Press Release
Santa Maria, CA - July 19, 2008...Western AllStars Super Dirt Late Models brought 30 cars and drivers to Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night for their second run of the season on the third-mile oval. Also on the schedule were D&S Automotive IMCA Modifieds and Factory Stocks.

Andy Obertello, of Hollister, started the evening by setting fast time of 14.322 seconds in Western AllStars qualifying. In the 30-lap "A" main event, however, it was Mike Johnson, of Lompoc, with a charge from his ninth starting position to take the lead from Nick Bartels, of El Segundo, on lap 11 and go on to victory. Bobby Hogge IV, of Salinas, battled Johnson for much of the run but had to settle for second. Third went to Arroyo Grande's Devin Crockett, followed by Bakersfield's John Lowrey and Castroville's A.J. Kirkpatrick. Jeffrey Priddy, of Salinas, won the 12-lap "B" main event and 8-lap heat race wins went to Kirkpatrick, Bartels, Merced's Chris Shannon, and Lompoc's Chet Buckley.

Kyle Camperud, of Watsonville, scored his first career victory in the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature event. Point leader Kenny Kirkpatrick, of Nipomo, suffered a hit in his championship run when he was taken out of the feature in a four car incident on lap one. Danny Lauer moved into the point lead with a second place finish in front of fellow Santa Maria driver Jake Jones. Larry Hood, of Bakersfield, and Josh Vogt, of Santa Maria, were fourth and fifth. Camperud, Jones, and Santa Maria's Doug Thornton scored 8-lap heat race victories.

The 20-lap Factory Stock main event found Michael Frazier in victory circle ahead of two more Santa Maria drivers, point leader Kirk Morgan and Glen Sparks. It was the first feature victory of 2008 for Frazier. Matt Marchiando, of Goleta, and Tim Bennett, of Santa Maria, filled out the top-five. Atascadero's Charlie Scovell and Santa Maria's Dale Sylvester were 8-lap heat race winners.

Next Saturday night's 23rd Annual Bud Stanfield Memorial will feature Bandit/VRA Grand Slam Sprint Cars pitting the Bandit Sprint Car Series 360 sprints against the best of the Ventura Racing Association 360s. D&S Automotive IMCA Modifieds and Mini Stocks will also be in action. Spectator gates open at 3:00 p.m., with racing at 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be $20.00 for adults, $16.00 for seniors (65+), $5.00 for children six to twelve, kids five and under are free. Credit cards are not accepted. SMS is located 1/4-mile north of the 101/166 interchange on Hutton Road.

RACE SUMMARIES
Western AllStars Late Models: Fast Time - Andy Obertello, 14.322.
Trophy Dash - Nick Bartels, Chris Shannon, Jeff Decker, Bill Bartels, Dino Napier, A.J. Kirkpatrick, Ronnie Williams, Chet Buckley.
Heat 1 - Kirkpatrick, B. Bartels, Obertello, Bobby Hogge IV, Phillip Priddy, Carla Laney, Danny Bohard.
Heat 2 - Shannon, Napier, John Lowrey, Zack Forster, Ryan Cotrell, Johnny Cardoza, Billy Griffin (DNS).
Heat 3 - Buckley, Williams, Mike Johnson, Ron Bartels, Jeffrey Priddy, John Piker, Billy Griffin, John Crow (DNS).
Heat 4 - N. Bartels, Decker, Devin Crockett, Steve Drake, Dana Beattie, David Childress, Johnny Malcolm, Anthony Barket
"B" Main Event - J. Priddy, P. Priddy, Beattie, Cotrell, Childress, Malcolm, Laney, Cardoza, Bohard, Barket, Griffin, Piker.
"A" Main Event - Johnson, Hogge IV, Crockett, Lowery, Kirkpatrick, Shannon, Obertello, Drake, Napier, Forster, Beattie, Decker, R. Bartels, Childress, N. Bartels, P. Priddy, B. Bartels, Malcolm, Williams, J. Priddy, Cotrell.

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - Jake Jones, Kenny Kirkpatrick, Todd Hermosillo, Robert Marsh, Bob Campitelli, Josh Vogt, Larry Hood.
Heat 2 - Kyle Camperud, Joey Claborn, Chad Weber, David Mayhew, Ken Kehs, Chris Whitford.
Heat 3 - Doug Thornton, Danny Lauer, Jared Domingos, Keith McIndoe, Bobby Hogge III, Ron Wiley.
Main Event - Camperud, Lauer, Jones, Hood, Vogt, Hermosillo, Marsh, Domingos, Wiley, Thornton, Weber, Hogge III, Kehs, McIndoe, Mayhew, Claborn, Kirkpatrick, Campitelli, Whitford (DNS).

Factory Stocks
Heat 1 - Charlie Scovell, Matt Marchiando, Michael Frazier, Tim Bennett, Randy Obert, Pete Lethcoe, Mike Weigel, Kevin Linson.
Heat 2 - Dale Sylvester, Glen Sparks, Mike Leland, Kirk Morgan, Robert Read, Theo Van De Sande, Bill Spratlin, John Hanson.
Main Event - Frazier, Morgan, Sparks, Marchiando, Bennett, Scovell, Linson, Lethcoe, Sylvester, Leland, Read, Spratlin, Hanson, Weigel, Van De Sande, Obert.

POINT STANDINGS
IMCA Modifieds:
1. Danny Lauer, 384 2. Kenny Kirkpatrick, 370 3. Josh Vogt, 355 4. Doug Thornton, 350 5. Chad Weber, 314.

Factory Stocks:
1. Kirk Morgan, 461 2. Michael Frazier, 425 3. Glen Sparks, 401 4. Tim Bennett, 388 5. Kevin Linson, 365.