by Windy McDonald

It appears that the monsoon season is coming to an end and for auto racing fans it is about time. Manzanita Speedway has suffered through one of the wettest monsoon season in years with several races being scrubbed because of rain or flooding. Last week’s race for ASCS Winged Sprint cars, AMA Modlites

The NAPA Auto Parts Fan Appreciation Night will be held Saturday night when numerous gifts will be given out to lucky fans. The American Sprint Car Series, Canyon Regional will be competing along with Mini Sprints and Midgets.

The standings remain basically the same except Jeremy Sherman’s lead over Charles Davis, Jr. has grown to the point that it seems highly probable that he will become the first ever driver to win four consecutive driving titles. His first two were sanctioned by the Arizona Sprint Car Association and the 2007 races were sanctioned by the American Sprint Car Series.

Sherman is on a hot streak that has carried him to seven wins in the past eight starts. He has a total of nine wins and has also won a USAC/CRA outing at Manzy. A total of 11 races remain on the schedule for the sprints with the season coming to an end in the Western World Championships in November.

Davis is comfortably in second place as hard luck has hit him in numerous races including three hard crashes. He ran over debris the last time out and blew a tire. He made it back out and drove his way back to an eighth place finish.

Kiley Fellers had his win streak snapped in the last mini sprint car race but is well on his way to getting his first driving title. With only seven races left to run Fellers is 415 points ahead of Josh Castro with Josh Shipley, winner in the anniversary race, another 165 points in arrears.

The midgets are hoping for more cars for this outing. Terry Goodwin is the points leader and R.J. Johnson, a two time champion, won the last time out. Only three races remain on the midget schedule.

The gate will open at 6:00 with competitive racing getting underway at 7:30.