BAKERSFIELD, California -- David Mayhew of Atascadero scored his first career Late Model main event win tonight, and took over the series point lead. Mayhew who qualified second, started in the fifth position, moved past Josh Horn and into the lead on lap 19. Horn gave chase, followed by fast qualifier Devlin Autry, Glenn Burke and last week’s winner Eric Richardson.
On lap 30 Autry moved into second, but Mayhew was well on his way to his first Late Model win. But then with three to go in the fifty lapper, Lancaster’s Michael Lawrence spun off turn 2 and hit the outside retaining wall on the driver’s side of his #3 Chevy. The Mesa Marin safety teams responded and Lawrence was carefully remove from his car and transported to Kern Medical Center for observation.
This set up a green-white-checkered, with the line up of Mayhew, Autry, Horn, Brian Richardson and Eric Richardson. Mayhem got a great restart and crossed the line four car lengths ahead of Autry, no positions in the top five changed over the two lap shoot out.
In Street Stock competition, it was 2003 series champ David Hutchins, Jr. who passed Greg Puskarich for the lead on lap 8 on went on to his second victory of 2004. Shane Thomas, Paul Ebersbacher, Puskarich and Howie Smith rounded out the top five.
Jeff Foy of Delano High won the High School Principals Race, followed by Larry Phelps and Joe Schoensein.
In the 911 Race for Youth main event, the District Attorney’s office took the win, Bakersfield PD in second and the City Building Department in third.
Next Saturday night, Mesa Marin will host the West Coast Pro Truck Series, Street Stock twin main events, Cal Spas Supermoto Series and the 911 series.
