For Immediate Release
Sunday, May 1, 2011

TWO IN A ROW FOR BUSBY IN DIRTcar MODS ; PRESS UNTOUCHABLE IN SPRINTS

Mike Adaskaveg
Antioch, Calif. - Scott Busby and Michael Paul were in a dogfight to the finish Saturday during the DIRTcar West modified feature Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. It was Busby regaining the lead on the checkered flag lap while Michael Salazar and Troy Foulger stormed Paul in a race to be remembered.

Busby and Paul duked it out on the low groove of the dry-slick high-banked 3/8-mile oval, while Foulger fought back from an early spinout pressure the three from the high groove in the final three

laps. When Paul stumbled, Salazar, who was in the hunt the entire feature, made his move and Foulger joined in to chase Busby to across the finish line.

“Paul drove a good clean race,” Busby said in victory lane. “I had to give it all I had on the last lap. He had great traction, and was running low and fast.”

Paul settled into fourth, with Rob Norris in fifth.

Dave Press jumped into an early lead in the Wingless Sprint Car main event, and waved good-bye to the rest of the field. Dan Gonderman broke out of traffic late in the feature, but could not close the gap between he and Press. Gary Nelson, Jr. finished third, followed by Billy Macedo and Roy Fisher.

Ricardo Rivera won a wreck-filled Dwarf Car main event that was yellow-checkered flagged because of time limits. Corky Galey was tops in the “Four Banger” main event. Jim Freethey won the Super Hobby Stock feature, and Danny Wagner took the “Mini Trux” main event.

The thrilling finish of the Vintage “Hard Top” main event saw 82-year-old Larry Damitz catch air on the front straightaway as he tangled with another veteran racer, Tommy Thompson in classic stock cars. Damitz was sidelined and Thompson won after the restart.

4/30/11 Antioch Speedway
DIRTcar West Modified Results:
Heat 1:
1.-73 Scott Busby
2.-16 Michael Paul
3.-29 Mike Salazar
4.-28 Chester Kniss
5.-189 Matt Petrell
6.-69 Mike Mendenhall
7.-4 Bill Wallace
8.-71 Rob Norris

Heat 2:
1.-49 Troy Foulger
2.-82 Sean O'Gara
3.-44 Jon Haney
4.-68 Norman Beck
5.-17 Terry DeCarlo Sr.
6.-01 Terry Kaiser
7.-92 Jay Bryant

A Main Event:
1.-73 Scott Busby
2.-29 Mike Salazar
3.-49 Troy Foulger
4.-16 Michael Paul
5.-71 Rob Norris
6.-69 Mike Mendenhall
7.-68 Norm Beck
8.-82 Sean O'Gara
9.-17 Terry DeCarlo Sr.
10.-28 Chester Kniss
11.-01 Terry Kaiser
12.-4 Bill Wallace
13.-189 Matt Petrell
14.-44 Jon Haney
15.-92 Jay Bryant

Wingless Sprint Results:
Heat 1:
1.-21 Roy Fisher
2.-2 Trevor Schnyd
3.-32 Troy Caraway
4.-M1 Billy Macedo
5.-44 Rich Panfili
6.-98 Jeff Lee
7.-81 Brett Barney

Heat 2:
1.-8 Dan Gonderman
2.-6N Gary Nelson Jr
3.-41 David Press
4.-23 Tyler Henriquez
5.-7H Scott Holloway
6.-55 Danny Malfatti
7.-24N Nick Larsen

A Main Event:
1.-41 David Press
2.-8 Dan Gonderman
3.-6N Gary Nelson Jr.
4.-M1 Billy Macedo
5.-21 Roy Fisher
6.-32 Troy Caraway
7.-2 Trevor Schnyd
8.-98 Jeff Lee

Dwarf Car Results:
A Main:
1. 45 Ricardo Rivera
2. 3S Chuck Golden
3. 22 Travis Dutra
4. 08 Sam Westhorpe
5. 55 Jerry Doty
6. 33 John Deatherage
7. 4 Joe Trammel
8. 0 Charlie Corriea
9. 34 Pat Urdahl
10. 02 Nick Davis
11. 3 Duane Jordan
12. 21 Walter Harper
13. 12 Butch Liston
14. 00 Mike Corsaro
15. 70 Michael Crommie
16. 11 Tony Carmignani
17. 1 Ckayton Dortzbach
18. 96 Nick Squatritto
19. 30 Joel Osias
20. 64 Tom Brown

Four Banger Results:
A-Main Event:
1.-0-Corky Galey
2.-19-Matt Larsen
3.-76X-Mike Felt
4.-5-Dana Andresen
5.-16-Frank Furtado
6.-74-Shawna Vannucchi
7.-9-Tom Frankina
8.-45-Laura Crabtree
9.-66-Carlos Gonzales

Hard Top Results:
A Main Event:
1.-39-Tommy Thompson
2.-6-Dan Williams
3.-100-Larry Damitz

Mini Trux Results:
A Main Event:
1.-11D-Danny Wagner
2.-66-Pete Paulsen
3.-4-Ray Bunn
4.-51-Mike Harman
5.-39-Junior Garcia
6.-45-Gene Haney
7.-73-Ron Mayberry
8.-50-Dean Cline
9.-18-Mark Andresen
10.-11-Ken Raddabaugh

Super Hobby Stock Results:
A Main Event:
1.-99 Jim Freethey
2.-45 Gene Haney
3.-18 Dan McCown
4.-69 Victoria Rosa
5.-28 Jake Dewsberry
6.-40 Natalie Perry