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Ocean 360 Sprints
presented by Taco Bravo set for
$2000-to-win/$200-to-start round six this Friday
night June 4 at Ocean Speedway
By Gary Thomas
Watsonville, CA – June 2, 2010…Following
a week off the Ocean Sprint Car Series presented by
Taco Bravo will kick back into gear this Friday
evening at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville for the
sixth round of action in the 2010 season.
As an added treat to teams and a way of showing
thanks for the support this year, Friday’s event
will also pay $2000-to-win and $200-to-start the
30-lap main event. “I definitely want to say thanks
to everyone who has supported the Taco Bravo Ocean
Sprints so far this season,” said promoter John
Prentice. “The car counts have been great this year
and the depth of the field’s each night has been
pretty strong.”
The first five races of the Ocean Sprint Car Series
presented by Taco Bravo season have produced five
different winners with Campbell’s
Bud Kaeding, Easton’s
Tommy Tarlton, Prunedale’s Justin Sanders, Elk
Grove’s Kyle Larson
and most recently
San Jose’s
Tim Kaeding scoring
victories.
Coming into this Friday’s race the top-three drivers
in the standings continue to be bunched very tight
with Tarlton, Larson and Campbell’s Brent Kaeding
separated by just seven-markers at the top of the
points.
Last season’s champion Tarlton is coming off a
fourth place effort at the most recent series event
held in Tulare and will look for his first Ocean
Speedway win of the year on Friday aboard the
Corporate America Lending, Tachi Palace Hotel &
Casino No. 21 machine. Tarlton scored victory with
the Ocean Sprints on April 30 at the
Santa Maria Speedway
and maintains a six-digit lead at the top of the
points going into this week, as he looks to extend
that advantage in his bid at back-to-back titles.
Larson goes into Friday as the most recent winner at
the Ocean Speedway and is coming off a third place
finish in Tulare on May 22, which has moved him to
within just a few slim points of the lead in his
first season competing with the Ocean Sprints. The
17-year-old driver of the Stadelhofer Construction,
Peppermill Casino No. 99x led all 30-laps in the
main event at the Santa Cruz County
Fairgrounds bullring on May 14 and will be looking
for two in a row at track in an attempt to overtake
Tarlton in the standings.
Still looking for his first win of the season Brent
Kaeding utilized a drive from 12th to
second at the Tulare Thunderbowl to put him only
seven-points back of Tarlton for the top-spot in the
Ocean Sprint Car Series presented by Taco Bravo
standings. It also marked the 13-time King of
California’s best finish of the Ocean Sprints season
and on Friday evening “BK” will look to use the
momentum, as he searches to get into Ocean Speedway
victory lane for the first time since April 3, 2009
at the helm of his Al’s Roofing Supply, Williams
Roofing No. 69 sprinter.
Jumping from seventh to fourth in the Ocean Sprint
Car Series presented by Taco Bravo standings after
Tulare is Clovis, CA’s
Peter Murphy, who has put together a solid start to
the season in his first year driving the Buster &
Ziggy Enterprise, Kiwi Transport No. 11 mount. The
Australian native has finished sixth in the past two
Ocean Sprints events and on Friday will look to
improve upon his season-best finish of third with
the series, which he garnered on April 30 in
Santa Maria.
Rounding out the top-five in the standings going
into this Friday is Salinas, CA’s Ronnie Day, who
scored a fifth place finish on May 22 at the
Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway
in his Keith Day Trucking,
El Camino Machine and Welding No. 22 machine.
Like Murphy, the former King of California also
tallied his best Ocean Sprint Car Series finish of
the season at
Santa Maria on April 30,
where he claimed the runner-up position in the
feature behind race winner Tarlton.
Completing the top-10 in the Ocean Sprint Car Series
presented by Taco Bravo standings going into Friday
are Gilroy’s Eric
Rossi, Prunedale’s Justin Sanders,
Campbell’s Bud Kaeding,
Visalia’s Cory Eliason and Gilroy’s Kurt Nelson.
Other possibilities to take part in this weekend’s
sixth round of competition will include
Fremont’s Shane Golobic, who finished
third during the most recent event at Ocean
Speedway, Morgan Hill’s
Devon Ostheimer and Ricky Wright Jr., San Martin’s
Craig Smith, Pleasanton’s
Brad Furr, San Jose’s Matt Sargent, Corralitos’ Jerry
Bonema and more.
The front gate of the Ocean Speedway will open at
4:30pm this Friday night June 4 with
hot laps at 5:45,
qualifying around 6 and racing to follow. All
seating will be general admission with adult tickets
costing $16, children 6-12 $11 and kids five and
under free. A family pack featuring two adults and
two kids is available for $40 and seniors 65 and
older with id will be $14. The Ocean Speedway is
located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in
Watsonville,
California.
For more information on the Ocean Sprint Cars
presented by Taco Bravo log onto
http://www.oceansprints.com
and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit
http://www.oceanspeedway.com
Coming up- After this week’s event the Ocean Sprint
Car Series presented by Taco Bravo will take a
couple of weekend’s off before returning to
competition on Friday night June 25, in what will be
the first of four qualifying races for the 50th
running of the Johnny Key Classic.
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