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by Geoff Kreis
Once again the Pahrump Valley Speedway gathered up
the thrills, chills, and spills, offering fans and wild dirt
surfers another Saturday night of adventure that was hard to
match.
The first heat of the evening started off with the Dwarf
Cars, a smaller version of larger scale race cars. This was a
new and welcomed addition to the speedway races.
The Dwarfes consisted of two different eight lap races
with 7 cars in each race.
With loud high pitched engines revving, the Dwarfs
started off with the number 7 car, Don Miller in first and
keeping his lead the entire time to take the checkered flag.
Car number 25, Corey Lasiter, finished in second, and in
third was number 30, Bobby Clark.
In the second Dwarf heat, car number 9x, driven by Jim
Bonetti, started off with a large lead which he easily hung on
to. Other cars tried, but could not catch the speedy, little 9x,
even after he spun out. Ronnie Williams (number 2) finished
second and Bryan Schuette (number 0) finished third.
The I.M.C.A. division took offwith the excitement of the
Jim Justice's number 75 car grabbing an early lead. That
was until the well known number 3 car, Wyatt Ehrp pulled
up in front and maintained his fast speed to cross the finish
line, with number 23, Jason Pike, and number 00. Jimmy
Wulfenstein in second and third.
The I.M.C.A.'s second race started off with the number
87a car, driven by Jim Perkins, who was back in the fourth
slot quickly speeding his way up to first in just a couple of
laps and holding his lead for the remainder of the race. Car
number 24, driven by Leland Hibdon, came in behind him
in second, and Danny Fitgerald's number 87 car closing in
at third.
The Street Stock heats opened with the exciting car
number 555, "The Triple Nickel," driven by Keith Gott,
taking an early lead. The number 40 car, Milos Petaros tailed
close behind in second. With the battle heating up, Petaros
tried to take the lead away from Gott but failed. He eventu-
ally dropped into last, after a minor fender bender with Gott.
Narrowly avoiding disaster, Gott went on to grab the check-
ered flag. Jack Bickel (number 36) took second with Charles
In the third heat of the Street Stocks, Car number 4.
driven by Preston Sullivan started off in first, but was
quickly passed by number 3, Levi Kiefer, leaving Sullivan
hanging back with the rest of the pack. Kiefer easily kept his
lead and took the checkered flag for the win, holding
off....well nobody really. Sullivan finished second and Jimmy
Kimball, Jr. (Number 0) took third.
After seven strong races, the trophy races were run, featur-
ing three different heats from the three different divisions.
The fLrSt heat of the trophy races started off with the
Dwarf Cars that consisted of four different cars starting off
with the number 26 car, driven by Brandon Conrad in the
lead. However, he was quickly passed by Bryan Schuette
number 0 car. Schuette held off a strong push by other
drivers to win the Dwarf trophy. Conrad finished second and
Donald Miller (number 7) finished third.
The second trophy race was the I.M.C.A. heat which also
consisted of four cars fighting for the win. Perkins started
out the race in first and kept a relaxed lead from beginning
to the end to win himself yet another I.M.C.A. trophy.
Second place went to Pike and third place went toWyatt
Ehrp (number 3)
The Street Stock race for the trophy was the final race
before the main division races. It began with car number 34,
driven by Day in the front of the pack, with number Kimball
0 in second. Day and Kimball collided with each other on
the last lap of the race. This brought Gott "The Triple
Nickel," (number 555) in front. He took the checkered flag
for his second win of the night, adding a new trophy to his
mantle. Steve Gertson (number 5) grabbed second and
Kimball pulled in a third place finish.
After the trophy races number 81, a brand new I.M.C.A.
car, belonging to Robin Ruud, dida show off race around the
speedway in a solo effort.
The main events of the evening came next with the Dwarf
Cars starting out. Racers however, were having problems
with texture of a freshly wetted track so speedway officials
pulled them off the track and delayed their race.
Instead, the I.M.C.A. cars came out for their main event,
which consisted of 20 laps. The race started off with the
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Evans (number 18) grabbing third, number 72 car, driven by Frank Bridwell, in the lead but he
The second Street Stock heat began with the number 28 spun offcourse and lost ground. This allowed Wulfenstein I
car, Jason Lee in first and number 34, driven by David Day in car number 00 to take the lead and remain there for most
insecondpassingLeetotaketheleadearlyon. When Alan oftherace,butJasonPike,(number23)slowlycrepthisway .
Levinson s number 13 car (actually a truck) sped up to try up to the front and took the front slot to finish with the win.
and pass Lee, he hooked onto Lye's front bumper causing Wulfenstein took second and Jim Perkins took third.
him to swerve and crash hard against the side waU. Lee, with The speedway brought back the Dwarf Cars for an-
n blown tire, stayed in the race, but dropped far behind. Day other try to complete their main 20 lap race. Bonetti (9x)
maintained his firstplaceposition forthe win. SteveGertson started out in first and never looked back, advancing
(number 5) took second and Levinson took third, almost a lap ahead of the second place number 0 car
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