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	PARKER JR SCORES OPEN COMP SUPER LATE MODEL WIN AT CENTRAL ARIZONA RACEWAY


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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (March 15) - The short version of the events at Central Arizona Raceway on Saturday night was that Lonnie Parker, Jr. once again pulled his Parker Concrete/J&J Motorsports/Russell Baker Racing Engines/GRT into victory lane. It was anything but easy has he waged a race long war with the Total Seal Piston Rings/GRT of Joey Moriarty for the runner-up spot as the duo tried to track down the Bob Small Racing/Country Gardens Nursery/GRT of race long leader Mike Tahtinen.

Parker, Jr began to find his stride halfway through the 20 lapper, finally able to dispatch of the Moriarty on lap 10 after battling side by side for the runner-up spot. Tahtinen was in control from the drop of the green, opening as much as a half-straightway lead on the runner up duo. Cautions for incidents on laps eight and eleven did little to quell Tahtinen's momentum, as each time he able to re-open a sizable lead on the Delaware double-file restart.

With less then five to go, Tahtinen began to encounter the back of the field allowing Parker, Jr to erase his lead. As Tahtinen ran the high side, Parker, Jr began to work in the low line, searching for a way past the races only leader. Parker, Jr. made his move with two to go as Tahtinen slipped in turn one, allowing Parker, Jr. to pull even in two and carry the momentum down the backstretch and into the lead as the white flag flew.

Once out front, Tahtinen had nothing for the new leader, as Parker, Jr. cruised for the final 3/8th mile tour around the desert oval to pick-up the win.

Dirt Late Model Summary:
Heat Race 1:
1) Wayne Noyes 2) Joey Moriarty 3) Steve Ricehouse 4) Tommy Hussek III 5) Stacey Bennett 6) Keith McKinney 7) Ronnie Williams 8) Keith James
Heat Race 2:
1) Lonnie Parker, Jr 2) Mike Tahtinen 3) Lee Hoy 4) Wes Hall 5) Lonnie Parker, Sr. 6) Ron Pyle 7) Jerry Fincher 8) Randy Anderson, DNS
Main Event:
1) Parker, Jr 2) Tahtinen 3) Moriarty 4) Hall 5) Williams 6) Parker, Sr. 7) Hoy 8) Ricehouse 9) Bennett 10) Hussek III 11) Noyes 12) Fincher 13) McKinney 14) James DNS) Anderson, Pyle


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Pure Stock Summary:
Heat Race 1:
1) Jody Henderson 2) Rickey Cook 3) Terry Churchwell 4) Dingus Morrow 5) Steve Hatfield 6) Kevin Souligne 7) Jerry Martzall 8) Tom Wirkus 9) Josh Partina
Heat Race 2:
1) Bo Partain 2) Alex Stafford 3) Chris Tipton 4) Dennis Harrison 5) Jason Harvil 6) E.J. Jones 7) Jonathan Decker 8) Jerry Smith 9) Stephen Ellis
Main Event:
1) B. Partain 2) Henderson 3) Harvil 4) Tipton 5) Harrison 6) Jones 7) J. Partain 8) Cook 9) Martzall 10) Decker 11) Souligne 12) D. Morrow 13) Smith 14) Wirkus 15) Churchwell 16) D. Marrow 17) Ellis 18) Hatfield 19) Stafford

Dwarf Car Summary:
Heat Race 1:
1) Paul Taylor 2) Steve Moriarty 3) Jim Gemmell 4) Tony Hinsley 5) Sandy Matthews 6) Robert Ostrom 7) Kevin Rauscher 8) Ryan Irish DNS) Terry Martzall
Heat Race 2:
1) Rat Stafford 2) Todd Bennett 3) Chad Stewart 4) Chuck Vallone 5) Randy Johnson 6) Troy Wilkinson 7) Trevor Peres 8) Jeff Hoch 9) Barbara Stafford
Heat Race 3:
1) Brian Stehr 2) JJ LeMoine 3) Steve Davis 4) Chris Snyder 5) Rick Kochanowski 6) Jerry Hartnett 7) Denny Dowty 8) Jesse Patterson 9) Taylor Cuzick
Main Event:
1) Moriarty 2) Hinsley 3)Taylor 4) Stehr 5) Snyder 6) Gemmell 7) Davis 8) Cuzick 9) LeMoine 10) Stewart 11) Johnson 12) Bennett 13) Stafford 14) Vallone15) Kochanowski 16) Hartnett 17) Matthews 18) Rauscher 19) Wilkinson 20) Dowty 21) Peres 22) Ostrom 23) Hoch 24) Irish 25) Patterson 26) Stafford 27) Terry Martzall

Arizona Modlite Association:
Heat Race 1:
1) Scott Korkosz 2) Chris Snyder 3) Chase Shafer 4) Brad Halin 5) Tom Graham 6) Dan Schuck 7) Scott Gannett
Heat Race 2:
1) Clayton Echols 2) Brian King 3) Robert King, Jr 4) Mike Martin 5) Troy Korkosz 6) Gary Mooney 7) Tom Nichols
Main Event:
1) King, Jr. 2) Martin 3) B. King 4) Echols 5) Chris Synder 6) T. Korkosz 7) Halin 8)Dan Kelly 9) Shafer 10) Mooney 11) S. Korkosz 12) Graham 13) Schuck DNS) Nichols