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April 22, 2014 at 09:28:03 PM
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PETALUMA, CA, April 19— Another great crowd filled the grandstand and pit area for General Hydroponics Night at Petaluma Speedway.  High winds made for an uncharacteristic hard slick racing surface and saw Geoff Ensign pick up fast time in the Pit Stop USA Winged 360 class with a 14.530.  Former track champion Shawn Arriaga and visiting Justyn Cox nabbed the pair of heat races.  The 25-lap feature saw Ensign power away from his advantageous pole starting position.  A turn three collision on lap three saw the red flag fly as Kirt Organ, Ivan Worden, and Jake Haulot were all eliminated.  Herman Klein for the second week in a row mounted an awesome charge from the back of the pack entering the top five on lap five, moved to fourth on lap six, and to third by the eighth circuit.  Billy Butler in his familiar #57 mount charged to fifth on stanza number ten.  With things seemingly well in hand Ensign bobbled allowing Cox to draw abreast and the pair drag raced down the front straightaway side-by-side on the 18th lap.  On the 20th circuit Arriaga wheelied over the berm exiting turn four which caused Alissa Geving to take evasive action resulting in the three-time champion colliding with the front straightaway wall.  A final restart on lap 23 saw Ensign pull away to an eight car length lead and pick up his second victory in as many weeks over Cox, Klein, Butler, and Chase Johnson.
            The Pit Stop USA Spec Sprints had another fine field.  Trevor Schmid stopped the clocks with 16.593 effort nabbing quick time.  Heat races were copped by Racin’ Jason McIntosh and Petaluma newcomer Shayna Sylvia.  The 25-lap finale saw McIntosh stampede to the front from the outside front row berth.  All-time winningest Spec Sprint Pilot Terry Schank Jr. moved into third on lap three and to second the next lap.  Gary Paulson from the fourth row started an epic high side battle with Schank as Schmid moved past Zack Lynskey and Sparky Howard for third.  Slide jobs were the order of the day as McIntosh, having one of his best races in years, continued to lead.  On the 17th go around Schank made a monster move in heavy traffic to steal the lead only to see the yellow negate the nifty maneuver.  Sadly on the 19th lap lead McIntosh’s motor let him down.  On the restart Paulson and Schank, neither giving an inch collected each other eliminating both of their mounts.  Inheriting the lead was Schmid over a rapidly closing Rowdy McLennon.  McLennon passed Schmid with three to go, however Schmid re-passed on the 23rd lap and held on for the welcomed win.  Defending track champion Scotty Dupont displaced McLennon on the final lap for second, Zack Lynskey was fourth and rapidly improving Bradley Clark rounded out the top five.
            Petaluma Speedway returns to action this Saturday Night, April 26th with the California Civil War Sprint Car Series presented by Flowmaster and the Larsen Racing Products Dwarf Car Series.  For more information please go to www.petaluma-speedway.com.






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