MADERA, California Jim Pettit II served noticed that the championship fight is not over and closed to within 13 points of Craig Raudman with a thrilling come from behind victory at Madera (CA) Speedway Saturday night. The win was Pettit's second of the season in NASCAR AutoZone Southwest Series competition in 2004 and third of his career. Following Pettit to the line was Todd Souza scoring his best finish of the season. Burney Lamar finished third with Steve Belletto, and Nick Joanides rounding out the top five.
NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series Star Nursery.Com "125" Presented by AutoZone Madera Speedway, Madera, Calif., July 17, 2004 125-Laps/41.666 miles on a One-Third Mile Paved Oval, Purse: $44,894
Finishing position, starting position, driver, car, laps completed, reason out, money won. 1. (14) Jim Pettit II, Ford, 125, Running, $2,900; 2. (20) Todd Souza, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $2,350; 3. (9) Burney Lamar, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,700; 4. (8) Steve Belletto, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,200; 5. (22) Nick Joanides, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,150; 6. (18) Eddy McKean, Pontiac, 125, Running, $1,400; 7. (13) Jason Fensler, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $975; 8. (11) Eric Holmes, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,650; 9. (17) Joe Herold, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,300; 10. (10) Craig Raudman, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,625;
11. (1) Nick Lynch, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $850; 12. (16) Doug McCoun, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,200; 13. (4) Greg Voigt, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,175; 14. (21) Thomas Martin, Pontiac, 123, Running, $800; 15. (6) Jeff Belletto, Chevrolet, 121, Running, $700; 16. (15) Dan Holtz, Ford, 105, Running, $1,075; 17. (7) Jeff McCoun, Chevrolet, 103, Accident, $650; 18. (12) Darrell LaMoure, Chevrolet, 95, Accident, $625;
19. (5) Mike Mendenhall, Chevrolet, 73, Overheating, $625;
20. (2) Jeff Seifert, Chevrolet, 70, Accident, $625; 21. (3) Bob Lyon, Chevrolet, 61, Overheating, $625; 22. (19) Rip Michels, Chevrolet, 23, Accident, $1,025; TIME OF RACE: 44 minutes, 20 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 55.827 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.30 seconds BUD POLE AWARD: Craig Raudman, HPS Mechanical Chevrolet 14.633/81.924 mph
POWERADE POWER MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Todd Souza, Money by Design Chevrolet FEATHERLITE AWARD: Eric Holmes, KENKO Chevrolet AUTOMETER ROOKIE-OF-THE-RACE AWARD: Nick Lynch, Mr. Gas/Yerf Dog Chevrolet
CAUTION FLAGS: Five cautions for 34 laps (23-27, 50-54, 73-81, 97-103,
106-113)
LAP LEADERS: Four lead changes among five drivers . Jeff Seifert 1-22, Nick Lynch 23-39, Mike Mendenhall 40-73, Greg Voigt 74-83, Jim Pettit II 84-125
