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Dennis Moore Jr. Gets Popular Win at Chico
by Troy Hennig
CHICO, CA (6-30-06) - It's been a long road the past two years for Grinnell, Iowa driver Dennis Moore Jr. After suffering a broken arm last season at Chico the accident sidelined Moore Jr. for the most of the 2005 season. After a long summer and winter of rehabilitation, Moore Jr. returned to the winner's circle Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. It had been been seasons since Moore Jr. parked the famous Morrie Williams #0k in victory lane. “This feels great,” said Moore Jr. “I just have to thank my guys and Morrie for still believing in me after all we've been through as a team.”

The original start saw pole sitter Shain Matthews spin in front of the field and bring out the yellow. This moved up Jason Statler to the pole spot. On the next attempt he took the lead from Dennis Moore Jr. The other Morrie Williams car of Jonathan Allard was the driver on the move. He started in the ninth spot and by lap two he was into fifth. However, just three laps later Allard almost tipped it over and lost some spots. On lap nine Sean Becker and Moore Jr. began a spirited battle for second. Each lap the drivers were trading spots as it provided some exciting racing. On lap 13 Becker moved ahead of Moore Jr. for good. On lap 16 Allard drove by his teammate for third. On lap 20 the race was halted for the final time. Statler was still the leader. On the restart Becker bicycled going into turn one. Allard was hard on the gas and tried to avoid Becker but the two made contact and each spun around. Allard was towed off while Becker restarted dead last. Becker salvaged a decent finish by moving into the eleventh spot at the checkered.

On the ensuing restart Moore Jr., now in second, set Statler up for the pass. He moved underneath Statler and took the lead on lap 21. Moore Jr. quickly started to stretch his lead. He led the final four laps to get the win. Statler hung on for second. With the win, Moore Jr. 'collected $2,000. The night was sponsored by Care Free Pools of Chico who added to the winners share. Johnny Gray came home third and looked as strong as he had all year in the 25-lap main event. Andy Forsberg was in the top five all night but never really was one of the top tier cars. It is a wonder what Shain Matthews night would have been like he hadn't spun on the opening lap. The Marysville driver then started 20th and came up to finish fifth. Officially he lost four spots from his original starting position, but in reality he passed 15 cars. On a side note, Korey Lovell finished fifth but was disqualified for not heading to the scales after the race.

Forsberg got the win during the 12-lap B main event. He and Stephen Allard put on a battle for the lead most of the race. Destiney hays scored a third place spot while Matt Shelton finished fourth. Chris Webber earned the final transfer spot in fifth.

Robert Ballou won the first heat race. An incredibly young looking 59 year-old won he race two. Grey Eagle's Jim Richardson led all eight laps. Danny Ochs cruised to the third heat race win.

Twenty-five drivers qualified during the night. Andy Forsberg earned his first fast time award of the year with a 12.121. However, Jonathan Allard actually timed in with the fastest lap but was penalized because he qualified out of position. The team was having magneto troubles.

410 SPRINTS "A" Feature
Line Up Row Line Up   Finish Car# Driver Name Finish Car# Driver Name
67 1 0k 1 0k Dennis Moore Jr. 11 35m Sean Becker
00 2 35m 2 00 Jason Statler 12 7x Eddy Lewis
92 3 71L 3 71 Johnny Gray 13 27 Brett Rollag
27 4 71 4 92 Andy Forsberg 14 8 Jim Richardson
12 5 21 5 67 Shain Matthews 15 44 Matt Shelton
0 6 10 6 4L Doug Lippencott 16 20d Destiney Hays
7x 7 82 7 10 Stephen Allard 17 0 Jonathan Allard
8 8 4L 8 82 Robbie Whitchurch 18 21 Colby Weisz
11n 9 20d 9 40 Chris Webber 19 12 Robert Ballou
44 10 40 10 11n Dan Ochs 20 71L DQ Korey Lovell
410 SPRINTS "B" Feature
Line Up Row Line Up   Finish Car# Driver Name Finish Car# Driver Name
10 1 92 1 92 Andy Forsberg 6 83m Mike Stallings
20d 2 44 2 10 Stephen Allard 7 1x Brett Miller
22 3 83m 3 20d Destiney Hays 8 51 Scott Hall
40 4 1x 4 44 Matt Shelton 9 20 Jeff Flure
51 5 20 5 40 Chris Webber 10 22 Michael Tarter
410 SPRINTS - NorCal Performance Heat #1
Line Up Row Line Up   Finish Car# Driver Name Finish Car# Driver Name
44 1 82 1 12 Robert Ballou 6 44 Matt Shelton
12 2 71L 2 71L Korey Lovell 7 92 Andy Forsberg
0k 3 92 3 0k Dennis Moore Jr. 8 40 Chris Webber
0 4 40 4 0 Jonathan Allard 9 20 Jeff Flure
20 5 - 5 82 Robbie Whitchurch 10 - -
410 SPRINTS - Heat #2
Line Up Row Line Up   Finish Car# Driver Name Finish Car# Driver Name
22 1 8 1 8 Jim Richardson 6 10 Stephen Allard
21 2 27 2 67 Shain Matthews 7 1x Brett Miller
67 3 35m 3 21 Colby Weisz 8 22 Michael Tarter
10 4 1x 4 35m Sean Becker 9 - -
- 5 - 5 27 Brett Rollag 10 - -
410 SPRINTS - Heat #3
Line Up Row Line Up   Finish Car# Driver Name Finish Car# Driver Name
11n 1 4L 1 11n Dan Ochs 6 20d Destiney Hays
7x 2 71 2 4L Doug Lippencott 7 83m Mike Stallings
20d 3 00 3 71 Johnny Gray 8 51 Scott Hall
83m 4 51 4 00 Jason Statler 9 - -
- 5 - 5 7x Eddy Lewis 10