NeilTPS Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Sergio Hexsel wins 2nd TPS season race at THR Thunder Hill Raceway, Kyle, Texas (April 28, 2007) By: Neil Upchurch, Texas Pro Sedans – Race Director The Texas Pro Sedans touring series returned to Thunder Hill Raceway on Saturday night, April 28th. It was their first appearance of seven scheduled races during the 2007 season at the 3/8 mile, D shaped asphalt track in Kyle, Texas. TPS presented 18 four cylinder stock cars at the THR pit gate for the second TPS event of their rearranged 2007 race schedule due to the unexpected closure and loss of seven TPS races at San Antonio Speedway. Sergio Hexsel and Lalo Leal won their TPS Qualifying Heat Races. Hexsel earned the feature race pole position in his #20 VW Rabbit. Leal won the second Qualifying Heat Race and won the front row outside starting position in his #26 Ford Mustang-arca. Three TPS drivers completed the race on the lead lap. The Texas Pro Sedans Feature Race winner was Sergio Hexsel of Live Oak in his VW Rabbit, Texas. It was his first TPS Feature race victory of the young 2007 TPS season. Lalo Leal of Corpus Christi, Texas placed 2nd. Mike Merrell drove the #70 George Merrell VW Scirocco to 3rd place. Hexsel’s win moves him into 1st place in the TPS point standings. Previous point Leader Bill LaBarge notified TPS he would not be present for the race due to “another commitment”. He drops from 1st to 6th in points. The San Antonio based Texas Pro Sedans touring series is conducting it’s 32nd consecutive year of four cylinder stock car racing in Texas and the southwest. Six more 2007 season races remain to be run at Thunder Hill Raceway. The next TPS race will be held on the Memorial Day holiday weekend at Thunder Hill Raceway on Saturday night, May 26. The event will also feature another variety and large fields of Thunder Hill Raceway stock car racing classes. The event will also feature the Texas Super Racing Series (TSRS) and Texas Dwarf Car Association Cars (TDCA). Complete official TPS Race Results and Point Standings follow. RACE RESULTS - Thunder Hill Raceway -Race # 2 - April 28, 2007 Finish Car # r Driver/Hometown Car Type/Engine CC Heat 1 Heat 2 Laps 1 20 Sergio Hexsel/Live Oak, TX VW Rabbit/2042 1 20 2 26 Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX Ford Mustang/2338-arca 1 20 3 70 r Mike Merrell/Kingsland, TX VW Scirocco/1766 2 20 4 85 r Ja Lane/Houston, TX Ford Focus/2210 7 19 5 48 Mike Knotts/Universal City, TX VW Scirocco/1648 2 19 6 55 John Miesen/Marion, TX VW Sedan/2332 3 19 7 24(23) r Joshua Freeman/Universal City, TX Ford Probe/2338 4 19 8 94 Harlon Hatcher/Converse, TX VW Rabbit/1784 5 18 9 50 r Rick Dawdy/San Antonio, TX VW Rabbit/1870 6 18 10 28 r Kostin Suhre/Marion, TX Honda CRX/1798/4-valve 5 18 11 22(29) Harry Osburn Jr./New Braunfels, TX Ford Mustang/2338 dns 17 12 56 r Jason Krueger/Seguin, TX VW Sedan/1835 8 17 13 78 Adam McCosh/Cibolo,TX VW Sedan/1835 4 16 14 18 Lanny Young/Kingsland, TX VW Karmen Ghia/2275 6 dns 15 66 Ariel Arredondo/Kingsville, TX Ford Taurus/2030 7 dns 16 23 r J.J. Osburn III/Converse, TX Ford Pinto/2338-svo dns dns 17 71 Bruce Mabrito/San Antonio, TX VW Scirocco/1648 dns dns 18 29 Rico Gutierrez/Corpus Christi, TX Ford Mustang/2338-svo 3 dns dna 27 Bill LaBarge/Bryan, TX BMW/2085 dna 14 r Will Robertson/Corpus Christi, TX Dodge Neon/2000 dna 72 Candi Hogan/Cedar Park, TX VW Sedan/2160 dna 9 r Eric Robbins/Red Rock, TX Ford Pinto/2338 dna 01 Mike O'Connor/Weatherford, TX Pontiac Sunfire/2298 dna 19 Lloyd Hart/San Antonio, TX Toyota Corolla/1941 dna 84 r Price Allen/San Antonio, TX Ford Taurus/2030 dna 10 r Donnie Moore/Hutto, TX VW Scirocco/1628 Feature race margin of victory 4.01 sec. Feature leader: #20 led laps 1 - 20 Driver change notes: #23 driven by #24 Freeman in Heat & Feature #29 by Gutierrez in Heat #29 by #22 Ozzie Osburn in Feature Penalty notes: One re-start position penalty issued to #85 for pylon infraction dna - did not arrive ..... dns - did not start ..... r - eligible for 2007 TPS "Rookie Of The Year" Award TPS thanks race sponsors: Richard & Bea Villanueva Nelson Skinner, Attorney at Law Randy Larsen Air Cooled Race Engines TPS thanks Thunder Hill Raceway for adding and hosting this 2nd TPS race of the 2007 season TPS Points thru: Race # 2 - APRIL 28, 2007 Position Car # r Driver Hometown Points 1, 20 Sergio Hexsel/Live Oak, TX …….. 36 2, 26 Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX …….. 30 3, 70 r Mike Merrell/Kingsland, TX …….. 23 4, 85 r Ja Lane/Houston, TX …….. 23 5, 48 Mike Knotts/Universal City, TX …….. 22 6, 27 Bill LaBarge/Bryan, TX …….. 20 7, 24 r Joshua Freeman/Universal City, TX …….. 15 8, 55 John Miesen/Marion, TX …….. 13 9, 18 Lanny Young/Kingsland, TX …….. 12 10, 50 r Rick Dawdy/San Antonio, TX …….. 9 11, 78 Adam McCosh/Cibolo,TX …….. 9 12, 66 Ariel Arredondo/Kingsville, TX …….. 9 13, 56 r Jason Krueger/Seguin, TX …….. 8 14, 22 Harry Osburn Jr./New Braunfels, TX …….. 7 15, 23 r J.J. Osburn III/Converse, TX …….. 7 16, 94 Harlon Hatcher/Converse, TX …….. 6 17, 29 Rico Gutierrez/Corpus Christi, TX …….. 6 18, 14 r Will Robertson/Corpus Christi, TX …….. 6 19, 71 Bruce Mabrito/San Antonio, TX …….. 5 20, 11 r Steven Carpenter/Corpus Christi, TX …….. 4 21, 28 r Kostin Suhre/Marion, TX …….. 3 22, 72 Candi Hogan/Cedar Park, TX …….. 3 23, 4 Joshua Tuttle/San Antonio, TX …….. 1 24, 9 r Eric Robbins/Red Rock, TX …….. 0 25, 01 Mike O'Connor/Weatherford, TX …….. 0 26, 19 Lloyd Hart/San Antonio, TX …….. 0 27, 84 r Price Allen/San Antonio, TX …….. 0 28, 10 r Donnie Moore/Hutto, TX …….. 0 Drivers without 2007 points 1 Bryce Dishman/Devine, TX …… 2 Jack Dishman/Devine, TX …… 3 r Jesse Sandoval Jr./Corpus Christi …… 5 r Gage Guevara/Corpus Christi, TX …… 15 Tom Johnson/Kingsland, TX …… 16 r Bill Stipe/Baytown, TX …… 17 r Mark Pinson/Wichita Falls, TX …… 38 Dave Parks/San Antonio, TX …… 74 John Wasek/Austin, TX …… 77 G.B. Carter/Harlingen, TX …… 88 Nellie Kelley/Corpus Christi, TX …… 97 Kevin Hallman/Cibolo, TX …… r - eligible for 2007 TPS "Rookie Of The Year" Award Official TPS Results & Point Standings Certified by: Neil Upchurch Race & Administrative Director Texas Pro Sedans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tps48 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 While the Allison cars were racing, we were lined up to race and a crew member from another car saw a large puddle of oil under #20. He had a bad oil line. His crew was able to fix it in time for our race (less than 5 min.) That race was definitly won in the pits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS70 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Congrads to all. Great racing and sportsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 ok sergio now you have won another race at kyle ..you da man to beat at that track ...well we are coming ...finaly got some work done on the car. motor is close to being ready .body is alittle closer .and got a few tweeks here there to make and we will come looking for you ..... congratz on your win ..noone better than you .. right now ..see ya ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilnut 20 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Congrads to all. Great racing and sportsmanship. I want to thank the #28 team member that saw my oil leak! Yes, Mike K. I was fortunate to have Don and Lloyd Hart run to my pit and fix the problem before the feature race began. It was a great race and good sportmanship especially when I was going through traffic! Sergio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tps_55 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 congrats sergio on another win. it sure was a lot of fun racing everyone, especially the 70 and 48. hopefully we can keep the car from sputtering next time and we can finish a little closer up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMRacer89 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Congrats Sergio. I think over the next month I'm gonna have a heart-to-heart converstion with ThunderHill, cause I'm starting to think that track doesn't like me much. That May 26th race is going to be interesting. I also have graduation from high school that night........no question about where I'm gonna be Hey, oldtimer where were you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Congrats Sergio. I think over the next month I'm gonna have a heart-to-heart converstion with ThunderHill, cause I'm starting to think that track doesn't like me much. That May 26th race is going to be interesting. I also have graduation from high school that night........no question about where I'm gonna be Hey, oldtimer where were you? ........ ... ... RIGHT HERE AT HOME PUNCHING BUTTONS ......... WHEN THE WINDS BLOWS THROUGH YOUR CAR AND ALL YOU SAW WAS A WHITE STREAK ..YOU.LL KNOW WE HAVE ARRIVED ...LOL .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMRacer89 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Haha, can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 WELPA YOU JUSTA GOnNA HADA WAIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMRacer89 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hopefully by then I can get out of turn 4 without spinning. Was it just me or was that track slick last night? At least I'm consistant, 13th place in both races this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz1438 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hopefully by then I can get out of turn 4 without spinning. Was it just me or was that track slick last night? At least I'm consistant, 13th place in both races this year. Yes, but 13th with only 12 cars racing isnt good. J/K But, hopefully you can get that little bug running well and tuned in so you and everyone else can put on great races for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tps_55 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 IDK ADAM I DIDNT THINK THE TRACK WAS SLICK AT ALL I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE FAST AS A MATTER OF FACT. AND YES YOU ARE CONSISTANT BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WERE CONSISTANT UP FRONT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMRacer89 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well consistant upfront is the aim this year. If I didn't spin the first time I would've been 10th I believe. At this point a top 10 points finish would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoGuy Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 The TPS race was good from what I got on tape. That was plenty of action going on back in the field and I shot wide and followed the battles best i could. I have the DVD's ready. Just send me an email. Thad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tps48 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Video guy - How much is the DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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