By Gary Costa
Bakersfield, Ca – May 10, 2008…Peter Murphy doesn’t need any motivation to win races, but this night was to be a special one. With some downtime in between races, Peter called his mother back in Australia to wish her a happy mother’s day. Mom replied, “You better win me this race for mother’s day!” And like the good son that he is, he didn’t want to disappoint his mom.
The Tarlton & Son, Inc. non-wing #21 was ready to do battle in Bandit Sprint car action at Bakersfield’s bullring spearheaded by “Big” Jason Wheelock.
The car was fast right out of the box, and with Shark power, he out qualified the field. Peter proceeded to finish a quiet 3rd in his heat, but come main event time he was focused and ready to wage war on the other competitors.
At the drop of the green flag, Peter picked his way through cars, and methodically worked his way around the tricky surface.
“I had to use everything that I had to get around the race track.” Peter said. “I had to use all of my strength, confidence, and patience out there”.
The racing heated up between himself and hard charging competitors; Gregg Bragg, Wes Gutierrez, and Justyne Hamblin, all who were involved in some robust racing.
However, Peter would not let mom and wife Stephanie down tonight. He flashed under the checkered flag in the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Kaeding Performance, Ridgeline Framing, Sharp Insurance, VMAC, BR Motorsports, Fresno First Bank, Pro Signs, Matt & Glass #21 Maxim.
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