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FORSBERG CLAIMS $3000 HAUL WITH OCEAN SPRINTS WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (April 6,
2013) - 2011 Placerville Speedway and Civil War Sprints champion Andy
Forsberg of Auburn stormed to a $3000 victory on Friday night at Ocean
Speedway Watonsville, in round two for the Ocean Sprints presented by
Taco Bravo. Driving Cody Geaney's PT Shocks #7c, Forsberg picked up
$1500 for the win along with a $1500 bonus from promoter John Prentice
for being a Civil War regular.
Forsberg's victory
came in unlikely circumstances when Watsonville's Justin Sanders
suffered an apparent engine failure on Clayton Snow's #7 while leading
with six to go. Ironically Sanders' team provided Forsberg with
ignition parts after mechanical problems for the 7c team during hot
laps.
Forsberg was a last minute addition to the field after a 360 event at Silver Dollar Speedway was rained out as well.
"I think it's cool
they're giving us $1500 extra to come down and do this. The cockiness
in me wants to say 'yeah I had Justin Sanders no problem' but he was
fast," Forsberg said. "I felt like I was getting better in the end. I
think it was going to get good but it really only matters that we
won."
Salinas' Carter Train
led the 21 car field to green for the 30 lap feature, but flipped from
the lead in turn three before completing the first lap. The restart
slid Sanders into the pole position for the complete restart. Outside
polesitter "Cowboy" Craig Smith tagged the wall and spun into turn one
at the start, but was able to keep going despite falling to the rear of
the field.
San Jose's Nick Green
spun the Konnected Clothing Co. #14 in turn two from third place to
bring out a caution on lap two. The next stoppage was a red flag for
Ridgeline, Washington's Zach Zimmerly getting upside down on lap 10.
Zimmerly tangled with both Altoona's IA's Carson McCarl and Smith
leading up the melee, but they were able to continue on.
Seventh starting DJ
Netto of Hanford worked his way up into third by the restart but jumped
the cushion in turn one and went into a wild nose dancing flip on top
of the wall. The 2012 Rebel Cup champion was uninjured.
The race went green
for the next 12 laps with Forsberg and Sanders trading blows for the
top spot throughout heavy lapped traffic. The entertaining duel was
slowed by cautions on lap 22 and 23 for solo spins. On the lap 23
restart, the action really intensified for the lead until lap 24 when
Sanders' entry went up in smoke on the front stretch.
Forsberg paced the
field over the final six laps for a comfortable victory with Stockton's
Brad Furr holding off Green for the second position. Gilroy's Kurt
Nelson was the only other lead lap car, grabbing a fourth place finish.
"It was redemption
after lap two doing what I did down there in turn one," Green said.
"It was a good night and dad gave me a good car. I had to get up on
the wheel because of the position I put myself in. We're off to a hot
start. It's a big momentum sport and we'll just keep rolling onto the
next one!"
Brad Furr drove the
Price Rite Restaraunt Equipment #2 to the Ray Scheidt's Electric fast
time for the second consecutive race and also has the points lead in the
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo. He did not accept the Nobel
Construction Back Row Challenge.
The DDNi Hard
Charger went to Salinas' Jeremy Chisum, who finished eighth after
starting 21st. Heat race wins went to Netto, Forsberg, and McCarl.
The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo return to action on Friday April 12.
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, Nobel
Construction, Get Som Sports, Ray Scheidt's Electric, Hoosier Tires
West, and Kaeding Performance for their support.
April 5, 2013 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo - Watsonville, California
RAY SCHEIDT'S ELECTRIC QUALIFYING: 2 Brad Furr 12.285
HEAT 1: 88n DJ Netto
HEAT 2: 7c Andy Forsberg
HEAT 3: 39c Carson McCarl
30 LAP FEATURE: 1) 7c Andy Forsberg, 2) 2 Brad
Furr, 3) 14 Nick Green, 4) 72w Kurt Nelson, 5) 98 Ryan Rusconi, 6) 58
Jerry Bonnema, 7) 11 Nick Rescino, 8) 8 Jeremy Chisum, 9) 199 Nick
Foster, Jr., 10) 25z Jason Chisum, 11) 4x Tim Decarlo, Jr., 12) 4f Burt
Foland, Jr., 13) 4 Nathan Washam, 14) 7 Justin Sanders, 15) 83 Zach
Zimmerly, 16) 39c Carson McCarl, 17) 39 Craig Smith, 18) 96 Nick Ringo,
Jr., 19) 88n DJ Netto, 20) 3t Nicholas Ringo, 21) 2x Carter Train NT
LAP LEADERS: 7 Justin Sanders 1-24, 7c Andy Forsberg 25-30
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