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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 half mile 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 Dishman’s Ford Mustang-svo on March 11, 2006. An inversion draw moved Moore’s 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 didn’t make the race due to blown engines in the #07 Mike O’Connor 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 Miesen’s #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 …

27 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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Donnie - Congrats on another great win.

 

Congrats to all the TPS drivers for another great clean race!! The SAS track can really do some wicked things to our cars if the drivers get stupid. Great to see see the only caustions were from solo spins. That is why I love racing with this group!! :D

 

07 - I planned to come by to see the new ride, but you headed out early. Heard you had engine issues. I hope not terminal.

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congs donnie nice win so what happened to all the fords for this race

Yes, Donnie drove a smart, fast race. It was good to see a Chevy do so well and wind up in second.

 

To answer your question, if you look at the results posted above, you will see that:

 

Lalo Leal did not race.

 

Jack Dishman did not race.

 

Bryce Dishman did not race.

 

Jessie Sandoval did not race.

 

Ariel Arredondo did not race.

 

Seems to me like a bunch of the front-running Fords sat this one out.

 

Nick Holt

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congs  donnie  nice win   so what happened to all the fords for this race

Yes, Donnie drove a smart, fast race. It was good to see a Chevy do so well and wind up in second.

 

To answer your question, if you look at the results posted above, you will see that:

 

Lalo Leal did not race.

 

Jack Dishman did not race.

 

Bryce Dishman did not race.

 

Jessie Sandoval did not race.

 

Ariel Arredondo did not race.

 

Seems to me like a bunch of the front-running Fords sat this one out.

 

Nick Holt

YES FOR OTHER REASONS I STATED IN MY OTHER POST .NOT IN LINE WITH ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE .S REASON DID NOT KNOW OUTSIDE OF LALO WHO WAS OR WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT .

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CRT

 

WE HAD MY FATHERS 75TH BIRTHDAY IN LLANO

SINCE HE'S NOT IN THE BEST HEALTH WE KNEW

we had best be there and you can tell we had nothing

to do with date and time

 

we will also miss the sept 2 race at thr we will be at the

frio river

 

everybody is welcome come on sunday our place is on cr

350 and i have a large pit so bring meat and drinks

 

see everybody at octoberfast good luck :D

 

TPS 2 JACK

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WE WILL BE IN THERE ON THE 2. MAYBE TWO CARS. & WILL BRING THE PIT. SO BRING SOME MEAT L.O.L.

Thank God!!!! Need something better than McDonald's on raceday, lol.

78 what are you going to add to the food court .beattle soup .ill bring {pinto }beans . mike could donate some rabbit .

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sounds like we need to bring rice, put it under the hood and steam it up real nice LOL..

hell just bring that motor yah have been cooking it for a long time it should be done by now .ouch thats bad .slap my hand shame on me . :huh: i hate that when my hands do the talking .

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WE WILL BE IN THERE ON THE 2. MAYBE TWO CARS. & WILL BRING THE PIT. SO BRING SOME MEAT L.O.L.

Thank God!!!! Need something better than McDonald's on raceday, lol.

78 what are you going to add to the food court .beattle soup .ill bring {pinto }beans . mike could donate some rabbit .

lol.

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