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Posted on Fri, Jun. 10, 2005
'Mighty Mouse' earns first super stock win
Antioch Speedway regulars know that a diminutive young female racer sits quietly atop the super stock points chart.
Affectionately nicknamed "Mighty Mouse" by the racetrack's announcers, Brentwood's Melissa Hansen was last year's super stock Rookie of the Year and, before that, the pure stock champion.
Over the first six race dates of 2005, she had recorded six top-three main event finishes but had not visited the coveted Winner's Circle. All that changed last Saturday when "Mighty Mouse" dominated the 14-car field to claim her first-ever super stock victory.
Knightsen's Mike Walko and Hansen each won a heat race and then started side-by-side in the front row of the super stock main event. At the green flag, Hansen quickly passed Walko and remained out front all the way to the Lap 20 checkered flag, while Walko held on for runner-up honors.
Liberty High School's D. J. Petrell of Oakley suffered mechanical problems and finished last in the field. Other Oakley racers had much better luck last Saturday.
Kellen Chadwick made a rare visit to the Antioch Speedway and won every dirt modified event he entered. The 20 year-old Oakley resident set a new one-lap track mark in qualifying time trials, won his heat race and then dominated the 20-lap main for that win.
Last Saturday, Oakley's Mark Willson won a hard-fought duel with Antioch's Jason Buchanan to record his second pure stock main event victory. Willson, a rookie at the speedway, is now ranked third in points, just ahead of Oakley's Jason Robles. Robles made a strong late-race run in the main event, passed Buchanan and was rapidly closing on Willson as the checkered flag waved.
-- Information provided by John Trussler. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/sports/11861827.htm (c) 2005 ContraCostaTimes.com and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
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