CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES RESUMES SATURDAY; BARBER CAPTURES THIRD STRAIGHT PAVEMENT RACE

After a month of California Ford Focus races on pavement, the Dirt Series
resumes action Saturday with a 20-lap feature scheduled at Bakersfield,
Calif.

The dirt series, led by Audra Sasselli, has competed at Bakersfield on three
occasions thus far this season and has produced three different winners.

One of those looking for his first victory on dirt this season is Chase
Barber of Morgan Hill, Calif. The teenager scored his third straight
California Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series victory Saturday at
Irwindale, Calif., leading the final seven laps on the 1/3-mile oval.

Barber, driving the No. 91 Beast/Ford Focus, led points leader Alex Harris –
who until Saturday had won every Irwindale feature this season – Jeff
Sakowicz, Benny Moon and Sasselli, who led the opening 28 laps of the event.
Barber is now within 10 points of Harris. The pavement series is off until
Aug. 20 at Stockton, Calif.


CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1.	Audra Sasselli	379
2.	Chase Barber	358
3.	Alex Harris		351
4.	Cal Smith		331
5.	Keith Janca		290
6.	Todd Carroll	289
7.	Jet Davison		289
8.	Chris Veach		281
9.	Cameron Veach	278
10.	Jake Vail		248

CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1.	Alex Harris		509
2.	Chase Barber	499
3.	Audra Sasselli	478
4.	Robbie Whitchurch	457
5.	Benny Moon		435
6.	Jace Meier		384
7.	Jeff Sakowicz	368
8.	Chris Veach		352
9.	Steve Davis		324
10.	Darrell Herzog	293