Gaining the lead when Steven Williams lost power late, point leader Paul Stone scored the 25 lap RACE Modified main event victory Friday night at Chowchilla Speedway. It was the third straight feature win for Stone aboard his Kenneth Stone Spreading Service sponsored Larkins Modified as Jack Stanford finished second ahead of Wayne Coffman. Mark Odgers scored his first 25 lap Hobby Stock feature win of the season ahead of Rod Lefler and Red Williams. Mike Shepherd cruised to victory in the 20 lap Super Street Stock main event ahead of Darren Thomas and point leadere Monty Tomlinson Jr. Kevin Lockerby returned and impressed with his 20 lap Super 4 Mini Stock main event win ahead of Dudley Reed and Loyd Bamping. The night's action was sponsored by HTW Competition Warehouse of Merced.
Steven Williams and Bakersfield visitor Wayne Coffman each won six lap Modified heat races with Coffman also the four lap trophy dash winner. Mark Condell set the early main event pace ahead of Stone and Stanford. A high pass in Turn 2 of the third lap gained Stanford second from Stone. A low pass in Turn 4 of the fourth lap gained Stanford the lead from Condell as Stone followed closely into second. Condell spun from third in Turn 2 for a lap six caution flag. Stanford led the restart as Williams rode the outside line around Stone for second. A back stretch pass on lap nine gained Williams the lead, and Jim Myers brought out a lap 13 caution flag. Williams led Stone and Stanford on the restart, and it looked like that might be the finish until Williams slowed in Turn 4 of the 22nd lap. Stone raced into the lead and would bring it home a happy winner ahead of Stanford, Coffman, Tim Sprotte and Condell.
Red Williams and Andrew Krumm each won six lap Hobby Stock heat races before rookie point leader Mark Funkhouser won the four lap trophy dash. Rod Lefler paced the first two laps of the main event before Mark Odgers raced by for the lead with an outside move on the front stretch. While Odgers and Lefler pulled away, back of the pack starter Williams worked his way through the pack in the non stop race. A low pass in Turn 2 of the seventh lap gained Williams fifth from Funkhouser. Craig Tatum pitted from third on lap eight, and Williams took third from Matt Borges with a low pass in Turn 3 of the tenth lap. Williams steadily reeled in the lead duo, and he was right with them at the checkered flag. However, Odgers drove a flawless race for the popular victory ahead of Lefler, Williams, Krumm and Tim Dean.
Tomlinson Jr. won his Super Street Stock six lap heat race before Shepherd won the four lap trophy dash. George Lefler Sr. led the first four laps of the main event. Last starter Shepherd was in fifth on lap two, and Tomlinson Jr. and Shepherd shuffled Eugene Costa out of the top three on a lap three restart. Shepherd raced around Tomlinson Jr. for second on lap four and used a high pass in Turn 3 of the fifth lap to take the lead from Lefler. Tomlinson Jr. used an inside front stretch pass on lap nine to take over second, and Thomas used a low pass in Turn 3 of the 11th lap to take third from Lefler. By then, Shepherd held a straightaway advantage over second place duelers Tomlinson Jr. and Thomas. Thomas used an inside pass in Turn 2 of the 18th lap to take over second, and Shepherd cruised to victory ahead of Thomas, Tomlinson Jr., Lefler and Tim Ragsdale.
Michael Beltran and Ron Germam each won six lap Super 4 Mini Stock heat races before the rookie Beltran came back to claim his first career four lap trophy dash win. Back on the dirt after several asphalt starts in his Little Truck this season at Madera, Lockerby raced into the main event lead from his front row start. Reed was an early second ahead of Bamping. Title contender Bob Terry fell out early, and point leader German was eliminated in a lap two tangle with Mini 4 point leader David Mullett. Lockerby led Bamping and Reed on the restart. A low pass in Turn 4 of the eighth lap gained Beltran second as Reed settled into third. Beltran suffered mechanical problems on lap 13 and retired as Lockerby held a commanding lead over Reed. Lockerby would bring it home to victory ahead of Reed, Bamping, Bud Sicks Jr. and Mullett.
RACE RESULTS
MODIFIED HEAT 1-Steven Williams, Tim Sprotte, Paul Stone. HEAT 2-Wayne Coffman, Jack Stanford, Nathan Corn. DASH-Coffman, Williams, Stanford. MAIN EVENT-Stone, Stanford, Coffman, Sprotte, Mark Condell, Mark Hamblin, Williams, Kurtis Moore, Corn, Jim Myers, Corn.
SUPER STREET STOCK HEAT-Monty Tomlinson Jr., Mike Shepherd, Rich Firato. DASH-Shepherd, Tomlinson Jr., Firato. MAIN EVENT-Shepherd, Darren Thomas, Tomlinson Jr., George Lefler Sr., Tim Ragsdale, Eugene Costa, Monty Tomlinson Sr., Firato.
HOBBY STOCK HEAT 1-Red Williams, Mark Funkhouser, Jay Connelly. HEAT 2-Andrew Krumm, Mark Odgers, Rod Lefler. DASH-Funkhouser, Williams, Krumm. MAIN EVENT-Odgers, Lefler, Williams, Krumm, Tim Dean, Connelly, Matt Boges, Funkhouser, Craig Tatum, Jerry O'Hagan.
SUPER 4 MINI STOCK
HEAT 1-Michael Beltran, Loyd Bamping, Bud Sicks Jr. HEAT 2-Ron German, Bob
Terry, Dudley Reed. DASH-Beltran, German, Bamping. MAIN EVENT-Kevin
Lockerby, D. Reed, Bamping, Sicks, David Mullett, David Gassett, Randy
Veldhuisen, Beltran, German, Terry.
