A late race charge by former dirt modified champion Ricky Thornton, Jr. propelled him by three time champion Anthony Madrid on the final lap of the 20 lap main event Friday night at Manzanita Speedway. Madrid, who was seeking his 124th career win, took the lead at the drop of the green flag but Thornton, who started eighth, got his nose in front as they completed the 18th lap and completed the pass of the final lap. Jay Foster finished third ahead of Tim Ward and Chuck Kuehl. Rounding out the top ten were Bob Sanders, Mike Bobbins, Jay Parvin, Steve Carter and Steve Shultz.
Madrid made it look easy in beating Sanders and Kuehl in the first eight lap heat race and Thornton went wire to wire in the second heat with Foster and Ed Beebe in pursuit.
While Madrid figured to be the driver to beat in the factory stock 20 lap feature he blew a tire after leading the first four laps. He made a quick pit stop and lined up at the rear of the field.
William McCullough added his name to the winner’s list with his first ever win. He came out of the fifth row and had the lead when he completed the sixth lap. Despite numerous yellow flags that kept the field close he was up to all challenges and beat Danny Pearson, Ty Weidner and Madrid with Ron Poe taking fifth. The rest of the top ten, in order, were Jody Henderson, Reed Veralrud, Matt Martinez, Bobby Taylor and Michael Humphrey.
The 37 car field ran four heat races, a consy and a semi to fill the 20 car main event field. The top four from each heat made the feature and the top four in the semi also transferred to the main. Madrid took the lead on the first lap of the first heat and led Mike Lilly, McCullough and Chuck Thornton to the checkered flag. The second heat went to Martinez over Pearson, Terry Mumaugh and Weidner. In the third heat Marlowe Wrightsman, Taylor, Henderson and John Baker earned their way into the feature. D.C. Parmeley edged Poe, Ron Smith and Crystal Reynolds in the final heat.
Veralud won the semi with Byran Zalenka, Ruben Solares, Jr. and Ron Reynolds getting the final four spots in the feature.
Harry Roud won the Consy over Joe Peterson, Sahib Markovich and Jeremy Smith.
Matt Martinez led all 15 laps in the bomber feature but almost lost it when Daniel Romero finished a scant two feet behind him. Kevin Czoka finished third ahead of Daniel Romero, Mike Bray and Jim Miller. Rounding out the top ten were Randy Allen, Ron Neis, Aaron Oachs, Mark Collier and Rex Hasley.
With 44 bombers on hand there were four heat races with 11 cars in each heat. The first heat went to Martinez over Hasley, Frank Outlaw and Tyler Gerard. The top four in the second heat were Allen, Miller, Jeff Mokry and Rob Parcher. The third heat had Neis out front at the checkered flag with Daniel Romero, Jesse Johnson and Collier in pursuit. Bray beat the field in the final heat with Czoka, John Romero and Oachs trailing.
The first "B" main went to Shawn Beissel who finished ahead of Russ Odman, Susie Wood and Cory Tait. The second "B" was won by Michael Knobloch with Gene Heitchler, Howard Lindsay and Toby Webito trailing.
Bobby Newman won the trophy dash in his first start.
The dirt dolls, not to be out done, had a competitive 10 lap feature with Dawn Klem making a drive from ninth to edge early leader Becky Madrid with Savannah Tinch in third. Rounding out the field were Rhonda Gill, Amanda Madrid, Lori James, Amber Taylor, #44x, Jennifer Lilly and Tish Hamblen. Becky Madrid led the first three laps and the Klem, seventh led the final seven laps.
| IMCA Dirt Modifieds |
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| Main Event: (20 laps) 1. Ricky Thornton, Jr. 2. Anthony Madrid 3. Jay Foster 4. Tim Ward 5. Chuck Kuehl 6. Bob Sanders 7. Mike Bobbins 8. Jay Parvin 9. Steve Carter 10. Steve Shultz 11. Jeff Gibson 12. Ed Beebe 13. Jeremy Osborn 14. Terry Belcher, Jr. Lap leaders: laps 1-18 Madrid, laps 19-20 Thornton 1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Anthony Madrid 2. Bob Sanders 3. Chuck Kuehl 4. Jeremy Osborn 5. Steve Carter 6. Jerry Walters 7. Steve Shultz (no time) 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Ricky Thornton, Jr. 2. Jay Foster 3. Ed Beebe 4. Jay Parvin 5. Jeff Gibson 6. Tim Ward 7. Mike Bobbins (time: 2:18.62) |
| SCRA Factory Stocks |
| Main Event: (20 laps) 1. William McCullough 2. Danny Pearson 3. Ty Weidner 4. Anthony Madrid 5. Ron Poe 6. Jody Henderson 7. Reed Veralrud 8. Matt Martinez 9. Bobby Taylor 10. Michael Humphrey 11. Ron Reynolds 12. Terry Mumaugh 13. Crystal Reynolds 14. Mike Leslie 15. Ruben Solares, Jr. 16. C.D. Parmeley 17. John Baker 18. Marlowe Wrightsman 19. Ron Smith 20. Chuck Thornton Lap leaders: laps 1-4 Madrid, lap 5. Martinez, laps 6-20 McCullough 1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Anthony Madrid 2. Mike Lilly 3. William McCullough 4. Chuck Thornton 5. Reed Veralrud 6. John Baker 7. Ben Shepherd 8. Sahib Markovich 9. Jerry Smith 10. Justin Taylor (time: 2:47.08) 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Matt Martinez 2. Danny Pearson 3. Terry Mumaugh 4. Ty Weidner 5. Steve Shumaker 6. Chris Fiore 7. Bryan Zalenka 8. Dave Petronzio (no time) 3rd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Marlowe Wrightsman 2. Bobby Taylor 3. Jody Henderson 4. John Baker 5. Dale Wall 6. Stacey Mecl 7. Harry Moorehead 8. Brandi Wall 9. Jeremy Lilly 10. Joe Peterson (no time)) 4th Heat: (8 laps) 1. D.C. Parmeley 2. Ron Poe 3. Ron Smith 4. Crystal Reynolds 5. Ruben Solares, Jr. 6. Ron Reynolds 7. Bryan Cady 8. Mark Millan 9. Harry Roud (no time) "B" Main: (12 laps) 1. Reed Veralrud 2. Bryan Zalenka 3. Ruben Solares, Jr. 4. Ron Reynolds 5. John Baker 6. Dale Wall 7. Bryan Cady 8. Ben Shepherd 9. Jeremy Lilly 10. Harry Roud 11. Stacey Mecl 12. Chris Fiore 13. Sahib Markovich (no time) "C" Main: (10 laps) 1. Harry Roud 2. Joe Peterson 3. Sahib Markovich 4. Jerry Smith 5. Mark Millan 6. Dave Jones 7. Justin Taylor 8. Brandi Wall 9. Jeremy Lilly 10. Bob Millan (no time) Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Anthony Madrid 2. Matt Martinez 3. Marlowe Wrightsman 4. Ty Weidner (time: 1:45.60) |
| Manzanita Bombers |
| Main Event: (15 laps) 1. Matt Martinez 2. Daniel Romero 3. Kevin Czoka 4. Mike Bray 5. Jim Miller 6. Randy Allen 7. Ron Neis 8. Aaron Oachs 9. Mark Collier 10. Rex Hasley 11. Michael Knobloch 12. Frank Outlaw 13. Gene Heitchler 14. John Romero 15. Rob Parcher 16. Jeff Mokry 17. Tyler Gerard 18. Shawn Beissel 20. Jesse Johnson (time: 5:06.94) Lap leaders: laps 1-15 Martinez 1st Heat: (9 laps) 1. Matt Martinez 2. Rex Hasley 3. Frank Outlaw 4. Tyler Gerard 5. Terry Cox 6. Russ Odman 7. Anthony Bohner 8. Jeremy Pool 9. Richard Bennett 10. Larry Gordon 11. Sarah Atkinson (time: 3:13.41) 2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Randy Allen 2. Jim Miller 3. Jeff Mokry 4. Rob Parcher 5. Michael Knobloch 6. Gene Heitdchler 7. Kimmy Terry 8. Johnny Madrid 9. Greg Gentile 10. Cory Tait 11. John Wilt (time: 2:59.53) 3rd Heat (8 laps) 1. Ron Neiss 2. Daniel Romero 3. Jesse Johnson 4. Mark Collier 5. Shawn Beissel 6. Nick Lansbery 7. Bill Lewis 8. Dave Stepp 9. Bobby Newman 10. Frankie DeWoody 11. Joey Vivian (time: 2:50.46-new track record) 4th Heat: (8 laps) 1. Mike Bray 2. Kevin Czoka 3. John Romero 4. Aaron Oachs 5. Toby Webito 6. Howard Lindsay 7. #18 8. Terry Cox 9. Russell Page 10. Joe Flewelling 11. Jason Baker (time: 2:53.53) 1st "B" Main (10 laps) 1. Shawn Beissel 2. Russ Odman 3. Susie Wood 4. Cory Tait 5. Jeremy Pool 6. Joe Flewelling 7. Kimmy Terry 8. Sarah Atkinson 9. Jason Baker 10. Bill Lewis 11. John Wilt 12. Russell Page 13. Terry Cox (time: 3:34.19) 2nd "B" Main: (8 laps) 1. Michael Knobloch 2. Gene Heitchler 3. Howard Lindsay 4. Mike Bray 5. Toby Webito 6. Larry Gordon 7. Joey Vivian 8. #18 9. Bobby Newman 10. Johnny Madrid 11. Frankie DeWoody 12. Terry Cox (time: 3:44.63) Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Bobby Newman 2. Rob Parcher 3. Mark Collier 4. Jim Miller 5. Gene Heitchler 6. Jeff Mokry (Time: 1:45.60) |
| Dirt Dolls |
| Main Event: (10 laps) 1. Dawn Klem 2. Becky Madrid 3. Savannah Tinch 4. Rhonda Gill 5. Amanda Madrid 6. Lori James 7. Amber Taylor 8. #44x 9. Jennifer Lilly 10. Tish Hamblen Lap leaders: lap 1-3 Hamblen, laps 4-6 Klem |
