From: keeper@deeptht.armory.com (Ron O'Dell)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: 8-7 Watsonville
Date: 10 Aug 92 01:00:07 GMT
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Organization: The Armory



Both the drivers who were hospitalized last week were back, although the
one in street stocks had to borrow another driver's car, and had all sorts
of trouble handling it.

Because of the announcement that the Giants baseball team may move to
Florida, I was given far less space than normal this week.

The final two paragraphs, about Meyers (although I think the name actually
is Myers -- I should look on the car and be certain ... I'm just going by
the track PR driver list), I neglected to say that she's in street stocks.
whoops!

Qualifying times were way down this week -- about a second slower than last
week.  It was a really hot day.

August 7, 1992  Santa Cruz County, California

   WATSONVILLE -- After losing by inches to Steve Hendren two weeks
ago, Aptos' Jeff Silva came back Friday night to win his first main
event at the Watsonville Speedway since returning from a broken wrist
suffered earlier in the season.
 
   The combatants for the Grand-American Modified division track 
championship continued to duke it out, with Scott Busby winning his 
second straight feature race, barely ahead of rival Tim Stratmeyer.
 
   The only division not in a tight points battle, the Street Stocks,
saw points leader Ron Parker win yet another main event.
 
   The late-model track championship is the closest of all divisions.
Coming up quickly from third to first in track points over the last 
few weeks, Ed Sans Jr. has made himself known as a threat for the 
speedway championship.
   Ironically, although Sans' one-point lead going into the night was
as a result of his strong heat-race performances, this week he lost 
the lead to Hendren because of Hendren's victory in a heat race.
   Sans finished third in that heat race, and finished third in the 
main -- one position ahead of Hendren -- but the heat race point 
spread made the difference, so Hendren would have led by one point.
   However, Sans was penalized after the races for rough driving, 
because of an incident with Larry Damitz, but that will only cost him 
a few points.
   Two weeks ago, it was Bobby Scott who led by a point over Hendren.
Scott was the only of the top three in points in the trophy dash, and 
he finished second in his heat race, fifth in the main, so certainly 
is not out of the hunt for the track championship this year, with four
weeks to go.
 
   Stratmeyer finished better than Busby in the Grand-Am trophy dash 
and heat races, so actually gained a bit on Busby.
   Both drivers are from Martinez, and, in fact, Stratmeyer's team 
bought his car from Busby. But Busby doesn't regret the sale.
   ``They're good people,'' Busby said. ``I'd rather race with guys 
fast, straight, and neck-and-neck.''
   Bad luck has followed Busby through the season, with mechanical 
failures hurting his effort. Last week, for instance, he blew his 
motor in the trophy dash, and missed his heat race while installing a 
new powerplant. He did win the main event that week, though.
   ``If we can keep our motors together, I think I can pull (the 
championship) off,'' he said.
 
   In only her third week back after over a year of not driving at 
Watsonville, Half Moon Bay's Kimberly Meyers has taken fast qualifying
time two weeks in a row. She says it's only a matter of time before 
she'll be fast in the races, too.
   ``I just need more track time,'' Meyers said. ``I'm not used to 
this track. I have to learn to drive through traffic more here.''
 
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   Friday's NASCAR Winston Racing Series results from Watsonville Speedway:
 
   LATE MODEL STOCK CARS
   Fast Time -- 16.391 seconds; Robert Miller, San Jose
 
   Trophy Dash, 4 laps
 1. Bobby Large, Watsonville
 2. Jeff Silva, Aptos
 3. Miller
 4. Bobby Scott, Santa Cruz
 
   Heat Race 1, 6 laps
 1. Larry Damitz, Vallejo
 2. Scott
 3. Silva
 4. Mike DeLucca, San Jose
 
   Heat Race 2, 6 laps
 1. Steve Hendren, Santa Cruz
 2. Vance Beltran, Morgan Hill
 3. Ed Sans Jr., Santa Clara
 4. Jim Gillespie, Santa Cruz
 
   Main Event, 25 laps
 1. Silva
 2. Large
 3. Hendren
 4. Beltran
 5. Scott
 6. Damitz
 7. Sans
 8. Tom Johnson, Hollister
 9. Gillespie
10. Mark Barron, San Jose
 
   GRAND-AMERICAN MODIFIEDS
   Fast Time -- 17.277 seconds; Scott Busby, Martinez
 
   Trophy Dash, 4 laps
 1. Bart Reid, Knightsen
 2. Tim Stratmeyer, Martinez
 3. John Buccellato, Pittsburg
 4. Busby
 
   Heat Race 1, 6 laps
 1. Kim Beard, Seaside
 2. Bill Riordan, Pebble Beach
 3. ``Corky'' Patrick
 4. Mike Barger, San Jose
 
   Heat Race 2, 6 laps
 1. Tony Gomez, Watsonville
 2. Buccellato
 3. Ron Obertello, Hollister
 4. Louis Davis, Mountain View
 
   Heat Race 3, 6 laps
 1. Paul Meeks, Prunedale
 2. Stratmeyer
 3. Reid
 4. Troy Shirk, Concord
 
   Semi-Main, 8 laps
 1. Ken Nott Jr., Watsonville
 2. Ricky Roach, Prunedale
 3. Patrick
 4. Beard
 
   Main Event, 20 laps
 1. Busby
 2. Stratmeyer
 3. Tony Harwood, Moss Beach
 4. Al Balding Jr., Seaside
 5. Johnny Brazil Jr., Watsonville
 6. Nott
 7. Meeks
 8. Obertello
 9. Dennis Heath, San Jose
10. Buccellato
 
   STREET STOCKS
   Fast Time -- 19.221 seconds; Kimberly Meyers, Half Moon Bay
 
   Trophy Dash, 4 laps
 1. Bob Hansen, Danville
 2. Meyers
 3. Brian Solomon, Seaside
 4. Rickey Sanders, Freedom
 
   Heat Race 1, 6 laps
 1. Clark Nunes, San Jose
 2. Darrell Hughes, Salinas
 3. Dave Soito Sr., Las Lomas
 4. Eric Boyer, Sunnyvale
 
   Heat Race 2, 6 laps
 1. Chris Araujo, Santa Clara
 2. Jerry Cutler, Salinas
 3. Ken Pelphrey, Santa Cruz
 4. James Mitchell, Watsonville
 
   Heat Race 3, 6 laps
 1. Kurt Slama, Salinas
 2. Dave Mitchell, Salinas
 3. Sanders
 4. Mike Cecil, Watsonville
 
   Heat Race 4, 6 laps
 1. Michael Robe, Watsonville
 2. Dave Robe, Watsonville
 3. Joel Hannagan, Campbell
 4. Ron Parker, Soquel
 
   C-Main Event, 6 laps
 1. Nunes
 2. Don Green, Salinas
 3. Pelphrey
 4. John Harville, Boulder Creek
 
   B-Main Event, 12 laps
 1. Slama
 2. Doug Hagio, Prunedale
 3. Hughes
 4. Araujo
 
   Main Event, 20 laps
 1. Parker
 2. Don Silva, Salinas
 3. Sanders
 4. Carlos Jimenez, Las Lomas
 5. Cecil
 6. Dave Robe
 7. Solomon
 8. Meyers
 9. Hagio
10. Gary Vincelet, Salinas
 
   MICRO MIDGETS
   Trophy Dash, 4 laps
 1. Joe Bailey, Salinas
 2. Ryan Riley, Castro Valley
 3. Bo Botelho, San Jose
 4. John Garcia, San Jose
 
   Main Event, 15 laps
 1. Riley
 2. Bailey
 3. Botelho
 4. Steve Moyano, Santa Clara
 
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The Winston Racing Series Pacific Coast Region points coming into this week
were:

 1. Steve Hendren     Santa Cruz, Calif.      3,600  (maximum possible)
 2. Tom Pinkowsky     Vancouver, Wash.        3,485
 3. Ed Sans Jr.       Santa Clara, Calif.     3,365
 4. Robert Miller     San Jose, Calif.        3,350
 5. Brian Balmelli    Chehalis, Wash.         3,335
 6. Dan Obrist        Portland, Ore.          3,269
 7. Bobby Scott       Santa Cruz, Calif.      3,240
 8. Bobby Large       Watsonville, Calif.     3,171
 9. Ray Wallace       Olympia, Wash.          2,944
10. Curt Zelmer       Portland, Ore.          2,796

soon the guys who run just once per week will start showing up (Wallace
may be one of them -- I don't have a list showing number of starts).
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