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Harlan Osborne
PETALUMA, Calif. (July 24) - In the Jeff Decker dominated Late Model standings, where the Morgan Hill driver has won six of the first seven races, Santa Rosa's Anthony Restad was the only driver separating Decker from a perfect season, having snapped Decker's four-race winning streak three races ago. Saturday night, with Decker's new two-race winning streak on the line, and Restad starting in the front row next to Guglielmoni, two rows ahead of Decker, the odds were stacked against a Decker three-peat.
Restad quickly launched into a torrid pace with Guglielmoni in tight pursuit while John Silva, Randy Shafer, and Decker battled it out for third place. The fast track and lack of yellow flags helped put Restad and Guglielmoni into lapped traffic after 10 laps with both drivers performing flawlessly. But things changed rapidly when, with three laps remaining, the event's first and only yellow flag was waved. As the cars lined up for the restart, Restad, assuming it would be a single file restart, was on the inside and Guglielmoni took the highly favored outside. But, as track officials explained, the race's first restart follows a double file format. Veteran racer Guglielmoni pounced at the surprising opportunity and bolted into the lead on the restart and held on to grab the victory, his first of the season, over Restad, Decker, Randy Shafer, Silva, and Rod Arnold.
LATE MODELS
Heat 1--Rick Shafer; Paul Guglielmoni; Jeff Decker; Dean DeVolder; Chevy McGinnis; Rod Arnold.
Heat 2--John Silva; Anthony Restad; Randy Shafer; Dennis Souza.
Main--Guglielmoni; Restad; Decker; Randy Shafer; Silva; Arnold; Rick Shafer; DeVolder; McGinnis; Souza.
DIRT MODIFIEDS
Heat 1--Michael Paul Sr.; Oreste Gonella; Mike Learn; Chris Sieweke.
Heat 2--Michael Paul Jr.; Joel Myers; Jon Hoke; John Escobar.
Main--Paul Jr.; Paul Sr.; Learn; Sieweke; Gonella; Myers; Escobar; Hoke.
360 SPRINT CARS
Fast time--Mason Moore 12.779.
Heat 1--Bradley Terrell; Andy Forsberg; David Silveira; Herman Klein; Brad Bumgarner; Moore; Roberto Kirby.
Heat 2--Stephen Allard; Chris Masters; Richard Bailey; Richard Brace Jr.; Mike Henry; Mike Mossi; Michael Forslund.
Heat 3--Chase Johnson; JoJo Helberg; Mike Benson; Jimmy Trulli; Camron Mendes; Nicole Miller.
Heat 4--Jeremy Burt; Sean Becker; Trent Canales; Geoff Ensign; Billy Aton; Cody Lamar.
B-Main--Henry; Moore; Mendes; Lamar; Aton; Miller; Kirby; Bumgarner.
A-Main--Forsberg; Becker; Henry; Klein; Ensign; Terrell; Bailey; Benson; Burt; Allard; Moore; Aton; Canales; Johnson; Helberg; Lamar; Mendes; Miller; Brace; Trulli; Masters; Silveira.
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