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| Texas Pro Sedans
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Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 |
Donnie Moore wins his 7th TPS Race at SAS
By: Neil Upchurch, Texas Pro Sedans Race & Administrative Director
San Antonio, Texas (August 19, 2006)
Donnie Moore of Hutto, Texas started 4th but finished 1st in the Texas Pro Sedans 25 lap race at San Antonio Speedway. The TPS series contested their 9th race of the 2006 season at the halfmile high banked asphalt oval in support of a major USRA race event which was moved from Corpus Christi and featured all three of the USRA touring series classes.
Qualifying saw the fastest time trial lap turned in by Donnie Moore in the #70 George Merrell VW Scirocco. He posted a time of 22.210 seconds. His time was three tenths of a second short of the TPS/SAS track record of 21.910 seconds which was set by Bryce Dishmans Ford Mustang-svo on March 11, 2006. An inversion draw moved Moores car to 4th position on the race starting grid.
The Texas Pro Sedans played to a large grandstand of San Antonio Speedway spectators. The event was highlighted by a 27 TPS entry list. The largest field of the night saw 16 TPS cars sign in and 14 take the green flag for their 25 lap TPS Feature Race. Two cars didnt make the race due to blown engines in the #07 Mike OConnor Pontiac Sunfire and #78 VW Sedan driven by Adam McCosh.
The current TPS Point leader and former TPS Champion Donnie Moore, made his move on lap #2 to pass the pole sitting #15 VW Rabbit driven by 2005 TPS Rookie of the Year, Tom Johnson of Kingsland, Texas. The 2005 TPS Champion, Sergio Hexsel dropped out of the race on lap 6 with an apparent engine problem.
In the caution flag report, a total of two solo yellow flags were displayed for minor spins by JJ Osburn in his #23 Ford Pinto and John Miesens #55 VW Sedan.
A total of three Texas Pro Sedan drivers completed the race on the lead lap. Also recording 25 laps were the #4 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Joshua Tuttle. He is the leading driver in TPS Rookie of the Year points. He placed 2nd, 2.10 seconds behind Moore. He was followed closely by John Wasek of Austin who had another good finish with an impressive 3rd place driving his #74 VW Scirocco.
The TPS Championship Points standings continues to list Donnie Moore with a 57 point increasing lead over Sergio Hexsel. There are three races remaining in the 2006 TPS race schedule.
The next TPS race will see the four cylinder stock car series return to Thunder Hill Raceway in Kyle for two Qualifying Heat races and a twenty lap TPS Feature Race on Saturday night, September 2.
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS
San Antonio Speedway - Race # 9 - August 19, 2006
Finish
Car # r Driver/Hometown
Car Type/Engine CC
Qual Time
Laps
1 70 Donnie Moore/Hutto, TX VW Scirocco/1690
22.210
25 Laps
2 4 r Joshua Tuttle/San Antonio, TX Chevrolet Cobalt/2000
22.640
25 Laps
3 74 John Wasek/Austin, TX VW Scirocco/1628
22.670
25 Laps
4 48 Mike Knotts/Universal City, TX VW Scirocco/1648
24.160
24 Laps
5 72 Candi Hogan/Cedar Park, TX VW Sedan/2160
26.040
23 Laps
6 50 r Rick Dawdy/San Antonio, TX VW Rabbit/1870
26.100
22 Laps
7 55 r John Miesen/Marion, TX VW Sedan/1835
25.560
22 Laps
8 94 Harlon Hatcher/Converse, TX VW Rabbit/1784
25.810
22 Laps
9 22 Harry Osburn Jr./San Antonio, TX Ford Mustang/2338
24.400
22 Laps
10 15 Tom Johnson/Kingsland, TX VW Rabbit/1816
22.770
20 Laps
11 23 r Harry J.J. Osburn III/San Antonio, TX Ford Pinto/2338
24.400
17 Laps
12 71 Bruce Mabrito/San Antonio, TX VW Scirocco/1648
27.230
14 Laps
13 19 Lloyd Hart/San Antonio, TX Honda CRX/1798/4-valve
23.350
7 Laps
14 20 Sergio Hexsel/Live Oak, TX VW Rabbit/1984
22.920
6 Laps
15 78 r Adam McCosh/Cibolo, TX VW Sedan/1835
dnt
0 Laps
16 07 Mike O'Connor/Weatherford, TX Pontiac Sunfire/2360-r&d
dnt
0 Laps
17 33 Jamie Garner/San Antonio, TX 2005 VW Sedan/1715
dna
18 2 Jack Dishman/Devine, TX Ford Mustang/2060-svo
dna
19 1 Bryce Dishman/Devine, TX Ford Mustang/2349-svo
dna
20 66 Ariel Arredondo/Kingsville, TX Ford Taurus/2030
dna
21 84 r D. J. Roggenkamp/Lumberton, TX Ford Taurus/2030
dna
22 7 Jesse Sandoval/Corpus Christi, TX Ford Pinto/2338-arca
dna
23 38 Dave Parks/San Antonio, TX 2001 VW Sedan/1588
dna
24 29L Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX Ford Mustang/2338
dna
25 97 Kevin Hallman/Cibolo, TX Ford Mustang/2338
dna
26 18 Lanny Young/Kingsland, TX VW Karmen Ghia/2275
dna
89 L John Leonard/Universal City, TX VW Rabbit/1870
dna
Margin of Victory 2.10 sec. Car #70 - 22.210 not new SAS/TPS record.
Feature Race leaders: # 15 led lap 1, # 70 laps 2 -25.
Penalty notes: No driving or technical inspection penalties were issued.
dna - did not arrive...dnt - did not time...dns - did not start
r - eligible for 2006 TPS "Rookie Of The Year" Award
TPS thanks race sponsors: GEMCO of Kingsland, USRA, Instant Imprints and Richard & Bea Villanueva of San Antonio.
TPS thanks USRA & SAS for hosting this event during the 31st consecutive Texas Pro Sedan racing season.
TEXAS PRO SEDANS 2006 REMAINING SCHEDULE (Subject to Change, Additions, Deletions)
Race....Rain.........Track........Remarks
Sep 2 tba Thunder Hill Raceway 2 Qualifying Heats, 20 Lap Feature Race
Oct 7 tba San Antonio Speedway Time Trials, 30 Lap Feature Race - SAS "Octobertfast"
Oct 28 tba Thunder Hill Raceway Time Trials, 30 Lap Feature Race - THR Stock Car "Spectacular"
Nov 11 n/a 2006 Awards Dinner - 6:30pm Carlos Kelly's Restaurant, Highway 87 East of San Antonio
Official race results certified by:
Neil Upchurch
Race & Administrative Director
Texas Pro Sedans
210/655-3222
TPS Point Standings thru: Race # 9 - August 19, 2006
Position Car # r Driver Hometown Total
1 70 Donnie Moore/Hutto, TX
144 points
2 20 Sergio Hexsel/Live Oak, TX
87 points
3 15 Tom Johnson/Kingsland, TX
86 points
4 4 r Joshua Tuttle/San Antonio, TX
67 points
5 74 John Wasek/Austin, TX
66 points
6 48 Mike Knotts/Universal City, TX
66 points
7 33 Jamie Garner/San Antonio, TX
52 points
8 53 Randy Larsen/Wimberley, TX
51 points
9 2 Jack Dishman/Devine, TX
50 points
10 1 Bryce Dishman/Devine, TX
48 points
11 22 Harry Osburn Jr./San Antonio, TX
44 points
12 19 Lloyd Hart/San Antonio, TX
37 points
13 71 Bruce Mabrito/San Antonio, TX
36 points
14 66 Ariel Arredondo/Kingsville, TX
36 points
15 94 Harlon Hatcher/Converse, TX
33 points
16 84 r D. J. Roggenkamp/Lumberton, TX
29 points
17 78 r Adam McCosh/Cibolo, TX
26 points
18 29 G Rico Gutierrez/Corpus Christi, TX
26 points
19 72 Candi Hogan/Cedar Park, TX
23 points
20 55 r John Miesen/Marion, TX
23 points
21 7 Jesse Sandoval/Corpus Christi, TX
18 points
22 38 Dave Parks/San Antonio, TX
18 points
23 29L Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX
17 points
24 23 r Harry J.J. Osburn III/San Antonio, TX
16 points
25 50 r Rick Dawdy/San Antonio, TX
12 points
26 27 F Todd Farris/College Station, TX
11 points
27 11 Chip Harmon/Portland, TX
9 points
28 97 Kevin Hallman/Cibolo, TX
8 points
29 18 Lanny Young/Kingsland, TX
5 points
30 27 E r Frank Eggers/College Station, TX
5 points
31 89 L John Leonard/Universal City, TX
3 points
32 07 Mike O'Connor/Weatherford, TX
2 points
33 01 Eddie Orr/Weatherford, TX
0 points
r - eligible for 2006 TPS "Rookie Of The Year" Award
Official point standings certified by:
Neil Upchurch
Race & Administrative Director
Texas Pro Sedans
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