Jeff Connors won Saturday night's 35-lap Super Late Model/Late Model Combo feature at
the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Scott Gafforini started the 35-lap
race from the pole position, flanked by Jeff Connors. Gafforini took the lead
on the opening lap and Matt Jaskol motored into second place as the green flag
flew.
Jaskol drove to the inside of Gafforini on lap 26 to take the lead and took
Jeff Connors with him for second. One lap later, Connors orchestrated the same
move to take the lead. Steve Anderson raced into third place just as Dennis
Rock Jr. spun on the front chute with two laps to go. Connors led the field on
the green-white-checkered restart, only to see the red flag halt the race for a
crash in Turn 4 involving Branden Giannini and Rock. Rock's car caught fire but
it was extinguished quickly as his car rolled to a stop on the front
straightaway. Joe Deguevara also was involved. No one was injured.
The race was headed once again for a green-white-checkered finish as the cars
of Matt Frady and Dave Campoverde crashed in Turn 2 as the race leaders saw the
checkered flag waving. Connors went on to win his second feature of the year,
followed by Jaskol and Anderson.
Doug "Horsepower" Hamm took the lead from points leader Tim Richter on lap 5
and went on to win the 25-lap Modified feature. As Doug led the race, the
battle to watch was for second place, featuring Richter, Dow Woerner and Dennis
Lovelady. With just three laps remaining, Lovelady and Woerner charged to the
inside of Richter in Turn 3 and took second and third place, respectively.
Jeremiah Wagner scored his third Legends Cars feature of the season. Dylan
Kwasniewski ran a strong second through most of the race, only to see his
right-side door blow open, slowing his pace and dropping him to 14th
place. Brecken Snow finished second and Karl Forman was third.
Gary Wyatt won the entertaining 15-car Bomber feature. Billy Bob Grasser led
the first lap of the race, only to be overtaken by Gary Wyatt on the second. By
lap six, perennial favorite Larry "The Torch" Dittman moved into the top three.
Dittman chased Wyatt through lapped traffic but was unable to catch the leader
and TheBomberNation.com Ford scored its second consecutive feature victory.
The Bomber wet-track race was won by Larry "The Torch" Dittman.
Jacob Tilton charged into the lead on lap 9 to win the 12-lap Bandolero
Bandits feature. Patrick O'Hanley won the 12-lap Bandolero Young Guns
feature.
Justin Johnson scored his sixth Thunder Roadster feature of the 2008 season.
Josh Gross finished second and Jared Carpenter was third.
PRELIMINARIES: Dennis Lovelady won the eight-lap Modified heat race.
Jonathan Eakin (Bandit) and Patrick O'Hanley (Young Guns) won the six-lap
Bandolero heat races. Justin Johnson won the Thunder Roadster qualifying heat.
Robert Ewing won the Budweiser Super Late Model/Late Model Dash. Jeremiah
Wagner won the Budweiser Legends Cars Dash.
Next race: On Saturday, June 7, the Bullring will present
Whelen Night and Firefighter and Police Appreciation Night. Classes in
competition include the Super Late Model/Late Model Combo class, Legends Cars,
Chargers, Thunder Roadsters, Modifieds and Bandoleros. All firefighters and
police officers admitted free with ID. Spectator gates will open at 5 p.m.
All results are unofficial until Monday morning.
35-lap Super Late Model/Late Model Combo feature: 1. Jeff
Connors, 2. Matt Jaskol, 3. Steve Anderson, 4. Scott Gafforini, 5. Robert Ewing,
6. Chris Birdsong, 7. Glen Burke, 8. Jim Petrie, 9. Fabian Bray, 10. Cassie
Gannis, 11. Branden Giannini, 12. Eric Martin, 13. Duane Hunt Jr. 14. Matt
Frady, 15. Dave Campoverde, 16. John Taylor, 17. Joe Deguevara, 18. Dennis Rock
Jr., 19. Mike Gubler, 20. Stan Mullis, 21. Jeff Bargerhuff, 22. Greg Hanneman,
23. Taylor Barton, 24. Wayne Jacks, 25. John Spilotro.
25-lap Modified feature: 1. Doug Hamm, 2. Dennis Lovelady,
3. Dow Woerner, 4. Richard Streker, 5. Randy Swalwell, 6. Pat Petrie, 7. Tim
Richter, 8. Charlie Wahl.
20-lap Legends Cars feature: 1. Jeremiah Wagner, 2. Brecken
Snow, 3. Karl Forman, 4. Austin Childs, 5. Jack Madrid, 6. Brandon Snow, 7.
Justin Hurdle, 8. Jacob Bishop, 9. Robert D'Ambra, 10. Josh White, 11. Jay
Beasley, 12. Jeffrey King, 13. Jim Galza, 14. Dylan Kwasniewski, 15. Tyler
Fabozzi, 16. Mark Young, 17. Connor Kassik, 18. Cheyanne Schindler, 19. Brianna
Holley.
15-lap Bomber feature: 1. Gary Wyatt, 2. Larry "The Torch"
Dittman, 3. Billy Bob Grasser, 4. Dan Nelson, 5. Anthony "The Ant" Finley, 6.
Fred Harding, 7. Bryan Gerald, 8. J.J. Nunn, 9. Harold Sherard, 10. Jennifer
Cunningham, 11. Wade Pearson, 12. Jesse Day, 13. Ben Sherard, 14. Nick Walters,
15. Houston Simonette.
20-lap Thunder Roadster feature: 1. Justin Johnson, 2. Josh
Gross, 3. Jared Carpenter, 4. Ron McIntyre, 5. Ed Hohman, 6. Roger Hocking, 7.
Tony Gugliuzza, 8. Fred Chase, 9. Bob Dresser, 10. Nick Degidio.
12-lap Bandolero Bandits feature: 1. Jacob Tilton, 2.
Nicholas Thigpen, 3. Christian Warren, 4. Kayli Barker, 5. Jonathan Eakin, 6.
Michael Morris, 7. Ian Anderson, 8. Christian Glass, 9. Vincent Raucci Jr.
12-lap Bandoleros Young Guns feature: 1. Patrick O'Hanley,
2. J. Avila Jr., 3. Hayley Lager, 4. Amanda Gubler, 5. Jacksen Smith, 6. Rachel
Brown, 7. Ashlee Ambriz, 8. Mariah Talbert, 9. Kolleen Dresser, 10. Brooke
O'Hanley, 11. Johnny Spilotro, 12. Gabriella Glass.
