ANTIOCH SPEEDWAY
MAY 7, 2011
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DUANE CLEVELAND GRABS A GRAND DIRTcar MOD FEATURE; SOON TO BE 82 - LARRY DAMITZ DUSTS LATE MODEL FIELD

Mike Adaskaveg
Antioch, Calif. - Duane Cleveland of Plumas Lake, Calif. returned to victory lane in Saturday night’s $1,000 DIRTcar West Modified Stock Car main event and legendary Larry Damitz of Vallejo, Calif. left the field behind with a half-lap lead to win the Limited Late Model feature at Antioch Speedway.
     
Damitz, who turns 82 years old in two weeks, began his stock car racing career longer ago than most people can remember.
     
“Dwight D. Eisenhower just became president the year I began racing,” he laughed in victory lane. “But, it took me almost ten years before I won my first feature.”
     
Fred Ryland was second in the Limited Late Model event, with Lori Brown taking third. Damitz lapped the rest of the field.
     
Cleveland overcame problems in the trophy dash to build a commanding lead. The feature ran green for the final 17 laps, and Chris Shannon of Merced, Calif. chased him down by the final lap.
     
“Our gears exploded in the trophy dash, but we were able to get it back together in time for the feature,” Cleveland said. “It’s been a long dry spell. It feels good to be back in victory lane.”
     
Brian Cass had his best showing in the modified division this year in bringing home third. Troy Foulger and Scott Busby rounded out the top five.
     
Ricardo Rivera of Hollister, Calif. survived a crash-filled dwarf car main event to score his second win in four outings this season. Sterling Montgomery embraced second place Adrian DeSousa after he narrowly beat her in a drag race to the finish in the “Four-Banger” division.
     
Coming from nowhere, Junior Garcia won his first race in the “Mini-Trux” division, topping Mike Harman with two laps to go.
     
“Where the heck did you come from?” Harman asked him in victory lane. “That was fun racing - that is what it is all about.
     
Garcia, of San Leandro, Calif. is a former road racer who found a partially built truck and decided to give oval racing a try.
     
“I got here just in time to make a heat race,” he said in victory lane. “It’s only the second time I drove the truck.”
     
Jim Freethy of Danville gave his wife Mother’s Day thrill as she rode shotgun he while drove to the checkered flag in the Hobby Stock main event.
     
“It’s just one part of my Mother’s Day gift,” Sandra Freethy said. “Being a stay at home mom with four kids, this certainly was a thrill for me.”

     
5/7/11 DIRTcar West Modified Results:

Heat Race 1:
1.-2C Duane Cleveland
2.-49 Troy Foulger
3.-73 Scott Busby
4.-12 Joe Carr
5.-4 Shawn DeForest
6.-6 Dan Gonderman
7.-1K Clint Cardona

Heat Race 2:
1.-62 Jeremy Newberry
2.-68 Norm Beck
3.-32 Chris Shannon
4.-29 Mike Salazar
5.-55 Brian Cass
6.-28 Chester Kniss

Heat Race 3
1.-2H Bobby Hogge IV
2.-16 Michael Paul
3.-28B Keith Brown Sr
4.-59 Jeff Kindt
5.-92 Jay Bryant
6.-01 Terry Kaiser

Heat Race 4
1.-17 Nick DeCarlo
2.-71 Rob Norris
3.-82 Sean O'Gara
4.-69 Mike Mendenhall
5.-189 Matt Petrell
6.-7 Sean Wilson

Trophy Dash
1.-17 Nick DeCarlo
2.-2H Bobby Hogge IV
3.-62 Jeremy Newberry
4.-2C Duane Cleveland

B Main Event
1.-55 Brian Cass
2.-12 Joe Carr
3.-6 Dan Gonderman
4.-4 Shawn DeForest
5.-28 Chester Kniss
6.-01 Terry Kaiser
7.-1K Clint Cardona
8.-69 Mike Mendenhall
9.-7 Sean Wilson
10.-29 Mike Salazar
11.-92 Jay Bryant

A Main Event
1.-2C Duane Cleveland
2.-32 Chris Shannon
3.-55 Brian Cass
4.-49 Troy Foulger
5.-73 Scott Busby
6.-17 Nick Decarlo
7.-4 Shawn Deforest
8.-68 Norm Beck
9.-62 Jeremy Newberry
10.-16 Michael Paul
11.-28B Keith Brown Sr.
12.-28 Chester Kniss
13.-71 Rob Norris
14.-01 Terry Kaiser
15.-6 Dan Gonderman
16.-12 Joe Carr
17.-82 Sean O'Gara
18.-2H Bobby Hogge IV

5/17/11 Dwart Car Results:
A Main Event
1.-45 Ricardo Rivera
2.-30 Joel Osias
3.-34 Pat Urdahl
4.-55 Jerry Doty
5.-22 Travis Dutra
6.-1 Clayton Dortzbach
7.-96 Nick Squatritto
8.-02 Nick Davis
9.-4 Joe Trammel
10.-00 Mike Corsaro
11.-0 Charlie Corriea
12.-33 Randy Jahoda
13.-12 Butch Liston
14.-64 Tom Brown

5/17/11 “Four Banger” Results:
A Main Event
1.-87 Sterling Montgomery
2.-22 Adrian Desousa
3.-3 Fred Radabaugh
4.-45 Laura Crabtree
5.-14W Robbie Waldrop
6.-76X Mike Felt
7.-25 Justin Silveira
8.-66 Carlos Gonzalez
9.-74 Shawna Vannucchi

5/7/11 Hobby Stock Results:
A Main Event
1.-99 Jim Freethy
2.-33 Brad Myer
3.-26B Brian Beard
4.-43 Jeff Bettencourt
5.-90 Chuck Templeton
6.-43X Nick Viscussi
7.-8R Randy Metzler
8.-7 Patti Ryland
9.-14 Paul Mulber
10.-37 Garrett Mayberry
11.-03 Cole Oreta
12.-24 Paul Delucca
13.-5 Dana Andresen
14.-94 Pat Gooding
15.-10 Devon DelOsso

5/7/11 Limited Late Model Results:
A  Main Event
1.-15 Larry Damitz
2.-7 Fred Ryland
3.-65 Lori Brown
4.-83 Michelle Newman
5.-05 Mike Hynes

5/7/11 “Mini Trux” Results
A Main Event
1.-39 Junior Garcia
2.-51 Mike Harmon
3.-11 Ken Radabaugh
4.-11D Danny Wagner
5.-66X Jessica Jones
6.-73 Ron Mayberry
7.-66 Pete Paulsen