ASCS Sprints
Feb 22 2012
-Lucas Oil ASCS season begins in Arizona
by Bryan Hulbert - Tulsa, Okla
- As the month of month of March approaches so does the start of the 2012 season for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters. With 64 dates on the national schedule, the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will kick off its twenty-first year of competition in the state of Arizona with first time visits in their first four round of competition.
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona will host the first two nights of racing for the 2012 season with the Copper Classic on Friday March 2nd and Saturday March 3rd. As soon as the first rounds of points are tallied the tour will head further into the “Grand Canyon State” for a double header at Cocopah Speedway just outside Yuma on Friday March 9th and Saturday March 10th.
New Tracks - To date the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters has visited the state of Arizona 11 times with events at the former USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters has logged 640 feature events at 117 tracks in 27 states since 1993. Canyon Speedway Park will be 118 with Cocopah Speedway 119 on the list of tracks who have hosted the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters.
Opening Night Winners - Gary Wright leads the field of drivers who has claimed first night victories doing so in 2000, 2004, and 2007. Garry Lee Maier has a pair of opening night wins in 1995 and 1998 while Zach Chappell holds the distinction as being the only driver to have claimed back to back season openers in 2002 and 2003.
Other drivers who have claimed opening night wins include Mike Ward (1993), Tim Crawly (1994), Jason Sides (1996), Lee Scrape (1997), Terry Gray (1999), Larry Neighbors (2001), Danny Jennings (2005), Travis Rilat (2006), Kenny Adams (2008), Shane Stewart (2009), Sammy Swindell (2010), and Tim Kaeding (2011).
Of the divers who have claimed the opening night victories since 1993, Tim Crawley (1994), Gary Wright (2004 and 2007), and Shane Stewart (2009) are the only drivers to have ended the season atop the leaderboard.
Past Champions - Four past Lucas Oil ASCS champions are expected for the opening tour in Arizona. Expected champions include four-time series champion Gary Wright (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007) who will be running as a driver/car owner for the 2012 season. Three-time champion Tim Crawley (2002, 1999 and 1994) will also be on hand in the Mike Ward Motorsports 88.
Jason Johnson will also be on hand for the season opener. The start of the 2011 season saw Johnson absent from the first four races in 2011 while finishing up competition in Australia. Johnson is a two time driver champion (2008 and 2010) as well as being three time owner champion (2008, 2010, and 2011). Johnson will be piloting the Stenhouse Jr./JJR 41 in 2012.
Also joining the line-up of champions will be 2001 series champion Zach Chappell who will back in the family owned 50z. Chappell is the youngest driver to ever win the Lucas Oil ASCS National Championship.
Rookies - The 2012 season will a pair of drivers vying for the Brodix Rookie of the Year honors. Three time Poweri Midget Series and 2011 Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Champion Brad Loyet will be behind the wheel in the Vacuworx International 05. Loyet will have plenty of competition as Logan Forler will also be on the road in the well-known Harley Van Dyke Motorsports/Lucas Oil 5h. \
Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters
When:
March 2-3, 2012 - Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, Arizona
March 9-10, 2012 - Cocopah Speedway - Yuma, Arizona
Directions:
From Canyonspeedwaypark.com - Canyon Speedway Park is located in North Peoria off Lake Pleasant Parkway, then 1.3 miles West on Carefree Highway. For more information please, contact the track at 602-258-RACE(7223) or additional information regarding Canyon Speedway Park can be found at www.canyonspeedwaypark.com
From Cocopahspeedway.com - The Cocopah Speedway is located at the intersection of Highway 95 and County 15th Street in Somerton, Ariz. Directly across from the Cocopah Resort and Conference Center, Cocopah Wild River Family Entertainment Center. Additional information can be found by calling 928-344-1563 or by logging onto www.cocopahspeedway.com.
Feb 12 2012
ASCS Announces 305 Sprint Cars
Bryan Hulbert - Tulsa, OK (February 10, 2012) - For the past few months there has been a lot of questions in regards to the reality of there being a set of rules from the American Sprint Car Series that will govern 305 Sprint Car Racing.
The short answer is yes. Based off the car rules that govern the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series along with a variation of the RACESAVER style of engine, the effort being spearheaded by Scott Brown of Lubbock, Texas has set the goal of creating a smoother transition into the world of Sprint Car racing.
Much like the B-Mod (Sport Mod) did for the world of Open Wheel Modifieds, the ASCS 305 will give drivers who want to move up to Sprint Cars a starting place. With a set of rules that keeps cars similar across different fields of competition, it will also allow drivers who want to move between series a way of doing so without having to build a separate car.
According to Scott Brown, the goal of the inaugural year for the ASCS 305 is to work out any kinks and build the series to be able to sustain consistent regional competition and ultimately lead to the formation of a national point’s structure.
The first four races officially sanctioned under the ASCS 305 rules will be a Lady Luck Speedway in Lubbock, Texas on March 9-10, 2012 and the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico on March 16-17, 2012.
Lady Luck Speedway will feature a $2,000 to win A-Main on March 9th and a $3,500 to win feature event on March 10th.
The Southern New Mexico Speedway will pay $1,000 to win on March 16th and $5,000 to win on March 17th.
For information on how to get involved with the ASCS 305 contact Scott Brown at 806-548-1689. Official rules can be found at http://www.ascsracing.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=32640
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com
Feb 10 2012
Engine Pro ASCS S.O.D Presented by ARP Schedule Unveiled
by Mike Strevel - Tulsa, Oklahoma
The 33rd season of sprint car racing will begin at Crystal Motor Speedway on April 28 for the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP series.
An incredible variety of events are on the calendar at speedways in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Ontario. A total of 22 races are currently on the schedule and the very special three day Canadian Sprint Car Nationals among the much anticipated 2012 calendar.
Highlights for the 2012 season include the debut of an exciting new event at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth Indiana. This long time asphalt 3/8 mile oval is constructing a racy ¼ mile oval inside the asphalt track will host the series on Saturday June 16.
Advance tickets are available for this event being labeled the “Engine Pro Battle at the Bullring Presented by Hastings Manufacturing, MAHLE/Clevite and Melling Engine Parts”.
The return of the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP northern swing will be held on June 29 & 30. The first stop is at the exciting Mt. Pleasant Speedway and then the stars of the Sprints on Dirt will head further north to Rick Ancel’s Merritt Raceway for the return of the winged warriors after several year’s absence.
The King of Michigan race September 7 at Hartford Motor Speedway always brings out the best racers in the Midwest; Hartford also hosts the series on June 1. The series will make return visits to Ohio tracks; Limaland Motorsports Park, Eldora Speedway, and Waynesfield Raceway Park twice, which includes the inaugural Bob Reynolds Memorial race paying $6,000 to win and $600 to start on July 3 to support the NRA racing series. The series will compete at a total of 16 different race tracks during the 2012 championship chase.
Long time supporting tracks of the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP returning for 2012 include Cherry Raceway, Owendale Speedway and the Winston Speedway.
Crystal Motor Speedway in Crystal MI hosts three events in 2012 and holds the honors of being the only track in the country to host an event every year in the 33 year history of the winged sprint series. To commemorate this great support, the series is excited to announce a special event on Saturday July 21 with the inaugural 33rd Sprints on Dirt Anniversary race. This event will pay $2,033 to win, $300 to start and have a special 33 lap length feature.
The National Racing Alliance Series has agreed to co-sanction this event making its return to Michigan after several years’ absence. Two visits to Owendale Speedway and three to 2011 Sprints on Dirt track of the year Cherry Raceway will be popular stops as well.
Two tracks will be hosting their first shows in 2012. The first is the Tri City Motor Speedway located near Auburn, Michigan on August 3 and the second is at Palo, MI Mid-Michigan Raceway Park on Friday Sept 28 to be a part of Gene Hendrickson’s Corn Harvest races. This event will be sponsored by Miles Petroleum as well as the visits to Winston and Mt. Pleasant.
The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP will again support the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Oshweken Speedway September 13-15.
The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series sanctions winged Sprint Car races at speedways throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and the Canadian province of Ontario and will enjoy its 33rd season of operation. The 2012 schedule can be viewed at www.sprintsondirt.com.
Dustin Daggett is the reigning champion of the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP. Daggett has three championships to his credit (2011, 2004, and 2003) to go along with 71 feature wins.
More information about the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP, including the 2012 schedule of events, can be found at www.sprintsondirt.com.
2012 Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Schedule
April 28 - Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
*May 25 - Limaland Motorsports Park (Lima, OH)
*May 26 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (Waynesfield, OH)
*May 27 - Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
June 1 - Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
June 2 - Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
June 16 - Plymouth Speedway (Plymouth, IN)
June 29 - Mt. Pleasant Speedway (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
June 30 - Merritt Raceway (Lake City, MI)
*July 3 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (Waynesfield, OH)
July 7 - Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
July 20 - Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
*July 21 - Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
August 3 - Tri-City Speedway (Auburn, MI)
August 4 - TBA
August 18 - Plymouth Speedway (Plymouth, IN)
August 24 - Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
August 25 - Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
August 31 - Winston Speedway (Rothbury, MI)
September 1 - Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
September 7 - Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
September 13 - Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September 14 - Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September 15 - Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September 28 - Mid-Michigan Raceway Park (Palo, MI)
October 6 - TBA
*Races held in conjunction with NRA
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Feb 5 2012
Hines Finishes Off Winter Challenge with Another Win!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (February 4, 2012) – Indiana’s Tracy Hines put an exclamation point on his Winter Challenge championship by taking the $5,000 triumph in Saturday afternoon’s sixth and final round of action at Canyon Speedway Park.
The New Castle, IN, shoe captured his third win in six rounds of Winter Challenge competition from the front row in Saturday’s 30-lapper atop the 3/8-mile clay oval, taking the title by 43 points with a handful of top-fives over the course of the nine-day event.
Hines took Saturday’s checkered flag in front of pole starter Bud Kaeding, with Rick Ziehl filling out the podium by claiming the show position. Brent Kaeding climbed from 12th to fourth, with Jon Stanbrough rounding out the top five.
R.J. Johnson claimed sixth, ranking as the only driver to finish among the top ten in all six Winter Challenge feature events pitting the ASCS Canyon Region versus the USAC West Coast Series, with Charles Davis, Jr., Stevie Sussex, Casey Shuman and Mike Martin completing the top ten.
Ziehl, Zach Sawyers, Johnson and Shuman claimed heat race wins over the 35-car field, with Mike Martin and Shane Cottle winning the “B” Mains.
Winter Challenge Round Six Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 4. 23-Colby Copeland, 5. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 6. 55-Tony Everhart, 7. 51-Cody Cambensy, 8. 53-Tom Lee, 9. 17k-Kyle Danielson.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 16-Mike Martin, 4. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 5. 20-Shon Deskins, 6. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 7. 9x-Ryan Linder, 8. 27h-Jeremy Huebner, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 4. 1-Stevie Sussex, 5. 7k-Bruce St. James, 6. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 7. 58-Cole Peard, 8. 6-Ronnie Clark, 9. 62-Johnny Herrera.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 97-Casey Shuman, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 5x-Shane Cottle, 6. 9s-John Shelton, 7. 18-Ron Shuman, 8. 6jt-Michael Curtis.
First “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 23-Colby Copeland, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 7k-Bruce St. James, 5. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 6. 58-Cole Peard, 7. 51-Cody Cambensy, 8. 9s-John Shelton, 9. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 10. 53-Tom Lee, 11. 27h-Jeremy Huebner, 12. 32b-Brian Hosford.
Second “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5x-Shane Cottle, 2. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 3. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 4. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 9x-Ryan Linder, 7. 62-Johnny Herrera, 8. 18-Ron Shuman, 9. 55-Tony Everhart, 10. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 11. 6-Ronnie Clark.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 4. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 5. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 6. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 7. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 8. 1-Stevie Sussex, 9. 97-Casey Shuman, 10. 16-Mike Martin, 11. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 12. 5x-Shane Cottle, 13. 23-Colby Copeland, 14. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 15. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 16. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 17. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 18. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 19. 20-Shon Deskins, 20. 18-Ron Shuman, 21. 7k-Bruce St. James, 22. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 23. 12-Josh Pelkey.
Final Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten – Through Round Six of Six): 1. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 842, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 799, 3. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 770, 4. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 766, 5. Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 696, 6. Jon Stanbrough (Avon, IN) 688, 7. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 678, 8. Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ) 666, 9. Rick Ziehl (Las Cruces, NM) 634, 10. Thomas Ogle (Surprise, AZ) 618
Feb 4 2012
Hines Takes Winter Challenge Round Five at CSP!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (February 3, 2012) – Tracy Hines parked his non-wing Sprint Car in victory lane for the second time in five rounds of Winter Challenge action by topping Friday night’s 30-lap feature event pitting the ASCS Canyon Region forces versus the USAC West Coast Series at Canyon Speedway Park on Friday night.
The New Castle, IN, native extended his Winter Challenge points lead to 12 markers over Arizona’s Charles Davis, Jr., who finished second on Friday night after capturing his second series win two nights earlier.
Hines $2,000 triumph on Friday night came from the front row outside with Davis, Jr., pole starter Shane Cottle, R.J. Johnson and Jeremy Sherman rounding out the top five. Bud Kaeding was sixth in front of Mike Martin and Jon Stanbrough, while Brent Kaeding was ninth in his first Winter Challenge start ahead of tenth-place finisher Bob Ream, Jr.
Martin, Davis, Jr., Brent Kaeding and Cottle won Friday night’s heat races, with Ream, Jr., victorious in the “B” Main.
A winner’s share of $5,000 is up for grabs as the sixth and final round of Canyon Speedway Park’s Winter Challenge goes green on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Challenge Round Five Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 9x-Ryan Linder, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 58-Cole Peard, 7. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 8. 18-Ron Shuman.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 51-Cody Cambensey, 4. 23-Colby Copepand, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 55-Tony Everhart, 7. 53-Tom Lee.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 4. 7k-Bruce St. James, 5. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 6. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 7. 20z-Rick Ziehl.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5x-Shane Cottle, 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 6-Ronnie Clark, 4. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 97-Casey Shuman, 7. 62-Johnny Herrera.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 2. 97-Casey Shuman, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 62-Johnny Herrera, 5. 55-Tony Everhart, 6. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 9. 18-Ron Shuman, 10. 58-Cole Peard, 11. 53-Tom Lee, 12. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 13. 20z-Rick Ziehl.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 5x-Shane Cottle, 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 29-Bud Kaeding, 7. 16-Mike Martin, 8. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 9. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 10. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 11. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 12. 97-Casey Shuman, 13. 55-Tony Everhart, 14. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 15. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 16. 62-Johnny Herrera, 17. 7k-Bruce St. James, 18. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 19. 6-Ronnie Clark, 20. 9x-Ryan Linder, 21. 51-Cody Cambensy, 22. 23-Colby Copeland.
Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten – Through Round Five of Six): 1. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 692, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 680, 3. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 648, 4. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 624, 5. Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 588, 6. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 565, 7. Jon Stanbrough (Avon, IN) 563, 8. Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ) 556, 9. Thomas Ogle (Surprise, AZ) 529, 10. Bruce St. James (Phoenix, AZ) 518.
Remaining Winter Challenge Schedule at Canyon Speedway Park:
Round Six – Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ($5,000 to win)
Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223 or check www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.
Feb 3 2012
Davis Back in Winter Challenge Victory Lane at CSP!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (February 1, 2012) – Charles Davis, Jr., evened the score in the win column for the ASCS Canyon Region forces versus their foes from the USAC West Coast Series as the Winter Challenge resumed with round four of six at Canyon Speedway Park on Wednesday night.
The two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion picked off his second win in four nights of Winter Challenge competition aboard the Massey Motorsports No. 50 entry after USAC shoes Jon Stanbrough and Tracy Hines topped rounds three and four, respectively.
Davis, Jr., led from his pole position throughout in the $2,000-to-win affair before surviving a last-lap caution that set up a green-white-checkered dash to the stripe, fending off Hines to secure the win. R.J. Johnson claimed the final step on the podium in the show position after starting eighth.
Bob Ream, Jr., was fourth, with Stevie Sussex rounding out the top five. Jon Stanbrough was sixth, with Shane Cottle, Casey Shuman, Mike Martin and Shon Deskins completing the top ten.
Stanbrough, Johnson and Davis, Jr., won Wednesday night’s heat races, with Rick Ziehl victorious in the “B” Main.
With Hines just four points ahead of Davis, Jr., in Winter Challenge points, action resumes with Round Five on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then the $5,000-to-win Sixth and Final Round on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Challenge Round Four Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 2. 1-Stevie Sussex, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 6. 23-Colby Copeland, 7. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 8. 9s-John Shelton, 9. 51-Cody Cambensy.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 5. 62-Chris Bonneau, 6. 6-Ronnie Clark, 7. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 8. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 3. 7k-Bruce St. James, 4. 97-Casey Shuman, 5. 5x-Shane Cottle, 6. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 7. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 8. 53-Tom Lee.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 62-Chris Bonneau, 3. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 4. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 9s-John Shelton, 7. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 8. 53-Tom Lee, 9. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 10. 51-Cody Cambensy.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 5. 1-Stevie Sussex, 6. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 7. 5x-Shane Cottle, 8. 97-Casey Shuman, 9. 16-Mike Martin, 10. 20-Shon Deskins, 11. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 12. 29-Bud Kaeding, 13. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 14. 23-Colby Copeland, 15. 62-Chris Bonneau, 16. 32b-Brian Hosford, 17. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 18. 7k-Bruce St. James, 19. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 20. 9s-John Shelton, 21. 6-Ronnie Clark, 22. 20z-Rick Ziehl.
Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten – Through Round Four of Six): 1. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 542, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 538, 3. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 518, 4. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 502, 5. Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 463, 6. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 459, 7. Jon Stanbrough (Avon, IN) 447, 8. Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ) 437, 9. Rick Ziehl (Las Cruces, NM) 434, 10. Colby Copeland (Roseville, CA) 425.
Remaining Winter Challenge Schedule at Canyon Speedway Park:
Round Five – Friday, February 3 @ 7:00 p.m. ($2,000 to win)
Round Six – Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ($5,000 to win)
Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223 or check www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.
Feb 1 2012
ASCS Warrior Scheduled Released
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 31, 2012) – The 2012 schedule of events for the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region has been released as the Missouri-based Regional tour gears up for its second year of action under the American Sprint Car Series banner.
The ASCS Warrior Region is currently slated for 24 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout the Missouri area with several other dates yet to be determined.
Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO, near Kansas City will bookend the tour, hosting the series season opener on April 13 and the season finale on October 19.
Other tracks already set to host the ASCS Warrior Region in 2012 include U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO), LA Raceway (La Monte, MO), Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO), Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO), Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS), Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO), Double X Speedway (California, MO) and the historic Missouri State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO).
Along the way, the ASCS Warriors will mix it up with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series on a handful of occasions while also tangling with the Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region on three additional occasions at U.S. 36 and the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region once at Springfield.
2012 Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Schedule
April 13 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
April 14 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
May 5 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*May 23 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
May 26 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
May 27 – Double X Speedway (California, MO)
June 15 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
June 16 – L.A. Raceway (La Monte, MO)
*June 23 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*July 3 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO)
July 13 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
July 21 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
July 22 – Double X Speedway (California, MO)
August 17 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)
August 18 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)
August 19 – Missouri State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO)
August 31 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
September 1 – Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO)
September 2 – Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO)
September 7 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
*September 28 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*September 29 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
October 6 – Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO) vs. Sooner Region
October 19 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
* - Indicates events held in conjunction with Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Jan 30 2012
Hines Takes Winter Challenge Round Three at CSP!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (January 29, 2012) – Tracy Hines became the third different winner in as many rounds of Winter Challenge action at Canyon Speedway Park by taking the $3,000 triumph in Sunday afternoon’s 30-lap feature event pitting the ASCS Canyon Region versus the USAC West Coast Series.
After leading much of the way in Saturday’s feature only to surrender the point in the closing circuits, there was no stopping the reigning Western World champion in Sunday’s main event after he took the lead away from Rick Ziehl on the 18th circuit.
While Hines started from the pole position, it was outside front row starter and Friday night winner Charles Davis, Jr., pacing the early circuits in front of fourth-starter Ziehl and Hines.
As traffic came into play on the 3/8-mile clay oval, Ziehl slid past Davis, Jr., for the lead on the 11th round with Hines following suit soon after. Hines worked traffic precisely over the next several rounds and took the lead from Ziehl with 13 circuits remaining.
With clear track in front of him after a caution with just six laps to go, the New Castle, IN, native raced on to the checkered flag in front of Ziehl, with R.J. Johnson, Davis, Jr., and Jeremy Sherman rounding out the top five.
Andrew Reinbold advanced ten positions by racing from 16th to sixth, while Bud Kaeding charged from 19th to seventh. Bruce St. James was eighth, with Mike Martin and Jon Stanbrough completing the top ten.
Hines, Johnson and Davis, Jr., won Sunday’s heat races.
Canyon Speedway Park’s Winter Challenge resumes with Round Four on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., followed by Round Five on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then the $5,000-to-win Sixth and Final Round on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Challenge Round Three Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 62-Johnny Herrera, 6. 36d-Dave Darland, 7. 29-Bud Kaeding, 8. 1-Stevie Sussex, 9. 23-Colby Copeland.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 3. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 5. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 8. 9x-Ryan Linder.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 97-Casey Shuman, 3. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 4. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 7. 53-Tom Lee, 8. 21x-Jon Stanbrough.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 7. 29-Bud Kaeding, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James, 9. 16-Mike Martin, 10. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 11. 97-Casey Shuman, 12. 23-Colby Copeland, 13. 62-Johnny Herrera, 14. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 15. 36d-Dave Darland, 16. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 17. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 18. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 19. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 20. 53-Tom Lee, 21. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 22. 6jt-Michael Curtis. DNS: 32b-Brian Hosford, 1-Stevie Sussex, 9x-Ryan Linder.
Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten): 1. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 400, 2. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 396, 3. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 388, 4. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 383, 5. (tie) Dave Darland (Lincoln, IN) and Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 355, 7. Rick Ziehl (Las Cruces, NM) 346, 8. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 343, 9. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 336, 10. Bruce St. James (Phoenix, AZ) 328.
Remaining Winter Challenge Schedule at Canyon Speedway Park:
Round Four – Wednesday, February 1 @ 7:00 p.m. ($2,000 to win)
Round Five – Friday, February 3 @ 7:00 p.m. ($2,000 to win)
Round Six – Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ($5,000 to win)
Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223 or check www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.
Jan 29 2012
“Chargin’” Charles Takes Winter Challenge Opener at CSP!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (January 27, 2012) – Charles Davis, Jr., kicked off a full complement of six racing events over nine days by winning Friday night’s 30-lap Winter Challenge opener at Canyon Speedway Park.
A two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion, Davis, Jr., of Buckeye, AZ, took the lead away from California shoe Bud Kaeding in the early going and went on to claim the $2,000 winner’s share in the event pitting the ASCS Canyon Regional forces versus the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series.
After starting third in the familiar Massey Motorsports No. 50 entry, Davis took the lead away from pole starter Kaeding after several laps and then kept eighth-starter R.J. Johnson at bay much of the way.
Davis, Jr., took the checkered flag ahead of Kaeding, who slipped back around Johnson for runner-up honors in the final laps. Johnson settled for the show position, with 14th-starter Jeremy Sherman in fourth and Dave Darland rounding out the top five in Parker Store-sponsored entry sporting the throwback Darland number of 36d.
Thomas Ogle was sixth and Casey Shuman climbed a half-dozen positions to seventh with Shon Deskins, Mike Martin and Johnny Herrera completing the top ten.
Davis, Jr., Martin and Johnson topped Friday night’s heat race action, with Tracy Hines winning the 10-lap “B” Main before finishing one spot outside the top ten in the main event.
Winter Challenge Round One Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 17-Mike Colegrove, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 7. 4-Tracy Hines, 8. 9-Brandon Lane. DNS: 19-Andrew Reinbold.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 36d-Dave Darland, 4. 97-Casey Shuman, 5. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 9x-Ryan Linder, 8. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 9. 12-Josh Pelkey.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 62-Johnny Herrera, 5. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 6. 7k-Bruce St. James, 7. 23-Colby Copeland, 8. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 9. 6jt-Michael Curtis.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 9x-Ryan Linder, 4. 23-Colby Copeland, 5. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 6. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 7. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 8. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 9. 9-Brandon Lane, 10. 12-Josh Pelkey. DNS: 19-Andrew Reinbold.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 5. 36d-Dave Darland, 6. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 7. 97-Casey Shuman, 8. 20-Shon Deskins, 9. 16-Mike Martin, 10. 62-Johnny Herrera, 11. 4-Tracy Hines, 12. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 13. 17-Mike Colegrove, 14. 7k-Bruce St. James, 15. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 16. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 17. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 18. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 19. 23-Colby Copeland, 20. 32b-Brian Hosford, 21. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 22. 9x-Ryan Linder.
Stanbrough Rebounds for Winter Challenge Round Two Honors!
Jon Stanbrough drove the SDR No. 21x to victory lane in Saturday's Winter Challenge event at Peoria, Arizona's Canyon Speedway Park, the second leg of six events over the course of nine days atop the 3/8-mile clay oval. (Terry Shaw photo)
While fellow Hoosier State shoe Tracy Hines led most of the way in the event pitting the ASCS Canyon Region versus the USAC West Coast Series, Stanbrough made a late move in Saturday afternoon’s 30-lapper to take the $2,000 winner’s cut in the Shon Deskins Racing No. 21x entry.
Stanbrough, who missed the feature cut in the first of six rounds of Winter Challenge action on Friday, chased front row outside starter Hines from the third starting position on Saturday for much of the way before charging into the lead in the final handful of laps to snare the win.
Stanbrough and Hines were chased to the stripe by Bud Kaeding, who claimed a podium finishing position for the second time in as many Winter Challenge races. Dave Darland advance from 10th to fourth, with Colby Copeland rounding out the top five.
Johnny Herrera raced from 18th to sixth, with Josh Pelkey, Casey Shuman, pole starter R.J. Johnson and Bruce St. James completing the top ten.
After winning Friday night’s Winter Challenge opener, Charles Davis, Jr., finished just outside the top ten on Saturday in eleventh.
Rick Ziehl, Hines and Davis, Jr., topped Saturday’s heat race action, with Jeremy Sherman winning the “B” Main.
Canyon Speedway Park’s Winter Challenge resumes with Round Three’s green flag flying at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, with a $3,000 winner’s share up for grabs. Action then continues with the final three rounds on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then Saturday’s (February 4) $5,000-to-win finale at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Challenge Round Two Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 4. 97-Casey Shuman, 5. 29-Bud Kaeding, 6. 8s-Bryan Swinehart, 7. 62-Johnny Herrera, 8. 16-Mike Martin, 9. 17k-Kyle Danielson.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 23-Colby Copeland, 3. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 36d-Dave Darland, 6. 12-Josh Pelkey, 7. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 8. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 3. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 4. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 7. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 8. 9s-John Shelton, 9. 1-Stevie Sussex.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 62-Johnny Herrera, 3. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 1-Stevie Sussex, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 8s-Bryan Swinehart, 9. 9s-John Shelton, 10. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 11. 6jt-Michael Curtis.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 36d-Dave Darland, 5. 23-Colby Copeland, 6. 62-Johnny Herrera, 7. 12-Josh Pelkey, 8. 97-Casey Shuman, 9. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 10. 7k-Bruce St. James, 11. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 12. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 13. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 14. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 15. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 16. 16-Mike Martin, 17. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 18. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 19. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 20. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 21. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 22. 1-Stevie Sussex.
Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten): 1. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 277, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 258, 3. Dave Darland (Lincoln, IN) 255, 4. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 250, 5. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 248, 6. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 235, 7. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 232, 8. Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 230, 9. Thomas Ogle (Surprise, AZ) 228, 10. Colby Copeland (Roseville, CA) 217.
Remaining Winter Challenge Schedule at Canyon Speedway Park:
Round Three – Sunday, January 29 @ 1:00 p.m. ($3,000 to win)
Round Four – Wednesday, February 1 @ 7:00 p.m. ($2,000 to win)
Round Five – Friday, February 3 @ 7:00 p.m. ($2,000 to win)
Round Six – Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ($5,000 to win)
Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223 or check www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.
Jan 27 2012
ASCS Sooner Scheduled is Revealed
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2012) – The 2012 schedule for the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region has been released as the series gears up for its twelfth year of intense competition throughout Oklahoma and neighboring territories.
Currently, the 2012 slate of ASCS Sooner events consists of 17 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout the Sooner State and neighboring portions of Texas, Kansas and Missouri.
The 2012 ASCS Sooner season will kick off Saturday night, April 28, at Lawton Speedway. It will mark the first of four Sooner stops at Lawton, including a Red River Shootout tilt versus the Oil Medics Lone Star Region in July.
The Sooner forces will square off with the Lone Star shoes on three other occasions including twice at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway near Dallas and once at Cowtown Speedway near Fort Worth.
Creek County Speedway will host the series four times as well, with a May 11 card followed up by events on June 29, July 27 and August 17.
The June 29 stop at Creek County will precede a return to Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, KS, the first Caney stop for the Sooner Region since 2003.
Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK, will also host the ASCS Sooner Region on September 22, with Muskogee’s Thunderbird Speedway on tap for October 5. The following night, October 6, the ASCS Sooner Region will put the wraps on the 2012 season by taking on the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region at Missouri’s Springfield Raceway.
Joe Wood, Jr., is the reigning American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region champion after earning his second series title in three years during the 2011 campaign.
2012 American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Schedule
April 28 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
May 11 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
May 19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. Lone Star Region
May 26 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
June 2 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. Lone Star Region
*June 22 – Salina Highbanks Speedway (Salina, OK)
June 29 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
June 30 – Caney Valley Speedway (Caney, KS)
July 21 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX) – vs. Lone Star Region
July 27 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
July 28 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – vs. Lone Star Region
*August 17 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
*August 18 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
*August 24 – Salina Highbanks Speedway (Salina, OK)
September 22 – Mid-America Speedway (S. Coffeyville, OK)
October 5 – Thunderbird Speedway (Muskogee, OK)
October 6 – Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO) – vs. Warrior Region
* - Indicates events held in conjunction with Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
ASCS Lone Star Slate Announced
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2012) – The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region will once again bring the best of Sprint Car racing to North Texas and beyond as the 2012 series schedule has been revealed.
The 2012 ASCS Lone Star slate currently consists of 15 nights of competition at seven different tracks.
The ASCS Lone Star Region will open the 2012 season on April 7 with its lone scheduled appearance of the year at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, TX.
From there, action shifts to the famed Devil’s Bowl Speedway near Dallas in Mesquite, TX, on April 14. It marks the first of seven Lone Star nights atop the hallowed Devil’s Bowl clay, including two nights in conjunction with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series at the Summer Nationals, two nights versus the ASCS Sooner Region and one August night in tandem with the ASCS Gulf South Region after squaring off the previous evening at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
In addition to squaring off with the ASCS Sooner Region twice at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the Lone Star forces will also take on their foes from the north at Cowtown Speedway on July 21 and then Lawton Speedway one week later.
Prior to that Lone Star vs. Sooner tilt in July, Cowtown Speedway will welcome the ASCS Lone Star Region on May 5 and then will host the series scheduled season finale on a date to be determined in September.
Along the way, the series will also make annual stops at Boyd Raceway and Abilene Speedway on the second weekend of June.
Oklahoma’s Matt Covington is the reigning Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region champion after besting his Texas foes for title bragging rights in 2011.
2012 Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region Schedule
April 7 – Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
April 14 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
May 5 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
May 19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. Sooner Region
June 2 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. Sooner Region
June 8 – Boyd Raceway (Boyd, TX)
June 9 – Abilene Speedway (Abilene, TX)
*June 15 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
*June 16 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
July 7 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
July 21 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX) – vs. Sooner Region
July 28 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – vs. Sooner Region
August 24 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX) – vs. Gulf South Region
August 25 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. Gulf South Region
September TBA – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
* - Indicates events held in conjunction with Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Jan 18 2012
ASCS GULF SOUTH Region Schedule released
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 17, 2012) – The 2012 schedule of events for the Griffith Truck & Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region has been released, as the series gears up for its 11th year of competition throughout the southern portion of Texas and into Louisiana.
The current slate of events includes 24 nights of action at eight different tracks, with an additional four dates to be determined.
The ASCS Gulf South Region kicks off the 2012 campaign on March 16 with the first of six scheduled events at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park, with the Fifth Annual Gulf Coast Nationals the following night at Baytown’s Royal Purple Raceway.
In addition to Golden Triangle and Royal Purple Raceway, other familiar tracks returning to the ASCS Gulf South slate in 2012 include Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Willis’ Gator Motorplex, Highlands’ Battleground Speedway, Edna’s Texana Raceway Park Chatham, Louisiana’s Jones Motor Speedway. A new addition to the ASCS Gulf South schedule in 2012 is Killeen’s Texas Thunder Speedway.
Along the way, the ASCS Gulf South forces will mix it up with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series on April 13-14 at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park and Battleground Speedway.
The 2012 ASCS Gulf South season finale will be at Royal Purple Raceway on October 6.
Ray Allen Kulhanek is the reigning ASCS Gulf South champion, outlasting Tommy Bryant and George White for his second consecutive series title in 2011 and third of his career.
2012 ASCS Gulf South Region Schedule
March 16 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX) - $3,000 to win
March 17 – Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win Gulf Coast Nationals
March 30 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX) - $3,000 to win
March 31 – Gator Motorplex (Willis, TX)
* April 13 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX) - $4,000 to win
* April 14 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX) - $4,000 to win
April 27 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
April 28 – Texas Thunder Speedway (Killeen, TX)
May 11 – TBA
May 12 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX) - $3,000 to win
May 25 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
May 26 – Gator Motorplex (Willis, TX)
May 27 – Texana Raceway Park (Edna, TX)
June 22 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
June 23 – Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
July 6 – Jones Motor Speedway (Chatham, LA)
July 7 – Jones Motor Speedway (Chatham, LA)
July 20 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
July 21 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX) - $3,000 to win
August 10 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
August 11 – Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
August 17 – TBA
August 18 – TBA
August 31 – TBA
September 1 – Gator Motorplex (Willis, TX)
September 2 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
September 22 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX) - $3,000 to win
October 6 – Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
• Indicates events held in conjunction with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP
Mike Strevel, TULSA, Okla. (January 17, 2012) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series is excited to announce that again in 2012 Engine Pro has signed on as the series title sponsor with ARP again on board as presenting sponsor. ASCS SOD is proud to have these great supporters for its 33rd season.
Series Director Mike Strevel was quoted, “It is wonderful to have such great supporters of the Sprints on Dirt such as Engine Pro and ARP. This great relationship started years ago and continues to grow, this shows that SOD remains attractive to sponsors, racetracks and race teams such as the many that are currently involved with one of the longest running series in the Great Lakes area.”
“We are excited to once again be affiliated with the Sprints on Dirt Series. This series is full of action packed racing and all-around good people so it's very easy to be a partner with them at the grass roots level of racing. The Sprints on Dirt Series has also become a valuable marketing partner by promoting the Engine Pro name along with the products that are now manufactured by Engine Pro and sold under the Engine Pro label. We look forward to a season of fun and exciting racing in 2012,” stated Scott Overlund, Sales & Marketing Manager of Engine Pro in Grand Rapids, MI.
The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series sanctions winged Sprint Car races at speedways throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is excited to announce two new additions to the level of support that Engine Pro of Grand Rapids already provides. The first is an exciting Engine Pro Lucky Dog program that will award a driver an additional cash award amount of at least $100 per feature race. A random finishing position will be drawn by the feature race winner and that driver will be awarded the $100 prize if he has decided to participate in the Lucky Dog program and has placed the large Engine Pro decal on their nose wing. If the position drawn does not have the decal the amount will roll over to the next race and increase to $200. This will continue over the course of the season for all SOD sanctioned events. If someone wins the prize it will start again at $100 and this will be an exciting promotion for the entire 2012 season.
The second promotion is the July 21, 2012 Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP event scheduled for Crystal Motor Speedway. Crystal is the only track to host the series for every year of the 33 year history of the group and to celebrate this occasion the track will host a 33 lap feature event paying $2,033 to win and $300 to start the feature. Also the National Racing Alliance (NRA) series from Ohio has agreed to co-sanction the event and will add to what is expected to be an incredible night of 360 winged sprint car racing. The SOD/NRA challenge race will mark the return of the NRA to the Wolverine state after several years’ absence.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Dec 14 2011
Lucas Oil ASCS Announces Ambitious Preliminary 2012 National Schedule!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 6, 2011) – Following on the heels of the closest championship battle in the series’ 20-year history, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series unveiled an ambitious preliminary schedule for the 2012 season from the series office today.
The preliminary slate of events includes 63 nights of competition at 36 different tracks throughout 16 different states with one additional night to be announced. It marks the most ambitious slate of ASCS National events under the Lucas Oil banner after 34 nights of competition in 2011, 35 in 2010 and 29 in 2009.
While there will be 11 new venues in 2012, including Texas Motor Speedway, the series will also return to another nine tracks after extended absences.
The increased volume of race dates is largely a result of a revised purse structure that now finds single-night weekend events and the final night of two-night shows at $4,000 to win and $400 to start. A 30% decrease in the one-night purse and 21% decrease in the two-night total is greatly outweighed by a notable increase from 22 nights of competition to 55 nights of action outside of the traditional ASCS Knoxville Nationals, Short Track Nationals and Western World Championships events.
A flat amount of $500 tow money per night for each team among the top ten in points will also prove beneficial for full-time teams pursuing the $60,000 championship share.
The purse revisions, which also included cuts in sanction fees to the series, resulted from extensive meetings between ASCS officials and member teams over the course of the summer in efforts to continue to successfully grow the series.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will kick off the 2012 campaign on new ground with a March 2-3 double at Peoria, Arizona’s Canyon Speedway Park. The following weekend, the series moves on to Yuma, Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway on March 9-10 before shifting to familiar ground with the 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals in Mesquite, TX, on March 23-24.
Canyon Speedway Park and Cocopah mark the first pair of new venues for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars in 2012, with other new stops including Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX), Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO), Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA), Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT), Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR), Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA), Santa Maria Speedway (Santa Maria, CA), Salina Speedway (Salina, KS) and Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, TX).
Another nine tracks return to the ASCS National slate for the first time since at least 2005 including Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL – 1997), Black Hills Speedway (Rapid City, SD – 1998), Salina Highbanks (Salina, OK – 2001), Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX – 2002), Diamond Park Speedway (Murfreesboro, AR – 2003), I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE – 2005), Jones Motor Speedway (Chatham, LA – 2005), U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO – 2005) and Dodge City Raceway Park (Dodge City, KS – 2005).
Returning to the Lucas Oil ASCS National slate after a two-year hiatus will be the popular ASCS Speedweek. After the Devil’s Bowl Summer Nationals on June 15-16, Speedweek will follow at Louisiana’s Jones Motor Speedway (June 18), Arkansas’ Diamond Park Speedway (June 19), Oklahoma’s Lawton Speedway and Salina Highbanks (June 20 and 22) and then conclude at Missouri’s Lucas Oil Speedway (June 24).
A similar Speedweek is scheduled to follow after Knoxville festivities in August beginning at Illinois’ Peoria Speedway on Monday, August 13, with another Illinois event to be determined the following night. The August Speedweek will shift to Kansas’ Salina Speedway (August 16) before wrapping up in Oklahoma at Creek County Speedway and Lawton Speedway (August 17 and 18).
While there will be plenty of new stops along the way, many of the familiar ones remain as well including the Devil’s Bowl Spring and Winter Nationals, Riverside International Speedway’s Rock ‘N Roll 50 in April, Eagle Raceway’s Eagle Nationals in June, Northwest stops at Grays Harbor Raceway and Cottage Grove in July, the ASCS Knoxville Nationals in August, September’s Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway, I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals and the November season-enders at Las Cruces Southern New Mexico Speedway and then USA Raceway’s Western World Championships.
Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart is the reigning Lucas Oil ASCS National driver’s champion after nipping Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera by just one point for the 2011 championship. While Stewart secured his second driver’s title in three years, Jason Johnson’s JJR No. 41 team took top honors in owner points for the second year in a row.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters 2012 Schedule:
March 2-3 Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
March 9-10 Cocopah Speedway (Yuma, AZ)
March 23-24 Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals
April 13 Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
April 14 Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX)
April 27 Salina Highbanks (Salina, OK)
April 28 Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, AR) – Rock ‘N Roll 50
May 11-12 I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
May 23 Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
May 24 I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE)
May 26-27 Great American Dirt Track (Jetmore, KS)
June 8-9 Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – Eagle Nationals
June 15-16 Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Summer Nationals
June 18 Jones Motor Speedway (Chatham, LA) – Speedweek
June 19 Diamond Park Speedway (Murfreesboro, AR) – Speedweek
June 20 Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – Speedweek
June 22 Salina Highbanks (Salina, OK) – Speedweek
June 23 Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – Speedweek
July 3 U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO)
July 6 Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA)
July 7 I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD)
July 9 Black Hills Speedway (Rapid City, SD)
July 11 Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT)
July 13-14 Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA)
July 18 Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR)
July 20-21 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
July 25 Placerville Speedway (Placerville, CA)
July 27 Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA)
July 28 Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA)
July 29 Santa Maria Speedway (Santa Maria, CA)
August 2-4 Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA) – 22nd Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals
August 13 Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)
August 14 TBA (Illinois)
August 16 Salina Speedway (Salina, KS)
August 17 Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
August 18 Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
August 24 Salina Highbanks (Salina, OK)
August 25 I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
September 1-2 Dodge City Raceway Park (Dodge City, KS)
September 15 Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, TX)
September 28-29 Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial
October 19-20 Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals
October 25-27 I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 25th Annual Short Track Nationals
November 9-10 Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, NM)
November 15-17 USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 45th Annual Western World Championships
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Nov 21 2011
Stewart and JJR Take Top Honors at 20th Banquet!
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 20, 2011) – With the closest National championship battle in the 20-year history of American Sprint Car Series competition winding down less than 24 hours earlier, another first occurred as the series held its 20th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet presented by Brodix at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, AZ, on Sunday evening.
For the first time ever, the series recognized split driver and owner champions, as Shane Stewart took top driver honors and Jason Johnson’s JJR No. 41 team claimed owner championship honors.
With a dozen drivers and 11 owners meeting eligibility requirements, a total of $230,000 in point fund monies plus contingencies and other prizes were distributed to put the caps on the 2011 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National season.
Bixby, OK, native Stewart collected his second driver’s championship in three seasons, edging Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera by a miniscule one-point margin. The driver’s portion of the championship, a cool $30,000, could have changed hands with the difference of just one feature position at some point over the season, a position that would have been worth $15,000.
Stewart and car owner Paul Silva, who ranked second in owner points, collected a total of $45,000.
While Stewart took the driver’s title, the Jason Johnson Racing (JJR) No. 41 team took the $30,000 owner’s portion of the championship for the second year in a row. After missing the initial four events of the year due to Australian commitments, Johnson climbed back to seventh in driver points and collected the driver’s half of the $14,000 posted for seventh, bringing his points fund total to $37,000.
Falling just shy of the driver’s title, Herrera collected a total of $27,500 that included runner-up driver honors and third in owner points.
Brady Bacon and his Brady Bacon Racing team collected third in driver points and fourth in owner points, with Jeff Swindell and the Swindell Group fourth in driver points and fifth in owner points.
After opening the season with six nights aboard a Donnie Cooper mount, Gary Wright finished out the year in his own equipment and was fifth in driver points and eleventh in owner points.
Tim Crawley and car owner Mike Ward were sixth on both sides of the point charts, with other honorees during the evening including Tony Bruce, Jr. (eighth in driver points and seventh in owner points), Seth Bergman and Petersen Motorsports (ninth in driver points and eighth in owner points), Aaron Reutzel and Kenny Reutzel (tenth in driver points and ninth in owner points), Zach Chappell and Randy Washburn (eleventh in driver points and tenth in owner points) and Wayne Johnson (12th in driver points).
Ten drivers received awards for Perfect Attendance including Stewart, Herrera, Bacon, Swindell, Wright, Crawley, Bergman, Bruce, Jr., Reutzel and Chappell.
Stewart’s car owner and crew chief Paul Silva picked up the Brodix Lee Maier Crew Chief of the Year award for the second time.
Returning for his second tour of Lucas Oil National Sprint Car duty after taking in the full 2009 campaign, Seth Bergman picked up a set of Brodix heads by earning Most Improved honors.
Also picking up a set of Brodix heads was Aaron Reutzel, who earned Brodix Rookie of the Year honors.
Johnny Herrera was presented with the Lowest Average Draw award, while Gary Wright picked up the Highest Average Draw award. Wright also earned the Ronald Laney Hard Charger Award by accumulating the most passing points in heat race action during the 2011 season.
Herrera, taking in his first full season of Lucas Oil National Sprint Car competition, was also presented with the Sportsmanship Award during the evening.
California’s Mason Moore was named the Newcomer of the Year.
Nov 20 2011
Schatz and Hines are Western World Champions!
Shane Stewart Claims Lucas Oil Sprint Car Championship by 1 Point!
Shane Stewart and crew closed out the 20th year of
American Sprint Car Series competition
with an ASCS National championship
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 19, 2011) – Donny Schatz and Tracy Hines reigned as champions of the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships by topping Saturday night’s season-ending feature events for the American Sprint Car Series atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.
While Schatz and Hines enjoyed their $15,000 and $5,000 triumphs, respectively, Shane Stewart escaped with his second Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National championship by the narrowest of margins. Salvaging a 14th place finish after a wild Thursday crash, Stewart claimed the driver’s championship by one scant point over sixth-place finisher Johnny Herrera.
Rick Ziehl and Jeremy Sherman also finished off ASCS Regional titles during the night, with Ziehl taking his fourth winged ASCS Southwest championship and Sherman collecting his third wingless ASCS Canyon Region crown.
A total of 104 competitors took part in the 44th Annual Western World Championships, including 61 in the winged Lucas Oil ASCS National ranks and 43 wingless ASCS Canyon Region contenders.
Herrera and Brady Bacon made the cut for both the winged and wingless feature events. Herrera, sixth in the winged feature and tenth in the wingless feature, was awarded the Rocket Hard Charger Memorial Award in memory of Jesse Hockett for best combined finish in both feature events for the second year in a row.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
Donny Schatz made it back-to-back Western World titles
Fargo, North Dakota’s Donny Schatz made it back-to-back Western World Championships by winning Saturday night’s season-ending Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National event at the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships at USA Raceway.
But, after claiming his second Western World crown in dominant fashion last year, Schatz had to work for the $15,000 score this time in a frenzied, non-stop 30-lapper atop the 3/8-mile oval. Schatz ultimately took the lead away from Sammy Swindell for keeps on the 26th round and then beat a rallying Jason Johnson to the stripe by just 1.078 seconds as Swindell slipped to third on the final round.
“It was a fun race, it’s fun any time you can race like that,” Schatz explained after his triumph aboard the Tony Stewart Racing STP/Armor All No. 15 J&J.
But, before continuing on with winning banter, Schatz posed the question that everyone else was asking, “Who ended up winning the championship? That’s what I want to know.”
The answer to that question was Shane Stewart, who collected his second Lucas Oil Sprint Car driver’s championship in three years by just one point over Johnny Herrera. Entering the night with a 21-point advantage over Herrera after a wild crash on Thursday, Stewart worked from 23rd after using a provisional to finish 14th with Herrera in sixth. A spread of 20 points separates sixth from 14th.
With the crowd focusing one eye on the lead battle and the other on the championship chase throughout, Thursday night winner Swindell led the feature field to the green flag with Friday winner Brad Sweet alongside.
Swindell, who last won the Western World in 2009, jumped into the lead at the outset and paced the early circuits in front of Sweet with fifth-starter Schatz quickly moving into third.
Traffic came into play after just six laps and was a factor throughout, with Schatz taking advantage to race by Sweet for second on the ninth round and then to take the lead from Swindell a lap later.
Schatz briefly slipped away, leaving Swindell to battle with Danny Lasoski for second as tenth-starter Jason Johnson entered the top-five mix soon after the lap ten mark.
Into the final ten laps, Swindell broke away from Lasoski, Sweet and Johnson and reeled in Schatz for the point, reclaiming the lead in the Big Game Tree Stands No. 1 on the 24th lap. But, Schatz countered by recapturing the top spot just two laps later.
“He got back by and then we were able to capitalize on lapped traffic,” Schatz commented. “It’s fun in lapped traffic, that’s what wins and loses races for ya.”
Swindell kept Schatz within reach until jumping the cushion in turns one and two on the final lap, freeing Schatz up for his second Western World title in a row.
“That’s what it’s all about is fun and sometimes we lose sight of that, it’s just fun to come out here and run and I’m glad to be a part of it,” Schatz explained in victory lane.
Putting the finishing touches on a second owner’s championship for his JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes/Mesilla Valley Transport No. 41 Maxim team, Jason Johnson charged into second on the final circuit and fell just short of the stripe.
“I could have used a 35-lap race,” Johnson commented.
Swindell settled for the show position, with Lasoski fourth in Mark Burch’s Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld as just 1.999 seconds separated the top four.
Sweet fought off Herrera much of the way to round out the top five in Harold Main’s H.A.M. Construction No. 35a, with Herrera just one position away from the Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship in sixth.
Kyle Larson climbed a handful of positions to seventh, with Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 16th-starter Brian Brown and Zach Chappell completing the top ten as 22 of the 24 starters took the checkered flag in the 30-lapper that took just over eight minutes (8:09.552).
After trying to race his way into the feature with a runner-up finish in “C” Main action and then falling short with a sixth-place run in “B” Main action, Stewart worked forward just far enough from his 12th row starting position to capture the Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship by the narrowest of possible margins in the 20th year of ASCS competition.
“Having a 100-something point lead come down to one point in the last four races is pretty wild,” Stewart commented. “I’m numb right now; I’m still shocked that we won the darn thing. I knew every car that I passed tonight was going to be valuable, I can’t be happy enough.”
After Trey Starks and Jack Dover kicked off the evening by winning the “C” Mains, Roger Crockett and Calvin Landis topped “B” Main action. Colt Treharn flipped in turns one and two in the second “C” Main, with the same pair of corners snagging Matt Covington, Justyn Cox, Mason Moore and Starks in the first “B” Main.
ASCS Canyon Region (Wingless)
Tracy Hines snared his first Western World Championships title
Tracy Hines collected his first Western World title by emerging from a spirited duel with two-time and defending event champion Brady Bacon in Saturday night’s 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championship finale at USA Raceway.
After swapping the lead in the latter stages, Hines took full advantage of a lap 22 caution to put the finishing touches on his second Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region win in as many nights, this one worth $5,000.
“Lapped traffic caused him (Brady) to get me and then me to get it back, so it all washed out,” Hines explained in victory lane.
After winning Friday night’s preliminary feature, Hines outgunned pole starter Jerry Coons, Jr., for the point at the drop of the green flag and opened up a half straightaway advantage in the opening handful of laps as fourth-starter Bacon put the heat on Coons, Jr., for second.
Hines reached the tail of the field on the ninth lap but then found clear track again when the caution flew after ten laps for Jimmy Crawford, who got into the turn one wall.
With Hines continuing to lead the way on the restart, Bacon battled past Coons, Jr., for second on the 12th round and began reeling in the leader. Bacon got within striking distance of Hines on the 17th circuit, just one lap before traffic came into play.
Bacon put the traffic to good use, sliding into and past Hines in turn four on the 20th round. Hines battled right back though, recapturing the point on the 22nd round. Bacon countered to reclaim the lead on the next circuit, only to have the move negated when the caution flew for Charles Davis, Jr., who came to a stop in turn two after running sixth.
“We were battling back and forth with Tracy there, we just caught a caution on a lap that we didn’t need one,” Bacon explained after falling just short in his bid for a third consecutive Western World title in the wingless ranks. “If that caution hadn’t come out, we would have been back in the lead and probably would have stayed there.”
With Hines sticking to the high side on the ensuing restart, Bacon tried the bottom portion of turns three and four on the restart and surrendered second to Bud Kaeding. Kaeding tried to mount a charge, but a couple of bobbles opened the door for Bacon to reclaim the runner-up position in the final corner as Hines took the checkered flag with a 1.668 second advantage.
Kaeding settled for the show position, explaining that, “We didn’t come here to get second, we were pushing it pretty hard to get up on Tracy there and made a few mistakes that let Tracy get away and then let Brady get by.”
Coons, Jr., crossed the stripe fourth, with Casey Shuman rounding out the top five. Levi Jones was sixth, with Robert Ballou, R.J. Johnson, ASCS Canyon Region champion Jeremy Sherman and Johnny Herrera completing the top ten.
Joshua Hodges and Josh Pelkey topped the night’s wingless “B” Main events.
44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships
Saturday Night Championship Finale Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars):
“C” Mains (Top 4 from Each Advance to “B” Mains):
First “C” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 55-Trey Starks, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 4. 15g-Bud Goodwin, 5. 3c-Cody Lamar, 6. 11T-Steve Lohn, 7. 57x-Steve Stone, 8. 78-Jody Williams. DNS: 57s-Joey Saldana, 2-Dustin Morgan, 44k-Koty McGullam.
Second “C” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 9r-Reece Goetz, 4. 90-Lance Norick, 5. 5m-Kyle McCutcheon, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 15c-Joey Chester, 8. 2p-Alex Pettas, 9. 77c-Colt Treharn. DNS: 17m-Josh Baughman.
“B” Mains (Top 3 from Each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 6. 57-Shane Stewart, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 9. 41w-Joshua Williams, 10. 15g-Bud Goodwin, 11. 55-Trey Starks, 12. 5-Koby Barksdale, 13. 5h-Mason Moore, 14. 29-Justyn Cox, 15. 11c-Matt Covington. DNS: 22-Jesse Baker.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 79-Calvin Landis, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 4. 05-Brad Loyet, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 7. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 8. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 9. 8-John Carney II, 10. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 11. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 12. 48-Jake Martens, 13. 37-Matt Mitchell, 14. 9r-Reece Goetz, 15. 45k-Kolt Walker, 16. 90-Lance Norick.
Lucas Oil ASCS Western World Championship Finale:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 4. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 5. 35a-Brad Sweet, 6. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 7. 77F-Kyle Larson, 8. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 9. 21-Brian Brown, 10. 0-Zach Chappell, 11. 39c-Paul McMahan, 12. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13. 28-Jeff Swindell, 14. 57-Shane Stewart, 15. 57s-Joey Saldana, 16. 11-Roger Crockett, 17. 99-Brady Bacon, 18. 9-Gary Wright, 19. 88-Tim Crawley, 20. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 21. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 22. 2L-Logan Forler, 23. 79-Calvin Landis, 24. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 25. 2d-Bryan Dobesh.
Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-9, Donny Schatz 10-23, Swindell 24-25, Schatz 26-30.
Note: Shane Stewart and Gary Wright both utilized mid-season bonus full-point provisionals to start the main event. Joey Saldana used a promoter’s option to start the main event.
ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing Cars):
“B” Mains (Top 3 from Each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 32b-Brian Hosford, 5. 93x-Dustin Morgan, 6. 68-Bryan Swinehart, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 9-Brandon Lane, 9. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 10. 96-Carson Ditsch, 11. 20x-Shon Deskins, 12. 5-Koby Barksdale, 13. 74-Derek Williams, 14. 8sk-Tim Beal. DNS: 16s-Stevie Sussex.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 3. 78-Chris Bonneau, 4. 91-Jody Williams, 5. 93-Justin Quinn, 6. 97-Jon Stanbrough, 7. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James, 9. 16-Mike Martin, 10. 99a-James Aragon. DNS: 2-Ryan Bernal, 9x-Ryan Linder, 81-Matt Mitchell, 48T-Thomas Ogle.
ASCS Canyon Region Western World Championship Finale:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 94-Jerry Coons, Jr., 5. 21x-Casey Shuman, 6. 20-Levi Jones, 7. 1mx-Robert Ballou, 8. 51-R.J. Johnson, 9. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 10. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 11. 7-Mike Spencer, 12. 12-Josh Pelkey, 13. 6-Ronnie Clark, 14. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 15. 78-Chris Bonneau, 16. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 17. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 18. 91-Jody Williams, 19. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 20. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 21. 32b-Brian Hosford, 22. 0-Jimmy Crawford.
Lap Leaders: Tracy Hines 1-19, Brady Bacon 20-21, Hines 22-30.
Note: Brian Hosford and Jody Williams started the main event via promoter’s option, racing for money only and no additional points.
Current Points:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 3,219, 2. Johnny Herrera 3,218 3. Brady Bacon 3,055, 4. Jeff Swindell 3,026, 5. Gary Wright 2,929, 6. Tim Crawley 2,909, 7. Jason Johnson 2,879, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,863, 9. Seth Bergman 2,624, 10. Aaron Reutzel 2,600, 11. Zach Chappell 2,435, 12. Wayne Johnson 2,108, 13. Jack Dover 1,866, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,639, 15. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1,558.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 3,431, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 3,219, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 3,218, 4. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 3,055, 5. Swindell Group #28 – 3,026, 6. Mike Ward #88 – 2,909, 7. Bruce Racing #18 2,683, 8. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,624, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 2,600, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 2,435, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 2,333, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,639, 13. Sam Hafertepe #15 – 1,558, 14. Jack Dover #53 – 1,494, 15. Bill Covington #11c – 1,475.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10): 1. Rick Ziehl 2,613, 2. Calvin Landis 2,404, 3. Kyle McCutcheon 2,278, 4. Dalten Gabbard 2,242, 5. Lance Norick 2,174, 6. Joshua Williams 2,167, 7. Joshua Hodges 1,939, 8. Jordan Stetson 1,921, 9. Joey Chester 1,882, 10. John Carney II 1,725.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jeremy Sherman 2,331, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. 2,256, 3. R.J. Johnson 2,061, 4. Ronnie Clark 1,921, 5. Andrew Reinbold 1,871, 6. Josh Pelkey 1,786, 7. Mike Martin 1,746, 8. Bruce St. James 1,727, 9. Justin Quinn 1,661, 10. Ryan Linder 1,647.
Nov 19 2011
Sweet & Hines Score Friday Wins at Western World!
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 18, 2011) – A pair of drivers seeking first Western World titles reached victory lane Friday night, as Brad Sweet and Tracy Hines posted victories in the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships Kronik Energy Qualifying event atop the 3/8-mile clay oval.
Sweet assumed the point eight laps into the winged Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event and then held off Danny Lasoski over the latter stages of the 25-lapper to earn a front row outside starting position in Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win Western World Championships main event.
In the wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region portion, Hines gunned into the lead at the outset and dominated throughout to earn a front row starting berth in Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win finale. Two-time and defending wingless WWC champ Brady Bacon rallied from 13th to post runner-up honors.
A total of 104 competitors tackled the USA Raceway oval over the course of the two qualifying nights, including 61 winged Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars and 43 wingless ASCS Canyon Region campaigners.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
Brad Sweet became the 18th different Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National winner of the year
Grass Valley, CA, native Brad Sweet became the 18th different Lucas Oil Sprint Car winner of the year by pacing the final 18 rounds of Friday night’s 25-lap winged Sprint Car feature at the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships at USA Raceway.
While Sweet started the feature outside the second row, it was front row starter Joey Saldana gunning into the lead at the outset and leading Sweet and pole starter Danny Lasoski in the early rounds.
Saldana reached traffic in just five rounds, with a caution flying after seven laps when Mason Moore came to a stop in turn two.
On the ensuing restart, tenth-running Jack Dover biked it entering turn one and flipped to bring out the red flag. Entering turn three as the red flag appeared, Saldana went over another full half lap at speed as the rest of the field shut down, just checking up in time to narrowly miss Dover’s mount, that was on its side.
As the field was being realigned, Saldana failed to respond to three separate radio checks over the Raceceiver and was black flagged to prevent any further potential incident putting the safety of any driver at unnecessary peril.
Sweet assumed the point on the restart and kept Lasoski at bay, working through traffic much of the way until one final caution flew when Wayne Johnson came to a stop in turn four just five laps shy of the checkered flag .
Sweet kept Harold Main’s H.A.M. Construction No. 35a entry out front over the final handful of circuits and took the checkered flag with a 0.624-second advantage over Lasoski in Mark Burch’s Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld.
Behind the lead duo, Jeff Swindell and Zach Chappell diced for the show position throughout with Swindell taking the spot at the line in his Roush/Yates Ford-powered No. 28 Maxim. Chappell turned in his strongest run of the season in Randy Washburn’s No. 0 J&J by crossing the stripe fourth, with Jason Johnson rounding out the top five and putting the clamps on the car owner’s portion of the Lucas Oil Sprint Car title chase in the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim.
Kyle Larson raced from 15th to sixth, with 12th-starter Austen Wheatley and 14th-starter Brian Brown finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, to lock into Saturday night’s WWC finale.
J.T. Imperial missed a lock-in by one position in ninth, with ASCS Northwest champion Roger Crocket completing the top ten.
Saldana, Crockett, Wayne Johnson and Imperial topped Friday night’s heat race action, with Tony Bruce, Jr., winning the “B” Main.
ASCS Canyon Region (Wingless)
Tracy Hines wired Friday's Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event
Tracy Hines picked off his first win under the ASCS banner by wiring the field in Friday night’s 25-lap wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event at the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.
After a convincing heat race win to open the night, Hines raced into the lead from his fourth starting position on the opening lap and throughout without challenge.
Hines led front row outside starter Casey Shuman and pole starter Mike Spencer in the early rounds before the race’s only interruption occurred after five laps when Koby Barksdale flipped on the frontstretch.
Hines checked out again on the restart, with Levi Jones working past both Josh Pelkey and then Spencer to take third by the tenth round.
In the meantime, two-time and defending wingless Western World champ Brady Bacon was on the move from the 13th starting position. Bacon was already seventh by the time Barksdale flipped and then battled past Robert Ballou for sixth by the tenth round.
With Hines working through heavy traffic out front at the midway point, Bacon disposed of Pelkey and Spencer to move to fourth by the 15th round and then took third from Jones on the 19th circuit.
After putting the tenth place car a lap down, Hines found open track with five laps to go and nearly a straightaway lead over Shuman, who ultimately surrendered the runner-up spot to Bacon on the 23rd lap.
Hines reached another group of backmarkers on the final circuit but still took the checkered flag with a 2.669 second advantage over Bacon. Shuman settled for the show position, with Jones and Spencer rounding out the top five.
Ballou was sixth, with Johnny Herrera taking the seventh and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s finale. Pelkey was eighth, with Joshua Hodges and Jimmy Crawford completing the top ten.
Hines, Bryan Swinehart and Spencer won Friday night’s heat races, with Koby Barksdale sliding past Mike Martin in the final corner to win the “B” Main.
44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships
Friday’s Kronik Energy Drink Qualifying Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars):
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to “B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 57s-Joey Saldana, 2. 0-Zach Chappell, 3. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 05-Brad Loyet, 6. 3c-Cody Lamar, 7. 57x-Steve Stone, 8. 44k-Koty McGullam.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 41w-Joshua Williams, 3. 37-Matt Mitchell, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 77F-Kyle Larson, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 2-Dustin Morgan, 8. 88-Tim Crawley.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 28-Jeff Swindell, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 11c-Matt Covington, 6. 8-John Carney II, 7. 78-Jody Williams, 8. 15c-Joey Chester.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 2. 35a-Brad Sweet, 3. 5h-Mason Moore, 4. 53-Jack Dover, 5. 29-Justyn Cox, 6. 77c-Colt Treharn, 7. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 8. 5m-Kyle McCutcheon.
"B" Main (Top 6 Advance to "A" Main): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 05-Brad Loyet, 3. 37-Matt Mitchell, 4. 11c-Matt Covington, 5. 8-John Carney II, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 2-Dustin Morgan, 8. 90-Lance Norick, 9. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 10. 5m-Kyle McCutcheon, 11. 78-Jody Williams, 12. 15c-Joey Chester, 13. 3c-Cody Lamar, 14. 77c-Colt Treharn, 15. 57x-Steve Stone. DNS: 44k-Koty McGullam.
Lucas Oil ASCS Western World Friday Preliminary Feature (Top 8 Lock into Saturday’s “A” Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 35a-Brad Sweet, 2. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 3. 28-Jeff Swindell, 4. 0-Zach Chappell, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 77F-Kyle Larson, 7. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 8. 21-Brian Brown, 9. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 10. 11-Roger Crockett, 11. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 12. 88-Tim Crawley, 13. 05-Brad Loyet, 14. 29-Justyn Cox, 15. 8-John Carney II, 16. 5h-Mason Moore, 17. 37-Matt Mitchell, 18. 41w-Joshua Williams, 19. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 20. 11c-Matt Covington, 21. 53-Jack Dover, 22. 57s-Joey Saldana.
Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-7, Brad Sweet 8-25.
ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing Cars):
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 1mx-Robert Ballou, 3. 20-Levi Jones, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 20x-Shon Deskins, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 68-Bryan Swinehart, 2. 21x-Casey Shuman, 3. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 7. 2-Ryan Bernal, 8. 48T-Thomas Ogle.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 7-Mike Spencer, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 9-Brandon Lane, 5. 99a-James Aragon, 6. 8sk-Tim Beal, 7. 5-Koby Barksdale.
"B" Main (Top 4 Advance to "A" Main):
"B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5-Koby Barksdale, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 20x-Shon Deskins, 4. 2-Ryan Bernal, 5. 7k-Bruce St. James, 6. 8sk-Tim Beal. DNS: 48T-Thomas Ogle.
ASCS Canyon Region Western World Friday Preliminary Feature (Top 7 Lock into Saturday’s “A” Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 21x-Casey Shuman, 4. 20-Levi Jones, 5. 7-Mike Spencer, 6. 1mx-Robert Ballou, 7. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 8. 12-Josh Pelkey, 9. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 10. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 11. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 12. 2-Ryan Bernal, 13. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 14. 78-Chris Bonneau, 15. 68-Bryan Swinehart, 16. 16-Mike Martin, 17. 9-Brandon Lane, 18. 99a-James Aragon, 19. 20x-Shon Deskins, 20. 5-Koby Barksdale.
Lap Leaders: Tracy Hines 1-25.
Current Points:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 3,117, 2. Johnny Herrera 3,096 3. Brady Bacon 2,957, 4. Jeff Swindell 2,922, 5. Gary Wright 2,833, 6. Tim Crawley 2,815, 7. Jason Johnson 2,737, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,591, 9. Seth Bergman 2,559, 10. Aaron Reutzel 2,494, 11. Zach Chappell 2,325, 12. Wayne Johnson 2,043, 13. Jack Dover 1,801, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,589, 15. Danny Wood 1,456.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 3,289, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 3,117, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 3,096, 4. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,957, 5. Swindell Group #28 – 2,922, 6. Mike Ward #88 – 2,815, 7. Bruce Racing #18 2,591, 8. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,559, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 2,494, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 2,325, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 2,237, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,589, 13. Danny Wood #81 – 1,456, 14. Sam Hafertepe #15 – 1,442, 15. Jack Dover #53 – 1,429.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10): 1. Rick Ziehl 2,483, 2. Calvin Landis 2,254, 3. Kyle McCutcheon 2,165, 4. Dalten Gabbard 2,123, 5. Lance Norick 2,058, 6. Joshua Williams 2,042, 7. Jordan Stetson 1,811, 8. Joshua Hodges 1,804, 9. Joey Chester 1,776, 10. John Carney II 1,600.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jeremy Sherman 2,218, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. 2,164, 3. R.J. Johnson 1,945, 4. Ronnie Clark 1,817, 5. Andrew Reinbold 1,775, 6. Mike Martin 1,681, 7. Josh Pelkey 1,680, 8. Bruce St. James 1,662, 9. Ryan Linder 1,597, 10. Justin Quinn 1,596.
Nov 18 2011
Swindell & Coons Take Thursday Wins at Western World!
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 17, 2011) – Sammy Swindell and Jerry Coons, Jr., both reached victory lane in Thursday night’s Sunoco Fuels qualifying action as the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships fired off atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.
Three-time Western World champion Swindell raced into the lead on the third round en route to winning the winged 25-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National feature event, while 2007 Western World kingpin Coons, Jr., wired the field in the wingless 25-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event.
While Swindell and Coons, Jr., each earned pole starting positions for their respective $15,000 and $5,000 to win championship feature events on Saturday night, the points battle for the Lucas Oil Sprint Car crown intensified after points leader Shane Stewart flipped on the opening lap of the feature event.
Credited with a 23rd place finish after the accident, Stewart gave up 55 points to Johnny Herrera, who finished second to Swindell to close to within 21 points of Stewart in the title chase. While Herrera will now start Saturday night’s main event inside the second row, Stewart will begin the evening mired in a “C” Main.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be here to race for it,” Stewart explained afterward while icing a sore foot from the wild ride that destroyed his mount. Stewart does have a provisional at his disposal should he opt to use it on Saturday night.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
Thursday night's Lucas Oil ASCS by K&N Filters National winner Sammy Swindell
Is joined by runner-up Johnny Herrera (left) and third-place Donny Schatz (right)
Sammy Swindell kicked off his bid for a fourth Western World title and second in three years with a strong victory drive in Thursday night’s 25-lap feature at USA Raceway. The triumph marked Swindell’s third Lucas Oil Sprint Car triumph of the year and eighth of his career.
“The car was awesome, it drove pretty much wherever I wanted to go,” Swindell explained of his Parker-powered Big Game Tree Stands No. 1 machine.
While Swindell started the feature outside the second row, four separate incidents slowed the initial pair of laps before the final 23 circuits ran off in frantic non-stop fashion with Swindell eventually lapping all the way through 12th place.
After the initial start quickly went red when Shane Stewart climbed a right rear and flipped violently in the first turn, the next start was waved off as well when Kolt Walker tagged the backstretch wall and limped to a stop in turn three.
With pole starter Bryan Dobesh gunning into the lead on the third try with Swindell quickly disposing of front row outside starter Paul McMahan for second, the caution flew again after one lap when Trey Starks tested the backstretch wall as well, with Lucas Wolfe prompting one final caution a lap later with a similar wall test.
The green flag flew again on lap three and stayed out the remaining distance. And, Swindell wasted no time moving to the front, working to the low side of Dobesh in turns three and four to take command in less than a lap.
Swindell reached traffic in short order by the eighth circuit and worked diligently through traffic the rest of the way, though a couple of times along the way Swindell was forced to slow his pace to avoid incident.
“I didn’t want to throw it away, I didn’t feel any pressure from anybody so I kind of took my time there,” Swindell explained.
Albuquerque’s Herrera, making a final weekend run at the Lucas Oil Sprint Car title, got around McMahan for third by the fourth round after starting sixth and then took second away from Dobesh on the sixth circuit.
Herrera kept Swindell within sight much of the way and closed to within a few car-lengths on a couple of occasions as traffic came into play but never could close in to mount a serious challenge, with Swindell ultimately taking the checkered flag with a 2.930-second advantage.
Instead, the challenge came from behind as defending Western World champion Donny Schatz sliced through the field from his 17th starting position. Schatz was already up to sixth by the fifth round and then fourth behind Swindell, Herrera and McMahan by the tenth circuit.
Herrera disposed of McMahan for third by the 15th round and gradually closed in on Herrera, challenging for the position in the final laps. Herrera held on for runner-up honors in the Wesmar-powered Mesilla Valley Transport No. 45x Maxim, with Schatz taking the show position in the Tony Stewart Racing STP/Armor All No. 15 J&J.
Sam Hafertepe, Jr., slipped around McMahan on the 23rd lap to snare fourth in the Lone Star Speedway No. 15h, with McMahan rounding out the top five in Richard Samure’s No. 39c entry.
Lucas Oil Sprint Car rookie contender Aaron Reutzel was sixth, with Brady Bacon in seventh. Dobesh held on for the eighth and final lock-in to Saturday night’s championship feature event.
Logan Forler climbed a half dozen spots from 15th to ninth, with Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest shoe Calvin Landis rounding out the top ten. Gary Wright raced from 20th to eleventh and was the final car on the lead lap.
Hafertepe, Jr., Swindell, McMahan and Reutzel won Thursday night’s heat races, with Schatz winning the “B” Main.
The balance of the approximately 60-car field of winged Lucas Oil ASCS competitors hits the track in Friday’s qualifying event.
ASCS Canyon Region (Wingless)
Jerry Coons, Jr., cracked Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region victory lane
Tucson native Jerry Coons, Jr., overcame some early engine issues to wire the field in Thursday night’s 25-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event at USA Raceway.
Coons, Jr., gunned into the lead from his front row outside starting position and never looked back en route to his second Western World preliminary triumph in three years.
With fourth-starter Dustin Morgan and third-starter Charles Davis, Jr., giving chase, Coons, Jr., reached traffic by the tenth circuit and then waded through a thick batch of lapped cars on laps 14 and 15 to maintain command.
Holding second throughout, Morgan wasn’t as fortunate as he clipped an infield tire exiting turn two on the 19th lap and spun to a stop on the low side of the track with race-ending front end damage.
One lap later, Ryan Linder, who had started the race from the pole position, went for a wild ride down the backstretch and over the turn three wall. Linder was uninjured.
Back under way, two-time and reigning ASCS Canyon Region champion Davis, Jr., mounted a brief challenge, but Coons, Jr., was up to the task and held on to post the victory by 1.061 seconds.
Davis, Jr., settled for runner-up honors, with Bud Kaeding nearly alongside in the show position as the checkered flag flew. R.J. Johnson climbed a handful of positions to claim fourth, with current Canyon Region points leader Jeremy Sherman rounding out the top five after apparent fifth-place finisher Matt Mitchell failed to report directly to the scales and was disqualified.
Nick Aiuto was sixth, with Ronnie Clark racing from 18th to claim the seventh and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s championship finale. Bob Ream, Jr., was eighth, with Justin Quinn and Brian Hosford rounding out the top ten.
Linder, Davis, Jr., and Rick Ziehl topped heat race action. Stevie Sussex brought out the night’s first red flag when he flipped through the turn three and four fencing. He was uninjured.
The balance of the 40-plus field of wingless ASCS Canyon Region competitors hits the track in Friday’s qualifying event.
44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships
Thursday’s Sunoco Fuel Qualifying Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars):
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 55-Trey Starks, 4. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 5. 5-Koby Barksdale, 6. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 9r-Reece Goetz.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 2. 22-Jesse Baker, 3. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 4. 79-Calvin Landis, 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 11T-Steve Lohn.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 39c-Paul McMahan, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 45k-Kolt Walker, 5. 48-Jake Martens, 6. 15g-Bud Goodwin, 7. 9-Gary Wright.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 5. 2L-Logan Forler, 6. 17m-Josh Baughman, 7. 2p-Alex Pettas.
"B" Main (Top 6 Advance to "A" Main):
"B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 2. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 3. 48-Jake Martens, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 6. 5-Koby Barksdale, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 9r-Reece Goetz, 9. 15g-Bud Goodwin, 10. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 11. 11T-Steve Lohn, 12. 2p-Alex Pettas. DNS: 17m-Josh Baughman.
Lucas Oil ASCS Western World Thursday Preliminary Feature (Top 8 Lock into Saturday’s “A” Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 4. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 5. 39c-Paul McMahan, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 99-Brady Bacon, 8. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 9. 2L-Logan Forler, 10. 79-Calvin Landis, 11. 9-Gary Wright, 12. 33x-Henry Van Dam, 13. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 14. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 15. 5-Koby Barksdale, 16. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 17. 23-Seth Bergman, 18. 48-Jake Martens, 19. 22-Jesse Baker, 20. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 21. 55-Trey Starks, 22. 45k-Kolt Walker, 23. 57-Shane Stewart.
Lap Leaders: Bryan Dobesh 1-2, Sammy Swindell 3-25.
Note: Seth Bergman utilized his fourth and final provisional of the year to start the main event.
ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing Cars):
Heat Races:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Ryan Linder, 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 4. 93x-Dustin Morgan, 5. 97-Jon Stanbrough, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 74-Derek Williams.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 3. 93-Justin Quinn, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 5. 91-Jody Williams, 6. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 7. 6-Ronnie Clark.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 94-Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. 81-Matt Mitchell, 4. 51-R.J. Johnson, 5. 96-Carson Ditsch, 6. 16s-Stevie Sussex.
ASCS Canyon Region Western World Thursday Preliminary Feature (Top 7 Lock into Saturday’s “A” Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 94-Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 51-R.J. Johnson, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 7. 6-Ronnie Clark, 8. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 9. 93-Justin Quinn, 10. 32b-Brian Hosford, 11. 91-Jody Wilson, 12. 96-Carson Ditsch, 13. 97-Jon Stanbrough, 14. 74-Derek Williams, 15. 9x-Ryan Linder, 16. 93x-Dustin Morgan, 17. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 18. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 19. 81-Matt Mitchell. DNS: 16s-Stevie Sussex.
Lap Leaders: Jerry Coons, Jr. 1-25.
Nov 17 2011
Western World Fires Off Tonight with Sunoco Fuels Qualifier!
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 17, 2011) – With Wednesday night’s practice session officially in the books, the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drinks Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway is set to officially fire off with Thursday night’s Sunoco Fuels Qualifying event.
Approximately half of the field that now numbers 107, including 61 winged Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Sprint Cars and 46 wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Sprint Cars, will take to the track on Thursday night with the second half tackling the 3/8-mile clay oval on Friday night’s Kronik Energy Qualifying event.
Among Thursday night’s qualifiers are both defending Western World champs, including Donny Schatz in the winged Lucas Oil Sprint Car ranks and Brady Bacon in the wingless Canyon Region portion.
Thursday night’s Sunoco Fuels Qualifiers include the following:
Thursday – Sunoco Fuel Qualifying Night
Lucas Oil ASCS Winged Sprint Cars:
1 Sammy Swindell
1mx Kraig Kinser
2d Bryan Dobesh
2L Logan Forler
2p Alex Pettas
5w Lucas Wolfe
8 John Carney II
8az Jordan Stetson
9 Gary Wright
9r Reece Goetz
11 Steve Lohn
15 Donny Schatz
15g Bud Goodwin
15h Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
17 Josh Baughman
22 Jesse Baker
23 Seth Bergman
33x Henry Van Dam
39c Paul McMahan
45k Kolt Walker
45x Johnny Herrera
55 Trey Starks
57 Shane Stewart
74x Joshua Hodges
77 Dalten Gabbard
77x Wayne Johnson
79 Calvin Landis
81 Danny Wood
87 Aaron Reutzel
ASCS Canyon Region Wingless Sprint Cars:
6 Ronnie Clark
6c Rex Calderwood
8 Bob Ream, Jr.
9x Ryan Linder
16s Stevie Sussex
17 Stephen Spiak
19s Ronnie Smith
20z Rick Ziehl
21 Jeremy Sherman
27n Nick Aiuto
29 Bud Kaeding
32b Brian Hosford
50 Charles Davis, Jr.
51 R.J. Johnson
74 Derek Williams
81 Matt Mitchell
91 Jody Williams
93 Justin Quinn
93x Dustin Morgan
94 Jerry Coons, Jr.
97 Jon Stanbrough
99 Brady Bacon
The second half of the field will take to the track on Friday night. Friday night’s qualifiers are as follows:
Friday – Kronik Energy Drink Qualifying Night
Lucas Oil ASCS Winged Sprint Cars:
0 Zach Chappell
1m Danny Lasoski
1x J.T. Imperial
2 Dustin Morgan
3c Cody Lamar
05 Brad Loyet
5h Mason Moore
5m Kyle McCutcheon
11 Roger Crockett
11c Matt Covington
15c Joey Chester
18 Tony Bruce, Jr.
18w Lorne Wofford
20z Rick Ziehl
21 Brian Brown
28 Jeff Swindell
35a Brad Sweet
37 Matt Mitchell
41 Jason Johnson
41w Joshua Williams
44k Koty McGullam
44w Austen Wheatley
53 Jack Dover
57s Joey Saldana
57x Steve Stone
77 Colt Treharn
77f Kyle Larson
78 Jody Williams
88 Tim Crawley
90 Lance Norick
99 Brady Bacon
ASCS Canyon Region Wingless Sprint Cars:
0 Jimmy Crawford
1mx Robert Ballou
2 Wayne Johnson
4 Tracy Hines
5 Koby Barksdale
7 Mike Spencer
7k Bruce St. James
8 John Carney II
9 Brandon Lane
9s Johnny Shelton
12 Josh Pelkey
16 Mike Martin
19 Andrew Reinbold
20 Levi Jones
20d Shon Deskins
21x Casey Shuman
45x Johnny Herrera
48T Thomas Ogle
68 Bryan Swinehart
74x Joshua Hodges
77 Dalten Gabbard
78 Chris Bonneau
96 Carson Ditsch
99a James Aragon
Thursday’s racing action goes green at 7:00 p.m.
USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
Nov 16 2011
ASCS Lone Star, Sooner & ASCS2 Banquet Set for November 26
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 15, 2011) – The Awards Banquet for The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region, American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region and ASCS2 Micro Sprint Cars has been set for Saturday evening, November 26, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, OK.
Tickets to the banquet are just $10 and may be obtained by calling the series office at 918-838-3777. Hors d’ oeuvres will be served at 6:00 p.m., with awards to be presented at 7:00 p.m.
Matt Covington captured The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star championship, Joe Wood, Jr., earned his second American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region tile and Blake Hahn, Steven Shebester and Chance Morton each claimed ASCS2 Micro Sprint titles.
The top drivers in each series will be honored at the November 26 event
Nov 15 2011
Schatz & Bacon Set to Defend Western World Titles
This Weekend as ASCS Season Concludes!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 14, 2011) – Three full nights of winged AND wingless ASCS Sprint Car racing makes for an ideal way to close out the 2011 racing season.
And, that’s exactly what’s in store for this coming weekend, as Tucson, Arizona’s USA Raceway hosts the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drinks Western World Championships on Thursday, Friday and Saturday after a Wednesday evening practice session.
The 20th season of American Sprint Car Series competition will conclude with Saturday night’s 44th Annual Western World Championship finale that includes a $15,000 winner’s share for the winged Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National forces and a $5,000 winner’s cut for the wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region competitors.
The winged portion of the event will also award Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest points.
North Dakota’s Donny Schatz vies for his third Western World crown this weekend after taking the $15,000 triumph last year, his first 1999. While Lucas Oil Sprint Car contender Brady Bacon has climbed to third in National points in recent weeks, he’ll try to solidify that National standing while also gunning for a third consecutive win in the wingless portion of the Western World.
There were a total of 119 competitors in last year’s edition of the Western World, including 64 winged Lucas Oil Sprint Cars and 55 wingless Canyon Region Sprint Cars. A similar field of competitors from throughout the nation is expected this weekend.
While a stout field of cars in both the winged and wingless ranks will take a shot at the big money, three ASCS titles will be settled as well over the weekend including the Lucas Oil ASCS National championship as well as the Canyon and Southwest Regional titles.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters Points Watch: Although Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera, runner-up to Schatz in last year’s Western World, sliced 61 points off of Shane Stewart’s point lead this past weekend at Las Cruces, the Rockstar Energy Drink pilot is still in the driver’s seat for the top spot.
Bixby, Oklahoma native Stewart can secure his second Lucas Oil Sprint Car title in three years by finishing ninth or better on both his qualifying night and the final night. If he falters on either night though, he could leave the door open for Herrera to come barging through. And, USA Raceway is arguably Herrera’s best track on the Lucas Oil Sprint Car trail, although Stewart won February’s Copper on Dirt finale after Herrera topped the prelim.
As far back as sixth in points not too long ago, 2010 points runner-up Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK, has surged to third in points in recent weeks with a fourth-place Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals finale finish followed up by runner-up showings in both I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals and the Las Cruces finale.
Jeff Swindell, on the other hand, has been trending the other direction, burning his final three provisionals in the most recent three events in which they’ve been available. As a result, rather than contending for second with Herrera, Swindell now finds himself trying to hold on to a top-five ranking after a strong early half of the year.
Four-time series champ Gary Wright of Hooks, TX, slipped past three-time champ Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, this past weekend for fifth, with defending series champ Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA, settling into seventh in driver points while his JJR No. 41 team has all but locked up the owner’s portion of the points chase.
Two points is all that separates Washington’s Seth Bergman and Liberal, KS, native Tony Bruce, in the battle for eighth, while rookie shoe Aaron Reutzel of Clute, TX, Zach Chappell of Talala, OK, and Oklahoma City native Wayne Johnson are settled into tenth, 11th and 12th, respectively.
There have been a total of 17 different winners in 31 Lucas Oil National Sprint Car feature events thus far in 2011, quite similar to last year’s total of 19 winners in 35 features.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points Watch: Though he didn’t make either feature cut at Southern New Mexico Speedway this past weekend, Las Cruces’ Rick Ziehl still garnered enough points to essentially sew up his fourth consecutive ASCS Southwest championship. Ziehl merely needs to show up this weekend and at least make an attempt to take one green flag to secure the crown.
Ziehl built his 254 point advantage over Arizona native turned Knoxville, IA, resident Calvin Landis on the strength of six wins over the course of the season, including five out of six over one hot stretch of summer.
Landis is 61 points ahead of Alamogordo’s Kyle McCutcheon in the race for second, with McCutcheon 55 ahead of Peoria, Arizona’s Dalten Gabbard and Gabbard 60 ahead of Scottsdale’s Lance Norick.
The best battles among the top ten are among Norick and Joshua Williams for fifth (separated by 21 points) and then Jordan Stetson, Joshua Hodges and Joey Chester (21 between the three at 1,681, 1,662 and 1,660). John Carney II moved into the tenth spot over this past weekend’s with Steve Stone’s absence.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Points Watch: The Jeremy Sherman of old resurfaced in 2011, as he’s reeled off five wins, 14 top-fives and 15 top-tens in 15 events in an effort to capture his first series crown since 2008.
As solid as Sherman has been though, two-time and reigning champion Charles Davis, Jr., has remained within striking distance despite only reaching victory lane one time. Sherman enters this weekend with a 71-point advantage and can put the championship out of Davis’ reach with finishes of eighth or better on both his qualifying night and the final night.
With four wins but several DNF’s along the way too, R.J. Johnson is pretty well entrenched in third, with Ronnie Clark holding just a 27-point advantage over Andrew Reinbold in the race for fourth.
In the battle for sixth, Bruce St. James is just 14 points ahead of Mike Martin with Josh Pelkey another 19 points back. Ryan Linder is 19 points ahead of Justin Quinn in the battle for ninth, while Brian Hosford can still crack the top ten with a solid Western World.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters ($15,000-to-win winged portion)
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region ($5,000-to-win non-wing portion)
Wednesday, November 16, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Practice at USA Raceway
Thursday, November 17, at 7:00 p.m. – 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships Sunoco Fuels Qualifying Night
Friday, November 18, at 7:00 p.m. – 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships Kronik Energy Drinks Qualifying Night
Saturday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. – 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships feature events
Track Information:
USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 3/8-mile, clay oval located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. Track phone: 520-574-8515.
Event Format:
Split fields for Thursday and Friday preliminary events (half the winged cars on Thursday, second half on Friday / half the non-wing cars on Thursday and other half of Friday), run under standard ASCS format of heat races with passing/finishing points to determine feature lineups.
Thursday and Friday "A" and "B" Feature finishes determine Saturday night Western World Championships feature lineups.
Nov 13 2011
Covington Captures Lucas Oil ASCS Honors at Las Cruces!
Lonnie Wheatly photo
Oklahoma's Matt Covington
captured his first Lucas Oil ASCS National win of the year
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 12, 2011) – For the second year in a row, a number 11 Sprint Car reached Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National victory lane on the second night of action at Southern New Mexico Speedway.
It wasn’t Steve Kinser this time though, as 22-year-old Glenpool, OK, shoe Matt Covington wired the field in Saturday night’s 30-lapper atop the 5/16-mile clay oval for his second career ASCS National win.
Just three days after his birthday, the 2011 ASCS Lone Star Region champion held off some mid-race pressure from fellow Oklahoma shoe Brady Bacon and then late advances from both Bacon and Steve Kinser to secure his third overall ASCS win of the year aboard the Wesmar-powered Oilfield Equipment & Manufacturing No. 11c Triple X.
“It was the first weekend with new crew chief David Chappell,” Covington explained in victory lane. “We ran fourth last night and won tonight, so I definitely think we’re going the right direction.”
After locking into Saturday’s $6,000-to-win Southern New Mexico finale via a fourth-place finish in Friday night’s preliminary feature, Covington drew the pole for the feature with Friday winner Johnny Herrera alongside.
Covington gunned into the lead at the drop of the green flag and led the initial circuit in front of Herrera and third-starter Bacon. After a pair of cautions in the initial seven laps for separate incidents that sent Tim Crawley and Brad Loyet tailback, Bacon slid past Herrera for second on the 11th circuit and was pressuring Covington for the point until Seth Bergman stopped in turn four to bring out a caution after 12 laps.
Covington slipped away on the restart, opening up a half-straightaway advantage over Bacon as Kinser battled his way past Herrera for third on the 17th round.
As Covington reached the tail of the field in the final handful of rounds, Bacon and Kinser closed the gap and reached his tailtank with just two laps to go. Covington was flawless over the final two rounds however, as he pocketed his first National win since striking for the first time at Lone Star Speedway in April of 2010.
“I won my first National race last year, the track took rubber about midway in the race and it was kind of like a fluke deal,” Covington commented. “Now here’s number two, so I can back it up.”
Falling just 0.374-seconds short at the stripe, Bacon earned his second podium finish in as many nights with runner-up honors aboard the Wesmar-powered Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 Triple-X, moving past Jeff Swindell for third in the championship points race in the process.
After earning the night’s most passing points by racing from eighth to second in the night’s opening heat race, Kinser was a close third in the TSR Bass Pro Shops No. 11 Maxim after starting sixth.
Herrera was fourth in the Wesmar-powered Mesilla Valley Transport/Champion Oil No. 45x Maxim, trimming another 17 points off Shane Stewart’s lead to climb to within 76 points entering next weekend’s season-ending Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway.
Nebraska’s Jack Dover rounded out the top five, with reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion Jason Johnson, Brian Brown, Danny Wood, Shane Stewart and Gary Wright completing the top ten.
Stewart, Brown, Wood, Henry Van Dam, Wayne Johnson, Jason Johnson and Loyet topped Saturday’s heat race action, with Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Donny Schatz and Brad Sweet winning the “B” Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, NM)
Locked in from Friday’s Preliminary Feature:
45x-Johnny Herrera, 9-Gary Wright, 99-Brady Bacon, 11c-Matt Covington.
Heat Races (Top 12 in Passing Points, including the 7 Heat Race Winners, to "A" Main; Balance to Three "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 11-Steve Kinser, 3. 62-Bill Mitchell, 4. 79-Calvin Landis, 5. 48-Jake Martens, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 7c-John Carney, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 77c-Colt Treharn, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 131-Royal Jones, 6. 41w-Joshua Williams, 7. 224-John Carney II, 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 81-Danny Wood, 2. 15c-Donny Schatz, 3. 0-Zach Chappell, 4. 9k-Kyle Sager, 5. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 6. 28-Jeff Swindell, 7. 2L-Logan Forler, 8. 12-Josh Grady.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 36-Jason Martin, 3. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 4. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 5. 88-Tim Crawley, 6. 21tx-Brandon Schure, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 2p-Alex Pettas.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 5h-Mason Moore, 4. M1-Derek Hagar, 5. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 6. 17m-Josh Baughman, 7. 145x-Derek Demartino, 8. 15cx-Joey Chester.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 5. 2-Dustin Morgan, 6. 99x-Chuck Jackson, 7. 5k-Koby Barksdale. DNS: 22-Jesse Baker.
Heat Seven (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet, 2. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 35a-Brad Sweet, 4. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 5. 55-Trey Starks, 6. 15-Bud Goodwin, 7. 90-Lance Norick. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
"B" Mains (Top 2 from Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 3. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 4. 9k-Kyle Sager, 5. 90-Lance Norick, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 5k-Koby Barksdale, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 99x-Chuck Jackson, 10. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 11. 79-Calvin Landis, 12. M1-Derek Hagar, 13. 2-Dustin Morgan, 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel. DNS: 22-Jesse Baker.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15c-Donny Schatz, 2. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 3. 36-Jason Martin, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 62-Bill Mitchell, 6. 21tx-Brandon Schure, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 15-Bud Goodwin, 9. 28-Jeff Swindell, 10. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 11. 131-Royal Jones, 12. 2p-Alex Pettas, 13. 224-John Carney II, 14. 15cx-Joey Chester. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Third “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 35a-Brad Sweet, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 6. 7c-John Carney, 7. 5h-Mason Moore, 8. 145x-Derek Demartino, 9. 12-Josh Grady, 10. 77c-Colt Treharn, 11. 41w-Joshua Williams, 12. 48-Jake Martens, 13. 17m-Josh Baughman. DNS: 2L-Logan Forler.
Southern New Mexico Speedway “A” Main:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11c-Matt Covington, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 11-Steve Kinser, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 41-Jason Johnson, 7. 21-Brian Brown, 8. 81-Danny Wood, 9. 57-Shane Stewart, 10. 9-Gary Wright, 11. 15c-Donny Schatz, 12. 35a-Brad Sweet, 13. 0-Zach Chappell, 14. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 15. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 16. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 17. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 18. 88-Tim Crawley, 19. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 20. 05-Brad Loyet, 21. 28-Jeff Swindell, 22. 23-Seth Bergman, 23. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 24. 77x-Wayne Johnson.
Lap Leaders: Matt Covington 1-25.
Note: Jeff Swindell and Tony Bruce, Jr., both utilized their fourth and final provisionals of the year to start the main event.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 3,030, 2. Johnny Herrera 2,954 3. Brady Bacon 2,838, 4. Jeff Swindell 2,787, 5. Gary Wright 2,725, 6. Tim Crawley 2,709, 7. Jason Johnson 2,612, 8. Seth Bergman 2,485, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,483, 10. Aaron Reutzel 2,372, 11. Zach Chappell 2,195, 12. Wayne Johnson 1,951, 13. Jack Dover 1,712, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,524, 15. Danny Wood 1,456.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 3,164, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 3,030, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,954, 4. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,838, 5. Swindell Group #28 – 2,787, 6. Mike Ward #88 – 2,709, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,485, 8. Bruce Racing #18 – 2,483, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 2,372, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 2,195, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 2,129, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,524, 13. Danny Wood #81 – 1,456, 14. Jack Dover #53 – 1,340, 15. Bill Covington #11c – 1,320.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10): 1. Rick Ziehl 2,358, 2. Calvin Landis 2,104, 3. Kyle McCutcheon 2,043, 4. Dalten Gabbard 1,988, 5. Lance Norick 1,928, 6. Joshua Williams 1,907, 7. Jordan Stetson 1,681, 8. Joshua Hodges 1,662, 9. Joey Chester 1,660, 10. John Carney II 1,458.
Nov 12 2011
Hollywood Herrera Stars in Lucas Oil Sprint Car Prelim at Las Cruces!
Johnny Herrera picked off his fourth Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win of the year by racing to victory lane in Friday night's 25-lap preliminary feature at Las Cruces' Southern New Mexico Speedway. (Lonnie Wheatley photo)
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onnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 11, 2011) – Johnny Herrera kept his Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National title hopes alive by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature atop the 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway clay oval.
Racing just a couple hundred miles from his Albuquerque home, Herrera gunned into the lead at the outset and led all the way to post his fourth National win of the season over a stacked 61-car field aboard the Wesmar-powered Mesilla Valley Transport/Champion Oil No. 45x Maxim.
With the triumph, Herrera locked into Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win Southern New Mexico finale along with runner-up Gary Wright, Brady Bacon (who rallied to third in the closing rounds) and fourth-place finisher Matt Covington.
“I didn’t know how close he (Wright) was,” Herrera explained afterward. “I just knew if I kept hitting my marks on the bottom he was gonna have to go around the outside of me if he was gonna go around.”
Herrera also shaved 44 points off of 12th-place finisher Shane Stewart’s Lucas Oil Sprint Car points lead, trimming it down to 93 points with next weekend’s season-ending Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway all that remains after the finale of the Las Cruces double.
While Kraig Kinser led the feature field to the green flag from the pole position, Herrera battled into the lead on the initial circuit with fourth-starter Wright racing into second by the third round and keeping pace with the leader.
Just as Herrera began to work traffic after seven laps, the first caution of the race flew when Brian Brown came to a stop off the top of turn four. On the ensuing restart, reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion Jason Johnson surrendered the tenth position when he looped it in turn three. Johnson joined Brown at the tail of the field.
With Herrera leading Wright on the restart, sixth-starter Covington disposed of Kinser for third on the eighth circuit with El Paso’s John Carney II staking a claim on fourth by the tenth lap. With traffic a factor by the 15th round, the top four ran in that order until a Carney bobble in turns three and four on the 18th lap allowed Bacon to close in. Bacon, who had worked from 11th to seventh prior to the race’s first caution after seven laps, had cracked the top five by taking the position from Brad Loyet by the 15th circuit.
Battling for the fourth and final lock-in position, contact resulted in a broken front-end for Carney in turns one and two as Bacon continued on with 20 laps in the books.
Herrera kept Wright at bay over the final rounds for his eighth overall ASCS win of the season, while four-time ASCS National champion Wright settled for runner-up honors in his No. 9 Maxim.
Bacon battled past Covington on the white-flag lap to claim show honors in the Wesmar-powered Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 Triple-X, with 2011 ASCS Lone Star champ Covington fourth in the Wesmar-powered Oilfield & Equipment Manufacturing No. 11c Triple-X.
Danny Lasoski made a last-lap move to round out the top five in Mark Burch’s Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld, with ASCS Warrior champion Loyet posting his best National finish to date in sixth.
After starting 13th, Brad Sweet rallied in the latter stages to claim seventh, with last year’s Southern New Mexico Speedway preliminary feature winner Jack Dover charging from 17th to eighth. Kraig Kinser was ninth, with Donny Schatz advancing four positions to complete the top ten.
Steve Kinser, who topped last year’s Las Cruces finale, slipped back to 15th after starting seventh.
Lasoski, Herrera, Jason Johnson, Dustin Morgan, Bacon, Hafertepe, Jr., and K. Kinser topped heat race action, with Dover, Brian Brown and Shane Stewart winning the “B” Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, NM) Preliminary Event
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to Three "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 2. 35a-Brad Sweet, 3. 48-Jake Martens, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 0-Zach Chappell, 6. 5h-Mason Moore, 7. 99x-Chuck Jackson, 8. 2p-Alex Pettas. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 15c-Donny Schatz, 3. 15-Bud Goodwin, 4. 11c-Matt Covington, 5. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 6. 28-Jeff Swindell, 7. 5k-Koby Barksdale, 8. 81-Danny Wood, 9. 33v-Henry Van Dam.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 3. 05-Brad Loyet, 4. 11-Steve Kinser, 5. 79-Calvin Landis, 6. M1-Derek Hagar, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 36-Jason Martin.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dustin Morgan, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 5. 19-Wes Wofford, 6. 23-Seth Bergman, 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 77c-Colt Treharn, 9. 131-Royal Jones.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 224-John Carney II, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 21tx-Brandon Schure, 5. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 8. 145x-Derek Dimartino, 9. 77-Dalten Gabbard.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 12-Josh Grady, 5. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 7c-John Carney. DNS: 9k-Kyle Sager.
Heat Seven (8 Laps): 1. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 2. 9-Gary Wright, 3. 15cx-Joey Chester, 4. 41w-Joshua Williams, 5. 17m-Josh Boughman, 6. 62-Bill Mitchell, 7. 22-Jesse Baker, 8. 90-Lance Norick.
"B" Mains (Top 2 from Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 4. 0-Zach Chappell, 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 48-Jake Martens, 8. 55-Trey Starks, 9. 23-Seth Bergman, 10. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 11. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 12. 145x-Derek Dimartino, 13. 21tx-Brandon Schure, 14. 2p-Alex Pettas, 15. 22-Jesse Baker.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 28-Jeff Swindell, 4. 5h-Mason Moore, 5. M1-Derek Hagar, 6. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 7. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 8. 12-Josh Grady, 9. 15-Bud Goodwin, 10. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 11. 36-Jason Martin, 12. 5k-Koby Barksdale, 13. 90-Lance Norick, 14. 22k-Kevin Barksdale. DNS: 19-Wes Wofford.
Third “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3. 17m-Josh Baughman, 4. 41w-Joshua Williams, 5. 79-Calvin Landis, 6. 81-Danny Wood, 7. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 8. 77c-Colt Treharn, 9. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 10. 7c-John Carney, 11. 15cx-Joey Chester, 12. 99x-Chuck Jackson, 13. 131-Royal Jones, 14. 62-Bill Mitchell. DNS: 9k-Kyle Sager.
Southern New Mexico Speedway Preliminary “A” Main:
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 9-Gary Wright, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 11c-Matt Covington, 5. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 6. 05-Brad Loyet, 7. 35a-Brad Sweet, 8. 53-Jack Dover, 9. 1mx-Kraig Kinser, 10. 15c-Donny Schatz, 11. 28-Jeff Swindell, 12. 57-Shane Stewart, 13. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 14. 88-Tim Crawley, 15. 11-Steve Kinser, 16. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 17. 41-Jason Johnson, 18. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 19. 21-Brian Brown, 20. 23-Seth Bergman, 21. 224-Royal Jones, 22. 2-Dustin Morgan, 23. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 24. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
Lap Leaders: Johnny Herrera 1-25.
Note: Jeff Swindell and Seth Bergman both utilized their third provisional of the year to start the main event, both were partial-point provisionals. Both have one partial-point provisional remaining.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 2,917, 2. Johnny Herrera 2,824 3. Jeff Swindell 2,717, 4. Brady Bacon 2,696, 5. (tie) Gary Wright and Tim Crawley 2,615, 7. Jason Johnson 2,490, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,407, 9. Seth Bergman 2,397, 10. Aaron Reutzel 2,307, 11. Zach Chappell 2,091, 12. Wayne Johnson 1,865, 13. Jack Dover 1,587, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,459, 15. Danny Wood 1,340.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 3,042, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 2,917, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,824, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 2,717, 5. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,696, 6. Mike Ward #88 – 2,615, 7. Bruce Racing #18 – 2,407, 8. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,397, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 2,307, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 2,091, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 2,019, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,459, 13. Danny Wood #81 – 1,340, 14. Jack Dover #53 – 1,215, 15. Sam Hafertepe #15h – 1,214.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10): 1. Rick Ziehl 2,223, 2. Calvin Landis 1,985, 3. Kyle McCutcheon 1,893, 4. Dalten Gabbard 1,866, 5. Lance Norick 1,793, 6. Joshua Williams 1,788, 7. Jordan Stetson 1,556, 8. Joey Chester 1,550, 9. Joshua Hodges 1,512, 10. Steve Stone 1,436.
Oct 31 2011
Bacon Sizzles in Short Track Nationals Opener!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 28, 2011) – Brady Bacon picked an ideal time to win his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National feature of the year by topping I-30 Speedway’s 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires opening feature event.
After the STN lidlifter was interrupted by rain midway through the program on Thursday night, action resumed on Friday with the 21-year-old from Broken Arrow, OK, ultimately wiring the field in the non-stop 25-lap preliminary feature.
Locking into Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win, $2,400-to-start STN finale along with Bacon was runner-up Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK, and third-place finisher Travis Rilat of Forney, TX.
Rilat led the feature field to the green flag after accumulating the most points in heat and qualifying race action, but it was outside front row starter Bacon battling into the lead on the initial circuit.
Rilat kept the heat on Bacon over the initial ten circuits before Bacon slipped away and began working through traffic. Meanwhile, current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Shane Stewart, who had held fourth from the outset, rallied from fourth past Matt Covington and then Rilat on consecutive laps just prior to the midway point.
Stewart began cutting into Bacon’s lead over the final circuits, falling just 0.429-seconds short of the lead as the checkered flag flew on Bacon’s Wesmar-powered Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 Triple-X.
Stewart settled for runner-up honors in Paul Silva’s Rockstar Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with Rilat third in his No. 29 Triple X.
Covington held fourth until the 23rd round when Seth Bergman claimed the position in the Petersen Motorsports Wesmar-powered Superior Marine No. 23 Eagle, with Tim Shaffer snaring fifth on the white-flag lap in Casey Minks’ No. M1.
Covington was sixth just ahead of past STN champions Wayne Johnson and Paul McMahan, with Jason Martin and Aaron Reutzel completing the top ten.
McMahan, Bergman, Mason Moore, Stewart, Ray Allen Kulhanek and Covington topped heat race action, with Oklahoma shoes Stewart and Covington doubling up with wins in the first two qualifiers before Mother Nature intervened on Thursday night. Jordon Mallett, Claud Estes and Rilat won the remaining qualifying races on Friday, with Moore, Tony Bruce, Jr., and Channin Tankersley winning the “B” Mains.
A total of 51 different drivers took part in the opening portion of the 24th Annual Short Track Nationals.
24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Thursday Night Results:
Heat Races:
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 01x-Paul McMahan, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 39-Brad Bowden, 4. 1g-Cody Gardner, 5. M1-Tim Shaffer, 6. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 7. 87m-Brian McClelland, 8. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 9. 4-Tommy Snellgrove.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 23b-Seth Bergman, 2. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 3. 0m-Andy McElhannon, 4. 27-Andy Shouse, 5. 89g-David Gravel, 6. 51h-Mike Hess, 7. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 8. 93-Chris Sweeney. DNS: 19-Jay Snellgrove.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 5h-Mason Moore, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 87a-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 6b-Ryan Beechler, 5. 9k-Kyle Sager, 6. 31b-Brandon Berryman, 7. 32-Charles Tankersley, 8. 51s-Lee Sowell, 9. 33h-Mark Huddleston.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 94-Derek Hagar, 3. 18b-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 6. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 7. 14T-Tyler Brown, 8. 38m-Ryan Moore.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 21k-Ryan Kitchen, 4. 21x-Jimmy Hurley, 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 6. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 7. 76-John Ricketts, 8. 28c-Jonathan Cornell.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 11c-Matt Covington, 2. 36m-Jason Martin, 3. 66-Tommy Worley, 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 5. 14m-Jordon Mallett, 6. 4b-Eric Baldaccini, 7. 4j-John James, 8. 52-Frank Sudduth.
Qualifying Races – Top 14 in Combined Passing/Finishing Points to “A” Feature; Balance to “B” Mains
First Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 21x-Jimmy Hurley, 4. 1g-Cody Gardner, 5. 39-Brad Bowden, 6. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 7. 4b-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 28c-Jonathan Cornell, 9. 9k-Jerry Kamer, 10. 4j-John James. DNS: 19-Jay Snellgrove.
Second Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 11c-Matt Covington, 2. 23b-Seth Bergman, 3. 29-Travis Rilat, 4. 1x-Gary Taylor, 5. 93-Chris Sweeney, 6. 52-Frank Sudduth, 7. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 9. 0m-Andy McElhannon, 10. 14T-Tyler Brown.
Third Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 14m-Jordon Mallett, 2. 6b-Ryan Beechler, 3. 18b-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 36m-Jason Martin, 5. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 6. 5h-Mason Moore, 7. 31b-Brandon Berryman, 8. 32-Charles Tankersley, 9. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh. DNS: 5m-Miranda Arnold.
Fourth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 89g-David Gravel, 3. 94-Derek Hagar, 4. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 5. 87a-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 21k-Ryan Kitchen, 7. 87m-Brian McClelland, 8. 38m-Ryan Moore, 9. 5k-Jerry Kamer. DNS: 4-Tommy Snellgrove.
Fifth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 27-Andy Shouse, 2. M1-Tim Shaffer, 3. 51h-Mike Hess, 4. 01x-Paul McMahan, 5. 66-Tommy Worley, 6. 71-Channin Tankersley, 7. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 8. 76-John Ricketts, 9. 51s-Lee Sowell. DNS: 33h-Mark Huddleston.
“B” Features – Top 2 From Each Advance to “A” Feature
First “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5h-Mason Moore, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 6b-Ryan Beechler, 4. 39-Brad Bowden, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 28c-Jonathan Cornell, 7. 87m-Brian McClelland, 8. 31b-Brandon Berryman, 9. 52-Frank Sudduth. DNS: 21x-Jimmy Hurley, 14T-Tyler Brown, 5m-Miranda Arnold, 19-Jay Snellgrove.
Second “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 18b-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 1g-Cody Gardner, 3. 66-Tommy Worley, 4. 1x-Gary Taylor, 5. 21k-Ryan Kitchen, 6. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 7. 4b-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 9. 51s-Lee Sowell, 10. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 11. 38m-Ryan Moore. DNS: 4T-Tommy Snellgrove.
Third “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 3. 89g-David Gravel, 4. 51h-Mike Hess, 5. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 6. 9k-Kyle Sager, 7. 0m-Andy McElhannon, 8. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 9. 93-Chris Sweeney, 10. 4j-John James, 11. 32-Charles Tankersley. DNS: 33h-Mark Huddleston.
“A” Feature – Top 3 Finishers Locked into Saturday night’s $15,000 to win STN Finale.
A Feature (25 Laps – Starting position in parentheses): 1. 99-Brady Bacon (2), 2. 57-Shane Stewart (3), 3. 29-Travis Rilat (1), 4. 23b-Seth Bergman (5), 5. M1-Tim Shaffer (9), 6. 11c-Matt Covington (4), 7. 77x-Wayne Johnson (7), 8. 01x-Paul McMahan (8), 9. 36m-Jason Martin (6), 10. 87a-Aaron Reutzel (10), 11. 18b-Tony Bruce, Jr. (16), 12. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek (7), 13. 71-Channin Tankersley (17), 14. 94-Derek Hagar (14), 15. 1g-Cody Gardner (19), 16. 14m-Jordon Mallett (11), 17. 5h-Mason Moore (15), 18. 27-Andy Shouse (18), 19. 74e-Claud Estes (13), 20. 16-Anthony Nicholson (20).
Lap Leaders: Brady Bacon 1-25.
Lasoski Tops Friday Feature at Short Track Nationals!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 28, 2011) – Fresh off a Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals triumph the previous weekend, Danny Lasoski battled past Jason Sides to win Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature at I-30 Speedway’s 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.
After battling side-by-side for several circuits, Lasoski surged ahead and drove Mark Burch’s Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld to Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National victory lane for the second time in less than a week.
The Dover, MO, native beat Sides of Bartlett, TN, to the stripe by 3.490 seconds with fellow Tennessee shoe Sammy Swindell also locking into Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win, $2,400-to-start STN finale by finishing third.
With Lasoski gridding the feature outside the second row, Sides and Swindell led the way to the green flag with Sides racing into the lead on the opening round. After the previous preliminary feature ran off in non-stop fashion, the caution flew on the second circuit this time for a four-car tangle in turn two that sent Danny Wood pitside with Brian Brown, Kyle Bellm and defending STN champion Brad Sweet rejoining the chase at the tail.
Back under way, Lasoski battled past Swindell for second and was pressuring Sides for the point when the race’s second and final caution flew for Joe Wood, Jr., who came to a stop in turn three with a cut tire.
The battle was on when the green flag flew again, with Sides working the low side and Lasoski up top. Lasoski edged ahead momentarily on several occasions before finally gaining command on the 15th round and checking out on the field.
Lasoski rallied on to the checkered flag unchallenged, with 2001 STN champion Sides taking runner-up honors in Bobby Sparks’ No. 91 entry.
Swindell, who earned his lone STN title in 1990, earned the show position to lock into Saturday’s finale, with 1998 STN winner Tim Crawley climbing a half dozen positions from tenth to fourth in Mike Ward’s Lucas Oil/Boater Sports No. 88.
Sam Hafertepe, Jr., rounded out the top five in the Lone Star Speedway No. 15h, with California phenom Kyle Larson in seventh. Jason Johnson charged from the 16th position to seventh, with STN rookie contender Stevie Smith, Randy Hannagan and Sweet completing the top ten.
Smith was just one of two STN rookies to make a preliminary night feature cut, with Cody Darrah earning the third starting position in the Friday feature only to suffer engine woes two laps into the main event.
Smith, Wright, Sides, Danny Wood, Larson and I-30 Speedway track champion A.G. Rains topped heat race action for Friday night’s 49-car field, with Hannagan, Bellm, Darrah, Lasoski and Saldana winning the qualifying races. Saldana was forced to the infield early in the feature with suspension issues.
Brian Brown, Jason Johnson and Sweet won the “B” Mains.
A total of 100 drivers have taken part in the initial two nights of the 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.
24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Friday Night Results:
Heat Races:
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 3g-Stevie Smith, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 9-Joey Saldana, 4. 91d-Cody Darrah, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 40-Ernie Ainsworth, 7. 19k-Klint Angelette, 8. 1m-Jim Moughan. DNS: 4bx-Kevin Baugh.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 1-Sammy Swindell, 3. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 4. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 5. X1m-Jack Dover, 6. 38p-Rick Pringle, 7. 51x-Beau Smith, 8. 23j-Junior Jenkins.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 91s-Jason Sides, 2. 28s-Jeff Swindell, 3. 15b-Sean McClelland, 4. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 5. 9s-Justin Sturch, 6. 26-Marshall Skinner, 7. X-Charlie Louden, 8. C4-Casey Rowland.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 81-Danny Wood, 2. 05-Brad Loyet, 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 4. 87j-Justin Carver, 5. 4s-Danny Smith, 6. 44-Ronny Howard, 7. 44c-Henry Gustavus, 8. 31-Justin Webb.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 187-Kyle Larson, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 4. 8z-Zach Pringle, 5. 11g-Mike Goodman, 6. 0c-Zach Chappell, 7. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 8. 3h-Nate Van Haaften.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 3a-A.G. Rains, 2. 1mx-Danny Lasoski, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 21b-Brian Brown, 5. 47-Dale Howard, 6. 51b-Jimmy Brooks, 7. 12-Steven Schaberg, 8. 58-Wade Oliver.
Qualifying Races – Top 14 in Combined Passing/Finishing Points to “A” Feature; Balance to “B” Mains
First Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 2. 21b-Brian Brown, 3. 3g-Stevie Smith, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 28s-Jeff Swindell, 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 7. C4-Casey Rowland, 8. 0c-Zach Chappell, 9. 44-Ronny Howard, 10. 12-Steven Schaberg.
Second Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 2. 3a-A.G. Rains, 3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 4. 05-Brad Loyet, 5. 9x-Gary Wright, 6. 9s-Justin Sturch, 7. 1m-Jim Moughan, 8. 15b-Sean McClelland, 9. 51b-Jimmy Brooks. DNS: 58-Wade Oliver.
Third Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 91d-Cody Darrah, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 81-Danny Wood, 4. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 5. 26-Marshall Skinner, 6. 87j-Justin Carver, 7. 19k-Klint Angelette, 8. 44c-Henry Gustavus, 9. 31-Justin Webb, 10. 51x-Beau Smith.
Fourth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 1mx-Danny Lasoski, 2. 91s-Jason Sides, 3. X1m-Jack Dover, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 11g-Mike Goodman, 6. 40-Ernie Ainsworth, 7. 3h-Nate Van Haaften, 8. 4bx-Kevin Baugh, 9. X-Charlie Louden, 10. 8z-Zach Pringle (Disqualified; nose wing too far forward after finishing second).
Fifth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 9-Joey Saldana, 2. 4s-Danny Smith, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 187-Kyle Larson, 5. 47-Dale Howard, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 8. 38p-Rick Pringle, 9. 23j-Junior Jenkins.
“B” Features – Top 2 From Each Advance to “A” Feature
First “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 21b-Brian Brown, 2. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 3. 05-Brad Loyet, 4. 3h-Nate Van Haaften, 5. 40-Ernie Ainsworth, 6. 0c-Zach Chappell, 7. 11g-Mike Goodman, 8. 58-Wade Oliver, 9. 26-Marshall Skinner. DNS: 38p-Rick Pringle, X-Charlie Louden, 31-Justin Webb.
Second “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 9x-Gary Wright, 3. 87j-Justin Carver, 4. X1m-Jack Dover, 5. 9s-Justin Sturch, 6. 8z-Zach Pringle, 7. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 8. 44c-Henry Gustavus, 9. 12-Steven Schaberg, 10. 19k-Klint Angelette, 11. 44-Ronny Howard, 12. 51x-Beau Smith.
Third “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 4s-Danny Smith, 4. 47-Dale Howard, 5. 15b-Sean McClelland, 6. C4-Casey Rowland, 7. 1m-Jim Moughan, 8. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 9. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 10. 4bx-Kevin Baugh, 11. 51b-Jimmy Brooks.
“A” Feature – Top 3 Finishers Locked into Saturday night’s $15,000 to win STN Finale.
A Feature (25 Laps – Starting position in parentheses): 1. 1mx-Danny Lasoski (4), 2. 91s-Jason Sides (1), 3. 1-Sammy Swindell (2), 4. 88-Tim Crawley (10), 5. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (8), 6. 187-Kyle Larson (9), 7. 41-Jason Johnson (16), 8. 3g-Stevie Smith (12), 9. 22h-Randy Hannagan (13), 10. 49-Brad Sweet (17), 11. 45x-Johnny Herrera (14), 12. 21b-Brian Brown (15), 13. 28s-Jeff Swindell (11), 14. 9x-Gary Wright (19), 15. 14k-Kyle Bellm (18), 16. 03-Joe Wood, Jr. (20), 17. 9-Joey Saldana (5), 18. 3a-A.G. Rainns (6), 19. 81-Danny Wood (7), 20. 91d-Cody Darrah (3).
Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-10, Danny Lasoski 11, Sides 12-14, Lasoski 15-25.
Swindell Banks $15K in 24th Annual Short Track Nationals Finale!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 29, 2011) – It had been more than 20 years since his first dose of STN glory, but Sammy Swindell finally became the event’s fourth multi-time champion by taking the $15,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires 40-lap championship finale atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval.
After starting fourth, Swindell battled past early leader Shane Stewart on the 13th circuit and then went on to post his second Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win of the year in front of Brady Bacon with Stewart taking the final podium position in third.
And, the 1990 STN winner added his second win with a flat left front tire over the final dozen circuits of the feature event that doled out over $80,000 alone to cap the blockbuster weekend that included 100 competitors.
“The last few years all I needed to do was finish and I’d win but things broke or different things have happened like a tire going flat or whatever,” Swindell explained after his ninth career STN feature start. “We had a flat tonight but it didn’t slow us down, with three wheels it was still better than anybody else. Those guys better go back to work.”
Swindell was one of six drivers locked into Saturday night’s STN championship feature after a third-place run in Friday night’s preliminary feature, explaining that, “The Big Game Tree Stands Maxim has worked great all weekend, we just didn’t show our hand until they paid the purse.”
While Swindell worked forward from fifth in the Dash for Cash to earn the fourth starting position in the main event, Dash winner Danny Lasoski led the way to the green flag with Stewart alongside.
Stewart gunned into the lead at the outset aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita No. 57 A.R.T. and set the early pace in front of Swindell, third-starter Bacon and Lasoski while wading through four caution periods in the initial eight laps that sent Seth Bergman tailback with A.G. Rains, Wayne Johnson and Sam Hafertepe, Jr., all forced pitside in separate cautions.
After Hafertepe, Jr., looped it exiting turn four and suffered race-ending nose wing damage on a lap nine restart after W. Johnson stopped, Swindell went to work on Stewart for the point in short order.
While Stewart worked the low line, Swindell worked just to his outside and finally raced into the lead through turns three and four on the 13th lap after battling side-by-side for several rounds. Swindell then slipped away and opened up nearly a straightaway advantage just past the midway point as he worked traffic, leaving Stewart, Bacon and Lasoski to dice for the second position.
With Swindell comfortably ahead, Bacon battled his way past Stewart for second in the Wesmar-powered Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 Triple-X on the 26th circuit, just two laps before one final caution flew for Kyle Larson’s disabled mount on the frontstretch. Larson had been battling among the top ten before apparent engine woes cut his first STN championship feature start short.
While Swindell’s left front tire went completely flat under the caution, the veteran shoe still had the advantage of four lapped cars between himself and his chasers on the restart. And, even though 2006 STN champion Jason Johnson was able to unlap himself on the restart, Bacon wasn’t quite able to clear traffic soon enough to mount a serious charge on the leader, ultimately falling 1.568 seconds short of Swindell at the stripe.
“At the end, I wish we could have got a restart with me right there behind him,” Bacon explained. “We might have been able to get him when we were slowed down when his flat was messing him up, but once he got in a rhythm I just couldn’t quite pull up on to him.”
With Swindell leading Bacon to the stripe, Stewart claimed the show position with Lasoski fourth in Mark Burch’s Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld and Jason Sides fifth in the Sparks Construction No. 91.
Stevie Smith raced from 14th to sixth in his rookie STN outing, with Paul McMahan surviving the lap nine restart contact with Hafertepe, Jr., to claim seventh after starting 13th.
Tim Crawley was eighth in front of his hometown crowd, with 2010 STN winner Brad Sweet turning in the top passing performance by racing from 20th ninth. Tim Shaffer completed the top ten.
Stevie Smith was one of seven drivers starting a first career STN championship finale with the others including Joey Saldana (13th), Seth Bergman (14th), Ray Allen Kulhanek (15th), Larson (16th), Aaron Reutzel (17th) and Matt Covington (18th).
Bergman worked his way into the main event by fending off Crawley in the First “B” Main. Crawley earned his 17th STN finale starting berth with the runner-up finish, matching four-time event winner Gary Wright’s total of 17 STN feature starts. Hafertepe, Jr., an STN runner-up last year, beat Covington to the stripe in the Second “B” Main.
Kyle Bellm and Channin Tankersley topped “C” Main action, Marshall Skinner and Ernie Ainsworth claimed wins in the “D” Mains and father-son duo Zach and Rick Pringle swept through “E” Main action.
With a total of 100 competitors taking part in the 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, more than $116,000 in purse money was distributed over the course of the three-night event.
24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Saturday Results:
“E” Mains (Top 4 Advance to Corresponding “D” Main):
First “E” Main (10 Laps): 1. 8z-Zach Pringle. 2. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 3. 38m-Ryan Moore, 4. 14T-Tyler Brown, 5. 165-Miranda Arnold, 6. 32-Charles Tankersley, 7. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 8. 58-Wade Oliver, 9. 4bx-Kevin Baugh. DNS: 31-Justin Webb, 33h-Mark Huddleston.
Second “E” Main (10 Laps): 1. 38p-Rick Pringle, 2. 51b-Jimmy Brooks, 3. 44-Ronny Howard, 4j-John James, 5. 4T-Tommy Snellgrove, 6. 19-Jay Snellgrove, 7. 12-Steven Schaberg. DNS: 5k-Jerry Kamer, X-Charlie Louden, 51s-Lee Sowell, 51x-Beau Smith.
“D” Mains (Top 4 Advance to Corresponding “C” Main):
First “D” Main (10 Laps): 1. 26-Marshall Skinner, 2. 93-Chris Sweeney, 3. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 4. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 5. 8z-Zach Pringle, 6. C4-Casey Rowland, 7. 76-John Ricketts, 8. 3h-Nate Van Haaften, 9. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 10. 44c-Henry Gustavus, 11. 1m-Jim Moughan, 12. 38m-Ryan Moore, 13. 0m-Andy McElhannon, 14. 14T-Tyler Brown. DNS: 9s-Justin Sturch, 31b-Brandon Berryman.
Second “D” Main (10 Laps): 1. 40-Ernie Ainsworth, 2. 15b-Sean McClelland, 3. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 4. 28c-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 9k-Kyle Sager, 6. 87m-Brian McClelland, 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 8. 38p-Rick Pringle, 9. 52-Frank Sudduth, 10. 19k-Klint Angelette, 11. 4j-John James, 12. 44-Ronny Howard, 13. 17b-Ryan Bickett. DNS: 4b-Eric Baldaccini, 0c-Zach Chappell, 51b-Jimmy Brooks.
“C” Mains (Top 4 Advance to Corresponding “B” Main):
First “C” Main (15 Laps): 1. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 2. 74e-Claud Estes, 3. 21b-Brian Brown, 4. 05-Brad Loyet, 5. 5h-Mason Moore, 6. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 7. X1m-Jack Dover, 8. 21k-Ryan Kitchen, 9. 93-Chris Sweeney, 10. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 11. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 12. 47-Dale Howard, 13. 89g-David Gravel, 14. 26-Marshall Skinner, 15. 66-Tommy Worley, 16. 51h-Mike Hess.
Second “C” Main (15 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 9x-Gary Wright, 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 4. 28c-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 4s-Danny Smith, 6. 1x-Gary Taylor, 7. 87j-Justin Carver, 8. 39-Brad Bowden, 9. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 10. 40-Ernie Ainsworth, 11. 1g-Cody Gardner, 12. 15b-Sean McClelland, 13. 27-Andy Shouse, 14. 6b-Ryan Beechler, 15. 11g-Mike Goodman. DNS: 21x-Jimmy Hurley.
“B” Mains (Top 7 from each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B” Main (15 Laps): 1. 23b-Seth Bergman, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. M1-Tim Shaffer, 4. 01x-Paul McMahan, 5. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 8. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 9. 28s-Jeff Swindell, 10. 18b-Tony Bruce, Jr., 11. 81-Danny Wood, 12. 3a-A.G. Rains, 13. 21b-Brian Brown, 14. 74e-Claud Estes, 15. 05-Brad Loyet, 16. 14k-Kyle Bellm.
Second “B” Main (15 Laps): 1. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 11c-Matt Covington, 3. 187-Kyle Larson, 4. 3g-Stevie Smith, 5. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 6. 9-Joey Saldana, 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 8. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 9. 94-Derek Hagar, 10. 9x-Gary Wright, 11. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 12. 28c-Jonathan Cornell, 13. 36-Jason Martin, 14. 71-Channin Tankersley, 15. 14m-Jordon Mallett. DNS: 91d-Cody Darrah.
Dash for Cash (Finish Determines Alignment of Front Three Rows of Main Event):
Dash (6 Laps – Starting position in parentheses): 1. 1mx-Danny Lasoski (4), 2. 57-Shane Stewart (2), 3. 99-Brady Bacon (6), 4. 1s-Sammy Swindell (4), 5. 91s-Jason Sides (1), 6. 29-Travis Rilat (3).
24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Championship “A” Feature:
A Feature (40 Laps – Starting position in parentheses): 1. 1s-Sammy Swindell (4) [$15,000], 2. 99-Brady Bacon (3) [$10,000], 3. 57-Shane Stewart (2) [$7,500], 4. 1mx-Danny Lasoski (1) [$5,000], 5. 91s-Jason Sides (5) [$2,750], 6. 3g-Stevie Smith (14) [$2,700], 7. 01x-Paul McMahan (13) [$2,650], 8. 88-Tim Crawley (9) [$2,600], 9. 49-Brad Sweet (20) [$2,575], 10. M1-Tim Shaffer (11) [$2,550], 11. 29-Travis Rilat (6) [$2,525], 12. 41-Jason Johnson (19) [$2,500], 13. 9-Joey Saldana (18) [$2,475], 14. 23-Seth Bergman (7) [$2,450], 15. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek (16) [$2,425], 16. 187-Kyle Larson (12) [$2,400], 17. 87-Aaron Reutzel (17) [$2,400], 18. 11c-Matt Covington (10) [$2,400], 19. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (8) [$2,400], 20. 77x-Wayne Johnson (15) [$2,400], 21. 3a-A.G. Rains (21) [$2,400].
Lap Leaders: Shane Stewart 1-12, Sammy Swindell 13-40.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 2,811, 2. Johnny Herrera 2,674 3. Jeff Swindell 2,628, 4. Brady Bacon 2,561, 5. Tim Crawley 2,513, 6. Gary Wright 2,473, 7. Jason Johnson 2,394, 8. Seth Bergman 2,317, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,303, 10. Aaron Reutzel 2,242, 11. Zach Chappell 2,026, 12. Wayne Johnson 1,778, 13. Jack Dover 1,471, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,371, 15. Danny Wood 1,275.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 2,946, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 2,811, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,674, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 2,628, 5. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,561, 6. Mike Ward #88 – 2,513, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,317, 8. Bruce Racing #18 – 2,303, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 2,242, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 2,026, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 1,877, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,371, 13. Danny Wood #81 – 1,275, 14. Bryan Sundby #38 – 1,196, 15. Sam Hafertepe #15h – 1,128.
Oct 19 2011
Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals on Tap for Lucas Oil Sprint Cars this Weekend!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 17, 2011) – The beat goes on for the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filers National series with another $10,000 winner’s share up for grabs at this weekend’s 38th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals atop the storied ½-mile Devil’s Bowl Speedway clay just east of Dallas in Mesquite, TX.
After Thursday’s Fifth Annual Steve King Foundation Golf Tournament, race fans in the Lone Star State get one last chance to watch the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars mix it up over two full nights of action on Friday night and Saturday night at Devil’s Bowl.
While current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader has starred in the series big-money events thus far in 2011, Springfield, Nebraska’s Jack Dover reigns as the defending Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals champion after besting a field of 57 competitors last October at Da’ Bowl.
Collecting his second Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest championship this season, the 21-year-old still ranks 14th in Lucas Oil National points despite running a limited slate of event, picking up his fifth career ASCS National triumph with an Eagle Nationals score in Nebraska in June.
Meanwhile, Stewart has excelled in added-money events with an ASCS Knoxville Nationals triumph worth $10,000 and then last weekend’s LoneStar Nationals victory worth $12,000.
The Bixby, OK, native, closing in on a second Lucas Oil Sprint Car driver’s title after capturing his first crown in 2009, will try to go three-for-three in added-money events with this weekend’s $10,000-to-win Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals with $15,000-to-win affairs coming up at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway (October 27-29) and Tucson’s USA Raceway (November 17-19).
Stewart currently holds a 97-point edge over Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera in the title chase, with Tennessee’s Jeff Swindell, Arkansas’ shoe Tim Crawley and Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon rounding out the current top five.
“The Texan” Gary Wright, Washington’s Seth Bergman, Louisiana’s Jason Johnson, Kansas’ Tony Bruce, Jr., and Texas’ Aaron Reutzel fill out the current top ten, with Oklahoma’s Zach Chappell in eleventh.
Climbing the driver point charts to eighth after missing the initial four events of the season due to Australian commitments, Jason Johnson’s JJR No. 41 entry holds down the top spot on the owner point charts with a 136-point edge over Paul Silva’s No. 57 entry piloted by Stewart.
With 14 different winners in 24 Lucas Oil Sprint Car feature events thus far in 2011, Jason Johnson is atop the charts with six wins. Stewart and Herrera have each claimed three victories, with Wayne Johnson winning twice. Single scores have been claimed by Crawley, Dover, Lee Grosz, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Tim Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Daryn Pittman, Jeff Swindell, Sammy Swindell and Gary Wright. Hafertepe, Jr., is the most recent series winner after topping March’s Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals.
Friday night, October 21 at 8:00 p.m. – 38th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals prelim
Saturday night, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. – 38th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals finale
Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – ½-mile, high-banked clay oval located six miles east of Dallas' I-635 on I-20, then three miles north on Lawson Road. Lawson Road north of the track (and south off of US 80) has been closed for repair, so fans and racers are urged to use I-20 and then go north on Lawson. Track phone: 972-222-2421.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway has been hosting the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series since 1994, with 22 different drivers scoring at least one victory in 65 feature events. Gary Wright has claimed 20 of his 127 career Lucas Oil National Sprint Car wins at Devil’s Bowl, including three Winter Nationals triumphs in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
Only Jason Johnson has posted multiple series wins at Devil’s Bowl since the beginning of the 2009 season, including a win in last October’s Winter Nationals prelim and then this March’s Spring Nationals prelim. Sam Hafertepe, Jr., is the most recent winner at Devil’s Bowl after topping the Spring Nationals finale.
Jack Dover is the reigning Winter Nationals champion, with other recent winners in addition to Wright including Kevin Ramey (2009), Jason Johnson (2007), Travis Rilat (2006) and Shane Stewart (2004).
Current 2011 Points:
Top 15 Driver Points: 1. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 2,467, 2. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 2,370, 3. Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 2,326, 4. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 2,240, 5. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 2,225, 6. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 2,147, 7. Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) 2,056, 8. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 2,051, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,989, 10. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 1,952, 11. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,771, 12. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 1,426, 13. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,221, 14. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,187, 15. Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) 1,091.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 2,603, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 2,467, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,370, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 2,326, 5. Mike Ward #88 – 2,240, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,225, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,056, 8. Bruce Racing #18 – 1,989, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 1,952, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 1,771, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 1,551, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,221, 13. Bryan Sundby #38 – 1,196, 14. Steve Forler #2L – 1,091, 15. Danny Wood #81 – 1,004.
2011 Feature Winners:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series: Jason Johnson 6, Johnny Herrera 3, Shane Stewart 3, Wayne Johnson 2, Tim Crawley 1, Jack Dover 1, Lee Grosz 1, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1, Tim Kaeding 1, Kyle Larson 1, Daryn Pittman 1, Jeff Swindell 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Gary Wright 1.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters – A Look Ahead:
October 27/28/29 – I-30 Speedway (24th Annual Short Track Nationals)
November 11/12 – Southern New Mexico Speedway
November 17/18/19 – USA Raceway (44th Annual Western World Championships)
Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.
Lucas Oil ASCS on TV
The fall schedule according to www.motorsportshour.com is as follows:
Eagle Raceway (June 11) – 9/18/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET
Grays Harbor Raceway (RAINED OUT) – 10/30/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET
Cottage Grove Speedway (July 22) – 11/6/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET
Cottage Grove Speedway (July 23) - TBA
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Oct 17 2011
Shane Stewart Snares $12K ASCS Win in LoneStar Sprint Nationals!
KILGORE, Texas (October 15, 2011) – Shane Stewart picked off his second five-figure dollar amount win of the 2011 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National campaign by topping Saturday night’s 40-lap Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals finale atop the 3/8-mile Lone Star Speedway.
The current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader from Bixby, OK, battled past Gary Wright into the lead on the 22nd round and then fought off a bid from Jason Johnson en route to collecting the $12,000 winner’s share after his third ASCS National win of the year and 25th of his career.
“This is big for us to win a race that pays so well, it’s been a while since I’ve been in this position,” Stewart explained of the triumph aboard Paul Silva’s Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita No. 57 A.R.T.
While Stewart started the feature inside the third row, pole starter Wright outgunned Matt Covington for the lead at the drop of the green flag and paced the initial half of the race with Covington holding down second until the 12th round when Herrera slid by with Stewart following suit for third a lap later.
Stewart slid past Herrera for second on the 15th circuit and then battled past “The Texan” for the point on the 22nd lap with Jason Johnson hot on his heels just one round before the race’s only caution appeared for a Junior Jenkins spin.
Johnson slid past Stewart for the lead on the ensuing restart only to have the 2009 series champion return the favor and then set the pace the rest of the way. Johnson settled for runner-up honors in the Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim, with Friday night preliminary feature winner Daryn Pittman taking the show position in the T-Mac Motorsports No. 24.
Wright was fourth in his No. 9 Maxim, with Jack Dover climbing from 11th to round out the top five in the Shaver-powered Thorpe’s Auto Body No. 53 Eagle.
Herrera was sixth, with Seth Bergman, Travis Rilat, Brian Brown and Danny Wood completing the top ten.
Aaron Reutzel and Jeff Swindell won Saturday night’s B Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals
Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
Locked in by Virtue of Top Four Finish on Preliminary Night (In order of Redraw):
1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 11c-Matt Covington, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 57-Shane Stewart, 6. 41-Jason Johnson, 7. 24-Daryn Pittman, 8. 23-Seth Bergman.
Feature Starting Positions Based on Qualifying Night Point Totals:
9. 81-Danny Wood, 10. 29-Travis Rilat, 11. 53-Jack Dover, 12. 21-Brian Brown, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 11g-Mike Goodman.
"B" Mains (Top 4 From Each Advance to “A” Main):
First "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 3. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 11-Justin Melton, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 8. 51-Beau Smith, 9. 8-John Carney II, 10. 90-Lance Norick, 11. 5h-Mason Moore, 12. 76-John Ricketts, 13. 74e-Claud Estes, 14. 20-Chad Wilson, 15. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 16. 44w-Austen Wheatley (DNS), 17. 17w-Brad Welborn (DNS), 18. 17m-Josh Baughman (DNS), 19. 16-Koty Adams (DNS), 20. 0-Zach Chappell (DNS), 21. 79-Ryan Hall (DNS).
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 28-Jeff Swindell, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 6. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 7. 45-Martin Edwards, 8. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 9. 36-John Pate, 10. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 11. 69h-Larry Howery, 12. 58-Gary Floyd, 13. 14b-Robert Byrom, 14. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 15. 15-Curtis Wayne Brown, 16. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 17. 31-Brandon Berryman, 18. 27-Andy Shouse, 19. 33-Mark Huddleston, 20. 2d-Bryan Dobesh.
LoneStar Nationals “A” Main:
“A” Feature (40 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 24-Daryn Pittman, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 29-Travis Rilat, 9. 21-Brian Brown, 10. 81-Danny Wood, 11. 99-Brady Bacon, 12. 88-Tim Crawley, 13. 11g-Mike Goodman, 14. 45k-Kolt Walker, 15. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 16. 71-Channin Tankersley, 17. 28-Jeff Swindell, 18. 30-Brandon Corn, 19. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 20. 11c-Matt Covington, 21. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 22. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 23. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 25. 15b-Curtis Wayne Brown.
Note: Junior Jenkins and Curtis Wayne Brown were added to the feature field via blind draw, while Bruce Griffith, Jr., bought his way into the feature event.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Shane Stewart 2,467, 2. Johnny Herrera 2,370 3. Jeff Swindell 2,326, 4. Tim Crawley 2,240, 5. Brady Bacon 2,225, 6. Gary Wright 2,147, 7. Seth Bergman 2,056, 8. Jason Johnson 2,051, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,989, 10. Aaron Reutzel 1,952, 11. Zach Chappell 1,771, 12. Wayne Johnson 1,426, 13. Dustin Morgan 1,221, 14. Jack Dover 1,187, 15. Logan Forler 1,091.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 2,603, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 2,467, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,370, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 2,326, 5. Mike Ward #88 – 2,240, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,225, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 2,056, 8. Bruce Racing #18 – 1,989, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 1,952, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 1,771, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 1,551, 12. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,221, 13. Bryan Sundby #38 – 1,196, 14. Steve Forler #2L – 1,091, 15. Danny Wood #81 – 1,004.
Oct 15 2011
KILGORE, Texas (October 15, 2011) – With two preliminary nights of competition at the Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals at Lone Star Speedway logged into the books, the championship feature lineups for Saturday's $12,000-to-win Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters event have been set.
Eight drivers locked into the Saturday finale by virtue of finishing among the top four in the Thursday and Friday preliminary features, with another half dozen securing spots by accumulating the top points totals in a single night.
Locked in are winners Johnny Herrera and Daryn Pittman along with second through fourth runners Seth Bergman, Jason Johnson, Matt Covington, Shane Stewart, Tim Crawley and Gary Wright.
The other six locked in drivers include Danny Wood, Travis Rilat, Jack Dover, Brian Brown, Brady Bacon and Mike Goodman.
The balance of the feature field will be filled through a pair of “B” Mains among other things.
Saturday’s racing action at the 3/8-mile Lone Star Speedway oval gets under way at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Feature Lineups:
A Main:
Front four rows to be determined by redraw among top four from each preliminary feature (Johnny Herrera, Daryn Pittman, Seth Bergman, Jason Johnson, Matt Covington, Shane Stewart, Tim Crawley and Gary Wright).
Row 5 – 81 Danny Wood and 29 Travis Rilat
Row 6 – 53 Jack Dover and 21 Brian Brown
Row 7 – 99 Brady Bacon and 11g Mike Goodman
B Main 1:
87 Aaron Reutzel – 5h Mason Moore
18 Tony Bruce, Jr. – 11 Justin Melton
51 Beau Smith – 2dm Dustin Morgan
14k Kyle Bellm – 7m Kevin Ramey
8 John Carney II – 44w Austen Wheatley
03 Joe Wood, Jr. – 76 John Ricketts
74e Claud Estes – 20 Chad Wilson
30 Brandon Corn – 90 Lance Norick
17w Brad Welborn – 17b Josh Baughman
16 Koty Adams – 0 Zach Chappell
79 Ryan Hall
B Main 2:
28 Jeff Swindell – 4 Eric Baldaccini
45k Kolt Walker – 71x Channin Tankersley
36 John Pate – 2d Bryan Dobesh
20k Thomas Kennedy – 21T Ray Allen Kulhanek
21k Lou Kennedy, Jr. – 5 Kyle McCutcheon
45 Martin Edwards – 31 Brandon Berryman
23j Junior Jenkins – 27 Andy Shouse
69h Larry Howery – 58 Gary Floyd
14b Robert Byrom – 17 Bruce Griffith, Jr.
33 Mark Huddleston – 15 Curtis Wayne Brown
Pittman Pulls off Friday Night ASCS Win at LoneStar Sprint Nationals!
KILGORE, Texas (October 14, 2011) – Daryn Pittman and Jason Johnson waged an epic battle in Friday night’s 30-lap Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals preliminary main event at Lone Star Speedway with Pittman surging to the front in the final circuits to snare his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters triumph of the year.
Pittman, an Owasso, OK, native who cut his Sprint Car racing teeth in ASCS competition from 1996 to 1998, put the T-Mac Racing No. 24 entry in victory lane for his sixth career ASCS National victory and the first since a Lawton Speedway win over 13 years ago on September 12, 1998.
“A race that much fun to drive in had to be a fun race to watch, what a hell of a race,” Pittman explained in victory lane.
While Pittman started from the pole position, reigning Lucas Oil ASCS National champion Johnson wasted little time climbing from the fifth starting position and the battle was soon on with the pair swapping the point several times along the way before Pittman put it away in the final rounds.
“The Ragin’ Cajun” settled for runner-up honors, while 16th-starter and current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Shane Stewart rallied through the field to take the show position away from front row outside starter Gary Wright in the final rounds. Pittman, Johnson, Stewart and Wright locked into Saturday night’s $12,000-to-win LoneStar Sprint Nationals finale along with Thursday night’s top four finishers which included Johnny Herrera, Seth Bergman, Matt Covington and Tim Crawley.
Danny Wood was fifth in Friday night’s feature, with Jack Dover, Brian Brown, Mike Goodman, Aaron Reutzel and Jeff Swindell completing the top ten.
Goodman, Dover, Pittman, Brown and Wright topped heat race action for Friday night’s 47-car field, with Kyle Bellm and Canada’s Thomas Kennedy winning the “B” Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals
Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
Heat Races:
Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 11g-Mike Goodman, 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 3. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 4. 5h-Mason Moore, 5. 74e-Claud Estes, 6. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 7. 51-Beau Smith, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 14b-Robert Byrom, 10. 31-Brandon Berryman.
Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 27-Andy Shouse, 6. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 7. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 8. 36-John Pate, 9. 15-Curtis Wayne Brown (DNS), 10. 11-Justin Melton (DNS).
Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 24-Daryn Pittman, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 4. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 5. 8-John Carney II, 6. 76-John Ricketts, 7. 17b-Josh Baughman, 8. 33-Mark Huddleston, 9. 0-Zach Chappell.
Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 4. 20-Chad Wilson, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 7. 30-Brandon Corn, 8. 17w-Brad Welborn, 9. 45k-Kolt Walker (DNS).
Heat Five (10 Laps): 1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 28-Jeff Swindell, 3. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 71-Channin Tankersley, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 69h-Larry Howery, 8. 58-Gary Floyd, 9. 45-Martin Edwards.
"B" Mains:
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 4. 8-John Carney II, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 69h-Larry Howery, 7. 14b-Robert Byrom, 8. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 9. 17w-Brad Welborn, 10. 27-Andy Shouse, 11. 11-Justin Melton, 12. 51-Beau Smith (DNS), 13. 17b-Josh Baughman (DNS), 14. 36-John Pate (DNS), 15. 0-Zach Chappell (DNS), 16. 45-Martin Edwards (DNS).
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 2. 5h-Mason Moore, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 5. 74e-Claud Estes, 6. 30-Brandon Corn, 7. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 8. 31-Brandon Berryman, 9. 90-Lance Norick, 10. 20-Chad Wilson, 11. 58-Gary Floyd, 12. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 13. 33-Mark Huddleston, 14. 15b-Curtis Wayne Brown (DNS), 15. 45k-Kolt Walker (DNS).
Lone Star Speedway “A” Main:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 24-Daryn Pittman, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 81-Danny Wood, 6. 53-Jack Dover, 7. 21-Brian Brown, 8. 11g-Mike Goodman, 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10. 28-Jeff Swindell, 11. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 12. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 13. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 14. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 15. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 16. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 17. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 18. 8-John Carney II, 19. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 20. 5h-Mason Moore, 21. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 22. 71-Channin Tankersley, 23. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 24. 44w-Austen Wheatley (DNS).
Herrera Wins LoneStar Sprint Nationals Opener
KILGORE, Texas (October 13, 2011) – Johnny Herrera tallied up his third Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win of the year by topping Thursday night’s 30-lap main event at Lone Star Speedway’s Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals.
The Albuquerque shoe gunned into the lead at the drop of the green flag from the pole starting position and held the top spot all the way aboard the Wesmar-powered Mesilla Valley Transport/Champion Oil No. 45x Maxim.
With the victory, Herrera is assured a spot among the front four rows of Saturday night’s $12,000-to-win LoneStar Sprint Nationals finale along with Seth Bergman, Matt Covington and Tim Crawley, who claimed second, third and fourth in Thursday night’s main event.
While Crawley rallied from 18th to claim the fourth and final lock-in position, Brady Bacon missed out by just one spot in fifth with the rest of the top ten including Tony Bruce, Jr., Aaron Reutzel, Travis Rilat, Justin Melton and Brian Brown.
Channin Tankersley, Rilat, Dustin Morgan, Herrera and Covington topped heat race action for Friday night’s 53-car field, with Daryn Pittman and Crawley winning the “B” Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals
Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
Heat Races:
Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 71x-Channin Tankersley, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 4. 81-Danny Wood, 5. 11-Justin Melton, 6. 11g-Mike Goodman, 7. 27-Andy Shouse, 8. 8-John Carney II, 9. 16-Koty Adams, 10. 30-Brandon Corn, 11. 15b-Curtis Wayne Brown.
Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 51-Beau Smith, 3. 21-Brian Brown, 4. 2-Wes Miller, 5. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 74e-Claud Estes, 8. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 9. 76-John Ricketts, 10. 33-Mark Huddleston, 11. 17m-Josh Baughman.
Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 20-Chad Wilson, 7. 69h-Larry Howery, 8. 90-Lance Norick, 9. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 10. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 11. 21k-Lou Kennedy.
Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 36-John Pate, 4. 5h-Mason Moore, 5. 45-Martin Edwards, 6. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 7. 58-Gary Floyd, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 10. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek.
Heat Five (10 Laps): 1. 11c-Matt Covington, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 24-Daryn Pittman, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 6. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 7. 0-Zach Chappell, 8. 14b-Robert Byrom, 9. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 10. 79-Ryan Hall.
"B" Mains:
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 24-Daryn Pittman, 2. 11-Justin Melton, 3. 81-Danny Wood, 4. 11g-Mike Goodman, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 45-Martin Edwards, 7. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 8. 69h-Larry Howery, 9. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 10. 20-Chad Wilson, 11. 16-Koty Adams, 12. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 13. 33-Mark Huddleston, 14. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 15. 27-Andy Shouse, 16. 0-Zach Chappell, 17. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 18. 15b-Curtis Wayne Brown, 19. 21k-Lou Kennedy.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 5. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 6 90-Lance Norick, 7. 17b-Josh Baughman, 8. 2-Wes Miller, 9. 14b-Robert Byrom, 10. 58-Gary Floyd, 11. 2d-Bryan Dobesh, 12. 79-Ryan Hall, 13. 74e-Claud Estes, 14. 8-John Carney II, 15. 77x-Wayne Johnson. DNS: 9-Gary Wright, 76-John Ricketts, 30-Brandon Corn.
Lone Star Speedway “A” Main:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 11c-Matt Covington, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 29-Travis Rilat, 9. 11-Justin Melton, 10. 21-Brian Brown, 11. 5h-Mason Moore, 12. 36-John Pate, 13. 51-Beau Smith, 14. 41-Jason Johnson, 15. 71x-Channin Tankersley, 16. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 17. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 18. 45k-Kolt Walker, 19. 11g-Mike Goodman, 20. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 21. 24-Daryn Pittman, 22. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 23. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 24. 81-Danny Wood (DNS).
Oct 13 2011
Big Names Among Early Entries as STN Pre-Entry Deadline Approaches!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 12, 2011) – With the pre-entry discount deadline for the upcoming 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires at I-30 Speedway just a few short days away, a small sampling of the early entries serves as an enticing indicator of the unparalleled pool of talent that will once again descend upon Little Rock, AR, in just two more weeks.
And among those early entries is Grass Valley, CA, native Brad Sweet, who will return to defend his STN crown in the $15,000-to-win, $2,400-to-start Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters event on October 27-29.
Sweet is one of four past event winners among the early entries, with back-to-back winner in 2008 and 2009 Tony Bruce, Jr., 2006 victor Jason Johnson and 1997 ace Wayne Johnson also among the entries.
Then throw in the likes of current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Shane Stewart, second-ranked Johnny Herrera, leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Aaron Reutzel, Posse shoe Stevie Smith, Jr., and Sweet’s Kasey Kahne Racing teammate Joey Saldana, and the 2011 STN field is again shaping up in stellar fashion.
Drivers planning on competing in the 24th Annual Short Track Nationals can save $100 by filing entries by Monday’s October 17 deadline. Entries filed by October 17 are $150, with entries after the deadline $250.
Entry forms are available at http://www.i-30speedway.com/flyers/stn_2011.pdf, or by calling 501-455-4567.
Sweet became the 16th different winner of the prestigious event last October with a white-flag lap move past Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and Greg Wilson.
Sweet joined a list of event winners that includes Tony Bruce, Jr. (2008 and 2009), Jason Meyers (2007), Jason Johnson (2006), Tim Montgomery (2005), Gary Wright (2004, 2003, 1999 and 1995), Paul McMahan (2002), Jason Sides (2001), Mike Ward (2000), Tim Crawley (1998), Wayne Johnson (1997), Pete Butler (1996), Terry Gray (1994) and John Gerloff (1993).
Steve Kinser (1988, ’89 and ’91) and Sammy Swindell (1990) claimed early renditions of the Short Track Nationals before the 1992 finale was rained out.
For more information regarding the 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, contact I-30 Speedway at 501-455-4567 or info@i-30speedway.com.
Oct 11 2011
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars at LoneStar Sprint Nationals this Weekend!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 10, 2011) – The drive down the stretch for the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series gets going full steam with this weekend’s Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, TX.
Thursday and Friday’s preliminary events will precede Saturday’s $12,000-to-win LoneStar Sprint Nationals finale atop the 3/8-mile dirt oval.
This weekend marks the first of five blockbuster events over the next six weekends with the Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals (October 21-22), I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals (October 27-29), Southern New Mexico Speedway (November 11-12) and USA Raceway’s Western World Championships (November 17-19) to follow.
As of Monday, 56 entries from a dozen different states as well as Canada have been filed for the Lucas Oil Sprint Car portion of this weekend’s LoneStar Sprint Nationals. Complete event information is available at http://www.darinshort.com/SCN.html.
Closing in on his second Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship in three years is Bixby, OK, native Shane Stewart, who holds a 97-point lead over Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera in the title chase with Jeff Swindell, Tim Crawley and Brady Bacon rounding out the current top five in points. The rest of the current top ten includes Gary Wright, Seth Bergman, Jason Johnson, Tony Bruce, Jr., and Aaron Reutzel, with Zach Chappell just outside the top ten.
Atop the series victory charts with six wins is Eunice, LA, native and defending series champion Jason Johnson, whose JJR No. 41 entry is atop the owner’s point portion of the championship chase.
With a different format in place for this weekend’s LoneStar Sprint Nationals, show-up points amounting to 100 points will be awarded to all team’s taking part over the course of the weekend.
Thursday night, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. – Lone Star Speedway
Friday night, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. – Lone Star Speedway
Saturday night, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. – Lone Star Speedway
Track Information:
Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX) – 3/8-mile high-banked dirt oval located off I-20 Exit 583, then 0.5 miles north on SR 135, then one mile east on FM 1252 then 0.5 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 903-986-9731.
Current 2011 Points:
Top 15 Driver Points: 1. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 2,367, 2. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 2,270, 3. Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 2,226, 4. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 2,140, 5. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 2,125, 6. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 2,047, 7. Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) 1,956, 8. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,951, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,889, 10. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 1,852, 11. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,671, 12. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 1,326, 13. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,121, 14. Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) 1,091, 15. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,087.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15): 1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 2,503, 2. Paul Silva #57 – 2,367, 3. Herrera/Main #45x – 2,270, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 2,226, 5. Mike Ward #88 – 2,140, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 – 2,125, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 1,956, 8. Bruce Racing #18 – 1,889, 9. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 1,852, 10. Randy Washburn #0 – 1,671, 11. Gary Wright #9 – 1,451, 12. Bryan Sundby #38 – 1,196, 13. M&M Motorsports #2 – 1,121, 14. Steve Forler #2L – 1,091, 15. Danny Wood #81 - 904.
2011 Feature Winners:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series: Jason Johnson 6, Johnny Herrera 2, Wayne Johnson 2, Shane Stewart 2, Tim Crawley 1, Jack Dover 1, Lee Grosz 1, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1, Tim Kaeding 1, Kyle Larson 1, Jeff Swindell 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Gary Wright 1.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters – A Look Ahead:
October 21/22 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals)
October 27/28/29 – I-30 Speedway (24th Annual Short Track Nationals)
November 11/12 – Southern New Mexico Speedway
November 17/18/19 – USA Raceway (44th Annual Western World Championships)
Oct 10 2011
Tim Kaeding Wins ASCS SoCal Finale at Tulare
TULARE, Cal. (October 8, 2011) – Tim Kaeding won Saturday night’s ASCS Southern California Region season finale at the Thunerbowl Raceway.
Kaeding beat SoCal champ Tommy Tarlton to the stripe, with Jac Haudenschild, Bud Kaeding and Craig Stidham rounding out the top five.
ASCS Southern California Region Results from Thunderbowl Raceway:
Heat One: 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 3-Craig Stidham, 3. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 4. 94-Steven Tiner, 5. 57-Billy Butler, 6. 17v-Danny Faria, Jr., 7. 77n-Garrett Netto.
Heat Two: 1. 15-Eric Humphries, 2. 83sr-Jac Haudenschild, 3. 21k-Bobby Michnowicz, 4. 83jr-Tim Kaeding, 5. 21m-Peter Murphy, 6. 88k-Koen Shaw, 7. 82-Steve Jaquith, 8. 92-Andy Forsberg.
Heat Three: 1. 19-Bud Kaeding, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 35-Albert Pombo, 4. 3c-Cody Lamar, 5. 69-Brent Kaeding, 6. 4F-Mike Faria, 7. 88n-D.J. Netto, 8. 7-Steven Kent.
“A” Feature: 1. 83jr-Tim Kaeding, 2. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 3. 83sr-Jac Haudenschild, 4. 19-Bud Kaeding, 5. 3-Craig Stidham, 6. 21m-Peter Murphy, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 4F-Mike Faria, 9. 94-Steven Tiner, 10. 17v-Danny Faria, Jr., 11. 88n-D.J. Netto, 12. 3c-Cody Lamar, 13. 57-Billy Butler, 14. 89-Rico Abreu, 15. 35-Albert Pombo, 16. 21k-Bobby Michnowicz, 17. 2L-Logan Forler, 18. 88k-Koen Shaw, 19. 77n-Garrett Netto, 20. 15-Eric Humphries, 21. 69-Brent Kaeding, 22. 92-Andy Forsberg. DNS: 82-Steve Jaquith, 7-Steven Kent.
ASCS Southern California Points (Top 10): 1. Tommy Tarlton 1,164, 2. Eric Humphries 700, 3. Mike Faria 698, 4. Albert Pombo 667, 5. Craig Stidham 633, 6. Cory Eliason 610, 7. Koen Shaw 577, 8. Steven Kent 546, 9. Garrett Netto 451, 10. Nick Green 445.
Jason Johnson Wins ASCS Sooner Finale at Thunderbird
Wood, Jr., Takes Title!
Richard Bales photo
Jason Johnson picked off his 14th overall ASCS win of the year
Lonnie Wheatley, MUSKOGEE, Okla. (October 8, 2011) – Jason Johnson tallied up his 14th overall American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year by topping Saturday night’s 20-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region season finale atop the historic Thunderbird Speedway ½-mile clay oval.
While Johnson became the first repeat winner in a dozen ASCS Sooner events over the course of the year, Oklahoma City’s Joe Wood, Jr., secured his second series championship with a sixth place finish.
After Dustin Morgan led the initial lap from the pole position, third-starter Johnson raced into the lead for good aboard the Don Ott-powered Haynes/Mesilla Valley Transport No. 41 Maxim.
Johnson was chased to the line by Morgan, with Danny Wood, Mike Goodman and Danny Jennings rounding out the top five. Wood, Jr., was sixth, with Eric Baldaccini, Shane Sellers, Jamie Passmore and Matt Covington completing the top ten.
Morgan, Goodman and Johnson topped heat race action, with Cameron Hagin winning the “B” Main.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Results from Thunderbird Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dustin Morgan, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 81au-Gavin Punch, 5. 4j-Jamie Passmore, 6. 74-Joshua Hodges, 7. 4k-Kirby Bedford, 8. 76-John Ricketts, 9. 48-Jake Martens. DNS: 22-Dan Adkins.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 11g-Mike Goodman, 2. 7-Michelle Decker, 3. 1j-Danny Jennings, 4. 04-Brad Graham, 5. 35-Rick Wright, Jr., 6. 65L-Nick Lucito, 7. 0-Russell Boren, 8. 45-J.P. Bailey, 9. 26-Rafe Essary, 10. 010-Brian Roberts.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 11c-Matt Covington, 4. 7s-Shane Sellers, 5. 36-Robert Sellers, 6. 110-Cameron Hagin, 7. 69-Larry Howery, 8. 50-Cody Whitworth, 9. 57-Kyle Chady.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 110-Cameron Hagin, 2. 69-Larry Howery, 3. 26-Rafe Essary, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 0-Russell Boren, 6. 50-Cody Whitworth, 7. 57-Kyle Chady. DNS: 36-Robert Sellers, 4k-Kirby Bedford, 45-J.P. Bailey, 010-Brian Roberts, 48-Jake Martens, 22-Dan Adkins.
"A" Feature (20 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 2-Dustin Morgan, 3. 81-Danny Wood, 4. 11g-Mike Goodman, 5. 1j-Danny Jennings, 6. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 7. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 7s-Shane Sellers, 9. 4j-Jamie Passmore, 10. 11c-Matt Covington, 11. 7-Michelle Decker, 12. 81au-Gavin Punch, 13. 35-Rick Wright, Jr., 14. 69-Larry Howery, 15. 110-Cameron Hagin, 16. 04-Brad Graham, 17. 65L-Nick Lucito, 18. 74-Joshua Hodges, 19. 26-Rafe Essary, 20. 76-John Ricketts.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Joe Wood, Jr. 1,553, 2. Matt Covington 1,433, 3. Michelle Decker 1,374, 4. Andy Shouse 1,236, 5. Rick Wright, Jr. 1,033, 6. Cameron Hagin 1,001, 7. Claud Estes 942, 8. Danny Wood 854, 9. John Ricketts 773, 10. Lee Little 748.
Oct 8 2011
Lasoski Wins ASCS Warrior Finale at Grain Valley as Loyet Takes Title!
Joe Orth photo
Lonnie Wheatley, GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (October 7, 2011) – Danny Lasoski made a late move around Wayne Johnson to win Friday night’s 25-lap season finale for the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region at Valley Speedway.
While Lasoski picked off his second Warrior win of the year at Valley, Brad Loyet officially earned his first Sprint Car championship with a 13th place finish after a late spin.
After four-time Warrior champ led the initial five laps, Wayne Johnson took command with Lasoski putting Mark Burch’s No. 1m Wolfweld into the second position on the 14th round.
Lasoski ultimately battled past Johnson for the win on the white flag lap, with Jason Johnson, Tim Crawley and Randy Martin rounding out the top five. Jonathan Cornell was sixth, with Miranda Arnold, Kyle Bellm, Terry McCarl and Seth Bergman completing the top ten.
Martin, Loyet, McCarl and Austin Alumbaugh topped heat race action, with Tony Bruce, Jr., winning the B Main.
Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Results from Valley Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14-Randy Martin, 2. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 3. 5-Matt Close, 4. 2-Jesse Giannetto, 5. 1X-Brad Ryun, 6. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 7. 55C-Greg Clemons. DNS: 9M-Lanny Carpenter.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet, 2. 77-John Klabunde, 3. 14T-Tony Stewart, 4. 76-Jay Russell, 5. 7J-J.D.Black, 6. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 7. 97-Carson McCarl. DNS: 93-Taylor Walton.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 55-Terry McCarl, 2. 775-Tim Crawley, 3. 38-Cody Baker, 4. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 6. 48M-Jake Martens, 7. 32L-David Langford. DNS: 09-Josh Stephens.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 69-Larry Howery, 6. 2A-Randy Hibbs, 7. 48-David Brown, 8. 49-Tyler Elliott.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 2. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 3. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 4. 7J-J.D. Black, 5. 76-Jay Russell, 6. 48M-Jake Martens, 7. 97-Carson McCarl, 8. 69-Larry Howery, 9. 49-Tyler Elliott, 10. 48-David Brown, 11. 32L-David Langford, 12. 2A-Randy Hibbs, 13. 55C-Greg Clemons, 14. 09-Josh Stephens. DNS: 93-Taylor Walton and 9M-Lanny Carpenter.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 775-Tim Crawley, 5. 14-Randy Martin, 6. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 7. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 8. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 9. 55-Terry McCarl, 10. 23-Seth Bergman, 11. 14T-Tony Stewart, 12. 38-Cody Baker, 13. 05-Brad Loyet, 14. 5-Matt Close, 15. 7J-J.D. Black, 16. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 17. 1X-Brad Ryun, 18. 77-John Klabunde, 19. 2-Jesse Giannetto, 20. 33-Austin Alumbaugh.
Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Brad Loyet 2,126, 2. Randy Martin 2,056, 3. Kyle Bellm 2,007, 4. Jonathan Cornell 1,979, 5. Cody Baker 1,865, 6. Mark Shirshekan 1,817, 7. Josh Stephens 1,597, 8. Austin Alumbaugh 1,400, 9. Miranda Arnold 1,321, 10. Tyler Blank 1,229.
Oct 6 2011
STN Format Has a New Look in 2011!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 5, 2011) – With ever-swelling car counts and competition intensifying annually, the format for I-30 Speedway’s upcoming 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires in Little Rock, AR, has been adjusted accordingly to better suit both fans and competitors.
While the qualifying nights format for the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters event will be adjusted only minimally, the Saturday STN championship night will now be a features-only format lined up based upon qualifying night point totals.
As in years past, the top three finishers on the qualifying nights (October 27 and 28) will be locked into the $15,000-to-win, $2,400-to-start October 29 STN finale. Those six drivers will battle it out in Saturday’s Odus Pack Building Materials Dash for Cash to determine the alignment of the front three rows of the championship main event.
Beyond that, drivers will be lined up on Saturday night in twin “B” Mains, twin “C” Mains, twin “D” Mains, twin “E” Mains and “F” Mains if necessary. Four drivers will transfer from each “F” to “E”, “E” to “D”, “D” to “C” and “C” to “B”, with seven advancing from each “B” Main to form the 20-car STN championship main event field.
With the qualifying nights again composed of approximately half the field on Thursday night and the remaining half on Friday, the popular Sprint Bandit format of heats and qualifying races will once again be in place. The top 14 in cumulative points from heats and qualifiers will be locked into that night’s main event, with two or three “B” Mains depending upon car count contested to fill out the qualifying night feature field.
Points earned in qualifying night heat races, qualifiers and features will set Saturday night’s feature lineups.
A staggering total of $77,700 will be doled out in the October 29 STN championship feature event alone, with well over $100,000 paid out over the course of the weekend.
With a record 125 competitors taking to I-30 Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile red clay oval last October, Grass Valley, CA, native Brad Sweet became the 16th different winner of the prestigious event when he took advantage of a white-flag lap skirmish between Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and Greg Wilson to snare the victory.
In the process, Sweet denied the effort of Tony Bruce, Jr., to become the first driver to take three consecutive STN titles after winning over fields of 95 in 2008 and then 101 in 2009.
With those back-to-back wins before the Sweet triumph, Bruce, Jr., matched four-time STN winner Gary Wright and two-time event winner Steve Kinser as the only ones able to knock down back-to-back wins.
Bruce also ranks with Wright as one of just two drivers to win the STN on more than one occasion since the event became the nation's premier showcase in 1993. Wright scored his first STN victory in 1995, then followed up with a second win in 1999. Wright extended his total of STN triumphs to four with back-to-back victory drives in 2003 and 2004.
Other past winners include Jason Meyers (2007), Jason Johnson (2006), Tim Montgomery (2005), Paul McMahan (2002), Jason Sides (2001), Mike Ward (2000), Tim Crawley (1998), Wayne Johnson (1997), Pete Butler (1996), Terry Gray (1994) and John Gerloff (1993).
Steve Kinser (1988, ’89 and ’91) and Sammy Swindell (1990) claimed early renditions of the Short Track Nationals before the 1992 finale was rained out.
Drivers planning on competing in the 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires are encouraged to submit their entries as soon as possible. Entries postmarked by October 17 are $150, with entries submitted after that $250. Entry forms are available at http://www.i-30speedway.com/flyers/stn_2011.pdf or by calling 501-455-4567.
What: 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.
Where: I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR). I-30 Speedway is located seven miles southwest of Little Rock off I-30 Exit 126 (Alexander Road).
When: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 27-29, 2011. $15,000 to win the STN finale on October 29 with $2,400 to start the STN championship feature. Race time is 7:30 p.m. each night. Rain date is November 3-5. Test 'N Tune session on Wednesday night, October 26.
Past Winners: Brad Sweet (2010), Tony Bruce, Jr. (2009 and 2008), Jason Meyers (2007), Jason Johnson (2006), Tim Montgomery (2005), Gary Wright (2004, 2003, 1999 and 1995), Paul McMahan (2002), Jason Sides (2001), Mike Ward (2000), Tim Crawley (1998), Wayne Johnson (1997), Pete Butler (1996), Terry Gray (1994), John Gerloff (1993), Steve Kinser (1991, ’89 and ‘88) and Sammy Swindell (1990). 1992 finale was rained out.
The Series: A signature stop on the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National trail, Shane Stewart is trying to finish off a second driver’s championship while Jason Johnson tries to give the JJR No. 41 team the owner’s title for the second year in a row. After Lone Star Speedway’s Lone Star Sprint Nationals on October 13-15, which is show-up points only, Johnny Herrera, Jeff Swindell and company will try to close the gap in the Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals (October 21-22) prior to the STN.
After the STN the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will finish out the year at Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway (November 11-12), and then USA Raceway’s Western World Championships in Tucson (November 17-19).
Current Top 15 Driver Points: 1. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 2,367, 2. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 2,270, 3. Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 2,226, 4. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 2,140, 5. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 2,125, 6. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 2,047, 7. Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) 1,956, 8. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,951, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,889, 10. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 1,852, 11. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,671, 12. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 1,326, 13. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,121, 14. Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) 1,091, 15. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,087.
The Trade Show & Midway: This year’s rendition of the Short Track Nationals will also include the Seventh Annual Short Track Nationals Trade Show & Midway. Fans, drivers & crews will have the opportunity to visit vendor displays, which opens at noon on Thursday and then at 9 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The deadline for guaranteed vendor space is Monday, October 24. Inquiries regarding vendor space should be directed to dssm93@msn.com.
The Tickets: Advance tickets are on sale through Wednesday, October 26, no advance sales after that. Tickets ordered in advance are just $45 for all three nights. Day of show prices are $15 on Thursday and Friday and $25 on Saturday. To order tickets in advance or for more information, call the track at 501-455-4567 or e-mail orders to racing@I-30speedway.com. Children's tickets will be available at the event for just $2 on both Thursday and Friday and then $5 on Saturday. There is a $1 per ticket surcharge for orders placed via credit/debit cards. Pit passes are $30 on both Thursday and Friday and $35 on Saturday.
For more information regarding the 24th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, contact I-30 Speedway at 501-455-4567.
Oct 5 2011
Lucas Oil ASCS Awards Ceremony Set for November 20
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 4, 2011) – The 20th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet presented by Brodix has been set for Sunday evening, November 20, at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, AZ.
The awards ceremony at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday will follow directly on the heels of the 44th Annual Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway, which will bring the 2011 season to a close for the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series.
The series $250,000 points fund plus contingencies will be distributed over the course of the evening to those eligible drivers and owners among the final top 15 in points.
Tickets for the 20th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet are available for just $15 and may be obtained by calling the ASCS office at 918-838-3777. Tickets must be ordered by November 10.
The Desert Diamond Casino is located at 7350 S. Nogales Highway in Tucson, AZ.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars have five big weekends of racing action remaining including Lone Star Speedway’s Lone Star Sprint Nationals (October 13-15), the 38th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals (October 21-22), I-30 Speedway’s 24th Annual Short Track Nationals (October 27-29), Southern New Mexico Speedway (November 11-12) and then USA’s Western World Championships (November 17-19).
Shane Stewart currently holds a 97-point edge as he pursues a second Lucas Oil Sprint Car driver’s championship in three years, while the JJR No. 41 team holds the lead in the owner’s portion of the title chase.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Oct 4 2011
ASCS Sooner Region Season Finale Saturday at Thunderbird!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 3, 2011) – Eleven winners in 11 races, that’s the number with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region where parity has prevailed in 2011.
So, the question is, can anyone repeat when the ASCS Sooner Region finishes off the 2011 season this Saturday night at Muskogee’s Thunderbird Speedway.
While first-place feature money has been distributed among 11 different drivers over the course of the year, the season-long consistency of Joe Wood, Jr., has enabled him to slip away in the points race as he tries to finish off his second series championship.
The Oklahoma City racer can add this year’s title to his 2009 crown by simply showing up Saturday night at Thunderbird, which hosts the Sooner season finale for the second year in a row.
Wood, Jr., who posted his lone series win of the year on June 18 during Summer Nationals action versus the Lone Star Region at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, has posted five top-fives and nine top-tens in eleven events including a runner-up finish this past weekend at Creek County.
Wood, Jr., has stretched his advantage out to 108 points over Glenpool’s Matt Covington, who has already earned this year’s The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star championship. Covington is 57 points ahead of Guthrie’s Michelle Decker in the battle for second, with Oklahoma City’s Andy Shouse and Claud Estes of Godley, TX, rounding out the current top five in Sooner points.
While Wood, Jr., has one feature win, the other ten Sooner winners this year include Covington, Danny Wood, Tony Bruce, Jr., Brady Bacon, Brian McClelland, Sean McClelland, Brandon Corn, Jason Johnson, Jack Dover and Seth Bergman, who added his first career Sooner win this past weekend at Creek County.
The ASCS Sooner Region made its first stop at Thunderbird Speedway last year with Sean McClelland finishing off his championship campaign with a trip to victory lane.
Before last year’s Sooner return to the historic Muskogee ½-mile oval, Thunderbird Speedway hosted four ASCS National events from 1998 to 2000 with Gary Wright winning the first three events before Wayne Johnson reached victory lane on June 9, 2000.
Saturday’s action at Thunderbird Speedway fires off at 7:30 p.m.
Thunderbird Speedway is located in Muskogee, OK, 2.1 miles east of US 69 on Okmulgee Street to B Street, then 0.9 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 918-869-6955 or 918-682-7977.
The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is slated for 14 nights of racing action at seven different tracks throughout Oklahoma and neighboring areas of Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas in 2011.
Past ASCS Sooner Region Feature Winners at Thunderbird Speedway:
11/6/10 – Sean McClelland
ASCS Warrior Season Finale Friday at Grain Valley!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 3, 2011) – Brad Loyet put the finishing touches on his third POWRi Midget championship this past Saturday night in Belleville, IL.
Now, the 23-year-old from Sunset Hills, MO, can add his first Sprint Car title to the mix when the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region finishes off the 2011 season this Friday night at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO.
Holding a 91-point lead on the strength of three wins, nine top-fives and 13 top-tens in his Rookie campaign among the ASCS Warrior ranks, Loyet can secure the series title by simply taking a green flag in heat or feature action on Friday night.
While Loyet is virtually out of the reach of four-time Warrior champion Randy Martin of California, MO, Martin is just 40 points ahead of Nixa’s Kyle Bellm in the battle for runner-up honors with Sedalia’s Jonathan Cornell another 34 points back in fourth.
Farmington’s Mark Shirshekan rounds out the current top five, with the rest of the Warrior top ten including Cody Baker (Lone Jack, MO), Josh Stephens (Buckner, MO), Austin Alumbaugh (Higginsville, MO), Tyler Blank (California, MO) and Miranda Arnold (Sedalia, MO).
With Loyet atop the win charts at three with triumphs at La Monte’s LA Raceway, Cameron’s U.S. 36 Raceway and Eldon’s Lake Ozark Speedway, Brian Brown, Danny Lasoski and Jack Dover rank as the only other drivers to post multiple Warrior wins with two each. Lasoski topped Loyet and Brown in the August 19 feature at Valley Speedway.
Other drivers picking off Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior wins this year include Martin, Bellm, Shirshekan, Wayne Johnson, Brian McClelland, Jason Johnson and Tim Crawley.
Friday’s action at Valley Speedway fires off at 7:00 p.m.
The semi-banked, 1/3-mile Valley Speedway clay oval is located in Grain Valley, MO, just east of Kansas City off of I-70 Exit 24, then 0.9 miles south on Main Street, then 0.4 miles east on Old US 40. For more information, contact the track at 816-349-9283.
The inaugural season of Speedway Motors Warrior Region action under the ASCS banner currently consists of 17 nights of competition at eight different tracks throughout Missouri and into Kansas.