TPS at SAS recap and results, 7/10/04

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Moore edges LaBarge in “TPS Squeaker” at SAS

 

San Antonio, Texas -- In the closest racing of the season, the Texas Pro Sedans touring series visited the Alamo city for the second of three 2004 races on Saturday night, July 10th at San Antonio Speedway.

 

The Texas Pro Sedans 20 Lap Feature Race winner was Donnie Moore of Hutto, Texas in the George Merrell VW Scirocco. The Qualifying Heat Races were won by Moore and Bill LaBarge of Bryan in his BMW.

 

The Feature race began with pole sitter Donnie Moore taking the lead for the first thirteen laps. He was trailed closely by LaBarge’s BMW until Tony Johnson moved his Ford Mustang into second place and began to attempt to pass Moore. Johnson then fell back to fourth behind Bryce Dishman’s Ford Mustang. Johnson was plagued by a disconnected spark plug wire.

 

Bill LaBarge appropriated the lead from Donnie Moore on lap fourteen and held his close lead over Moore until a spin by Candy Hogan brought out the yellow flag with two laps remaining in the race. The lead changed hands again on the restart with Donnie Moore passing LaBarge and hanging on to win with only a .78 seconds margin of victory over second place Bill LaBarge.

 

The third and fourth place finish was even closer. Bryce Dishman’s Ford Mustang and Jamie Garner’s 2001 VW Sedan came into contact with their cars at turn four of the checker flag lap. They crossed the finish line, in side-to-side contact, with Dishman edging Garner by four inches.

 

The win was Donnie Moore’s fourth of the season. He extends his point’s lead to a narrow 23-point margin over Bill LaBarge who moves into second place in the standings over Lalo Leal of Corpus Christi. Leal passed up the SAS race and fades into the third place point’s position.

 

The San Antonio based Texas Pro Sedans touring series is conducting their 29th consecutive year of four-cylinder stock car racing in Texas during 2004. The San Antonio Speedway race was the seventh event of the 2004 season and marked the halfway point of the schedule.

 

The next Texas Pro Sedans race is scheduled for Saturday night, July 17 at Thunder Hill

Raceway in Kyle, Texas.

 

Texas Pro Sedans at San Antonio Speedway results, 7/10/04

 

Showing Position, Number, Name, Hometown, Car Type, Engine CC Heat Finish, Feature Laps Completed, Points awarded for this race, Total Points to date

 

1 70 Donnie Moore, Hutto VW Scirocco, 1710 1 20 20 105

2 27 Bill LaBarge, Bryan BMW, 2083 1 20 17 82

3 1 r Bryce Dishman, Devine Ford Mustang, 2338 3 20 13 35

4 33 Jamie Garner, San Antonio 2001 VW Sedan, 1825 4 20 11 58

5 48 Mike Knotts, Universal City VW Scirocco, 1648 2 19 12 59

6 72 Candy Hogan, Cedar Park VW Sedan, 1915 3 19 10 40

7 66 r Ariel Arredondo, Corpus Christi Ford Probe, 2338 5 19 7 35

8 71m Bruce Mabrito, San Antonio VW Scirocco, 1588 4 18 6 23

9 6 Tony Johnson, Marion Ford Mustang, 2338 2 17 8 19

10 54 Greg Wood, San Antonio VW Rabbit, 1648 6 17 5 40

11 78s r Jim Speights, San Antonio VW Sedan, 1641 5 16 4 14

12 20 Sergio Hexsel, San Antonio VW Scirocco, 2041 dns 0 3 60

13 2 Jack Dishman, Devine Ford Mustang, 2338 dns 0 3 7