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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TARLTON MOTOSPORTS
Golden State Challenge Sprint Car Series
Ocean Speedway
Watsonville, Ca.
April 25, 2009
Media Contact: Gary Costa
[email protected]
Tarlton Charges from 14th Starting Spot
By Gary Costa
(Jennifer Costa Photo)
Watsonville, Ca. (April 25, 2009) – Tommy Tarlton competed in round five with the Golden State Challenge Sprint Car Series at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville. Tommy's last visit with the GSC came at Tulare, where it brought him a seventh place finish.
Tarlton put on a driving clinic finishing eighth the previous weekend at Ocean Speedway, coming from the back of the pack, after being caught up in a wreck on lap 3 in GLR Investments 360 Sprint Car action.
Tommy, who is a great qualifier, got behind "the 8-ball". Tommy took the Tarlton & Son, Inc., No. 21 around the speedway, timing in with an uncharacteristic 14th quick, turning a 12.414 lap. "No excuses, we just missed the setup," Tarlton said. "We got behind, but we didn't give up and worked on the car all through the evening."
In Heat No. 2, Tommy finished fifth in his heat race. By missing the dash, he had to start in the 14th position on the grid. When the green flew, Tarlton didn't hesitate from his seventh row starting spot. Tommy was up on the wheel chasing down cars, and drove under the checkered flag for a hard fought seventh place finish.
"During the main event, we got better and better," he said. "We got moving and started picking off cars one by one. I got held up in lapped traffic. I think if I would have got past them earlier, I may have been able to move forward some more."
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Up Next For Tarlton Motorsports – Tommy Tarlton will compete in this weekends GSC race at the Tulare Thunderbowl. Tommy's last visit to the speedway garnered him a seventh place finish.
 Would like to thank:
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Ridgeline Framing, Shark Racing Engines, Matt & Glass, M & S Motorsports, Sharp Insurance, McLellan Equipment, Elite Racing, BG Products, Pro Signs, VMAC, Kaeding Performance, Pro Shocks, Pro Signs, VMAC, Sander Engineering, Astro Titanium, Simpson, BR Motorsports, Willwood and BRMS.
(Photo courtesy L&J Photography)
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