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California Sprint Car & Midget Power Poll for June 19, 2012
ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA (June 19, 2012) - As the summer temperatures have heated
up, so has the California Sprint & Midget Power Poll on
StevenBlakesley.com Thanks in large part to his win on Friday night in
the USAC/CRA feature at Ocean Speedway and Bud Kaeding taking the
weekend off, USAC/CRA points leader Mike Spencer assumes the top spot in
the poll for the first time.
Spencer has led the
statistical portion of the Power Poll throughout 2012 but finally earned
respect with the media with his furthest trip north this season. The
win at Ocean Speedway came against 27 cars in the pits. Spencer passed
fellow top-10 driver in the poll Ryan Bernal for the win.
Bud Kaeding tied his
brother Tim for the 2nd position on the poll but won the tie-breaker
based on earning three first place votes from the five voters on the
panel. Tim Kaeding is third after being the high point driver in the
rained out Skagit Dirt Cup.
New to the poll is
Stephen Allard (8th), who scored points with our panel after winning the
Civil War race at Quincy on Saturday night, along with a second place
finish at Chico on Friday, and a Placerville win the week before.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is Kyle Larson leaning on his season-long
statistical points to crack the top-10 despite not appearing on any
media ballots or racing in California since May.
Just missing the cut is Tommy Tarlton who has two Ocean Sprints victories and one Rebel Cup win in 11 starts in 2012.
About the CA Sprint Car & Midget Power Poll:
Eligible drivers come from any injected winged or non-wing Sprint Car division in the state along with full Midgets as well.
The poll includes
top-ten lists from various media members including site editor Steven
Blakesley, photographer Chris Cleveland, announcers Troy Henning, Ron
Lingron, and Bill Sullivan, King of the West PR guru Gary Thomas, and
driver PR specialist PJ Petersen. A statistical analysis of California
racing stats by Jeff Bye, Jr. is combined with the media poll to create
a current picture of the top-10 drivers in the state.
Power polls will be
released every first and third Tuesday throughout the racing season
until the first week of December, when StevenBlakesley.com will crown a
California Sprint & Midget Power Poll" champion for the season.
To view this week's top-10, visit http://www.stevenblakesley.com
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