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California Sprint & Midget Power Poll for August 21, 2012
View full poll at http://www.stevenblakesley.com/news/8.21-sprintcarpoll.html
ELK GROVE, CA (August 21, 2012) - Mike Spencer continues to be unstoppable in both the USAC/CRA
and in the California Sprint & Midget Power Poll! Despite every panel
member residing in Northern California, Spencer's Southern
California non-wing exploits have propelled him again to top the
poll. Spencer won at Watsonville
on Friday August 10 and followed that up with finishes of second, second, and
fourth over the last four USAC/CRA events.
King of the West points leader Jon Allard used a Friday night
410 win at Silver Dollar Speedway against a field that included Kyle Larson and
Andy Forsberg to leap into second in the poll. Allard has his highest
ranking yet in 2012 and will look to unseat Spencer with the Gold Cup upcoming
next month.
Stephen Allard has dropped to third despite winning the August
11th feature at Placerville Speedway. Kyle Hirst also fell to sixth after
not competing with the 410s at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Tim Kaeding and Sean Becker have returned to the poll on the
strength of Saturday night wins. TK had been ineligible for running too
few races but made the most of his King of the West start by winning and moving
to fifth in the standings. Becker won the 360 main event at Placerville
on Saturday night to rejoin the poll just narrowly in the 10th spot.
Bud Kaeding narrowly missed the top 10 in large part due to
racing in the midwest often over the last few weeks. He will try to make
up for it with a strong run in the Johnny Key Classic this Saturday at Watsonville.
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.
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