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For Immediate Release
Hagar tops 1st Annual Toste Grading & Paving Mini Stock Nationals
Press Release by Jim Pluhar
Santa Maria, CA - October 17, 2009...The 1st Annual Toste Grading & Paving Mini Stock Nationals saw 34 cars show up at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night to take their shot at the $600.00 winner's share of the purse. Papich Construction IMCA Modifieds brought 30 entries to vie for $1,000.00 first place money and 12 ladies were on hand for the MMI Factory Stock Powder Puff races.
Bakersfield's Jordan Hagar started twentieth in the 24-car Mini Stock field for the 50-lap Nationals "A" feature. Hagar worked his way through the field until he found himself engaged in a three-car battle with Nipomo drivers Korban Ensign and Justin Marsh for the lead. Hagar and Marsh traded the lead several times before Marsh rolled to a stop on the front chute, 4 laps from the checkers. With Marsh gone, Hagar needed only to hold off Ensign for the win. At the finish it was Hagar first and Ensign second, followed by Nathan Flud, of Bakersfield; Scooter Black, of Bullhead City, AZ; and, Robby Cervantes of Arroyo Grande. Ensign had won the 12-lap "B" main event earlier in the evening to move into the "A" main and 8-lap heat races were won by Marsh, Tina Wheeler, of Bakersfield; Taelor Janes, of Arroyo Grande; Jeremy Heroux, of Nipomo; and, Mike Pilatti of Ventura. Wheeler captured the 5-lap trophy dash.
Jason Papich, of Arroyo Grande, won his first Modified main event Saturday night, and it was a good one. Papich out-gunned 2009 SMS champ Chad Weber, of Arroyo Grande, and second in points Doug Thornton, of Santa Maria, for the victory. Santa Maria's Daylan Coffey and Watsonville's Todd Hermosillo were fourth and fifth. Coffey captured the 12-lap "B" feature event and 8-lap heat races went to Danny Lauer, of Santa Maria, and Bakersfield drivers Larry Hood, John Piker, and Robby Sawyer.
In Factory Stock Power Puff action, Lompoc's Lorinda Kearns took the checkers first in an 8-lap heat race and then in the 15-lap feature event. Second in the main was Amy Bannister, of Bakersfield, who also won a heat race. She was followed by Santa Maria's Colette Chambers, and Bakersfield's Amanda Forry and Ren Sawyer.
RACE SUMMARIES:
Modifieds: "A" Main Event - Jason Papich, Chad Weber, Doug Thornton, Daylan Coffey, Todd Hermosillo, Robby Sawyer, Tony Toste, Jay Bowman, Richie McGowan, Larry Hood, John Piker, Nick Sylvester, Cody Burke, Wayne Dotson, Jason Bannister, Larry Wise, Danny Lauer, Joey Claborn, Josh Vogt, Randy McGraw, Shawn Calderwood, Justin Crockett. "B" Main Event - Coffey, Toste, Dotson, , Thornton, McGowan, Hermosillo, Frank Nyback, Austin Rodarte, Aaron Rodarte, Jimmy Reeves, Paul Harris, Ian Hunter, Damon Redman, Anthony Pombo. Heat 1 - Hood, Claborn, Weber, Sylvester, Reeves, Thornton, Aaron Rodarte, Redman. Heat 2 - Lauer, Wise, McGraw, Bannister, Toste, Hunter, Pombo, Harris. Heat 3 - Sawyer, Papich,, Bowman, Burke, Coffey, Hermosillo, Nyback. Heat 4 - Piker, Vogt, Calderwood, Crockett, Thornton, Dotson, Austin Rodarte.
Mini Stocks: "A" Main Event - Jordan Hagar, Korban Ensign, Nathan Flud, Scooter Black, Robby Cervantes, Taelor Janes, Mike Pilatti, Junior Valdez, Tim Breshears, Ban Caswell, Robert Dye, Tina Wheeler, Miranda Dotson, Justin Marsh, Jeremy Heroux, Pat Fausel, Travis Peterson, Kurt Larsen, Dylan Hagar, Josh Schweirtzer, Rob Gilbertson, Matt Sweeney, Taylor Paddock, Ed Elliott. "B" Main Event - K. Ensign, Valdez, Breshears, D. Hagar, Jeff Dye, Hardy Ensign, Ed Rains, Kris Daves, Phillip Sewell, Justin Klucker, Rich Stevens, Derric Newman, Justin Klucker, Dustin Ensign (DNS). Heat 1 - Janes, Caswell, Gilbertson, Peterson, H. Ensign, Sewell, Newman. Heat 2 - Wheeler, J. Hagar, Flud, Elliott, Valdez, K. Ensign. Heat 3 - Heroux, Larsen, J. Schweitzer, R. Dye, Rains, Stevens, K. Ensign. Heat 4 - Pilatti, Black, Paddock, Dotson, D. Hagar, Daves. Heat 5 - Marsh, Gilbertson, Cervantes, Sweeney, J. Dye, Breshears, D. Ensign, Klucker.
Factory Stocks: Main Event - Lorinda Kearns, Amy Bannister, Colette Chambers, Amanda Forry, Ren Sawyer, Yvon Frazier, Jana Sylvester, Christine Milton, Lisa Bennett, Karisa Bennett, Diane Fankhauser, Kat Leland. Heat 1 - Bannister, Sawyer, Frazier, Forry, L. Bennett, K. Bennett. Heat 2 - Kearns, Chambers, Sylvester, Milton, Fankhauser, Leland.
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