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Only's Nye took the win, with Rodney Spencer Jr. second
and Bradley Spencer Jr. third . With a last-lap pass, Chuck
Monasmith finished fourth . Brandon Be rgen came home
fifth.
"Sometimes when you win them, they are way easy,
and sometimes when you come from the back in second,
they are way harder. It seemed kind of easy, to tell you the
truth." said 50-year-old winner Frank Nye. "Just get out
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in front and cruise around and hope everything just goes
for the best. I just hope the wife doesn't find out. I live
three miles from here."
Carriger led the field to turn one in the first K&N
Filters Open Pro A main of the season, but midpack barbanging brought out the red flag after Shawn Raggio hit
the dirt. A complete restart was ordered, but it was even
hairier as Raggio again went down , this time leaving
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defending WCFTS Champion Kevin Bricker with
nowhere to go . Bricker was shaken up in the ensuing
crash, but he made the restart. Raggio was put back on
the pena lty line.
O n the third attempt to get the race going, Danny
Casey hit the gro und right in front of Tony Souza. Unable
to avoid him, Souza also went down , bringing yet another
red flag.
The third restart saw Doug Chandlerffommy's Glassbacked Carriger grab another holeshot, followed by
Rodney Spencer Jr. and the Corsetti brothers - Scott in
third and Mark in fourth . Rodney Spencer Jr. then went to
school on leader Carriger. Spencer Jr. pressured him lap
after lap, looking for any little opening . There was a small
gap back to Scott, who was under fire from brother Mark.
with Nye in fifth.
With the white flag waving. Rodney Spencer Jr. put a
move on Carriger as they came out of turn two and went
into three. The crowd went crazy as Rodney Spencer Jr.
took the win and proved that yes, a safe pass cou ld be
made with lots of patience. Carriger, with his much deserved second place, was joined on the box by SCOtt.
Mark was fourth , and Nye finished fifth.
"Well we had a lot of restarts, and I just wanted to get
the race going," Rodney Spencer Jr. said. "Each restart I
kept getting a better and better start. and it finally ended
up paying off. I was to p three, the n I started just working
on Tommy and working on Tommy, and then finally the
last lap, he made a mistake. Luckily I was able to get in
the re . I'd like to thank Rod Lake , Hle bo s Bros .
Suspens ion. Dante, Shift. and my mom and dad for help eN
ing me out ."
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RESULTS: APRIL
24, 20 0 4
(ROUN D
1)
O PEN PRO : I. Rodney Spencer Jr. (Hon ); 2. Thomas Carriger (Hon); l . Scott
Corsetti (Han ); -4. Mark Corsetti (W. R); S. Frank Nye (Yam): 6. Jethro Halbert
(Hon) ; 7. Beau Bro wn (W. R); 8. Chuck Monasmith (Hon ): 9. Kenny Carlotta
(Hon) ; 10. Kevin Bricker (W.R); II . J
amie Aguilar (Yam); 12. Jeremy Chisum
(Hon) ; 13. Tony Souu (CC H); 14. Shawn Raggio (Hon ); IS. Dan c..ey(Hon ).
O PEN VINT: I. Rick Hoc king (Yam): 2. I