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Source: The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.自存倉Sept. 30--Brett Simala thought his night was over.Sitting in his wrecked race car in Turn 1 at Cocopah Speedway, Simala had just become collateral damage in a banzai move by another driver trying to get to the front of the Pro-Stock Division feature event field Saturday night. It was an attempt that went horribly wrong and collected three other cars in the process, including Simala's.When the dust and smoke cleared, Simala's race car was pinned under the car of Steve Jonas, whose daring maneuver set off the wreck. At first glance, it appeared Simala's car had received the worst of the damage.But after getting untangled, ducking into the pit and having a flat tire changed and mangled sheet metal -- the whole driver's side -- cut from the car, Simala rejoined the field at the back of the lineup without losing a lap and proceeded to drive off with his sixth feature event in the 2013 Cocopah Speedway Racing Series."I didn't think the car was going to be that good (after the crash), and I said, 'Well, I"m just going to make some laps and get some points,'" said Simala from victory lane afterward."And then I got up to speed and the car felt pretty good. And after a couple laps I was like, 'Man, this car is hooked up!' Apparently it didn't hurt the car at all, and I went for it."In the final stages of the race, however, he started to worry about something else, being disqualified for his actions on the track following the wreck, when he exited his car, pounded his fist on Jonas' car, and jumped down to the racing surface to survey the damage."It was a pretty hard hit, it was violent," said Simala. "The guy's car was on top of my car, basically, and I thought I was done. That's why I was so upset."I know I shouldn't have done what I did over there ... then I started thinking the last couple of laps, 'What if I get disqualified?' And I did get a warning."Finishing second behind Simala was Campo, Calif., driver Ed Bustin, with Lakeside's Mike Lerwill in third, Yuma's Steve Anthony fourth and El Centro's Steve Reeves in fifth.In other racing action on a night that did not lack for drama, Yuma's Miles Morris made a last-lap, last-turn pass to win the Factory Stock Division feature event; Yuma's Adolfo Noriega followed Morris' lead and pulled off the same move to win the Street Stock feature event win; Holtville's Chris Toth won the IMCA Sport Mod feature event; and El Mirage's Jason Noll won the IMCA "A" Modified feature event.In the Factory Stock finale, Morris set sail early and appeared to be in control of the outcome until Yuma's Michael Loera sped past him and into the lead. It was then Loera who appeared destined to win what would have been his first career feature event, until he slid up high in Turn 4 on the white flag lap, allowing Morris to drive underneath and into the lead at the checkered flag."There is a lot of luck involved," said a reserved Morris afterward. "But it was a great race, a really fun race."I got passed by the 11 car and I just hung out behind him for a while and hoped he would make a mistake on the last lap and sure enough he did. And I've been passed like that so many times."He just got a little loose, he pushed. And he was absolutely the guy to beat."Morris also said he was dedicating the win to Nancy Horton, tmini storagee wife of his car owner, Bob Horton, Nancy Horton recently passed away after a bout with cancer.Second place in the feature went to Loera, with Yuma's Rick Hibbard in third, Brawley's Amy Teague in fourth and Yuma's Brian Johnson in fifth.The finish of the Street Stock feature was almost a carbon copy of the Factory Stock finale, when Noriega, holding down second place, watched Alpine's Mike Harlan get too high in Turn 4 on the white flag lap. Noriega, in his first feature event behind the wheel of his IMCA Stock Car, seized the opportunity, drove underneath Harlan and took the win."I saw that he was pushing out of there a few times so I said, 'I'm not going to push this thing and hurt myself and go backwards, lose some positions,'" said Noriega. "But if he opens the door, and I'm in position to capitalize on it I'm going to go for it. It's not over until the fat lady sings."It might have seen that way for a while for the two-time defending champion when he had to start inside the ninth row of the 19-car field."I knew I had a lot of cars to pass," said Noriega, "and I felt like I was running out of time."But he credited his crew's setup for the dry-slick track for his ability to make it to the front, "and be there at the end, and be the leading car when it counts, on the last corner of the last lap."It was Noriega's first win since March 16th, and his fourth of the season. The win also moved Noriega to within 10 points of division point leader Steven Daffern, of Brawley.Finishing second behind Noriega was Harlan, with Daffern in third, Yuma's Joey Essary in fourth and Yuma's Josh Wood in fifth.In the IMCA Sport Mod feature, Morris, who was doing double duty, got out front early before a yellow flag erased his advantage. And on the ensuing restart Toth was able to get around and into the lead, which he would not give up."I wanted to get out front as soon as I could and I started to drive over my head a little bit there and Miles pulled away from me a little bit," said Toth afterward. "And I just tried to settle down and hit my lines. And I started reeling him in and I got by him and I said, 'I can still do this.'"Yuma's Ty Rogers, who was crowned the series' division driving champion Saturday night, finished second behind Toth with El Centro's Sean Callens in third, Morris in fourth and Brawley's Cody Daffern in fifth.The IMCA "A' Modified feature was a tuneup for the winner, Noll.The veteran said he's planning on heading to Las Vegas in November for the upcoming IMCA Duel in the Desert, "and this track gets a lot like Vegas, so we wanted to do some testing for that."He gave a lot of the credit of his win to Imperial's Lance Mari, who built Noll's car. Mari locked up the track driving championship in the IMCA "A" Modified Division with a second place finish behind Noll Saturday night."We tried a bunch of different things and they worked," said Noll. "I have to thank Lance on that. He told me to do some things that I really didn't want to do and we did, and the car was awesome. Lance is the man!"Third place went to Yuma's Keith Taber, Imperial's Steven McCollough was fourth and Brawley's Russell Allen rounded out the Top 5.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) Visit The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) at .yumasun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存