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17 cars signed into the pits.
Track was heavy, but very rutted in turn 4 and to a lesser extent in turn 1. Track repair was made after the late model feature was completed which actually worked well and allowed for a racy surafce for the Sprint Main.
4 rookies tonight: John Kirby, Jr. in the #51, Jake Haulet (please accept apologies if not spelled correctly) in the #7, Randy Gomes in the #55, and Michael Forsland in the #10.
Bradley Terrell was in the Van Lare #5v as the motor for his #43 was not race ready for the opener.
Qualifying - Finish, Name, Car #, Time (Grid)
1. Rickey Wright, Jr. #35, 12.68 (8) 2. Jeremy Burt, #2b, 12.80 (13) 3. Bradley Terrell, #5v, 12.87 (7) 4. Alissa Geving, #3x, 12.96 (10) 5. Jeff Parady, #6c, 13.45 (1) 6. Nick RIngo, Jr. #9n, 13.55 (14) 7. Jake Haulet, #7, 13.63 (2) 8. Keith Collins, #10c, 13.68 (15) 9. Art McCarthy, #19, 13.71 (3) 10. Adrian Betournay, #3, 13.82 (11) 11. Gomes, #55, 14.51 (missed #6 spot and received 1 lap at end) 12. Forsland, #10, 14.77 (4) 13. Kirby, Jr. #51, 15.14 (9) 14. Shawn Arriaga, #56, 15.23 (5) 15. Roberto Kirby, #10x (N/T) 16. Kirk Simpson, #48, (N/T) 17. Klint SImpson, #84, (N/T)
Heat #1 - 8 laps, 9 cars
Finish, Car#, Name (started)
1. #5v, Terrell, (3) 2. #19, McCarthy, (2) 3. #35, Wright, Jr.(6) 4. #6c, Parady, (4) 5.#7, Houlet,(9) 6. #55, Gomes, (1) 7. #51, Kirby, Jr. (7) 8.#10x, R. Kirby, (8) 9. #84, Klint Simpson, (5) -McCarthy jumped to the lead at the start with Terrell in the #5v quickly moving up to 2nd with an inside move on Gomes in turn 4 on lap 1. Parady moved to 3rd, also getting by the rookie Gomes. Terrell now houndiug McCarthy as Gomes fades to 5th by lap 4. Lap 6 and Terrell swoops around McCarthy with a nice outside pass in turn 2 on lap 6 and drives away for the win. Final lap and Wright, Jr. powers under a slightly out of shape Parady low in turn 4 to grab 3rd at the checkers.
Heat #2 - 8 laps - 7 cars
Finish, Name, Car # (started)
1. #3, Betournay, (2) 2. #3x, Geving, (3)3. #2b, Burt (6) 4. #56, Arriaga (5) 5. #9n, Ringo, Jr. (4) 6. #10c, Collins (1) 7. #10, Forsland (7) #48, Simpson (DNS) - At the drop of the green Betournay won the race past the flagstand and into turn 1. Coming out of turn 2 Collins gets out of shape and Ringo, Jr. Geving, and Burt are slowed. Betournay pulls out to a 7 car lead. Geving to 3rd on lap 4 with low move in turn 3 on Burt and begins to chase Ringo, Jr. Lap 5 and Geving gets around Ringo, Jr in turn 4 and is now in 2nd. Burt does the same move on the following lap to grab 3rd from Ringo, Jr. Betournay holds off a determined Geving the final 2 laps to secure the heat race win. This might be the 1st heat win for Betournay at Petaluma and looked very good winning his heat. Arriaga passes Ringo, Jr. on the final lap to secure 4th at the line.
A- Main - 20 Laps - 17 cars
Finish, Car#, Name (started)
1. #5v, Terrell (8) 2. #56, Arriaga (1) 3. #35jr, Wright, Jr. (10) 4. #2b, Burt (9) 5. #3x, Geving (7) 6. #3, Betournay (2) 7. #10x, R. Kirby (13) 8. #48, Kirk Simpson (16) 9. #19, McCarthy (3) 10. #7, Haulet (4) 11. #55, Gomes (11) 12. #9n, Ringo, Jr. (5) 13. #51, Kirby, Jr. (14) 14. #6c, Parady (6) 15. #10, Forsland (11) 16. #84, Klint Simpson (16) 17. #10c, Collins (DNS - pulled off as cars were on track prepping for A line up) - At the drop of the green Arriaga hammered the throttle and bolted to the early lead. 6th starting Parady used the outside of 1 and 2 to quickly move to 2nd.. Terrell from 8th starting flew around 5 cars following Parady and then muscled under Parady low in turns 3 and 4 to make a remarkable 8th to 2nd blitzkrieg by the completion of lap 1. As Parady got out of shape McCarthy grabbed 3rd. Only yellow of the feature was on lap 3 as the #84 of Simpson stopped at the top of turn 4. He would be done for the night. Re-start - #56, #5v, #19, #3, #6c, #3x, #35, #2b, #9n, #10x, #7, #48, #55, #10, #51 - Arriaga leads Terrell through 1 and 2, but as they approach turn 3 Terrel quicdkly assumes the top spot and the 2 begin to pull away from the field as they dice for the lead for several laps. Lap 8 and Terrell reaches lapped traffic with Arriaga in tow. Wright, Jr. is now up to 4th by lap 9 as he patiently moves forward. Terrell has the better of lappiong cars and pulls out to a 10 car lead by lap 13. Terrell begins to have trouble with the #9n of Ringo and Arriaga closes in on his tail tank. Finally Terrel is able to find a line around Ringo and now Arriaga is held up for several laps. Arriaga's nose wing is now loose and hanging over the front end as he finally gets aorund Ringo. With only 2 laps remaining Terrel has now stretched the lead again and laps 8th running McCarthy to take the convincing win.
Hard Chargers - Kirk Simpson -16th to 8th, Wright, Jr, from 10th starting to 3rd, and Roberto Kirby -13th to 7th.
It seems to be only a matter of time when Wright, Jr, will win a feature at Petaluma as he continues to improve.
Rookies did a good job in A holding their lines and racing cleanly.
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