Lansberry third for season at Barona

Chad Lansberry completed the 2006 Barona Speedway season with a third-place finish in the 600 cc Modified Midget standings.

Lansberry, who led the division for much of the season, crashed in his final three races, including the October 28 main event. Three main event wins during the season helped the Fallbrook driver spend part of the year in first place.

“The last half of the season didn’t go as I had planned,” he said. “It just steadily went downhill from there. Lots of it’s just racer’s luck.”

Only one other driver in the class won three main events during the year. “I just wasn’t consisten...