Super Late Models
Santa Maria Speedway
May 25, 2013
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Pounds Dominates Night One of The Nationals at Santa Maria Speedway



by Stephanie Odom
SANTA Maria, CA (May 25) - The West Coast Late Model Shootout kicked off “The Nationals Presented by Coors Light” on Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Twenty-three cars were on hand for the $2,000 to win and $300 to start event with Bakersfield’s Brad Pounds dominating the first night of action.

Known as “The Dominator” to many, Pounds started the night off strong qualifying first within his group and winning his heat race. He started the feature event second alongside defending West Coast Late Model Shootout Champion Clay Daly.

Pounds got the jump when the green flag dropped for thirty laps of action. Daly settled in to second while the battle was heated for third between Mike Johnson and Tucson, Arizona’s RC Whitwell. Johnson took the position with current series’ points leader Nick Bartels getting by Whitwell for fourth. The only caution came out on lap two for Dennis Souza and Carla Laney.

Racing resumed with Mike Johnson challenging and overtaking Daly for second place and Bobby Hogge battling Whitwell for fifth. While Pounds pulled away from the field, Whitwell moved from the preferred bottom lane to the middle and top groove passing Bartels for fourth place. With five laps remaining Pounds methodically moved his way through lapped traffic and took the checkered flag with Johnson, Daly, Whitwell, Hogge, Bartels, Tommy Malcolm, Tony Toste, Steve Drake and Rob Sanders completing the top ten.

The West Coast Late Model Shootout will return to action tonight at Santa Maria Speedway for night two of “The Nationals Presented by Coors Light,” for a $3,000 to win and $300 to start feature event. For more information visit www.WestCoastLateModels.com or www.RaceSantaMariaSpeedway.com.

The West Coast Late Model Shootout and Chris Kearns Presents would like to thank the following for their support this season: Taffera Jewelers, RoadRunner Fabrication, Pearsons Auto Wrecking, Drake Farms Transportation, Toste Construction, Toste Grading and Paving, Papich Construction, Victory Circle Chassis, Victory Circle Custom Fabrication and Machining, West Coast Boring, Hoosier Tires, Five Star Grafix, VP Racing Fuel, A-1 Spring & Supply and Holders Air Conditioning and Heating

A-Main  
1 1P Brad Pounds Bakersfield, CA $2,000
2 7 Mike Johnson Lompoc, CA
3 32B Clay Daly Watsonville, CA
4 24 RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ
5 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA
6 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
7 75 Tommy Malcolm Corona, CA
8 91T Tony Toste Pismo Beach, CA
9 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA
10 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
11 4P Richard Papenhausen Chico, CA
12 21X Devin Crockett Arroyo Grande, CA
13 91P Jason Papich Santa Maria, CA
14 18 Chris Barnett Hesperia, CA
15 5X Dino Napier Corona, CA
16 77 Bill Bartels Marina del Rey, CA
17 5K Mike Kirby Torrance, CA
18 21 Cody Barnett Hesperia, CA
19 96 Carla Laney Torrance, CA
20 16b Randy Brown Chowchilla, CA
21 4 Jerry Stewart Bakersfield, CA
22 74 Dennis Souza Pescadero, CA
23 17c Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA

* Eric Oldes/West Coast Dirt Racing Promotions sponsored final three positions (21-23)

Heat #1    
1 91T Tony Toste Pismo Beach, CA
2 32B Clay Daly Watsonville, CA
3 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA
4 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA
5 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
6 21X Devin Crockett Arroyo Grande, CA
7 5K Mike Kirby Torrance, CA
8 91P Jason Papich Santa Maria, CA

Heat #2    
1 1P Brad Pounds Bakersfield, CA
2 7 Mike Johnson Lompoc, CA
3 75 Tommy Malcolm Corona, CA
4 18 Chris Barnett Hesperia, CA
5 5X Dino Napier Corona, CA
6 77 Bill Bartels Marina del Rey, CA
7 74 Dennis Souza Pescadero, CA
8 96 Carla Laney Torrance, CA

Heat #3    
1 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
2 24 RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ
3 4P Richard Papenhausen Chico, CA
4 21 Cody Barnett Hesperia, CA
5 4 Jerry Stewart Bakersfield, CA
6 16b Randy Brown Chowchilla, CA
7 17c Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA

Qualifying Results    
1 91T Tony Toste Pismo Beach, CA 16.240
2 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA 16.246
3 24 RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ 16.307
4 1P Brad Pounds Bakersfield, CA 16.424
5 21X Devin Crockett Arroyo Grande, CA 16.447
6 32B Clay Daly Watsonville, CA 16.534
7 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA 16.590
8 7 Mike Johnson Lompoc, CA 16.631
9 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA 16.653
10 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA 16.666
11 5K Mike Kirby Torrance, CA 16.731
12 75 Tommy Malcolm Corona, CA 16.740
13 91P Jason Papich Santa Maria, CA 16.913
14 5X Dino Napier Corona, CA 17.027
15 18 Chris Barnett Hesperia, CA 17.045
16 4P Richard Papenhausen Chico, CA 17.063
17 16b Randy Brown Chowchilla, CA 17.069
18 96 Carla Laney Torrance, CA 17.149
19 17c Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA 17.376
20 77 Bill Bartels Marina del Rey, CA 17.463
21 4 Jerry Stewart Bakersfield, CA 17.573
22 74 Dennis Souza Pescadero, CA 18.672
23 21 Cody Barnett Hesperia, CA 21.140

Pretty dry.  But with a butt load of cars and having to hit the track at 4 in the afternoon...what would you expect...  excellent racing all night long in most of the divisions.

I think a lot of that dryness on the opening night of a 2 day event is the unfortunate practice of having a practice night on the night before the 2 day race. betcha practice night was nice and hooked up...hate to see the "good" get burned off on a practice night...ugh

Seems to be the opinion of quite a few racers that I talk to.

I heard that there's a ton of laundry detergent in that track. Anyone know if there's any truth to that rumor?

LOL racers are such whinners....  Brad looked pretty fast as well as Bobby H the following night.  Clay went from 16 to 7, must have passed someone....if it was hammer down they'd be complaining about rough and to much mud on the car....