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Nov 02 - Sanders Wins 1st Annual Punkin Cup Sanders is Crowned Champion of the 1st
Annual Pumpkin Cup The Chowchilla Speedway was 'Spook'tacular on the 1st Annual Pumpkin CUP. This final event of the 2009 season was full of action like winged sprint car races, non winged sprint car races, stock car races, a pumpkin crash destruction derby, and a special hayride and trick or treat for the kids through the pit area at the speedway. Justin Sanders became the 1st Champion of the Chowtown Pumpkin Cup by going toe to toe with Zach Zimmerly and Darren Howard for most of the Halloween night. It all started in the heat races as Sanders won the first heat by a mere six inches over Darren Howard, then in the second heat race it was Zimmerly over Eric "HotRod" Humphreys by just a couple of feet! The green flag flew for the thirty lap Pumpkin Cup main event and the tight action the fans enjoyed in the heat races carried right into the main event as Zimmerly and Sanders swapped the lead several times over the first five circuits around the very fast racing surface. Sanders moved way up to the cushion in turns three and four and moved to the bottom of turns one and two and was able to pull out to a nice led for several laps, but Zimmerly was able to stay within ten cars lengths and once they caught traffic Zimmerly made a great move to regain the top spot and then he moved to the high side and took control of the race. Several times Howard pulled right up on then leaders when they where side by side, but he was never able to grab the lead. While the fans enjoyed this great battle for the lead Humphreys, Ricky Wright, Anthony Simone and Andy Ferris where locked in a battle for fourth through seventh positions, in fact you could have thrown a blanket over them for most of the race they were running so close to each other. With just fives laps remaining and Zimmerly with a five car lead Anthony Simone showed the fans why he has been one of the most exciting drivers for several decades. Simone moved past two cars on the high side to take the third position and was right on the back bumper of Sanders when he spun his car on the exit of turn four. This happened right in front of ten race cars behind him, but he never stopped doing three complete 360's and ended up pointing the right direction in the middle of the pack! Simone drove back up to fourth by the end of the race. One lap after the Simone spectacular Mark Barroso spun his car bringing out the caution flag setting up a green, white, checkered finish. During the caution Zimmerly had to exit the track for a flat tire giving control of the race back to Sanders. Now the only question was could Sanders hold off the low grove charge of Howard? When the green flew the group of sprinters flew into turn one and came out of turn two with Sanders in front and Eric Humphreys on the back bumper of Howard. Sanders took the win and completed one fantastic night of racing in the 1st annual Pumpkin Cup! |
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