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Haley Nabs Pole, sets new track record
Thorn Dominates, again!

Leader survives 9 restarts

Wild night of racing has plenty of yellow flags

By Scott Niendorf
Record Correspondent
May 05, 2013 12:00 AM

STOCKTON - It was not surprising to see the checkered and yellow flags flying as Derek Thorn crossed the finish line in Saturday night's wild NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 150-lap main event at Stockton 99 Speedway

Thorn took the lead at the start of the race from the outside front row and had to endure nine restarts to capture his first victory of the K&N season series in front of an estimated 1,500 fans.

"Yellows are difficult," said the Lakeport driver.

"You never like to see the yellows when you're leading. It's tough to hold (other drivers) off, but fortunately we had a good enough car to do it tonight, and hopefully it is a sign of things to come."

Cameron Hayley of Calgary, Alberta, earned the pole with his track-record 13.726 seconds qualifying time ahead of Thorn, but the 16-year-old quickly fell behind and chased Thorn throughout the race to end up in third behind Sergio Pena of Winchester, Va.

Eric Holmes of Escalon started in seventh and worked his way up to third on lap 127, but fell back to fifth. Holmes finished second in last year's K&N event in Stockton and was runner-up in 2006 as well for his best finishes.

Pena was fourth throughout the race but took an aggressive dive low to box Hayley and Holmes in traffic on the final restart on the 140th lap to finish second.

"We didn't have the best car tonight," Holmes said. "Everyone was real aggressive on that last restart, and I think I got run over by about three drivers. It was slick out there and it was wild, but it was good. That's short-track racing."

Some 30 cars tried to qualify for the main event but only the top 24 competed.

Joseph Reichmuth of Manteca battled his way from fifth to take the checkered flag in the B-4 30-lap main event to hold off Mark Jacke of Stockton and Brad Mast of Manteca, respectively.

Reichmuth also picked up the dash win ahead of Chris Williams of Ceres and Larry Toon of Modesto.

Jeremy Wood of Tracy took the lead on the fifth restart of the 35-lap Legends main and held off Tony Mangini of Benicia for the victory.

Fred Clement of Stockton grabbed the 20-lap B main victory ahead of Jeff Baxter of Wilton, while Cameron Austin of Santa Rosa got the dash win ahead of Wood.

Jason Philpot of Sacramento took advantage of starting on the outside of the front row to hold off Mike Regelman of Ripon and Nic Romano of Menlo Park in the Modifieds main. Dyllan Capello finished ahead of Romano in the trophy dash.

Racing resumes Saturday evening with AMA Pro GNC twins and singles at the Stockton 99 Dirt Track at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP | AUDIO: WINNER DEREK THORN | AUDIO: SECOND-PLACE SERGIO PENA | AUDIO: THIRD-PLACE CAMERON HAYLEY

 

 

 

NKNPS West Stockton 5/4/13 Unofficial Results

Race: NKNPS West Stockton 5/4/13
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 2 6 Derek Thorn Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford 150 48 5 Running
2 3 16 Sergio Pena NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 150 42   Running
3 1 24 Cameron Hayley Cabinets by Hayley/GPM Ford 150 41   Running
4 6 74 Luis Tyrrell * Team Tyrrell Chevrolet 150 40   Running
5 7 20 Eric Holmes NAPA/Almond Ace Packing Toyota 150 39   Running
6 11 29 Dallas Montes * NTS/Fight for Life Chevrolet 150 38   Running
7 8 12 Giles Thornton * TTC Racing Toyota 150 37   Running
8 9 61 Brett Thompson RTTI/61 Logisitics Chevrolet 150 36   Running
9 17 9 Dylan Lupton * Vadio/Lupton Excavating/Sunrise Ford Ford 150 35   Running
10 4 26 Greg Pursley GPM/Star Nursery/ Real Water Ford 150 34   Running
11 22 2 Carl Harr West World Computers Chevrolet 150 33   Running
12 21 30 John Wood Pegasus Trans & Tow/Holleran's Perf. Toyota 150 32   Running
13 10 99 Jamie Krzysik * First Choice Pipe Handlers Toyota 150 31   Running
14 24 56 Griffin Steinfeld * Our Military Kids Dodge 150 30   Running
15 5 21 Michael Self Golden Gate Meat/Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet 150 29   Running
16 20 31 Bobby Runyan, Jr. * Raging Bull Mtrspts Chevrolet 148 28   Running
17 19 51 Carlos Vieira * 51 FIFTY Energy Drink Toyota 148 27   Running
18 12 00 Cole Custer * Haas Automation/Sunrise Ford Ford 147 26   Running
19 18 15 Dylan Hutchison Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet 145 25   Running
20 16 42 Taylor Cuzick Freightliner of Arizona Ford 118 24   Accident
21 23 71 Daryl Harr i World Connect Chevrolet 107 23   Rear End
22 14 14 Travis Milburn Cooks Collision Toyota 37 22   Clutch
23 13 86 Jacob Gomes * 51 FIFTY/Sunny Valley Meats Toyota 36 21   Engine
24 15 52 Ryan Philpott 51 FIFTY Energy Drink/Moto EFX Ford 12 20   Radiator

RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Cameron Hayley, Time: 13.726 Seconds, Speed: 65.569 mph (record)
Failed to Qualify: (6) Justin Philpott * (#47), Greg Rayl (#07), Shane Golobic * (#1), Darrell Midgley * (#81), Rich DeLong, III * (#01), Jack Sellers (#5).
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 5 secs Average Speed: 37.448 mph Margin of Victory: .571 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 13-19 ( Spin Turn 2 [None]); 44-49 (Car No. 14 spins Turn 2. [2]); 56-59 (Cars No. 00 and No. 71 accident Turn 4. [56]); 63-68 (Car
No. 99 spins Turn 2. [71]); 76-80 (Car No. 51 spins Turn 2. [99]); 94-99 (Car No. 61 spins Turn 2. [51]); 110-114 (Car No. 2 spins Turn 2.
[30]); 117-125 (Cars No. 99, No. 56, No. 42 accident Turn 2. [2] <RED>); 130-134 (Car No. 61 spins Turn 2. [None]); 136-140 (Car. 12
spin Turn 4. [99]).  10 for 58 laps.
Lap Leaders: Cameron Hayley-grid, Derek Thorn 1-150.
Total Laps Led: Derek Thorn 150.  1 changes involving 1 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Derek Thorn 88, Cameron Hayley 84, Greg Pursley 82, Sergio Pena 81, Brett Thompson 72, Michael Self 70, Dylan Lupton * 65,
Jamie Krzysik * 64, Carl Harr 64, Carlos Vieira * 59
* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

 

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