From: keeper@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (Ron O'Dell)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: 4/10 Watsonville report & results
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 23:23:45 GMT
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Organization: The Armory



I'm doing the agate-type `box scores' now, so will list rundowns of the
races after the report (rundowns have full-field rundowns only of trophy
dashes and main events -- other races have only the top four listed).

This week's report contains much more than got printed, as the editors
had only 12 inches available.  In one of the final paragraphs, the word
`subsequent' should be `consecutive'.  All city names are in California.

NASCAR Winston Racing Series, April 10, 1992, at Watsonville Speedway,
a 1/4-mile dirt oval.

   WATSONVILLE -- As racer Steve Hendren of Santa Cruz hoped, the 
problems he suffered last week did not return, as he won the first 
regional points race, Friday night at the Watsonvile Speedway.
   Martinez's Tim Stratmeyer took honors in the Grand-American 
modified division -- his first win at the speedway. He also won last 
Saturday night at Antioch.
   Ron Parker of Soquel became the first repeat winner of 1992, 
finishing ahead of the pack for the second straight week in the Street
Stock main event. He also won a heat race.
 
   Hendren's victory was extremely hard fought, with as many as six 
cars all in a tight pack vying for position. Despite the close racing,
Hendren said he was confident of his fellow racers.
   ``A lot of guys are clean drivers,'' Hendren said. ``You always 
have your racing accidents and mishaps, though.''
   One of these mishaps struck fellow Santa Cruz driver Bobby Scott. 
After taking the lead from Orval Burke on lap 7, Scott led for seven 
laps. Then, he dropped back to fifth -- but with three-abreast racing,
he still wasn't far out of the lead, until he came together with Ed 
Sans Jr. The resulting flat tire ended Scott's night.
   Following that incident, Hendren and last week's winner, Jeff 
Silva, miraculously pulled away from the back. Silva kept with 
Hendren, but was not able to make the pass.
   Finishing behind them, side-by-side, were Burke and Robert Miller.
   Hendren seemed amazed at the level of competition displayed.
   ``There's a >lot< of competition out there,'' he said. ``It's pretty
scary, actually, if you want to win a lot of races. I think (Scott) is
one of the fastest guys out there. He was running his guts out tonight.''
 
   The Grand-Ams set a few records during the night, beginning with a
new one-lap track record for the series. Scott Busby of Martinez took 
nearly three tenths of a second off his previous fast time.
   The first three races in Grand-Ams also set records. Knightsen 
racer Bart Reid set a new four-lap record in the trophy dash, then 
Johnny Brazil Jr. of Watsonville set a new six-lap record in heat race
number one. That stood only for a couple of minutes, when Ken Nott 
Jr., also from Watsonville, re-set the record in the second heat race.
   Nott would not race in the main event, though, due to a broken oil
pump.
   That main event was slowed by a pair of caution flags, brought out
by spins, the first of which involving Busby and Paul Meeks.
   Coming from the outside of the front row, Reid took the early 
lead, with Stratmeyer in close pursuit. Stratmeyer would finally get 
the advantage on the restart from the second caution period.
   Busby made his way back up to third place -- where he was when he 
spun -- by the end of the race.
 
   Parker began the Street Stock main at mid-pack, but had motored 
into the lead on lap 6, past early contenders Don Silva of Salinas and
Tim Clark of Aptos. He maintained the lead, running an extremely high 
line, for the rest of the event, but not without a few worries from 
Joel Hannagan -- who was disqualified after the races for having an 
illegal manifold -- and John Keldsen.
   Parker hasn't let the two subsequent victories go to his head. He 
knows precisely what he's going to do with his car, to hopefully 
maintain his dominance.
   ``I'm just going to keep going with what I've got,'' he said. 
``Everything's working good. `If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.''
   Busby, who won last week in the Street Stocks division, had a 
problem early on, spinning in Turn 2, then later ran over a muffler 
dropped by another car. He finished ninth.
 
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   RESULTS -- NASCAR WINSTON RACING SERIES -- WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY --
FRIDAY, APRIL 10th
 
   LATE MODEL STOCK CARS:
   FAST TIME: 15.699; Steve Hendren, Santa Cruz
 
   TROPHY DASH -- 4 laps:
 1. Ed Sans Jr., Santa Clara
 2. Steve Hendren, Santa Cruz
 3. Jeff Silva, Aptos
 4. Bobby Large, Watsonville
 
   HEAT RACE 1 -- 6 laps:
 1. Orval Burke, Watsonville
 2. Ed Sans Jr., Santa Clara
 3. Bobby Large, Watsonville
 4. Dennis Schlundt, Fresno
 
   HEAT RACE 2 -- 6 laps:
 1. Jeff Silva, Aptos
 2. Robert Miller, San Jose
 3. Bobby Scott, Santa Cruz
 4. Steve Hendren, Santa Cruz
 
   MAIN EVENT -- 25 laps:
 1. Steve Hendren, Santa Cruz
 2. Jeff Silva, Aptos
 3. Orval Burke, Watsonville
 4. Robert Miller, San Jose 
 5. Ed Sans Jr., Santa Clara
 6. Bobby Large, Watsonville
 7. Jim Gillespie, Santa Cruz
 8. Tom White, Ben Lomond
 9. Dennis Schlundt, Fresno
10. Guy Pachecco
11. Bobby Scott, Santa Cruz
12. Tom Sarver
13. Vance Beltran, Morgan Hill
14. Ken Gregg, Santa Cruz
15. Mitch Enos, Fremont
 
 
   GRAND AMERICAN MODIFIEDS:
   FAST TIME: 16.060 (RECORD); Scott Busby, Martinez
 
   TROPHY DASH -- 4 laps: 1:05.28 (RECORD)
 1. Bart Reid, Knightsen 
 2. Tim Stratmeyer, Martinez
 3. Scott Busby, Martinez
 4. Paul Meeks, Prundale
 
   HEAT RACE 1 -- 6 laps: 1:39.55 (RECORD)
 1. Johnny Brazil Jr., Watsonville
 2. Troy Shirk, Concord
 3. Tim Stratmeyer, Martinez
 4. Bart Reid, Knightsen
 
   HEAT RACE 2 -- 6 laps: 1:38.18 (RECORD)
 1. Ken Nott Jr., Watsonville
 2. Paul Meeks, Prundale
 3. Paul Larsen, Santa Cruz
 4. Dean Williams, Felton
 
   MAIN EVENT -- 20 laps:
 1. Tim Stratmeyer, Martinez
 2. Bart Reid, Knightsen
 3. Scott Busby, Martinez
 4. Johnny Brazil Jr., Watsonville
 5. Ron Obertello, Hollister
 6. Paul Larsen, Santa Cruz 
 7. Troy Shirk, Concord
 8. Dean Williams, Felton
 9. Paul Meeks, Prunedale
10. Louis Davis, Mountain View
11. Johnnie Baptista, Seaside
 
 
   STREET STOCKS:
   FAST TIME: 18.416; Dave Robe, Watsonville
 
   TROPHY DASH -- 4 laps:
 1. Eddy Juster, Prundale
 2. Ron Parker, Soquel
 3. Fred Lind, Morgan Hill
 4. Dave Robe, Watsonville
 
   HEAT RACE 1 -- 6 laps:
 1. Chuck Monasmith, Salinas
 2. Jay Baer
 3. Clark Nunez, San Jose
 4. Ron Souza
 
   HEAT RACE 2 -- 6 laps:
 1. Brian Solomon, Seaside
 2. Dave Hansen, San Ramon
 3. Ron Parker, Soquel
 4. John Keldsen, Castroville
 
   HEAT RACE 3 -- 6 laps:
 1. Michael Robe, Watsonville
 2. Richard Keldsen, Watsonville
 3. Mike Cecil, Watsonville
 4. Tim Clark, Aptos
 
   SEMI-MAIN -- 10 laps:
 1. Brian Solomon, Seaside
 2. Clark Nunez, San Jose
 3. George Penney
 4. Tim Pelphrey, Santa Cruz
 
   MAIN EVENT -- 20 laps:
 1. Ron Parker, Soquel
 2. Joel Hannagan, Campbell (DISQUALIFIED)
 3. John Keldsen, Castroville
 4. Bob Hansen, Danville
 5. Tim Clark, Aptos
 6. Don Silva, Salinas
 7. Dave Robe, Watsonville
 8. Brian Solomon, Seaside
 9. Kurt Slama, Salinas
10. Fred Lind, Morgan Hill
11. Dan Barger, San Jose
12. Clark Nunez, San Jose
13. Mike Calhoun, San Jose
14. Mike Cecil, Watsonville
15. George Penney
16. Chris Araujo, Santa Clara
17. Dave Hansen, San Ramon
18. Doug Hagio, Prundale
 
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