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by Jim Pluhar

Santa Maria, CA - August 12, 2006...Bandit Sprint Cars, East vs. West Shootout Street Stocks, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks gave race fans plenty of action Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.

Santa Maria's Danny Sheridan owned the Sprint Car division for the night, setting fast time of 14.008 seconds (85 mps average), winning his 8-lap heat race, and capping off the evening with a victory in the 25-lap feature event. Eric Severson, of Torrance, finished second on his first run of the season with the local Bandits. The rest of the top-five were: Mike Knopf, Santa Maria; Jayson May, Taft; and Joey Layman, Atascadero. Knopf won the second heat race.

The Bakersfield/SMS East vs. West Street Stock Shootout found popular local driver Joey Silva, of Santa Maria, back in victory circle after a long absence. Nipomo's Kenny Kirkpatrick chased Silva for most of the 30-lap distance before spinning himself out of contention, four laps from the end, while going for the lead on the back chute. When the green flag flew again, with three laps to go, Lee Jensen, of Bakersfield, had a shot at Silva for the win. "Sparky", as he's known, was up to the challenge and Jensen had to settle for second, with Santa Maria's Tim Randolph third, Coalinga's Rich Denman fourth and Caruthers' Johnny Cardoza fifth. Mike Corwin, of Bakersfield, set fast time of 16.639 second for an average speed of around 71 miles-per-hour. Bakersfield's Billy Simkins and Randolph each won an 8-lap heat race.

Factory Stocks showed up with their usual 20 car field, bested this time by Santa Maria's Kirk Morgan who cruised to his third victory of the season in the 20-lap main event after moving to the lead on lap 8. Goleta's Matt Marchiando followed Morgan to the checkers with Nipomo's Tom Renner third. Point leader Glen Sparks camel in fourth with Arroyo Grande's Robert Read fifth. Eight-lap heat races went to Renner and Les Vogt of Arroyo Grande.

Mini Stocks also brought 20 cars to the track. Ken Kehs drove his mount to his second win of the season in the 20-lap main event. The Arroyo Grande driver finished ahead of Nipomo's Justin Marsh, Santa Maria's Frank Nyback and point leader Andrew Greiman, of Camarillo, to move to second in points, displacing Arroyo Grande's Justin Crockett who had a fifteenth place finish. Mike Leland, of Atascadero, rounded out the top-five. Marsh and Paul Terrones, of Lompoc, captured 8-lap heat race wins.

Next Saturday night Bandit Sprint Cars, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks and Mini Stocks will return to SMS, joined by IMCA Modifieds.

Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Danny Sheridan, 14.008. Heat 1 - Sheridan, Steve DeMott, Jeff Fiscus, Eric Severson, Patrick Frisco, Charles Turner, Jeff Culver, John Kopischke. Heat 2 - Mike Knopf, Jayson May, John Iturriria, Joey Layman, Mike Larson, Ray Knight, Thad Bennett (DNS). Main Event - Sheridan, Severson, Knopf, May, Layman, Frisco, Culver, Turner, Iturriria, Kopischke, Knight, Larson, DeMott, Fiscus.

East vs. West Street Stocks: Fast Time - Mike Corwin, 16.639. Heat 1 - Billy Simkins, Elton Shaffer, Rich Denman, Corwin, Brad Pounds, Johnny Cardoza, Doug Hagio. Heat 2 - Tim Randolph, Lee Jensen, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Tom Breshears, Joey Silva, Brady Bell, Robert Meneley. Main Event - Silva, Jensen, Randolph, Denman, Cardoza, Shaffer, Corwin, Kirkpatrick, Pounds, Bell, Simkins, Breshears, Hagio, Meneley.

Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Tom Renner, Tim Correia, Charlie Scovell, Bill Pinette, Danny Sutton, Kevin Linson, Doyle Graham, Jr., Glen Sparks, Chris Graham, Dale Sylvester. Heat 2 - Les Vogt, Kirk Morgan, Matt Marchiando, Tim Bennett, Rich Prettie, Kenn Hackett, Chuck Barfoot, Robert Read, Jim Ford, Michael Frazier (DNS).  Main Event - Morgan, Marchiando, Renner, Sparks, Read, D. Graham, C. Graham, Linson, Scovell, Pinette, Vogt, Sylvester, Hackett, Ford, Bennett, Correia, Sutton, Prettie, Barfoot.

Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Justin Marsh, Rob Gilbertson, Tyler Brockett, Debby Ferrara, Jeff Biggs, Kristy Gilbertson, Aaron Cervantez, Phillip Sewell, Robbie Claborn, Justin Crockett. Heat 2 - Paul Terrones, Ben Caswell, Ken Kehs, Andrew Greiman, Ryan Stolz, Mike Leland, Mike Weigel, Bill Jewell, Paul Terrones, Chris Harwin. Main Event - Kehs, Marsh, Nyback, Greiman, Leland, R. Gilbertson, Stolz, Ferrara, Terrones, Jewell, Biggs, Brockett, Cervantez, Harwin, Crockett, K. Gilbertson, Sewell, Weigel, Caswell.

POINT STANDINGS

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jeff Fiscus - 616 2. Steve DeMott - 604 3. John Iturriria - 599 4. Joey Layman - 574 5. Mike Larson - 548.

Street Stocks: 1. Tim Randolph - 304 2. Billy Simkins - 284 3. Tom Breshears - 257 4. Kenny Kirkpatrick - 237 5. Robert Meneley - 230.

Factory Stocks: 1. Glen Sparks - 360 2. Matt Marchiando - 319 3. Charlie Scovell - 311 4. Tim Bennett, Kirk Morgan - 306. 

Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 342 2. Ken Kehs - 295 3.
Justin Crockett - 283 4. Ben Caswell - 265 5. Bill Jewell - 249. 

Santa Maria, CA - August 5, 2006...Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, IMCA Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks and Factory Stocks blistered the oval at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night.

After the 8-lap heat races it looked like the Late Model Stock main event might turn into a battle between point leader Mike Johnson, of Lompoc, who won the first heat, and Steve Drake, of San Luis Obispo, who took the second and set fast time of 14.083 seconds (an 85 mile-per-hour average). However, Johnson's motor went south as he crossed the finish line for his heat win and he was unable to start the 30-lap feature event, giving the point lead to Buena Parks Billy Griffin by 1 marker. Griffin missed a chance to gain big on Johnson when he also had problems in the feature, finishing 13th. Bakersfield's Zack Forster took the lead at the start of the main and held it for the first ten circuits before being passes by Drake who went on to win. Another Bakersfield driver, John Lowery, got by Forster to place second, with Forster third, Rick Coffey, of Santa Maria, fourth and Donnie Hampl, of Atascadero, fifth.

The IMCA Modifieds showed up with a season high 19 entries and were led to the checkered flag in the 25-lap feature event, for the fifth time this season, by point leader Jimmy Reeves of Laton. Todd Hermosillo, of Watsonville, was the runner-up and Ojai's Randy McGraw finished third after winning one of two 8-lap heat races. Watsonville's Clay Daly was fourth and Ian Hunter, of Santa Maria, fifth. Troy Morris, Jr., of Bakersfield, captured the other heat race.

Street Stock point leader Tim Randolph, of Santa Maria, won his third main event of the season, followed by Bakersfield's Billy Simkins and Santa Maria drivers Tom Breshears, Joey Silva and Toby Randolph. Breshears and Chris Kearns, of Santa Maria, won the 8-lap heat races.

Factory Stocks had a first time winner for the second race in-a-row in their 20-lap feature. This time it was Santa Maria's Bill Pinette who broke into the winner's circle. Goleta's Matt Marchiando had his best finish of the season with a second place run. Templeton's Kenn Hackett brought the only truck in the class to a third place finish followed by Atascadero's Charlie Scovell and Arroyo Grande's Dale Sylvester. Tom Renner, of Nipomo, and Jim Ford, of Santa Maria, scored 8-lap heat race victories.

Next Saturday night Bandit Sprint Cars, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks will take to the 1/3-mile oval at SMS.

Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

Late Model Stocks: Fast Time - Steve Drake, 14.083. Heat 1 - Mike Johnson, Devin Crockett, John Lowery, Zack Forster, Donnie Hampl, Brian Stote, Dana Beattie. Heat 2 - Drake, Chet Buckley, Billy Griffin, Rick Coffey, Robert Sanders, Anthony Barkett, Justin Crockett, Mike Riccardi (DNS). Main Event - Drake, Lowery, Forster, Coffey, Hampl, Stote, Sanders, Beattie, Barkett, J. Crockett, Buckley, D. Crockett, Griffin, Johnson (DNS), Riccardi (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Troy Morris, Jr., Jimmy Reeves, Ian Hunter, Randy Thornell, Danny Lauer, Jason Pike, Chad Weber, Josh Vogt, Doug Thornton (DNS). Heat 2 - Randy McGraw, Todd Hermosillo, David Addamo, Darrin Davis, Clay Daly, Tim Breshears, Jacob Jones, Joe Haresky, Keith McIndoe, Ron German (DNS). Main Event - Reeves, Hermosillo, McGraw, Daly, Hunter, Thornell, Breshears, Weber, Pike, Jones, Davis, Morris, Haresky, Vogt, Lauer, Thornton, Addamo, McIndoe, German.

Street Stocks: Heat 1 - Chris Kearns, Chad Shaffer, Tim Randolph, Toby Randolph, Kenny Kirkpatrick (DNS). Heat 2 - Tom Breshears, Joey Silva, Billy Simkins, Robert Meneley. Main Event - Tim Randolph, Simkins, Breshears, Silva, Toby Randolph, Shaffer, Meneley, Kearns.

Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Jim Ford, Robert Read, Charlie Scovell, Jesse Marsh, Doyle Graham, Jr., Matt Marchiando, Kenn Hackett, Rich Prettie, Dale Sylvester, Chuck Barfoot. Heat 2 - Tom Renner, Tim Correia, Kirk Morgan, Chris Graham, Tim Bennett, Danny Sutton, Glen Sparks, Michael Frazier, Bill Pinette, Aaron Smith. Main Event - Pinette, Marchiando, Hackett, Scovell, Sylvester, Bennett, Sparks, Ford, Correia, Barfoot, Frazier, Morgan, Prettie, Read, Sutton, C. Graham, Renner, Marsh, D. Graham, Smith (DNS).

POINT STANDINGS

Late Model Stocks: 1. Billy Griffin - 133 2. Mike Johnson - 132 3. Rick Coffey - 126 4. Chet Buckley - 119 5. Brian Stote - 117.

IMCA Modifieds: 1. Jimmy Reeves - 265 2. Jacob Jones - 252 3. Chad Weber - 246 4. Tim Breshears - 243 5. Doug Thornton - 232.

Street Stocks: 1. Tim Randolph - 254 2. Billy Simkins - 240 3. Tom Breshears - 216 4. Toby Randolph - 206 5. Kenny Kirkpatrick - 193.

Factory Stocks: 1. Glen Sparks - 319 2. Tim Bennett - 275 3. Charlie Scovell - 273 4. Matt Marchiando - 271 5. Doyle Graham, Jr. - 263.

Santa Maria, CA - July 29, 2006...Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars arrived in mass Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway with 45 entries jamming the outer pit area. In the infield there were 14 IMCA Modifieds and 21 Mini Stocks ready for a very busy night of auto racing.

Kerman's Davey Pombo, Ventura's Jimmy Crawford, who set fast time of 14.605 seconds for an 81+ mile-an-hour average, and Jeff Fiscus had a three car battle that kept fans on the edge of their seats for much of the second half of the 30-lap race. Pombo, who took the lead from Tarzana's Kevin Kierce on the fourth circuit, stayed just ahead of Fiscus and Crawford. Then, six laps from the end, Fiscus' left rear tire, which had been cut earlier in the event, went down and put the Los Osos driver in the turn one wall. Pombo went on to win with Crawford second and Mike Knopf, of Santa Maria, third. Greg Porte, of San Luis Obispo, placed fourth and Greg Taylor, of Ojai, fifth. Ten-lap semi mains were won by Crawford and Simi Valley's Chris Wakim. Taylor, Fiscus, Knopf and Porte captured 10-lap heat races. 

Point leader Jimmy Reeves, of Laton, went back to his customary position at the front of their 25-lap feature after a mechanical problem kept him out of last week's main event. Reeves cruised to victory ahead of second in points Jacob Jones, of Santa Maria, after passing him on lap 14. Clay Daly and Buttonwillow's Jason Selvidge ran their first Modified race of 2006 at SMS, placing third and fourth. Santa Maria's Doug Thornton claimed fifth. Thornton and Chad Weber, of Arroyo Grande, captured 8-lap heat races.

The 20-lap Mini Stock feature event found point leader Andrew Greiman, of Camarillo, in victory circle for the third time this season. Greiman stretched his lead over two Arroyo Grande drivers, second in points Justin Crockett, who finished second, and third in points Ken Kehs who finished third. Jim Evans, of Ventura, was fourth and Mike Weigel, of Lompoc, was fifth. Evans and Justin Marsh, of Nipomo, won 8-lap heat races.

Next Saturday night Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, IMCA Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks and Factory Stocks will be in action. Race fans will choose the "Best Looking Late Model Stock" for 2006 by their applause.

Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

Bandit/VRA Sprint Car Grand Slam: Fast Time - Jimmy Crawford,14.605. Heat 1 - Greg Taylor, Davey Pombo, Luis Espinoza, Jeff Oliver, Chris Wakim, Albert Pombo, Crawford, Hobie Conway, Brandon Thomson, Zak Hawthorne, John Kopischke, Ron Tjaarda. Heat 2 - Jeff Fiscus, Bruce Douglass, Tom Schneider, Todd Hunsaker, Rusty Carlile, Heidi Tresler, John Iturriria, Victor Davis, Troy Rutherford, Jonathan Logan, Kevin Barnes, Sr. Heat 3 - Mike Knopf, Ron Wade, Joey Layman, Brian Camarillo, Michael Trimble, Steve Conrad, Tom Hendricks, Eric Severson, Charles Turner, Joe Henderson, Jim Thomson. Heat 4 - Greg Porte, Jesse Mack, Kevin Kierce, Steve DeMott, Richard Harvey, Jr., Wes Richardson, John Nock, Ross Millar, Dennis Rodriguez, Angel Figueroa, Mike Larson.      

Semi Main #1 - Crawford, Trimble, Carlile, Figueroa, Tresler, Harvey, Hawthorne, Nock, Davis, Iturriria, Barnes, Larson, Rodriguez, Logan, J. Thomson.                  

Semi Main #2 - Wakim, Rutherford, Henderson, Severson, Richardson, Conrad, Conway, Hendricks, B. Thomson, Turner, Tjaarda, Millar, Kopischke, A. Pombo.    Main Event - D. Pombo, Crawford, Knopf, Porte, Taylor, Henderson, Wade, Kierce, Camarillo, Espinoza, Layman, Oliver, Severson, Douglass, Carlile, Schneider, Hunsaker, Fiscus, Wakim, Rutherford, DeMott, Trimble.

IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Doug Thornton, Jacob Jones, Todd Hermosillo, Brad Prows, Shane Vogt, Randy McGraw, Buck Cox. Heat 2 - Chad Weber, Jimmy Reeves, Danny Lauer, Clay Daly, Jason Selvidge, Tim Breshears, Darrin Davis. Main Event - Reeves, Jones, Daly, Selvidge, Thornton, Weber, Breshears, McGraw, Hermosillo, Cox, Davis, Prows, Vogt, Lauer.

Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Jim Evans, Mike Leland, Frank Nyback, Andrew Greiman, Mike Weigel, Ben Caswell, Paul Terrones, Bill Jewell, Chris Harwin, Ryan Stols, Ken Kehs. Heat 2 - Justin Marsh, Rob Gilbertson, Jack Hoyt, Debby Ferrara, Aaron Cervantez, Justin Crockett, Jeff Biggs, Matt Sweeney, Phillip Sewell, John Childress. Main Event - Greiman, Crockett, Kehs, Evans, Weigel, Caswell, Gilbertson, Hoyt, Cervantez, Jewell, Terrones, Nyback, Biggs, Sweeney, Ferrara, Leland, Childress, Sewell, Stols, Harwin, Marsh.

POINT STANDINGS

Bandit/VRA Sprint Car Grand Slam: 1. Greg Taylor - 224 2. Jimmy Crawford - 210 3. Kevin Kierce - 200 4. Luis Espinoza - 188 5. Ron Wade, Michael Trimble - 180.

SMS Bandit Sprints: 1. Joey Layman - 489 2. Jeff Fiscus - 429 3. Steve DeMott - 426 4. Jayson May - 422 5. Greg Porte - 398.

IMCA Modifieds: 1. Jimmy Reeves - 225 2. Jacob Jones - 221 3. Chad Weber - 213 4. Tim Breshears - 209 5. Doug Thornton - 207.

Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 300 2. Justin Crockett - 253 3. Ken Kehs - 243 4. Ben Caswell - 236 5. Jeff Biggs, Bill Jewell - 214.

Santa Maria, CA - July 8, 2006...The Western Dirt Late Model Tour, presented by Century 21 Hometown Realty, headlined the racing program Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. IMCA Modifieds, Factory Stocks and VRA Dwarf Cars were also on the program.

Billy Griffin, of Buena Park, set fast time of 14.315 seconds, averaging nearly 85 miles-per-hour, and then battled nose-to-tail and side-by-side with Bakersfield's Larry Hood and Bobby Hogge IV, of Salinas, for victory in the 30-lap feature event. When it was all over, Hood had the win with Hogge second and Griffin third. Fourth place was Jeff Decker, of Morgan Hill, and fifth Jerry Stewart of Bakersfield. Hood won the 6-lap trophy dash and a 10-lap heat race. Decker and Bobby Scott, Jr., of Santa Cruz, were also heat winners.

Laton's Jimmy Reeves started eighth in a field of fifteen IMCA Modifieds, worked his way to the lead on the eighth circuit, and went on to his third 25-lap main event win of the season. Chad Weber, of Arroyo Grande, had his best run of the season, placing second in the feature and winning an 8-lap heat race. Danny Lauer, Jacob Jones and Doug Thornton, all of Santa Maria, placed third through fifth. Reeves captured the other heat.

Kirk Morgan, of Santa Maria, topped a large field of Factory Stocks, for the second race in-a-row, to win the 20-lap feature event. Glen Sparks, of Santa Maria, held onto the point lead with a runner-up finish. Santa Maria's Michael Frazier recovered from a horrible run in his 8-lap heat race to come home third. Fourth went to Tim Bennett, of Santa Maria, and fifth to Jason Bannister of Bakersfield. Morgan and Arroyo Grande's Robert Read scored heat race wins.

VRA Dwarf Cars came to town with a nice selection of Pro and Senior division competitors and provided some of their own fireworks. Linda Taylor did a nasty flip in the fourth turn during the 7-lap Senior heat race, won by Glen Monk, suffering an injury to one of her hands. Carl Behmer and Rob Anderson won the Pro heats, but, in the 20-lap main event, Anderson took himself out of the action with a lap three shunt into the turn four wall. The win, in the combined Pro/Senior main event, was taken by Chuck Lippert, followed by Jeff Shelton and Curt Cook. Ed Niedzwiecki was fourth overall and first in the Senior division.

 Next Saturday night will be an all stock car show with Century 21 Hometown Realty Late Model Stocks, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks. Plus, the annual Mid-State Bank & Trust Nickel Scramble for Kids under 42" high will be held.

Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the U.S. 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

Western Dirt Late Model Tour: Fast Time - Billy Griffin, 14.315. Dash - Larry Hood, Griffin, Bobby Hogge IV, Jeff Decker, Bobby Scott, Jr., Chet Buckley. Heat 1 - Decker, Griffin, Willy Oathout, Devin Crockett, Dana Beattie, Jeffrey Priddy. Heat 2 - Scott, Hogge, Jerry Stewart, Rick Coffey, Dino Napier, Brian Wirtz. Heat 3 - Hood, Buckley, Mike Johnson, Larry Childress, Chad Richenbach, Ron Bartels. Main Event - Hood, Hogge, Griffin, Decker, Stewart, Johnson, Scott, Bartels, Crockett, Priddy, Oathout, Coffey, Childress, Napier, Richenbach, Wirtz, Beattie, Buckley, Anthony Barkett.

IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Jimmy Reeves, Todd Hermosillo, Danny Lauer, Ian Hunter, Chet Reeves, Jeremy Heroux, Josh Vogt. Heat 2 - Chad Weber, Troy Morris, Jr., Jacob Jones, Doug Thornton, Darrin Davis, Dale Underwood, Buck Cox. Main Event - J. Reeves, Weber, Lauer, Jones, Thornton, C. Reeves, Hermosillo, Cox, Vogt, Hunter, Underwood, Davis, Breshears, Morris, Heroux (DNS).

Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Robert Read, Glen Sparks, Jason Bannister, Charlie Scovell, Doyle Graham, Jr., Danny Sutton, James Henderson, Jason Horton, Michael Frazier, Chris Graham (DNS). Heat 2 - Kirk Morgan, Tim Correia, Tim Bennett, Dale Sylvester, Bill Pinette, Matt Marchiando, Kevin Johnson, Chuck Barfoot, Jim Ford, Kevin Linson, Rich Prettie (DQ). Main Event - Morgan, Sparks, Frazier, Bennett, Bannister, Scovell, Linson, Johnson, Marchiando, Read, Henderson, Horton, Barfoot, Correia, Sutton, D. Graham, Jr., Sylvester, C. Graham, Pinette, Ford (DNS),Prettie (DQ).

VRA Dwarf Cars: Heat 1 (Senior) - Glen Monk, James Soltis, Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, Mike Bailey, Linda Taylor, Jon Prechtl, Gary Conditt, John Lynch. Heat 2 (Pro) - Carl Behmer, Chad Kincaid, Chuck Lippert, Jeff Fillingame, Dale Gregory, James Johnson, Mike Sweeney, Jr. Heat 3 - Rob Anderson, Curt Cook, Jeff Shelton, Cole Milton, Diana Marshall, Brian Saxton. Main Event - Lippert, Shelton, Cook, Niedzwiecki, Kincaid, Saxton, Bellinger, Lynch, Soltis, Gregory, Prechtl, Johnson, Marshall, Milton, Behmer, Monk, Bailey, Fillingame, Sweeney, Anderson.

POINT STANDINGS

IMCA Modifieds: 1. Jimmy Reeves, 156 2. Jacob Jones, 148 3. Doug Thornton, 141 4. Chad Weber, 139 5. Danny Lauer, Tim Breshears, 138.

Factory Stocks: 1. Glenn Sparks, 185 2. Michael Frazier, 162 3. Tim Bennett, 159 4. Kirk Morgan, 158 5. Charlie Scovell, 156.

Santa Maria, CA - July 1, 2006...SMS Bandit Sprint Cars, Santa Maria vs. Bakersfield East/West Shootout Series Street Stocks, IMCA Modifieds and Mini Stocks provided plenty of fireworks Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.

Jason May, of Taft, jumped into the lead at the start of the 25-lap Sprint Car main event and was never headed. Opening night winner Jesse Mack, of Visalia, hounded May but could not find an opportunity to pass as May protected the bottom line. Bakersfield's Rusty Carlile placed third, followed by Santa Maria drivers Jimmy Thompson and Thad Bennett. May and Greg Porte, of San Luis Obispo, won the 8-lap heat races and Thompson set fast time of 14.853 seconds for an average speed of over 80 mph.

The Street Stock 30-lap East/West feature event found four Santa Maria drivers in the top-five, led by Kenny Kirkpatrick, of Nipomo. Lee Jensen, of Bakersfield, broke up a Santa Maria sweep by finishing second, with Billy "The Kid" Simkins, who, ironically, lives in Bakersfield but races at SMS, placing third. Tim Randolph and Tom Breshears, both of Santa Maria, were fourth and fifth. Simkins, Randolph and Rich Denman, of Coalinga, captured 8-lap heat races and Simkins set fast time of 17.100 seconds, averaging 70 mph.

A fourth lap collision on the front chute in the 25-lap IMCA Modified main event led to the second win of the season for Laton's Jimmy Reeves. Reeves jumped to the lead on the restart and pulled slowly away from the rest of the field for the victory. Watsonville's Todd Hermosillo was second, followed by Santa Maria's Tim Breshears, Ojai's Randy McGraw and Santa Maria's Jacob Jones who won the last Modified feature at the Speedway. Reeves and Hermosillo won 8-lap heat races.

Mike Weigel, of Lompoc, led all 20 laps of the Mini Stock feature event, from the pole, for his first victory of 2006. Weigel staved off repeated challenges by point leader Andrew Greiman, of Camarillo, who has won two of the four main events this season and finished second in the other two. Frank Nyback, of Santa Maria, was third, with Atascadero's Mike Leland fourth and Arroyo Grande's Ken Kehs completing the top-five. Eight-lap heat races were won by Nyback and Nipomo's Chris Harwin.

Next Saturday night Century 21 Hometown Realty presents the Western Dirt Late Model Tour, IMCA Modifieds, Factory Stocks and CDCRA Dwarf Cars.

Spectator gates open at three, with qualifying at five and racing at six. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the U.S. 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Jimmy Thompson, 14.853. Heat 1 - Greg Porte, Patrick Frisco, Thompson, John Iturriria, Mike Knopf, Steve DeMott, Mike Larson, Ray Knight. Heat 2 - Jason May, Rusty Carlile, Jesse Mack, Thad Bennett, Joey Layman, Charles Turner, Jeff Culver. Main Event - May, Mack, Carlile, Thompson, Bennett, Porte, Layman, Frisco, Knopf, DeMott, Turner, Larson, Culver, Iturriria, Knight (DNS).

Ease vs. West Street Stocks: Fast Time - Billy Simkins, 17.100. Heat 1 - Simkins, Willy Oathout, Tom Breshears, Brady Bell, Mike Miller, Joe Fisher. Heat 2 - Tim Randolph, Lee Jensen, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Chad Burns, Robert Meneley, Toby Randolph. Heat 3 - Rich Denman, Darren Hopkins, Joey Silva, Johnny Cardoza, Chad Shaffer. Main Event - Kirkpatrick, Jensen, Simkins, Tim Randolph, Breshears, Denman, Bell, Cardoza, Toby Randolph, Silva, Burns, Shaffer, Fisher, Meneley, Miller, Hopkins, Oathout.

IMCA Modifieds: Heat 1 - Todd Hermosillo, Doug Thornton, Steve Vogt, Curtis Welding, Tom Stidham, Jeremy Heroux, Randy McGraw, Chad Weber (DNS). Heat 2 - Jimmy Reeves, Danny Lauer, Ian Hunter, Tim Breshears, Kenny Rayner, Darrin Davis, Jacob Jones. Main Event - Reeves, Hermosillo, Breshears, McGraw, Jones, Thornton, Vogt, Lauer, Stidham, Davis, Hunter, Heroux, Welding, Weber, Rayner (DNS).

Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Chris Harwin, Justin Crockett, Justin Marsh, Matt Sweeney, Debby Ferrara, Bill Jewell, Mike Leland, Ben Caswell. Heat 2 - Frank Nyback, Wade Bognuda, Andrew Greiman, Mike Weigel, Jeff Biggs, Chris Larson, Ken Kehs, Phillip Sewell. Main Event - Weigel, Greiman, Nyback, Leland, Kehs, Marsh, Harwin, Sweeney, Caswell, Jewell, Biggs, Crockett, Ferrara, Sewell, Larson, Bognuda.

POINT STANDINGS

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jason May - 312, 2. Joey Layman - 293, 3. Greg Porte - 290, 4. Thad Bennett - 266, 5. Steve DeMott - 250.

Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stocks: 1. Billy Simkins - 152, 2. Tim Randolph - 150, 3. Kenny Kirkpatrick - 135, 4. Tom Breshears - 125, 5. Toby Randolph - 121.

IMCA Modifieds: 1. Jimmy Reeves - 116, 2. Jacob Jones - 111, 3. Tim Breshears - 110, 4. Doug Thornton - 105, 5. Chad Weber, Danny Lauer - 100.

Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 202, 2. Justin Crockett - 170, 3. Mike Weigel - 155, 4. Ben Caswell - 153, 5. Jeff Biggs - 151.

Santa Maria, CA - June 24, 2006...SMS Bandit Sprint Cars, Fox 11 First at Ten Street Stock, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks raced the 1/3-mile oval Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.

Jeff Fiscus, of Los Osos, had one of the best nights of his Sprint Car racing career, setting fast time of 14.205 seconds, for an average speed of nearly 85 miles-per-hour, and going on to win the 25-lap main event. Starting outside the second row, Fiscus grabbed the lead when Jimmy Thompson, of Grover Beach, got out-of-shape at the drop of the green, heading for turn one. Thompson recovered to place third behind Atascadero's Joey Layman who was unable to overtake Fiscus. Fourth place went to Patrick Frisco, of Paso Robles, and fifth to Greg Porte of San Luis Obispo. Thompson and Taft's Jason May captured 8-lap heat races.

The 25-lap Street Stock feature was another two-car battle between Bakersfield's Billy Simkins and Santa Maria's Tim Randolph. In their first run of the season, June 10, it was Simkins first, Randolph second. This time it was Randolph first and Simkins second, giving Tim the point lead by one marker. Elton Shaffer, of Santa Maria, scored a third, followed by Santa Marians Chris Kearns and Tom Breshears. Breshears and Randolph won 8-lap heat races.

The Factory Stocks showed up with 21 cars for their third run of the season. Santa Maria's Kirk Morgan bettered his runner-up finish in their last 20-lap main event to win the race and an 8-lap heat race. Tim Bennett, Santa Maria; Les Vogt, Arroyo Grande; Dale Sylvester, Arroyo Grande; and Doyle Graham, Jr., Grover Beach, filled out the top-five. Vogt won the other heat race.

The Mini Stocks also ran a 20-lap feature event and it was point leader Andrew Greiman, of Camarillo, capturing his second feature win of the season. Ken Kehs, of Arroyo Grande, ran a strong second with Lompoc's Mike Weigel third. Santa Barbara's Ben Caswell finished fourth and Santa Maria's Wade Bognuda was awarded fifth when Atascadero's Mike Leland was DQed for the night. Eight-lap heat races were captured by Greiman and Weigel.

Next Saturday night 360 Bandit Sprint Cars, Street Stock and Mini Stocks return, joined by I.M.C.A. Modifieds. Admission prices are: Adults - $14.00, Seniors (65+) - $10.00, Children 6 to 12 - $3.00, under 6 free.

Spectator gates open at 3:00 p.m., with qualifying at 5:00 p.m. and racing at 6:00 p.m. The Speedway is located 1/4-mile north of the U.S. 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: Fast Time - Jeff Fiscus, 14.205. Heat 1 - Jimmy Thompson, Fiscus, Steve DeMott, Patrick Frisco, Jeff Culver, Mike Larson, Greg Porte (DNS). Heat 2 - Jason May, Joey Layman, Thad Bennett, John Iturriria, Charles Turner, Mike Knopf (DNS). Main Event - Fiscus, Layman, Thompson, Frisco, Porte, DeMott, May, Knopf, Bennett, Larson, Itturriria, Culver, Turner.

Street Stocks: Heat 1 - Tom Breshears, Toby Randolph, Billy Simkins, Garold Shaffer, Chris Kearns. Heat 2 - Tim Randolph, Elton Shaffer, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Robert Meneley, Willy Oathout (DQ). Main Event - Tim Randolph, Simkins, E. Shaffer, Kearns, Breshears, G. Shaffer, Toby Randolph, Kirkpatrick, Meneley, Oathout (DQ).

Factory Stocks: Heat 1 - Les Vogt, Tim Bennett, Michael Frazier, Chuck Barfoot, Kenn Hackett, Glen Sparks, Robert Read, Dale Sylvester, James Henderson, Rich Prettie, Jason Horton. Heat 2 - Kirk Morgan, Chris Graham, Matt Marchiando, Danny Sutton, Doyle Graham, Jr., Charlie Scovell, Aaron Smith, Bill Pinette, Cory Hanson, Jim Ford, 28 (DNS). Main Event - Morgan, Bennett, Vogt, Sylvester, D. Graham, Pinette, Glen, Marchiando, Frazier, Henderson, Hanson, Barfoot, C. Graham, Scovell, Horton, Ford, Hackett, Smith, Read, Prettie, Sutton, 28 (DNS).

Mini Stocks: Heat 1 - Mike Weigel, Ben Caswell, Ken Kehs, Paul Terrones, Justin Marsh, Wade Bognuda, Jeff Biggs, Sean Forrest, Mike Leland (DQ). Heat 2 - Andrew Greiman, Justin Crockett, Bill Jewell, Chris Harwin, Debby Ferrara, Kristy Gilbertson, Phillip Sewell, Rob Gilbertson. Main Event - Greiman, Kehs, Weigel, Caswell, Bognuda, Crockett, R. Gilbertson, Ferrara, Jewell, Biggs, Harwin, Forrest, Terrones, Sewell, Marsh, K. Gilbertson (DNS), Leland (DQ).

POINT STANDINGS (Complete List of Points)

SMS Bandit Sprint Cars: 1. Jeff Fiscus - 227, 2. Joey Layman - 208, 3. Jason May - 206, 4. Greg Porte - 198, 5. Thad Bennett - 174.

Street Stocks: 1. Tim Randolph - 103, 2. Billy Simkins - 102, 3. Kenny Kirkpatrick, Tom Breshears - 82, 5. Chad Shaffer, Toby Randolph - 80.

Factory Stocks: 1. Glen Sparks - 136, 2. Dale Sylvester - 121, 3. Michael Frazier, Bill Pinette - 119, 5. Doyle Graham, Jr. - 118.

Mini Stocks: 1. Andrew Greiman - 154, 2. Justin Crockett - 134, 3. Rob Gilbertson - 119, 4. Jeff Biggs, Ben Caswell - 117.