| By Bruce Crowley
and Teri Kellum Elko, NV…Pahrump driver Levi
Kiefer was only a day late and a dollar short, or rather $2000 short, as he
won the IMCA feature race Saturday night after finishing 11th the
previous night at the Pot of Gold race. Starting on the outside front row,
the former Pahrump Valley Speedway champion was in control from the green
flag to the checkered. His main competition came from Denny Robblee and the
previous night’s winner Randy Artz. Kiefer thrilled the fans with his
high-flying, left front wheel in the air cornering maneuver. Robblee kept up
the pressure on Kiefer until the 26th lap, when Artz took over
the second place position and chased Kiefer to the checkered. Artz finished
second, Robblee third, track point leader Wade Taylor fourth, and fifth was
Cory Sample. Heat races were won by Joe Hood, Robblee, and Sample.
Defending ECAR Pro Stock champion Brian Thorp turned
in a sparkler in the feature as he went wire-to-wire to record his third win
of the season at Summit. He defeated John Levi, winner of the previous event
two weeks ago, and Jimmy Delaney. Point leader George Quintana ended his
night with his second yellow flag infraction that sent him to the pits and
was awarded last place points. Levi won the earlier heat race.
In ECAR Mini Mod action, defending champ Mike Fietzek
looked like a sure winner during the first 19 circuits, but unfortunately
for him, the race lasted 20 laps. :
Coming out of turn 4 on the final lap, Lamoille driver
Dennis Pruitt won a drag race to the finish. Fietzek was second, followed by
Lee Bosch and Jack Hammond. Pruitt also won the heat race. Lee Bosch won the
trophy dash.
Elko teenager Geoffrey Bullock got by Shalynn Guthrie
with five laps to go to post his sixth Gen-X feature win of the season.
Heather Bame finished third. Bullock and Cody Maier took heat race wins.
James Lister turned into Jack the Bear in the Pure
stock division as he turned in a wire-to-wire victory over Dustin Greenwood.
Lister also won the heat race.
The next races will be held August 18 and August 31.
Summit Raceway Results from Saturday, August 4, 2007
Race 11 out of 16
IMCA Modifieds:
Heat 1: Joe Hood, Cliff Hagan, Brandon Vandermay, Wade
Taylor, Ray Thompson
Heat 2: Cory Sample, Levi Kiefer, Nick Ayers, Jimmy
Lester, Tracy Greenwood
Heat 3: Denny Robblee, Joe Rigsby, Randy Artz, Todd
Nunnelly, Chad Farstveet
Feature: Levi Kiefer, Randy Artz, Denny Robblee, Wade
Taylor, Cory Sample,
Nick Ayers, Joe Hood, Cliff Hagan, Chad Farstveet,
Richard G. Anderson,
Jimmy Lester, Joe Rigsby, Ray Thompson, Brandon
Vandermay,
Tracy Greenwood, Todd Nunnelly
ECAR Pro Stocks:
Heat: John Levi, Brian Thorp, Jimmy Delaney, George
Quintana, Marnie Thorp
Feature: Brian Thorp, John Levi, Jimmy Delaney, Marnie
Thorp, Matt Mashburn,
George Quintana, Terry Lister DNS
ECAR Mini Mods:
Heat: Dennis Pruitt, Mike Fietzek, Lee Bosch, Jay
McLeod, Andrea Fietzek
Dash: Lee Bosch, Jack Hammond, Jay McLeod, Andrea
Fietzek
Feature: Dennis Pruitt, Mike Fietzek, Lee Bosch, Jack
Hammond, Jay McLeod,
Andrea Fietzek
ECAR Gen-X:
Heat 1: Cody Maier, Heather Bame, Tanner Rocha,
Jennifer Fietzek
Heat 2: Geoffrey Bullock, Brian Bullock, Ben Kellum,
Shalynn Guthrie DNS
Feature: Geoffrey Bullock, Shalynn Guthrie, Heather
Bame, Brian Bullock,
Cody Maier, Tanner Rocha, Ben Kellum
ECAR Pure Stocks:
Heat: James Lister, Bernie Sethaler, Valerie McLeod,
Jake Lister
Feature: James Lister, Dustin Greenwood, Bernie
Sethaler, Jake Lister,
Valerie McLeod
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