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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GOLOBIC EARNS FIRST 2012 OCEAN SPRINTS WIN TO EXTEND POINTS LEAD
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (October 6,
2012) – Fremont's Shane Golobic earned the first career win for car
owner Steve Osborne, and the first for Golobic in 2012, to extend his
points lead in the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo on Friday
night. The 21 year-old driver topped a 30 car turnout at John
Prentice's Ocean Speedway Watsonville for the penultimate round of the
series.
"This is awesome for
Steve," Golobic said. "He's been out here racing forever and I just
feel awesome to get that done for him. We just haven't quite been
able to get into victory lane but we got a good starting spot tonight
and it worked out good for us."
Golobic started the
30 lap feature from the pole position and jumped out to the lead early
on. By lap nine Golobic encountered lapped traffic for the first
time. The traffic allowed Steven Tiner to work the cushion and take
the lead on lap 11. Golobic slid up in front of Tiner out of turn two
to lead back for lap 12 and take off to a three second advantage.
Brent Kaeding was
the hardest charger on the night by far, navigating the field to take
seventh by lap 14 after starting in the 18th position.
The big lead for
Golobic was evaporated when the red came out for Corralitos' Jerry
Bonnema and San Jose's Michael Twitchell getting tangled up in front of
the leader. Bonnema ended up on his side and Golobic made slight
contact with the stopped car but was able to continue on.
On the restart,
Tiner battled side-by-side with six-time feature winner Tommy Tarlton
for second. On lap 20, Tarlton and Tiner banged wheels in turn four to
send Tiner spinning. A helpless Wayne Katen made hard contact with
Tiner's stopped car to end both driver's nights. While coming to a stop
for the red flag, Fresno's Dominic Scelzi got into the back of second
in points Brad Furr of Stockton. Furr had to go to the work area but
he was able to come back out for the restart.
Golobic flexed his
muscles over the next six laps of the feature, stretching his lead out
over Tarlton while Kaeding and 16 year-old DJ Netto battled for third
place. Golobic avoided another incident when Furr and San Jose's Nick
Green made contact in turn two to bring out the caution on lap 26.
The caution set up a
four lap shootout between Golobic, Tarlton, and Kaeding, but Golobic
proved to be too strong in the Get Som Sports #9j entry, pulling to a
1.2 second advantage at the checkered flag. Both Kaeding and Netto
were able to get around Tarlton in the closing stages to round out the
top-three with Watsonville's Justin Sanders finishing fifth.
"We've always
struggled when we've come here," Netto said. "We picked up some new
shocks and it helped a lot. When we slid Tommy I was just thinking
'don't hit him' and it stuck!"
Golobic's win,
coupled with Furr's tenth place finish, allowed him to pull to a 40
point advantage and nearly lock the 2012 Ocean Sprints championship
going into the final event next Friday night.
"That one was a
little bit more like work than anything," Golobic said. "I knew I had
Tommy breathing down my back and I had Tiner breathing down my back a
little more in the beginning. I just had to hit my marks. Usually
I'm kind of on the opposite end and trying to get around Tommy on the
lat restart."
The DDNi Hard
Charger award went to Brent Kaeding, who finished third after starting
18th. The Ray Scheidt's Electric Fast Time went to Steven Tiner with a
12.180 second lap around the quarter-mile speedway. The four heat
races were won by San Jose's Ryan Rusconi, Clovis' Peter Murphy,
Kaeding, and Golobic. The 12 lap semi was won by Lemoore's Carson
Macedo.
The Ocean Sprints
presented by Taco Bravo will conclude their 2012 campaign this Friday
night at Ocean Speedway Watsonville. For more information on the Ocean
Sprints log onto http://www.oceansprints.com and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com
Ocean Speedway would
like to thank Taco Bravo, Digital Delivery Networks, Get Som Sports,
Ray Scheidt's Electric, Hoosier Tires West, and Kaeding Performance for
their support of the 2012 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo.
October 6, 2012 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo - Watsonville, California
RAY SCHEIDT'S ELECTRIC QUALIFYING: 37t Steven Tiner 12.180
HEAT 1: 98 Ryan Rusconi
HEAT 2: 11m Peter Murphy
HEAT 3: 69 Brent Kaeding
HEAT 4: 9j Shane Golobic
12 LAP SEMI: 21x Carson Macedo
30 LAP FEATURE: 1) 9j Shane Golobic, 2) 69 Brent
Kaeding, 3) 88n DJ Netto, 4) 21 Tommy Tarlton, 5) 17 Justin Sanders, 6)
41 Dominic Scelzi, 7) 92 Andy Forsberg, 8) 11m Peter Murphy, 9) 21x
Carson Macedo, 10) 2 Brad Furr, 11) 25z Jason Chisum, 12) 22 Nick
Green, 13) 3t Nicholas Ringo, 14) 98 Ryan Rusconi, 15) 88k Koen Shaw,
16) 23 Tomas Bray, 17) 37t Steven Tiner, 18) 99 Wayne Katen, 19) 37
Michael Twitchell, 20) 58 Jerry Bonnema, 21) 72w Kurt Nelson, 22) 15
Eric Humphries
LAP LEADERS: 9j Shane Golobic 1-10, 37t Steven Tiner 11, 9j Shane Golobic 12-30
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