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From SMS 7-29-07
Edited to contain only VRA-Bandit Grand Slam info.
Press Release
Santa Maria, CA - July 28, 2007...Century 21 Hometown Realty
Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars showed up 50 strong for the running
of the CCIS Information Solutions sponsored event Saturday night at
Santa Maria Speedway. The sprinters were joined by IMCA Modifieds and
Mini Stocks.
*Eric Severson, of Torrance, came out on top in qualifying with a
lap of 14.708 seconds but it was Josh Ford, of Camarillo, who came out
on top in the 30-lap "A" main event. Ford started outside of row one
and led every lap to move into a tie for the lead in the Grand Slam
point standings. The race went well until the 21st circuit when things
came to a grinding halt with a red flag for a three car pileup exiting
turn two, and another for a two-car tangle on the restart. All five
drivers walked away and the race went on without serious incident until
the final lap. Danny Sheridan was running second going into the last
two turns of the final lap, when Atascadero's Greg Porte made an inside
move on the Santa Maria driver going into turn three, their wheel
touched, and Sheridan went flipping up to the wall as the checkers
waived for Ford. Sheridan too was uninjured. Porte finished second,
followed by Ventura's Jimmy Crawford, Kerman's Davey Pombo, and Grand
Slam co-point leader Greg Taylor of Ojai. Porte and Chris Wakim, of
Simi Valley, captured 12-lap "B" main events and 10-lap heat race wins
went to Pombo, Taylor, Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach; Hobie Conway,
of Ventura; and Brent Camarillo of Camarillo.
RACE SUMMARIE
Bandit/VRA Sprint Cars:
Fast Time - Eric Severson, 14.708.
Heat 1 - Davey Pombo, Severson, Myles Bishop, Kevin Kierce, Jeff
Fiscus, Richard VanderWeerd, Dennis Rodriguez, Jr., Davey Knott, Ryan
Guy, Dennis Olson.
Heat 2 - Jimmy Thompson, Jeff Culver, Jonathan Henry, Chris Wakim, Rick
Hendrix, Jake Hodges, Albert Pombo, Bruce Douglass, Cliff Warren, Adam
Frith-Smith.
Heat 3 - Brian Camarillo, Danny Sheridan, Greg Taylor, Greg Porte,
Dwayne Marcum, Jayson May, Joey Layman, Josh Davis, Mike Larson, Dan
Tedrick.
Heat 4 - Rusty Carlile, Clark Templeton III, Luis Espinoza, John Nock,
John Niggli, Hobie Conway, Bill Jones, Michael Baker, Kenny Perkins,
Greg Bragg (DNS).
Heat 5 - Josh Ford, Jimmy Crawford, Danny Faria, Jr., Jesse Mack, Brent
Camarillo, Brandon Thomson, Oren Prosser, Jr., Ron Tjaarda, Gordy
Edwards, Mike Knopf.
"B" Main #1 - Niggli, Hendrix, May, Wakim, Thomson, Conway, Layman,
Jones, Larson, Warren, Olson, Davis, Tedrick, Kierce, Knopf, Rodriguez,
Tjaarda, Bragg.
"B" Main #2 - Porte, VanderWeerd, Hodges, Mack, Fiscus, A. Pombo,
Marcum, Douglass, Baker, Knott, Nock, Brent Camarillo, Edwards,
Frith-Smith, Prosser, Perkins, Guy.
"A" Main Event - Ford, Porte, Crawford, D. Pombo, Taylor, Henry, Mack,
Niggli, Thompson, VanderWeerd, Wakim, Espinoza, Faria, Carlile, Bishop,
Sheridan, Thomson, Culver, Templeman, Brian Camarillo, Hendrix,
Severson, Hodges.
POINT STANDINGS
Bandit/VRA Sprint Cars: 1. Josh Ford,Greg Taylor - 224 3. Davey Pombo - 222 4. Jesse Mack - 214 5. Jonathan Henry - 202.
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