenberndt, 4. Ford, 5. Ott, 6. Gamester, 7. Imel, 8. Wissmiller. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Petty, 2. Shepherd, 3. Hockett, 4. Morgan, 5. Bacon, 6. Boespflug, 7. Whitt, 8. Burdette, 9. Light. 2:12.69

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Cottle, 3. Swindell, 4. Jones, 5. J.Spencer, 6. Neely, 7. Scheurenberg, 8. Robbins, 9. Hagen. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Coons, 3. Stenhouse, 4. Weir, 5. Short, 6. Clayton, 7. M.Spencer, 8. Gardner, 9. Mellenberndt.2:13.43

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trimble, 2. Ballou, 3. Darland, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Anderson, 6. Bland, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Windom, 9. Ford. NT/’’--/

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Neely, 3. Scheurenberg, 4. Hollingsworth, 5. Robbins, 6. Burdette, 7. Bland, 8. Short, 9. Boespflug, 10. Gardner, 11. J.Spencer, 12. M.Spencer, 13. Ford, 14. Mellenberndt, 15. Windom, 16. Whitt, 17. Clayton, 18. Light, 19. Anderson, 20. Hagen. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Dustin Morgan, 4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 5. Jesse Hockett, 6. Brady Short, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Shane Hollingsworth, 10. Kyle Robbins, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Hunter Scheurenberg, 13. Brett Burdette, 14. Kevin Swindell,15. Mat Neely, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Dave Darland, 18. Neil Shepherd, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Michael Trimble, 21. Brad Sweet, 22. Shane Cottle, 23. Brandon Petty, 24. Darren Hagen. NT

**Light flipped during the semi. Cottle flipped on lap 24 of the feature. Swindell flipped on the 26th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Jones, Laps 6-30 Stanbrough.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-995; 2-Hagen-938; 3-Darland-781; 4-Bacon-722; 5-Short-690; 6-Swindell-688; 7-Stenhouse-596; 8-Hockett-596; 9-Gardner-596; 10-Neely-523.

NEW LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Jones-232; 2-Stanbrough-222; 3-Darland-201; 4-Bacon-188; 5-Weir-178; 6-Hagen-175; 7-Cottle-170; 8-Stenhouse-164; 9-Short-157; 10-Kruseman-147.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 15 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2007 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-14.086; 2. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-14.215; 3. Chris Rahe, 3, Rahe-14.251; 4. Josh Lakatos, 4, Lakatos-14.328; 5. Johnny Rodriguez, 87, Mitchell-14.355; 6. Blake Miller, 7R, Priestley-14.360; 7. Robby Flock, 19, Sala-14.390; 8. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.427; 9. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.525; 10. Brian Gard, 57, Borghesian-14.530; 11. Quintin Crye, 15, Crye-14.530; 12. Floyd Alvis, 18, Alvis-14.552; 13. Michael Faccinto, 41, Scelzi-14.623; 14. John Sarna, 20, Sarna-14.630; 15. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.672; 16. Justin Grant, 17, Grant-14.674; 17. Danny Ebberts, 5, VanDyne-14.826; 18. David Prickett, 15x, Prickett-14.877; 19. Doug DeWitt, 11D, DeWitt-14.895; 20. Dave Stoltz, 77, Stoltz-15.017; 21. Ralph Cortez, 31, Cortez-15.043; 22. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-15.067; 23. Kevin Morris, 17k, Morris-15.188; 24. Jared Little, 23, Little-15.350; 25. Steve Roza, 20x, Roza-17.047; 26. Johnny Rodriguez, 37, Mitchell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Crye, 3. Faccinto, 4. Ebberts, 5. Cortez, 6. DeWitt. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sarna, 2. Grant, 3. Alvis, 4. Prickett, 5. Little, 6. Morris, 7. Voitel, 8. Stoltz. NT

THIRD HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Rodela, 2. Rahe, 3. Hansen, 4. Flock, 5. Lakatos, 6. Rodriguez, 7. Pankratz, 8. McQueen, 9. Gard, 10. Miller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Garrett Hansen, 2. Robby Flock, 3. Josh Lakatos, 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 5. Chris Rahe, 6. Brian Gard, 7. Quintin Crye, 8. Michael Faccinto, 9. Randi Pankartz, 10. Blake Miller, 11. Scott Pierovich, 12. Danny Ebberts, 13. Kevin Morris, 14. Shannon McQueen, 15. Floyd Alvis, 16. John Sarna, 17. Jared Little, 18. Doug DeWitt, 19. David Prickett, 20. Jimmy Voitel, 21. Jerome Rodela, 22. Justin Grant, 23. Steve Roza, 24. Ralph Cortez. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Flock, Laps 21-30 Hansen.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Rodriguez-665; 2-Pierovich-609; 3-Matt Mitchell-535; 4-McQueen-442; 5-Rahe-359; 6-Sarna-349; 7-Pankratz-314; 8-Crye-288; 9-Rodela-286; 10-Greg Bragg-267.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: July 24 – McCool Junction, NE – Junction Motor Speedway

Allard Wins Fourth Main of the Year at Chico
by Troy Hennig

CHICO, CA (7-13-07) - Chico’s Jonathan Allard won the 25-lap sprint car main event Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. Allard’s win was his fourth of the year and vaulted him back into the lead of the point standings. Allard picked up the win during point race number 16 sponsored by GT Trends, who has been Allard’s sponsor for many years. His win also gave Katie Williams, Allard’s car owner along with Morrie Williams, a victory on her birthday. During the night GT Trends raffled off two trips valued at $2,000 each. “I just need to thank GT Trends for all their support the past years,” said Allard in victory lane. “It was a fun night for our team and I want to thank he fans for coming out.”

Rohnert Park driver Brandon Davis won the 20-lap wingless spec main event. It was his third win of the season and he currently is also the point leader. It has been an incredible season for this rookie driver. “I was just hoping to make the main events and run some top tens,” said Davis in victory lane when asked about if he was surprised how well he was doing.

Heather Bartlett won her third main event of the season in the pure stock division. She took the lead on lap 11 when she was battling with Jeremy Blackshere for the lead when Blackshere got sideways and there was contact sending Blackshere into the grandstand wall. The popular driver led the final four laps to get the win. “I love racing with Jeremy and I hate to see his torn up racecar,” said Bartlett.

Mike Sohnrey won the 15-lap dirt modified main event. It was his third win of the year for Sohnrey. Sohnrey passed early leader Chris Compton and held on for the win. “We had problems in our heat race and we were able to fix them and come back to win the main,” said Sohnrey. “I think that is pretty cool.”

The 410-winged sprint car main event started off with Dan Simpson spinning in turn four to bring out the yellow. During the yellow Stephen Allard, point leader coming into the night, drove back to the work area and had his crew look at something in the engine. They tried to send him back to the racetrack but Allard quickly pulled back into the put area and was done for the night. The race continued with Chico’s Johnny Gray leading the main event. On lap four Andy Gregg brought out the yellow. Once the field was restarted the race went 18-laps non-stop with furious action and a ton of excitement for the fans. Jonathan Allard started to make his surge to the front on lap nine. He passed Trevor Green on lap nine to move into third. On lap ten he passed Korey Lovell for second. On lap eleven he passed Gray to take the lead. It was an amazing three-lap stretch for Allard.

Even though Allard was the leader he was never able to completely shake off Gray. The two raced through slower traffic on their way in leading the main event. On lap 22, Gray tried to squeeze by Zack Mason and continue chasing Allard, however, there was contact and Mason stopped with a crumpled front end. At this point the driver on the move was Sean Becker. Becker started the main event in eleventh spot and was now into third. Yet, there were three lapped cars between him and the top two. Another driver on the move was Jason Statler who started ninth and was running fourth. With three laps to go Allard got a tremendous start and pulled away from Gray. Behind Gray, Statler passed Becker for third. Coming down to the checkered flag Gray slipped up the racetrack, pulled the front wheels off the ground and was passed by Statler. Statler finished second and Gray tucked back in for third. Becker finished in the fourth spot and Trevor Green was fifth.

The start of the wingless main event resulted in two flips and a yellow. David Larabee took a hard tumble down the backstretch. He was shaken but not stirred. On the next attempt Steve Stein and Matt Streeter crashed. Stein was upside down but able to continue as was Streeter. In fact, Streeter went on to finish in the ninth spot. After the carnage was complete Taylor Simas took the lead. Simas led the first six laps until Brandon Davis made a pass going through turn one and took the lead. Davis began to stretch his lead. Behind him the real race was for second. Cody Myers soon got around Simas for the second spot. Other drivers charging to the front included Reyna Krueger and RC Smith. Both talented drivers were battling for a top five spot. Added to the mix was Billy Wallace, who had a flat tire early in the race and was able to change it and return to the race under a yellow. Wallace battled his way towards the front to finish in the third spot when the race ended. Up front it was all Davis. A late red flag involving Cody Smith, who took a spill off turn two but was fine, set up a dash to the finish. Davis held off Myers for the win. It was his third of the year. Krueger passed Simas late in the race to finish in the fourth spot. Simas rounded out the top five at the finish line.

Mike Sohnrey started last in the dirt modified main event. Yet, half way through the race Sohnrey was the race leader. He was never seriously challenged for the win. Sohnrey passed Chris Compton for the lead. Compton held on to finish in the second spot. Darin Ruley scored another top five finish and crossed the line in third. Randy McDaniel was subbing for point leader Richard Papenhausen. McDaniel survived an early lap altercation and continued on to finish fourth. Jolting Joe Flower rounded out the top five at the finish line.

Jeremy Blackshere led the early portion of the pure stock main event. Wes Dinsmore raced into the second spot while Jeff Olschowka ran third. The real story of the race turned out to be Heather Bartlett. She started making her move early in the race. Bartlett moved into the second spot on lap seven and now set her sites on the leader. Bartlett dove to the bottom of Blackshere on many occasions but was not able to make the pass. On lap ten Blackshere got sideways going into turn three and coming out of the exit of the turn Bartlett made her run. The two raced for the same real estate and contact was made sending Blackshere hard into the turn four grandstand wall. Blackshere was uninjured by the car was thrashed. The race restarted with four laps to go. Bartlett held off Phil Marino for the popular win. Marino finished second after a two-year hiatus from racing at Silver Dollar Speedway. Point leader Olschowka finished in the third spot. Dinsmore crossed the line in fourth. Mike Slightom, who turned 53 years old on this night, raced the family owned #53 into the fifth position.

Wes Dinsmore completed an exciting pass coming out of turn four to win the eight-lap pure stock heat race.

Reyna Krueger started in the fifth spot during heat race number one. She made minced meat of the boys and won the eight-lap race. RC Smith, who returned just one week after a serious crash at the speedway, won the second heat race. He also started in the fifth spot. Charlie Marrs led all eight laps to win heat three. Darrell Hanestad won heat race four. At the finish he had almost a half lap lead.

Darin Ruley drove a good race to win the eight-lap dirt modified heat race.

Sean Becker won the first heat for the winged sprint cars. Becker’s parents, Delno and Patty were in attendance and celebrating their anniversary. Fast Eddy Lewis won the second heat race. Stephen Allard passed Zack Mason with two laps to go and won the third heat race.

Sixteen-year-old rookie driver lived up to his nickname of “Primetime” Mason Moore as he scored his first career quick time award. Moore turned a lap of 12.726. Moore is developing a strong fan club following.

Full Results posted at www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com

LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2007 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-12.566; 2. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-12.643; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.740; 4. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-12.744; 5. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-12.756; 6. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-12.795; 7. Brad Sweet, 2J, Yeley-12.810; 8. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-12.835; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-12.837; 10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-12.873; 11. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-12.920; 12. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-12.948; 13. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-12.980; 14. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-13.016. 15. Steve Ott, 10T, Ott-13.026; 16. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-13.048; 17. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-13.054; 18. Cole Whitt, 29x, CW-13.070; 19. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.071; 20. Critter Malone, 5, Baldwin-13.118; 21. Sammy Imel, 35, Imel-13.185; 22. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-13.206; 23. A.J. Anderson, 57, Hazen-13.271; 24. Brandon Petty, 26, Pearce-13.309; 25. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.314; 26. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-13.318; 27. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-13.324; 28. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-13.362; 29. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.369; 30. Josh Ford, 2, Reid-13.389; 31. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-13.396; 32. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.429; 33. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-13.447; 34. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-13.452; 35. Michael Trimble, 21T, Kruseman-13.500; 36. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-13.549; 37. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-13.622; 38. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.641; 39. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-13.657; 40. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.810; 41. Jeff Bland, 21x, Bland-NT; 42. #21s, Stewart-NT; 43. #71x, Kunz-NT; 44. #20s, Stewart-NT; 45. #67x, Kunz-NT; 46. #29w, CW-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Trimble, 3. Darland, 4. Memmer, 5. Hines, 6. M.Spencer, 7. Gamester, 8. Robbins. 2:18.46

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. J.Spencer, 3. Boespflug, 4. Ballou, 5. Weir, 6. Swindell, 7. Bacon, 8. Imel, 9. Short. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Gardner, 3. Scheurenberg, 4. Whitt, 5. Burdette, 6. Cottle, 7. Clayton, 8. Trimble, 9. Stenhouse. 2:25.94

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mellenberndt, 2. Anderson, 3. Darland, 4. Jones, 5. Light, 5. Morgan, 7. Ott, 8. Windom, 9. Sweet. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Westfall, 2. Hollingsworth, 3. Kruseman, 4. Hockett, 5. Shepherd, 6. Memmer, 7. Hagen, 8. Petty, 9. Malone. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Clayton, 3. Hagen, 4. Bacon, 5. Weir, 6. Stenhouse, 7. Sweet, 8. Windom, 9. Shepherd, 10. Malone, 11. Morgan, 12. Swindell, 13. Burdette, 14. Short, 15. Imel, 16. Trimble, 17. Light, 18. Memmer, 19. Petty, 20. Ott. 2:39.29

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Daron Clayton, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Scotty Weir, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 9. Dave Darland, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Shane Hollingsworth, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Robert Ballou, 14. Hunter Scheurenberg, 15. Jesse Hockett, 16. Brady Short, 17. Josh Ford, 18. Kevin Swindell, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20. Josh Spencer, 21. Matt Westfall, 22. Bret Mellenberndt, 23. A.J. Anderson, 24. Cole Whitt. NT

**Bland flipped during qualifying. Ballou & Imel flipped during the first heat. Anderson flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Whitt flipped on the restart of lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Weir, Laps 3-30 Clayton.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-932; 2-Hagen-925; 3-Darland-756; 4-Bacon-685; 5-Swindell-657; 6-Short-645; 7-Gardner-595; 8-Hockett-542; 9-Stenhouse-535; 10-Mat Neely-492.

NEW LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Darland-176; 2-Jones-169; 3-Hagen-163; 4-Stanbrough-154; 5-Bacon-151.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 14 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2007 – Tracy, California – Altamont Motorsports Park (Co-sanctioned by CASA)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17, Swanson-16.739; 2. Tony Hunt, 1, Kaiser-16.748; 3. Kody Swnason, 7s, Scott-16.787; 4. JoJo Helberg, 07, Helberg-16.796; 5. Brian McClish, 04, McClish-16.835; 6. Greg Anderson, 02, Anderson-16.879; 7. Nick Rescino Jr., 11, Rescino-16.912; 8. Nick Green, 114, Green-16.979; Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-17.004; 9. Laura Hayes, 22, Hayes-17.041; 10. Ryan Kaplan, 21, Kaplan-17.184; 11. Jim Kaiser, 12, Kaiser-17.303; 13. Matt DeMartini, 6, Carr-17.439; 14. Scott Clough, 31, Clough-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaplan, 2. Rescino, 3. DeMartini, 4. T.Swanson, 5. K.Swanson, 6. Hogg, 7. McClish. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Green, 2. Helberg, 3. Hayes, 4. Hunt, 5. Anderson, 6. Kaiser. NT

FEATURE: (50 Laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Greg Anderson, 4. JoJo Helberg, 5. Nick Green, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Laura Hayes, 8. Nick Rescino Jr., 9. Jim Kaiser, 10. Ryan Kaplan, 11. Shauna Hogg, 12. Matt DeMartini, 13. Brian McClish. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Green, Laps 26-50 T.Swanson.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Kaplan-327; 2-Hunt-325; 3-Anderson-314; 4-Helberg-308; 5-Hogg-277; 6-T.Swanson-243; 7-Kaiser-219; 8-Hayes-190; 9-K.Swanson-189; 10-Rescino-185.

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2007 – Tracy, California – Altamont Motorsports Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 17, Faas-12.904; 2. Mike Maier, 32, Maier-12.971; 3. Tom Dyer, 33, Maier-13.072; 4. Mark Atkinson, 9, Sutton-13.094; 5. Daniel Adler, 8, Sutton-13.099; 6. Tom Skoglund, 40, Western Speed-13.124; 7. Beau DeBard, 42, Sutton-13.131; 8. Ian Miille, 3, Miille-13.182; 9. Caitlin Shaw, 89, Shaw-13.372; 10. Justin Hommel, 97, Hommel-13.421; 11. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-13.769.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shaw, 2. Adler, 3. DeBard, 4. Dyer, 5. Faas, 6. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Miille, 3. M.Maier, 4. Atkinson, 5. Hommel. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Beau DeBard, 2. Daniel Adler, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Ian Miille, 5. Mark Atkinson, 6. Tom Dyer, 7. Caitlin Shaw, 8. Mike Maier, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Justin Hommel, 11. J.R. Williams. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-35 DeBard.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVED SERIES POINTS: 1-Skoglund-542; 2-Dyer-542; 3-Faas-540; 4-DeBard-491; 5-Adler-474; 6-Atkinson-440; 7-Miille-397; 8-Shaw-313; 9-Hommel-286; 10-Williams-255.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Dirt): July 21 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Paved): July 28 – Irwindale (CA) Speedway

PRESS RELEASE, PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY, PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN PADJEN MOTORPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007

DeCaires and Taylor Motorsports score their biggest win in Mark Forni Memorial event
By Bill Sullivan

PLACERVILLE,CA – In the local racing community it is common knowledge that the veteran team of Greg DeCaires of Elk Grove and Roseville car owner John Taylor will be mutually parting ways at the conclusion of the racing season. Ironically, their final year together is becoming the duo’s best season ever. That continued Saturday night with a $5,000 victory in Placerville Speedway’s second annual Mark Forni Memorial.

“This is really something winning this with Greg,” said Taylor. “I hate to see him go next season but he has new goals with a new team and I support him all the way. Tonight’s the biggest night we have ever had and this whole season has just been great for us so far as a team. I couldn’t have asked for it to be any better.”

The second annual Mark Forni Memorial event boasted more that $21,000 in purse money for the sprint car division alone as well as bonus funds for the Pro Stock and Pure Stock divisions that were on hand. The event pays tribute to the late Mark D. Forni who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer in the summer of 2005.

A native of Placerville, Forni dedicated much of his life to the sport of local auto racing. In his childhood years he attended nearly every racing event as his family lived in walking distance to the speedway. In later years he spent time helping drivers in the pit area and then became an active sponsor for many teams and even a car owner. Forni was known for helping anyone in need and in his final years he assisted with the future of racing in El Dorado County by becoming a member of the El Dorado County Fair Board.

“To win this race is a great honor,” said DeCaires. “I never really met Mark Forni face to face out here but I know what he did for this place and what he meant to everyone here tonight. We all have people who help us and stick with us in our lives and do whatever they can to support us. For me personally the Taylor Family and Ron Thompson have stood behind me for years in tough times and good times so it means a lot to win this race with them still standing behind me.”

DeCaires started the feature event in the sixth position, on the outside of the third row behind five of Placerville Speedway’s hardest chargers. Andy Forbserg of Auburn earned the pole for the event with former champion Joey Magaruh of Vacaville returning to sit in second place. Three time winner C.J. Humphreys of Placerville started third with defend Mark Forni Memorial winner Kyle Hirst in fourth and the always competitive Colby Wiesz of Colfax in the fifth position. During the announcement of the feature event line up spectators could be heard saying comments such as “this is going to a great race.” Those fans were accurate in their predictions.

Forsberg took command of the field at the waving of the green flag while Magaruh trailed in second place. The event was Magaruh’s third appearance of the season and on this night he was aboard the Rick Williams owned #6r for the evening. Magaruh drove within striking distance of Forsberg until the 11th lap when he fell victim to a multiple car collision involving Hirst, Humphreys, and Ricky Wondergem of Napa in the second turn. Just prior to the collision, DeCaires had muscled his way up into the top three and overtook second place with the waving of the yellow flag.

When the race resumed DeCaires began his pursuit of Forsberg while Wiesz followed suit. Placerville’s Jimmy Trulli moved in on the action as well with Mark Mackay of Shingle Springs charging into the top five as well. The drivers behind the two leaders had the best seat in the house to witness the dog fight that ensued between Forsberg and DeCaires in the final laps.

Lap after lap Forsberg used the high line around turns three and four to maintain his momentum over DeCaires. In the next set of turns Forseberg would trade track position with DeCaires, diving to the low groove while DeCaires would run the higher line and build momentum to carry down the backstretch. The clean competitive driving by both drivers kept fans on the edge of their seats for the entire event.

With the white flag waving Forsberg remained in the lead until he entered turns one and two and drifted up over the cushion of the track slightly, allowing DeCaires to slip below him and steal the lead. As Forsberg tried to rally back he slightly clipped the backstretch embankment, sending his #92 into a series of violent flips towards the infield.

Forsberg was unable to return to the race from the incident but was uninjured in the incident. Although his car appeared severely damaged the former track champion said it wasn’t as bad as previous crashes this year.

“It’s actually not too bad, in fact I am starting to thing that car just likes to be upside down or something,” he said. “That’s probably the fifth time this car has gone over. We’re just having one of those tough years. Tonight I was on my way to putting the bad luck behind us and it bit me again on the last lap. Greg and I were having a great race out there though and my hat goes off to him and that team, they did a great job.”

In the closing laps DeCaires held off Wiesz to the finish line while Placerville’s Jimmy Trulli finished in third followed by Mackay and Mark Tabor Sr. of Reno Nevada.

“Colby was there at the end, he was giving it everything he had, that’s what happens when you have this much money at stake,” said DeCaires. “I just want to thank all the people that made this race possible and my team for giving me a great car tonight. I have an easy job when they have the car working so well.”

In the Pro Stock division, Marek Bernert of Orangevale took the early lead until Auburn’s Jeff Arbogast Jr. charged to the front of the field with seven laps complete. Arbogast went on to win his second straight feature event. Bernert finished in second place followed by Dennis Ahart of Cameron Park, Mike Moran of Rancho Cordova and Forryst Carnett of Placerville.

In the Pure Stock division a low car count formed the feature event field as many drivers are making repairs from recent damage and others have parked their cars in lieu of rough driving incidents. Saturday night Mike McClure of Nevada City and Matt Tilford of Folsom surely illustrated good clean driving. Both drivers raced side by side for much of the event in a battle for the lead.

Early in the race Tilford took charge of the top spot until McClure closed in on the lead along with Jason Englund of Citrus Heights. With 12 laps down Tilford lost traction momentarily in turns three and four and allowed McClure to gain some ground. When the checkered flag waved McClure won his fourth straight feature win of the season followed by Englund, Tilford, Chris Curtiss of Placervilleand Burney McClure of Nevada City.

The three regulars were joined Saturday by the Midget Lites of the Bay Cities Racing Association. In this division Chris Glass drove his way to victory lane in the 20 lap feature event. Glass took the lead over early race leader Joey Hoover.

For complete results on this division visit www.bcraracing.com. For complete results on Saturday’s Mark Forni Memorial visit www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com. Placerville Speedway will now go dark next weekend and will resume action on Saturday, July 8 with Shingle Springs’ Nissan Night at the races.

VRA SPRINT CARS
VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA
JULY 14, 2007 - POINT RACE #13

25 CARS

ENTRY LIST:
Car # Driver Name Points
2c Kevin Kierce 260, 4 Jonas Reynolds 95, 4w Nicholas Boxwell 5, 5 Mark Weitzman 110, 7 Greg Taylor 225, 09 Luis Espinoza 210, 9w Chris Wakim 5, 11 Troy Rutherford 120, 15 Rick Hendrix 190, 16x Tom Harper 5, 17 Johnathon Henry 130, 18T Clark Templeman III 160, 19 Brandon Thomson 120, 20c Brent Camarillo 165, 22 Dan Tedrick 5, 22c Brian Camarillo 165, 29 Hobie Conway 115, 36 Eric Severson 185, 44 Oren Prosser Jr 20, 45 Dennis Rodriguez 155, 48 Bobby Michnowicz 115, 56 Steve Conrad 125, 71 Richard McCormick 150, 76 Derek Buckley 165, 91 Dwayne Marcum 220.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 Laps)
1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Rick Hendrix, 3. Derek Buckley, 4. Dennis Rodriguez, 5. Oren Prosser Jr., 6. Johnathon Henry, 7. Brandon Thomson, 8. Tom Harper, 9. Chris Wakim.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 Laps)
1. Kevin Kierce, 2. Luis Espinoza, 3. Steve Conrad, 4. Greg Taylor, 5. Eric Severson, 6. Clark Templeman III, 7. Jonas Reynolds, 8. Dan Tedrick.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 Laps)
1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Dwayne Marcum, 3. Richard McCormick, 4. Brian Camarillo, 5. Mark Weitzman, 6. Hobie Conway, 7. Bobby Michnowicz, 8. Nicholas Boxwell.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 Laps)
1. Eric Severson, 2. Mark Weitzman, 3. Clark Templeman III, 4. Bobby Michnowicz, 5. Brandon Thomson, 6. Johnathon Henry, 7. Jonas Reynolds, 8. Hobie Conway, 9. Nicholas Boxwell, 10. Oren Prosser Jr., 11. Dan Tedrick, 12. Tom Harper, 13. Chris Wakim.

FEATURE: (30 Laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Kevin Kierce (6th), 2. Greg Taylor (11th), 3. Dwayne Marcum (2nd), 4. Luis Espinoza (3rd), 5. Eric Severson (13th), 6. Rick Hendrix (1st), 7. Clark Templeman III (15th), 8. Brian Camarillo (12th), 9. Derek Buckley (7th), 10. Dennis Rodriguez (10th), 11. Brent Camarillo (5th), 12. Richard McCormick (9th), 13. Johnathon Henry (18th), 14. Brandon Thomson (17th), 15. Bobby Michnowicz (16th), 16. Hobie Conway (20th), 17. Steve Conrad (8th), 18. Mark Weitzman (14th), 19. Jonas Reynolds (19th), 20. Troy Rutherford (4th).
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VRA POINTS STANDINGS - 7/14
Pos Driver Wins Car# Points
1. Greg Taylor (5), 7- 2830
2. Kevin Kierce (2), 2C- 2695
3. Luis Espinoza, 09- 2430
4. Dennis Rodriguez, 45- 2305
5. Rick Hendrix (1), 15- 2245
6. Johnathon Henry (1), 17- 2060
7. Eric Severson, 36- 2055
8. Steve Conrad, 56- 1735
9. Brandon Thomson, 19- 1725
10. Dwayne Marcum, 91- 1485
11. John Nock, 83- 1425
12. Clark Templeman III, 18T- 1360
13. Guy Woodward, 24- 1190
14. Chris Wakim, 9W- 970
15. Cory Kruseman (2), 6- 970
16. Derek Buckley, 76- 965
17. Wes Richardson (1), 47- 955
18. Brent Camarillo, 20C- 830
19. Brian Camarillo, 22C- 765
20. Richard McCormick, 71- 750

NEXT VRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
July 21 – Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

*Thanks To Ventura Raceway.

VRA SENIOR SPRINT CARS
VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA
JULY 14, 2007 - POINT RACE #8

17 CARS

ENTRY LIST:
Car # Driver Name Points
2B Gil Mahoney 105, 5R Cliff Warren 125, 10 Tim Moon 170, 10A Danny Miller 260, 10c Mark Chuhaloff 175, 21 Bob Alderman 145, 22s Steve Stasa 170, 27 Ed McWiliams 110, 31 Bruce Douglass 205, 49 Ron Bach 200, 52x John Richards 210, 60 Bill Leonard 125, 61 Bill Badger 150, 67 Tom McCabe 105, 71c Jeff Culver 165, 72 Chuck Tyler 140, 75 Wiley Miller 225.

HEAT RACE 1: (8 Laps)
1. Bruce Douglass, 2. Bob Alderman, 3. Jeff Culver, 4. Wiley Miller, 5. Mark Chuhaloff, 6. Chuck Tyler, 7. Cliff Warren, 8. Bill Leonard, 9. Tom McCabe.

HEAT RACE 2: (8 Laps)
1. Danny Miller, 2. John Richards, 3. Steve Stasa, 4. Tim Moon, 5. Bill Badger, 6. Ron Bach, 7. Gil Mahoney, 8. Ed McWilliams.

FEATURE: (20 Laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Danny Miller (4th), 2. Wiley Miller (7th), 3. Ron Bach (12th), 4. John Richards (1st), 5. Bruce Douglass (3rd), 6. Mark Chuhaloff (9th), 7. Tim Moon (8th), 8. Steve Stasa (5th), 9. Jeff Culver (6th), 10. Bill Badger (10th), 11. Chuck Tyler (11th), 12. Bill Leonard (15th), 13. Cliff Warren (13th), 14. Bob Alderman (2nd), 15. Ed McWilliams (16th), 16. Tom McCabe (17th), 17. Gil Mahoney (14th).
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VRA SENIOR POINTS STANDINGS - 7/14
Pos Driver Wins Car# Points
1. Steve Stasa (2), 22S- 1655
2. Bob Alderman, 21- 1640
3. Danny Miller (2), 10A 1640
4. Bruce Douglass (1), 31- 1635
5. Willey Miller (1), 75- 1575
6. Ron Bach (2), 49- 1355
7. Jeff Culver,71C- 1320
8. John Richards, 52X- 1285
9. Gil Mahoney, 2B- 910
10. Tim Moon, 10- 850
11. Bill Badger, 61- 730
12. Bill Leonard, 60- 680
13. Tom "Mac" McCabe, 67- 610
14. Ron Butler, 8- 585
15. Mark Chuhaloff, 10C- 580
16. Mike Cook, 96- 510
17. Oren Prosser Sr., 44- 395
18. Brian Williams, 67- 380
19. Dale Harwood, 14- 305
20. Chuck Tyler, 72- 295

NEXT VRA SENIOR SPRINT CAR RACE:
August 25 – Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

*Thanks To Ventura Raceway.

Jonathan Allard Sweeps Weekend at Chico

(Chico, CA 7-14-07)…Chico’s Jonathan Allard led the final 27 laps to win his fourth King of California Golden State Challenge main event of the season. The defending King of California passed Trevor Green on lap three and survived numerous yellows and three red flags during the 30-lap race. Allard also won the Silver Dollar Speedway Friday night point race. For the weekend Allard and his Morrie and Katie Williams / GT Trends #0 won over $5,000 for the weekend. Allard said, “Anytime I can beat Brent I know I becoming a pretty good driver,” said Allard in victory lane. Kaeding shadowed Allard for most of the race. “It would have been a little funnier for us if we were sitting in the spot the zero team is but it was another good run for us and we’ll see if we can get them next week,” said Kaeding. Ronnie Day finished in the third spot. Day said, “The track was real good tonight and it was a track that slide jobs were going to move you to the front,” said Day. “I’m just glad we had a good finish and maybe come back in two weeks and get a win.”

Australia driver Trevor Green started on the pole by virtue of winning the six-lap dash earlier in the night. On the original start Stephen Allard spun into the grandstand wall and came to a stop in turn one. Allard went to the work area and gave up his outside row two starting spot. Green took the original lead and was followed by Jonathan Allard. On lap two Ronnie Day moved from his third spot into second by using the top of the racetrack. He then went on to pass Green for the lead. It was a great display of Day’s knowledge in finding the fastest part of the track before anyone had. However, while he was running around the top and taking the lead Chris Master’s flipped down the backstretch and brought out the yellow. The accident neglected Day’s passes and gave the lead back to Green. Day had to restart in the third spot.

Once Day showed everyone else the way to go, everyone else started to move to the top also. In turns three and four if you were not riding around the rim then you were getting passed. On lap three Allard passed Green for the lead. Four laps later Kaeding passed Green for second. On the next lap Jon Maiwald spun to bring out another caution.

Racing resumed until lap 12 when Johnny Gray tumbled down the backstretch and brought out the red. During the red the officials decided to open the pit area so crews could add fuel and tinker with their cars. Once Gray’s accident was cleared the race resumed until two laps later when Kyle Larson spun off turn three. Up to this point Allard and Kaeding were the class of the field. Yet, with the cautions and reds neither had to do numerous laps under green and neither had to battle many slower cars. The race was turning into drivers hitting their marks on the speedway.

After a few more stops due to cautions, the final one flew on lap 27 for Brett Miller. Allard had three laps to get the win and during the final three laps he never faltered. Allard led Kaeding by 1.897 seconds at the checkered flag. Allard’s win now moves him to 17-career main event victory’s on the Golden State Challenge career win list. Day crossed the line in third. Sean Becker started in the tenth spot and finished fourth. Jason Statler finished in the fifth spot.

Willie Croft finished in the sixth spot. Earlier in the night Croft set the quickest lap in qualifying at an 11.884. It was his fifth fast time qualifying award for Croft this season.

Johnny Gray led all 10 laps to win the first heat race. Craig Stidham led all 10 laps to win the second heat race. Mason Moore dominated the third heat race.

Kyle Larson led all 12-laps to win the B main event. Jon Maiwald, Brett Miller and Pat Harvey followed Larson across the finish line.

Results

Fast Time: Willie Croft – 11.884

Heat 1: Johnny Gray, Sean Becker, Brent Kaeding, Croft, Robbie Whitchurch

Heat 2: Craig Stidham, Jon Allard, Ric McCormick, Jason Statler, Stephen Allard

Heat 3: Mason Moore, Mark Workentine, Ronnie Day, Evan Suggs, Trevor Green

Dash: Green, Day, J. Allard, S. Allard, Kaeding, Croft, Statler, Suggs

B Main: Kyle Larson, Maiwald, Miller, Harvey, Jeff Griffen, Chris Masters, Mike Mossi, Ken Fredenburg, Brian Boswell, Dan Simpson, Stuart Krum

A Main: J. Allard, Kaeding, Day, Becker, Statler, Croft, Green, Stidham, Larson, Maiwald, Suggs, Miller, Harvey, Workentine, Griffin

Press Release

Santa Maria, CA - July 14, 2007...USAC/BCRA Midgets, Century 21 Hometown Realty Bandit Sprint Cars and NMRA TQ Midgets wowed the crowd Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.

*Garrett Hansen, of Manhatten Beach, started seventh in a 24-car starting grid and methodically worked his way through the field to overtake early leader Robby Flock, of Murrieta, for the win in the 30-lap main event. Flock held on for the runner-up spot, followed by Pasadina's Josh Lakatos, Elk Grove's Johnny Rodriguez and Chris Rahe of Placentia. Scott Pierovich, of Alamo, and C.J. Serna, of Palm Desert, won the 8-lap heat races and Jerome Rodela, of El Monte, set fast time of 14.086 seconds for an average time of about 85 miles-per-hour.

*The Bandit Sprint Car main was marred by two red flags, the first on lap one when Jeff Fiscus flipped coming out of turn two and came to rest against the back chute crash wall, and the second when Mike Larsen had the same type of experience on lap 19, in the north turns. Both Nipomo drivers walked away. The results in the race were the same as they have been on four other occasions in 2007 with Visalia's Jesse Mack finding himself in the winner's circle at the end of 30 laps. This time Mack started 5th in the field and passed early leader John Niggli, of Tulare, for the win. Albert Pombo, of Easton, also got by Niggli to finish second. Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, placed fourth and Richard VanderWeerd, of Visalia, fifth. Thompson, VanderWeerd and Dan Faria, Jr., of Tipton, all won 8-lap heat races. Fast time of 14.417 seconds was set by Myles Bishop of Escalon.

*NMRA TQ Midgets put on their usual display of nearly non-stop action in their 25-lap feature event. Camarillo's Bruce Hiroshima led the first lap, but from lap two on it was all Chuck West of Clovis. When the checkers waived it was West in front with June 16 feature winner Kenny Wiley, of Sunland, second and May 5 main event winner Randy Moody third. Hiroshima dropped to fourth at the finish and rookie Jonathan St. Clair was fifth. Hiroshima and Moorpark's West Evans captured 8-lap heat races and Wiley set fast time of 15.497 seconds, averaging just over 77 mph.

*Next Saturday night Late Model Stocks, IMCA Modifieds, East vs. West Super Streets and Factory Stocks return to action. Admission will be $14.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (65+), $3.00 for children 6 to 12, 5 and under free.

Santa Maria Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange, on Hutton Road.
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RACE SUMMARIES

USAC/BCRA Midgets: Fast Time - Jerome Rodela, 14.086. Heat 1 - Scott Pierovich, Quintin Crye, Michael Faccinto, Danny Eberts, Ralph Cortez, Doug DeWitt. Heat 2 - C.J. Serna, Justin Grant, Floyd Alvis, David Prickett, Jared Little, Kevin Morris, Jimmy Voitel, Dave Stoltz. Main Event - Garrett Hansen, Robby Flock, Josh Lakatos, Johnny Rodriguez, Chris Rahe, Brian Gard, Crye, Facinto, Randi Pankratz, Blake Miller, Pierovich, Ebberts, Morris, Shannon McQueen, Alvis, Serna, Little, DeWitt, Prickett, Voitel, Rodela, Grant, Steve Roza, Ralph Cortez, Dave Stoltz (DNS).

Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Myles Bishop, 14.417. Heat 1 - Jimmy Thompson, Greg Porte, John Niggli, Joey Layman, Josh Davis, Bishop. Heat 2 - Dan Faria, Jr., Jeff Fiscus, Ron Wade, Albert Pombo, Bill Jones, Michael Baker, Gordie Edwards (DNS). Heat 3 - Richard VanderWeerd, Rusty Carlile, Jesse Mack, Mike Knopf, Mike Larsen, John Iturriria, Ryan Guy. Main Event - Mack, Pombo, Niggli, Thompson, VanderWeerd, Porte, Bishop, Carlile, Faria, Jones, Wade, Iturriria, Layman, Davis, Guy, Knopf, Larsen, Fiscus, Baker (DNS), Edwards (DNS).

NMRA TQ Midgets: Fast Time - Kenny Wiley, 15.497. Heat 1 - Bruce Hiroshima, Jonathan St. Clair, Ron Ahrendt, Wiley, Jenna Bliffen, Michael Elliot. Heat 2 - West Evans, Chuck West, Randy Moody, Scott Dobson, Richard Ortega, Scott Niven. Main Event - West, Wiley, Moody, Hiroshima, St. Clair, Evans, Dobson, Ortega, Bliffen, Ahrendt, Elliot, Niven.
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POINT STANDINGS

Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jesse Mack - 392 2. Jimmy Thompson - 295 3. Joey Layman - 281 4. Bill Jones - 251 5. Ryan Guy - 227.

Marysville Raceway Park
Press Release 7.15.07
For immediate release
By Bob Burbach

Lovell out-duels Monahan; Giusti, Emery and Stinson also score

Marysville- Paul and Kathy Hawes presented an ambitious and exciting 4 division program Saturday night that featured 4 new winners in victory lane this season. Yuba City’s Korey Lovell, Sutter’s Joel Giusti, Former Marysville High School football coach Neil Stinson and Doug Emery of Glenn all captured first place prize money in their respective classes. Great battles and a photo finish spiced the program on the Marysville Raceway Park ¼ mile.

A 95 degree day and a stiff south wind created dry-slick conditions by feature time and would put a premium on driver skill as the Winged Pacific Sprint Cars lined up for their headliner. A “0” pill pull had the field starting straight up for starter Robin Davies green banner. Quick qualifier Mike Monahan was flanked Marysville’s Brandon Dozier as the field roared out of four to start the race. Monahan carried Dozier to the center of the track and buzzed his tires to a car length lead by turn 1. Dozier fell immediately into 2nd. 3rd starting Lovell stayed 3rd as the 1st lap was completed. Dozier slung it into turn 1 on lap 2 just a bit hard and spun to a stop giving 2nd to Lovell.

The resulting restart set up a race long duel between Monahan and Lovell that had the crowd cheering at times. A lap 4 melee in turn 3 had Cort Dozier on his lid after contact with June 30 feature winner Geoff Duppman. Dozier was OK. Brandon Dozier, after his 2nd lap spin had spent the last 3 laps going from last to 4th in a really swift drive through traffic. Duppman restarted and lined up in last for the new restart.

A long green flag segment followed with Lovell parked on Monahan’s tail. Lap after Lap the two MRP champions were glued together. As ¾ distance approached Lovell pulled along side and made good a pass for the lead. Rookie Rod Ramirez executed a spin in turn 1 that negated the move.

At the new green Sacramento’s Rick Kraushar and Jeremy Burt touched wheels in turn 2 sending Kraushar into a bone jarring series of hard-hitting flips. Kraushar eventually walked away from the hard ride, but it took a while for safety personnel to extract him from the wreckage.

Lovell stayed all over Monahan when the green flashed on once more. With 3 laps to go Lovell got an advantage on the outside running side by side with the leader through 3 and 4. Lovell crossed over as the pair drag raced up the front chute with engines at full song and the tires struggling for bite. Lovell had the inside at turn 1 and made good the pass for the lead. The final laps were uneventful as Monahan tried, but couldn’t get back by Lovell. Brandon Dozier and Duppman were 3rd and 4th at the checkers after passing their way into the top five after early race incidents put them at the rear.

The full field of KKCY Country 103 Cup Mini Stocks raced fast and clean in a frantic feature race. The two top point contenders shared the front row as Giusti and Marysville’s James Foster brought the field to the green flag. Only a single point separated the two at the beginning of the night with Giusti on top. This would be a thriller.

Giusti jumped into a lead he would never relinquish and go on to victory. But, it wasn’t as easy as that as first Foster, then Yuba City’s Lisa Shelby were all over the 2006 champion. Long green flag segments highlighted this spirited tussle for position.

The battle for 4th and 5th was a great one all night as 2005 Mini Stock champion Kevin Sprague returned to fendered warfare after a year and a half absence. Sprague was the 2006 MRP rookie of the year in the Wingless Sprint Car division last year. Talented Blane Baker and Sprague raced all night long for position just behind the three leaders. The race was so filled with good races that it was hard to know where to look.

Guisti led Foster, Shelby and Sprague across the line at the end when Baker faded in the last few laps allowing Mike Merritt and Floyd Youngblood 5th and 6th places respectively.

What was the 3rd closest finish in the history of MRP turned, in the end, into a race decided by the technical inspectors. Sacramento’s John Anderson nipped Glenn’s Doug Emery by.028 seconds in a thrilling side by side finish at the checkers. But Anderson’s car was disqualified in post race inspection and the win went to Emery. The interesting twist here is that it was Emery’s first race at MRP. Emery was fast all night taking a pair of 2nds in both the Dash and his Heat race.

Emery’s debut was overshadowed by the return of the Flyin’ Ford with Jeremy Hawes back at the controls. Hawes found the lead and disappointment in the curtain closer.

The front row saw Anderson and point leader Pat Russum side by side at the green flag for the feature. Russum took a sizable lead up the backstretch as Hawes found 3rd behind Anderson at the conclusion of lap 1. Anderson and Hawes put on a terrific show and diced back and forth through the first 8 laps while Russum led by 8 or 10 car lengths. While Anderson and Hawes battled, Russum inched further ahead. An incidental yellow for a stalled racer bunched the field near ½ way.

The new green saw Hawes get up on the wheel and quickly nip by Anderson. Hawes ate up the real estate between himself and Russum in 2 laps. Then, he roared past Russum 1 lap later on the front stretch to the screaming delight of the onlookers. It appeared that Russum’s string had been broken as Hawes started to move away.

2 laps later Hawes started a lazy slide in turn 1 and lost it. Russum hit Hawes and both were stopped when Wheatland’s Tim Barnes hammered the motionless 01 and wiped out Hawes front end. Russum and Barnes restarted. Hawes was through after a great drive to the front.

Emery had raced his way to the front while the Hawes/Russum duel was in progress and inherited the lead after the crash. Anderson was parked on Emery’s tail for the rest of the race.

As the pair came to the white flag Emery had a paper-thin lead. Emery faltered just a bit in turn 2 and Anderson was along side in a flash. Anderson had the inside line in turn 3 and it was then that Emery crossed over and gassed the red 14. Emery tried the inside as the pair flew to the flag. Anderson beat Emery to the line by.028 of a second in a dazzler of a finish. No one in the grandstand was sitting. It was that good.

Anderson’s disqualification in post-race inspection put the Emery back on top with Tim Sherman Jr. 2nd and, amazingly, Tim Barnes in 3rd. Barnes great ride back to the front after the Hawes/Russum incident went virtually unnoticed with the fantastic race going on for the win.

The Nor Cal Dwarf Cars were the hosted traveling group and local speedster Neil Stinson finally found victory lane in a stirring drive to the front. The last time Stinson saw MRP it was a sky-ground-sky-ground experience as he flipped his way out of that competition. This time Stinson systematically clawed his way to the front and, after a heart-pounding battle with “Hollywood” Kevin Bender, took the well-deserved checkers.

Bender was going to be hard to catch as “Hollywood” pretty much had everyone covered on a night when a great slick track racer like Bender showed the way. Mike “Spanky” Grenert had an adventure as well. His to the back-to the front (eventually finishing 3rd) race was noteworthy.

It was Stinson’s 1st home victory after years of trying. He’s won just about everywhere else on the traveling circuit but MRP which is situated about a mile from his place of business. Stinson is the former football coach at Marysville High School.

Next week the “Wingless Warriors” Wingless Sprint Car Series will be back for a complete program of their heart-stopping wheel-to-wheel action. The Mighty KKCY Stock Cars and Mini Stocks will be back with their slam-bang form of all out action. The Extreme Bombers will be back with an outrages car-crunching event that will be the talk of the town, guaranteed.

Pit gates always open at 3PM. Spectator Gates Open at 5PM with racing getting underway at 7PM. Contact the promoters at 1.530.743.1327 or email as indicated on the home page. Put www.marysvilleracewaypark on your “favorites” button on you computer. Watch this site for press releases, updates and complete results.

Note: Please make this observer aware of any names that are misspelled. The text is based on information we have at the time of its release.

LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2007 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week” =- “Bob Darland Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.818; 2. Brad Sweet, 2J, Yeley-12.895; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-12.983; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-13.044; 5. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-13.044; 6. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-13.046; 7. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-13.092; 8. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-13.120; 9. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-13.132; 10. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-13.139; 11. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-13.182; 12. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-13.205; 13. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-13.215; 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.219; 15. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-13.241; 16. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-13.269; 17. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.289; 18. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.342; 19. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-13.353; 20. Chris Urish, 77u, Urish-13.364; 21. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-13.376; 22. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-13.398; 23. Mat Neely, 17N, Neely-13.401; 24. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-13.449; 25. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-13.468; 26. Jeff Bland, 21x, Bland-13.491; 27. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-13.518; 28. Mitch Wissmiller, 7x, Mahan-13.522; 29. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.567; 30. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.650; 31. Ron Dennis, 32, Dennis-13.759; 32. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.834; 33. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-13.881; 34. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.884; 35. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-13.904; 36. Michael Trimble, 21T, Kruseman-13.914; 37. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-14.046; 38. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-14.163; 39. Josh Ford, 2, Reid-14.182; 40. Patrick Haynes, 5H, Haynes-14.339; 41. #71x, Kunz-NT; 42. #21s, Stewart-NT; 43. #20s, Stewart-NT; 44. #11D, Walker/Guiducci-NT; 45. #67x, Kunz-NT; 46. #29x, CW-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 laps) 1. Robbins, 2. Trimble, 3. Ford, 4. Gamester, 5. Burdette, 6. Boespflug, 7. Haynes, 8. Mellenberndt. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Short, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Shepherd, 6. Robbins, 7. Westfall, 8. Windom, 9. Swindell. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Ballou, 3. Bland, 4. Bacon, 5. Trimble, 6. Morgan, 7. Kruseman, 8. Sweet, 9. Beauchamp. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hollingsworth, 2. Cottle, 3. Clayton, 4. Weir, 5. Dennis, 6. Neely, 7. Scheurenberg, 8. Ford, 9. Stenhouse. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wissmiller, 2. Hockett, 3. Hagen, 4. J.Spencer, 5. Whitt, 6. M.Spencer, 7. Gardner, 8. Urish, 9. Gamester. 2:22.07

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Whitt, 3. Morgan, 4. Shepherd, 5. Stenhouse, 6. Neely, 7. Robbins, 8. Ford, 9. Westfall, 10. M.Spencer, 11. Dennis, 12. Trimble, 13. Swindell, 14. Windom, 15. Gamester, 16. Urish, 17. Gardner, 18. Scheurenberg. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Dustin Morgan, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 8. Neil Shepherd, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Chris Windom, 13. Jesse Hockett, 14. Shane Hollingsworth, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Brady Short, 17. Shane Cottle, 18. Mat Neely, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Kevin Swindell, 21. Daron Clayton, 22. Josh Spencer, 23. Jeff Bland Jr., 24. Mitch Wissimller. NT

**Bland flipped during practice. Mellenberndt flipped during the non-qualifiers race. Windom flipped during the first heat. Beauchamp flipped during the second heat. Sweet flipped during the second heat. Stenhouse flipped during the third heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Darland, lap 30 Stanbrough.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,048; 2-Hagen-995; 3-Darland-841; 4-Bacon-764; 5-Short-718; 6-Swindell-701; 7-Stenhouse-643; 8-Hockett-630; 9-Gardner-600; 10-Stanbrough-553.

NEW LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Stanbrough-290; 2-Jones-285; 3-Darland-261; 4-Hagen-232; 5-Bacon-230; 6-Weir-214; 7-Stenhouse-211; 8-Cottle-196; 9-Short-185; 10-Kruseman-184.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 19 – Boswell, IN – Kamp Motor Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week"

MARYSVILLE RACEWAY PARK - MARYSVILLE, CA
JULY 14, 2007

360 WINGLESS SPRINTS:
Dash for cash winner #12 John C. Anderson,
Heat 1 winner #96c-Pat Richards,
Heat 2 winner #01-Jeremy Hawes,
Heat 3 winner #7-Pat Russum
Main Event winner #14-Douglas Emery, 2. #1JR-Tim Sherman, Jr., 3. #5-Tim Barnes, 4. #00-Jerry Bartlett, 5. #5R-Nate Herbert, 6. #33-William Boosembank, 7. #8-Mark Hill, 8. #66-Josh Matlock, 9. #7-Pat Russum, 10. #16-Jim Steward, 11. #01-Jeremy Hawes, 12. #3-Eddie Gardner, 13. #62-Carl Allison, 14. #59-Tim Burcher, 15. #29-Ray Benkowski, 16. #9-Dusty Barton, 17. #96c-Pat Richards
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360 PACIFIC SPRINTS:
Dash for cash winner #71 L-Korey Lovell,
Heat 1 winner #96-Geoff Duppman,
Heat 2 winner-#2b-Jeremy Burt
Main Event winner #71 L-Korey Lovell, 2. #49-Mike Monahan, 3. #95-Brandon Dozier, 4. #96-Geoff Duppman, 5. #2b-Jeremy Burt, 6. #11z-Christine Zavson, 7. #28-Jim Marsh, 8. #88d-Heath Hall, 9. #28 R-Rodney Ramirez, 10. #74-Rick Kraushar, 11. #97c-Cortney Dozier, 12. #16-Yvonne Dolner
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KKCY MINI STOCKS:
Dash for cash winner #58 Mike Merritt,
Heat 1 winner #40 Blane Baker,
Heat 2 winner #88-Lisa Shelby,
Heat 3 winner #17-Joel Guisti
Main Event winner #17-Joel Guisti, 2. #3-James A.M. Foster, 3. #88-Lisa Shelby, 4. #7-Kevin Sprague, 5. #58-Mike Merritt, 6. #9-Floyd Youngblood, 7. #40-Blane Baker, 8. #8-Jamey Ollar, 9. #68-Robert Luster, 10. #22m-Damian Merritt, 11. #77m-Shaun Merritt, 12. #89-Alan Furuta, Jr., 13. #3d-James M. Foster, 14. #6-Eric Jones, 15. #29-Zach Johnson, 16. #64 1/2-William Anderson, 17. #R-1-Robert Hunt
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FOR DWARF CAR RESULTS, PLEASE SEE www.dwarfworld.com.

Stines Wins at Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, IN
July 14, 2007

Bobby Stines won the sprint car feature Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway. Billy Puterbaugh, Robbie Rice, Andrew Prather, and Todd Kimmell rounded out the top five.

Sprint Cars 07 - A-MAIN
Pos Driver Car #
1 Bobby Stines 9
2 Billy Puterbaugh 16P
3 Robbie Rice 22R
4 Andrew Prather 16
5 Todd Kimmell 33
6 Thomas Meseraull 00
7 Kenny Carmichael JR 92C
8 Casey Shuman 4
9 Kent Christian 1C
10 Eric Smith 14
11 Troy Link 49
12 Danny Pollock 24
13 Kevin Studley 57
14 Derek O'Dell 11D
15 Stephanie Tuttle 34
16 Derek Williams 64
17 Hud Cone 14C
18 Josh Clemons 71
19 Jared Harris 81H
20 Dickie Gaines 11P
21 Danny Williams Jr 57R