Texas Speedzone - 9th Annual Stock Car Spectacular @ Thunder Hill Raceway

Texas Pro Sedans qualifying

Kyle, TX, (October 24, 2005) -Pro Sedans qualifying had current points leader Sergio Hexsel set the standard with a lap of 16.879 of in his VW Rabbit.

Texas Pro Sedans
All points leader Sergio Hexsel had to do to clinch the Pro Sedan title was take the green flag, but starting from the pole, Hexsel quickly jumped into the lead at the start of the 30 lap event finale. Hexsel was pressured early by Jack Dishman on lap 6. Dishman got stuck on the high groove letting Bill Lebarge and Donnie Moore get under him for second and third. On lap 9 the yellow would wave when Lebarge and Moore got tegether while trying to fight three wide by a lap car.

On the restart the top three of Hexsel, J. Dishman and Tom Johnson had gotten away from the field. At halfway the top five were Hexsel, J. Dishman, Johnson, Mike Knott and Lalo Leal but Moore would spin with a flat. Back under green the top five remained the same as the crossed flags were shown again. Knott would get around Johnson on lap 18 to take over the third spot, as the lead group ran up on traffic.

This closed the top four up, with them running nose to tail through slower cars. During that time, Johnson would get back by Knott for third. But Knott would fight back and as Hexsel and J. Dishman slugged it out for the lead, Knott would sneak in and briefly take the top spot on lap 26 until he and J. Dishman got tangled with a lap car. Under caution Hexsel would pull to the infield. Lloyd Hart would inherit the point as the race resumed and be able to hold off Ariel Arredondo for the win, the first for the rookie driver.

Thunder Hill Raceway - Race # 12 - October 22, 2005

Certified by Neil Upchurch - Race & Administrative Director

Position, [Car #] Driver/Hometown, Car Type/Engine cc, Qual Time, Laps Completed

1, 19 - Lloyd Hart/San Antonio, TX - Honda CRX/1834/4Valve, 17.616 30 Laps
2, 66 - Ariel Arredondo/Corpus Christi,TX - Ford Probe/2338, didn't time 30 Laps3, 9 - Eric Robbins/Red Rock, TX - Ford Pinto/2300, 17.558 30 Laps
4, 15 - Tom Johnson/Kingsland, TX - VW Rabbit/1825, 17.071 30 Laps
5, 33 - Jamie Garner/San Antonio, TX - 2005 VW Sedan/2008, 18.325 30 Laps
6, 1 - Bryce Dishman/Devine, TX - Ford Mustang/2349, 17.639 30 Laps
7, 72 - Candi Hogan/Cedar Park, TX - VW Sedan/2060, 18.527 29 Laps
8, 71 - Bruce Mabrito/San Antonio, TX - VW Scirocco/1648, 18.445 29 Laps
9, 48 - Mike Knotts/Universal City, TX - VW Scirocco/1648, 16.884 28 Laps
10, 20 - Sergio Hexsel/San Antonio, TX - VW Rabbit/2042, 16.879 28 Laps
11, 2 - Jack Dishman/Devine, TX - Ford Mustang/2060, 17.040 28 Laps
12, 22 - Harry Osburn Jr/San Antonio, TX - Ford Mustang/2338, 18.708 27 Laps
13, 54 - Harlon Hatcher/Converse, TX - VW Rabbit/1780, 20.188 27 Laps
14, 38 - Dave Parks/San Antonio, TX - 2001 VW Sedan/1588, 20.589 26 Laps
15, 26 - Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX - Ford Mustang/2338, 17.819 25 Laps
16, 70 - Donnie Moore/ Hutto, TX - VW Scirocco/1690, 16.907 14 Laps
17, 27 - Bill Labarge/Bryan, TX - BMW/2085, 17.028 9 Laps
18, 78 - John Miesen/Marion, TX - VW Sedan/1835, 20.214 8 Laps
19, 14 - Joshua Tuttle/San Antonio, TX - Chevrolet Cobalt/2000, 18.321 2 Laps

Margin of Feature Race victory 0.50 seconds.
#20 led laps 1-27, #48 led lap 28, #19 led laps 29-30 (5 caution flag periods)

With his top ten finish, Sergio Hexsel won the Texas Pro Sedan Championship ahead of Donnie Moore. Tom Johnson’s 4th place finish clinched the “Texas Pro Sedan Rookie of the Year.”