FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Santa Maria Speedway
August 16, 2012
Contact: Stephanie Odom
(805) 268-1393
odom.stephanie@ymail.com
Super Late Models Return to Santa Maria this Saturday!
(Santa Maria, CA) – Super Late Models are set to make their return to Chris Kearns’ Santa Maria Speedway this Saturday, August 18th. Two time West Coast Shootout Late Model and USAC/CRA Champion Mike Kirby leads the point’s standings going into the event. The Torrance native dominated the Bud Stanfield Memorial at the third of a mile clay oval on June 23rd, the only local point’s race of the season.
Kirby sits five points ahead of Nationals Champion John Lowrey of Bakersfield. Lowrey opened the Super Late Model season at the Santa Maria Speedway with the West Coast Shootout and captured a $5,000 pay day Memorial Day weekend. He led wire-to-wire becoming the third different West Coast Shootout winner of the season.
San Luis Obispo’s Steve “The Snake” Drake sits eight points out of the lead with defending track and West Coast Shootout Champion Clay Daly trailing three points. Bakersfield’s “Sandman” Rob Sanders completes the top five, three points behind Daly.
Richie McGowan Hobby Stocks, Toste Construction Mini Stocks, Vintage Sprints and Mini Dwarfs will join the Super Late Models on Saturday night. Gates open at 4:30 PM, qualifying at 5 PM and racing at 6 PM. Adult tickets are $16.00, seniors, military and students $14.00, kids 5-12 $6 and five and under free. Free camping is available. For more information visit
www.RaceSantaMariaSpeedway.com.
Chris Kearns Presents and the Santa Maria Speedway would like to thank Shannon Pump Company, Drake Farms Transportation, Toste Construction & Paving, Indiana Truck Salvage, Papich Construction, ProPower Engines, Integra Shocks, West Coast Boring, Pearsons Auto Wrecking, Victory Circle and RoadRunner Fabrication for their support this season.
2012 Super Late Model Points Standing
1 MIKE KIRBY 162.00 Leader
2 JOHN LOWREY 157.00 -5
3 STEVE DRAKE 154.00 -8
4 CLAY DALY 151.00 -11
5 ROB SANDERS 148.00 -14
6 BILL BARTELS 145.00 -17
7 PAUL GUGLIELMONI 142.00 -20
8 CARLA LANEY 139.00 -23
9 LARRY CHILDRESS 136.00 -26
10 JASON PAPICH 133.00 -29
11 JASON SELVIDGE 130.00 -32
12 DEVIN CROCKETT 128.00 -34
13 ANTHONY RESTAD 126.00 -36
14 TONY TOSTE 124.00 -38
15 JERRY STEWART 122.00 -40
16 MIKE JOHNSON 120.00 -42
17 ANDY OBERTELLO 118.00 -44