On Saturday June 11th 2005 Benny Moon won his first USAC Ford Focus Midget race in just his 5th race! The Following was taken from the front page of the USAC web site.
FULL MOON STOPS HARRIS AT STOCKTON
Benny Moon of Shingle Springs, Calif. halted Alex Harris’ four-race winning streak in the USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Midgets Saturday night at the Stockton 99 Speedway. Moon was the last of four feature leaders, pacing the final six circuits in his Ron Sutton’s Winners Circle entry to beat Robbie Whitchurch, Jace Meier, Harris and Chris Veach. Other leaders were series point leader Audra Sasselli, Alex Harris and Whitchurch.
| Moon Tries For Second Straight Stockton Focus Win After Breaking Harris’s Streak |
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| 06/13/05 |
Benny Moon of Shingle Springs, Calif. ended Alex Harris’s four-race winning streak in USAC California Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series action on Saturday, winning on the quarter-mile Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, Calif. Moon will try for two straight as the series returns to the track this Saturday.
Moon, driving the No. 3 Winners Circle Ford Focus entry owned by Ron Sutton, led the final six laps after passing Robbie Whitchurch on Lap 25. From there, he was never headed, leading Whitchurch, Jace Meier, Harris and Chris Veach to the stripe. Meier and Steve Davis won eight-lap heats.
Audra Sasselli, who led the opening lap of the contest, continues to lead the points standings, now by 32 over Harris heading into Saturday’s action. Harris led 10 laps at Stockton before relinquishing the point to Whitchurch. |
MAIN EVENT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Benny Moon, 2. Robbie Whitchurch, 3. Jace Meier, 4. Alex Harris, 5. Chris Veach, 6. Audra Sasselli, 7. Darrell Herzog, 8. Jon Santibanes, 9. Jeff Sakowicz, 10. Lindsay Kernohan, 11. Cameron Veach, 12. J.R. Williams, 13. Jenna Frazier, 14. Chase Barber, 15. Steve Davis. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Sasselli, Laps 2-11 Harris, Laps 12-24 Whitchurch, Laps 25-30 Moon.
