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STEVEN SUSSEX, JESSE
BAKER Thunder Raceway WINNERS
Saturday night saw 14 NMMRA Sprints joined by 7 from
ARIZONA take the Green in the 25 Lap Feature. The Top 8
in Passing Points saw No 27n Nick Auito on the Pole with
No 74 Derek Williams outside him. A fast & Furious start
was unfortunately Red Flaged in the 3rd Lap as No 21p
Paul Whitehead collected the Turn 3 Pit Entrance WALL
that severely damaged his PERFORMANCE Plus ride.
Thankfully Paul was O.K.
Starting 3rd was No 19 Ronnie who then led the 1st 14
Laps before No 62a Steven Sussex overtook him. Sussex in
his ROSS PERFORMANCE sponsored machine, Owned by Bob
Bishop, who himself raced Sprints in Albuquerque 50
years ago, took the Win from No 19 Smith and the $1,200
1st Prize. They were followed by No 19t Gibbert, AZ Andy
Reinbold, No 22b Bo Baker and No 22m Jesse Baker.
Rounding out the Top 10 were No 0 Shon Deskins, No 74
Derek Williams, No 27n Nick Aiuto, No 24 Jordan Mattson
and No 62 Bill Mitchell.
The
1st Heat went to Reinbold ahead of Jesse Baker and
Ronnie Smith and also saw a Lap 1 Red Flag as No 29
Randy Smith tangled with the back wall, tearing off both
right side tires and wheels. Thankfully Randy was O.K.
and ran the Feature in his backup No 26 RANDYS ELECTIC
machine.
2nd
Heat Winner was Sussex from Bo Baker and No 21p Paul
Whitehead. Our 3rd Heat saw Duskin over Aiuto and
Mitchell.
SUNDAY
18 Sprinters took the Green and as many liked the high
side, misfortune saw no. 22b Bo Baker finished for the
evening as he backed hard into No 3 corner wall. From
the redraw and a outside Pole Start, No 22m Jesse Baker
wired the 25 Lap Feature. No 19 Ronnie Smith was running
a fine 2nd until they approached the back of the pack
and a bump spun bith him and No 19t Reinbold bringing
out the Yellow Flag. Thus No 2 Stephen Nix of Santa Fe,
NM moved up from 4th and chased Jesse to the Checker.
The rest of the Top 10 were Aiuto, Deskins, Sussex,
Mattson, No 40x Scott Box, No 79 Stultz?, Ronnie Smith
and Mitchell.
Reinbold
took the 1st Heat from Ronnie Smith and Jesse Baker.
2nd heat Winner was Bob Baker ahead of Williams and
Stultz.
The
3rd was Aiuto over Nix and Sussex. NMMRA travels to
WHITE SANDS SPEEDWAY next Sat. JUNE 5th. See Yah there.
J. W. |