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The North South Shootout for the dwarf cars found the Desert Dwarf Cars
from the Phoenix area presenting an entire and NADCAR dwarf cars from the
Northern part of the state did the same at Prescott Valley Raceway on
Saturday night. For a finale, the top five finishers in each division
staged a ten lap shootout. Sandy Matthews took a time shortened win in the
Desert Dwarf Car feature ahead of Randy Anderson and Kevin Stalbaum. The
NADCAR group agreed to cut their feature to 12 laps to allow time for the
shootout and Mike Williams battled back to win that feature over Page’s
Matt Lund and Mike Dunn. Williams then added the shootout win over
Matthews and M Dunn. Jim MacNeil climbed into fourth place in points with
a win in the IMCA Modified feature ahead of point runner up Eric Center,
Matt Phillips and point leader Jim Collinsworth. Collinsworth is only one
point ahead of Center. Mini stock point leader Ray Bramlet added to his
advantage with a feature win. Closest point rivals all finished out of the
top six with Wendall Croy second ahead of Casey Lobstein.
The Desert Dwarf Cars had a 23 car turnout and Kevin Cain won the first
heat race over Gerald Hardy and Matthews. Russell Hardy beat Tony Martin
and Tony Hinsley in heat 2. Rick Kochanowski outraced John Stafford and
rookie Aaron Jones in heat 3. G Hardy led the feature until lap 9.
Matthews then raced into the lead and top runner Chris Snyder got into the
fence. The race was then shortened and Matthews posted the win ahead of
Anderson, Stalbaum, R Hardy, Travis Seals, Greg Loper, Jones and Dan
Durnez. It was a tough night for many top runners as Cain ran 15th, dirt
late model racer Keith Noyes 16th, Martin 18th and Hinsley 20th. There
were 18 NADCAR entries and Mike Moyer won heat 1 over Ron Neville and Ryan
Henesey. Point leader Justin Randall won heat 2 over Williams and Scott
Ward. John Hamilton beat Lund and Helen Henesey in heat 3. The shortened
feature found Cliff Lee leading the first 3 laps. Moyer took over but spun
to force a yellow flag. Neville then was out front, but he lost the lead
to Lund and eventually Williams. Williams won ahead of Lund, M Dunn,
Neville, H Henesey, Lee, Hamilton, Storm Phillips and Butch Dunn. Randall
was the first car out of the race and other top runnes like R Henesey and
Ward also retired. The ten lap shootout between the clubs started feature
winners Matthews and Williams on the front row. Williams jumped into the
lead and Neville stalled to force a yellow flag. Williams fended off
Anderson for four laps and then Matthews for the remainder of the race. M
Dunn ran third ahead of Lund, R Hardy, H Henesey and Anderson.
The IMCA Modifieds had a season high 14 cars. After his Canyon Raceway win
last weekend, Chris Olexiewicz won heat 1 over Tim Palmer and Phillips.
Richard Markley won heat 2 over John Morris Jr and Rod Wright. The feature
was restarted when Markley spun in front of the pack forcing Mike
Davidson, Texan Justin Martin and Steve Shumaker to spin. MacNeil took a
quick lead and the yellow fell twice on lap 3 and once on lap 5. Phillips
ran second until Center got by him on lap 8. The race got an early
checkered flag on lap 15 and MacNeil won ahead of Center, Phillips,
Collinsworth, Wright, Olexiewicz, Ben Peterson, Markley and Las Vegas Nv
long tow Sonny Wahl. Palmer finished 10th and is 13 points out of the
point lead. MacNeil is only 4 points back of Palmer and 6 in front of 11th
place finisher Morris.
Thirteen mini stocks checked in and W Croy won the first heat over Bramlet
and Ray Taylor. Lobstein beat Sam Cutlip and Jason Parks in heat 2. All 13
cars started the 12 lap feature, but only five finished despite there only
being one yellow flag. W Croy led two laps, then it was Bramlet the rest
of the way. Harley Miner spun for the only yellow flag. Three cars pitted
late with flat tires and Bramlet won ahead of W Croy, Lobstein, Fritz Croy,
Cutlip and Miner. Second ranked Terry McCraw, third ranked Taylor and
fourth ranked Kent Ewart all failed to finish.
On July 16, the super stocks return and they will be joined by the NADCAR
dwarf cars and mini stocks.
Summary: Mini Stock Heat 1-Wendall Cory, Ray Bramlet, Ray Taylor, Shayne
Durrance, Kent Ewart.
Heat 2-Casey Lobstein, Sam Cutlip, Jason Parks, Shane Slay, Fritz Croy.
Main-Bramlet, W Croy, Lobstein, F Croy, Cutlip, Harley Miner, Ewart, Terry
McCraw, Parks, Amy Edwards, Shane Slay, Taylor, Durrance. IMCA
Modified Heat 1-Chris Olexiewicz, Tim Palmer, Matt Phillips, Mike
Davidson, Eric Center.
Heat 2-Richard Markley, John Morris Jr, Rod Wright, Jim Collinsworth, Jim
MacNeil.
Main-MacNeil, Center, Phillips, Collinsworth, Wright, Olexiewicz, Markley,
Sonny Wahl, Palmer, Morris, Justin Martin, Davidson, Steve Shumaker.
NADCAR Dwarf Car Heat 1-Mike Moyer, Ron Neville, Ryan Henesey, Tim
Cotherman, Dave Crowell.
Heat 2-Justin Randall, Mike Williams, Scott Ward, Robert Ostrom, Mike
Dunn.
Heat 3-John Hamilton, Mike Dunn, Helen Henesey, Cliff Lee, Butch Dunn.
Main-Williams, Lund, M Dunn, Neville, H Henesey, Lee, Hamilton, Storm
Phillips, B Dunn, Tom Peck, Moyer, Cotherman, Crowell, Ostrom, R Henesey,
Ward, Randall. Desert Dwarf Car Heat 1-Kevin Cain, Gerald Hardy, Sandy
Matthews, Kevin Stalbaum, Daniel Lamm.
Heat 2-Russell Hardy, Tony Martin, Tony Hinsley, Dennis Dowty, Dave Durnez.
Heat 3-Rick Kochanowski, John Stafford, Aaron Jones, Keith Noyes, David
Brodeur.
Main-Matthews, Randy Anderson, Stalbaum, R Hardy, Travis Seals, Greg Loper,
Jones, Durnez, G Hardy, Shannon Barton, Brodeur, Kochanowski, B Lamm,
Stafford, Cain, K Noyes, D Lamm, Martin, Chris Snyder, Hinsley, Dowty,
Dennis Wutzke, Jerry Hartnett.
Dwarf Car Shootout-Williams, Matthews, M Dunn, Lund, R Hardy, Stalbaum, H
Henesey, Anderson, G Hardy, Neville.
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