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16 RACES ON TAP FOR THE 2012 OCEAN
SPRINTS AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY
WATSONVILLE,
CALIFORNIA (January 25, 2012) – The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo return in 2012
with a 16 race schedule at the Ocean Speedway quarter-mile dirt track, located
on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Promoter John Prentice has crafted a schedule that sees all 16 dates in
Watsonville with no traveling events planned for 2012.
The 2012
slate opens up on Friday night March 30th.Among the highlights is a busy four race
stint during June that ends with the first Johnny Key Classic qualifier on June
29th. The other three Johnny
Key qualifying races will be July 20th, July 27th, and
August 17th.The 52nd
Johnny Key Classic will be Saturday night August 25th.
The series
wraps up with back-to-back Friday night shows on October 5 and October 12 to
name the 2012 champion.
A cast of
strong competition will be gunning after 2011 champion Ronnie Day of Salinas,
who took the Keith Day Trucking #22 to the championship on the heels of two
series victories including the Johnny Key Classic last August. The championship battle came down to the wire
with 2010 champion Tommy Tarlton in the Tarlton & Sons #21 finishing second
in the standings.
Tarlton has
bulked up his program for 2012, adding a #21x for Rookie of the Year contender
Carson Mecedo of Lemoore. Mecedo is a
former Micro Sprint standout.
Another
driver challenging Day will be Fremont’s Shane Golobic who will drive
Steve Osbrone’s #9J for the entire schedule.Golobic ended 2011 red-hot with three consecutive victories along with
his May 13th victory at the speedway.
Prunedale’s
Justin Sanders, a consistently fast-qualifier and gasser, is expected to return
for a run at the championship in the North County Plastering #17 mount. Sanders has also announced that he will run
full-time in the Civil War this season keeping the young pilot very busy in
2012.
Returning
to Ocean Speedway will be Pleasanton’s Brad Furr in the Ray Scheidt’s Electric
#2.Furr ran the King of the West in
2011 finishing tenth in the standings, with a best-finish of second in the
August appearance of KWS at Watsonville. Furr finished in the top-five in the 2010 series points making him a
contender for 2012.
Other
drivers expected to race Watsonville on a regular basis include popular young
driver Rico Abreu in the Abreu Vinyards #89, Orval Zane Burke of Sinas, San
Jose’s Tommy Laliberte, Gilroy’s Kurt Nelson, and San Jose’s Ryan Rusconi among
many others.
The full
2012 Ocean Speedway schedule will be announced at a later time but numerous
Modified, American Stock, Four Banger, Micro Sprint, and Dwarf Car races are on
the schedule along with four USAC Western Sprint Car races and the return of
USAC Western Midgets.
For more
information on the Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo log onto http://www.oceansprints.com
and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com
2012 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco
Bravo Schedule
March 30
April 13
May 4
May 11
May 18
June 1
June 8
June 22
June 29
*Johnny Key Qualifier*
July 20
*Johnny Key Qualifier*
July 27
*Johnny Key Qualifier*
August 17
*Johnny Key Qualifier*
August 25
52nd Johnny Key Classic
September
21
October 5
October 12
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