Chuck Gurney Jr. chases Levi Jones in a USAC midget race inTexas pic by aXe
July 27 2010
WILKE RACING TEAM BECOMES ALL-TIME USAC VICTORY LEADER
by DICK JORDAN
The Wilke Racing Team of Milwaukee, Wisc. became the winningest team in USAC National Racing history with Kody Swanson’s victory in last Thursday night’s USAC Mopar National Midget race at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind.The win, the team’s 134th in USAC National racing, vaulted them past Steve Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif., who also had 133 career USAC National Wins to his credit.
Swanson’s win, his first for the team, was only the second for the Wilkes at ORP. Their first was with driver Don Branson in 1961! Their 134 wins have come in 41 different racing seasons since USAC debuted in 1956, the first with Rodger Ward driving the Leader Card Special in the 1959 Indianapolis 500.
Ward is the team’s winningest driver, with 20 career wins and a total of 30 different drivers have piloted Wilke cars to USAC National wins. Thursday’s win was the 27th for the Wilkes in Indiana. Illinois has yielded the most wins, with 30, while their native Wisconsin has yielded 24 as they have won in 16 different states and Canada.
The Wilke victory resume includes 35 Championship races, 11 in the Silver Crown series, six in the Sprint cars and now 82 in the Midgets.
The list of Wilke race winners reads like a who’s-who of the sport: Rodger Ward (20), Kevin Olson (17), Rich Vogler (15), Don Branson (13) Coons (12), Tracy Hines and Bobby Unser (9), Stevie Reeves and Tom Bigelow (5), Mike Mosley and Bobby Olivero (3), Mario Andretti, Chuck Weyant, Davey Ray and Page Jones (2), and A.J. Foyt, Bob Tattersall, Johnny White, Bob Wente, Bobby Marshman, George Snider, Jeff Gordon, Johnny Rutherford, Josh Wise, Ken Schrader, Kevin Doty, Mel Cornett, Parnelli Jones, Rick Hood and now Kody Swanson (1).
In addition to their 134 USAC National wins, they also have six additional USAC wins in races not carrying National points.
MIDGETS IDLE UNTIL LATE-AUGUST ANGELL PARK RACES;
SWANSON GIVES WILKE RECORD-BREAKING 134TH USAC VICTORYby DICK JORDAN
Bryan Clauson will sit on his 46-point lead in the USAC Mopar National Midget Series until late-August when the series resumes with back-to-back races at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc.
Clauson finished ninth in last Thursday’s 30-lapper at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind.
Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led all 30 laps to win at O’Reilly Raceway Park and in the process gave his car owners, the Wilke Racing Team of Milwaukee, Wisc., a historic all-time record 134th USAC National feature victory! The Wilkes were tied with Steve Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. for the all-time lead prior to Thursday’s race.
Swanson started on the pole in the Toyota/Speedway Motors Spike/Toyota and beat Jason Leffler, Levi Roberts, Darren Hagen and Brad Sweet to the checkered flag. Fast qualifier Daniel Bedford finished sixth.
The first Wilke USAC victory came with driver Rodger Ward in the 1959 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. The team owns USAC National victories in 16 different states and Canada at 61 different tracks and this was the team’s 82nd USAC National Midget win. Swanson was the 30th driver to pilot a Wilke entry to a USAC National victory.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-954, 2-Brad Kuhn-908, 3-Tracy Hines-902, 4-Brad Sweet-860, 5-Darren Hagen-844, 6-Jerry Coons Jr.-842, 7-Dave Darland-815, 8-Bobby East-635, 9-Zach Daum-608, 10-Henry Clarke-590.
ARMSTRONG-WELCH REGIONAL Midget BATTLE CONTINUES AT PLYMOUTHThe battle for the 2010 USAC Regional Midget title resumes Thursday night at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway. Dalton Armstrong of New Castle, Ind. takes a 52-point lead over Dillon Welch of Noblesville, Ind. into the race at the 3/8-mile paved northern Indiana oval.
Armstrong has four victories, three seconds, a third and a fourth in his nine series starts, while Welch has two wins, two seconds, a third and two fourths.
Thursday night’s event, which also includes a 100-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus feature, serves as a prelude to Saturday’s “Little Hoosier 100” USAC Mopar.25 Midget festival at Newton Park in nearby Lakeville, Ind.
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Dalton Armstrong-575, 2-Dillon Welch-523, 3-Chris Phillips-448, 4-Buddy Lowther-389, 5-Dave Fuhrman-318, 6-Kyle Hamilton-299, 7-Daniel Bedford-288, 8-Ali Jackson-235, 9-Levi Roberts-194, 10-Abby Martino-187.
NORTH CAROLINA, INDIANA, CALIFORNIA HOST FOCUSES THIS WEEK
DRAKE, LITTLE, LIGUORI, GROAT ALL RECORD WINSby DICK JORDAN
USAC’s Carolina, Midwest and Western Ford Focuses all see action this week with events slated at Concord, N.C., Plymouth, Ind. and Perris, Calif.
The Carolina Ford Focus and Young Guns series return to Concord Speedway for Thursday night’s program, while Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway hosts Thursday’s Midwest events. Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts Saturday’s Western races.
Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. and Jesse Little of Sherrills Ford, N.C. scored USAC feature victories in Wednesday night’s USAC Eastern/Carolina Ford Focus and Young Guns racing program at Concord (N.C.) Speedway. Drake, the son of USAC’s Jay Drake, led all 40 laps to win the Ford Focus feature in his Haas/SEM Johnsens Beast. Eastern point leader Scott Hunter took second ahead of Justin Hommel, Chris Lamb and Rick Fedrizzi. Little, son of NASCAR’s Chad Little, led all 25 laps to win the Young Guns feature over Brendon Bock, Stephen Bergh Jr. and Adam Brown.
USAC Midwest Ford Focus point leader Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. led all but the first lap of Saturday night’s 20-lap feature at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. Liguori and his Pit Stop Bar-B-Q and Grill Beast were trailed at the checkered flag by Jake Blackhurst, Alfred Galedrige Jr., Eric Rankine and Jessica Bean. Bean led the opening lap of the race.
Chuck Groat of West Valley City, Utah won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City. Groat passed Bobby Runyan on lap 18 and led to the checkered flag to beat Western Ford Focus point leader Cody Gerhardt, Ron Duncombe, Gregg Fuette and Austin Luttmer. Runyan led 15 laps, Gerhardt led two and Groat, the night’s fastest qualifier, led the last eight.
The Utah Ford Focus Series resumes August 7 at RMR.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-752, 2-Jake Blackhurst-740, 3-Kyle O’Gara-576, 4-Tyler Cottongim-572, 5-Toby Alfrey-432, 6-Jessica Bean-390, 7-Scott Hunter-366, 8-Andy Nock-360, 9-Nick Drake-340, 10-Tate Martz-339.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-269, 2-Jake Blackhurst-254, 3-Eric Rankine-217, 4-Jessica Bean-182, 5-Toby Alfrey-171, 6-Tyler Cottongim-160, 7-Bill Kriegbaum-149, 8-Kyle O’Gara-148, 9-Josh Staten-125, 10-Alfred Galedrige Jr.-121.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-477, 2-Jake Blackhurst-472, 3-Kyle O’Gara-404, 4-Tyler Cottongim-393, 5-Tate Martz-339, 6-Andy Nock-312, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby Alfrey-261, 9-Justin Hommel-235, 10-Scott Hunter-230.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-482, 2-Connor Kassik-379, 3-J.R. Williams-333, 4-Chuck Groat-324, 5-Bobby Runyan-302, 6-Terra Brower-300, 7-Cody Gerhardt-295, 8-Ron Duncombe-264, 9-Kipp Posey-262, 10-Eli Schrock-248.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Hunter, Scott-575, 2-Drake, Nick-505, 3-Hommel, Justin-437, 4-Corriher, Tyler-301, 5-Lamb, Chris-300, 6-Riethmeyer, Bradley-257, 7-Acton, Cody-231, 8-Blackhurst, Jake-231, 9-Intravaia, Steven-230, 10-Liguori, Joe-178.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-507, 2-Nick Drake-439, 3-Justin Hommel-395, 4-Tyler Corriher-261, 5-Chris Lamb-250, 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-184, 7-Cody Acton-183, 8-Joe Liguori-178, 9-Jake Blackhurst-174, 10-Steven Intravaia-172.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-749, 2-Bobby Runyan-668, 3-Kyle Edwards-633, 4-Connor Kassik-538, 5-Michael Daniels-482, 6-Nick Carlson-445, 7-J.R. Williams-440, 8-Garrett Peterson-402, 9-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 10-Jet Davison-395.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-682, 2-Bobby Runyan-625, 3-Garrett Peterson-402, 4-Cody Thompson-386, 5-Connor Kassik-371, 6-Keegan Walmer-366, 7-Eli Schrock-355, 8-Kyle Edwards-305, 9-Austin Farley-293,10-Jessica Clark-289.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-445, 2-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 3-Jet Davison-395, 4-Kyle Edwards-390, 5-Andrew Murray-282, 6-Zach Stout-224, 7-Wally Pankratz-204, 8-Jake Blackhurst-151, 9-Kalvin Douglas-125, 10-Connor Kassik-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Garrett Peterson-402, 2-Cody Gerhardt-393, 3-Cody Thompson-352, 4-Keegan Walmer-335, 5-Bobby Runyan-327, 6-Tim Skoglund-247, 7-Courtney Atkinson-217, 8-Connor Kassik-178, 9-Dennis Simunovich-141, 10-J.R. Williams-107.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-355, 2-Cody Gerhardt-354, 3-Bobby Runyan-346, 4-Austin Farley-293, 5-Shawn Buckley-258, 6-Jessica Clark-246, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Connor Kassik-211, 9-Michael Daniels-171, 10-J.R. Williams-130.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-706, 2-Brandon White-568, 3-Alex Jacobsen-434, 4-Casey Martinez-428, 5-Keegan Walmer-398, 6-Cody Thompson-379, 7-Collin Henry-349, 8-Austin Farley-312, 9-Daniel Williams-286, 10-Logan Williams-286.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Alex Jacobsen-434, 2-Jarid Blondel-428, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Collin Henry-342, 5-Daniel Williams-286, 6-Logan Williams-286, 7-Bradley Morris-205, 8-Tanner Kershaw-156, 9-Winn Frazin-141, 10-Al Simpson-87.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-568, 2-Keegan Walmer-398, 3-Cody Thompson-379, 4-Austin Farley-312, 5-Jarid Blondel-278, 6-Courtney Atkinson-248, 7-Jessica Clark-212, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-55.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-307, 2-Keegan Walmer-279, 3-Cody Thompson-263, 4-Courtney Atkinson-245, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-52,10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-315, 2-Austin Farley-312, 3-Jarid Blondel-278, 4-Jessica Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-375, 2-Ross Rankine-362, 3-Stevie Kuhn-328, 4-Gage Walker-284, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Mike Gass-95, 9-Jarett Andretti-52, 10-Derrick Morris-51.
USAC CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jesse Little-67, 2-Brendon Bock-65, 3-Stephen Bergh Jr.-60, 4-Adam Brown-57.
July 26 2010
Dillon Silverman
picks up his third ASCS-Pacific region Midget win of the season
Friday, July 23 at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.
by
Robert Haugh
Santa Clara Calfornia
Contributor to OWR3
Photo by Steven Cox
Silverman Claims Third ASCS Midget Feature at Silver Dollar Speedway
Piloting the #12 RAM Racing Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec, Chico’s Dillon Silverman continued his stellar 2010 season by winning his third American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Pacific region Midget race at the legendary ¼-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday, July 23.
Inching at squeezing under Travis Haugh for several laps, finally making a yeoman’s pass under the rim-riding Haugh on Lap 11, Silverman was showcasing veteran-like prowess. From then on, Haugh tried re-passing Silverman, but Silverman’s poise gave him the edge at the checkers, edging Haugh by a narrow three-tenths of a second – the closest and most exciting ASCS Midget finish of the year!Following 18-year-old Silverman to the checkers were Haugh in his grandfather Rich’s #5h Maxim/Chevy, Angwin’s Britton Bock in his #67 TCR/Ford, San Jose’s Ryan Shupe in the #40 Bay Muffler Stealth/Ford, Shingle Springs’ Rick Young aboard his #14 RAM Racing “Pink Lady” Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec with Cameron Park’s Lonny Alton rounding out the finishing order in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/Ford. Shupe moved into fourth by passing Young on Lap 14.
Making just his fourth Midget start, June 23 race winner Haugh, of Butte Valley, was seeking his second win after surging from his fifth starting spot to the lead on the opening lap. However, after leading through Lap 10, Silverman made an exciting low-groove pass under the rim-riding Haugh for the lead. 18-year-old Haugh is the eldest of 1987 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Sprint Car track Champion Rick Haugh’s two sons. Despite the strong run, Haugh’s mount was battling engine gremlins.
Haugh claimed the Heat race from the outside pole in dominating fashion over Young, Shupe, Silverman, Bock and Alton. Alton flipped on Lap 4 of the Heat - returning to action in the feature. Bock also spun in the Heat, also returning for the feature.
Haugh recorded the fastest lap time of the evening during the Heat, clocking a lap at 14.782 seconds on the heavy, well-prepared quarter-mile oval.
Silverman is the only multiple-time ASCS-Pacific region Midget feature winner in 2010, with three victories to his credit. Young, Haugh and Bock have also found the winner’s circle this year. In addition to leading both the ASCS-Pacific region and ASCS Silver Dollar Speedway points, Silverman also sits second in the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) overall Midget points.
The ASCS Midgets are Silver Dollar Speedway’s newest division, calling Silver Dollar Speedway their home track this year. The race was the eighth of nine scheduled visits the ASCS Midgets will make at the Silver Dollar quarter-mile in 2010, returning for their final appearance on Friday, August 20. Two early-season races were rained out.
The ASCS Midgets are designed to one day become to Midget racing what the 360 has become to Sprint Car racing. While it may not be the fastest class of midget racing, the division provides 90 percent of the performance at nearly 50 percent of the cost to the competitor with most teams utilizing the new Chevrolet EcoTec racing engine developed by Southern California’s Revolution Racing Engines (RRE).
“The cost control nature of this class coupled with the regular races at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway will provide a foundation to build the ASCS Midget Division in Northern California,” says ASCS Pacific division Midget Director Young. “There are many outlaw kart and micro drivers in the area that now have an affordable alternative to Sprint Car racing and the best track in California to race at on a Friday night,” adds Young.
For more information on the budget-minded ASCS Midget-Pacific division, contact ASCS Midgets-Pacific region Director Rick Young at (916) 717-3122. For more information on the RRE Chevy EcoTec Midget engine, visit www.revolutionracingengines.com or call (805) 238-3930. For more information on Silver Dollar Speedway, visit the track’s official Web site at www.silverdollarspeedway.com
Summary: Feature
(start)
1. Silverman (2)
2. Haugh (5)
3. Bock (6)
4. Shupe (3)
5. Young (4)
6. Alton (1)
Lap leaders: 1-10 Haugh, 11-15 Silverman
Heat: 1. Haugh, 2. Young, 3. Shupe, 4. Silverman, 5. Bock, 6. Alton
ARDC WESTERN PA SWING COMING THIS WEEKENDARDC will travel into western Pennsylvania this weekend to compete at Clinton County Raceway and Mercer Raceway Park.
The first stop on the trip out Route 80 will be Friday July 30th at Clinton County Raceway where the wingless midgets will be on the program with the 410 Xpress Sprint Car Series sanctioned by the ASCS Patriots. Also on the card are the Pro Stocks
Stop number two will be at the Mercer Raceway Park for the Sprint Slug-Out with the DIRTcar Sprint Challenge Series. Modifieds, Stocks and Mini Stocks will also be in competition.
Steve Buckwalter leads the ARDC with 6 wins but has had some serious competition from Ryan Smith and cousin Bruce Buckwalter Jr. in recent weeks. S. Buckwalter who is also the points leader has Drew Heistand nipping at his heels. Heistand, who has a third and two second place finishes in the last three races has yet to win this year but after installing a new Esslinger engine under the hood will be tough to keep out of victory lane, for long.
After spending many hours on the road, Bloomsburg’s Eric Heydenreich, Selinsgrove’s Steve Lenig and Wampum’s Joe Butera will finally get the advantage of a home game.
Heydenreich, who was the winner at Lincoln Speedway during the USAC tour is a member of the famed Heydenreich racing family from Bloomsburg, PA. The bullring at Clinton County with no outside guardrails in the corners will compliment his high riding style
Lenig, spends his free time with his sons racing Micro Sprints at Clinton County. After successful careers in Drag Racing and Micro Sprints, the Sunbury,PA body shop owner is looking to pick up his first win of the season.
Butera, who is making his first foray into midgets spent several years racing 410 Sprint Cars in Western PA.
Racing, both evenings, gets underway at 7:00pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, July 30, 2010 Clinton County Speedway
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Mercer Raceway
Friday, August 06, 2010 Dixieland Speedway
Friday, August 13, 2010 Accord Speedway
PAST RESULTSSunday, March 28, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway Park Billy Pauch Jr
Candy Bowl Makeup Steve Buckwalter
Friday, April 30, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Sunday, May 02, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
March 28th Makeup RAIN
Saturday, May 08, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway RAIN
Saturday, May 15, 2010 Grandview Speedway Billy Pauch Jr
Friday, May 28, 2010 Penn Can Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Grandview Spdwy w/USAC Steve Buckwalter
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Lincoln Speedway w/USAC Eric Heydenreich
Sunday, June 13, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Saturday, June 19, 2010 Bridgeport Speedway Ryan Smith
Friday, July 02, 2010 Central Penn Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Sunday, July 04, 2010 Georgetown Speedway POSTPONED
Saturday, July 10, 2010 Williams Grove SpeedwayBruce Buckwalter Jr.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 May 8th Makeup Ryan Smith
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway RAIN
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS
CAR# DRIVER TOTAL POINTS
1 0 STEVE BUCKWALTER 1214
2 12 DREw HEISTAND 1188
3 34 RYAN SMITH 1120
4 11 ERIC HEYDENREICH 1095
5 44 FRANK POLIMEDA 1057
6 83 BRUCE BUCKWALTER JR 982
7 46 BRETT ARNDT 910
8 77 ALEX BRIGHT 893
9 9 STEVE LENIG 861
10 51 PJ GARGIULO 848
July 25 2010
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
July 24, 2010 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain RacewaysQUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.436; 2. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton-15.546; 3. Cody Gerhardt, 60, Western Speed-15.681; 4. Bob Brewer, 5, Brewer-15.686; 5. Tanner Long, 8, Sutton-15.722; 6. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-15.754; 7. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.861; 8. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-15.893; 9. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.914; 10. Aaron Higgins, 42, Sutton-15.915; 11. Jeremy McKenna, 17, Remick-15.954; 12. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.083; 13. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-16.121; 14. Terra Brower, 07, Remick-16.128; 15. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.270; 16. Christina Remick, 13, Remick-17.255.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Groat, 2. McKenna, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Fuette, 5. Duncombe, 6. Long, 7. Williams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kassik, 2. Runyan, 3. Daniels, 4. Luttmer, 5. Higgins, 6. Remick, 7. Brower. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Chuck Groat, 2. Cody Gerhardt, 3. Ron Duncombe, 4. Gregg Fuette, 5. Austin Luttmer, 6. Jeremy McKenna, 7. Aaron Higgins, 8. Terra Brower, 9. J.R. Williams, 10. Christina Remick, 11. Bobby Runyan, 12. Tanner Long, 13. Connor Kassik, 14. Michael Daniels. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Runyan, Laps 4-5 Gerhardt, Laps 6-17 Runyan, Laps 18-25 Groat.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Gerhardt-749; 2-Runyan-668; 3-Kyle Edwards-633; 4-Kassik-538; 5-Daniels-482; 6-Nick Carlson-445; 7-Williams-440; 8-Garrett Peterson-402; 9-Andrew Mulhearn-401; 10-Jet Davison-395.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Daniels-482; 2-Kassik-379; 3-Williams-333; 4-Groat-324; 5-Runyan-302; 6-Brower-300; 7-Gerhardt-295; 8-Duncombe-264; 9-Kipp Posey-262; 10-Eli Schrock-248.NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 31 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: August 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways
USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS
July 24, 2010 – Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park SpeedwayQUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-15.004; 2. Eric Rankine, 39, Rankine-15.130; 3. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.162; 4. Jessica Bean, 3, Stigall-15.362; 5. Ross Rankine, 39x, Rankine-15.405; 6. Kyle O’Gara, 4, Beast-15.473; 7. Bill Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-16.252; 8. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 41, Griffith-NT.
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Joe Liguori (#22x Givens), 2. Jake Blackhurst, 3. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 4. Eric Rankine, 5. Jessica Bean, 6. Ross Rankine, 7. Bill Kriegbaum, 8. Kyle O’Gara. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bean, Laps 2-20 Liguori.NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-795; 2-Blackhurst-783; 3-O’Gara-579; 4-Tyler Cottongim-572; 5-Toby Alfrey-432; 6-Bean-390; 7-Scott Hunter-366; 8-Andy Nock-360; 9-Nick Drake-340; 10-Tate Martz-339.
NEW MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-269; 2-Blackhurst-254; 3-E.Rankine-217; 4-Bean-182; 5-Toby Alfrey-171; 6-Tyler Cottongim-160; 7-B.Kriegbaum-149; 8-O’Gara-148; 9-Josh Staten-125; 10-Galedrige-121.NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 29 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
July 23 2010
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS
July 22, 2010 – O’Reilly Raceway Park at IndianapolisQUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-21.045; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-21.131; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11x, Wilke-Pak-21.225; 4. Jason Leffler, 51, DMS-21.227; 5. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-21.228; 6. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-21.247; 7. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-21.281; 8. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.317; 9. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-21.325; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.326; 11. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-21.348; 12. Chuck Gurney Jr., 41, DMS-21.361; 13. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-21.381; 14. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-21.386; 15. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-21.390; 16. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.414; 17. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.437; 18. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-21.439; 19. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-21.445; 20. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.474; 21. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-21.493; 22. Tate Martz, 7x, Steele/Alexander/Martz-21.577; 23. Ali Jackson, 44, Perona/Cunningham-21.594; 24. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-21.672; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-21.702; 26. Jimmy Simpson,
21, Simpson-21.771; 27. Brandon Wagner, 93, Wagner-21.955; 28. Nick Wagner, 93w, Wagner-22.187; 29. Ryan Newman, 20, Stewart-22.889.FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Bedford, 3. Roberts, 4. Kuhn, 5. Hamilton, 6. Clouser, 7. Byrne, 8. Newman. 2:51.62
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. K.Swanson, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Martz, 6. Simpson, 7. Scott. 2:50.94
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Coons, 3. Hines, 4. D.Armstrong, 5. Jackson, 6. B.Wagner, 7. Kramer. 2:54.68
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gurney, 2. Leffler, 3. Clarke, 4. Santos, 5. Darland, 6. Daum, 7. N.Wagner. 2:53.60
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hamilton, 3. Kramer, 4. Byrne, 5. Martz, 6. B.Wagner, 7. N.Wagner, 8. Daum, 9. Simpson, 10. Jackson, 11. Clouser. 4:18.93
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Levi Roberts, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Daniel Bedford, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Brad Kuhn, 12. Chuck Gurney Jr., 13. Dave Darland, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Bobby East, 16. David Byrne, 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Adam Kramer, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Kyle Hamilton, 22. Tate Martz, 23. Bobby Santos III. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 K.Swanson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Clauson-954; 2-Kuhn-908; 3-Hines-902; 4-Sweet-860; 5-Hagen-844; 6-Coons-842; 7-Darland-815; 8-East-635; 9-Daum-608; 10-Clarke-590.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 28-29 – Sun Prairie, Wisc. – Angell Park Speedway
by DICK JORDAN
EASTERN, MIDWEST POINT LEADERS
HUNTER, LIGUORI, LEAD FORD FOCUS
“CLASH” AT TOLEDO SEPTEMBER 11USAC’s Midwest and Eastern Ford Focus competitors will clash September 11 at the Toledo (Ohio) Speedway in a race offering $1,000 to win and $150 to start. The event coincides with the evening’s ARCA Stock Car Series presented by ReMax program at the storied facility.
This special event will mark the first time the USAC Ford Focuses have competed in Toledo, at the track which has hosted numerous USAC Sprint, Midget and Stock car races since 1956. Darren Hagen and Henry Clarke earned USAC victories at Toledo Speedway July 2. The Focuses will compete on the track’s quarter-mile oval.
The race will be the 26th for USAC Ford Focuses in the Buckeye state. The latest winners were Joe Liguori and Scott Hunter at Xenia and Columbus July 16-17. Liguori is the current Midwest series point leader, while Hunter tops the current Eastern standings.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase our Ford Focus series to the northern Ohio race fans and the participants of the ARCA series,” said USAC Developmental Racing Director James Spink. Ohio is certainly a hotbed of motorsports and Toledo Speedway has long been a valued partner. We look forward to what we feel will be an extremely competitive race.”
The Toledo race will offer Midwest and Eastern championship points but will not afford Midwest pavement or Carolina Ford Focus series points.
USAC EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RESULTS July 21, 2010
– Concord, North Carolina – Concord SpeedwayFIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Rick Fedrizzi (#43 Fedrizzi), 3. Tyler Corriher (#12 Noffsinger/Brown), 4. Eric Coomes (#44 Fedrizzi), 5. Scott Gordon (#F16 Gordon), 6. Donnie Wetmore Jr. (#45 MacMillan). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 2. Justin Hommel (#97 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Chris Lamb (#19L Paulson), 4. Jarett Andretti (#11 Trotter), 5. Tim Craver (#27 Craver). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Cody Acton (#2 Acton).
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Justin Hommel, 4. Chris Lamb, 5. Rick Fedrizzi, 6. Eric Coomes, 7. Jarett Andretti, 8. Scott Gordon, 9. Tim Craver, 10. Tyler Corriher, 11. Donnie Wetmore Jr., 12. Nick Davidson (#13D Paulson). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Drake.
NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-575; 2-Drake-505; 3-Hommel-437; 4-Corriher-301; 5-Lamb-300; 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-257; 7-Acton-231; 8-Jake Blackhurst-231; 9-Steven Intravaia-230; 10-Joe Liguori-178.
NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-507; 2-Drake-439; 3-Hommel-395; 4-Corriher-261; 5-Lamb-250; 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-184; 7-Cody Acton-183; 8-Joe Liguori-178; 9-Jake Blackhurst-174; 10-Steven Intravaia-172.NEXT EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: July 28 – Concord (NC) Speedway
USAC Eastern/CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS RESULTS July 21, 2010
– Concord, North Carolina – Concord SpeedwayHEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Brendon Bock (#17 Noffsinger/Brown), 2. Jesse Little (#98 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Stephen Bergh Jr. (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 4. Adam Brown (#50 Noffsinger/Brown). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jesse Little, 2. Brendon Bock, 3. Stephen Bergh Jr., 4. Adam Brown. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Little.
NEW CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Little-67; 2-Bock-65; 3-Bergh-60; 4-Brown-56.
NEXT CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 28 – Concord (NC) Speedway
July 20 2010
by DICK JORDAN
POINT LEADER CLAUSON LEADS MIDGETS TO ORP THURSDAY
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. hopes to continue his streak of success at
O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind. Thursday when the USAC Mopar
National Midget series returns to the .686-mile paved oval as part of the
track’s “Kroger Speed Fest.” The race is part of a USAC “doubleheader” also
showcasing the “J.D. Byrider 100” Silver Crown event.
Clauson brings a 38-point lead over defending USAC Mopar National Midget
Champion Brad Kuhn to ORP where the past three starts have resulted in a win and
two seconds. Kuhn, on the other hand, has a ninth, 10th and a fourth in the past
four starts, the fourth coming in this year’s “Night Before the 500” classic.
Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. won the “Night Before the 500” in May but
is not among the series “top-10” point leaders going into Thursday’s race.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. might be worth keeping an eye on Thursday. He’s
just two wins shy of Mike Bliss and Dave Steele on ORP’s all-time USAC winners
list and he’s just one point behind Kuhn in third in the standings. A seasonal
title would make Hines USAC’s sixth “Triple Crown Champion.”
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-910, 2-Brad Kuhn-872, 3-Tracy Hines-871, 4-Brad Sweet-800,
5-Jerry Coons Jr.-789, 6-Darren Hagen-785, 7-Dave Darland-784, 8-Bobby East-604,
9-Zach Daum-594, 10-Henry Clarke-565.by DICK JORDON
CONCORD FOCUS-YOUNG GUNS SERIES DEBUTS WEDNESDAY
FOCUSES ALSO EYE PUTNAMVILLE & SALT LAKE CITY
VICTORIES TO LIGUORI, HUNTER, GERHARDT & THOMPSON
Concord (N.C.) Motorsports Park hosts the first of six consecutive Wednesday
night Eastern/Carolina Ford Focus and Carolina Young Guns “doubleheader” this
Wednesday. USAC Ford Focus racing also occurs this week at Lincoln Park Speedway
in Putnamville, Ind. (Midwest) and Salt Lake City, Utah (Western/Utah), both
Saturday night.
Scott Hunter of Concord tops the standings in both the Eastern and Carolina
Ford Focus series following his victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap
Midwest/Eastern race at the Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway. Hunter led all 30
laps in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Kenny’s Components Ascot, beating
Kyle Hamilton, Tyler Cottongim, Jake Blackhurst and Joe Liguori to the checkered
flag. Nick Drake posted the fastest qualifying time.
Liguori, of Tampa, Fla., wheeled the John Givens C & R Racing/Pit Stop Bar-B-Q
Beast to victory in Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest/Eastern Ford Focus
feature at Kil-Kare Speedway. He took the lead from Toby Alfrey on lap 24 and
led the rest of the way to beat Midwest point leader Blackhurst, Hamilton, fast
qualifier Hunter and Kyle O’Gara.
Cody Gerhardt of Madera, Calif. and Cody Thompson of Fremont, Calif. grabbed
USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns victories during the USAC “quadrupleheader” at
Stockton 99 Speedway Saturday night. Gerhardt passed Garrett Peterson on lap 27
of the 30-lap Focus race and led the final four laps to beat Cody Thompson, Tim
Skoglund, Keegan Walmer and fast qualifier Peterson. Thompson won the 25-lap
Young Guns feature, leading all but the first two laps after passing Brandon
White on lap three. Keegan Walmer finished second ahead of Courtney Atkinson and
White.
Gerhardt leads the Western Ford Focus standings and Michael Daniels of Magna,
Utah sits atop the Utah standings entering Saturday’s race at Salt Lake City.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-731, 2-Jake Blackhurst-720, 3-Tyler Cottongim-572, 4-Kyle
O’Gara-539, 5-Toby Alfrey-432, 6-Scott Hunter-366, 7-Andy Nock-360, 8-Nick
Drake-340, 9-Tate Martz-339, 10-Jessica Bean-339.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-205, 2-Jake Blackhurst-191, 3-Toby Alfrey-171, 4-Eric Rankine-161,
5-Tyler Cottongim-160, 6-Jessica Bean-131, 7-Josh Staten-125, 8-John
Heydenreich-111, 9-Kyle O’Gara-108, 10-Bill Kriegbaum-107.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-477, 2-Jake Blackhurst-472, 3-Kyle O’Gara-404, 4-Tyler
Cottongim-393, 5-Tate Martz-339, 6-Andy Nock-312, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby
Alfrey-261, 9-Justin Hommel-235, 10-Scott Hunter-230.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-412, 2-Connor Kassik-320, 3-J.R. Williams-266, 4-Kipp
Posey-262, 5-Chuck Groat-250, 6-Terra Brower-228, 7-Ron Duncombe-206, 8-Bobby
Runyan-188, 9-Eli Schrock-187, 10-Jeff Kelley-179.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-388, 2-Nick Drake-333, 3-Justin Hommel-290, 4-Bradley
Riethmeyer-257, 5-Cody Acton-231, 6-Steven Intravaia-230, 7-Tyler Corriher-208,
8-Chris Lamb-182, 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 10-Jake Blackhurst-108.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-442, 2-Nick Drake-371, 3-Justin Hommel-334, 4-Tyler Corriher-222,
5-Chris Lamb-193, 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-184, 7-Cody Acton-183, 8-Joe Liguori-178,
9-Jake Blackhurst-174, 10-Steven Intravaia-172.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-682, 2-Kyle Edwards-633, 3-Bobby Runyan-625, 4-Connor
Kassik-538, 5-Michael Daniels-450, 6-Nick Carlson-445, 7-J.R. Williams-404,
8-Garrett Peterson-402, 9-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 10-Jet Davison-395.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-682, 2-Bobby Runyan-625, 3-Garrett Peterson-402, 4-Cody
Thompson-386, 5-Connor Kassik-371, 6-Keegan Walmer-366, 7-Eli Schrock-355,
8-Kyle Edwards-305, 9-Austin Farley-293,10-Jessica Clark-289.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-445, 2-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 3-Jet Davison-395, 4-Kyle
Edwards-390, 5-Andrew Murray-282, 6-Zach Stout-224, 7-Wally Pankratz-204, 8-Jake
Blackhurst-151, 9-Kalvin Douglas-125, 10-Connor Kassik-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Garrett Peterson-402, 2-Cody Gerhardt-393, 3-Cody Thompson-352, 4-Keegan
Walmer-335, 5-Bobby Runyan-327, 6-Tim Skoglund-247, 7-Courtney Atkinson-217,
8-Connor Kassik-178, 9-Dennis Simunovich-141, 10-J.R. Williams-107.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-355, 2-Cody Gerhardt-354, 3-Bobby Runyan-346, 4-Austin Farley-293,
5-Shawn Buckley-258, 6-Jessica Clark-246, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Connor
Kassik-211, 9-Michael Daniels-171, 10-J.R. Williams-130.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-706, 2-Brandon White-568, 3-Alex Jacobsen-434, 4-Casey
Martinez-428, 5-Keegan Walmer-398, 6-Cody Thompson-379, 7-Collin Henry-349,
8-Austin Farley-312, 9-Daniel Williams-286, 10-Logan Williams-286.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Alex Jacobsen-434, 2-Jarid Blondel-428, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Collin
Henry-342, 5-Daniel Williams-286, 6-Logan Williams-286, 7-Bradley Morris-205,
8-Tanner Kershaw-156, 9-Winn Frazin-141, 10-Al Simpson-87.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-568, 2-Keegan Walmer-398, 3-Cody Thompson-379, 4-Austin
Farley-312, 5-Jarid Blondel-278, 6-Courtney Atkinson-248, 7-Jessica Clark-212,
8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-55.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-307, 2-Keegan Walmer-279, 3-Cody Thompson-263, 4-Courtney
Atkinson-245, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid
Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-52,10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-315, 2-Austin Farley-312, 3-Jarid Blondel-278, 4-Jessica
Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner
Long-68.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-375, 2-Ross Rankine-362, 3-Stevie Kuhn-328, 4-Gage Walker-284,
5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Mike Gass-95,
9-Jarett Andretti-52, 10-Derrick Morris-51by DICK JORDAN
PLYMOUTH FOCUS 100-LAPPER & “LITTLE HOOSIER 100”
ON TAP JULY 29-AUGUST 1 IN NORTHERN INDIANA
ELLIOTT NAMED GRAND MARSHAL
One hundred (100) laps is the feature distance set for the USAC Ford Focus cars
at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway July 29 as USAC participants gear up for a busy
weekend in northern Indiana culminating with the second annual “Little Hoosier
100” for USAC Mopar .25 Midgets at Newton Park in Lakeville July 31-August 1.
Only once before have the Focus cars competed in a 100-lap contest, that being
in 2004 when Bradley Galedrige won a 100-lapper at the Belleville (Kans.) High
Banks. Since that was on the dirt, the Plymouth race will mark the 100-lap debut
on pavement.
The “Little Hoosier 100” is round seven of the 2010 “Generation Next”
championship. Several of the champions of the recent “Battle at the Brickyard”
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are expected to compete at Newton Park and
former “Hoosier Hundred” USAC Silver Crown veteran Tony Elliott of Warsaw, Ind.
will be on hand to serve as the Grand Marshal.
The Plymouth race will showcase stars of USAC’s Midwest Ford Focus racing
series, including current point leaders Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. and Jake
Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill., as well as top competitors from the Carolina Ford
Focus Series.
Jimmy Simpson of Indianapolis, Ind. won last year’s USAC Ford Focus race at
Plymouth but the July 29 race will offer competitors a new strategy with its
unique 100-lap distance.
July 18 2010
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS
July 17, 2010 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich -12.867;
2. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela -12.891;
3. Nick Chivello, 27N, Chivello -12.898;
4. Tony Hunt, 4, Rosen -12.944;
5. Robby Josett, 2, Josett -13.002;
6. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols -13.019;
7. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson -13.814;
8. Dan Gundo, 6, Gundo -13.875;
9. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman -NT.
FIRST HEAT (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Josett, 3. Pierovich, 4. J.Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. Schutte, 3. Hunt, 4. Gundo. NT
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Chivello, 3. Schutte. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chad Nichols, 2. Nick Chivello, 3. Alex Schutte, 4. Robby
Josett, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7.Jake Swanson, 8. Cory Kruseman.FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Nichols.
NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Schutte-57; 2-Kruseman-454; 3-Josett-440;
4-Kody Swanson-267; 5-Josh Lakatos-226; 6-J.Swanson-214; 7-Cody Swanson-208;
8-Brad Sweet-207; 9-Randi Pankratz-206; 10-Pierovich-195.
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
July 17, 2010 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Garrett Peterson, 31, Petersonvvvvv-13.609;
2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-13.636;
3. Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton -13.654;
4. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.755;
5. Kyle Bailey, 77B, Bailey -13.820;
6. Courtney Atkinson, 3, Sutton -13.949;
7. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton -13.970;
8. Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton -13.979;
9. Jamie Kryszik, 42, Sutton -14.165;
10. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik -14.232;
11. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams -15.273;
12. Brandon White, 11, Sutton -NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Runyan, 3. Thompson, 4. Bailey, 5.
Kryszik. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Walmer, 2. Skoglund, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Atkinson, 5.
White, 6. Kassik. NT
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Skoglund, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Peterson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cody Gerhardt, 2. Cody Thompson, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4.
Keegan Walmer, 5. Garrett Peterson, 6. Bobby Runyan, 7. Jamie Kryszik, 8.
Brandon White, 9. Connor Kassik, 10. Kyle Bailey, 11. Courtney Atkinson, 12.
J.R. Williams. NTFEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Thompson, Laps 7-26 Peterson, Laps 27-30 Gerhardt.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Gerhardt -682
2-Kyle Edwards -633
3-Runyan -625
4-Kassik -538
5-Michael Daniels-450
6-Nick Carlson -445
7-Williams -404
8-Peterson -402
9-Andrew Mulhearn-401
10-Jet Davison -395NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Gerhardt-682;
2-Runyan-625;
3-Peterson-402;
4-Thompson-386;
5-Kassik-371;
6-Walmer-366;
7-Eli Schrock-355;
8-Kyle Edwards-305;
9-Austin Farley-295; 10-Clark-289.NEW CALIFORNIA NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Peterson -402
2-Gerhardt -393
3-Thompson -352
4-Walmer -335
5-Runyan -327
6-Skoglund -247
7-Atkinson -217
8-Kassik -178
9-Dennis Simunovich-141
10-Williams -107
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE: July 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky
Mountain Raceways
NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: August 21 – Perris (CA) Auto SpeedwayUSAC MIDWEST/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
July 17, 2010 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.211; 2. Jake Blackhurst, 25,
Blackhurst-14.229; 3. Kyle O’Gara, 4, East-14.262; 4. Kyle Hamilton, 1,
Steele-14.274; 5. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-14.286; 6. Joe Liguori, 22,
Givens-14.372; 7. Eric Coomes, 43, Fedrizzi-14.376; 8. Scott Hunter, 14x,
Brown-14.392; 9. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-14.424; 10. Toby Alfrey, 2,
Alfrey-14.428; 11. Chris Lamb, 19L, Paulson-14.497; 12. Andy Nock, 14,
Rankine-14.514; 13. Geoff Gerline, 37, Indiana Underground-14.792; 14. Jessica
Bean, 3, Bean-14.855; 15. Tyler Corriher, 12x, Noffsinger/Brown-14.977; 16. Kent
Kriegbaum, 12. Kriegbaum-15.768.
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Scott Hunter
2. Kyle Hamilton
3. Tyler Cottongim
4. Jake Blackhurst
5. Joe Liguori
6. Nick Drake
7. Kyle O’Gara
8. Toby Alfrey
9. Justin Hommel
10. Andy Nock
11. Eric Coomes
12. Chris Lamb,
13. Tyler Corriher
14. Jessica Bean
15. Geoff Gerlin
16. Kent Kriegbaum. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hunter.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-731; 2-Blackhurst-720;
3-Cottongim-572; 4-O’Gara-539; 5-Alfrey-432; 6-Hunter-366; 7-Nock-360;
8-Drake-340; 9-Tate Martz-339; 10-Bean-339.
NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-477; 2-Blackhurst-472;
3-O’Gara-404; 4-Cottongim-393; 5-Tate Martz-339; 6-Nock-312; 7-Gerline-295;
8-Alfrey-261; 9-Hommel-235; 10-Hunter-230.
NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-510; 2-Drake-437; 3-Hommel-376;
4-Corriher-262; 5-Bradley Riethmeyer-257; 6-Lamb-243; 7-Cody Acton-235; 8-Steven
Intravaia-231; 9-Blackhurst-231; 10-Liguori-178.
NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-442; 2-Drake-371; 3-Hommel-334;
4-Corriher-222; 5-Lamb-193; 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-184; 7-Cody Acton-183;
8-Liguori-178; 9-Blackhurst-174; 10-Steven Intravaia-172.
July 17 2010
USAC MIDWEST PAVEMENT/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2010 – Xenia, Ohio – Kil-Kare SpeedwayQUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Hunter, 14x, Brown-13.458; 2. Kyle Hamilton, 1, Steele-13.499; 3. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-13.529; 4. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-13.552; 5. Andy Nock, 14, Rankine-13.562; 6. Toby Alfrey, 4x, Alfrey-13.576; 7. Kyle O’Gara, 4, East-13.584; 8. Ryan Fleming, 2, Alfrey-13.598; 9. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-13.603; 10. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-13.633; 11. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.634; 12. Rick Fedrizzi, 43, Fedrizzi-13.842; 13. Chris Lamb, 19L, Paulson-13.903; 14. Katie Hargitt, 79, Hargitt-13.913; 15. Geoff Gerline, 37, Indiana Underground-13.927; 16. Tyler Corriher, 12x, Noffsinger/Brown-13.933; 17. Jessica Bean, 3, Bean-14.363; 18. Josh Staten, 26, Staten-14.383; 19. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.161.
FIRST HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Cottongim, 2. Liguori, 3. O’Gara, 4. Hunter, 5. Corriher, 6. Lamb, 7. Kriegbaum. NT
SECOND HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Nock, 3. Fleming, 4. Hamilton, 5. Bean, 6. Hargitt. NT
THIRD HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Hommel, 2. Fedrizzi, 3. Blackhurst, 4. Alfrey, 5. Gerline, 6. Staten. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Joe Liguori, 2. Jake Blackhurst, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4. Scott Hunter, 5. Kyle O’Gara, 6. Nick Drake, 7. Justin Hommel, 8. Andy Nock, 9. Ryan Fleming, 10. Rick Fedrizzi, 11. Tyler Cottongim, 12. Chris Lamb, 13. Geoff Gerline, 14. Jessica Bean, 15. Tyler Corriher, 16. Kent Kriegbaum, 17. Katie Hargitt, 18. Josh Staten, 19. Toby Alfrey. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Alfrey, Laps 24-30 Liguori.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-707; 2-Liguori-692; 3-Cottongim-526; 4-O’Gara-493; 5-Alfrey-393; 6-Tate Martz-339; 7-Nock-327; 8-John Heydenreich-316; 9-Bean-314; 10-Hunter-306.
NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-428; 2-Blackhurst-416; 3-O’Gara-358; 4-Tate Martz-339; 5-Cottongim-337; 6-Nock-279; 7-Gerline-272; 8-Alfrey-222; 9-John Heydenreich-205; 10-Hommel-199.
NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-450; 2-Drake-386; 3-Hommel-340; 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-257; 5-Corriher-235; 6-Cody Acton-231; 7-Steven Intravaia-230; 8-Lamb-214; 9-Blackhurst-175; 10-Jeremy Frankoski-157.
NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-382; 2-Drake-320; 3-Hommel-298; 4-Corriher-195; 5-Bradley Riethmeyer-184; 6-Cody Acton-183; 7-Steven Intravaia-172; 8-Lamb-164; 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157; 10-Liguori-129.NEXT MIDWEST/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: July 17 – Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway
July 13 2010
USAC News by DICK JORDAN
MIDGETS PART OF STOCKTON’S “QUADRUPLEHEADER” SATURDAY
Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. sits atop the 2010 USAC Western Midget Series
standings in search of what would be his second USAC driving title. The 2006
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion is 24 points ahead of Alex Schutte in the latest
points.
Saturday’s USAC “quadrupleheader” at the Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway features
the USAC Western Midgets, Western Sprints, Ford Focuses and Focus Young Guns.
Kruseman has a victory at Bakersfield and two recent second-places to his
credit in 2010. Schutte has thrust himself into title contention with “top-six”
finishes in the last four outings.
Chad Nichols was the May 1 winner at Stockton as Schutte finished fourth and
Kruseman 10th. Robby Josett ranks third in the latest Western Midget standings,
just 35 back of Kruseman. He was fifth at Stockton in May and won recently at
Ventura Raceway.
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Cory Kruseman-415, 2-Alex Schutte-391, 3-Robby Josett-380, 4-Kody Swanson-267,
5-Josh Lakatos-226, 6-Cody Swanson-208, 7-Brad Sweet-207, 8-Randi Pankratz-206,
9-Sean Dodenhoff-184, 10-Bobby East-169.
FOCUSES AT XENIA, COLUMBUS & STOCKTON;
BLACKHURST DOUBLES UP AT SPEEDROME, GAS CITY; McGEE GETS WIN #1
The USAC Midwest, Carolina and Western Ford Focus Series continue their 2010
campaigns this weekend with races scheduled at Kik-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio
and Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway (Midwest-Carolina) and Stockton (Calif.) 99
Speedway (Western). The Stockton events include the Western Young Guns as part
of a program also involving USAC Western Sprints and Midgets.
Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. (Midwest), Scott Hunter of Concord, N.C.
(Carolina) and Kyle Edwards of Fountain Valley, Calif. are the respective point
leaders.
Blackhurst and Max McGee of Camby, Ind. won USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns
features during “Mack McClellan Night” at the Indianapolis Speedrome Wednesday
night. Joe Liguori (Ford Focus) and Cooper Clouse (Young Guns) ended up as track
champions in the process. Blackhurst passed Andy Nock on the 27th lap and led
the final 14 laps to win the 40-lap Ford Focus race in his Kitchen
Cooked/Schroth Racing Beast, beating Nock, Nick Drake, Liguori and Kyle O’Gara.
In the Young Guns feature, McGee led all 25 laps in his Pit Stop Bar-B-Q/C & R
Racing Beast to beat Austin Prock, Clouse, Brendon Bock and Ross Rankine
Blackhurst then led all but the first lap of Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC
Midwest Ford Focus feature at Gas City I-69 Speedway after leader Eric Rankine
spun on the second lap of the race. Trailing Blackhurst’s Kitchen Cooked Beast
were Liguori, Alfred Galedrige Jr., O’Gara and Toby Alfrey.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-648, 2-Joe Liguori-622, 3-Tyler Cottongim-487, 4-Kyle
O’Gara-439, 5-Toby Alfrey-372, 6-Tate Martz-339, 7-John Heydenreih-316, 8-Andy
Nock-289, 9-Jessica Bean-285, 10-Scott Hunter-244.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-205, 2-Jake Blackhurst-191, 3-Toby Alfrey-171, 4-Eric Rankine-161,
5-Tyler Cottongim-160, 6-Jessica Bean-131, 7-Josh Staten-125, 8-John
Heydenreich-111, 9-Kyle O’Gara-108, 10-Bill Kriegbaum-107.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-358, 2-Jake Blackhurst-349, 3-Tate Martz-339, 4-Kyle O’Gara-304,
5-Tyler Cottongim-298, 6-Geoff Gerline-241, 7-Andy Nock-231, 8-John
Heydenreich-205, 9-Toby Alfrey-201, 10-Jessica Bean-154.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-412, 2-Connor Kassik-320, 3-J.R. Williams-266, 4-Kipp
Posey-262, 5-Chuck Groat-250, 6-Terra Brower-228, 7-Ron Duncombe-206, 8-Bobby
Runyan-188, 9-Eli Schrock-187, 10-Jeff Kelley-179.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-388, 2-Nick Drake-333, 3-Justin Hommel-290, 4-Bradley
Riethmeyer-257, 5-Cody Acton-231, 6-Steven Intravaia-230, 7-Tyler Corriher-208,
8-Chris Lamb-182, 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 10-Jake Blackhurst-108.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-320, 2-Nick Drake-267, 3-Justin Hommel-248, 4-Bradley
Riethmeyer-184, 5-Cody Acton-183, 6-Steven Intravaia-172, 7-Tyler Corriher-168,
8-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 9-Chris Lamb-132, 10-Brad Noffsinger-97.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Kyle Edwards-633, 2-Cody Gerhardt-611, 3-Bobby Runyan-573, 4-Connor
Kassik-536, 5-Michael Daniels-523, 6-Nick Carlson-445, 7-Andrew Mulhearn-401,
8-Jet Davison-395, 9-J.R. Williams-375, 10-Eli Schrock-355.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-611, 2-Bobby Runyan-573, 3-Eli Schrock-355, 4-Garrett
Peterson-340, 5-Connor Kassik-329, 6-Cody Thompson-319, 7-Keegan Walmer-307,
8-Kyle Edwards-305, 9-Austin Farley-293, 10-Jessica Clark-289.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-445, 2-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 3-Jet Davison-395, 4-Kyle
Edwards-390, 5-Andrew Murray-282, 6-Zach Stout-224, 7-Wally Pankratz-204, 8-Jake
Blackhurst-151, 9-Kalvin Douglas-125, 10-Connor Kassik-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Garrett Peterson-340, 2-Cody Gerhardt-322, 3-Cody Thompson-285,4-Keegan
Walmer-276, 5-Bobby Runyan-275, 6-Tim Skoglund-183, 7-Courtney Atkinson-180,
8-Dennis Simunovich-141, 9-Connor Kassik-139, 10-Kyle Edwards-104.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-355, 2-Cody Gerhardt-354, 3-Bobby Runyan-346, 4-Austin Farley-293,
5-Shawn Buckley-258, 6-Jessica Clark-246, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Connor
Kassik-211, 9-Michael Daniels-171, 10-J.R. Williams-130.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-706, 2-Brandon White-512, 3-Alex Jacobsen-434, 4-Casey
Martinez-428, 5-Keegan Walmer-334, 6-Austin Farley-312, 7-Cody Thompson-311,
8-Collin Henry-292, 9-Daniel Williams-286, 10-Logan Williams-286.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Alex Jacobsen-434, 2-Jarid Blondel-428, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Collin
Henry-342, 5-Daniel Williams-286, 6-Logan Williams-286, 7-Bradley Morris-205,
8-Tanner Kershaw-156, 9-Winn Frazin-141, 10-Al Simpson-87.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-512, 2-Keegan Walmer-334, 3-Austin Farley-312, 4-Cody
Thompson-311, 5-Jarid Blondel-278, 6-Jessica Clark-212, 7-Courtney Atkinson-188,
8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-55.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-249, 2-Keegan Walmer-213, 3-Cody Thompson-193, 4-Courtney
Atkinson-183, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid
Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-50, 10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-315, 2-Austin Farley-312, 3-Jarid Blondel-278, 4-Jessica
Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner
Long-68.
July 12 2010
RYAN SMITH AND BRUCE BUCKWALTER Jr. GRAB VICTORIES AT WILLIAMS GROVE ON TOPLESS NIGHTBefore any engines were fired on Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway ARDC Midget owner Jerry Steward talked about how much a win at Williams Grove would mean to him. Steward’s driver Ryan Smith, who has many wins in many different divisions agreed, so when Smith remarked, “Hey, it’s Williams Grove” while standing in Victory Lane, after winning the first of two 20 lap features, it was understandable that both owner and driver had huge smiles on their faces.
The 20 lap nightcap for the Wingless Midgets looked like it would have a Cinderella story finish for 24-3/4 laps but a late race caution and run to the checkers gave Bruce Buckwalter Jr. his first win of the season.
In the first ARDC feature, which was a holdover after their last visit on May 8th, started with Andrew Hannula grabbing the lead from the outside pole position. Hannula looked stout but all eyes were on a couple of drivers who started deep in the field and charged quickly to the front.
Moving into second after the first lap was 10th starting Drew Heistand followed by polesitter, Steve Craig and eighth starting Ryan Smith.
Smith was able to get by Craig and was dicing for second with Heistand as Hannula was able to drive away. Smith kept tremendous pressure on Heistand when he bobbled in the second turn and gave Smith a lane into second spot.
Heistand followed Smith to Hannulas’ rear bumper and on the 16th go-round, Smith passed for the lead on the high side of turn four. Heistand followed around Hannula as did point leader Steve Buckwalter.
Smith held the point for the final four circuits over Heistand to pickup his second ARDC Midget win of the season. Finishing a close second was Drew Heistand followed by Steve Buckwalter, Frank Polimeda and Eric Heydenreich.
The second feature got underway with Steve Lenig bolting into the lead from his outside starting position. Lenig led the first two laps when rookie, Steve Bull, who had started fourth, ducked under Lenig in the second turn, for the lead.
The first of six cautions slowed the field on the fourth lap and on the restart, another rookie, Alex Bright got by Lenig for second, putting two newcomers in front of the pack.
The two youngsters held sway over the rest of the field until Bright was forced to the pits under yellow with a flat right rear tire. This moved Lenig, back into second with Bruce Buckwalter Jr. on his tail.
Buckwalter Jr. was able to get by Lenig on the ensuing lap with a pass off of the second turn and took off after Bull.
With Buckwalter Jr’s brakes fading Bull was able to again pull to a comfortable lead and had a 15 car gap coming off the fourth turn on the final lap, ready to take the checkered flag, when the yellow flag came out for a car spinning in turn two.
On the restart Bull’s engine stuttered because of low fuel and this allowed Buckwalter Jr. and Nick Wean to draw even as the three passed under the flag stand three wide. Buckwalter Jr. was able to secure the lead going into one and was able to ward off a fast closing Drew Heistand for the win.
“I come here every Friday with Steve (Cousin Steve Buckwalter, who races 410 Sprint Cars at Williams Grove) and I watch the guys get around and it really helped” said Buckwalter Jr. in victory lane. “We have a victory at Dixieland (speedway in North Carolina) and now we have one in Pennsylvania.”
Finishing third was Wean with PJ Gargiulo fourth and Steve Buckwalter rounding out the top five.
Heat race winners for the 26 Midgets were, PJ Gargiulo, Drew Heistand and Steve Buckwalter.
NOTES: Quote of the evening “I had to keep looking; I thought it was Ray Bull in the 01.” Referring to the run by Bull’s nephew, rookie Steve Bull in the second feature. Ray Bull was the ARDC Champion from 2000 until 2005. USAC Midget 1998 Rookie of the Year, Bryan Stanfill, was scheduled to race Andrew Hannulas’ car but moved into Chris Zrinski’s Midget when Hannula had engine problems in the first feature. Likewise Zrinski’s car had problems and Stanfill was done for the evening. Hannula has moved to Indiana and will be competing in the POWRI Midget series. Parker Evans and Justin Grosz, both of whom, just recently came back after taking a few races off because of High School graduation, will cut their seasons short to attend college. Evans will attend and play football at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY while Grosz will become a Pittsburgh Panther. Bull was not the only car to run out of fuel in the second feature. Ryan Smith also ran low and missed a top five finish. ARDC honored the memory of Joe Ferrel with the missing man formation at the start of the second feature. Ferrel, who passed away Saturday morning, was a former car owner with ARDC and a big supporter of racing at Williams Grove.
WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY ARDC MIDGETS 20 LAPS (Makeup Feature from 5-8-10)1) 34 Ryan Smith, 2) 12 Drew Heistand, 3) 0 Steve Buckwalter, 4) 44 Frank Polimeda, 5) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 6) 89 Andrew Hannula, 7) 78 Nick Wean, 8) 16 Dave Shirk, 9)77 Alex Bright, 10) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 11) 55 Steve Craig, 12) 46 Brett Arndt, 13) 91 Donnie Trent, 14) 2 Tracy Readinger, 15) 4 Jeff Furlong, 16) 19 Steve Drevicki 17) 39 Justin Grosz, 18) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 19) 9 Steve Lenig, 20) 01 Steve Bull, 21) 51 PJ Gargiulo, 22) 52 Tim Buckwalter, 23) 25 Chris Zrinski, DNS 61 Parker Evans
WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
JULY10,2010 ARDC MIDGETS 20 LAPS (Regular Feature)1) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 2) 12 Drew Heistand, 3) 78 Nick Wean, 4) 51 PJ Gargiulo, 5) 0 Steve Buckwalter, 6) 19 Steve Drevicki, 7) 9 Steve Lenig, 8) 44 Frank Polimeda, 9) 77 Alex Bright, 10) 4 Jeff Furlong, 11) 91 Donnie Trent, 12) 34 Ryan Smith, 13) 01 Steve Bull, 14) 46 Brett Arndt, 15) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 16) 39 Justin Grosz, 17) 6 Dusty Heistand, 18) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 19) 55 Steve Craig, 20) 16 Dave Shirk, 21) 52 Tim Buckwalter, 22) 53 Randy Reid 23) 2T Tracy Readinger, DNS 25 Bryan Stanfill, 61 Parker Evans
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway
Friday, July 30, 2010 Clinton County Speedway
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Mercer Raceway
Friday, August 06, 2010 Dixieland Speedway
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS
CAR# DRIVER TOTAL POINTS
1 0 STEVE BUCKWALTER 1214
2 12 DREW HEISTAND 1188
3 34 RYAN SMITH 1120
4 11 ERIC HEYDENREICH 1095
5 44 FRANK POLIMEDA 1057
6 83 BRUCE BUCKWALTER JR 982
7 46 BRETT ARNDT 910
8 77 ALEX BRIGHT 893
9 9 STEVE LENIG 861
10 51 PJ GARGIULO 848
ARDC BACK IN ACTION AT ACCORD SPEEDWAY
AS JOHNNY HEYDENREICH RETURNS TO COMPETEThe Wingless Midgets of the ARDC will participate in a special event this Friday evening July 16th when they travel to Accord Speedway. Joining the traveling band of topless tornados will be 1990 Chili Bowl winner Johnny Heydenreich, who will serve as the Grand Marshal for the event. Heydenreich, a 36 time ARDC winner will have his own GRP Chassis/Aries powerplant sponsored Seals-It racer ready for action.
Heydenreich, who competed earlier in the year with ARDC will have to be on top of his game as he will have a host of racers, in mid season form waiting for him, including another Bloomsburg, PA based member of the Heydenreich family, Eric Heydenreich. Eric, who picked up a win in June at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway during the USAC swing currently sits fourth in points.
Joining Heydenreich are three drivers who are as hot as triple digit temperatures, including the current ARDC point leader Steve Buckwalter. Buckwalter, who warmed up for July ARDC racing by traveling to Indiana to beat up on the USAC boys won last weekend, at Central Pennsylvania Speedway before picking up a pair of top five finishes at Williams Grove Saturday night.
Drew Heistand, who had a pair of runnerup finishes at Williams Grove will be looking for a three-peat. Heistand has been the man to beat with wins in the last two ARDC visits to Accord. Heistand, who debuted an Esslinger Engine last month has the powerplant figured out and is prepped to pick up his first win of the season. Heistand currently sits second in points.
Kunkletown, PA wheelman Ryan Smith currently sits third in points. Smith who had a pair of wins, sandwiching a runner-up finish was working on another top five in the nightcap at Williams Grove when he ran short of fuel on the final lap.
The ARDC Midgets will be joining Accord’s five regular divisions, plus the ACOT Oldtimers will make a special appearance. Spectator gates open at 5:00pm and racing begins at 7:00pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway
Friday, July 30, 2010 Clinton County Speedway
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Mercer Raceway
Friday, August 06, 2010 Dixieland Speedway
July 11 2010
USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS
July 10, – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-13.990; 2. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 41,
Griffith-14.082; 3. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-14.254; 4. Jessica Bean, 3,
Stigall-14.473; 5. Kyle O’Gara, 4, Beast-14.526; 6. Tyler Cottongim, 22x,
Givens-14.546; 7. Eric Rankine, 39, Rankine-14.611; 8. Josh Staten, 26,
Staten-14.642; 9. Toby Alfrey, 4x, Alfrey-14.835; 10. Byron Stowe, 2,
Alfrey-15.157; 11. Ross Rankine, 39x, Rankine-15.449; 12. Bill Kriegbaum, 12,
Kriegbaum-15.625.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Galedrige, 2. Cottongim, 3. R.Rankine, 4. Stowe, 5.
Staten, 6. Bean.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. E.Rankine, 2. Blackhurst, 3. Liguori, 4. O’Gara, 5.
Alfrey, 6. B.Kriegbaum. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Joe Liguori, 3. Alfred Galedrige Jr.,
4. Kyle O’Gara, 5. Toby Alfrey, 6. Jessica Bean, 7. Eric Rankine, 8. Tyler
Cottongim, 9. Ross Rankine, 10. Josh Staten, 11. Byron Stowe, 12. Bill
Kriegbaum. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 E.Rankine, Laps 2-20 Blackhurst.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-648; 2-Liguori-622;
3-Cottongim-487; 4-O’Gara-439; 5-Alfrey-372; 6-Tate Martz-339; 7-John
Heydenreich-316; 8-Andy Nock-289; 9-Bean-285; 10-Scott Hunter-244.
NEW MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-205; 2-Blackhurst-191;
3-Alfrey-171; 4-E.Rankine-161; 5-Cottongim-160; 6-Bean-131; 7-Staten-125; 8-John
Heydenreich-111; 9-O’Gara-108; 10-B.Kriegbaum-107; 10-
NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 16 – Xenia, OH – Kil-Kare Raceway
July 8 2010
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS July 7, 2010
Indianapolis Speedrome – “Mack McClellan Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shannon McIntosh (#15x East), 2. Dillon Welch (#4
East), 3. Dalton Armstrong (#7A C & A), 4. Chris Phillips (#64 Phillips), 5.
Buddy Lowther (#31 Lowther). 1:58.46
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kyle Hamilton (#79 Hargitt), 2. Abby Martino (#21
Martino), 3. Adam Wilsdon (#9 Wilsdon), 4. Dave Fuhrman (#32 Fuhrman). 1:58.92
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Mike Larrison (#06 Larrison).
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dalton Armstrong, 2. Dillon Welch, 3. Shannon McIntosh,
4. Chris Phillips, 5. Buddy Lowther, 6. Abby Martino, 7. Adam Wilsdon, 8. Dave
Fuhrman, 9. Kyle Hamilton. 9:56.19
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Hamilton, Lasp 13-50 Armstrong.
NEW REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-D.Armstrong-575; 2-Welch-523;
3-Phillips-448; 4-Lowther-389; 5-Fuhrman-318; 6-Hamilton-299; 7-Daniel
Bedford-288; 8-Ali Jackson-235; 9-Levi Roberts-194; 10-Martino-187.
NEXT REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 29 – Plymouth (IN) SpeedwayUSAC MIDWEST/PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIESRACERESULTS
July7,2010 Indianapolis Speedrome – “Mack McClellan Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Andy Nock (#14 Rankine), 2. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 3.
Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Kyle O’Gara (#4 East), 5. Tate Martz (#1 Steele), 6.
Justin Hommel (#97 Noffsinger/Brown). 2:05.21
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Joe Liguori (#22 Givens), 2. Geoff Gerline (#37
Indiana Underground), 3. Toby Alfrey (#4x Alfrey), 4. Scott Hunter (#14x Brown),
5. Tyler Cottongim (#28, Cottongim). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler Corriher (#12x Noffsinger/Brown), 2. Jake
Blackhurst (#25 Blackhurst), 3. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 4. Robbie Ott
(#57 Fisher), 5. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). 2:06.14
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Nic Davidson (#13D Paulson).
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Andy Nock, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Joe
Liguori, 5. Kyle O’Gara, 6. Tyler Cottongim, 7. Scott Hunter, 8. Tate Martz, 9.
Justin Hommel, 10. Toby Alfrey, 11. John Heydenreich, 12. Tyler Corriher, 13.
Kent Kriegbaum, 14. Geoff Gerline, 15. Jessica Bean, 16. Robbie Ott. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Nock, Laps 27-40 Blackhurst.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-577; 2-Liguori-553;
3-Cottongim-440; 4-O’Gara-381; 5-Martz-339; 6-Alfrey-320; 7-Heydenreich-316;
8-Nock-289; 9-Hunter-244; 10-Gerline-241.
NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-358; 2-Blackhurst-349;
3-Martz-339; 4-O’Gara-304; 5-Cottongim-298; 6-Gerline-241; 7-Nock-231;
8-Heydenreich-205; 9-Alfrey-201; 10-Bean-154.
NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 10 – Gas City (IN) I-69 SpeedwayUSAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2010
Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Mack McClellan Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger), 2. Ross Rankine (#39
Rankine), 3. Brendon Bock (#17 Noffsinger), 4. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn). 2:07.78
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Max McGee (#41 Sexton), 2. Cooper Clouse (#14
Clouse), 3. Mike Gass (#2 Alfrey). 2:07.61
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Max McGee, 2. Austin Prock, 3. Cooper Clouse, 4. Brendon
Bock, 5. Ross Rankine, 6. Mike Gass, 7. Stevie Kuhn. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 McGee.
NEW MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Clouse-375; 2-Rankine-362; 3-Kuhn-328;
4-Gage Walker-284; 5-McGee-193; 6-Prock-133; 7-Bock-117; 8-Gass-95; 9-Jarett
Andretti-52; 10-Derrick Morris-51.
NEXT MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 29 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
July 6 2010
MIDGETS PREP FOR JULY 22 ORP “SPEEDFEST’”
HAGEN, KUHN & SWEET GET WINS AT TOLEDO, SUN PRAIRIE
“Kroger Speedfest” is next on the USAC Mopar National Midget slate at O’Reilly
Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind. July 22 where the series shares billing with
the USAC Silver Crown Championship Series.
Bryan Clauson will take a 70-point lead into that race despite a seventh and
two 19th-place finishes in the most recent races at Toledo, Ohio and Sun
Prairie, Wisc.
Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. won Sunday night’s 30-lap race at Angell
Park Speedway in Sun Prairie on the final lap, passing Jerry Coons Jr. for the
win in his Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Speedway Mopar. Sweet was
also Sunday night’s fastest qualifier but the final lap was the only one he led!
Coons finished second ahead of Dave Darland, Tracy Hines and Darren Hagen. Sweet
was the last of four leaders in the ultra-competitive feature.
Defending USAC Mopar National Midget Champion Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. led all
30 laps to win Saturday night’s feature at Angell Park, the home of the National
Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Kuhn and his Rotondo Weirich/Champion Brands
Beast/Fontana were trailed by Sweet, Darland, Coons and Hines. Clauson finished
seventh after posting the fastest qualifying time.
Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. gave himself a 24th birthday present Friday
night at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway – a victory in the Hemelgarn Racing Super
Fitness Night 50-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race. Hagen drove the Liberty
Village/McGladrey & Pullen Beast/Esslinger Ford to the win over Daniel Bedford,
Dakoda Armstrong, Caleb Armstrong and Levi Roberts. Hines was the fastest
qualifier but failed to finish the feature event as did pole starter Coons, who
led 11 laps before mechanical problems forced him to the sidelines. Clauson also
failed to finish the 50-lapper.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-888, 2-Brad Kuhn-818, 3-Tracy Hines-812, 4-Darren Hagen-731,
5-Brad Sweet-728, 6-Dave Darland-722, 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-721, 8-Bobby East-604,
9-Zach Daum-567, 10-Henry Clarke-548“MACK McCLELLAN NIGHT” FINALE WEDNESDAY AT THE SPEEDROME;
WELCH WINS “TED HINES NIGHT” MAIN EVENT
The 2010 Indianapolis Speedrome Regional Midget Series concludes this Wednesday
night, honoring 1981, 1986 and 1987 Speedrome Midget Champion Mack McClellan,
whose 19 career Speedrome wins rank fourth on the USAC feature winners list at
the storied oval.
Champions of the 2010 Speedrome series will be crowned Wednesday, with feature
events planed for Regional Midgets, Ford Focus Midgets and Young Guns.
Dillon Welch of Noblesville, Ind. passed Chris Phillips on lap six and went on
to win last Wednesday night’s “Ted Hines Night” 50-lap USAC Regional Midget race
at the Indianapolis Speedrome in his Ribwear/Ford Racing Beast/Ford. Series
point leader Dalton Armstrong took second ahead of Kyle Hamilton, Shannon
McIntosh and Mike Larrison.
Dalton Armstrong’s Regional Midget point slead stands at 50 points over Welch
heading into Wednesday night’s racing program.
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Dalton Armstrong-509, 2-Dillon Welch-459, 3-Chris Phillips-392, 4-Buddy
Lowther-337, 5-Daniel Bedford-288, 6-Dave Fuhrman-279, 7-Kyle Hamilton-255,
8-Ali Jackson-235, 9-Levi Roberts-194, 10-Mike Larrison-170.
July 5 2010
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS
July 4, 2010 – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-15.013; 2. Brad Kuhn, 17B,
RW-15.082; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-15.122; 4. Dave Darland, 71,
Kunz-15.173; 5. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.182; 6. Davey Ray, 14, Fatt-Fro-15.219; 7.
Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-15.235; 8. Matt Smith, 1au, Smith-15.252; 9. Tracy Hines,
24, Parker-15.263; 10. Bryan Clauson, 39x, Tucker-15.276; 11. Robbie Ray, 3R,
Ray-15.329; 12. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-15.357; 13. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.402;
14. Mike Hess, 4, Hardy-15.413; 15. Kurt Mayhew, 21k, Mayhew-15.484; 16. Brad
Loyet, 05, Loyet-15.496; 17. Daniel Robinson, 57, Reisdorf-15.588; 18. David
Budres, 33, Ray-15.626; 19. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-15.629; 20. Levi Roberts,
2D, Roberts-15.659; 21. Jason Dull, 56D, Dull-15.905; 22. Courtney Erfurth, 25,
Hardy-16.016; 23. Joel Wyttenbach, 38, Bong-16.044. (Bryan Clauson, 39,
Tucker/Kunz/BCI-15.439-withdrawn)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Clauson, 3. Sweet, 4. Darland, 5. Clarke, 6.
Clouser, 7. Erfurth, 8. Hatton. 2:27.05
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hess, 2. Smith, 3. Daum, 4. Robinson, 5. Kuhn, 6.
R.Ray, 7. Roberts, 8. Wyttenbach. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Coons, 3. Hagen, 4. D.Ray, 5. Budres, 6.
Dull, 7. Mayhew. 2:35.96
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Tracy
Hines, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Brad Loyet, 8. Mike Hess, 9. Mario
Clouser, 10. Daniel Robinson, 11. Levi Roberts, 12. Jason Dull, 13. Kurt Mayhew,
14. Courtney Erfurth, 15. Joel Wyttenbach, 16. Davey Ray, 17. Zach Daum, 18.
Matt Smith, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Robbie Ray, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. David
Budres. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 D.Ray, Laps 3-4 Darland, Laps 5-23 Coons, Laps
24-25 D.Ray, Laps 26-29 Coons, Lap 30 Sweet.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-910; 2-Kuhn-872; 3-Hines-871;
4-Sweet-800; 5-Coons-789; 6-Hagen-785; 7-Darland-784; 8-Bobby East-604;
0-Daum-594; 10-Clarke-565.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 22 – Indianapolis, IN – O’Reilly Raceway
Park
July 4 2010
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS
July 3, 2010 – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-14.483; 2. Darren Hagen,
3, RFMS-14.552; 3. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.557; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11,
Wilke-Pak-14.605; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-14.609; 6. Brad Kuhn, 17B,
RW-14.618; 7. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.659; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-14.687; 9.
Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-14.849; 10. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.924; 11. Brad
Loyet, 05, Loyet-14.960; 12. Robbie Ray, 3R, Ray-14.964; 13. Davey Ray, 14,
Fatt-Fro-14.969; 14. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-15.011; 15. Kurt Mayhew, 21k,
Mayhew-15.047; 16. Daniel Roberston, 57, Reisdorf-15.136; 17. Mike Stroehle, 33,
Ray-15.453; 18. Jason Dull, 56D, Dull-15.657; 19. Joel Wyttenbach, 38,
Bong-15.711; 20. Kyle Robbins, 39x, Tucker-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Ray, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. Clauson, 5. Robinson, 6.
Clarke, 7. Wyttenbach. 2:31.33
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Daum, 2. Loyet, 3. Darland, 4. Hagen, 5. Roberts, 6.
Stroehle. 2:30.51
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Sweet, 3. Mayhew, 4. R.Ray, 5. Clouser, 6.
Dull. 2:31.59
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Jerry Coons
Jr., 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Davey Ray, 9. Mario
Clouser, 10. Zach Daum, 11. Robbie Ray, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Daniel Robinson,
14. Jason Dull, 15. Levi Roberts, 16. Kurt Mayhew, 17. Brad Loyet, 18. Joel
Wyttenbach, 19. Mike Stroehle, 20. Kyle Robbins. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kuhn.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-888; 2-Kuhn-818; 3-Hines-812;
4-Hagen-731; 5-Sweet-728; 6-Darland-722; 7-Coons-721; 8-Bobby East-604;
9-Daum-567; 10-Clarke-548.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 4 – Sun Prairie, WI – Angell Park Speedway
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS
July 3, – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.163; 2. Michael Daniels, 87,
Remick-15.396; 3. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.654; 4. Jeremy McKenna, 17,
Remick-15.662; 5. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-15.716; 6. Ron Duncombe, 4,
Walton-16.017; 7. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-16.067; 8. Terra Brower, 07,
Remick-16.070; 9. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-16.572; 10. Christina Remick, 13,
Remick-16.766.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Daniels, 2. McKenna, 3. Duncombe, 4. Sainsbury, 5.
Brower. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Groat, 2. Posey, 3. Kelley, 4. Fuette, 5. Remick. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Michael Daniels, 2. Chuck Groat, 3. Jeff Kelley, 4. Gregg
Fuette, 5. Jeremy McKenna, 6. Kipp Posey, 7. Ron Duncombe, 8. Terra Brower, 9.
Guy Sainsbury, 10. Christina Remick. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Fuette, Laps 10-20 Daniels.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Kyle Edwards-633; 2-Cody Gerhardt-611;
3-Bobby Runyan-573; 4-Connnor Kassik-536; 5-Daniels-523; 6-Nick Carlson-445;
7-Andrew Mulhearn-401; 8-Jet Davison-395; 9-J.R. Williams-375; 10-Eli
Schrock-355.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Daniels-523; 2-Connor Kassik-344;
3-Groat-321; 4-Posey-318; 5-Brower-304; 6-J.R. Williams-297; 7-Bobby Runyan-259;
8-Duncombe-255; 9-Eli Schrock-248; 10-Kelley-241.
NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 17 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain
Raceways
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENTNORTH/SOUTH FORD FOCUS
RACE RESULTS
July 3, – San Bernardino, California – Orange Show Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-12.918; 2. Cody Gerhardt,
40, Western Speed-12.929; 3. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-12.960; 4. Austin
Farley, 42, Sutton-13.011; 5. Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton-13.047; 6. Eli Schrock,
3, Sutton-13.052; 7. Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-13.066; 8. Bobby Runyan, 9,
Sutton-13.114; 9. Kyle Cline, 35, Boyd-13.115; 10. Shawn Buckley, 7,
Buckley-13.121; 11. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-13.218; 12. Jessica Clark, 44,
Clark-13.245; 13. Tony Cinque, 8c, Pankratz-13.297; 14. Kyle Edwards, 39,
Edwards-13.482; 15. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-13.487; 16. Wally Pankratz, 32,
Blondel-NT.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Farley, 4. Skoglund. NT
FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Cody Gerhardt, 2. Garrett Peterson, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4.
Cody Thompson, 5. Bobby Runyan, 6. Eli Schrock, 7. Keegan Walmer, 8. Austin
Farley, 9. Tony Cinque, 10. Zach Stout, 11. Jessica Clark, 12. Shawn Buckley,
13. Wally Pankratz, 14. Kyle Edwards, 15. Kyle Cline, 16. Connor Kassik. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Thompson, Laps 20-35 Gerhardt.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-633; 2-Gerhardt-611;
3-Runyan-573; 4-Kassik-536; 5-Michael Daniels-523; 6-Nick Carlson-445; 7-Andrew
Mulhearn-401; 8-Jet Davison-395; 9-J.R. Williams-375; 10-Schrock-355.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Gerhardt-611; 2-Runyan-573;
3-Schrock-355; 4-Peterson-340; 5-Kassik-329; 6-Thompson-319; 7-Walmer-307;
8-Edwards-305; 9-Farley-293; 10-Clark-289.
NEW CALIFORNIA NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Peterson-340; 2-Gerhardt-322;
3-Thompson-285; 4-Walmer-276; 5-Runyan-275; 6-Skoglund-183; 7-Courtney
Atkinson-180; 8-Dennis Simunovich-141; 9-Kassik-139; 10-Edwards-104.
NEW CALIFORNIA SOUTH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrock-355; 2-Gerhardt-354;
3-Runyan-346; 4-Farley-293; 5-Buckley-258; 6-Clark-246; 7-Edwards-226;
8-Kassik-211; 9-Michael Daniels-171; 10-J.R. Williams-130.
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 17 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway
NEXT SOUTH FORD FOCUS RACE: August 14 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show
SpeedwayUSAC WESTERN PAVEMENT SOUTH YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 3, 2010 – San
Bernardino, California – Orange Show Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jarid Blondel, 32, Blondel-13.996; 2. Brandon White, 11,
Sutton-14.086; Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-NT; Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton-NT; Austin
Farley, 42, Sutton-NT; Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-NT.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. White, 2. Walmer, 3. Thompson, 4. Blondel. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brandon White, 2. Austin Farley, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4.
Cody Thompson, 5. Jarid Blondel, 6. Jessica Clark. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 White.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-706; 2-White-512; 3-Alex
Jacobsen-434; 4-Casey Martinez-428; 5-Walmer-334; 6-Farley-312; 7-Thompson-311;
8-Collin Henry-292; 9-Daniel Williams-286; 10-Logan Williams-286.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-White-512; 2-Walmer-334;
3-Farley-312; 4-Thompson-311; 5-Blondel-278; 6-Clark-212; 7-Courtney
Atkinson-188; 8-Winn Frazin-108; 9-Tanner Long-68; 10-Shon Gooden-55.
NEW CALIFORNIA SOUTH YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-White-315; 2-Farley-312;
3-Blondel-278; 4-Clark-212; 5-Walmer-119; 6-Thompson-116; 7-Winn Frazin-108;
8-Tanner Long-68.
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 17 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway
NEXT SOUTH YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 14 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show
Speedway
Young Claims ASCS Midget Feature at Silver Dollar Speedway
by
Robert Haugh
Santa Clara Calfornia
Contributor to OWR3Piloting his own #14 RAM Racing “Pink Lady” Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec, Shingle Springs’ Rick Young swept the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Midget race at the legendary ¼-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Saturday, July 3
After almost spinning on an opening lap bobble that sent him to fifth place, Young rebounded by working his way from the back of the pack to score the feature win and sweeping the evening’s race action. Showing veteran prowess, Young had climbed back to second in only five laps by running both the low and high lines – passing several by squeezing under them as they slid up the slick track through Turn 2 coming to the backstretch.
Following Young to the checkers were Pole sitter J.R. Williams, the veteran driver from Carson City, Nevada claiming second in his #74 Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec after leading the opening lap, San Jose’s Ryan Shupe in the #40 Bay Muffler Stealth/Ford taking third, Cameron Park’s Lonny Alton scoring fourth in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/Ford with Lodi’s Dan Jones taking fifth in his #75 Stinger/RRE Chevy EcoTec in his inaugural ASCS Midget start. Jones is a 50-year-old rookie, living his dream of competing in a Midget thanks to the support of the ASCS Midget series. Jones’ Midget was completed at 4 p.m. on raceday!
Wheeling his grandfather Rich’s #5h Maxim/Chevy, June 23 ASCS Midget race winner Travis Haugh of Butte Valley was seeking a second consecutive win after surging from his sixth starting spot to the lead on Lap 2. However, after leading laps 2 through 9, Haugh slowed as Young began closing in, with Haugh retiring with a broken left front shock on Lap 11. 18-year-old Haugh is the eldest of 1987 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Sprint Car track Champion Rick Haugh’s two sons.
Elk Grove’s Tom Doherty had a rough evening in his #10 Bay Muffler Stealth/Ford – flipping on Lap 4 of the feature. Doherty repaired the car to return to the track to complete the final few laps of the feature.
Two-time ASCS Midget feature winner and ASCS Midgets Pacific region points leader Dillon Silverman, 18, of Chico was battling mechanical gremlins in Rick Young’s RAM Racing #12 Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec, pulling off shortly after taking the green flag in the feature.
Young claimed the Heat race from the pole position over Alton, Doherty, Haugh, Shupe, Williams, Jones and Silverman.
Young’s win made him the fourth different winner in five ASCS Midget races at Silver Dollar in 2010 – with Haugh and Angwin’s Britton Bock each scoring a win and Silverman claiming the first two wins of the year.
The ASCS Midgets are Silver Dollar Speedway’s newest division, calling Silver Dollar Speedway their home track this year. The race was the seventh of nine scheduled visits the ASCS Midgets will make to the Silver Dollar quarter-mile in 2010, returning on Friday, July 23 and Friday, August 20. Two early races were rained out.
The ASCS Midgets are designed to one day become to Midget racing what the 360 has become to Sprint Car racing. While it may not be the fastest class of midget racing, the division provides 90 percent of the performance at nearly 50 percent of the cost to the competitor with most teams utilizing the new Chevrolet EcoTec racing engine developed by Southern California’s Revolution Racing Engines (RRE).
“The cost control nature of this class coupled with the regular races at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway will provide a foundation to build the ASCS Midget Division in Northern California,” says ASCS Pacific division Midget Director Young. “There are many outlaw kart and micro drivers in the area that now have an affordable alternative to Sprint Car racing and the best track in California to race at on a Friday night,” adds Young.
For more information on the budget-minded ASCS Midget Pacific division, contact Pacific region ASCS Midget Director Rick Young at (916) 717-3122. For more information on the RRE Chevy EcoTec Midget engine, visit www.revolutionracingengines.com or call (805) 238-3930. For more information on Silver Dollar Speedway, visit the track’s Web site at www.silverdollarspeedway.com
ARDC RETURNS TO WILLIAMS GROVE SPDWY 4a TOPLESS NIGHTThe Wingless Midgets of the American Racing Drivers Club will return to the historic Williams Grove Speedway Saturday July 10th, for Topless Night, along with Super Sportsman and 358 Late Models.
ARDC will be contesting two, 20 lap features. The first will be a makeup event from May 8th when rain curtailed the evenings activities after the heat races and will then have a complete show with heat and consolation races.
The Midgets, whose schedule is run completely without wings, will be joined by the Super Sportsman and the popular 358 Late Models. The twist is that the Super Sportsman will have to remove the sheet metal structures that normally adorn their roll cages and the Late Models will take off their roofs.
When ARDC was last at Williams Grove, in May, the heat races were won by, P.J. Gargiulo, Andrew Hannula and Steve Buckwalter, with Brett Arndt, taking the consolation. Since then Buckwalter has been on a tear, winning four ARDC features, including the last outing at Central Pennsylvania Speedway. In between Buckwalter traveled to Indiana and knocked off the USAC boys at Gas City.
Buckwalter will have plenty of competition from Eric Heydenreich who was the winner at Lincoln Speedway and Bridgeport winner, Ryan Smith who has been heating up this summer with a win and runner-up finish in the last two events.
Racing will get underway at 6:30pm.
FEATURE LINEUP FOR JULY 10th MAKEUP RACE
1 57-Jason Rice, 2 55-Steve Craig 3 89-Andrew Hannula 4 91-Donnie Trent, 5 51-PJ Gargiulo, 6 49-Trevor Kobylarz , 7 44-Frank Polimeda, 8 16-Dave Shirk, 9 2-Tracy Readinger, 10 34-Ryan Smith, 11 78-Nick Wean, 12 12-Drew Heistand, 13 11-Eric Heydenreich, 14 0-Steve Buckwalter, 15 1-Mike Miller, 16 46-Brett Arndt, 17 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 18 84-Jimmy Cammock, 19 25-Chris Zrinski, 20 94-Brad Cox, 21 4-Jeff Furlong, 22 52-Timmy Buckwalter, 23 77-Alex Bright, 24 01-Steve Bull. 15 19-Steve Drevicki, 26 61-Parker Evans, 27 17-Donnie Hoffman, 28 9-Steve Lenig,
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, July 10, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway
Saturday, July 10, 2010 May 8th Makeup
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway
Friday, July 30, 2010 Clinton County Speedway
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Mercer Raceway
UNOFFICAL POINTS
POS CAR# DRIVER TOTAL POINTS
1 0 STEVE BUCKWALTER 964
2 12 DREW HEISTAND 924
3 11 ERIC HEYDENREICH 922
4 34 RYAN SMITH 904
5 44 FRANK POLIMEDA 842
6 46 BRETT ARNDT 764
7 83 BRUCE BUCKWALTER JR 761
8 77 ALEX BRIGHT 709
9 9 STEVE LENIG 703
10 51 PJ GARGIULO 665
July 3 2010
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS
July 2, 2010 – Toledo, Ohio
Toledo Speedway – “Hemelgarn Racing Super Fitness Night’
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.081; 2. Darren Hagen, 3,
RFMS-15.100; 3. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-15.140; 4. Dakoda Armstrong,
7A, C & A-15.218; 5. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.227; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 11,
Wilke-Pak-15.243; 7. Daniel Bedford, 41, DMS-15.274; 8. Bobby East, 4,
Klatt-15.283; 9. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-15.347; 10. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C &
A-15.399; 11. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-15.435; 12. Cale Conley, 3c,
Conley-15.441; 13. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-15.444; 14. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-15.444;
15. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.453; 16. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-15.495; 17. Henry
Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.534; 18. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-15.550; 19. Ali Jackson,
44, Perona/Cunningham-15.617; 20. Jeff Abold, 29, Abold-16.482.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kramer, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. Hines, 4. Byrne, 5.
D.Armstrong, 6. Jackson, 7. Bedford. 2:05.74
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Clarke, 3. Kuhn, 4. Clouser, 5. Daum, 6.
Abold. 2:04.40
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Roberts, 3. Darland, 4. Clauson, 5. Coons,
6. Conley. 2:04.02
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Daniel Bedford, 3. Dakoda Armstrong, 4.
Caleb Armstrong, 5. Levi Roberts, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Mario Clouser, 8. Jimmy
Simpson, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Brad Kuhn, 11. Adam Kramer, 12. Ali Jackson, 13.
Zach Daum, 14. Cale Conley, 15. Jeff Abold, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Tracy
Hines, 18. David Byrne, 19. Bryan Clauson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Coons, Laps 12-50 Hagen.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-835; 2-Hines-757; 3-Kuhn-749;
4-Hagen-676; 5-Coons-661; 6-Brad Sweet-660; 7-Darland-660; 8-East-604;
9-Daum-526; 10-Clarke-516.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 3-4 – Sun Prairie, WI – Angell Park
Speedway
STEVE BUCKWALTER RETURNS TO PENNSYLVANIA AND HIS WINNING WAYS AT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SPEEDWAYSteve Buckwalter picked up where he left off picking up his sixth win in ARDC competition at Central Pennsylvania Speedway of Friday July 2nd.
The last time Steve Buckwalter raced with the ARDC at Susquehanna Speedway he won the feature. Buckwalter then headed to Indiana to compete in the USAC Midget Speedweek where he added his name to a short but distinguished list of Pennsylvania racers to beat the USAC guys in any division, when he won at Gas City Speedway.
At the start of the feature, Trevor Kobylarz drove into the lead from his pole starting spot and was followed closely by Dave Shirk.
Third starting P.J. Gargiulo initially dropped back but started an impressive charge to the front and made a neat pass of Kobylarz as the two came off the fourth turn. Unfortunate for Gargiulo was that as he was making the pass the yellow flag was unfurled and he was returned to the runner-up spot for the restart.
Gargiulo quickly retook control on the restart as he dove under Kobylarz in the second turn and drove down the backstretch with the lead.
Following Gargiulo to the front was 13th starting Steve Buckwalter who grabbed second from Kobylarz on the next lap.
Gargiulo looked strong but on the seventh lap, drove too hard into the first turn, slid up the track and for a time was running in the grass. This gave Buckwalter a chance to take a lead.
For a time it looked as if Buckwalter would win easily but a lap 16 yellow put Drew Heistand on his nerf bar. Heistand who started ninth made a steady drive through the field and on the restart put a cool slider on Buckwalter going into the first turn. Heistand was completely in front of Buckwalter but Steve turned left, dove back under Drew and retook the lead. “Yeah, I’ll tell ya I wasn’t even ready for it, I knew he got that new Esslinger motor and they run so much more gear then these push rod engines, so they get real good starts so the second restart I picked up the pace a lot sooner.” Buckwalter, later stated.
A late race caution set up a green white checked situation but Buckwalter was able to hold on for his sixth win of the season.
After struggling in his heat race Buckwalter said, “I felt skeptical after the heat, we just couldn’t get a hold of the track but whatever he did to it, it really helped. They ran that top in and that gave us multiple grooves and we used that to our advantage.”
Finishing up, in a close runner up position, was Bridgeport, NJ winner Ryan Smith, who because of handicapping, started 15th and took advantage of the late race caution to get by Heistand. Finishing in fourth was Eric Heydenreich while Brett Arndt was fifth.
Heat races for the 26 Midgets went to, PJ Gargiulo, Dave Shirk and Ryan Smith.
NOTES: Parker Evans and Justin Grosz took a few races off as both recently graduated from high school. Both drivers are planning to compete through early August before heading off to college. Steve Buckwalter talking about his win at Gas City over the USAC Midgets said, “I was glad to do it for the Pennsylvania fans and the ARDC. We’re gaining a lot more respect out there. We went out there five years ago and they pretty much laughed at us but now they know we aren’t there to play we’re there to win.” Joe Butera who hails from Wampum in Western PA said the last time he raced at Central PA Speedway was in a 410 Sprint Car in an All Star race. His night ended early with engine woes. After having problems in warm-ups, Steve Drevicki jumped into teammate, Greg Fitzpatricks’ #28 for the rest of the evening. The nickname of Central Pennsylvania Speedway is the Big Bear and it has some ferocious claws, especially in the first turn. In warm-ups Trevor Kobylarz executed a series of flips. Later in the evening, PJ Gargiulo, Steve Lenig and Chris Zrinski also got clawed but not quite as bad as Kobylarz.
ARDC MIDGET RESULTS 7-2-2010 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SPEEDWAY
MAIN EVENT
1) 0 Steve Buckwalter, 2) 34 Ryan Smith, 3) 12 Drew Heistand, 4) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 5) 46 Brett Arndt, 6) 16 Dave Shirk, 7) 77 Alex Bright, 8) 2T Tracy Readinger, 9) 44 Frank Polimeda, 10) 61 Parker Evans, 11) 25 Chris Zrinski, 12) 28 Steve Drevicki, 13) 20 Carey Becker, 14) 6 Dusty Heistand, 15) 55 Steve Craig, 16) 9 Steve Lenig, 17) 31 Joe Butera, 18) 01 Steve Bull, 19) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 20) 49 Trevor Kobylarz, 21) 39 Justin Grosz, 22) 51 PJ Gargiulo, 23) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 24) 57 Jason Rice, 25) 26 Stephanie Stevens.UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, July 10, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway
Saturday, July 10, 2010 May 8th Makeup
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway
Friday, July 30, 2010 Clinton County Speedway
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Mercer Raceway
PAST RESULTS
Sunday, March 28, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway ParK Billy Pauch Jr
Candy Bowl Makeup Steve Buckwalter
Friday, April 30, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Sunday, May 02, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
March 28th Makeup RAIN
Saturday, May 08, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway RAIN
Saturday, May 15, 2010 Grandview Speedway Billy Pauch Jr
Friday, May 28, 2010 Penn Can Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Grandview Speedway TOTH w/ USAC Steve Buckwalter
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Lincoln Speedway w/USAC Eric Heydenreich
Sunday, June 13, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Saturday, June 19, 2010 Bridgeport Speedway (1/4 mile) Ryan Smith
Friday, July 02, 2010 Central Pennsylvania Speedway Steve Buckwalter
UNOFFICALTOP 10 IN POINTS
POS CAR# DRIVER TOTAL POINTS
1 0 STEVE BUCKWALTER 964
2 12 DREW HEISTAND 924
3 11 ERIC HEYDENREICH 922
4 34 RYAN SMITH 904
5 44 FRANK POLIMEDA 842
6 46 BRETT ARNDT 764
7 83 BRUCE BUCKWALTER JR 761
8 77 ALEX BRIGHT 709
9 9 STEVE LENIG 703
10 51 PJ GARGIULO 665
July 2 2010
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/UTAH/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
July 1, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton-15.624; 2. Austin Farley, 42,
Sutton-15.716; 3. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.720; 4. Cody Thompson, 8,
Sutton-15.745; 5. Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-15.755; 6. Michael Daniels, 87,
Remick-15.782; 7. Eli Schrock, 3, Sutton-15.861; 8. Tony Cinque, 8c,
Pankratz-16.274; 9. Wally Pankratz, 60, Western Speed-16.322; 10. Kyle Cline,
35, Boyd-16.331; 11. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.337; 12. Jessica Clark, 44,
Clark-16.481; 13. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.614; 14. Shawn Buckley, 7,
Buckley-16.644; 15. Christina Remick, 13, Remick-16.731; 16. Terra Brower, 07,
Remick-16.757.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Schrock, 3. Walmer, 4. Runyan, 5.
Pankratz, 6. Kassik, 7. Williams, 8. Remick. 2:11.12
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Daniels, 2. Farley, 3. Thompson, 4. Cinque, 5. Clark,
6. Cline, 7. Brower, 8. Buckley. 2:16.82
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bobby Runyan, 2. Austin Farley, 3. Eli Schrock, 4. Cody
Gerhardt, 5. Wally Pankratz, 6. Jessica Clark, 7. Tony Cinque, 8. Shawn Buckley,
9. Kyle Cline, 10. Terry Brower, 11. J.R. Williams, 12. Michael Daniels, 13.
Christina Remick, 14. Cody Thompson, 15. Keegan Walmer, 16. Connor Kassik. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Thompson, Laps 20-30 Runyan.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Kyle Edwards-633; 2-Gerhardt-546;
3-Kassik-536; 4-Runyan-525; 5-Nick Carlson-455; 6-Daniels-450; 7-Andrew
Mulhearn-401; 8-Jet Davison-395; 9-Willaims-375; 10-Schrock-309.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Gerhardt-546; 2-Runyan-525;
3-Schrock-309; 4-Kassik-308; 5-Kyle Edwards-280; 6-Garrett Peterson-279;
7-Thompson-266; 8-Walmer-265; 9-Clark-258; 10-Farley-251.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Daniels-450; 2-Kassik-344; 3-Williams-297;
4-Kipp Posey-262; 5-Brower-261; 6-Runyan-259; 7-Chuck Groat-250; 8-Schrock-248;
9-Gerhardt-228; 10-Farley-213.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: iams1-Schrock-309;
2-Runyan-298; 3-Gerhardt-289; 4-Farley-251; 5-Buckley-229; 6-Clark-215; 7-Kyle
Edwards-201; 8-Kassik-190; 9-Daniels-171; 10-Williams-130.
NEXT WESTERN/PAVEMENT/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE: July 3 – San
Bernardino, Ca – Orange Show Speedway
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain
Raceways
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS
July 1, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brandon White, 11, Sutton-17.020; 2. Jarid Blondel, 32,
Pankratz-17.091; Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton-NT; Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-NT;
Austin Farley, 42, Sutton-NT; Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-NT; Winn Frazin, 59,
Frazin-NT.
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Farley, 3. White, 4. Walmer, 5. Blondel, 6.
Clark. 2:16.87
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Keegan Walmer, 2. Cody Thompson, 3. Austin Farley, 4.
Brandon White, 5. Jessica Clark, 6. Jarid Blondel. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Walmer, Laps 6-16 Thompson, 17-19 Farley, Lap 20
Walmer.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-652; 2-White-447; 3-Alex
Jacobsen-434; 4-Casey Martinez-428; 5-Collin Henry-292; 6-Daniel Williams-286;
7-Logan Williams-286; 8-Walmer-280; 9-Thompson-260; 10-Farley-255.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-White-447; 2-Walmer-280;
3-Thompson-260; 4-Farley-255; 5-Blondel-224; 6-Courtney Atkinson-188;
7-Clark-167; 8-Winn Frazin-108; 9-Tanner Long-68; 10-Shon Gooden-55.
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 3 – San
Bernardino, CA – Orange Show Speedway
July 1 2010
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 30, 2010 – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dillon Welch (#4 East), 2. Dalton Armstrong (#7A C &
A), 3. Shannon McIntosh (#15x East), 4. Cale Conley (#3c Conley), 5. Dave
Fuhrman (#32 Fuhrman), 6. Abby Martino (#21 Martino). 1:59.57
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mike Larrison (#06 Larrison), 2. Kyle Hamilton (#79
Hargitt), 3. Chris Phillips (#64 Phillips), 4. Bryan Nuckles (#59 Nuckles), 5.
Buddy Lowther (#31 Lowther). 1:58.47
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dillon Welch, 2. Dalton Armstrong, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4.
Shannon McIntosh, 5. Mike Larrison, 6. Cale Conley, 7. Buddy Lowther, 8. Dave
Fuhrman, 9. Chris Phillips, 10. Bryan Nuckles. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Phillips, Laps 6-50 Welch.
NEW REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-D.Armstrong-509; 2-Welch-459;
3-Phillips-392; 4-Lowther-337; 5-Daniel Bedfrod-288; 6-Fuhrman-279;
7-Hamilton-255; 8-Ali Jackson-235; 9-Levi Roberts-194; 10-Larrison-170.
NEXT REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 7 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Mack
McClellan Night”
USAC MIDWEST/PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 30, 2010 – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst (#25 Blackhurst), 2. Geoff Gerline
(#37 Indiana Underground), 3. Andy Nock (#14 Rankine), 4. Joe Liguori (#22
Givens), 5. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens). 2:04.20
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler Corriher (#12x Noffsinger/Brown), 2. Justin
Hommel (#97 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Kyle O’Gara (#4 East), 4. Tate Martz (#1
Steele), 5. Tyler Cottongim (#28, Cottongim). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Adam Wilsdon (#9 Wilsdon), 2. Nick Drake (#55 Cline),
3. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 4. Toby Alfrey (#4x Alfrey), 5. Kent Kriegbaum (#12
Kriegbaum), 2:04.19
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Kyle O’Gara, 4. Joe
Liguori, 5. Tate Martz, 6. Justin Hommel, 7. Geoff Gerline, 8. Jessica Bean, 9.
Tyler Corriher, 10. John Heydenreich, 11. Toby Alfrey, 12. Adam Wilsdon, 13.
Andy Nock, 14. Tyler Cottongim, 15. Kent Kriegbaum. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Blackhurst.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-510; 2-Liguori-494;
3-Cottongim-391; 4-O’Gara-328; 5-Martz-296; 6-Alfrey-281; 7-Heydenreich-279;
8-Nock-224; 9-Gerline-209; 10-Bean-204.
NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-299; 2-Martz-296;
3-Blackhurst-282; 4-O’Gara-251; 5-Cottongim-249; 6-Gerline-209;
7-Heydenreich-168; 8-Nock-166; 9-Alfrey-162; 10-Bean-124.
NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 7 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Mack
McClellan Night”
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 30, 2010 – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 2. Max McGee (#41 Sexton), 3.
Brendon Bock (#17 Noffsinger), 4. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger), 2. Ross Rankine (#39
Rankine), 3. Gage Walker (#7 Walker), 4. Mike Gass (#4x Alfrey). 2:08.45
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Austin Prock, 2. Max McGee, 3. Brendon Bock, 4. Ross
Rankine, 5. Cooper Clouse, 6. Stevie Kuhn, 7. Gage Walker, 8. Mike Gass. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Prock.
NEW MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Clouse-314; 2-Rankine-307; 3-Walker-284;
4-Kuhn-281; 5-McGee-125; 6-Prock-68; 7-Bock-60; 8-Jarett Andretti-52; 9-Derrick
Morris-51; 10-Gass-44.
NEXT MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 7 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Mack
McClellan Night”
June 29 2010
MIDGET FIREWORKS HEADED FOR TOLEDO, THEN SUN PRAIRIE
CLAUSON TOPS 30-LAP MIDGET FEATURE AT 34 RACEWAY
Bryan Clauson, fresh from Saturday night’s 30-lap victory at Burlington, Iowa, leads the 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget Series into a trio of races this week in Ohio and Wisconsin.
Toledo (Ohio) Speedway hosts Friday night’s “Hemelgarn Racing Super Fitness Night” program on the pavement, then Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. serves as the venue for Saturday and Sunday night races on the dirt.
Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., led the final 10 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race at 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa. Driving the Parker Stone Spike/Esslinger Ford, Clauson took the lead when Levi Jones had a tire go flat on lap 21. Jones had led since taking the lead from Danny Stratton on lap two. Zach Daum finished second ahead of Brad Kuhn, Tracy Hines and Henry Clarke. The race was the first for USAC’s National Midgets at Burlington in 37 years!
Clauson’s point lead over runner-up Tracy Hines is 85 points. Hines is trying to become USAC’s seventh “Triple Crown Champion,” already owning titles in the Silver Crown and National Sprint Series.
Friday’s Toledo program also includes the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. Bobby Santos III is the defending Midget winner at Toledo, having won there last year.
Clauson won a race at Sun Prairie during “Hall of Fame” weekend last year and his three 2010 victories already include the “Hut Hundred” and “Kevin Doty Classic” events,
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-811, 2-Tracy Hines-726, 3-Brad Kuhn-710, 4-Brad Sweet-660, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-635, 6-Dave Darland-618, 7-Bobby East-604, 8-Darren Hagen-603, 9-Zach Daum-493, 10-Henry Clarke-464.
ARDC MIDGETS TO KICK OF THE JULY 4th WEEKEND
AT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SPEEDWAY
The ARDC Midgets swing back into action Friday night July 2nd when they join the All Star Late Models, to kick off the Independence Day Weekend, at the Central Pennsylvania Speedway in Clearfield, PA.
The Friday night portion of the big two day weekend will feature the ARDC Midgets competing in a 20 lap main along with the Let Freedom Ring 25 for All Star Late Models. The evening will be capped off with a concert by America’s #1 Cancer Fighting Rock and Show Band, One Less Tear.
The last time the ARDC gang got together at Bridgeport Speedway it was Ryan Smith picking up his first win of the season. The multi talented Smith gave Jerry Steward his first win as a Midget car owner, by beating Ryan Smith to the line, after battling side by side, for most of the race.
The Central Pennsylvania race will mark the return of the ARDC points leader, Steve Buckwalter. Buckwalter spent the week in Indiana competing in the USAC Midget Speedweek, where he won the opening night race at Gas City Speedway.
Buckwalter will be pressed by a couple of drivers, currently tied for second place in the points. Eric Heydenreich will make the tow across Route 80 from his Bloomsburg, PA home to try to pick up his second win of the season. Heydenreich, who started deep in the pack, was the winner at Lincoln Speedway when ARDC was there with the USAC Sprint Cars.
Looking to pickup his first win of the season is Drew Heistand. Heistand has used consistency this season to trail Buckwalter by just 29 markers in the points race.
The visit will be the first by ARDC since 2005, when Ray Bull, in route to his sixth consecutive title was the winner, driving an entry for Mega Motorsports.
The gates will swing open at 4:00pm and racing will start at 6:30pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, July 02, 2010 Central Pennsylvania Speedway
Sunday, July 04, 2010 Georgetown Speedway POSTPONED
Saturday, July 10, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway
Saturday, July 10, 2010 May 8th Makeup
Friday, July 16, 2010 Accord Speedway
PAST EVENTS
Sunday, March 28, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway Park Billy Pauch Jr
Candy Bowl Makeup Steve Buckwalter
Friday, April 30, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Sunday, May 02, 2010 Big Diamond Raceway RAIN
March 28th Makeup RAIN
Saturday, May 08, 2010 Williams Grove Speedway RAIN
Saturday, May 15, 2010 Grandview Speedway Billy Pauch Jr
Friday, May 28, 2010 Penn Can Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Grandview Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Lincoln Speedway Eric Heydenreich
Sunday, June 13, 2010 Susquehanna Speedway Steve Buckwalter
Saturday, June 19, 2010 Bridgeport Speedway (1/4 mile) Ryan Smith
UNOFFICIAL POINTS
POS CAR # DRIVER TOTAL POINTS
1 0 STEVE BUCKWALTER 829
2T 12 DREW HEISTAND 800
2T 11 ERIC HEYDENREICH 800
4 34 RYAN SMITH 769
5 44 FRANK POLIMEDA 747
6 83 BRUCE BUCKWALTER JR 714
7 52 TIM BUCKWALTER 662
8 46 BRETT ARNDT 647
9 9 STEVE LENIG 643
10 75 RYAN WATT 621
“TED HINES NIGHT” WEDNESDAY AT THE SPEEDROME
DAUM, ARMSTRONG POST WINS AT SPEEDROME, BERLIN
Three-time USAC Indianapolis Speedrome Regional Midget Champion Ted Hines will be the Grand Marshal Wednesday night as the Speedrome hosts “Ted Hines Night” featuring the USAC Regional Midgets, Midwest Ford Focuses, Young Guns and Mopar .25 Midgets.
Dalton Armstrong, a neighbor of Hines in New Castle, Ind., leads the Regional Midget standings after a weekend victory at Marne, Mich. and a fourth-place finish last Wednesday at the Speedrome. He is 54 points ahead of Dillon Welch in the latest standings.
Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill. passed Mike Larrison on lap five and led the final 46 laps to win Wednesday night’s 50-lap USAC Regional Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Daum piloted the Daum Crop Insurance/Weld Wheels Beast/Esslinger Ford and was followed at the checkered flag by Kyle Hamilton, Ali Jackson, Armstrong and Levi Roberts. Welch failed to finish Wednesday’s race on “Michael Lang Night.”
Armstrong won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Regional/WOMS Midget race at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., taking the lead in his C & A Motorsports Beast/Stanton Toyota on the white-flag lap after leader Welch lost an engine. Fast qualifier Daniel Bedford finished second ahead of Jackson, Chris Phillips and Phil Rutledge. Dalton led the first five laps and Welch led the next 18 before he dropped out.
Hines racked up 17 feature wins on his way to consecutive championships at the Speedrome in 1990, 1991 and 19992.
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Dalton Armstrong-445, 2-Dillon Welch-391, 3-Chris Phillips-350, 4-Buddy Lowther-291, 5-Daniel Bedford-288, 6-Dave Fuhrman-236, 7-Ali Jackson-235, 8-Kyle Hamilton-194, 9-Levi Roberts-194, 10-Abby Martino-132.
WESTERN MIDGETS GEAR UP FOR JULY 17 STOCKTON RACE
LAKATOS EKES OUT BAKERSFIELD WIN OVER KRUSEMAN
Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. continues to lead the 2010 USAC Mopar Western Midget Series points after a heartbreaking second-place finish Saturday night at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway. He holds a 24-point cushion over Alex Schutte entering a July 17 race at Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway.
Josh Lakatos of Portland, Ore. led the last four laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Bakersfield to take the victory. Kruseman appeared headed for the win before tire woes relegated him to second place after leading the first 26 laps. Kody Swanson, fast qualifier Shannon McQueen and Chris Ennis rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.
Chad Nichols won at Stockton May 1, a race in which Schutte and Kruseman finished fourth and 10th respectively.
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Cory Kruseman-415, 2-Alex Schutte-391, 3-Robby Josett-380, 4-Kody Swanson-267, 5-Josh Lakatos-226, 6-Cody Swanson-208, 7-Brad Sweet-207, 8-Randi Pankratz-206, 9-Sean Dodenhoff-184, 10-Bobby East-169.
FOCUS RACING ON 3 FRONTS THIS WEEK
COTTONGIM, CLOUSE, DANIELS, CARLSON & BLONDEL ALL WIN
Ford Focus racing occurs on three fronts this week, with races in Indiana, Nevada and California. The Midwest Ford Focus and Young Guns race Wednesday night as part of “Ted Hines Night” at the Indianapolis (Ind.) Speedrome, while the Western/Utah series competes at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring Thursday night. Saturday night the Western Pavement and Young Guns series are at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif.
Tyler Cottongim of Avon, Ind. and Cooper Clouse of Ohio City, Ohio raced to USAC Ford Focus feature wins in last Wednesday night’s “Michael Lang Night” racing program at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Cottongim won the 40-lap Midwest Ford Focus feature in his Pit Stop Bar & Grill Beast and Clouse won the 25-lap Young Guns feature in his Peterbuilt of NW Ohio Hawk. Cottongim passed Tyler Corriher on lap two and led the rest of the way to beat Corriher, Scott Hunter, Justin Hommel and Tate Martz. Clouse passed Gage Walker on lap 11 and led the final 15 laps of the Young Guns race to beat Max McGee, Ross Rankine, Walker and Stevie Kuhn.
Michael Daniels of Magna, Utah passed Kipp Posey on lap 22 and led the final four laps to win Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus feature event at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniels was also the fastest qualifier and leads the Utah Ford Focus series standings. Posey took second ahead of Chuck Groat, Austin Luttmer and Jeremy McKenna.
Nick Carlson of Norwalk, Calif. and Jarid Blondel of Orange, Calif. scored USAC feature victories in Ford Focus action Saturday night at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway. Carlson won the Western/Dirt Ford Focus feature, leading all but the first two laps of the 20-lapper to beat Andrew Murray, Wally Pankratz, Andrew Mulhearn and Western point leader Kyle Edwards. Jet Davison led the first two laps but finished sixth. Blondel passed Casey Martinez on the sixth lap of the 20-lap Young Guns feature to post the win over Martinez, Daniel Williams, Alex Jacobsen and Logan Williams.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-442, 2-Joe Liguori-438, 3-Tyler Cottongim-362, 4-Kyle O’Gara-268, 5-Toby Alfrey-245, 6-Tate Martz-243, 7-John Heydenreich-242, 8-Scott Hunter-197, 9-Andy Nock-191, 10-Geoff Gerline-160.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Ligori-136, 2-Jake Blackhurst-120, 3-Toby Alfrey-119, 4-John Heydenreich-111, 5-Eric Rankine-111, 6-Tyler Cottongim-103, 7-Josh Staten-89, 8-Ronnie Wuerdeman-88, 9-Jessica Bean-80, 10-Bill Kriegbaum-75.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tate Martz-243, 2-Joe Liguori-243, 3-Tyler Cottongim-220, 4-Jake Blackhurst-214, 5-Kyle O’Gara-191, 6-Geoff Gerline-160, 7-Andy Nock-133, 8-John Heydenreich-131, 9-Toby Alfrey-126, 10-Michael May-93.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-412, 2-Connor Kassik-320, 3-J.R. Williams-266, 4-Kipp Posey-262, 5-Chuck Groat-250, 6-Terra Brower-228, 7-Ron Duncombe-206, 8-Bobby Runyan-188, 9-Eli Schrock-187, 10-Jeff Kelley-179.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-388, 2-Nick Drake-333, 3-Justin Hommel-290, 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-257, 5-Cody Acton-231, 6-Steven Intravaia-230, 7-Tyler Corriher-208, 8-Chris Lamb-182, 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 10-Jake Blackhurst-108.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-320, 2-Nick Drake-267, 3-Justin Hommel-248, 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-184, 5-Cody Acton-183, 6-Steven Intravaia-172, 7-Tyler Corriher-168, 8-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 9-Chris Lamb-132, 10-Brad Noffsinger-97.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Kyle Edwards-633, 2-Connor Kassik-536, 3-Cody Gerhardt-483, 4-Bobby Runyan-454, 5-Nick Carlson-445, 6-Michael Daniels-412, 7-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 8-Jet Davison-395, 9-J.R. Williams-344, 10-Andrew Murray-282.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-483, 2-Bobby Runyan-454, 3-Connor Kassik-284, 4-Kyle Edwards-280, 5-Garrett Peterson-279, 6-Eli Schrock-248, 7-Keegan Walmer-234, 8-Cody Thompson-232, 9-Jessica Clark-209, 10-Shawn Buckley-190.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-445, 2-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 3-Jet Davison-395, 4-Kyle Edwards-390, 5-Andrew Murray-282, 6-Zach Stout-224, 7-Wally Pankratz-204, 8-Jake Blackhurst-151, 9-Kalvin Douglas-125, 10-Connor Kassik-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Garrett Peterson-279, 2-Cody Gerhardt-257, 3-Keegan Walmer-234, 4-Cody Thompson-232, 5-Bobby Runyan-227, 6-Courtney Atkinson-180, 7-Dennis Simunovich-141, 8-Tim Skoglund-123, 9-Connor Kassik-118, 10-Greg Paul-89.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-248, 2-Bobby Runyan-227, 3-Cody Gerhardt-226, 4-Kyle Edwards-201, 5-Shawn Buckley-190, 6-Austin Farley-182, 7-Jessica Clark-166, 8-Connor Kassik-166, 9-Michael Daniels-133, 10-J.R. Williams-99.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-598, 2-Alex Jacobsen-434, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Brandon White-384, 5-Collin Henry-292, 6-Daniel Williams-286, 7-Logan Williams-286, 8-Winn Frazin-249, 9-Courtney Atkinson-249, 10-Keegan Walmer-215.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Alex Jacobsen-434, 2-Jarid Blondel-428, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Collin Henry-342, 5-Daniel Williams-286, 6-Logan Williams-286, 7-Bradley Morris-205, 8-Tanner Kershaw-156, 9-Winn Frazin-141, 10-Al Simpson-87.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-382, 2-Keegan Walmer-213, 3-Austin Farley-194, 4-Cody Thompson-193, 5-Courtney Atkinson-183, 6-Jarid Blondel-170, 7-Jessica Clark-116, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-50.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-249, 2-Keegan Walmer-213, 3-Cody Thompson-193, 4-Courtney Atkinson-183, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-50, 10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Austin Farley-194, 2-Brandon White-187, 3-Jarid Blondel-170, 4-Jessica Clark-116, 5-Winn Frazin-108, 6-Tanner Long-68.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-261, 2-Ross Rankine-249, 3-Gage Walker-236, 4-Stevie Kuhn-228, 5-Max McGee-61, 6-Jarett Andretti-52, 7-Derrick Morris-51
June 28 2010
Travis Haugh Claims ASCS Midget Victory
Robert Haugh
Santa Clara Calfornia
Contributor to OWR3
Chico, CA – Piloting his grandfather Rich’s #5h Maxim/Gaerte, Butte Valley’s Travis Haugh claimed a clean sweep in the ASCS Midget race at the legendary ¼-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday, June 25.
18-year-old Travis is the eldest of 1987 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Sprint Car track Champion Rick Haugh’s two sons.
Travis bested Angwin’s Britton Bock in both the Feature and Heat race – Bock had won the last ASCS Midget race at Silver Dollar on June 11.
It was only Travis’ third-career Midget start.
Shingle Springs’ Rick Young claimed third aboard his #12 RAM Racing Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec.
Two-time ASCS Midget feature winner and ASCS Midgets Pacific region points leader Dillon Silverman, 18, of Chico dropped out of the feature prematurely when he lost an air filter in Rick Young’s RAM Racing #14 Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec.
Silverman has also stayed within striking distance of the Bay Cities Racing Association Midget championship hunt – sitting in third halfway through the 2010 BCRA season.
The ASCS Midgets return to Silver Dollar on Sunday, July 4. In addition, several of the ASCS Midget contingent will join the full-powered BCRA Midgets at the 3/8-mile paved Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson on Saturday, July 3.
The ASCS Midget Pacific division has nine solo events scheduled at Silver Dollar in 2010, as well as also joining BCRA’s full schedule. Two prior ASCS Midget events have been cancelled due to inclement weather (April 23 and June 4). The ASCS Midgets also are scheduled at Silver Dollar on Sunday, July 4, Saturday July 23 and Saturday August 20.
For more information on the ASCS Midget Pacific division, contact Pacific region ASCS Midget Director Rick Young at (916) 717-3122. Visit www.silverdollarspeedway.com for additional information on the fabled Silver Dollar Speedway. For more information on the RRE Chevy EcoTec Midget engine, visit www.revolutionracingengines.com or call (805) 238-3930.
June 27 2010
MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS
June 26, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.486; 2. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-13.664; 3. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Bristing-13.669; 4. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.732; 5. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.837; 6. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-13.948; 7. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-13.954; 8. Chris Ennis, 97, Martens-14.044; 9. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.118; 10. Sean Dodenhoff, 9d, Dodenhoff-14.155; 11. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-14.232; 12. Wink Schweitzer, 60, Schweitzer-14.511.
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Lakatos, 4. Josett, 5. McQueen. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Lakatos, 3. C.Swanson, 4. R.Pankratz, 5. J.Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Josett, 3. K.Swanson, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Ennis, 6. Schweitzer. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Lakatos, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Kody Swanson, 4. Shannon McQueen, 5. Chris Ennis, 6. Alex Schutte, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Robby Josett, 10. Sean Dodenhoff, 11. Wink Schweitzer, 12. Cody Swanson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Kruseman, Laps 27-30 Lakatos.
NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kruseman-415; 2-Schutte-391; 3-Josett-380; 4-K.Swanson-267; 5-Lakatos-226; 6-C.Swanson-208; 7-Brad Sweet-207; 8-R.Pankratz-206; 9-Dodenhoff-184; 10-Bobby East-169.
NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: July 1 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway
USAC WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 26, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Zach Stout (#95 Stout), 2. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 5. Andrew Murray (#18 Murray), 6. Tony Cinque (#8 Pankratz), 7. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Nick Carlson, 2. Andrew Murray, 3. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz),4. Andrew Mulhearn, 5. Kyle Edwards, 6. Jet Davison, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Tony Cinque. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Davison, Laps 3-20 Carlson.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-633; 2-Connor Kassik-536; 3-Cody Gerhardt-483; 4-Bobby Runyan-454; 5-Carlson-445; 6-Michael Daniels-412; 7-Mulhearn-401; 8-Davison-395; 9-J.R. Williams-344; 10-Murray-282.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Carlson-445; 2-Mulhearn-401; 3-Davison-395; 4-Edwards-390; 5-Murray-282; 6-Stout-224; 7-W.Pankratz-204; 8-Jake Blackhurst-151; 9-Kalvin Douglas-125; 10-Connor Kassik-125.
NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring
NEXT WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE: July 31 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 26, 2010 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-15.215; 2. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.249; 3. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.364; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-15.625; 5. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.940; 6. Terra Brower, 07, Remick-16.189; 7. Christina Remick, 13, Remick-16.581; 8. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-16.741; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-NT; 10. Jeremy McKenna, 17, Remick-NT; 11. Jim Waters, 4x, Walton-NT; 12. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Daniels, 2. Posey, 3. McKenna, 4. Fuette, 5. Kassik, 6. Remick. NT
SECOND HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Groat, 2. Waters, 3. Luttmer, 4. Brower, 5. Sainsbury. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Michael Daniels, 2. Kipp Posey, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Austin Luttmer, 5. Jeremy McKenna, 6. Ron Duncombe (#4), 7. Connor Kassik, 8. Terra Brower, 9. Gregg Fuette, 10. Guy Sainsbury, 11. Christina Remick, 12. J.R. Williams. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Posey, Laps 22-25 Daniels.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Kyle Edwards-633; 2-Kassik-536; 3-Cody Gerhardt-483; 4-Bobby Runyan-454; 5-Nick Carlson-445; 6-Daniels-412; 7-Andrew Mulhearn-401; 8-Jet Davison-395; 9-Williams-344; 10-Andrew Murray-282.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Daniels-412; 2-Kassik-320; 3-Williams-266; 4-Posey-262; 5-Groat-250; 6-Brower-228; 7-Duncombe-206; 8-Bobby Runyan-188; 9-Eli Schrock-187; 10-Jeff Kelley-179.
NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring
USAC WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 26, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 2. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 3. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 4. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 5. Alex Jacobsen (#12k Kruseman), 6. Logan Williams (#37 Pankratz). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel, 2. Casey Martinez, 3. Daniel Williams, 4. Alex Jacobsen, 5. Logan Williams, 6. Collin Henry. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Martinez, Laps 6-20 Blondel.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-598; 2-Jacobsen-434; 3-Martinez-428; 4-Brandon White-382; 5-Henry-292; 6-D.Williams-286; 7-L.Williams-286; 8-Winn Frazin-249; 9-Courtney Atkinson-247; 10-Keegan Walmer-213.
NEW WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Jacobsen-434; 2-Blondel-428; 3-Martinez-428; 4-Henry-342; 5-D.Williams-286; 6-L.Williams-286; 7-Bradley Morris-205; 8-Tanner Kershaw-156; 9-Winn Frazin-141; 10-Al Simpson-87.
NEXT WESTERN YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring
NEXT WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 31 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
USAC WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 26, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 2. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 3. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 4. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 5. Alex Jacobsen (#12k Kruseman), 6. Logan Williams (#37 Pankratz). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel, 2. Casey Martinez, 3. Daniel Williams, 4. Alex Jacobsen, 5. Logan Williams, 6. Collin Henry. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Martinez, Laps 6-20 Blondel.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-598; 2-Jacobsen-434; 3-Martinez-428; 4-Brandon White-382; 5-Henry-292; 6-D.Williams-286; 7-L.Williams-286; 8-Winn Frazin-249; 9-Courtney Atkinson-247; 10-Keegan Walmer-213.
NEW WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Jacobsen-434; 2-Blondel-428; 3-Martinez-428; 4-Henry-342; 5-D.Williams-286; 6-L.Williams-286; 7-Bradley Morris-205; 8-Tanner Kershaw-156; 9-Winn Frazin-141; 10-Al Simpson-87.
NEXT WESTERN YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring
NEXT WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 31 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS
June 26, 2010 – Burlington, Iowa – 34 Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.726; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-15.755; 3. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.798; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-15.825; 5. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-15.834; 6. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-15.844; 7. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.879; 8. Danny Stratton, 5F, Simmons-15.948; 9. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-15.951; 10. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-16.061; 11. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.109; 12. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-16.109; 13. Andy Huston, 40, Huston-16.392; 14. Robbie Ray, 3R, Ray-16.422; 15. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-16.591; 16. Chad Frewaldt, 4F, Frewaldt-17.049; 17. Kurt Mayhew, 21k, Mayhew-NT; 18. Kyle Robbins, 39x, Tucker/BCI-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Jones, 3. Hmiel, 4. Daum, 5. Clarke, 6. Darland, 7. Huston, 8. Roberts. 2:10.11
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Conover, 2. Stratton, 3. Clouser, 4. Hines, 5. Clauson, 6. Coons, 7. Ray, 8. Frewaldt. 2:09.52
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Zach Daum, 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Henry Clarke, 6. Mario Clouser, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Dave Darland, 9. Shane Hmiel, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Robbie Ray, 12. Kellen Conover, 13. Danny Stratton, 14. Chad Frewaldt, 15. Andy Huston, 16. Levi Roberts, 17. Kyle Robbins (#39x Clauson).
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Stratton, Laps 2-20 Jones, Laps 21-30 Clauson.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-811; 2-Hines-726; 3-Kuhn-710; 4-Brad Sweet-660; 5-Coons-635; 6-Darland-618; 7-Bobby East-604; 8-Darren Hagen-603; 9-Daum-493; 10-Clarke-464.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 2 – Toledo (OH) Speedway
USAC REGIONAL/WOMS MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS
June 26, 2010 – Marne, Michigan – Berlin Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daniel Bedford, 41, DMS-15.837; 2. Dillon Welch, 6, East-15.948; 3. Ali Jackson, 44, Perona-16.180; 4. Dave Troyer, 23, Troyer-16.232; 5. Chris Phillips, 64, Phillips-16.419; 6. Dalton Armstrong, 7C, C & A-16.437; 7. Tom Fedorczyk, 21, Fedorczyk-16.546; 8. Phil Rutledge, 97, Rutledge-16.753; 9. Dick Osborn, 21z, Osborn-17.192; 10. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-18.922; 11. Doug Dietsch, 0, Dietsch-NT; 12. Bobby Jackson, 43, Jackson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bedford, 2. A.Jackson, 3. Fedorczyk, 4. Osborn, 5. Phillips, 6. Dietsch. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dalton Armstrong, 2. Welch, 3. Troyer, 4. Rutledge, 5. Lowther, 6. B.Jackson. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dalton Armstrong, 2. Daniel Bedford, 3. Ali Jackson, 4. Chris Phillips, 5. Phil Rutledge, 6. Tom Fedorczyk, 7. Dillon Welch, 8. Dick Osborn, 9. Buddy Lowther, 10. Dave Troyer, 11. Bobby Jackson, 12. Doug Dietsch. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Armstrong, Laps 6-23 Welch, Laps 24-25 Armstrong.
NEW REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Dalton Armstrong-445; 2-Welch-391; 3-Phillips-350; 4-Lowther-291; 5-Bedford-288; 6-Dave Fuhrman-236; 7-Ali Jackson-235; 8-Kyle Hamilton-194; 9-Levi Roberts-194; 10-Abby Martino-132.
NEW USAC/WOMS MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Bedford-203; 2-Dalton Armstrong-196; 3-Welch-167; 4-Phillips-145; 5-Lowther-118; 6-Rutledge-101; 7-Fedorczyk-88; 8-Dietsch-72; 9-Troyer-69; 10-Dakoda Armstrong-65.
NEXT REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 30 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
NEXT USAC/WOMS MIDGET RACE: July 7 – Springport (MI) Motor Speedway
June 24 2010
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2010 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Michael Lang Night”
Indianapolis, IN……..Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill. passed Mike Larrison on lap five and led the final 46 laps to win Wednesday night’s 50-lap USAC Regional Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Daum piloted the Daum Crop Insurance/Weld Wheels Beast/Esslinger Ford and was followed at the checkered flag by Kyle Hamilton, Ali Jackson, Dalton Armstrong and Levi Roberts. Armstrong now leads the series standings by 39 points over Dillon Welch, who failed to finish Wednesday’s race on “Michael Lang Night.”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dillon Welch (#6 East), 2. Levi Roberts (#41 DMS), 3. Kyle Hamilton (#79 Hargitt), 4. Dalton Armstrong (#7A C & A), 5. Buddy Lowther (#31 Lowther), 6. Shannon McIntosh (#15x East), 7. Bryan Nuckles (#59 Nuckles). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ali Jackson (#44 Perona), 2. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 3. Mike Larrison (#06 Larrison), 4. Abby Martino (#21 Martino), 5. Chris Phillips (#64 Phillips), 6. Dave Fuhrman (#32 Fuhrman). NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Kyle Hamilton, 3. Ali Jackson, 4. Dalton Armstrong, 5. Levi Roberts, 6. Mike Larrison, 7. Shannon McIntosh, 8. Chris Phillips, 9. Dave Fuhrman, 10. Abby Martino, 11. Dillon Welch, 12. Buddy Lowther. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Larrison, Laps 5-50 Daum.
NEW REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-D.Armstrong-376; 2-Welch-337; 3-Phillips-293; 4-Lowther-251; 5-Furhman-236; 6-Daniel Bedford-217; 7-Hamilton-194; 8-Roberts-194; 9-Jackson-170; 10-Martino-132.
NEXT REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 30 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
USAC MIDWEST/PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2010 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Michael Lang Night”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tate Martz (#1 Steele), 2. Justin Hommel (#97 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Jimmy Simpson (#41 Sexton), 4. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 5. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Geoff Gerline (#37 Indiana Underground), 2. Tyler Cottongim (#28, Cottongim). 3. Kyle O’Gara (#4 East), 4. Andy Nock (#14, Rankine), 5. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler Corriher (#12x Noffsinger/Brown), 2. Scott Hunter (#14x Brown), 3. Jake Blackhurst (#25 Blackhurst), 4. Toby Alfrey (#4x Alfrey), 5. Joe Liguori (#22 Givens). NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tyler Cottongim, 2. Tyler Corriher, 3. Scott Hunter, 4. Justin Hommel, 5. Tate Martz, 6. Jake Blackhurst, 7. Andy Nock, 8. Joe Liguori, 9. Kyle O’Gara, 10. Jimmy Simpson, 11. John Heydenreich, 12. Geoff Gerline, 13. Toby Alfrey, 14. Bill Kriegbaum. 8:21.41
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Corriher, Laps 2-40 Cottongim.
NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-442; 2-Liguori-438; 3-Cottongim-362; 4-O’Gara-268; 5-Alfrey-245; 6-Martz-243; 7-Heydenreich-242; 8-Hunter-197; 9-Nock-191; 10-Gerline-160.
NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Martz-243; 2-Liguori-243; 3-Cottongim-220; 4-Blackhurst-214; 5-O’Gara-191; 6-Gerline-160; 7-Nock-133; 8-Heydenreich-131; 9-Alfrey-126; 10-Michael May-93.
NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: June 30 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2010 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Speedrome – “Michael Lang Night”
HEAT RACE: (10 laps) 1. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 2. Gage Walker (#7 Walker), 3. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 4. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 5. Max McGee (#2 Alfrey). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cooper Clouse, 2. Max McGee, 3. Ross Rankine, 4. Gage Walker, 5. Stevie Kuhn. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Walker, Laps 11-25 Clouse.
NEW MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Clouse-261; 2-Rankine-249; 3-Walker-236; 4-Kuhn-228; 5-McGee-61; 6-Jerett Andretti-52; 7-Derrick Morris-51.
NEXT MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS RACE: June 30 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome – “Ted Hines Night”
June 21 2010
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL - USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS (SE) MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2010 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.816; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.906; 3. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.956; 4. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.965; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.980; 6. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.030; 7. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-15.061; 8. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-15.068; 9. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-15.102; 10. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-15.107; 11. Brent Beauchamp, 75B, Beauchamp-15.109; 12. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-15.134; 13. Caleb Armstrong, 7a, C & A-15.223; 14. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.228; 15. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-15.283; 16. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-15.297; 17. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-15.321; 18. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.354; 19. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-15.369; 20. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-15.434; 21. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-15.448; 22. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-15.940; 23. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt/Meents-15.985; 24. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-16.787.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Hmiel, 3. Daum, 4. Clauson, 5. Barber, 6. Clarke, 7. Sweet, 8. Schmidt. 2:10.31
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. East, 3. Hagen, 4. Clouser, 5. Boat, 6. Coons, 7. Roberts, 8. Postle. 2:06.53
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Kuhn, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. Erickson, 5. Dodenhoff, 6. Buckwalter, 7. Conover. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Brad Loyet, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Zach Daum, 8. Chase Barber, 9. Steve Buckwalter, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Mario Clouser, 12. Shane Hmiel, 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Levi Roberts, 15. Brian Postle, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Kent Schmidt, 18. Bobby East, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Chad Boat, 21. Kellen Conover, 22. Brad Sweet. NT
**Beauchamp flipped during qualifying and was taken to a local hospital for examination. Sweet flipped on lap 2 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Loyet, Laps 3-30 Hines.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-677; 2-Hines-615; 3-Sweet-595; 4-Kuhn-582; 5-East-579; 6-Darland-546; 7-Hagen-542; 8-Coons-541; 9-Daum-395; 10-Clarke-386.
NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Hines-229; 2-Buckwalter-221; 3-Kuhn-218; 4-Sweet-217; 5-Clauson-206.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: June 20 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL - USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS (SE) MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2010 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-13.149; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-13.310; 3. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-13.391; 4. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.442; 5. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.468; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.540; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.597; 8. Caleb Armstrong, 7a, C & A-13.605; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.651; 10. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.658; 11. Matt Smith, 1au, Smith-13.663; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-13.725; 13. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-13.752; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-13.757; 15. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-13.780; 16. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier-13.781; 17. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-13.812; 18. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.813; 19. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-13.839; 20. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-13.890; 21. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-13.977; 22. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-13.987; 23. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-14.195; 24. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt/Meents-14.313; 25. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-14.366; 26. Troy DeCaire, 5m, Meyers-14.566; 27. Buddy
Lowther, 31, Lowther-15.001.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Hagen, 3. Boat, 4. Darland, 5. Coons, 6. Meseraull, 7. Clouser, 8. Barber, 9. Postle. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Daum, 3. Clauson, 4. Smith, 5. Kuhn, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Clarke, 8. Erickson, 9. DeCaire. 1:53.19
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Hines, 3. Loyet, 4. East, 5. Sweet, 6. Schmidt, 7. Hmiel, 8. Roberts, 9. Lowther. 1:51.62
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Hmiel, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. Clouser, 5. Barber, 6. Clarke, 7. Schmidt, 8. Postle, 9. Lowther, 10. DeCaire, 11. Roberts, 12. Erickson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Brad Loyet, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Chad Boat, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Shane Hmiel, 11. Matt Smith, 12. Zach Daum, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Chase Barber, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. Bobby East, 18. Steve Buckwalter, 19. Kent Schmidt, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Shane Cottle. NT
**Cottle flipped on the first lap of the feature,
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kuhn.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-742; 2-Hines-670; 3-Sweet-660; 4-Kuhn-648; 5-East-604; 6-Hagen-603; 7-Coons-587; 8-Darland-570; 9-Daum-431; 10-Loyet-411.
FINAL USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Hines & Kuhn-284 (tie), 3-Sweet-282; 4-Clauson-271; 5-Buckwalter-246; 6-Coons-216; 7-Hagen-205; 8-Darland-183; 9-East-178; 10-Hmiel-172.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 26 – Burlington, IA – 34 Raceway
NEXT USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: August 1 – Osborn, MO – 36 Raceway
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2010 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-13.673; 2. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.745; 3. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.776; 4. Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton-13.846; 5. Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-13.919; 6. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton-13.946; 7. Courtney Atkinson, 3, Sutton-14.210; 8. Kyle Bailey, 77, Bailey-14.473; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.502.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Peterson, 3. Walmer, 4. Atkinson, 5. Bailey. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Thompson, 3. Runyan, 4. Williams. NT
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Skoglund, 3. Thompson, 4. Gerhardt. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cody Gerhardt, 2. Garrett Peterson, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Keegan Walmer, 5. Cody Thompson, 6. Bobby Runyan, 7. Courtney Atkinson, 8. J.R. Williams. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gerhardt.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Kyle Edwards-620; 2-Connor Kassik-523; 3-Gerhardt-483; 4-Runyan-454; 5-Nick Carlson-376; 6-Andrew Mulhearn-344; 7-Jet Davison-343; 8-Michael Daniels-338; 9-Williams-315; 10-Peterson-279.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Gerhardt-483; 2-Runyan-454; 3-Connor Kassik-284; 4-Kyle Edwards-280; 5-Peterson-279; 6-Eli Schrock-248; 7-Walmer-234; 8-Thompson-232; 9-Jessica Clark-209; 10-Shawn Buckley-190.
NEW CALIFORNIA NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Peterson-279; 2-Gerhardt-257; 3-Walmer-234; 4-Thompson-232; 5-Runyan-227; 6-Atkinson-180; 7-Dennis Simunovich-141; 8-Skoglund-123; 9-Connor Kassik-118; 10-Greg Paul-89.
NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: June 26 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE: July 3 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show Speedway
NEXT CALIFORNIA NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 3 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show Speedway
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT NORTH YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2010 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Cody Thompson (#8 Sutton), 2. Brandon White (#11, Sutton), 3. Keegan Walmer (#24 Sutton), 4. Courtney Atkinson (#3 Sutton), 5. Shon Gooden (#42 Sutton). NT
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Walmer, 2. White, 3. Gooden. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Keegan Walmer, 2. Brandon White, 3. Cody Thompson, 4. Shon Gooden, 5. Courtney Atkinson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 White, Laps 21-25 Walmer.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Jarid Blondel-530; 2-White-382; 3-Alex Jacobsen-379; 4-Casey Martinez-365; 5-Winn Frazin-249; 6-Atkinson-247; 7-Collin Henry-240; 8-Logan Williams-235; 9-Daniel Williams-227; 10-Walmer-213.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-White-382; 2-Walmer-213; 3-Austin Farley-194; 4-Thompson-193; 5-Atkinson-183; 6-Jarid Blondel-170; 7-Jessica Clark-116; 8-Winn Frazin-108; 9-Tanner Long=68; 10-Gooden-50.
NEW CALIFORNIA NORTH YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-White-249; 2-Walmer-213; 3-Thompson-193; 4-Atkinson-183; 5-Austin Farley-64; 6-Jessica Clark-60; 7-Tanner Long-59; 8-Jarid Blondel-53; 9-Gooden-50; 10-Winn Frazin-46.
NEXT WESTERN YOUNG GUNS RACE: June 26 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 3 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show Speedway
NEXT CALIFORNIA NORTH YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 17 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedwa
RYAN SMITH SCORES HIS FIRST ARDC MIDGET WIN OF THE SEASON ON BRIDGEPORTS QUARTER MILE
When Ryan Smith shows up at your racetrack you can bet he’s a threat to win. What you may not know is in what type of race car. The versatile Smith has spent his young career racing anything with wheels. Last week at Bridgeport Speedway he finished second on the big track in a Sprint Car. This week he was the winner in an ARDC Midget on the smaller inner oval.
Smith, who is driving this year for Karen and Jerry Steward from Berwick, PA spent the week in Indiana, racing in the USAC Midget Speedweek. After racing on Thursday evening the team towed back East to prepare for Bridgeport.
The 25 lap feature got started with Donnie Trent grabbing the lead from his outside pole starting position. Trent who was driving an entrant from the Two Dogs Racing team led Chris Zrinski for the first lap and was able to lead for the first nine laps when the red flag was brought out for a 10 car pileup in the fourth turn that blocked the track.
While Trent was able to hold the lead the race for second between the Ryan’s was raging with Ryan Watt running second and Ryan Smith in third.
With only one more lap in the books after the restart, Trevor Kobylarz, became a victim of circumstances, when he flipped his racer in the fourth turn and collected 3 cars. Kobylarz was OK but the same could not be said for his car.
Trent was again able to hold the lead but when the field was again slowed by caution on lap 11. Ryan Smith, who on the previous lap wrestled second from Ryan Watt was on Trents’ rear nerf bar and took to the high side of the track on the restart to grab the lead. “I saw all the grip up there and it stuck everytime.” Smith said in victory lane.
Smith was able to lead the rest of the way despite three more cautions, slowing the action before the race was completed. “Yeah I was having a ball there and I didn’t want to see a caution.” “I thought I might run out of fuel there.” “It was like a marathon.” Said Smith, who picked up his first Midget triumph of the season.
Finishing in second was Ryan Watt, who like Smith, finished second, the week before on the big track but in a modified. “Yeah it was a pretty tough battle there. The track was pretty good, it was a little slick on the bottom and you’d slide up. It depended on what line you had. Normally it’s three wide racing and a lot of fun.” Said Watt, just moments before jumping back into his Modified.
Third through fifth place was last years Bridgeport winner, Bruce Buckwalter Jr., last years club champion, Frank Polimeda and the early leader, Donnie Trent.
Heat races for the 21 Midgets in attendance went to Ryan Watt, Donnie Trent and Bruce Buckwalter Jr. No consolation was needed.
NOTES: The July 4th race at Georgetown, DE has been postponed. Trevor Kobylarz was a winner at Kutztown Speedway on Wednesday in his 270 Micro. Point leader Steve Buckwalter was absent as he was in Indiana competing in the USAC Midget Speedweeks where he won the opening night feature at Gas City. Billy Pauch Jr. and Ryan Smith, likewise were in Indiana but returned home for the weekends action. Bruce Buckwalter Jr, Frank Polimeda, Stephanie Stephens, Alex Bright and PJ Gargiulo signed autographs before the start of the feature. Chris Zrinski withdrew from the feature after being involved in the turn 4 pileup. Zrinski was pitted next to Steve Lenig’s, Nye’s Body Shop crew, who helped with some quick repairs, enabling Zrinski to return to action. Zrinski beat Lenig by one spot. PJ Gargiulo who usually spends hours on the road from his Morton, PA home had an eight minute drive to Bridgeport. Gargiulo, whose family, friends and fans filled a skybox for the evening, had a short evening after suffering front end damage. Nick Wean, who was a two time Micro champ on the Bridgeport Quarter Mile, was not able to start the feature after a heat race mishap.
ARDC FEATURE, 25 LAPS, BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY JUNE 19, 2010
1) 34 Ryan Smith, 2) Ryan Watt, 3) 83 Bruce Buckwalter, 4) 44 Frank Polimeda, 5) 4 Donnie Trent, 6) 26 Stephanie Stephens, 7) 46 Brett Arndt, 8) 12 Drew Heistand, 9) 19 Steve Drevicki, 10) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 11) 25 Chris Zrinski, 12) 9 Steve Lenig, 13) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 14) 99 Scott Zipp, 15) 77 Alex Bright, 16) 52 Tim Buckwalter, 17) 84 Jim Cammock, 18) 51 PJ Gargiulo, 19) 16 Dave Shirk, 20) 49 Trevor Kobylarz, DNS 78 Nick Wean,
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ANDERSON 100-LAPPER NEXT FOR NATIONAL MIDGETS APRIL 11
HMIEL WINS AT HICKORY; RAIN HALTS THURSDAY PROGRAM
Brad Sweet continues to lead the 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget Series as it prepares for a 100-lap contest at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway, scheduled for April 11.
Sweet finished fifth in Wednesday night’s 40-lap race at the Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway and will carry a 31-point lead Over Bobby East into the Anderson program. Among East’s nine previous Anderson Speedway victories are National Midget wins in 2001 and 2008 and National Sprint wins in 2004 and last year. Sweet has yet to win on the quarter-mile pavement at Anderson.
Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, N.C. earned his initial USAC Mopar National Midget feature victory Wednesday at Hickory. Driving the Three Wide Life/Rotondo Weirich Beast/Fontana, Hmiel tracked down leader East on lap 26 and led the rest of the way to post the 40-lap win over East, Tracy Hines, Cale Conley and Sweet. Hmiel was also the fastest qualifier and won his heat race. NASCAR stars J.J. Yeley and Jason Leffler finished 17th and 22nd.
Rain halted Thursday night’s Hickory event following two of the three Midget heat races. Wednesday night’s winner Hmiel, was Thursday’s fastest qualifier.
Mar 29 2010
Pierovich Propels to BCRA Midget Victory in Season Opener
Scott Pierovich pulls a wheelie coming off turn four en route to winning the season opening 30 lap BCRA Midget main event held at Chowchilla Speedway. (Mark Sublett Photo)
By Robert Haugh
After fighting off surges from several contenders, Scott Pierovich claimed the Bay Cities Racing Association Midget season opener by wheeling his #35 Good Guys Customs/Mid Coast Transportation Spike/Bob Wirth Mopar to the checkered flag first at the fast 1/3-mile Chowchilla Speedway on Sunday, March 28.
A happy Scott Pierovich in victory lane after winning the season opening 30 lap Bay Cities Racing Association Midget main event at Chowchilla Speedway. (Mark Sublett Photo)
(35) Scott Pierovich, (16) Scott Nail and defending BCRA Midget Champion (15) David Prickett race for the lead of the season opening BCRA Midget main event held at Chowchilla Speedway. (Mark Sublett Photo)
Fifth-starting Pierovich overtook Visalia’s Scott Nail on Lap 19, never looking back, holding off numerous challenges while leading the final 12 laps en route to claiming the BCRA feature victory.
Following Pierovich to the checkers were HotHead Engine Heaters teammates Greg Bragg of Visalia in the #0 Dave LaMott Stealth/Bob Wirth Honda followed by ninth-starting Pete Davis of Pleasanton in third in his #00 Stealth/Esslinger.
A happy Scott Pierovich center in victory lane after winning the season opening 30 lap Bay Cities Racing Association Midget main event at Chowchilla Speedway. Greg Bragg (right) finished second with Pete Davis third. (Mark Sublett Photo)
2009 BCRA champion “Mr. Excitement” David Prickett of Fresno claimed fourth in his #15 TCR/Van Dyne, followed by Bakersfield’s Sean Dodenhoff in his #9d Spike/Fontana Rhino rounding out the top five.
2008 BCRA champion “Young Lion” Nick Foster, Jr., of San Jose placed sixth aboard the Zero-Zero Motorsports Jim Fowler #1 Beast/Esslinger with 7-time BCRA champion “Ageless Wonder” Floyd Alvis of San Carlos claiming seventh aboard his #18 Champion Automotive Stealth/Esslinger.
The only caution flag unfurled during the Midget feature came on the opening lap in Turn 1 when pole sitter Foster tangled with Chico’s Dillon Silverman in the RAM Racing #12 Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec, causing a restart with Foster and Silverman going to the back.
Foster rallied back from the rear to finish sixth, while Silverman came back to finish eighth ahead of Lonnie Alton in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/SCREAM SuperFocus in ninth. Ryan Shupe claimed tenth in the Walker Racing-Bay Muffler #40 Stealth/Esslinger with former BCRA car owner champion Bill Lindsey in eleventh aboard Stu Donaldson’s #8x Stealth/Pontiac, Scott Nail in 12th in his #16 Stealth/Riolo Chevy and Tom Doherty rounding out the finish in 13th aboard the Walker Racing-Bay Muffler #10 Stealth/Esslinger
Dash Bragg over Pierovich, Prickett and Nail.
Heat 1 Prickett over Nail, Silverman, Dodenhoff, Davis, Lindsey and Doherty.
Heat 2 Pierovich over Bragg, Foster, Alvis, Alton, Shupe and Mike Donaldson
Feature: 1. Scott Pierovich (5), 2. Greg Bragg, (3) 3. Pete Davis (8), 4. David Prickett (6), 5. Sean Dodenhoff (7), 6. Nick Foster, Jr., (1) 7. Floyd Alvis (8), 8. Dillon Silverman (2), 9. Lonnie Alton (9), 10. Ryan Shupe (11), 11. Bill Lindsey (10), 12. Scott Nail (4), 13. Tom Doherty (12), 14. Mike Donaldson-DNS
Lap Leaders: 1 Nail, 2 Bragg, 3-18 Nail, 19-30 Pierovich
Heat 2: 1. Pierovich, 2. Bragg, 3. Foster, 4. Alvis, 5. Alton, 6. Shupe, 7. Donaldson
Heat 1: Prickett, 2. Nail, 3. Silverman, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Davis, 6. Lindsey, 7. Doherty
Dash: 1. Bragg, 2. Pierovich, 3. Prickett, 4. Nail
Mike Donaldson was the only red flag in Midget action when he flipped Stu Donaldson’s #8 Stealth/Gaerte coming out of Turn 4 on the second lap of Heat 2. The car was severely damaged, but Mike was okay after the impact.
The BCRA Midgets continue their 67th season of racing next Saturday, April 3, moving to pavement with a race at the gorgeous 3/8-mile Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, CA.
The race was the first of 21 total races and first of four BCRA Midget appearances at Chowchilla in 2010. The Midgets return to Chowchilla on May 1, June 26 and October 30.
Visit www.bcraracing.com for information on the BCRA Midgets.
Perovich wins BCRA opener
Robert Butch Haugh Congrats to Scott Pierovich for winning the BCRA Midget season opener in Chowchilla aboard his #35 Good Guys Customs/Mid Coast Transportation Spike/Bob Wirth Mopar today. HotHead Engine Heaters team places second and third with Greg Bragg second in the #0 Dave LaMott Stealth/Bob Wirth Honda followed by Pete Davis in third in his #00 Stealth/Esslinger. 2009 BCRA champion David Prickett fourth in his #15 TCR/Van Dyne, followed by Sean Dodenhoff in his #9d Spike/Fontana Rhino, 2008 BCRA champion Nick Foster, Jr. in sixth and 7-time BCRA champ Floyd Alvis in seventh. 14 cars were present.
Casey Shuman, of AZ & Jeremy Camp, of IL win the 2010 POWRi openers.
DuQuoin, IL – Casey Shuman of Tempe AZ and Jeremy Camp of Blue Mound IL win the 2010 POWRi presented by Speedway Motors National Midget and 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint season openers. Shuman, driving the Don Moore Spike/Gaerte owned midget sponsored by Impact Racing and Leaders Edge, won the 40 lap “Dean King Memorial” at the DuQuoin Southern Illinois Center. Shuman, starting on the front row outside, passed Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, MO on lap 16 and led the final 24 laps for the win. This was Shuman’s second career victory in POWRi competition winning his first at Lucas Oil Speedway in 2008. Following Shuman and Loyet at the finish were Austin Brown, Brad Kuhn and Tyler Robbins.
Jeremy Camp driving the Jmac Racing Sawyer/Yamaha owned micro sponsored by Building Systems of Illinois and JF Electric won the 3rd annual Dean King Memorial POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint “Dean King Memorial”. Camp started on the second row inside and took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back with all 30 laps going green. Rounding out the top 5 were Nic Harris, Greg Dillion, Andrew Felker and Derek King.
POWRi National Midgets
Heat #1
Rick King, Brad Kuhn, Tim Siner, Derek King, Tony Roney, Chad Freweldt, Jimmy Winkler, Kara King
Heat #2
Austin Brown, Kent Schmidt, Daniel Adler, Brett Anderson, Kyle Hamilton, Mike Hess, Galvin Galbraith, Steven Weber
Heat #3
Tyler Robbins, Brad Loyet, Travis Berryhill, Daniel Robinson, Rich Camfield, Dave Camfield Jr, Joey Moughan, John Campbell
Heat #4
Andrew Felker, David Gough, Zach Daum, Shane Cockrum, Kyle Neal, Mark Bush, Donnie Cunningham
Heat #5
Nick Knepper, Casey Shuman, Danny Stratton, Dave Darland, Josh Slater, David Budres Jr, Steve Stroud
B-Main 1
Danny Stratton, Dave Darland, Mike Hess, Kyle Hamilton, Joey Moughan, Kyle Neal, Josh Slater, Jimmy Winkler, Mark Bush, Steve Stroud, Steven Weber
B-Main 2
Tony Roney, Daniel Robinson, Derek King, Dave Camfield Jr, Galvin Galbraith, David Budres Jr, Rich Camfield, Donnie Cunningham, John Campbell, Chad Frewaldt, Kara King
Feature
Casey Shuman, Brad Loyet, Austin Brown, Brad Kuhn, Tyler Robbins, Shane Cockrum, Zach Daum, Andrew Felker, Tim Siner, Danny Stratton, David Gough, Dave Darland, Nick Knepper, Travis Berryhill, Daniel Adler, Rick King, Brett Anderson, Kent Schmidt, Daniel Robinson, Tony Roney
POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro
Heat Race#1
Caleb Graybeal, Paul Nienhiser, Blane Culp, Austin Laskey, Lucas Sprague, Ryan Frantz, Jimmy Stearns, Jimmy Wells, Michael Bustamante
Heat Race #2
Brandon Graybeal, Nick Ivy, Derek King, Heath Ross, Kara King, Jason Cooper, Steve Cobin, Shaun Shelton
Heat Race #3
Jeremy Camp, Aaron Andruskevitch, Logan Jarrett, Ryan Guyett, Kyle Amerson, Derek LeMaster, Nick Schaefer, Cody Cleaves
Heat Race #4
Nate McMillin, Stephen Schnapf, Alex Harris, Trent Wilson, Mike Terry Jr, Dan Henning, Colten Cottle, Tony Roney
Heat Race #5
Austin Brown, Jeff Wiggs, Drew Marshall, Matthew Mitchell, Spencer Montgomery, Ted Kirkpatrick, Devon Huff, Alec Long
Heat Race #6
Shawn Sears, Andrew Felker, Jordan Campbell, Carson Short, Chad Pyle, Justin Lindsay, Joe Faloon, Logan Faucon
Heat Race #7
Natasha Cox, Chad Kendall, Matt Johnson, Devon Piper, Rob Johnson, Roger DeWitt, Stanley Kreiser, Ryan Schobee
Heat Race #8
Gregg Dillion, Joe B Miller, Daniel Robinson, Ryan Langston, Jimmy Miller, John Potter, Jake Neuman, Jeff Doxsie
Heat Race #9
Jake Palmisano, Nic Harris, Jacob Patton, Tyler Courtney, Scott Britton, Derek Hogue, Colin Voiles, Brett Cobin
C-Main 1
Ryan Langston, Devon Piper, Chad Pyle, Devon Huff, Scott Britton, Colin Voiles, John Potter, Stanley Kreiser, Dan Henning, Nick Schaefer, Jason Cooper, Jeff Doxsie, Logan Faucon, Shaun Skelton, Tony Roney, Spencer Montgomery, Justin Lindsay, Steve Cobin, Michael Bustamante
C-Main 2
Mike Terry Jr, Rob Johnson, Jimmy Miller, Jake Neuman, Roger DeWitt, Ted Kirkpatrick, Derek Hogue , Jimmy Wells, Joe Faloon, Ryan Scobee, Kyle Amerson, Ryan Frantz, Jimmy Stearns, Colten Cottle, Derek LeMaster, Brett Cobin, Cody Cleaves, Alec Long
B-Main 1
Austin Brown, Aaron Andruskevitch, Alex Harris, Ryan Langston, Nate McMillin, Jacob Patton, Lucas Sprague, Devon Huff, Chad Pyle, Austin Laskey, Drew Marshall, Heath Ross, Matt Johnson, Trent Wilson, Devon Piper, Blane Culp
B-Main 2
Nick Ivy, Stephen Schnapf, Ryan Guyett, Shawn Sears, Paul Nienhiser, Matthew Mitchell, Joe B Miller, Tyler Courtney, Jake Neuman, Jeff Wiggs, Mike Terry Jr, Carson Short, Kara King, Logan Jarrett, Jimmy Miller, Rob Johnson
Feature
Jeremy Camp, Nic Harris, Gregg Dillion, Andrew Felker, Derek King, Nick Ivy, Jordan Campbell, Daniel Robinson, Chad Kendall, Aaron Andruskevitch, Brandon Graybeal, Ryan Guyett, Austin Brown, Alex Harris, Caleb Graybeal, Kara King, Jake Palmisano, Natasha Cox, Stephen Schnapf, Ryan Langston, Shawn Sea
Leonard Grabs First NEMA Win At The Speedbowl
By Pete Zanardi
Waterford, CT - Chris Leonard warned the media. “I’m not good at talking,” he explained after winning his first-ever Northeastern Midget Association feature Sunday at Waterford Speedbowl’s Budweiser Blast Off. It was his only problem.
Taking off from the pole, Leonard, 19, needed only five minutes and 40 and three quarters seconds (a Speedbowl record) to capture the 25 lapper. Although “it seemed like an hour” to him, Leonard didn’t face a serious challenge in putting the family-owned No. 22 Hawk/Autocraft in victory lane.
Chasing Leonard the entire way, Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire Racing #45) was second. Erica Santos (Breault #44), Randy Cabral (Bertrand #47) and Chris deRitis (deRitis #75) filled out the top five.
Leonard beat outside pole sitter Santos into the first turn but it was Stoehr behind him coming out of two. “I could hear Stoehr’s motor,” said Leonard, admitting he was expecting to be passed. A serious challenge never came, Leonard actually opening up a bigger lead in the closing laps.
The crew, led by Chris’ dad Dave, overcame two mechanical problems on Saturday before finishing second to Stoehr in his heat. The weekend effort comes after two difficult seasons for the Pelham, NH-based Leonard operation.
“They were on their game,” Stoehr said of the winning team. Realizing his car “wasn’t spot on,” Stoehr was “waiting for something to slow the leader down” but “ran out of time.”
Pleased with the podium finish, Santos was even happier for Leonard. “I know that first win is the best feeling in the world and he deserves it,” she said.
While it was a first for Leonard, it was not for the 10-plus year old car. A one-time Mike Scrivani machine, Bobby Seymour drove it to a number of victories including four at Waterford.
deRitis had the fastest feature lap (13.222), a couple ticks off Leonard’s best effort (13.373)
Considering last year, both Stoehr and Santos were happy with their finish. It was the first podium finish since Oct. 5, 2008 for Santos
NEMA Feature - Speedbowl - Sun. March 28th
Pos. # Driver Hometown Owner
1 22 Chris Leonard Pelham, NH Dave Leonard
2 45 Russ Stoehr Bridgewater, MA Gene Angelillo
3 44 Erica Santos Franklin, MA Ed Breault
4 47 Randy Cabral Plymouth, MA Tim Bertrand
5 75 Chris deRitis Philadelphia, PA Dan deRitis
6 26b Greg Stoehr Bridgewater, MA Greg Stoehr
7 7ny Adam Cantor Dix Hills, NY Cantor Racing
8 99 Jesse State New Hyde Park, NY Power Point
Race Cars
9 28 Paul Luggelle Holbrook, MA Paul Luggelle
10
DNF 29 Anthony Nocella Woburn, MA Matt Seymour
11
DNF 48 Todd Bertrand Suffield, CT Tim Bertrand
12
DNF 30 Paul Scally Raynham, MA Paul Scally
13
DNF 36 Eric Cabral Manchester, NH Glen Cabral
14
DNS 9 John Zych, Jr. Liverpool, NY John Zych, Sr.
15
DNS 00 Lanson Fornoro Stroudsburg, PA Paul Luggelle
16
DNS 16 Matt O'Brien Wilmington, MA Jim O'Brien
Leonard is the 43rd winner NEMA winner at Waterford.
Anthony Nocella Notches NEMA Lites Opener At Waterford Speedbowl
By David Dykes
(WATERFORD, CT.) Young Anthony Nocella picked-up right where he left-off in 2009 at the Waterford Speedbowl, handily capturing the 25-lap NEMA Lites “Budweiser Blastoff” feature on Saturday evening.
A highlight of the event was the appearance of 1971 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year and New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame member Dennis Zimmerman who served as honorary starter.
It was the 5th career Lites feature victory for Nocella, who last season scored the Speedbowl’s “Nostalgia Weekend” feature on July 25.
A caution-free affair, pole-sitter BJ MacDonald built a commanding early lead before fading. Todd Bertrand then took the point, leading until the final circuit when overtaken by Nocella.
Entering the event, the winner sensed that his Matt Seymour-owned Hawk was “the best it’s ever-been,” enabling him to strategically plan his moves. The result was a slick last-lap pass for the win.
“I knew the car was great after practice. All the hard work during the off-season really put us in a position to win today,” stated Nocella following the event. “After getting to second, I chased Todd Bertrand for a few laps studying the way he was handling traffic. My car was so-good that I knew that all it would take was for him to slip just a little, and I’d get-by. He did, and that’s when I made my move – I was able to use patience in this race, and it paid-off. I love this place, It’s a great midget track.”
Completing the top-5 was Russ Wood Jr., Eric Cabral, and defending NEMA “full-midget” champion, Randy Cabral.
Lites Feature - Speedbowl - Sat. March 27th
Pos. # Driver Hometown Owner
1 29 Anthony Nocella Woburn, MA Matt Seymour
2 48 Todd Bertrand Suffield, CT Tim Bertrand
3 51 Russ Wood Jr. Pelham, NH Russ Wood
4 36 Eric Cabral Manchester, NH Glen Cabral
5 4 Randy Cabral Plymouth, MA Bobby Seymour
6 93 Jake Smith Stroudsburg, PA Ted Smith
7 00 Lanson Fornoro Stroudsburg, PA Paul Luggelle
8 47 B.J. MacDonald Pippersville, PA Glen Cabral
9 1 Bethany Viets Manchester, CT Charles Gunther
10 52 Kevin Park Foxboro, MA Kevin Park
11 18 David Moniz Fairhaven, MA David Moniz
12 45 Joey Mucciacciaro Wolcott, CT Frank Mucciacciaro
13
DNF 20 Andy Shlatz Enfield, CT Andy Shlatz
14
DNS 28 Paul Luggelle Holbrook, MA Paul Luggelle
Earlier in the afternoon, Eric Cabral captured the qualifying heat win.
Mar 26 2010
RAIN HALTS HICKORY MIDGET-FOCUS DOUBLEHEADER
Hickory, NC…….Rain halted Thursday night’s USAC Mopar National Midget/Midwest-Carolina Ford Focus doubleheader at Hickory Motor Speedway following two of the three Midget heat races. Wednesday night’s Midget race winner, Shane Hmiel, was Thursday’s fastest qualifier, while Bradley Riethmeyer was the fastest Ford Focus qualifier. Cody Acton of Denver, N.C. won the 12-lap Young Guns exhibition race over Gage Walker and Ross Rankine. The USAC Mopar National Midget Series resumes action April 11 at the Anderson (IN) Speedway.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 25, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-14.018; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.216; 3. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-14.245; 4. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-14.258; 5. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.299; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/DMS/BCI-14.329; 7. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.347; 8. Jason Leffler, 6, East-14.373; 9. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.393; 10. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-14.416; 11. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.420; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.454; 13. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-14.468; 14. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-14.473; 15. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.475; 16. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.522; 17. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.546; 18. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-14.569; 19. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-14.587; 20. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-14.685; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.701; 22. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-14.728; 23. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.792; 24. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-15.703.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – no points) 1. Hmiel, 2. Kramer. 3. Clarke, 4. Roberts, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Daum, 7. Conley, 8. Clouser. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – no points) 1. Santos, 2. Kuhn. 3. Darland, 4. Hagen, 5. Hines, 6. Simpson, 7. Leffler, 8. Scott. NT
REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-262; 2-East-231; 3-Hines-221; 4-Clauson-197; 5-Hagen-191; 6-Coons-178; 7-Darland-178; 8-Brad Loyet-155; 9-Chad Boat-139; 10-Kuhn-134.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: April 11 - Anderson (IN) Speedway
Mar 25 2010
HMIEL GETS 1ST USAC MIDGET WIN AT HICKORY
Hickory, NC…….Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, N.C. earned his initial USAC Mopar National Midget feature victory Wednesday night at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Driving the Three Wide Life/Rotondo Weirich Beast/Fontana, Hmiel tracked down leader Bobby East on lap 26 and led the rest of the way to post the 40-lap win over East, Tracy Hines, Cale Conley and series point leader Brad Sweet. Hmiel was also the fastest qualifier and won his heat race. NASCAR stars J.J. Yeley and Jason Leffler finished 17th and 22nd. The series returns to Hickory Thursday night for another complete program of racing, with the USAC Ford Focus Midgets sharing the bill.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS:
March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-14.181; 2. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.418; 3. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-14.509; 4. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.518; 5. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-14.524; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.595; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.663; 8. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-14.688; 9. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.693; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.706; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-14.728; 12. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.753; 13. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.766; 14. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-14.782; 15. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.825; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.900; 17. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/DMS/BCI-14.905; 18. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-14.960; 19. J.J. Yeley, 7A, C & A-14.960; 20. Jason Leffler, 6, East-14.975; 21. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-15.009; 22. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-15.122; 23. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.227; 24. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-16.153.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Yeley, 3. Kramer, 4. East, 5. Hines, 6. Kuhn, 7. Hagen, 8. Coons. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Bowman, 4. Leffler, 5. Clouser, 6. Simpson, 7. Conley. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Santos, 3. Sweet, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Clarke, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Scott. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cale Conley, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Alex Bowman, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Levi Roberts, 11. Bobby Santos III, 12. Mario Clouser, 13. Daniel Bedford, 14. Caleb Armstrong, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Zach Daum, 17. J.J. Yeley, 18. Brad Kuhn, 19. Jimmy Simpson, 20. Buddy Lowther, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. Jason Leffler, 23. Adam Kramer. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Clarke, Laps 2-25 East, Laps 26-40 Hmiel.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-262; 2-East-231; 3-Hines-216; 4-Clauson-196; 5-Hagen-191; 6-Coons-178; 7-Darland-178; 8-Brad Loyet-155; 9-Chad Boat-139; 10-Kuhn-132.
Mar 24 2010
POWR I Season Opener DuQuoin, IL. Saturday, March 27th
Millstadt, IL - Don't miss the ground pounding, wheel standing action of POWRi National Midgets and 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint Racing as the series returns to action in the Southern Illinois Center at the DuQuoin State Fair Grounds Saturday, March 27th. The 3rd Annual “Dean King” Memorial will kick off the 2010 POWRi racing season for both the National Midgets and the 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints.
Dean King was a pioneer in Micro Sprint racing and his family from nearby Vienna, IL continues to honor him with this annual event. 2009 Dean King Memorial National Midget winner and reigning POWRi Champ, Brad Kuhn, will look to start the season off with a victory as he begins his title defense as well as 2007 POWRi Champion “Mr. Excitement” Brad Loyet. Kuhn and Loyet will have to hold off favorites such as Dave Darland, Zach Daum, Mike Hess, Casey Shuman, Nick Knepper, Tim Siner, and Austin Brown who are looking to start the season off strong as well.
Gregg Dillion of Marshall, IL won the 600cc Micro Sprint event in 2009 and will have heavy competition for the season opener including three time POWRi Micro Sprint Champ Dereck King. Joe B. Miller, Jacob Patton, Ryan Guyett, Jeremy Camp along with Brandon & Caleb Graybeal will be looking to start this years 33 race schedule off with a WIN.
Doors open at 3:00; hot laps begin at 4:00, with racing immediately following. General Admission is $12, with kids 6 and under free.
Mar 21 2010
SUTTON DRIVERS SCHROCK & FARLEY SWEEP HAVASU 95 spdwy FOCUSES
Lake Havasu City, AZ…….Ron Sutton’s Winners Circle Racing drivers Eli Schrock and Austin Farley recorded feature victories Saturday night in USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns competition at Havasu 95 Speedway. Schrock, of Culpepper, Va., led all but the first lap to win the 40-lap Western/Utah Ford Focus main event over Bobby Runyan, Shawn Buckley, Kyle Edwards and A.J. Ault. Edwards led the opening lap in the accompanying 15-lap Young Guns feature, Farley, of Brighton, Colo., took the lead from Brandon White on lap five and led the rest of the way to beat White and Jarid Blondel. Jessica Clark was the fastest Young Guns qualifier and Cody Gerhardt posted the fastest qualifying time in the Ford Focuses.
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 20, 2010 – Lake Havasu City, Arizona – Havasu 95 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.023; 2. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.129; 3. A.J. Ault, 25, Ault-15.144; 4. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.154; 5. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.269; 6. Eli Schrock, 3, Sutton-16.287; 7. Dylan Nobile, 60, Western Speed-16.289; 8. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-16.317; 9. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton-16.323; 10. Tanner Long, 8, Sutton-16.387; 11. Austin Farley, 42, Sutton-16.469; 12. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.610; 13. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-16.593; 14. Terra Brower, 07, Remick-16.709; 15. Christina Remick, 13, Remick-16.835; 16. Jeremy McKenna, 17, Remick-NT.
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Schrock, 2. Clark, 3. Kassik, 4. Gerhardt, 5. Buckley, 6. Ault. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Runyan, 2. Daniels, 3. Kassik, 4. Gerhardt, 5. Nobile, 6. Ault, 7. Farley, 8. Remick. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Long, 2. Edwards, 3. Schrock, 4. Williams, 5. Buckley, 6. Brower, 7. Clark. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Eli Schrock, 2. Bobby Runyan, 3. Shawn Buckley, 4. Kyle Edwards, 5. A.J. Ault, 6. Dylan Nobile, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Jessica Clark (#8), 9. J.R. Williams, 10. Michael Daniels, 11. Austin Farley, 12. Terra Brower, 13. Christina Remick, 14. Connor Kassik. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Edwards, Laps 2-40 Schrock.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-116; 2-Kassik-75; 3-Nick Carlson-68; 4-Schrock-67; 5-Runyan-65; 6-Jet Davison-64; 7-Buckley-63; 8-Ault-55; 9-Andrew Mulhearn-54; 10-Gerhardt-53.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrock-67; 2-Runyan-65; 3-Buckley-63; 4-Edwards-58; 5-Ault-55; 6-Gerhardt-53; 7-Nobile-49; 8-Clark-42; 9-Williams-41; 10-Daniels-40.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrock-67; 2-Runyan-65; 3-Buckley-63; 4-Edwards-58; 5-Ault-55; 6-Gerhardt-53; 7-Nobile-49; 8-Clark-42; 9-Williams-41; 10-Daniels-40.
NEW SOUTHERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrock-67; 2-Runyan-65; 3-Buckley-63; 4-Edwards-58; 5-Ault-55; 6-Gerhardt-53; 7-Nobile-49; 8-Clark-42; 9-Williams-41; 10-Daniels-40.
NEXT WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE: March 27 – Blythe, CA – Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: May 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways
USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS:
March 20, 2010 – Lake Havasu City, Arizona – Havasu 95 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.652; 2. Austin Farley, 42, Sutton-15.896; 3. Brandon White, 11, Sutton-16.063; 4. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-16.519; 5. Tanner Long, 8, Sutton-16.615.
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Farley, 2. Long, 3. White, 4. Blondel. NT
FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Austin Farley, 2. Brandon White, 3. Jarid Blondel. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 White, Laps 5-15 Farley.
NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1- Blondel-108; 2-Farley-73; 3-Casey Martinez-68; 4-White-67; 5-Alex Jacobsen-63; 6-Winn Frazin-58; 7-Tanner Kershaw-56; 8-Collin Henry-48; 9-Bradley Morris-48; 10-Al Simpson-42.
Mar 20 2010
Bay Cities Racing Association Gearing Up for Exciting 2010 Racing Season
By Robert Haugh
The famed Bay Cities Racing Association “Mighty Midgets” will soon be opening their 67th season of racing on Sunday, March 28 at the smooth and fast 1/3-mile Chowchilla Speedway in Chowchilla.
The 21-race slate for the fabled Midget organization is split between eight unique racetracks, with races scheduled on both Pavement and Dirt.
On Dirt, the Midgets return to Placerville Speedway three times (April 10, June 5 w/ Golden State Challenge and August 7 Hall of Fame), Marysville Raceway Park three times (April 17, May 29 and August 28), Petaluma Speedway (August 14 Open Wheel Madness), plus see their long-awaited return to Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway for two races (Friday August 6 and Wednesday September 8 Gold Cup), as well as finding their way to the newly revamped Chowchilla Speedway four times (Sunday March 28, Saturdays May 1, June 26 and October 30 Pumpkin Cup) for a total of 13 Dirt races at four different Dirt tracks.
On Pavement, the Midgets return to Shasta Raceway Park (Anderson, CA) for three races (April 3, July 3 “Anderson Explodes” and September 25 Pop Porter Memorial), Madera Speedway for three races (May 8 Vukovich Classic, July 17 Pombo Classic and September 18 Harvest Classic) and Lakeport Speedway for two events (July 24 and October 16 October Classic), totaling eight pavement events at three different paved tracks.
Expected 2010 BCRA championship contenders include 2008 BCRA champion “Yong Lion” Nick Foster, Jr. of San Jose, Quincy’s Cole Peard, 7-time BCRA champion “Ageless Wonder” Floyd Alvis of San Carlos, 2008 pavement Midget champion and BCRA Rookie-of-the-Year “Nitro” Nick Chivello of Manteca, multiple-time feature winner Scott Nail of Visalia, Chico’s Dillon Silverman and Cameron Park’s Lonnie Alton. BCRA President and longtime Midget Lite competitor Rick Holbrook of Vacaville hopes to complete his #22 Midget in time to compete for both the Midget championship, as well as Rookie-of-the-Year honors.
Reigning BCRA champion “Mr. Excitement” David Prickett of Fresno intends to compete at a number of selected BCRA races, but will not be vying to become back-to-back BCRA Midget champion.
Highlights of the 2010 BCRA Midget season include the Mighty Midgets’ return to Silver Dollar Speedway, where the Midgets have not competed in 15 years. The Midgets will visit the famed ¼-mile oval on Friday, August 6 and Wednesday, September 8 on the opening night of the prestigious 57th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions.
Other highlights on the Midget campaign include the 23rd Annual Jack London Bash Picnic and Hall of Fame, which annually honors BCRA’s fabled history, taking place on Saturday, August 7 at Placerville Speedway, the afternoon preceding the evening’s racing program.
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame member and racing legend Jimmy Sills of Elverta, who won the last two Midget races at Silver Dollar Speedway will be wheeling the #17 TNT Racesports Dave Thurston Spike/Esslinger at selected BCRA Midget Dirt events, including the Gold Cup – which Sills won the Midget portions in both 1995 and 1996.
The BCRA Midget Lites (www.bcraml.com) will be opening their 17th season with the Midgets on April 10 at Placerville. The Lites have 18 races on their slate, all on Dirt with Wing and Non-Wing events scheduled for Placerville Raceway, Marysville Raceway Park, Chowchilla Speedway, Antioch Raceway and Petaluma Speedway.
The Lites will join their “big brothers” the Midgets at five events during the season: April 10 at Placerville, June 26 at Chowchilla, August 7 at Placerville for the Hall of Fame race, August 14 at Petaluma for Open Wheel Madness and October 30 at Chowchilla for the Pumpkin Cup. The Lites also join the Gold State Challenge series on August 21 at Placerville.
The BCRA Vintage Midgets’ schedule is highlighted by the third annual California Vintage Nationals at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson on Memorial Day weekend, May 29-30. The Vintage Midgets also have additional dates with the contemporary Midgets at Marysville Raceway Park (April 17 and August 28) Shasta Raceway Park (September 25), Lakeport Speedway (July 24), Madera (September 18) and a stand-alone event at Orland Raceway (June 26).
The newly formed ASCS2/BCRA Midget series is slated to compete eight times at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway (Fridays April 23, May 7 and 14, June 11 and 25, Saturday July 3, Friday July 23 and Friday August 20) and will also join the contemporary Midgets, giving them a total of 28 total races in Northern California for 2010. The RRE Chevy EcoTec sealed engines, as well as the former SCREAM Ford Focus and SCREAM SuperFocus engines power the ASCS Midgets. All are factory sealed, electronically controlled, fuel-injected DOHC, cost-efficient engines.
Visit www.bcraracing.com for additional information on the Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets, Midget Lites, Vintage Division and new ASCS2 Midgets series.
2010 BCRA Midget Schedule
28-Mar Chowchilla Speedway Chowchilla, Dirt, 1/3-mile
3-Apr Shasta Raceway Park Anderson Pave, 3/8-mile
10-Apr Placerville Speedway – Dirt ¼-mile
17-Apr Marysville Raceway Park, Marysville, Dirt 1/4-mile
1-May Chowchilla Speedway
8-May Madera Speedway. Madera, Pave 3/8-mile
29-May Marysville Raceway Park
5-Jun Placerville Speedway
26-Jun Chowchilla Speedway
3-Jul Shasta Raceway Park
17-Jul Madera Speedway
24-Jul Lakeport Speedway Lakeport Pave 1/4
6-Aug Silver Dollar Speedway
7-Aug Placerville Speedway - Hall of Fame Picnic
14-Aug Petaluma Speedway
28-Aug Marysville Raceway Park
8-Sep Silver Dollar Speedway - Wed. Night of Gold Cup Week
18-Sep Madera Speedway - Harvest Classic
25-Sep Shasta Raceway Park -Pop Porter Memorial
16-Oct Lakeport Speedway - October Classic
30-Oct Chowchilla Speedway - Pumpkin Cup
Mar 19 2010
YELEY, LEFFLER “BACK TO ROOTS” AT HICKORY
NASCAR veterans J.J. Yeley and Jason Leffler will return to their racing roots next week when they compete in the USAC Mopar National Midget races at the Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
The last USAC National Midget wins on pavement for both drivers came in 2005, Yeley winning on the Phoenix Mile and Leffler winning the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale, Calif. Yeley has since won the “4-Crown Nationals” Midget race on the dirt at Rossburg, Ohio in 2008.
Yeley will pilot the C & A Motorsports Baker Crop Insurance/Bunge North America Beast, one of three team entries. Seven of his 17 career USAC National Midget wins came on the pavement. Leffler, who is entered in the Bob East ASE Beast/Esslinger Ford, posted 13 of his 19 career USAC National Midget wins on the pavement. Both drivers competed in the series last year, Yeley finishing 10th at Phoenix and seventh at Las Vegas, Leffler posting an 11th at Indianapolis, a sixth at Phoenix and a 31st at Irwindale. Yeley’s last pavement start produced an 11th at Phoenix in 2007.
Yeley’s five USAC National Championships include his “Triple Crown” sweep in 2003 and Leffler’s four titles included three consecutive Midget titles in 1997-98-99. Each will be seeking his first Carolina USAC triumph at Hickory.
The Hickory races continue a tradition of USAC racing in the Carolinas which stretches back to 1956 when the USAC Championship Cars raced at Darlington, S.C. The Hickory oval hosted Ford Focus races between 2004 and 2006 but the March 24-25 program marks the debut of USAC National racing at the .363-mile paved oval.
The Hickory “doubleheaders” on Wednesday and Thursday nights will include the Midwest and Carolina Ford Focus competitors, who will also compete on the .363-mile paved oval. A feature event for each series will follow preliminary events each night.
Race fans can take advantage of a $5 discount by purchasing tickets on line at www.usacracing.com, by calling the USAC Headquarters at 317-247-5151 or by accessing the following link: http://www.usacracing.com/store/hickory-motor-speedway.html. Tickets are priced at $20 each night but a two-night ticket is available at the price of $35.
Fans attending the March 24-25 Hickory races will also have the opportunity to win a free “Richard Petty Driving Experience” in a 600-horsepower NASCAR-style stock car at Charlotte Motor Speedway!
PRE-ENTRIES:
2 ADAM KRAMER/Shelbyville, IN - Chris Kramer/Kramer Motor Company – Indiana Vette/Beast/Esslinger Ford Coons will pilot the Toyota/Speedway Motors Spike/Stanton Toyota for Wilke-Pak, whose 133 USAC National victories match the all-time record of 133 National car owner wins established by Steve Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. A 40-lap feature event is scheduled each night at the .363-mile Hickory oval, with the USAC Midwest/Carolina Ford Focus Midgets also in competition each night. The Wilke team will be looking for its first Carolina triumph, despite having won USAC National races in 16 different states since 1959. Coons currently ranks ninth in the 2010 standings after winning the 2007 and 2008 National Midget titles. As a driver he has 18 career USAC National Midget wins and he’s coming off a victory in USAC’s annual “Fun at Fastimes” three-hour indoor karing enduro in Indianapolis, Ind. March 14. Defending USAC Carolina Ford Focus Champion Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. scored two of his five victories last year at Hickory and is among top threats for victory in the two-night racing extravaganza. Bradley Riethmeyer and Eric Coomes also recorded Hickory Focus wins in 2009. Race fans can take advantage of a $5 discount by purchasing tickets on line at www.usacracing.com, by calling the USAC Headquarters at 317-247-5151 or by accessing the following link: http://www.usacracing.com/store/hickory-motor-speedway.html. Tickets are priced at $20 each night but a two-night ticket is available at the price of $35. Fans attending the March 24-25 Hickory races will also have the opportunity to win a free “Richard Petty Driving Experience” in a 600-horsepower NASCAR-style stock car at Charlotte Motor Speedway! The Hickory races continue a tradition of USAC racing in the Carolinas which stretches back to 1956 when the USAC Championship Cars raced at Darlington, S.C. The Hickory oval hosted Ford Focus races between 2004 and 2006 but the March 24-25 program marks the debut of USAC National racing at the .363-mile paved oval
2D LEVI ROBERTS/Broomfield, CO - Dave Roberts/DMS – Steelock Fence/Beast/Esslinger Ford
3 DARREN HAGEN/Riverside, CA -RFMS Racing/Liberty Village – McGladrey & Pullen/Beast/Esslinger Ford
5 ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL -Dan Daum/Daum Insurance – Weld/Beast/Esslinger Ford
6 JASON LEFFLER/Long Beach, CA -Bob East/ASE/Beast/Esslinger Ford
7A J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ -C & A Motorsports/Baker Crop Insurance – Bunge North America/Beast/Esslinger Ford
7C CALEB ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN - C & A Motorsports/Baker Crop Insurance – Bunge North America/Beast/Toyota
7D DAKODA ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN - C & A Motorsports/Baker Crop Insurance – Bunge North America/Beast/Mopar
11 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ - Wilke-Pak Motorsports/Toyota – Speedway Motors/Spike/Toyota
11D DANIEL BEDFORD/Brentwood, CA - DMS Racing/DMS Racing/Beast/Esslinger Ford
14 CHASE SCOTT/Concord, NC - Real Race Cars/Real Race Cars – K & N/Beast/Esslinger Ford
17B BRAD KUHN/Avon, IN - RW Motorsports/Rotondo Weirich – Champion Brands/Beast/Fontana
20 DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI - Byrne Racing/Byrne Racing/Beast/Esslinger Ford
24 TRACY HINES/New Castle, IN - Bob Parker/Parker Machinery – Turbines, Inc./Spike/Toyota
31 BUDDY LOWTHER/Cincinnati, OH - Buddy Lowther/K & N Filters – Bell Racing/Spike/Esslinger Ford
39 BRYAN CLAUSON/Noblesville, IN - Corey Tucker Racing-DMS-BCI/F & F Mechanical - DMS Driver Challenge/Beast
/Esslinger Ford
49 BRAD SWEET/Grass Valley, CA - Kasey Kahne Racing-Mike Curb/Ollie’s Bargain Outlet – Auto Value/Beast/Speedway Mopar
51 - DMS Racing/F & F Mechanical - DMS Driver Challenge/Beast/Esslinger Ford
55 ALEX BOWMAN/Tucson, AZ - Troy Cline/Haas Automotive/Beast/Esslinger Ford
56 SHANE HMIEL/Pleasant Garden, NC - 56 Inc./Three Wide Life – Rotondo Weirich/Beast/Fontana
67 HENRY CLARKE/Villa Park, CA - Keith Kunz Motorsports/Advanced Racing/Beast/Esslinger Ford
71 DAVE DARLAND/Lincoln, IN - Keith Kunz Motorsports/Toyota - Advanced Racing/Beast/TRD Toyota
98 BOBBY SANTOS III/Franklin, MA - Santos Motorsports/Santos Motorsports/Beast/Esslinger Ford
Mar 18 2010
COONS SEEKS HISTORIC 134TH WILKE WIN AT HICKORY
FRANKOSKI RETURNS AS HICKORY FOCUS FAVORITE
Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. will have two opportunities to record a historic victory for the Wilke-Pak Motorsports Racing Team of Milwaukee, Wisc. when the USAC Mopar National Midget Series visits Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway March 24-25.
Mar 7 2010
Keith Iaia'c RRE Chevy ECOTec midget engines
Congrats to Tyler Thomas of Tulsa OK - he took his ASCS legal Chevy ECOtec to the Midget race at Cowtown and turned in a solid performane against some stout competition. Tyler qualified for the feature on both nights, with a 13th place finish on Friday after taking some damage to the car avoiding a wreck. On Saturday he used a 3rd place B main finish to acquire a 22nd starting spot in the feature. From there, he moved forward to a 9th place finish. We believe that this may qualify Tyler for "Hard Charger" status on both nights.
The ASCS version of the RRE Chevy ECOtec was not designed to compete directly with National caliber Midget engines costing 3 to 4 times as much, but it has been suprisingly competitive in the few outings where it ran head to head. Great job Tyler!
find out more on that engine here,
http://www.revolutionracingengines.com/Welcome%20.html
Cowtown Midget Weekend Concludes With One Final Twist
Kennedale TX (3/6/10) by DarinShort.com. After a thrilling battle between Danny Stratton and Brad Loyet on Friday night at the Cowtown Midget Championships, fans were treated to ‘Round 2’ as those same two drivers swapped positions in the $3,000 to win 35-lap championship feature.
When the checkered flag fell, Danny Stratton was able to hold off a wheelie-popping, high-riding Brad Loyet by less than a car length.
But after the dirt balls stopped flying, one final unforeseen twist was thrown into the mix.
A post-race inspection from the SMRS/USAC officials found that the Stratton entry exceeded the ‘width measurement’ relegating the talented driver to a 24th place finish.
This stunning conclusion to the weekend’s event moved the Loyet family-owned #05 to the point and was awarded the championship victory.
And in the hotly contested 50-lap companion Mod Fast 50 sanctioned by NCRA, Chanute Kansas
veteran driver John Allen found himself taking the lead from Clyde Dunn Jr. early on in the race, only to lose it back to Dunn 10 laps later, then dropping back as far as 4th, then rallying back to the point and taking home an equally unpredictable win. This was the first time Allen had visited Cowtown Speedway since the 2000 season.
Complete event results, including the ASCS2 series opener, will be
posted at as they become available.
Thank you to the fans and race teams that supported this event and coming next Saturday, March 13th will be the regular season point’s opener at Cowtown featuring the Sprint Series of Texas.
Mar 6 2010
1st night of the 2nd Annual Cowtown Midget Championships
Rudy Garcia photo
Danny Stratton won the Midget feature.
By Don Cook Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale) Danny Stratton, from Indianapolis, IN, won Friday's $1,000 Midget feature. The 2nd Annual Cowtown Midget Championships, sponsored by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunco Race Fuels, continues today. The winner of Saturday's race will win $3,000. The popular "Fan Fest" will be held today between noon and 1:15 pm. Race fans that have a ticket for that days race will be able to go into the pits and meet the drivers, get autographs and take pictures. Nearly 200 cars filled the pits to complete capacity and the midget feature was over before 10AM. The Cowtown Midget Championship feature saw a wild battle with first-ever Cowtown visiting driver Danny Stratton and Missouri's Brad Loyet swapping the lead several times using the entire racing surface, bottom to top until disaster stuck with around 10 laps to go. With Loyet and Stratton setting a torrid pace, the wheels of Loyet and local sprint/modified ace George White hooked, sending White into a series of tumbles off corner two, and Loyet to the pits with a flat tire. Loyet would rejoin the tussle at the back of the pack and climb to incredible 4th place as the balance of the feature race went green, white, checkered. Stratton would go on to win a well deserved victory. The top five finishers of the 3/5 Cowtown Midget Championships feature: Danny Stranton (IN), Don Droud Jr. (NE), Zach Daum (IL), Brad Loyet (MO), Kevin Ramey (TX). In Mod Fast 50 news, a huge field of teams assembled, with three qualifying features required to set the stage for today's championship feature. After Friday nights three qualifiers were complete it was John Allen, Clyde Dunn, Jr. and Tim Clonch who took home the fifteen lap feature victories and guaranteed themselves a spot in Saturday nights $2,000 to win feature finale. Complete race results for the NCRA division are now available, click: http://ncraracing.org/ModifiedSouthResults1a.htm to review them. Right at 100 ASCS2 teams hit the Cowtown dirt for the first time in 2010 and their results will be posted at the track website when they become available. Today's track schedule is as follows: 12-1:15pm FAN FEST for all event ticket holders (meet and greet with the drivers, get apparel, autographs and more) 1:30pm PITS and STANDS open 3:00pm HOT LAPS 4:00pm Complete Cowtown Midget Championships program with 35-lap feature for the USAC/SMRS midgets, plus last chance races and championship features for the modifieds and the ASCS2 divisions. Adult tickets $20, Kids 3-5 $2, Kids 6-11 $5, Pit Passes $35. Don't miss this great racing action as today is the big finale of the Cowtown Midget Championships presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels; at the Fastest Li'l Dirt Track In Texas, Cowtown Speedway! Cowtown Midget Championships: Kennedale TX by DarinShort.com. The snow event from February is now just pictures on the internet as a memory, as the rescheduled 2nd Annual City Vending Cowtown Midget Championships presented by National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels, Fast 50 for Modifieds and all three ASCS2 series events will be run on March 5-6. The midgets are sanctioned by SMRS/USAC, the modifieds are sanctioned by NCRA and all three divisions of 600’s are sanctioned by ASCS2. 182 drivers from 12 states have entered the event in advance. Advance driver registration is now over and teams wishing to enter can do so at the track on race night and their parking will be assigned by track officials, based on availability; as the pit capacity of Cowtown is 200 cars for this event. Advance 2-day grandstand passes are on sale through Thursday, March 4th at the track website and will save fans $5 off of race night pricing. Here’s a quick glance at the revised weekend schedule, with details following below (This is the exact schedule that was originally scheduled on the printed event flyer, just with the date change.): Thursday March 4 – Practice night for cars competing this weekend only. Parking is assigned for this event, so cars not racing are not allowed on this special practice night. Gates open at 5pm, practice until 9 or 10pm. Main grandstand closed. Here are weekend event details: The 2nd Annual Cowtown Midget Championship presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels will take place this weekend, March 5-6, 2010; and will certainly provide a weekend of wild racing action once again. The full-blown midgets will compete for $1,000 to win on Friday and $3,000 to win on Saturday. Each of their feature events will start 24 cars. The midget portion of the weekend is sanctioned by SMRS/USAC. The ASCS2 Series will be on hand to kick off their 2010 season with the Winged Outlaw ‘Multi’ and Non-Winged ‘A’ classes (of what Cowtown fans know as the Winged 600’s, just without wings). With $1,500 earmarked to win for each ASCS2 division, there’s sure to be full fields of top quality cars from throughout the region, as was the case with both ASCS2 events at Cowtown in 2009. Plus, the first ever visit of the ASCS2 Restricted 600’s will take to the brand new 1/6 mile “Action Track” at Cowtown, with the winner taking home a cool $1,000. As of Monday morning, here is the latest weather forecast from NOAA: FINAL Feb Fast 50/Midget/ASCS2 Entries as of 3/1/10 AM…182 total Millstadt, IL – The 3rd Annual “Dean King” Memorial will kick off the 2010 O’Reilly POWRi racing season for both the National Midgets and the 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints on Saturday March 27th at the Southern Illinois Center in Duquoin, IL. Dean King was a pioneer in Micro Sprint racing and his family from nearby Vienna, IL continues to honor him with this annual event. 2009 Dean King Memorial National Midget winner and reigning POWRi Champ, Brad Kuhn, will look to start the season off with a victory as he begins his title defense with “Mr. Excitement” Brad Loyet standing in his way and ready to make a charge of his own. Gregg Dillion of Marshall, IL won the 600cc Micro Sprint event in 2009 and will have heavy competition for the season opener including three time POWRi Micro Sprint Champ and grandson of Dean King, Derek King, eager to put the trophy on his mantle. Las Vegas, NV…….Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. continues as the early leader in the 2010 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget Series following his 30-lap feature victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s dirt track Thursday night. He led the first six laps, then trailed Chad Boat until the white-flag lap when he regained the top spot in his Kasey Kahne Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Mopar to win the Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic race. He takes the point lead to Perris Calif. Saturday night for the “Sokola Shootout.” Boat took second after leading 22 laps, finishing ahead of Brad Loyet, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines. Driver Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. flipped during the second heat race and was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment of undisclosed injuries. MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track - “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.547; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-20.972; 3. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.014; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-21.139; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.162; 6. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.222; 7. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-21.240; 8. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-21.264; 9. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-21.399; 10. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-21.435; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-21.571; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.605; 13. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.645; 14. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-21.692; 15. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-21.858; 16. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-21.933; 17. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-22.002; 18. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-22.096; 19. Jason Leffler, 6, Klatt-22.107; 10. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-22.162; 21. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-22.271; 22. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-22.273; 23. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-22.444; 24. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-22.842; 25. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-23.200; 26. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-23.248; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-NT. FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Kuhn .6. Boat, 7. Leffler, 8. Prickett, 9. Carrier. NT SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Jones, 3. Sweet, 4. Kruseman, 5. Mero, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Bowman, 9. Erickson. NT THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Loyet, 3. Clarke, 4. Hess, 5. McQueen, 6. Clouser, 7. Josett, 8. Schutte, 9. Postle. NT SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Daum, 3. Leffler, 4. Clouser, 5. Prickett, 6. Schutte, 7. Carrier, 8. Postle, 9. Josett, 10. Lowther, 11. Erickson. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Mike Hess, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Bobby East, 11. Jason Leffler, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Alex Schutte, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. David Prickett, 18. Austin Mero, 19. Brad Kuhn, 20. Dennis Carrier, 21. Zach Daum. NT Bowman flipped during the second heat and was transported to University Medical Center. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77. NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout” NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout” Kennedale TX (2/16/10) by DarinShort.com. After a historic snow event in the DFW put the kibosh on the weekend racing at Cowtown Speedway on February 12-13, a new replacement date is now in place. The entire 2nd Annual City Vending Cowtown Midget Championships presented by National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels, Fast 50 for Modifieds and all three ASCS2 series events will be run on March 5-6. The midgets are sanctioned by SMRS/USAC, the modifieds are sanctioned by NCRA and all three divisions of 600’s are sanctioned by ASCS2. 177 drivers from 11 states have entered the event in advance. For those teams returning in March, they are still entered and there is nothing additional those teams need to do. If you are one of those teams that cannot return on March 5-6, simply email CowtownSpeedway@yahoo.com with your intent to withdraw from the event by February 28. New entries will be accepted at the track website, and registration is up and running. To those fans that had purchased advanced 2-day passes, the same applies. If you are coming March 5-6, then there is nothing further you need to do. If you cannot make it, please email CowtownSpeedway@yahoo.com by February 28. This schedule change will also force the postponement of the 2010 Cowtown Go Kart opener that was set for March 5, and the Cowtown Speedway point’s opener on March 6. The points season for both of the Friday night Go-Karts and the Saturday night classes will kick off the following weekend, March 12-13. Here’s a quick glance at the revised weekend schedule, with details following below (This is the exact same schedule that was originally scheduled on the printed event flyer, just with the date change.): Thursday March 4 – Practice night for cars competing this weekend only. Parking is assigned for this event, so cars not racing are not allowed on this special practice night. Gates open at 5pm, practice until 9 or 10pm. Main grandstand closed. Friday March 5 – Complete Midget program including a 30-lap feature. Plus, heats and qualifying features for all additional racing divisions. Pits open at 3pm, Grandstands open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 5:30pm, Races at 6pm. Saturday March 6 – Complete Midget program including a 35-lap championship feature. Plus, last-chance races and championship features for all additional racing divisions. Fan Fest 12pm-1:15pm, Pits and Grandstands open at 1:30pm, Hot Laps at 3pm with championship races at 4pm Sweet finished 14th at LVMS last year and hopes to improve on that as he comes to Las Vegas as the 2010 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget point leader. Thursday’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” which also feature the USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint Cars, gets under way with practice at 3 pm. Fans are encouraged to meet their favorite USAC stars during the autograph session on the Dirt Track’s midway from 5:15-6:15 p.m. Two-time USAC National Midget Champ and “Triple Crown” titlist Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. is the defending winner of the Las Vegas Midget feature. He finished ninth at Tucson MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.606; 2. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-16.649; 3. Gary Taylor, 12, Allen-16.798; 4. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-16.851; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-`6.872; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-16 .916; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.927; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-16.929; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.958; 02. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-17.000; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-17.047; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.054; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-17.066; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.090; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.184; 16. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-17.217; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-17.257; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.297; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-17.350; 20. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.366; 21. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-17.429; 22. Robby Josett, 2 Josett-17.540; 23. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-17.790; 24. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.808; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-17.905; 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-18.246; 27. Kenny Warren, 78, Warren-20.020; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT; 29. Jake Swanson,. 05x, Swanson-NT; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-NT. FEATURE: (30 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Brad Loyet, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Mike Hess, 11. Tanner Swanson, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Alex Schutte, 14. Dennis Carrier, 15. Josh Pelkey, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Brian Postle, 18. Terry Goodwin, 19. R.J. Johnson, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Robby Josett, 22. Alex Bowman, 23. Kody Swanson, 24. Gary Taylor, 25. Chad Boat, 26. Kenny Warren. NT NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-East-63; 3-Hines-63; 4-Darland-58; 5-Kuhn-52; 6-Clauson-52; 7-Loyet-49; 8-Hagen-47; 9-Coons-44; 10-T.Swanson-39. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-East-63; 3-Hines-64; 4-Darland-58; 5-Kuhn-52; 6-Clauson-52; 7-Loyet-49; 8-Hagen-47; 9-Coons-44; 10-T.Swanson-39. NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic Davey Set sail on the first night winning the 2nd and 7th of them along with a 5th in the 9th heat, Then came back the second night and won the 13 heat! Finaly bowing out in the main for a DNF of 8th place. It seems Kevin had car problems way before this race ever started read this from Avalon Raceways web site. Red Tape Almost Derails Swindell's Title Defence At Avalon Raceway Believe it or not almost four weeks after leaving New Zealand shores the pride of the Graham family remains locked away in a shipping container in Sydney as it awaits the required permit to be released. Graham has exhausted all avenues available and has been forced to prepare the spare car for defending champion Swindell as he begins the drive for back to back Australian Speedcar Championships. Dealing directly with the transport minister Anthony Albanese and the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) you could have expected that help would not have been far way. An obviously frustrated Steven Graham still remains unclear about exactly who is responsible for one of his most frustrating experiences. The immaculately prepared Speedcar was freighted to New Zealand in December in preparation for a whistle stop tour by one of the sports biggest drawcards. Meanwhile Swindell raced for the Graham’s at Avalon in December at the Beasley Memorial. Although the car used at Avalon was brand new it was built as a spare and with the New Zealand tour pending the car was basically stripped with parts taken with Steven when he met Swindell in New Zealand on Boxing Day. “When we came down for the Beasley Memorial that was a brand new car because the car that Kevin won last years title in had already left for New Zealand. The New Zealand car is the one that we wanted to run this weekend because we know it so well and it has been so successful for us,” Graham lamented. “Last week I really got the New Zealand car out of my head and started to get this car how it needs to be so hopefully we will be right.” Initially Steven was informed that the DOTARS permit takes 17 days to process and with 25 days now elapsed there is still no sign of the championship winning Speedcar. “DOTARS actually comes under the umbrella of the transport minister Anthony Albanese. So I contacted his office and asked if we could hurry this permit through because I need this car for the Australian Championship. I told him it’s an International event and there has been advertising for it as we have an American driver coming out who is the defending champion, everything is booked and paid for but I don’t have a race car.” “You have no idea how many phone calls I have made trying to get this sorted out, its very disappointing.” “That was huge for him to win that. He is a very good driver and very talented. It’s great for the Speedcars to have the Chili Bowl champion here, it couldn’t have worked out better. QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.606; 2. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-16.649; 3. Gary Taylor, 12, Allen-16.798; 4. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-16.851; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-`6.872; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-16 .916; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.927; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-16.929; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.958; 02. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-17.000; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-17.047; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.054; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-17.066; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.090; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.184; 16. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-17.217; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-17.257; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.297; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-17.350; 20. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.366; 21. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-17.429; 22. Robby Josett, 2 Josett-17.540; 23. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-17.790; 24. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.808; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-17.905; 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-18.246; 27. Kenny Warren, 78, Burggraf-20.020; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT; 29. Jake Swanson,. 05x, Swanson-NT; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-NT. FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. Schutte, 4. Darland, 5. Kuhn, 6. Clouser, 7. K.Swanson. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clarke, 2. Bowman, 3. Clauson, 4. Pelkey, 5. Boat, 6. Josett, 7. Carrier, 8. Erickson. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Coons, 2. Johnson, 3. East, 4. Taylor, 5. Hess, 6. Postle, 7. Warren. NT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Loyet, 3. Hines, 4. Goodwin, 5. Rossi, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther. NT Top 6 Qualifers in Dash Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. each have two “Copper on Dirt” feature victories but Hagen hopes to notch his third triumph when the 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” unfolds this weekend at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. Hagen won the 2008 Midget race and last year’s Sprint feature at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. and is among top threats for this year’s USAC Mopar National and Western Midget race, part of the rare USAC “tripleheader.” The event also features the USAC Silver Crown and Amsoil USAC National and CRA Sprints. Hagen finished third in last year’s National Midget points and has five career wins in the very competitive National series. Last year he ran down Kevin Swindell five laps from the finish to win the Sprint feature and finished fifth in the Midgets. Brad Kuhn is the defending USAC Mopar National champ and Garrett Hansen won last year’s USAC Western Midget crown. Preliminaries are set for Friday, while the semis and feature events are Saturday. A 30-lap Midget feature precedes the 40-lap Sprint race and the 50-lap Silver Crown finale. Brad Sweet is the defending Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” Midget champ, passing Bryan Clauson two laps from the end of last year’s race at Manzanita. Cory Kruseman won the 2007 inaugural and Hagen won two years ago. The Tucson event kicks off the 2010 Mopar National and Western Midget campaigns. The Red River Region features 17 events. 13 events will take place in Oklahoma, with 2 each scheduled for Texas and Arkansas. Additional events for this region are still being developed and will be announced shortly. For a full listing of race dates and locations, please visit our website www.revolutionracingengines.com Or call the ASCS office at 918-838-3777 Thanks! "The Revolution Starts NOW!" Kyle is sponsored by LenMar Motorsports, 2nd Opinion Auto Center, H&H Engines, Outlaw Powdercoating and Danesport. Pulling double-duty, he will also be driving the number 04 nonwing Sawyer/Yamaha in the ASCS2 division. “I’m really looking forward to this,” Kyle said when asked about his first ride in a full midget. “This will be a learning experience, and we hope to put in some solid laps.” The Kennedale High School sophomore is putting in some evening hours getting the car fit to him and ready to race. “These cars sit quite a bit differently than I’m used to, but I’ll adapt.” With Kyle’s goal of moving on to midgets and sprint cars at a national level, he is excited about the opportunity to gain track time with some of the best racers in the country. Kyle’s mother Joni Jones of Kennedale, “ Kyle is a life-long Kennedale resident. He and his twin sister, Kayla, are 16 year old Kennedale High School sophomores. According to mom, sister Kayla is the more traditional athlete - playing varsity basketball & softball for Kennedale as freshman & sophomore. Her primary focus is Gold level select/travel softball with collegiate aspirations. Kyle has raced competitively since the age of 4 when he started in go-karts. His mini-sprint car owner and crew chief is his uncle, Sonny Miller who is also the manager of Smiley’s Racing West on Kennedale Parkway. This opportunity to drive a midget (owned by Bill Eslick) is very exciting for Kyle and family. Tammy Jones tammy@kennedalenews.com The race in 2009 also resulted in the largest field of midgets in the state of Texas in recent memory, as over 40 teams assembled. With the Copper on Dirt scheduled the following weekend (visit www.USAraceway.net for more info), it is possible to see more touring teams take on the USAC/SMRS series drivers, as was the case in 2009. The ASCS2 Series will be on hand to kick off their 2010 season with the Winged Outlaw ‘Multi’ and Non-Winged ‘A’ classes (of what Cowtown fans know as the Winged 600’s, just without wings). With $1,500 earmarked to win for each ASCS2 division, there’s sure to be full fields of top quality cars from throughout the region, as was the case with both ASCS2 events at Cowtown in 2009. Plus, the first ever visit of the ASCS2 Restricted 600’s will take to the brand new 1/6 mile “Action Track” at Cowtown, with the winner taking home a cool $1,000. The always exciting Cowtown Modifieds will race their traditional Feb Fast 50 for $2,000 to win and $400 to start (24th). The race will be sanctioned by NCRA. With a staggering $60,000 weekend purse posted, another huge field of 200+ cars is expected. Drivers are urged to pre-register for this event at the track website on or before 2/7/10 to receive pre-entry discounts. Pre-entry also allows you to receive a reserved parking space for your hauler in the pits. And it allows the track to publicize drivers that will be attending. There is a online pre-entry discount for all race divisions that will save $25 off of race week pricing. Details are on the track website. Midgets do not have a pre-entry fee but must pre-enter to receive a reserved pit parking space. Race fans, you can enjoy the entire weekend’s action by purchasing your 2-day tickets in advance at the track website by 2/11/10. 2-day adult grandstand passes are just $30, a savings of $5 off of race night pricing. And the extremely popular “Fan Fest” returns to Cowtown Speedway on Saturday, February 13th from Noon until 1:15pm. Ticket holders for that day’s race will be allowed into the pit area during that time to meet with the race teams, get autographs, apparel, pictures and much more. The main ticket booth will be open at noon as well. An open practice night for all race divisions will be held on Thursday February 11th from 5pm-9pm. Concessions and fuel will be available, and pit passes are $20. Just click www.CowtownSpeedway.com for the event flyer, driver pre-entry, advance 2-day passes, track information and more. Mark your calendar now to be a part of a great weekend of racing action, at family affordable prices with the Cowtown Midget Championships, Feb Fast 50 and ASCS2 Series opener all taking place February 12-13 at the Fastest Li’l Dirt Track in Texas, Cowtown Speedway! USAC’s 2010 Ford Focus calendar reflects a new structure, offering district and sub-series championships, with cash bonuses posted for year-end achievements in both Ford Focus and Young Guns racing series. This new structure recognizes a growing Ford Focus program and instills an enhanced regional approach for USAC’s developmental series. Each district will crown a champion and in 2010 the districts will be designated at Eastern, Midwest and Western. The West will have three sub-series. They include West Coast pavement, West Coast dirt and Utah. The East and Midwest will have two sub-series, pavement and dirt. Season-ending bonuses include a point fund for the top three finishers in each district and the champion in each sub-series. The drivers’ best 12 finishes in the Focus districts and the top eight finishes in any of the Young Guns districts will be utilized to determine the standings in each district. The champion of each Focus district will receive a year-end bonus of $2,500, with $1,000 going to second place and $500 to third. Each sub-series champion will also be awarded a $1,000 cash bonus. Each Young Guns District champ will receive a $1,000 savings bond. “We expect this re-alignment of the Focus championships to generate enthusiastic response, leading to unprecedented competition,” says USAC Developmental Racing Director James Spink. “The Ford Focus concept has been a great launching pad for USAC racing careers and in 2010 we are taking the next step in solidifying that foundation.” The 2010 racing schedules for all Ford Focus and Young Guns championships are being finalized and will be posted on the USAC website at www.usacracing.com. The 58th running of one of America’s most traditional short-track races is scheduled for May 8 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. It will be the “Hut Hundred at Haubstadt” featuring the nation’s top Midget racers in 100 laps of thrilling action on one of the country’s most exciting quarter-mile dirt ovals. Although absent from the 2009 calendar, the race dates back to 1954 and has been held at four different Indiana speedways. The Terre Haute Action Track, which hosted the inaugural event, was the site for most of the races, while the Indiana State Faigrounds in Indianapolis hosted the 1987 running, Lawrenceburg Speedway was the venue in 1989 and Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville hosted the race in 1988, 2000 and 2001. Race organizer Tom Helfrich, who is responsible for maintaining one of America’s best-manicured dirt ovals, is excited about not only the return of the tradition, but the competition his track should provide. “We are glad to be a part of this historic event,” says Helfrich. “We’ve cultivated a new generation of open-wheel fans here and this is the type of racing they want to see at our track. We want to put on a race people will not forget and with the traditional three-abreast start of eleven rows we are sure we will give them just that.” Cole Whitt won the 2008 race on his way to that year’s USAC National Midget Championship and the race history contains names of many of America’s finest oval track stars. Four-time Indianapolis 500 Champion A.J. Foyt won it twice, seven-time USAC Midget Champ Mel Kenyon is a former winner and NASCAR champions Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon are also listed among the former race winners. But nobody can come close to what Rich Vogler achieved, winning the Hut Hundred eight times on his way to becoming the winningest driver in USAC racing history. Those eight wins came at three different tracks! Tri-State Speedway’s USAC history dates back to 1978 when Sleepy Tripp was victorious in a Midget there. Last year the track was the scene of the closest finish in the history of Indiana Sprint Week, as Levi Jones edged Bryan Clauson by a single point for the series title! This swap meet of racers equipment is specifically designed for: Saturday, January 23, 2010 Sellers: Gates open @ 7:30 AM, $25 per trailer space Buyers, Bargain Hunters, Tire Kickers, & Bench Racers Location: Tri-Valley Quarter Midget track parking lot, Proceeds divided between Tri-Valley Quarter Midget Club & BCRA Come join the Fun !!! It should be an open wheeler’s dream garage sale with
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Heat #1 (44) Dan Droud Jr, (15d) Andrew Deal, (91k) Keven Bayer, (11r) Ryan Cole, (4b) Ronny Burke Jr,
(18) Blake Moeller, (39) Brandon Moeller, (9) Doug McCone, (11x) Steve Newmark-NS
Heat #2 (05) Brad Loyet, (7m) Kevin Ramey, (5d) Zach Drum, (60) Eric Sandage, (11c) Chet Gherke, (1 Tx)
Paul White, (88d) Rusty Dukes, ( 91t) Tyler Thompson, (77x) Scott Sawyer, (24e) Bill Eslick
Heat #3 (f5) Danny Statton, (35) Matt Sherrel, (11a) Andrew Felker, (10w) George White, (11) Justin Melton. (85) Matt Johnson, (27) Andy Shouse, (8) Murray Erickson, (10) Will Pierce, (24L) Roy Larkin
A-Main Dash (05) Brad Loyet, (44) Dan Droud Jr, (15d) Andrew Deal, (f5) Danny Statton, (7m) Kevin Ramey, (35) Matt Sherrel
B-Main #1 (27) Andy Shouse, (39) Brandon Moeller, (88d) Rusty Dukes, (9) Doug McCone, ( 91) Tyler Thompson, (11x) Steve Newmark, (8) Murray Erickson, (24e) Bill Eslick, (10) Will Pierce, (24L) Roy Larkin-NS, (77x) Scott Sawyer-NS
A-Main(f5) Danny Statton, (44) Dan Droud Jr, (5d) Zach Drum, (05) Brad Loyet, (91k) Keven Bayer, (7m) Kevin Ramey, (4b) Ronny Burke Jr, (27) Andy Shouse, (11a) Andrew Felker, (60) Eric Sandage, (11) Justin Melton, (88d) Rusty Dukes, ( 91t) Tyler Thompson, (9) Doug McCone, (35) Matt
Sherrel, (11c) Chet Gherke, (11r) Ryan Cole (10w) George White, (39) Brandon Moeller, (15d) Andrew Deal, (1 Tx) Paul White, (85) Matt Johnson, (18) Blake Moeller, (11x) Steve Newmark
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Heat #1(41) Jacob Pirkle, (11) Allen Olivia, (32) Kevin Clement, ( 56) Troy Taylor, (10) George White, (30) Chase Allen, (99f) Matt French, (72) Justin McCoy, (29) Lloyd Ashcraft, (112) Darren Hendrix, (4) Chris Roach, (8x) Michael Needham
Heat#2(88xxx) Clyde Dunn Jr, (15j) Jareed Webb, (2x) Gene Weaver, (07) Jason Hilliard, (144) Chad Williams, (6*) Dylan Pike, (99) Billy Burke, (30c) Colt Goodman, (48) Jim PearcyHeat#3(18) Tim Clounch, ( 98) John Allen, (52) Chad Davis, (20) Terry Pritchett, (1s) Ronny Sigman, (77) Randy Kirkland, (87) John Webb, (34) Mickey Lassiter, ( 707) P.J. Egbert, (14x) Josh Landers, (45) Logan Cabbell
Heat#4(64) Jay Sale, (26) Allen Chickering, (75) Patrick Daniel, (85) Thomas Tillison, (45t) Eric Tominson, (66x) Mike Dillard, (34n) C.A. Nix, (15) Bryan Wolfe, (43) Mike McCleskey, (1m) Cody Gerhart, (4m) Bobby Malcus, (21d) Ed Dunn
Qualifier #1( 98) John Allen, (1s) Ronny Sigman, (41) Jacob Pirkle, (34n) C.A. Nix, (6*) Dylan Pike, (34) Mickey Lassiter, ( 56) Troy Taylor, (85) Thomas Tillison, (64) Jay Sale, (2x) Gene Weaver, (99f) Matt French, (8x) Michael Needham, (4) Chris Roach, (48) Jim Pearcy-NS
Qualifier #2(88xxx) Clyde Dunn Jr, (26) Allen Chickering, (52) Chad Davis, (10) George White (11) Allen Olivia, (77) Randy Kirkland, (45) Logan Cabbell, ( 707) P.J. Egbert, (72) Justin McCoy, (14x) Josh Landers, (07) Jason Hilliard, (15) Bryan Wolfe, (99) Billy Burke, (45t) Eric Tominson, (21d) Ed Dunn
Qualifier#3 (18) Tim Clounch, (20) Terry Pritchett, (75) Patrick Daniel, (32) Kevin Clement, (66x) Mike Dillard, (30) Chase Allen, (1m) Cody Gerhart, (87) John Webb, (144) Chad Williams, (43) Mike McCleskey, (15j) Jareed Webb (29) Lloyd Ashcraft, (30c) Colt Goodman, (4m) Bobby Malcus, (24) Trenton Borchers
ASCS-II 600 Non-Wing
Heat #1(198) Hunter Jones, (3) Jerry McGinnis, (22c) Chad Koch, (51) Matt Ward, (12) Jason Tyler, (71) Colby Estes, (69) Jeremy Hefler, (0) Karley Kay Dobson,
Heat #2
(74) D.J. Estes, (007) Cody Carter, (82) Steven Shebester, (21t) Taylor Smitherman, (12s) Drew
Salisbury, (10x) Dalton Terrel, (91) Tyler Thomas, (13) Josh McGinnis – NS,
Heat #3(7j) Justin Zimmerman, (6) Morgan Dowdy, (97) Ryan Jaisle, (20) William Bass, (4u) Devon Huff, (77) Jonathan Beason, (10) Bryan Debrick, (7x) Shane Simmons,
Heat #4(15) Coy Jorden, (15d) Andrew Deal, (28) Trevor Reed, (73) Alex Sewell, (02) Sasha Sessums, (3d) Andy Hogan, (9) Ron Peterson, (65) Robby Fox
Heat #5(04) Kyle Jones, (5) Shelby Byrd, (11a) Andrew Felker, (55) Donnie Ray Crawford, (22) Michael Hernandez, (13m) Ken Pearson, (40) Ronnie Bass, (37) Austin Smith,
Heat #6(321) Trey Marcham, (21b) Christopher Bell, (89) Jarrett Crouch, (5x) Tyson Hall, (83) C.J. Duarte, (11) Justin Melton, (21) Michele Melton, (72k) Rick Kirkes,
Qualifier #1(198) Hunter Jones, (15d) Andrew Deal, (321) Trey Marcham, (77) Jonathan Beason, (02) Sasha Sessums, (71) Colby Estes, (3d) Andy Hogan, (20) William Bass, (97) Ryan Jaisle, (72k) Rick Kirkes, (22c) Chad Koch, (10) Bryan Debrick, (13) Josh McGinnis-NS
Qualifier #2(74) D.J. Estes, (11) Justin Melton, (13m) Ken Pearson, (3) Jerry McGinnis, (89) Jarrett Crouch, (69) Jeremy Hefler, (28) Trevor Reed, (0) Karley Kay Dobson, (40) Ronnie Bass, (83) C.J. Duarte, (7j) Justin Zimmerman, (51) Matt Ward,
Qualifier #3(55) Donnie Ray Crawford, (21b) Christopher Bell, (82) Steven Shebester, (21t) Taylor Smitherman, (6) Morgan Dowdy, (11a) Andrew Felker, (91) Tyler Thomas, (73) Alex Sewell, (65) Robby Fox, (12) Jason Tyler, (9) Ron Peterson, (7x) Shane Simmons-NS,
Qualifier #4(32) Nick Ivy, (5) Shelby Byrd, (04) Kyle Jones, (007) Cody Carter, (15) Coy Jordon, (4u) Devon Huff, (10x) Dalton Terrel, (5x) Tyson Hall, (22) Michael Hernandez, (37) Austin Smith, (21) Michele Melton, (12s) Drew Salisbury, (78) Kevin Bayer,
ASCS-II 600 Wing Outlaw
Heat #1(6) Dustin Gates, (129) Brandon Hahn, (77) Darien Roberts, (5x) Tyson Hall, (21) Christopher Bell, (70) Michael Wickham, (4u) Devon Huff, (12s) Drew Salisbury,
Heat #2(29) Scott Sawyer, (52) Blake Hahn, (81) Frank Flud, (8m) Kade Morton, (60x) Chance Terrel, (47) Chipper Wood, (5) Cameron Hagin, (59) Billy Lawhead,
Heat #3(73) Jake Mosley, (55) Donnie Ray Crawford, (35) Cody Ledger, (32) Nick Ivy, (01j) Jeb Sessums, (17b) Tanner Berryhill, (11a) Andrew Felker, (91) Kevin Bayer, (021t) Taylor Smitherman,
Qualifier #1(81) Frank Flud, (29) Scott Sawyer, (21) Christopher Bell, (55) Donnie Ray Crawford, (91) Kevin Bayer, (11a) Andrew Felker, (35) Cody Ledger, (32) Nick Ivy, (6) Dustin Gates, (60x) Chance Terrel, (47) Chipper Wood, (12s) Drew Salisbury, (24t) NS
Qualifier #2(5x) Tyson Hall, (73) Jake Mosley, (52) Blake Hahn, (129) Brandon Hahn, (01j) Jeb Sessums, (17b) Tanner Berryhill, (70) Michael Wickham, (77) Darien Roberts, (5) Cameron Hagin, (8m) Kade Morton, (4u) Devon Huff, (59) Billy Lawhead-NS, (021t) Taylor Smitherman-NS,
ASCS-II 600 Restrictor Class
Heat #1(17w) Harli White, (28) Karley Kay Dobson, (61) Kaley Engstrom,(13m) Chance McCrary, (82) Dylan Kadous, (00) Grady Chandler, (22x) Payton Williams, (2) Will Harvey, (3g) Garrett Brimmer,
Heat #2(77) Colton Brewer, (205) Steven Curbow, (08) Logan Martin, (70) Dylan Wickham, (10) Bobby Williams, (20) Colton Wisely, (7) Cord Allen Dodson, (127) Dillon Fox, (27) Kyle Keeler,
Heat #3(89) Blake Jenkins, (99h) Trevor Hunt, (22) Dalton Wiseley, (747) Reagan Reed, (7m) Chance Morton, (24) ?, (87)Ashley Reagan, (51) Alan Cunningham, (18j) Cody Jarvis,
Qualifier #1(08) Logan Martin, (205) Steven Curbow, (7m) Chance Morton, (10) Bobby Williams, (99h) Trevor Hunt, (00) Grady Chandler, (87)Ashley Reagan, (27) Kyle Keeler, (127) Dillon Fox, (89) Blake Jenkins, (7) Cord Allen Dodson, (61) Kaley Engstrom, (77) Colton Brewer,
Qualifier #2(22) Dalton Wiseley, (17w) Harli White, (51) Alan Cunningham, (82) Dylan Kadous, (28) Karley Kay Dobson, (747) Reagan Reed, (22x) Payton Williams, (20) Colton Wisely, (70) Dylan Wickham, (18j) Cody Jarvis, (24t) ?, (13m) Chance McCrary, (2) Will Harvey, (3g) Garrett Brimmer.
Mar 4 2010
It’s Race Week! Cowtown Midget Champs/Mod Fast 50/ASCS2: March 5-6
Due to the reschedule date for this event, the points season for both of the Friday night Go-Karts and the Saturday night classes will kick off the following weekend, March 12-13.
Friday March 5 – Complete Midget program including a 30-lap feature. Plus, heats and qualifying features for all additional racing divisions. Pits open at 3pm, Grandstands open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 5:30pm, Races at 6pm.
Saturday March 6 – Complete Midget program including a 35-lap championship feature. Plus, last-chance races and championship features for all additional racing divisions. Fan Fest 12pm-1:15pm, Pits and Grandstands open at 1:30pm, Hot Laps at 3pm with championship races at 4pm.
The race in 2009 also resulted in the largest field of midgets in the state of Texas in recent memory, as over 40 teams assembled. There are currently 38 midgets registered to compete.
The always exciting Cowtown Modifieds will race their traditional Fast 50 for $2,000 to win and $400 to start (24th). The race will be sanctioned by NCRA, and this is also their season point’s opener. Visit www.NCRAracing.org for more info. This is the first ever visit of NCRA modifieds to Cowtown Speedway.
With over $60,000 cash posted for the weekend, fans can expect another great field of cars. Discounted race pre-entry and reserved pit parking space requests are now concluded. Teams can enter at the track on race night and their rigs will be parked by track officials as they see best fit due to the large field of cars entered.
Race fans, you can enjoy the entire weekend’s action by purchasing your 2-day tickets in advance at the track website by 3/4/10 (Thursday). 2-day adult grandstand passes are just $30, a savings of $5 off of race night pricing.
And the extremely popular “Fan Fest” returns to Cowtown Speedway on Saturday, March 6 from Noon until 1:15pm. Ticket holders for that day’s race will be allowed into the pit area during that time to meet with the race teams, get autographs, apparel, pictures and much more. The main ticket booth will be open at noon as well.
An open practice night for all weekend competing race divisions (only) will be held on Thursday March 4 from 5pm-9pm. Concessions and fuel will be available, and pit passes are $20. (The main grandstand will be closed.) Registered drivers are also urged to pick up their registration pay card on practice night to save them time on Friday night of not having to wait in line.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. South southeast wind around 10 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. South southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51.
Here is the final pre-entry list for the event. Names crossed out had entered for the original race date but have withdrawn as they could not make this weekend’s reschedule date:
COWTOWN MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIPS
sanctioned by SMRS/USAC: 38
24J Kyle Jones, Kennedale TX
15 Danny Burke, Houston TX
54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville TX
27 Andy Shouse, Oklahoma City OK
77 Matt DeWitt, Magnolia TX
11R Ryan Cole, Porter OK
5* Ray Allen Kulhanek, Magnolia TX
9 Doug McCune, Colleyville TX
24R Bill Eslick, Burleson TX
39 Brandon Moeller, San Antonio TX
5D Andrew Deal, Caney KS
4F Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City KS
17 Todd Plemons, Arvada CO
F5 Danny Stratton, Indianapolis IN
11C Chet Gehrke, Broken Arrow OK
91 Kevin Bayer, Bixby OK
93 Dustin Morgan, Tulsa OK
93M Jake Mosley, Claremore OK
96 Cody Brewer, Choctaw, OK
10 Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO
7M Kevin Ramey, Ft. Worth TX
88D Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove MO
5D Zach Daum, Pocahontas IL
10W George White, Ft. Worth TX
16 Jimmy Winkler, Parkville MO
4 Ronnie Burke Jr., League City TX
05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills MO
11 Justin Melton, Flower Mound TX
36 Jonathan Beason, Broken Arrow OK
85 Matt Johnson, Oklahoma City OK
35 Matt Sherrell, Owasso OK
11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction MO
18 Blake Moeller, Garden Ridge TX
60 Eric Sandage, Alexander AR
99 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow OK
77X Scott Sawyer, Broken Arrow OK
93X Brian Harvey, Durant OK
14AJ Billy Wood Jr., Kenosha WI
## Davey Ray, Davenport IA
8 Murray Erickson
DuQuoin Dean King Memorial O’Reilly POWRi National Midgets and the 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints
DuQuoin entry forms can be found under the DOWNLOADS link located at the top of POWRi web site. If weather is bad indoor parking is limited, pit spots will be assigned by date of entry received. Information on pit gate, driver sign in, and drivers meeting can be found under SCHEDULE - MORE INFO for your division (Midgets/Micros). Printable schedules, rules, contingencies, and payouts can be found under the DOWNLOADS link located at the top of POWRi website.
DuQuoin general admission opens at 3:00 PM. Hot laps begin at 4:00 PM with racing immediately following. General admission tickets are $12 each with kids 6 and under free. Stop by any Southern Illinois O’Reilly Auto Parts Store to purchase your tickets and you’ll pay only $10.
Feb 28 2010
EAST STOPS SWEET’S MIDGET STREAK AT PERRIS IN “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT”
Perris, CA……..Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 30 laps of Sunday night’s “Sokola Shootout” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at the Perris Auto Speedway after starting from the front row in his Club sport Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford. The victory halted Brad Sweet’s streak at two wins as Sweet took second ahead of Chad Boat, Bryan Clauson and Jerry Coons Jr. Darren Hagen was the fastest qualifier. Chris Gansen of San Bernardino, Calif. flipped on lap six of the feature and was transported to a local hospital for a precautionary checkup. Sweet leads both the National and Western Midget standings. The next National races are March 23 and 24 at the Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway and the next Western race is April 1 at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-17.701; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-17.830; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.851; 4. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-17.871; 5. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-17.873; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-17.942; 7. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.942; 8. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-18.091; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-18.097; 10. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-18.144; 11. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-18.155; 12. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.171; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-18.260; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-18.267; 15. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Bristing-18.316; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-18.345; 17. Randi Pankratz, 8x, Pankratz-18.384; 18. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-18.562; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-18.571; 20. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-18.579; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-18.607; 22. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-18.623; 23. Jake Swanson, 05x, Swanson-18.634; 24. Erine Bartley III, 74, Bartley-18.823; 25. Chris Gansen, 04, Gansen-19.092; 26. Tracy Hines, 8E, Guardian-19.169; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-19.309; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-19.341; 29. Kenny Warren, 78, Burggraf-23.371; 30. Dennis Carrier, 2D, Carrier-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Kruseman, 3. Daum, 4. Pierovich, 5. Pankratz, 6. McQueen, 7. Gansen. 3:01.29
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. East, 3. Hines, 4. Mero, 5. Darland, 6. Erickson, 7. Clauson. 3:00.82
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Clarke, 3. Boat, 4. Lakatos, 5. J.Swanson, 6. Josett, 7. Jones. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hess, 3. Kuhn, 4. Loyet, 5. Schutte, 6. Bartley, 7. Lowther. 3:01.29
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Schutte, 4. Josett, 5. Gansen, 6. Bartley, 7. Erickson, 8. Lowther, 9. Pankratz, 10. McQueen, 11. J.Swanson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Zach Daum, 7. Henry Clarke, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Brad Loyet, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Mike Hess, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Scott Pierovich, 16. Robby Josett, 17. Josh Lakatos, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Austin Mero, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Chris Gansen, 22. Ernie Bartley III. NT
**McQueen flipped during the semi. Gansen flipped on lap 6 of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 East. NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117. NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 24 & 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway
NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: April 1 – Ventura (CA) Raceway
Feb 26 2010
SWEET STAYS UNBEATEN, TAKES LAS VEGAS MIDGET FEATURE
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Sweet, Laps 7-28 Boat, Laps 29-30 Sweet.
Reports just in, were concusion and possiable broken calvical.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.
Cowtown Midget Championship/Mod Fast 50/600’s Set For March 5-6
Feb 22 2010
SWEET HEADS FOR LAS VEGAS AFTER TUCSON VICTORY
Brad Sweet, the fastest qualifier for last year’s USAC Midget race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track, is headed back to the 1/2-mile dirt oval for Thursday night’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic.” Sunday he won the 30-lap Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz.
Feb 21 2010
“SWEET” VICTORY IN “COPPER ON DIRT” MIDGETS
Tucson, AZ…….Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. captured Sunday’s 30-lap Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at USA Raceway. He led the first 21 laps and the last three in his Kasey Kahne Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Mopar after passing Tracy Hines on lap 28. Bobby East took second ahead of Hines, Dave Darland and Brad Kuhn in the 2010 series opener. Sweet, Friday’s fastest Midget qualifier, becomes the early point leader in both the National and Western Midget series heading into Thursday night’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” events in Nevada. Saturday’s scheduled events at Tucson were rained out and delayed until Sunday.
SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Kuhn, 2. Hess, 3. Postle, 4. Erickson, 5. Carrier, 6. Warren, 7. Boat, 8. Josett, 9. Daum, 10. Rossi, 11. Clouser, 12. K.Swanson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Sweet, Laps 22-27 Hines, Laps 28-30 Sweet.
Australian Speedcar Title At Avalon Raceway
Davey Ray and Kevin Swindell there representing the USA.
Kevin Swindell in Graham family owned Speedcar
Stephen Pickering photo at http://www.pickosphotos.com/
Kevin With a 4th in the 4th heat,4th in the 5th and a 6th in the 12th heat opening night.
Then winning heat 15 on the second night,To go along with Finaly ended up a DNF on the second night at a 12th place Main event finish
Davey Ray below
Stephen Pickering photo at http://www.pickosphotos.com/
Must have been a very hard track on tires as only 4 cars took the checkered flag after 40 laps?
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Gavin White posted Tuesday February 16, 2010.
With the tension mounting as the 69th Australian Speedcar Championship at Avalon Raceway quickly approach’s you could be forgiven for thinking that Kevin Swindell’s title defence would be stressful enough. Spare a thought for car owner Steven Graham who has been battling red tape and bureaucratic bungling at its finest as he tried unsuccessfully to freight Swindell’s title winning Speedcar back from New Zealand following a recent tour.
“Well it depends who you talk to as everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else but basically the freight forwarders are responsible I believe,” said Steven in disbelief.
“By the way they did the paperwork when the car has come back into the country, customs are now asking for a DOTARS car importing permit from Canberra.”
“The freight forwarders are only telling me now that customs never used to enforce the permit for cars that have been shipped out and are coming back in but they are starting to enforce it now.”
“I have tried absolutely everything to get this car back but nothing has worked.”
“We had an engine problem at Geelong in December so when we got back from the Beasley race we pulled the engine out and pulled that apart and when I went to New Zealand I pulled all the shocks off and took them with me for spares. We basically just pulled a lot of things off this particular car.”
“That was the other big problem that all my spares went to New Zealand and all my tools and everything that I needed to go to an Australian Title was locked in this container. I have since got all that stuff cleared and we got that back last week. So now it’s just the car sitting there.”
“That’s where its stupidity really isn’t it, this import permit that they’re asking for is just for the car. Everything else is just parts. What we did was unload the container and we could take all our parts and the car was put in a separate container and locked back up again.”
“My argument is that I am not importing a car. My car is returning and I just want back what is mine. It’s not a new car but you just bang your head against a brick wall.”
“His response was, ‘leave it with me and I will look into it.”
“Guess what? I still haven’t heard back from the transport minister or anyone from his office to this day.”
“You can’t even talk to these people, they don’t want to know you. Basically they said that I was in the queue and don’t call us again or you will be on the bottom of the pile.”
“It has been a setback but we have overcome it. I have worked late nights here for the last week because I have wasted so much time and effort trying to get this car back and get it out.”
Despite the setback Steven is confident that the package Swindell will have at his disposal is more than capable of winning back to back national Speedcar championships.
Swindell’s recent form has been outstanding with his performance in New Zealand capped by a back to front drive around the outside of what was generally speaking a single groove track at Auckland during the 50 Lap World Speedcar Championship.
“Yeah that was great, it was like a win really. Starting out of 17 I thought we will be lucky to go anywhere with the way the track was in the heat races. There wasn’t a lot of passing going on and it was a bit of a one lane track until he found a groove on the outside and made it work.”
Following the New Zealand tour Swindell returned to Oklahoma to contest the prestigious Chili Bowl Indoor Speedcar event that attracted over 265 entries from the world’s best drivers. Following a week long series of qualifying events that saw Swindell win his preliminary night he then scored the biggest win of his career when he won the 50 lap Chili Bowl Championship on the final night.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 19, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”
DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Sweet, 4. Taylor, 5. Darland, 6. Bowman. NT
Feb 17 2010
HAGEN AIMS FOR 3RD “COPPER ON DIRT” MIDGET TITLE AT TUCSON
Feb 10 2010
ASCS Midget Series schedules released
Schedules for the ASCS Chevy ECOtec Midget Series' Red River and Pacific regions have been released. A total of 29 events are scheduled for the ASCS/BCRA Pacific region - 19 of which will be in conjunction with the BCRA Midgets. This region will also feature 8 pavement races. 10 of the 21 dirt events will be at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.
Keith Iaia
Revolution Racing Engines
805-467-3424
Jan 30 2010
Young driver has high hopes
Kyle Jones, 16 year old 
600 mini-sprint division
standout from Kennedale, TX,
He has signed on to drive the Bishop racing chassis, Autocraft-powered number 24J midget in the Cowtown Midget Championship race February 12th and 13th. This will be Kyle’s inauguration into the ranks of SMRS/USAC full midgets, but with his many laps around the “Fastest Little Dirt Track in Texas” he should adjust to the potent cars in no time.
Photo by Rudy Garcia; courtesy Joni Jones. Visit KennedaleRacing.com for photos and race information.
Cowtown Midget Triple-Header Fires Off Season Feb. 12-13
When the Cowtown Midget Championship joined the traditional February Fast 50 line up in 2009, the result was an incredible field of 252 race teams converging upon the ¼ mile high banks. The 2010 edition of the event, presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels will take place on February 12-13, 2010 and will certainly provide a weekend of wild racing action once again. The full-blown midgets will compete for $1,000 to win on Friday and $3,000 to win on Saturday. Each of their feature events will start 24 cars.
Jan 29 2010
NEW END-OF-YEAR PRIZES FOR FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS COMPETITORS
Jan 26 2010
HUT HUNDRED RETURNS, MOVES TO TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY
in Habustadt Indiana
Jan 21 2010
BCRA’s 3rd Annual Swap Meet
Hosted by BCRA and the Tri Valley Quarter Midget Club
Midgets, Quarter Midgets, Midgets Lites, Vintage Midgets & Parts
“600” Mini-Sprints, Racing Go-Karts,
(You will be able to sell out of your trailer and/or set up a table)
Free Admission from 8:30 AM till 1:00 PM
Plus free coffee and donuts, courtesy of BCRA
Just north of Hwy 580 near Vasco Road, Livermore
Bargains galore…..
Jan 17 2010
Kevin Swindell Captures Golden Driller
at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 16, 2010) – Another one of those coveted Golden Driller trophies is going back to Tennessee. This time though, it’s not in Sammy’s hands as Kevin Swindell topped Saturday night’s 50-lap Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals main event that wrapped up a full slate of Rockstar Energy Drink championship feature events atop the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Feb 28 2010 Feb 26 2010 NEW END-OF-YEAR PRIZES FOR FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS COMPETITORS
Feb 28 2010 Feb 26 2010 NEW END-OF-YEAR PRIZES FOR FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS COMPETITORS
Feb 28 2010 Feb 26 2010 NEW END-OF-YEAR PRIZES FOR FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS COMPETITORS
The 20-year-old from Germantown, TN, led the final 26 rounds to become the youngest winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history, adding a sixth Golden Driller from the prestigious Midget racing event to the Swindell family collection that already includes hardware from his father’s unmatched five wins.
Cole Whitt 2nd place finisher Kevin Swindell the WINNER Sammy the 3rd place finisher
Tim Aylwin photo
After pole starter Darren Hagen and Cory Kruseman both enjoyed stints at the front of the field, Kevin Swindell took command just prior to the midway point and then survived a late caution in the hotly-contested affair that gave both Cole Whitt and a rallying Sammy Swindell one last opportunity.
“I felt like the best laps I ran all night were on the restarts, so I was somewhat confident but I knew I had to go,” the younger Swindell explained.
Swindell went on successfully to Roger Slack’s checkered flag to take the win in the Esslinger-powered John Christner Trucking No. 39 Spike in front of Whitt and his father Sammy, who rallied from the tail on several occasions after using a defending race winner’s provisional to start the main event.
“This year he (Kevin) had a race that didn’t tear up anything, this year I tore up a lot,” the five-time Chili Bowl champion explained. “But we salvaged a first and a third, so we’ll have to come back next year and try to make it a one-two like it probably could have been last year.”
After winning Wednesday night’s River Spirit Casino Qualifier, Kevin Swindell started the main event outside the front row only to fall back as far as sixth as pole starter Darren Hagen paced the early rounds.
“I wish I would of have been too tight at the beginning, but I was way too free and that really worried me and I kinda felt that I wasn’t gonna be good enough at the end,” Kevin Swindell explained.
But after Sammy Swindell was involved in tangles on laps eleven and 18 that Sammy said, “…shortened my race up too much,” Kevin made the adjustments he needed.
“The yellows at the beginning helped,” Kevin explained. “I got to work with the shocks a whole lot and just keep getting tighter and tighter. It was good enough.”
While Friday’s E3 Spark Plugs Qualifier winner Cory Kruseman had taken the lead away from Hagen on the ninth round, Cole Whitt and then Kevin Swindell set sail on the high side and began moving to the front.
Whitt battled past Hagen for second on the 20th round while Kevin Swindell moved past Jerry Coons, Jr., and Michael Pickens for fourth by the time the caution flew for a seven-car scramble in turn three in which Brad Loyet got upside down.
A lap later, Hagen’s Chili Bowl victory hopes were doused when he got turned around in turn one, handing third to Swindell.
Swindell blasted past Whitt on the restart and then took the lead away from Kruseman on the 24th lap as Whitt got shuffled back a pair of positions after an exchange with Michael Pickens on a track conducive to extreme slide job activity.
Whitt worked his way back up to second by the 31st lap and tailed the leader the rest of the way, trying to mount a charge on several occasions including after the race’s final caution set up a green-white-checkered run to the stripe.
Swindell proved too strong, with Whitt settling for second in the Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota-powered Red Bull No. 71 Bullet.
“I was trying everything I could and I couldn’t really keep up with Kevin,” Whitt explained. “We were close, if Kevin made a few mistakes I could kinda get close to him but he made only a few.”
The final restart didn’t necessarily work to Whitt’s advantage either, with the 18-year-old explaining that, “We were real good on long runs, we could build up a little air pressure in the right rear. On the restarts we’d be real, real tight on the cushion so I couldn’t really throw it in there as hard as I wanted. Running second here is huge, there’s just so many cars.”
In a bid to become the first back-to-back winner in Chili Bowl history, Sammy Swindell’s odds were long after being collected in a crash while leading Thursday night’s Bully Dog Qualifying feature event.
Rather than risk damage by racing from a “C” Main, the veteran shoe opted to utilize the defending race winner’s provisional for the main event. And by the end of the 50-lapper, Sammy had the capacity crowd on its feet as he had the lead duo in his crosshairs.
Starting from 25th, the opening rounds were rough with Sammy involved in a pair of incidents that prompted Kevin to say, “At the beginning it was easy to keep track of him because he was sittin’ there on the yellows.”
That changed soon after though. And, after dodging the seven-car scrum on lap 20, he was back in the hunt.
Sammy mixed it up among the top ten over the last 20 circuits, ultimately working his way up to third by the time the race’s final caution flew after 48 laps.
Kevin had tracked his father’s progress as good as possible, noting that, “With ten to go I saw he was sixth, and then on the green-white-checkered I could just tell by the crowd he was coming.”
Sammy’s charge for a sixth Golden Driller and second in a row came up short as he followed the young duo across the line to take the show position in the Esslinger-powered John Christner Trucking No. 1 Spike.
Jerry Coons, Jr., finished fourth in the finale for the second year in a row aboard the Wilke Pak Motorsports Toyota-powered Speedway Motors No. 4 Spike, with two-time Chili Bowl Hard Charger Award winner Chris Windom racing from 20th to a career-best event finish of fifth aboard the Keith Kunz Motorsports Esslinger-powered No. 17 Bullet.
Shane Cottle raced from 15th to sixth, with Mike Hess charging from 22nd to seventh. After leading from laps nine through 23, Kruseman was shuffled back to eighth at the finish, with Brad Sweet gaining eight positions to finish ninth in his first career Chili Bowl championship feature start. Sweet bested car owner and teammate Kasey Kahne, who finished 18th after winning the first “B” Main.
After winning the night’s second “B” Main, Kyle Larson completed the top ten in one of two Cory Tucker Racing/BCI entries to crack the feature field.
New Zealand car owner Simon Longdill matched Kasey Kahne Racing, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Swindell Motorsports and Corey Tucker Racing/BCI by placing two entries in the championship finale with Michael Pickens finishing eleventh and 20th-runner Brad Mosen the event’s top finishing Chili Bowl rookie contender.
Saturday’s 20-race Rockstar Energy Drink slate of championship feature events opened with Ronnie Gardner winning the “K” Main.
Seventy-five year old Floyd Alvis won the first “J” Main, with IRA Sprint Car champ Billy Balog topping the second “J” Main.
Stonington, IL, shoe Derrick Myers provided early entertainment by reeling off an “I” Main win, an “H” Main win and a runner-up “G” Main showing before running out of steam in the first “F” Main.
Eric Sandage won the second “I” Main, while Austen Wheatley made a late move around Kevin Ramey to win the second “H” Main after early leader Aaron Ott decided to test the turn one retaining wall without success.
After Tanner Mullens held off Myers in the first “G” Main, Matt Sherrell bested fellow Owasso, OK, entrant Dex Eaton in the second “G” Main.
Ronnie Burke and Matt Mitchell won the twin “F” Mains, with Randy Hannagan and Gary Taylor best in the “E” Mains.
Johnny Rodriquez and Josh Wise took “D” Main checkered flags, with Shane Hollingsworth and Josh Pelkey first in the “C” Mains.
Kasey Kahne overtook Shane Cottle on the 11th round en route to winning the first “B” Main, with Cottle, Sweet, Chad Boat, Brad Loyet and Brent Beauchamp earning transfers to the main event. Loyet’s night started in the “C” Main.
Kyle Larson made a lap 15 move around Windom to take the checkered flag in the second “B” Main ahead of Thomas Meseraull, Daniel Adler, Windom, Hess and Bobby East
A Main (50 Laps)
1. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN;
2. #71 Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA;
3. #1 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN;
4. #5 Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ;
5. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL;
6. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 7. #51 Mike Hess, Springfield, IL; 8. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 9. #49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 10. #39I Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA; 11. #88NZ Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ; 12. #17B Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN; 13. #75B Brent Beauchamp, Fairland, IN; 14. #1T Tony Roney, Herculaneum, MO; 15. #401 Daniel Adler, East Carondolet, IL; 16. #3 Darren Hagen, Riverside, CA; 17. #4 Bobby East, Brownsburg, IN; 18. #91X Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA; 19. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 20. 19NZ Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ; 21. #2T Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, CA; 22. #39C Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 23. #5D Zach Daum, Pocahontas, IL; 24. #13 Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 25. #30 Chad Boat, Phoenix, AZ
Jan 16 2010
The Main event is on now
"Updates courtesy of Janie Vogel. Find these up-to-the-second Chili Bowl updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages."
also contributed to by Kevin Triplett on the cell ph.
Top 5 at lap 10
Kruseman, Hagen, Daum, Coons, Pickens
Kruseman, Whitt, K. Swindell lap 22
now Bull dog K Swindell at the front
22 laps to go: K. Swindell in lead with Sammy from the back in 10th - under yellow - gonna get good
Pickens coming on FAST
Janie Vogel Yellow - Swindell, Kruseman, Whitt, Pickens, Coons - 20 to go
Sammy Swindell 10th at the restart hes got 14 of them so far
Yellow foe Daum - Sammy 7th WOW
SAMMY worth price of admission alone!!
K swindell, kruseman, whitt, pickens
Sammy now up to 6th
This is going to be a great finish...... may come down to K Swindell vs S Swindell
K. Swindell, Whitt, Kruseman, Windom, S. Swindell - yellow lap 40
Janie Vogel Final - K. Swindell, wins Way to Go Bulldog
Chili Bowl top-5; Swindell, Whitt, S. Swindell, Coons, Windom
Sammy not only started last but spun out twice along the way!!!!Then in the interview Said he needed one more chassie adjustment before the final green,He didnt do it got third any way.
"Updates courtesy of Janie Vogel. Find these up-to-the-second Chili Bowl updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages."
also contributed to by Kevin Triplett on the cell ph.
Saturday alphabet main events
only one K Main
Ronnie Gardner Murray Erickson Scott Fennell
J Main 1 Floyd Alvis Tim Pyle Matt Johnson
J Main 2 Billy Balog Clint Todd Cole Peard
I Main 1 Derrick Myers Austin Mero Ryan Cole
I Main 2: Eric Sandage Patrick Stasa Justin Mallo
H Main 1 Derrick Myers (started 13th, I main 1 winner) Jason Leffler Sean Dodenhoff
H Main 2
Austen Wheatley Kevin Ramey Andrew Elson
G Main 1 Tanner Mullens Derrick Myers (Started in I Main) Joey Saldana (Started in H Main)
G Main 2 Matt Sherrell Dex Eaton Jason Grady
First F Main The transfers to back of first E Main: Burke, Schuerenberg, Prickett, Saldana, moved from the H to G then this one
2nd F Main Transfers to back of 2nd E Main: Mitchell, Fiscus, Berryhill, Stasa
First E Main Transfers to back of first D Main: Hannagan, Spencer, N. Knepper, Schuerenberg
Second E Main transfers to back of 2nd D Main: Taylor, Snyder, Robinson, Harper
1st D transfers: 6 Rodriguez, Anderson, Hansen, Westfall, Crawford, Moughan
2nd D transfers: 6 Wise, Yeley, Morgan, Bayer, Jones, McCarl
long break now for opening ceremonies Parade of States flags
First C Main top-6 transfers to back of first B Main: Hollingsworth, Crawley, Robbins, Loyet, Ford, Meyers
Second C Main top 6 transfers to back of second B Main: Pelkey, Drake, Riggs, Hmiel, Yeley, McCarl
First B Main top 6 transfers into A Main: Kahne, Cottle, Sweet, Boat, Loyet, Beauchamp
2nd B Main pushed off - love the Chili Bowl B Mains...very intense - could easily be top A Mains anywhere else
Top 6 transfers to back of tonight's A Main: Larson, Adler, Messeraull, Windom, Hess, East
12 locked in for saturday nights main event at Tulsa's Chili Bowl
Locked in from Friday Kruseman, Coons, Stratton
Locked in from thursday Hagen, Tony Roney, Brad Mosen
Locked in from wednesday Swindell, Whitt, Kuhn
Locked in from tuesday Daum, Pickens, Golobic
Friday Updates courtesy of Janie Vogel. Find these up-to-the-second Chili Bowl updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages."
also contributed to by Kevin Triplett on the cell ph.
1st heat to Daryn Pittman - Kruseman 2nd
2nd heat toYeley after he moves the the 67 kunz car
3rd heat to Riggs
4th heat to Brad Loyet - Windom 5
5th heat to Danny Stratton Josh Wise finished 3rd - Kaeding 4th
6th heat to Kody Swanson from pole Buckwalter hard flip in T4, throttle stuck, car on fire
7th heat to Travis Berryhill - easy win
8th heat to Bobby Michnowicz - Coons 3rd
2 C Mains on tap next - top 4 transfer to back of corresponding B Main
1st C main to Schuerenberg, Brewer, Robinson, Dukes - big lead for Hunter
2nd C main to Saldana (in Kasey Kahne-car), Most, Neely, Eaton
4 A Qualifier races up next - top 16 in passing points go to tonight's A Main, the rest to twin B's
1st A Main qualifier top 5 finishers: Kruseman, Boat, Stratton, Harper, Berryhill
2nd A Main Qualifier top-5 finishers: Anderson, Bowman, Michnowicz, Grant, Rutherford
3rd A Main Qualifier top 5 finishers ( 3 crashes/restarts before lap one): Windom, Carter, Kobylarz, Peterson, Wise
4th A Main Qualifier top 5 finishers: Jones, Coons, Swanson, Riggs, Heath
Top 4 B Main #1 transfer to back of A Main: Hess, Heath, Grant (Meyers, Armstrong)
Top 4 B Main #2 transfer to back of A Main: Loyet, Yeley, Droud, Henry
A Main finish
Top 3 in A Main transfer to Saturday's A Main: 1st Kruseman, 2nd Coons, 3rd Stratton (Windom, Boat)
Thanks Janie & kevin
Thursday Updates courtesy of Janie Vogel.
Find these up-to-the-second Chili Bowl updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages.
also contributed to by Kevin Triplett on the cell ph
Heat 1 winner is Shane Cottle
Heat 2 winner is Brad Mosen by inches - Kahne finished 2nd
Heat 3 winner is Michele Decker Driving for the Shannon McQueen team
Heat 4 winner is Tracy Hines
Heat 5 winner is Darren Hagen from P3 by a big margin
Heat 6 winner is McCarl from pole. Drake finished 3rd, Sammy 4th
Heat 7 winner is David Gough
Heat 8 winner is Garrett Hansen Meseraull finished 2nd
Next up 1st C Main - top 4 to the back of first B Main
1st C Main top 4 transfer 1st Darrah, 2nd Brown, 3rd Weir, 4th McVay ?-
2nd C Main top 4 transfer: 1st Crawford, 2nd High, 3rd Snyder, 4thTodd
4 A Qualifiers next - top 16 in combined passing points put into tonight's A Ma-n...the rest to twin B's
1st A Main top 5 finishers: McCarl, Gardner, Hines, Hockett, Hollingsworth
2nd A Main top 5 finishers: Kahne, Mosen, Knepper, Gough, Larson
3rd A Main top 5 1st Roney, 2ndPJ Jones, 3rd Cottle, 4th Steffens, 5th Melton
4th A Main top 5 1st S. Swindell, 2ndMeseraull, 3rd Rodriguez, 4th Hagen, 5th Clark
B races up next
1st B Main top 4 transfer to tonight's A Main: 1st Hollingsworth, 2nd Pauch, 3rd Light, 4th Hendrick
Michele Decker flipped in 1st B
2nd B Main top 4 transfer to tonight's A Main: 1st Hansen, 2nd Drake, 3rd Armstrong, 4thCrawford
Top 6 for tonight's Chili Bowl A Main grid: Hines, Cottle, Swindell, Mosen, McCarl, Larsen, Hagen, Kahne
Top 3 finishers go straight to Sat nights final main event
Hagen wins. 2nd Tony Roney 3rd Brad Mosen in tonights main,
Sammy Crashed while leading but finished and in a rare scene Sammy laughing and cutting up in the pits after the race.
Jay drake finished 14th
Both Kiwis Michael Pickens & Brad Mosen locked in For Sat main already must be a good engines & cars
Most talked about car at the Chili Bowl this year
Photo by David Cochran
The Murdock "MONSTER" or the "Murdock Master of Mecanical Engineering"?
What about that engine program says its a BERGER? it is a Pontiac Cast Iron block engine
You make the call let us know what you think about it,
write to axe@openwheelracers3.com
Kevin Swindell wins Wednesday night Qualifer
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 13, 2010) – Kevin Swindell snared his first taste of Chili Bowl glory by wiring the field in Wednesday night’s 25-lap River Spirit Casino Qualifying Showdown main event at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Swindell, the son of five-time and defending Chili Bowl champion Sammy Swindell, outdueled Cole Whitt for the lead in the opening rounds and led all the way to the checkered flag with Whitt in tow, as tenth-starter Brad Kuhn nipped Tim McCreadie at the stripe for the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals 50-lap championship main event.
Eighteen-year-old Whitt earned the pole position for the feature event by racing from eighth to win his heat race with a last corner pass and then charging from sixth to win his qualifying race.
However, it was front row outside starter Swindell taking advantage of the topside to take command before the caution flew on consecutive occasions with two laps in the books that sent contenders Josh Ford and Bryan Clauson to the tail of the field.
The 20-year-old Swindell weathered another pair of cautions after laps five and 14 before racing to the checkered flag aboard the Esslinger-powered John Christner Trucking No. 39 Spike.
“Every time we got to traffic and I would of had to start moving around, the yellow came out,” Swindell explained. “Everything kinda worked out and I managed to limit the mistakes on the cushion.”
Whitt kept Swindell in his sights throughout but was never able to mount a serious challenge in the Toyota-powered Keith Kunz Motorsports No. 71 Red Bull Bullet.
“I wanted to get into traffic,” Whitt commented. “But, then again, being at the Chili Bowl second is still great. Getting in the A Main was our goal tonight.”
Behind the lead duo, the battle for the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s 50-lap finale was fierce. While 2006 Chili Bowl champion Tim McCreadie held the third position much of the way, 2009 USAC National Midget champion Brad Kuhn worked his way past Daniel Adler and A.J. Fike for fourth soon after the lap 14 caution and went to work on McCreadie.
Late Model and DIRT Modified ace McCreadie and midgeteer Kuhn traded sliders over the final handful of laps with Kuhn nipping the New Yorker for the show position at the stripe by mere inches.
“I knew I had him at the line,” Kuhn commented.
McCreadie settled for fourth in the Wilke Pak Motorsports No. 11w, with Brad Sweet rounding out the top five in the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49.
Adler and Fike crossed the stripe sixth and seventh, respectively, with Jonathan Beason charging from 17th to eighth. National Midget Driver of the Year Bryan Clauson rebounded from his early incident to claim ninth, with Brandon Waelti completing the top ten.
McCreadie, Whitt, Fike, Sweet, Clauson, Swindell, Davey Ray and Kuhn topped Wednesday’s heat race action that included 62 competitors, with Whitt, McCreadie, Clauson and Kevin Bayer winning the qualifying races.
Mike Spencer and Gary Taylor won the twin “C” Mains, with Beason and Casey Shuman topping the twin “B” Mains.
Shane Cockrum and Taylor both got upside down in the second heat race, Nick O’Neal flipped in “C” Main action and Brian Carter turned over as the checkered flag flew on the first “B” Main. There were no injuries.
Four Chili Bowl rookie contenders cracked the feature field, including Tyler Edwards, Cockrum, Dusty Zomer and Australia’s Brad Cox. Cockrum fared the best in the feature with a 13th place showing after Edwards battled amongst the top five much of the way before losing power and coming to a stop on the track to bring out the lap 14 caution.
Action at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals resumes with Thursday night’s Bully Dog Qualifier, with racing action set to go green at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night’s River Spirit Casino Qualifying Showdown Results from the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals:
Heat Races (Top 40 in passing points to A Qualifiers; Balance to twin C Mains)
Heat 1: 1. #11W Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY; 2. #12H Rick Hendrix, Palmdale, CA; 3. #12JR Josh Pelkey, Peoria, AZ; 4. #10P Scott Pierovich, Alamo, CA; 5. #56 Shane Hmiel, Pleasant Garden, NC; 6. #47X Mike Spencer, Temecula, CA; 7. #00 Pete Davis, Pleasanton, CA; 8. #6C Brian Carter
Heat 2: 1. #71 Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA; 2. #27C Tony Elliott, Warsaw, IN; 3. #14C Shane Cockrum, Benton, IL; 4. #91AU Brad Cox, Gunnedah, AUS; 5. #18 Floyd Alvis, San Carlos, CA; 6. #1AU Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA; 7. #57 Kevin Studley, Plainfield, IN; 8. #33 Scott Fennell, Littleton, CO
Heat 3: 1. #69 A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL; 2. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 3. #85 Patrick Bruns, Champaign, IL; 4. #19W Wes Gutierrez, San Martin, CA; 5. #401 Daniel Adler, East Carondolet, IL; 6. #31B Bruce Douglass, Ventura, CA; 7. #11C Chett Gehrke, Broken Arrow, OK; 8. #6M Justin Mallo, Cheyenne, WY
Heat 4: 1. #49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 2. #60S Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 3. #91S Jeff Stasa, Kingman, KS; 4. #3J Julee Jamison, Highlands Ranch, CO; 5. #7B Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 6, #73I Austin Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA; 7. #7C Pat Schudy, Springfield, MO; 8. #12J Jay Mounce, Downs, IL
Heat 5: 1. #39B Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN; 2. #15N David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 3. #51S Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria, CA; 4. #36 Jonathan Beason, Broken Arrow, OK; 5. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 6. #37T Josh Grady, Farmington, NM; 7. #91 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA; 8. #19T Tanner Mullens, Andale, KS
Heat 6: 1. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 2. #12K Tyler Edwards, Ventura, CA; 3. #15H Scott Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 4. #75Z Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 5. #11XC Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO; 6. #44X Forrest Slater, Alabaster, AL; 7. #2G Terry Goodwin, Laveen, AZ; 8. #14 Tony Rossi, Brighton, CO
Heat 7: 1. #2 Davey Ray, Rockford, IL; 2. #07 Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA; 3. #05S Casey Shuman, Tempe, AZ; 4. #2A J.C. Bland, Springfield, IL; 5. #10 Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO; 6. #92 Jake Rosario, Guthrie, OK; 7. #19N Nick O'Neal, Wagoner, OK
Heat 8: 1. #17B Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN; 2. #3W Brandon Waelti, Sun Prairie, WI; 3. #91K Kevin Bayer, Bixby, OK; 4. #35T Tyler Robbins, Collinsville, IL; 5. #89H Andrew Hannula, Matawan, NJ; 6. #31E Evan Sewell, Tulsa, OK; 7. #14K Channing Zierolf, Houma, LA
C Mains (Top 4 in each transfer to back of corresponding B Main)
C Main 1: 1. #47X Mike Spencer, Temecula, CA; 2. #73I Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA; 3. #19T Tanner Mullens, Andale, KS; 4. #6C Brian Carter, Concord, NC; 5. #7C Pat Schudy, Springfield, MO; 6. #00 Pete Davis, Pleasanton, CA; 7. #14 Tony Rossi, Brighton, CO; 8. #18 Floyd Alvis, San Carlos, CA; 9. #44X Forrest Slater, Alabaster, AL; 10. #2G Terry Goodwin, Laveen, AZ; 11. #57 Kevin Studley, Plainfield, IN
C Main 2: 1. #1AU Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA; 2. #11C Chet Gehrke, Broken Arrow, OK; 3. #31E Evan Sewell, Tulsa, OK; 4. #92 Jake Rosario, Guthrie, OK; 5. #6M Justin Mallo, Cheyenne, WY; 6. #14K Channing Zierolf, Houma, LA; 7. #31B Bruce Douglass, Ventura, CA; 8. #12J Jay Mounce, Downs, IL; 9. #19N Nick O'Neal, Wagoner, OK; 10. #91 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA; DNS -- #33 Scott Fennell, Littleton, CO
A Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined passing points to A Main; Balance to twin B Mains)
A Qualifier 1: 1. #71 Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA; 2. #12JR Josh Pelkey, Peoria, AZ; 3. #3W Brandon Waelti, Sun Prairie, WI; 4. #12K Tyler Edwards, Ventura, CA; 5. #14C Shane Cockrum, Benton, IL; 6. #36 Jonathan Beason, Broken Arrow, OK; 7. #75Z Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 8. #12H Rick Hendrix, Palmdale, CA; 9. #19W Wes Gutierrez, San Martin, CA; 10. #10P Scott Pierovich, Alamo, CA
A Qualifier 2: 1. #11W Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY; 2. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 3. #49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 4. #51S Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria, CA; 5. #05S Casey Shuman, Tempe, AZ; 6. #56 Shane Hmiel, Pleasant Garden, NC; 7. #27C Tony Elliott, Warsaw, IN; 8. #89H Andrew Hannula, Matawan, NJ; 9. #7B Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 10. #11XC Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO
A Qualifier 3: 1. #39B Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN; 2. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 3. #15H Scott Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 4. #2A J.C. Bland, Springfield, IL; 5. #2 Davey Ray, Rockford, IL; 6. #91AU Gunnedah, AUS; 7. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 8. #91S Jeff Stasa, Kingman, KS; 9. #60S Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 10. #10 Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO
A Qualifier 4: 1. #91K Kevin Bayer, Bixby, OK; 2. #401 Daniel Adler, East Carondolet, IL; 3. #17B Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN; 4. #35T Tyler Robbins, Collinsville, IL; 5. #69 A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL; 6. #15N David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 7. #15N David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 8. #85 Patrick Bruns, Champaign, IL; 9. #37T Josh Grady, Farmington, NM; 10. #07 Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA
B Mains (Top 4 in each transfer to A Main)
B Main 1: 1. #36 Jonathan Beason, Broken Arrow, OK; 2. #2 Davey Ray, Rockford, IL; 3. #75Z Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 4. #91AU Brad Cox, Gunnedah, AUS; 6. #19W Wes Gutierrez, San Martin, CA; 7. #47X Mike Spencer, Temecula, CA; 8. #37T Josh Grady, Farmington, NM; 9. #91S Jeff Stasa, Kingman, KS; 10. #85 Patrick Bruns, Champaign, IL; 11. #19T Tanner Mullens, Andale, KS; 12. #10P Scott Pierovich, Alamo, CA; 13. #12H Rick Hendrix, Palmdale, CA; 14. #11XC Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO; 15. #73I Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA; 16. #6C Brian Carter, Concord, NC
B Main 2: 1. #05S Casey Shuman, Tempe, AZ; 2. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 3. #7B Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 4. #56 Shane Hmiel, Pleasant Garden, NC; 5. #1AU Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA; 6. #07 Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA; 7. #11C Chett Gehrke, Broken Arrow, OK; 8. #27C Tony Elliott, Warsaw, IN; 9. #15N David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 10. #10 Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO; 11. #3J Julee Jamison, Highlands Ranch, CO; 12. #60S Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 13. #89H Andrew Hannula, Matawan, NJ; 14. #92 Jake Rosario, Guthrie, OK; 15. #2A J.C. Bland, Springfield, IL; 16. #31E Evan Sewell, Tulsa, OK
A Main (25 laps – Top 3 advance to Saturday Night's Main Event)
1. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 2. #71 Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA; 3. #17B Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN; 4. #11W Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY; 5. #49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 6. #401 Daniel Adler, East Carondolet, IL; 7. #69 A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL; 8. #36 Jonathan Beason, Broken Arrow, OK; 9. #39B Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN; 10. #3W Brandon Waelti, Sun Prairie, WI; 11. #12JR Josh Pelkey, Peoria, AZ; 12. #35T Tyler Robbins, Collinsville, IL; 13. #14C Shane Cockrum, Benton, IL; 14. #05S Casey Shuman, Tempe, AZ; 15. #15H Scott Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 16. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 17. #56 Shane Hmiel, Pleasant Grove, NC; 18. #91K Kevin Bayer, Bixby, OK; 19. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 20. #7B Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 21. #91AU Brad Cox, Gunnedah, AUS; 22. #75Z Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 23. #12K Tyler Edwards, Ventura, CA; 24. #2 Davey Ray, Rockford, IL
Kiwi Synergy V8 Engine
Recognising after much investigation the basic engine architecture was developed, a small capacity V8 engine, using modern motorcycle cylinder head technology, with a purpose designed crankshaft, bottom end, cam drive and dry sump lubrication system.
The Synergy V8 is a development of the New Zealand company Prototipo, a small design and development house founded by Simon Longdill, who is also the engine designer.
While Prototipo also undertakes consulting and contract engine, vehicle and powertrain design and development work for international customers the Synergy V8 has been an in-house project developed over the last four years, with first customer deliveries being made in November 2008.
After much investigation the basic engine architecture was developed, a small capacity V8 engine, using modern motorcycle cylinder head technology, with a purpose designed crankshaft, bottom end, cam drive and dry sump lubrication system.
The engine even utilises modern Kawasaki cylinder heads, these were selected as a result of their large bore centre, large valve area and narrow included valve angle
Modern manufacturing techniques abound in this engine design. The engine is completely 3-dimensional solid modelled, even to the extent of the cam shaft drive system and spring loading on the cam chain tensioners.
Key parts of the engine are completely CNC machined using these models from solid billet material, including the crankshaft from a high strength steel , and the crank cases from heat treated 6061 aluminium.
The overall engine architecture is also very modern - it is an 80 degree V8 the unusual bank angle being chosen for packaging reasons to minimise the engine size.
Bore and stroke are 83mm and 55.4mm, with increases possible up to 85mm and 62mm respectively.
There are 4 valves per cylinder, with conventional valve springs and cam on bucket actuation.
The intake system consists of an individual 46mm throttle per cylinder, with systems available having been developed to run on either petrol or methanol / ethanol fuels.
The cylinders are aluminium with a nickel-silicon carbine bore coating. Pistons are a lightweight aluminium alloy slipper type, with both forged and cast designs and 2 or 3 piston rings being used dependant on engine application.
Connecting rods are forged from 4340 vacuum refined steel, and fitted with plain bearings at the big end, and a bronze bush in the piston end, in which the piston pin is fully floating.
As befits a high speed engine, the rod length to stroke ratio is over 2 to 1. The crankshaft is also a billet machining, with heat treatment and surface treatment chosen to optimise wear and fatigue properties, It is a flat-plane layout with full counter-weighting.
The crankcases are a full girdle type, with the lower case also holding the plain lower main bearings.
Borrowing from standard Formula One practise, the crankcases are fully compartmentalised.
This means that each crank throw, and related pair of cylinders operate in their own sealed crankcase volume, with dedicated scavenge oil pump.
This ensures lowest windage for the rotating parts, and minimises pumping losses of air and oil within the crankcase. The high engine speed of the Synergy V8 of up to 12,000rpm makes this critical.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF SYNERGY V8
While the technical details of the engine are important, it is perhaps its achievements and performance in its relatively young state that are even more impressive.
Its first application was found in a methanol fuelled speedway application, a 410kg midget / speedcar racing on ¼ to ½ mile oval dirt tracks. This is fierce wheel-to-wheel racing with a high demand on the engine for power and responsiveness, there is no clutch or gearbox and the engine is directly coupled to the rear axle.
After some initial development testing in the car, US ace Davey Ray was summonsed to New Zealand to race the car in the World Midget Series. Off to a dream start, Ray piloted the Synergy V8 powered machine to a first-up opening night feature win, against the best that NZ and the USA had to offer.
The Synergy V8 is the standard engine for the Hyper Cars DSN 390 Sports car. This is a classic front engine / gearbox, rear wheel drive application.
This vehicle is aimed to emulate the experience of a high performance motorcycle, with the safety of 4 wheels. The DSN 390 also employs a Synergy 6-Speed sequential gearbox (plus reverse)
This pre-production vehicle is undergoing its track and road test program.
The combination of the Synergy V8 in the Juno racecar has produced a car that is one of the fastest in New Zealand.
In the hands of experienced GT3 racer Jono Lester, the first ever Juno SSV8 took to the tarmac at Pukekohe Park Raceway setting an unofficial lap time (54.3 seconds) within 2 seconds of the long-standing Motorsport Sport New Zealand Race Championship.
Jan 13 2010
Sad to learn tonight Bob Higman died today
He was one of the great all time midget owners. RIP Bob
aXe
Chili Bowl tonight
information by Janie Vogels face book and
Kevin Triplett & Sparky's cell ph's
Round two of the CB nationals
Heat 1 winner is McCreadie with Hendrix close behind
Heat 2 winner is Whitt - last to first - with Elliott 2nd
Heat 3 winner is Fike - big margin
Heat 4 winner is Sweet - big
Heat 5 winner is Clauson, running a Dri-Bar system created by Danny Drinan
Heat 6 winner is K. Swindell, First lap crash - Hatton with flat tire, started 7th, then involved in another crash
Heat 7 winner is Davey Ray - big lead
Heat 8 winner is Kuhn, with Waelti on his tail
1st C Main top 4 transfers to B Main include: Spencer, Wheatley, Carter, Schudy
2nd C Main top 4 transfers to B Main include: Taylor, Gerkhe, Sewell, Rosario
1st C Main top 4 transfers to B Main include: Spencer, Wheatley, Carter, Schudy
2nd C Main top 4 transfers to B Main include: Taylor, Gerkhe, Sewell, Rosario
4 A qualifiers next - top 16 in combined passing points to tonight's A Feature, rest to one of the B's
First A Qualifier winner is Whitt - he could be an early Saturday A Main pick
2nd A qualifier goes to McCreadie with a charging Swindell and Sweet in tow
3rd A qualifier goes to Clauson - big lead, followed by Ford and Hatton
4th A Qualifier goes to Bayer with Adler and Kuhn following
B mains coming up next
First B Main transfers to A Main (4): 1st Beason, 2nd Ray, 3rd Zomer, 3th Cox.
Red at checkered for big flip in T1 by Carter - he's OK
2nd B Main top 4 transfers include: Shuman, Westfall, Boyles, Hmiel. Great race!
just announced Tony Stewart is there and won the Tractor pull off!!!!
A Feature up next. Top THREE transfer to Saturday's A Main
A- Feature (25 laps)
Top 3 A Main transfers to Sat: 1st Swindell, 2nd Whitt, 3rd Kuhn, nipping McCreadie at the checkers by inches!! Another great race!!
Jan 12 2010
Daum Edges Pickens in Tuesday’s Chili Bowl Opener!
Brad Loyet Wins Race of Champions
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 12, 2010) – Eighteen-year-old Zach Daum of Pocahontas, IL, put the finishing touches on a spicy Chili Bowl opener with a dramatic last-corner pass of New Zealand’s Michael Pickens to win Tuesday night’s 25-lap Warren CAT Qualifying “A” Main event at the QuikTrip Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Daum and Pickens swapped the point several times along the way before “The Dauminator” crossed underneath the Kiwi shoe exiting turn four and surged into the lead to take the checkered flag that closed out the first of four qualifying nights at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.
Also on Tuesday night, Missouri’s Brad Loyet backed up a 21-win season in 2009 by wiring the field in the 20-lap Vacuworx Race of Champions that featured past event winners and perennial contenders.
While Daum and the 27-year-old Pickens took the top two positions in the nightcap, California teen Shane Golobic snared the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s 50-lap Chili Bowl championship main event.
It marks the first time for both Daum and Golobic to crack the Saturday night main event, while Pickens placed sixth in his only previous Chili Bowl outing in 2005.
Just missing out on a guaranteed starting position in Saturday’s finale was Brent Beauchamp, who rallied from 16th to fourth, with Bob East rounding out the top five.
Piloting his father’s (Dan Daum) Esslinger-powered Daum Insurance No. 5d Midget, Daum earned the pole position for the main event by accumulating the most passing points through heat race and qualifying action.
However, it was front row outside starter Cale Conley from West Virginia gunning into the lead at the outset and pacing the opening circuit before a caution flew for second-row starter Dustin Morgan, who looped it in turn two.
Twenty-one laps of wild green flag racing action followed, with Daum racing into the lead on the second round and then Conley finally succumbing to the advances of both sixth-starter Pickens and third-starter Tyler Walker by the seventh lap.
Piloting Simon Longdill’s Synergy V8-powered CRC/Transitainer No. 88nz Aggressor-chassis, Pickens reeled in Daum and began pressuring for the lead as traffic came into play at the midway point.
Pickens raced into the lead to complete the 15th lap only to bobble in turns one and two, allowing Daum to reclaim the point as California’s Walker entered the fray.
The trio diced for the top position over the next several rounds, with Pickens back in front on the 21st lap. Two laps later, the race’s second and final caution appeared when Walker’s move for the lead resulted in a spin that sent him to the tail along with Dave Darland, who had advanced to sixth after starting 17th.
With just three laps remaining, Pickens continued to work the high side of the track as Daum kept the pressure on. And, when Pickens got the slightest bit loose exiting turn four with the checkered flag in sight, Daum pounced on the opportunity to snare the win.
Holding down fourth until Walker’s spin, Golobic crossed the stripe a close third in the Gaerte-powered Corey Tucker Racing-BCI Country Builders No. 39c Spike.
Beauchamp’s rally from eight rows deep aboard Cruz Pedregon’s Esslinger-powered Snap-On/Sioux City Truck No. 75b Spike came up one position short in fourth, with Bobby East advancing a handful of positions in the Klatt Enterprises Ford-powered No. 4 Beast.
Steve Buckwalter rebounded from a wild qualifying race flip in turn two to race from 19th to sixth in the main event, with Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon climbing from 15th to seventh. Matt Streeter was eighth, with Chili Bowl veteran David Camfield, Jr., and 20th-starting Missouri teen Andrew Felker completing the top ten.
Pickens, Buckwalter, Darland, Walker, Greg Bragg, Streeter, Kevin Ramey and Tim Crawley topped heat race action for Tuesday night’s 63 competitors, with Billy Wease, Conley, Joey Moughan and East winning the qualifying races.
Jon Stanbrough and Ray Allen Kulhanek won the twin “C” Mains, with Darland and R.J. Johnson victorious in the twin “B” Mains. Stanbrough had rallied through his “B” Main to a transfer position in third only to be sent to the tail of the field after hitting the cone on a lap 13 restart in the 15-lapper.
Ricky Williams flipped in heat race action, with Curtis Bailey and Zach Cougill both getting upside down in the “C” Mains. Cole Smith, Buckwalter and Felker each flipped on consecutive attempts to start the second qualifying race, with Chad Frewaldt taking a wild turn two tumble in the third qualifier. Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff, Harris Brooks, Danny Burke and Kevin Ramey all flipped in “B” Main action.
California’s Keith Bloom was the only Chili Bowl rookie contender to make Tuesday night’s feature cut. Bloom took the checkered flag 16th in a race that had 22 of 24 starters completing the distance. Wease was unable to make the call due to mechanical issues, while Conley’s front row start was overshadowed by a DNF.
Fifteen drivers drew for position in the Vacuworx Race of Champions before Brad Loyet, leaving him with the number one position for the start. It was all the 21-year-old from Sunset Hills, MO, needed, as he gunned into the lead at the outset and led all the way in the Esslinger-powered Beaver Stripes & Graphics No. 05 Spike.
USAC Midget champion Brad Kuhn closed the gap in the final rounds but fell just short of mounting a serious charge, with Jay Drake, Cole Whitt and Garrett Hansen rounding out the top five.
Sammy Swindell’s Chili Bowl began on a somewhat inauspicious note after sweeping the 2009 edition of the event. Last year’s Race of Champions winner drew the 14th starting position among the 16-car field and then got upside down in turn four on the third lap after Gary Taylor and Tracy Hines got together.
Action at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals continues with Wednesday night’s River Spirit Casino Qualifying Showdown firing off at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Night’s Warren CAT Qualifier Results from the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals:
Heat Races (Top 40 in passing points to A Qualifiers; Balance to twin C Mains)
Heat 1: 1. #88NZ Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ; 2. #86c David Camfield Jr., Decatur, IL; 3. #16 Jimmy Winkler, Parkville, MO; 4. #1TX Paul White, Temple, TX; 5. #99 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK; 6. #99K Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo, CO; 7. #5M Zach Cougill, Greenwood, IN; 8. #7RS Matt Gilbert, Shawnee, KS
Heat 2: 1. #25 Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 2. #5D Zach Daum, Pocahontas, IL; 3. #39C Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 4. #13X Andrew Elson, Carmel, IN; 5. #8 Randi Pankratz, Atascadero, CA; 6. #97 Jon Stanbrough, Avon, IN; 7. #67H Harris Brooks, Houston, TX; 8. #15J Jeff Wimmenauer, New Whiteland, IN
Heat 3: 1. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 2. #78 Nick Wean, Phillipsburg, NJ; 3. #27S Andy Shouse, Oklahoma City, OK; 4. #15B Danny Burke, Houston, TX; 5. #75B Brent Beauchamp, Fairland, IN; 6. #5* Ray Allen Kulhanek, Magnolia, TX; 7. #10X Alissa Geving, Penngrove, CA; 8. #27 Brock Lemley, Bellingham, WA
Heat 4: 1. #32 Tyler Walker, Encino, CA; 2. #92W Billy Wease, Noblesville, IN; 3. #3C Cale Conley, Vienna, WV; 4. #11S Chris Sheil, Englewood, CO; 5. #6D Lex Burritt, Redding, CT; 6. #16F Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie, WI; 7. #40H Andy Huston, Roseville, IL DNS – #85 Matt Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK
Heat 5: 1. #0X Gregg Bragg, Visalia, CA; 2. #76 Kellen Conover, Sumner, IL; 3. #51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 4. #73S Cole Smith, Plainfield, IN; 5. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX; 6. #82 Eric Johnson, Rockford, IL; 7. #35M Matt Sherrell, Owasso, OK: 8. #11X Ricky Williams, Clinton, OH
Heat 6: 1. #14JR Matt Streeter, Galt, CA; 2. #6B Keith Bloom, Anderson, CA; 3. #19 Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA; 4. #7S Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 5. #4 Bobby East, Brownsburg, IN; 6. #6E Rafe Essary, Stillwell, OK: 7. #60 Eric Sandage, Alexander, AR; 8. #36F Frank Flud, Broken Arrow, OK
Heat 7: 1. #7M Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX; 2. #4F Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City, KS; 3. #24 Rick Eckert, York, PA; 4. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 5. #05L Danny Lasoski, Higginsville, MO; 6. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 7. #17K Austin Mero, Kingsburg, CA; 8. #73X Greg Edenholm, Malibu, CA
Heat 8: 1. #05C Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 2. #55B Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 3. #U1 Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK; 4. #15D Andrew Deal, Caney, KS; 5. #23 Tadd Holliman, Beaver Lake, NE; 6. #9D Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff, Bakersfield, CA; 7. #56X Curtis Bailey, Bartlesville, OK
C Mains (Top 4 in each transfer to back of corresponding B Main)
C Main 1: 1. #97 Jon Stanbrough, Avon, IN; 2. #16F Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie, WI; 3. #9D Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff, Bakersfield, CA; 4. #67H Harris Brooks, Houston, TX; 5. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 6. #36F Frank Flud, Broken Arrow, OK; 7. #17K Austin Mero, Kingsburg, CA; 8. #85J Matt Johnston, Oklahoma City, OK; 9. #15J Jeff Wimmenauer, New Whiteland, IN; 10. #82 Eric Johnson, Rockford, IL; 11. #56X Curtis Bailey, Bartlesville, OK. DNS -- #40H Andy Huston, Roseville, IL
C Main 2: 1. #5* Ray Allen Kulhanek, Magnolia, TX; 2. #35M Matt Sherrell, Owasso, OK; 3. #6D Lex Burritt, Redding, CT; 4. #10X Alissa Geving, Penngrove, CA; 5. #60 Eric Sandage, Alexander, AR; 6. #73X Greg Edenholm, Malibu, CA; 7. #7RS Matt Gilbert, Shawnee, KS; 8. #5M Zach Cougill, Greenwood, IN; 9. #6E Rafe Essary, Stillwell, OK: 10. #11X Ricky Williams, Clifton, OH; 11. #27 Brock Lemley, Bellingham, WA
A Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined passing points to A Main; Balance to twin B Mains)
A Qualifier 1: 1. #92W Billy Wease, Noblesville, IN; 2. #5D Zach Daum, Pocahontas, IL; 3. #14JR Matt Streeter, Galt, CA; 4. #15B Danny Burke, Houston, TX; 5. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 6. #51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 7. #16 Jimmy Winkler, Parkville, MO; 8. #11S Chris Sheil, Englewood, CO; 9. #99K Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo, CO; 10. #15D Andrew Deal, Caney, KS
A Qualifier 2: 1. #3C Cale Conley, Vienna, WV; 2. #76 Kellen Conover, Sumner, IL; 3. #39C Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 4. #99 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK; 5, #7M Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX; 6. #0X Greg Bragg, Visalia, CA; 7. #8 Randi Pankratz, Atascadero, CA; 8. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 9. #25 Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 10. #73S Cole Smith, Plainfield, IN
A Qualifier 3: 1. #55B Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 2. #86C David Camfield, Jr., Decatur, IL; 3. #32 Tyler Walker, Encino, CA; 4. #75B Brent Beauchamp, Fairland, IN; 5. #05C Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 6. #24 Rick Eckert, York, PA; 7. #27S Andy Shouse, Oklahoma, City, OK; 8. #7S Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 9. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX; 10. #4F Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City, KS
A Qualifier 4: 1. #4 Bobby East, Brownsburg, IN; 2. #U1 Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK; 3. #88NZ Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ; 4. #78 Nick Wean, Phillipsburg, NJ; 5. #6B Keith Bloom, Anderson, CA; 6. #19 Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA; 7. #1TX Paul White, Temple, TX; 8. #05L Danny Lasoski, Higginsville, MO; 9. #13X Andrew Elson, Carmel, IN; 10. #23 Tadd Holliman, Beaver Lake, NE
B Mains (Top 4 in each transfer to A Main)
B Main 1: 1. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 2. #25 Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 3. #19 Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA; 4. #0X Greg Bragg, Visalia, CA; 5. #1TX Paul White, Temple, TX; 6. #05L Danny Lasoski, Higginsville, MO; 7. #78 Nick Wean, Phillipsburg, NJ; 8. #16 Jimmy Winkler, Parkville, MO; 9. #16F Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie, WI; 10. #11S Chris Sheil, Englewood, CO; 11. #99K Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo, CO; 12. #97 Jon Stanbrough, Avon, IN; 13. #67H Harris Brooks, Houston, TX; 14. #9D Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff, Bakersfield, CA; 15. #13X Andrew Elson, Carmel, IN; 16. #23 Tadd Holliman, Beaver Lake, NE
B Main 2: 1. #51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 2. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 3. #8 Randi Pankratz, Atascadero, CA; 4. #24 Rick Eckert, York, PA; 5. #27 Andy Shouse, Oklahoma City, OK; 6. #5* Ray Allen Kulhanek; 7. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX; 8. #7S Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 9. #73S Cole Smith, Plainfield, IN; 10. #15D Andrew Deal, Caney, KS; 11. #35M Matt Sherrell, Owasso, OK; 12. #10X Alissa Geving, Penngrove, CA; 13. #6D Lex Burritt, Redding, CT; 14. #7M Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX; 15. #15B Danny Burke, Houston, TX; DNS – Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City, KS
Vacuworx Chili Bowl Race of Champions (20 Laps)
This race doesnt fit in to the nights regular qualifying program
1. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 2. #17B Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN; 3. #71K Jay Drake, Val Verde, CA; 4. #71 Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA; 5. #47 Garrett Hansen, Manhattan Beach, CA; 6. #15H Scott Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 7. #91X Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA; 8. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 9. #57B Johnny Heydenreich, Indianapolis, IN; 10. #1AU Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA; 11. #44D Damion Gardner, Concord, CA; 12. #39B Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN; 13. #11W Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY; 14. #40 Jason Leffler, Long Beach, CA; 15. #1 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN; 16. #11 Tracy Hines, New Castle, IN
A Main (25 laps – Top 3 advance to Saturday Night's Main Event)
Highlighted below go directly to Saturdays Main event.
1. #5D Zach Daum, Pocahontas, IL; 2. #88NZ Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ; 3. #39C Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 4. #75B Brent Beauchamp, Fairland, IN; 5. #4 Bobby East, Brownsburg, IN; 6. #25 Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 7. #99 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK; 8. #14JR Matt Streeter, Galt, CA; 9. #86C David Camfield Jr., Decatur, IL; 10. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 11. #05C Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 12. #24 Rick Eckert, York, PA; 13. #8 Randi Pankratz, Atascadero, CA; 14. #51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 15. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 16. #6B Keith Bloom, Anderson, CA; 17. #32 Tyler Walker, Encino, CA; 18. #55B Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 19. #U1 Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK; 20. #19 Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA; 21. #76 Kellen Conover, Sumner, IL; 22. #0X Greg Bragg, Visalia, CA; 23. #3C Cale Conley, Vienna, WV; DNS — #92W Billy Wease, Noblesville, IN
Jan 12 2010
information by Janie Vogels face book
and Kevin Tripletts cell ph
round one is up tonight,65 cars plus the race of Champions cars
Heat
1 Michael Pickens
2 Steve Buckwalter
3 Dave Darland
4 Tyler Walker
5 Greeg Bragg
6 Matt Streeter Ricky Williams Jr first race flip
7 Kevin Ramey Lassoski cr
8 Tim Crowley
1st C main Jon Stanbrough
2nd C main Allan Kulhanek
first A Qualifer
winner Billy Wease Darland spun then after starting last of 10 cars finished 5th
2nd A Qualifer
winner Cale Conley Steve Buckwalter hard into fence upside down Hes ok
3rd A Qualifer
winnerJoey Moughan
4th A qualifer
winner Bobby East
Race of Champions
Gonna be an entertaining 20 laps. Track's still in good shape. Loyet, Drake on front row.
second lap of Race of Champions Sammy Swindell upside down also involved T hines both out.
Unofficial top 10 RoC finish - Loyet, Kuhn, Drake, Whitt, Hansen, Kahne, Kruseman, Taylor, Gardner, Clausen
next up 1st B main top 4 to A main event tonight the rest come back saturday night
1st B mainTop 4 transfers into A Main tonight: Darland, Buckwalter, Copeland, Bragg. Great race by double-D!! Stanbrough was in 3rd with 2 to go (from C Main) but hit cone and put to last.
2nd B Main top 4 transfers to the back of tonight's A Main: R. Johnson, Felker, R. Pankratz, Eckert
A Main 25 laps - first two rows: Daum, Conley, Walker, Golobic
coming up
Daum nips Pickens by inches at the checkered. 3rd Golobic
Pickens and Walker running 1-2 when pickens checked up taking out Walker
board went down no other positions at this time
From the Chili Bowl relayed by cell ph from Kevin Triplett.
Monday Jan 11 practice day. They had 26, 10 car groups, So they first started with group1 went through the groups, then dug up the track and watered it down, then started with group 26 and went through them again.
Only had a couple of cage tests so far, But more will surely come. There is never a lack of those willing to make cage tests in there!
FAST cars
The word was If Sammy would just hold on to the steering wheel, No one in there would be close to him when He got it dialed in. In his practice sessions. He was on the shock adjusters most laps on both straightaways! but Really fast when He got it right. He is running some purple shocks with cockpit adjusters for all four of them, Some think they are some new trick shock? It has got them all talking about them.
Good to see Steve Lewis is back and has 3 cars entered With Esslingers motors.
Word is there are around 15 cars without assigned drivers still available for RENT, at $5K to$10K for the races.
more to come as time goes on in there
aXe
Jan 11 2010
USAC DOUBLEHEADER AT BURLINGTON IOWA JUNE 26
1ST-EVER FOR SPRINTS & MIDGETS ON DIRT IN THE HAWKEYE STATE
It’s been 21 years since USAC has competed at 34 Raceway Park in Burlington, Iowa but that ends on June 26 when the USAC National Sprint Cars and Midgets combine for an historic doubleheader” at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. It will mark the first time the two USAC series have ever competed in a doubleheader on dirt in the state of Iowa.
Known for its famed “Snake Alley,” very similar to the famous Lombard Street in San Francisco, Calif., Burlington last hosted the USAC Midgets in 1973, a race won by Tommy Astone. The USAC Sprint Cars will be making their maiden appearance at the track which also hosted USAC Late Model races in 1987 and 1988 won by Ken Essary and Willy Kraft.
Iowa has a rich tradition of USAC racing, the Midgets and Sprint cars competing at Knoxville and Oskaloosa respectively last year. The previous 83 USAC races in the Hawkeye state have produced 54 different winners, the late Bob Tattersall the all-time leader with six wins. J.J. Yeley and Butch Hartman won four each and four other drivers, including Keokuk, Iowa driver Don White have three wins.
“There’s no question Iowa has a rich racing heritage and its fans are among the most avid and knowledgeable in the entire nation,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “We are absolutely thrilled to add this significant event to our 2010 calendar and hope this is the debut of an annual destination for our loyal participants and fans.”
Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo., winner of last year’s “Ultimate Challenge” USAC Sprint race at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa is excited about the 2010 Burlington race. “I think it’ll be an awesome event for non-wing cars. The track has some banking and you can build a lot of momentum and a lot of speed around the top. There will be plenty of side-by-side racing, that’s for sure. Last summer I raced there and came from dead last to finish second. It’s a really racy track.”
Kyle Jones inauguration into the ranks of SMRS/USAC full midgets
Kyle Jones, 16 year old 600 mini-sprint division standout from Kennedale, TX, has signed on to drive the Bishop racing chassis, Autocraft-powered number 24J midget in the Cowtown Midget Championship race February 12th and 13th. This will be Kyle’s inauguration into the ranks of SMRS/USAC full midgets, but with his many laps around the “Fastest Little Dirt Track in Texas” he should adjust to the potent cars in no time.
Kyle is sponsored by LenMar Motorsports, 2nd Opinion Auto Center, H&H Engines and Danesport. Pulling doing double-duty, he will also be driving the number 04 non-wing Sawyer/Yamaha in the ASCS2 division.
“I’m really looking forward to this,” Kyle said when asked about his first ride in a full midget. “This will be a learning experience, and we hope to put in some solid laps.” The Kennedale High School sophomore is putting in some evening hours getting the car fit to him and ready to race. “These cars sit quite a bit differently than I’m used to, but I’ll adapt.”
With Kyle’s goal of moving on to midgets and sprint cars at a national level, he is excited about the opportunity to gain track time with some of the best racers in the country.
Jan 7 2010
BECCA ANDERSON SET FOR TQ-MIDGET INAUGURAL RUN
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – January 7, 2010 . . . Survive to the end
That’s the key to being successful in the upcoming prestigious two-day TQ-Midget indoor race at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on January 29-30.
For female race car driver Becca Anderson, winning a wildly entertaining and thrilling indoor race when the highly-powered TQ-Midgets take the concrete floor at Boardwalk Hall, is a daunting task that first starts with getting to the checkered flag.
“It is definitely something that you have to survive first before you think about winning,” Anderson said. “It’s more about survival.”
Anderson, 30, of Houston, Del., is the latest entry in the TQ-Midget class, which numbers in excess of 80 cars, for the two-day event, which culminates with the prestigious 8th annual Gambler’s Classic on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Anderson, who has extensive experience in Sprint Car competition, will pilot a car owned and designed by indoor racing ace Lou Cicconi Jr. of Aston, Pa.
Expectations could be high as Anderson will be driving one of the most-coveted indoor rides for Cicconi, a one-time Gambler’s Classic winner.
According to Cicconi, he will field rides for himself, Anthony Sesely, Chris Stockham and Anderson. In addition, Cicconi’s advice is sought by other racing teams.
“Lou prepares some of the best cars for indoor racing,” Anderson said. “I definitely want to make the main event. I would be disappointed if I didn’t qualify for the feature especially with the top caliber cars he brings to Atlantic City.”
This will mark Anderson’s first career competitive start on the indoor course at Boardwalk Hall. She did practice in the TQ-Midget class a few years ago.
“I think it was maybe the second year they had the race there,” Anderson said. “I had an opportunity to hot lap a car.
“It is something totally different than what you’re used to driving. It’s a tight track and there is a lot happening. You have to watch out for the cars in front of you and you are getting nudged by the cars behind you.”
Anderson finished fifth on the Bar’s Leaks United Racing Company tour last season. She scored nine top-10 finishes.
Anderson, a nine-time career URC winner, first started racing at the age of 11. She has experience in many different motorsports divisions at tracks across the United States
In 2004, she was one of six women to take part in the Indy Pro Series test with Nunn Racing in 2004. She also has taken part in Lyn St James Women in the Winners Circle as well as her Driver Development Program.
In 2006, Anderson teamed with car owner Mike Woodring on the national-touring World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.
NASCAR Modified Tour driver Ted Christopher is the defending champion of the Gambler’s Classic. Christopher is pre-entered for this year’s race, as well.
The high-powered, TQ-Midget cars will headline the two-day card. Some 100 drivers are expected to contend for the Gambler's Classic title.
The Slingshots, which will competed in the Herr’s Snack Bowl 25, and Champ Karts, which provide just as much entertainment as the TQ Midgets, will be on the card each night as well.
Defending champions are Paul Lotier Jr. of Lebanon, Pa. (Slingshots) and Ryan Kendall of East Greenbush, N.Y. (Champ Karts). Both drivers are pre-entered in their respective classes.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (800)-736-1420 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
Information on the event is available at aarn.com or by calling (609)-888-3618.
Fans can also purchase tickets at the Boardwalk Hall Ticket Office. Tickets will be $2 more at the door on the day of the race.
First time Chevy Ecotec & Ford Focus Midgets at
Oklahoma's, Tulsa State Fairgrounds QuikTrip Center
ECOTech Chevy/Ford Focus Midgets
Qualifier 1 (8 laps) 1, Jacob Wilson, Crawfordsville, IN 2, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN 3, Scott Sawyer, Broken Arrow 4 Richard Kreisel, Warsaw, MO 5 Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX
Qualifier 2 (8 laps) 1, Kevin Bayer, Bixby 2,Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE 3, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA 4, Tyler Thomas, Collinsville 5, Curtis Bailey, Bartlesville
A-main (20 laps) 1st Kevin Bayer #72 2nd, Gary Taylor #84 3rd, Bryan Clauson #99 4th, Kevin Ramey #1 5th, Chett Gehrke #09 6th, Scott Sawyer #77 7th, Justyn Cox #2 8th, Richard Kreisel #93 9th, Tyler Thomas #91 10th, Reece Goetz #3 11th, Cody Ledger #35 12th, Jacob Wilson #9 13th, Curtis Bailey #56 14th, Corey Mallo #19 15th, Lonny Alton #5a.
Jan 3 2009
HOME-TOWN HERO BOWMAN
WINS 1ST USAC RACE OF 2010
Tucson, AZ,
Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. led the final 20 laps of Friday’s 40-lap USAC Ford Focus Special Event at Tucson Raceway Park, opening the 2010 USAC racing season. Bowman, USAC’s 2008 National and California Dirt Ford Focus Champion, took the lead at the lap 20 restart and led the rest of the way in his Gene Haas Foundation/Simpson Race Products machine to beat Cody Gerhardt, Michael J. Lewis, Connor Kassik and Austin Luttmer. Lewis posted the fastest qualifying time at 16.028. The race was run in two 20-lap segments, with Gregg Fuette leading the first lap and Lewis leading the next 19.
USAC FORD FOCUS SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: January 1, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – Tucson Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-16.028; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-16.268; 3. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-16.315; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-16.463; 5. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-1674; 6 Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.572.
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Alex Bowman, 2. Cody Gerhardt, 3. Michael J. Lewis, 4. Connor Kassik, 5. Austin Luttmer, 6. Gregg Fuette. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Fuette, Laps 2-20 Lewis, Laps 21-40 Bowman
2010 Begins here.
Dec 28 2009 Qualifications – 1. Dave Darland, 0, Daugherty, 8.105; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 7, Clouse, 8.111; 3. Cory Setser, 56, Rencurrel, 8.114; 4. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 8.164; 5. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.213; 6. David Gough, 11, A&G, 8.258; 7. Adam Wilsdon, 3, Barnett, 8.304; 8. Joe Liguori, 28, Cottongim, 8.346; 9. Geoff Kaiser, 10, Moore, 8.372; 11. Bryan Sebetto, 08up, 8.408; 12. Brandon Knupp, 15k, Knupp, 8.449; 13. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 8.454; 14. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.458; 15. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 33x, Wuerdeman, 8.501; 16. Johnny Heydenreich, 25, Estep, 8.531; 17. Ginny Quinones, 00, Quinones, 8.548; 18. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles, 8.554; 19. Jeremy Warren, 49, Burrow, 8.585; 20. Jake Blackhurst, 25b, Blackhurst, 8.603; 21. Arin McIntosh, 8, McIntosh; 22. Taylor Ferns, 55, Motor City, 8.608; 23. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess, 8.608; 24. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19, Dunigan, 8.634; 25. Kim Hughes, 6z, Johncox, 8.667; 26. Mel Kenyon, 61, Kenyon, 8.754; 26. Zach Leeke, 19x, Leeke, 8.831; 27. David Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 9.020; 28. Nick Wilson, 33w, 9.036; 29. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple, 9.061; 30. Mike Schenker, 21, Fuhrman, 9.082; 31. Kyle O’Gara, 23, Fisher, 9.220; 32. Mark Mason, 5m, Mason, 9.858; 33. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, NT; 34. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester; 35. Ronnie McLean, 67, McLean, NT; 36. Moe Lilje, 5, Williams, NT; 37. Andrew Prather, p8, Prather, NT.
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 21, 2009) – Less than a week ago, the floor of the QuikTrip Center was bare. Now, several hundreds of loads of clay and a few feverish days of work later, a racetrack occupies that previously empty space. Aside from a few assorted odds and ends, the ¼-mile Tulsa Expo Raceway clay oval at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds QuikTrip Center is race-ready, with the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals set to kick off in just three weeks. Thus far, 249 entries from 27 different states as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand have been submitted for the event, which is set for January 12-16, 2010. After initial preparations, the first loads of clay were hauled into the QuikTrip Center last Tuesday, December 15. With favorable weather conditions, all the clay was hauled into the building in just a couple of day's time with the track close to completion over the weekend. "The dirt came in as well as it ever has," commented event co-promoter Emmett Hahn. "This could be the best racetrack we've had in some time." The Tulsa Expo Raceway clay will get put to the test once prior to the Chili Bowl with the 25th Annual Tulsa Shootout on December 31, January 1 and January 2. The Tulsa Shootout features a mix of Micro Sprint Cars, Karts and Quads, with approximately 800 entries submitted thus far. Kevin Bayer, Gary Taylor and Riley Adair, all of whom scored Tulsa Shootout triumphs in the Micro ranks last year, are among those slated to compete in both upcoming events. Adair, who bested the Non-Wing Micro Sprint Car ranks at last year's Tulsa Shootout, is among the Chili Bowl rookie crop that currently stands at 40 contenders. Taylor, who topped the "A" Class Micro Sprints at last year's Tulsa Shootout, teams with 2006 Chili Bowl champion car owner Steve Smith in his bid for a second consecutive Chili Bowl championship main event start. Also among the latest entries is 1988 Chili Bowl champion Scott Hatton, bringing the number of past winners entered in this year's event to seven. Other past winners include five-time and defending Chili Bowl king Sammy Swindell, two-time winner Cory Kruseman, Tim McCreadie, Tracy Hines, Jay Drake and Johnny Heydenreich. The current list of entries for the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals is available at www.chilibowl.com/2010chilibowlentries.asp. Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Quick Facts: What: 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Where: Tulsa Expo Raceway – ¼-mile clay oval inside the QuikTrip Center at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds When: January 12-16, 2010 Tuesday – Warren CAT Qualifying Night plus Vacuworx Chili Bowl Race of Champions Wednesday – River Spirit Casino Qualifying Night Thursday – Bully Dog Qualifying Night Friday – E3 Spark Plugs Qualifying Night Saturday – Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Feature Events Past Winners: Sammy Swindell (2009, 1998, 1996, 1992 and 1989), Damion Gardner (2008), Tony Stewart (2007 and 2002), Tim McCreadie (2006), Tracy Hines (2005), Cory Kruseman (2004 and 2000), Dan Boorse (2003 and 1999), Jay Drake (2001), Billy Boat (1997), Donnie Beechler (1995), Andy Hillenburg (1994), Dave Blaney (1993), Lealand McSpadden (1991), Jon Heydenreich (1990), Scott Hatton (1988), Rich Vogler (1987). Trade Show: Always a popular attraction at the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is the Trade Show, which is open to the public each day (Tuesday through Saturday) free of charge. All variety of racing products, apparel and more is available with well over 100 different vendors. The Trade Show covers approximately 20,000 square feet. Tickets: Four-night tickets for Wednesday through Saturday of the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals were depleted by the end of May. A limited number of reserved seats for Tuesday night's Warren CAT Qualifying Event and the Second Annual Vacuworx International Chili Bowl Race of Champions are available for $26 per person and may be obtained by calling 918-838-3777 or at the gate. Pit passes for all five nights are available at the gate as well. Chili Bowl on TV: Portions of the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals will be broadcast on SPEED TV on a tape-delayed basis. Chili Bowl on the Net: All official news pertaining to the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, including official entry lists, race results and recaps, is available first at www.chilibowl.com. Also, all five nights of the Chili Bowl Nationals will be broadcast live (audio) on www.racinboys.com. Additional information regarding the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is available at http://www.chilibowl.com/ or by calling 918-838-3777.
Wease completes sweep as Kenyon retires
By RON WARE
Classic Motorsports
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – On a day when auto racing bade farewell to one of its enduring – and endearing – figures, one of his protégés honored him by driving to victory lane.
Billy Wease, one of the scores of young drivers nurtured by the retiring Mel Kenyon, held off a relentless Dave Darland on Sunday to complete a weekend sweep of the midget features in the 12th annual “Rumble in Fort Wayne” at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center.
The 23-year-old Wease joined two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart as the only drivers to win both midget features in a Rumble Series weekend. But the Noblesville, Ind., resident knew the day belonged to Kenyon, the eight-time Indianapolis 500 starter, seven-time USAC national midget champion and all-time nice guy who ended a 56-year driving career.
“It’s such an honor to drive in Mel Kenyon’s last race,” said Wease, who remembers approaching the Hall of Famer for advice when he began driving Kenyon Cars at age 12. “He was a big part of me deciding to become a race driver. He’s done so much for racing.”
The 76-year-old Kenyon didn’t add to his 382 career victories, but he persevered to finish ninth in the 60-lap feature after being added to the field by Rumble Series promoter Tony Barhorst. He had finished sixth on Saturday.
“Everybody is congratulating me, and I get a little emotional,” a misty-eyed Kenyon said, pausing. “It’s over. I’m glad we got in the feature. I’d have rather have gotten in ‘lawfully,’ but we were in it -- and the car’s still in one piece.
“Anytime you do something last, it’s one more miracle,” he said, having to pause. “It’s emotional.”
Fellow Indy 500 veteran Tom Bigelow was among those who attended to pay tribute to Kenyon. Long before he made it to the Brickyard and became a USAC champion, Bigelow was a young driver in need of a career break. The Kenyons – Mel and his brother, Don, his lifelong chief mechanic – provided it by hiring him to drive one of their midgets at Sun Prairie, Wis.
Bigelow never forgot, calling Kenyon a clean driver and great teacher who had time for anyone.
“You could always run up there with him without getting in trouble,” said Bigelow, whose first Indy 500 in 1973 was Kenyon’s last. “Once in a while you’d rub, but it was purely a racing incident.
“Mel has always done a super job.”
A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford and current NASCAR star Ryan Newman are among those who also drove for the Kenyons early in their careers.
Wease knows he’s not in their company, but he beamed when somebody mentioned that his name is now linked with both Kenyon and Stewart, who swept the Fort Wayne races in 2006. Stewart has won seven times at the 1/6-mile track but elected to race in Australia over the holidays.
“I wanted to tie that,” he said. “Hopefully, one day I can break his record for Rumble wins. This was just a perfect weekend for us. I can’t say more than that.”
Wease inherited the top spot when race-long leader Adam Wilsdon – a 14-year-old in his first weekend in a national midget – struck a tire marker on lap 45 while trying to lap Brandon Knupp. Wease held off Darland over the remaining 16 laps, with David Gough, Joe Liguori and Jon Stanbrough completing the top five.
“I didn’t know how close the guys behind me were,” said a chagrined Wilsdon, who could have taken his time.
Darland kept the pressure on, once tapping Wease in turn four, until a red flag waved on lap 55 to untangle the wrecked cars of Knupp and Mike Fedorcak. But Wease pulled away on the restart to win by 2½ car-lengths.
Darland drove despite injuring his right thumb early in the day when he ran into the back of a push truck that abruptly stopped for a stalled car. The hand swollen, he still participated in an hour-long autograph session, deciding he could wait for X-rays. To drive, he had to remove the wrapping from his hand because his glove wouldn’t fit over it.
“We fell off (at the end),” Darland said. “Every restart, it took me at least three laps for the tires to come in. It was just bad timing on the red there at the end.”
The midget feature highlighted a full day of racing that included Ryan Smith’s victory over John Ivy in winged outlaw modified midgets and Brandon Dunn’s sweep of the senior heavy and senior medium kart classes, capping a 4-for-4 weekend.
Cole Williams repeated in MiniCup stock cars, while Chad Orth, Preston Oberle, John Hawley, Charlie Schultz and Nic Sheppard also bagged kart victories.
Caleb Wilkerson won in Jr. Sprints. Travis Ford, Austin Nemire, Jonathon Lesiecki, Ross Rankine and Danny Leaper earned trophies in JEGS quarter midgets.
MIDGETS (National/Ford Focus/Kenyon)
run down by Wendy Atkin from www.indianaopenwheel.com
First heat (10 laps) – Wease, Darland, Corson, Nuckles, Ferns, Kenyon, Jedrzejek, Kaiser, Chapple.
Second heat (10 laps) -- Stanbrough, Sebetto, Anderson, Gamester, Leeke, Gough, Schenker, Warren, Wuerdeman.
Third heat (10 laps) -- Wilsdon, Knupp, Heydenreich, Setser, Blackhurst, Dunigan, McLean, Fuhrman, O'Gara.
Fourth heat (10 laps) – Liguori, Fedorcak, Quinones, McIntosh, Hughes, Wilson, Mason, Westfall.
First semi-feature (10 laps) – Setser, Jedrzejek, Heydenreich, Fuhrman, Schenker, Warren, Hughes, Ferns, Westfall.
Second semi-feature (10 laps) – Gough, Corson, Quinones, Anderson, Blackhurst, Kenyon, Wilson, Gamester.
Third semi-feature (10 laps) -- Kaiser, Wuerdeman, Nuckles, McIntosh, Leeke, Dunigan, Chapple, Mason, McLean.
Feature (60 laps) – 1. Billy Wease; 2. Dave Darland; 3. David Gough; 4. Joe Liguori; 5. Jon Stanbrough; 6. Geoff Kaiser; 7. Rich Corson; 8. Tim Jedrzejek; 9. Mel Kenyon; 10. Mike Fedorcak; 11. Brandon Knupp; 12. Adam Wilsdon; 13. Bryan Sebetto; 14. Ronnie Wuerdeman; 15. Cory Setser.
Lap leaders: Wilsdon 1-44, Wease 45-60.
WINGED OUTLAW MODIFIED MIDGETS
Qualifications – 1. Matt Janisch, 14j, 8.291 seconds; 2. Ryan Smith, 22, 8.414; 3. Amanda Quinones, 00, 8.431; 4. John Ivy, 02, 8.480; 5. Tyler Underwood, 7, 8.557; 6. Chris Miller, 29, 8.593; 7. Larry Joe Sroufe, 21, 8.633; 8. Paul Price, 61, 8.684; 9. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, 8.739; 10. Richard Smith, 12, 8.787; 11. Ben Quinones, 97, 8.801; 12. Russ Gamester, 96, 8.856; 13. Marv Hephner, 45, 8.930; 14. Mark Zumbrun, 35z, 8.940; 15. Ben Taylor, 19, 8.963; 16. Michael Kettnich, 19k, 9.107; 17. Larry Fox, 28, 9.181; 18. Dennis Veach, 13, 9.187; 19.Jeremy Glasford, 76, 9.213; 20. Ben Gaerte, 56, 9.218; 21. Gary Klein, 68, 9.289; 22. Ryan Nawrocki, 5, 9.293; 23. A.J. Lesiecki, 14, 9.413; 24. Cole Bodine, 57, 9.450; 25. Greg Baer, 17x, 9.674; 26. Nathan Metzinger, 55, 9.968; 27. Bradley Lamberson, 27, NT; 28. Jason Ormsby, 51, NT; 29. Braiden Black, 96b, NT; 30. Bill Dunham, 84, NT.
First heat (8 laps) – Underwood, Dunigan, Janisch, Hephner, Klein, Baer, Fox, Black.
Second heat (8 laps) – Miller, Ri. Smith, Ry. Smith, Zumbrun, Nawrocki, Metzinger, Veach.
Third heat (8 laps) – A. Quinones, Taylor, Glasford, Lesiecki, Sroufe, B. Quinones.
Fourth heat (8 laps) – Gamester, Ivy, Price, Bodine, Kettnich, Gaerte.
First semi-feature (8 laps) – Sroufe, Hephner, Klein, Baer, Lesiecki, Kettnich, Black.
Second semi-feature (8 laps) – B. Quinones, Zumbrun, Gaerte, Fox, Metzinger, Nawrocki, Bodine.
Feature (40 laps) – 1. Ryan Smith; 2. John Ivy; 3. Chris Miller; 4. Matt Janisch; 5. Dan Dunigan Jr.;
Dec 27 2009
Patient Wease wins opening night of ‘Rumble’
By RON WARE
Classic Motorsports
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For most of his life, Billy Wease has been in one big hurry. From notching his first midget win at the tender age of 12 to signing with a major NASCAR team at 18, he couldn’t seem to go fast enough.
But somewhere along the line, Wease, now 23, learned the value of patience. And it paid off with a surprising victory Saturday in the opening night of the 12th annual “Rumble in Fort Wayne” at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center. T
Taking advantage of Tim Jedrzejek’s blown engine, Wease inherited the lead with just nine laps to go and beat Bryan Nuckles by nearly a half-lap for his third indoor triumph since 2007. Early leader David Gough took third in the 60-lapper, followed by Tony Stewart Racing’s Mike Fedorcak and Joe Liguori in the crash-filled race.
Mel Kenyon, the 76-year-old Hall of Fame driver who will retire following Sunday’s race here, finished sixth.
“You never know what’s going to happen here,” a grinning Wease said after climbing from car owner Randy Burrow’s black No. 99 midget. “It was just a matter of trying to stay smart to the end. I saw those guys up there beating (on each other). But I tried not to get in too big of a hurry. I tried to be patient.
“Next thing you know, (almost) all of those guys knocked off their tires.”
Jedrzejek, the 2009 Midwest Supermodified Association champion, appeared headed to victory after banging his way past Gough on lap 20. But the driver who has seen almost nothing but hard luck indoors began smoking on lap 50, then pulled in a lap later.
“Something important in the motor broke – a rod or valve or something,” Jedrzejek said through a grimace.
Wease romped from there in becoming only the fourth driver to win more than once on the tight, 1/6-mile track. Stewart, who elected to race in Australia over the holidays, owns a record seven “Rumble in Fort Wayne” wins, while Rich Corson and Tony Elliott also have two.
Nuckles, son of former midget standout Jerry Nuckles, was pleased with his runner-up showing in a car purchased second-hand just last month.
“We just put this together on a whim,” he said. “I bought it online from a guy. We spent about every night since Thanksgiving putting it together. Now, we’re second.”
The retiring Kenyon, who drove in the Indianapolis 500 every year from 1966-73 and won a record seven USAC national midget titles, just wished he had a few more laps – in more ways than one.
“Heck of a note, starting that far back,” said Kenyon, who dodged a series of accidents in coming from 14th in the 15-car field. “But we happened to miss everything. We were as fast as Wease at the end.”
The Rumble wraps up on Sunday afternoon with another six-division program, plus an appearance by IndyCar star Sarah Fisher, who will sign autographs from 2-3 p.m. The main portion of the event begins at 3.
John Ivy won the accompanying 40-lap feature for winged outlaw modified midgets, leading all the way to beat Ryan Smith, Paul Price, Ben Taylor and Mark Zumbrun.
Cole Williams captured the IKO MiniCup race. Brandon Dunn doubled in karts, while single wins went to Nathan Dishoungh, Max Stambaugh, John Hawley, Charlie Schultz and Gabriel Gilbert. Garrett Johnson took the Jr. Sprint feature.
Richie Streicher, son of former USAC national midget champ Mike Streicher, won in quarter midgets, along with Cooper Clouse, Nick Ley, Austin Nemire, Aaron Leffel and Danny Leaper.
Wease, who served as a Penske development driver from 2005-08, also will be in Burrow’s midget for the Chili Bowl indoor race in Tulsa, Okla. After that, he’s looking for a ride.
“I‘m just trying to win as many races as I can and get my name out there,” said Wease, who has picked up backing from an online racing simulator, iracing.com, and Zeal Optics Sunglasses as he continues to seek a NASCAR Nationwide Series opportunity.
“We’re knocking on doors. Something’s going to happen.”
At least he knows how to be patient.
Run down for the first night
First heat (10 laps) -- Jedrzejek, Knupp, Stanbrough, Leeke, Blackhurst, O'Gara, Mason, Fedorcak, Prather, Potter.
Second heat (10 laps) -- Nuckles, Darland, McIntosh, Sebetto, Lilje, Chapple, Quinones, Schenker, Liguori, Westfall.
Third heat (10 laps) -- Kaiser, Gamester, Anderson, Corson, Warren, Ferns, Wuerdeman, Setser, Heydenreich, McLean.
Fourth heat (10 laps) -- Gough, Wease, Wilsdon, Dunigan, Kenyon, Hughes, Fuhrman, Lennon, Wilson.
First semi-feature (10 laps) – Fedorcak, Warren, Ferns, Dunigan, Lilje, McIntosh, Wilson, Mason, Corson.
Send semi-feature (10 laps) – coWilsdon, Stanbrough, Wuerdeman, Hughes, O’Gara, Chapple, Blackhurst, Liquori, Quinones, Heydenreich.
Third semi-feature (10 laps) – Setser, Kenyon, Leeke, Sebetto, Schenker, Fuhrman, McLean, Prather, Westfall.
Feature (60 laps) – 1. Billy Wease; 2. Bryan Nuckles; 3. David Gough; 4. Mike Fedorcak; 5. Joe Liguori; 6. Mel Kenyon; 7. Geoff Kaiser; 8. Tim Jedrzejek; 9. Jeremy Warren; 10. Dave Darland; 11. Jon Stanbrough; 12. Adam Wilsdon; 13. Cory Setser; 14. Brandon Knupp; 15. Russ Gamester.
Lap leaders: Gough 1-19, Jedrzejek 20-51, Wease 52-60.
Mike Fedorcak, Quick time at the Rumble in Fort Wayne
Driving a Tony Stewart Racing Munchkin/VW Mike Fedorcak, posted a lap of 8.263 seconds to lead the way in midget qualifying. The Roanoke, Ind., resident is the only driver who has won at both the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center and at the former Memorial Coliseum track.
MIDGETS
Qualifications – 1. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 8.263 seconds; 2. Dave Darland, 0, Daugherty, 8.315; 3. Geoff Kaiser, 10, Moore, 8.453; 4. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.453; 5. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, 8.457; 6. Joe Liguori, 28, Cottongim, 8.562; 7. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess, 8.657; 8. David Gough, 11, A&G, 8.694; 9. Brandon Knupp, 15k, Knupp, 8.722; 10. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles, 8.743; 11. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester, 8.776; 12. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, Dunigan, 8.835; 13. Jake Blackhurst, 25b, Blackhurst, 8.879; 14. Bryan Sebetto, 08up, Williams, 8.928; 15. Jeremy Warren, 49, Burrow, 8.966; 16. Adam Wilsdon, 3, Barnett, 8.967; 17. Andrew Prather, p8, Prather, 8.968; 18. Arin McIntosh, 8, McIntosh, 8.971; 19. Johnny Heydenreich, 25, Estep, 8.979; 20. Mel Kenyon, 61, Kenyon, 8.992; 21. Mark Mason, 5m, Mason, 9.028; 22. Ginny Quinones, 00, Quinones, 9.080; 23. Cory Setser, 56, Rencurrel, 9.106; 24. Deano Lennon, 27, Lennon, 9.154; 25. Kyle O’Gara, 23, Fisher, 9.279; 26. Mike Schenker, 21, Fuhrman, 9.344; 27. Taylor Ferns, 55, Motor City, 9.388; 28. Kim Hughes, 6z, Johncox, 9.415; 29. Zach Leeke, 19, Leeke, 9.489; 30. Moe Lilje, 5, Williams, 9.581; 31. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 33x, Wuerdeman, 9.591; 32. David Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 9.618; 33. Justin Potter, 58, Rencurrel, 9.737; 34. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple, 9.850; 35. Ronnie McLean, 67, McLean, 10.140; 36. Nick Wilson, 33w, Wilson, 10.346; 37. Jon Stanbrough, 7, Clouse, 42.548; 38. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, NT; 39. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, NT.
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Entry Count Climbs to 249!
Indy Car's Sarah Fisher To Enter Team Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – IndyCar driver Sarah Fisher, who launched her career in the same type of cars that compete in the “Rumble in Fort Wayne,” will make a special appearance at the 12th annual indoor racing classic.
The eight-time Indianapolis 500 starter will greet fans and sign autographs on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 27 during the final day of the “Rumble in Fort Wayne” at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center. Additionally, she and her husband, Andy O’Gara, have entered a Sarah Fisher Racing midget for O’Gara’s 14-year-old brother, Kyle, an aspiring driver who made his debut in Ford Focus midgets this past summer.
The two-day event, which begins Saturday, Dec. 26, features midgets, winged outlaw modified midgets, MiniCup stock cars, karts, Jr. Sprints and JEGS quarter midgets all racing on a 1/6-mile track, with complete programs each day.
“Sarah Fisher epitomizes the progression of a young driver to the top levels of racing,” Rumble Series president Tony Barhorst said. “She’s a perfect example of a young driver who went from quarter midgets and go-karts to midgets and winged sprints, then on to the Indy cars. That’s the kind of progression we have here in the Rumble Series with drivers moving up the ladder.”
Fisher, a 29-year-old Ohio native, has been one of IndyCar racing’s most popular drivers since qualifying for her first Indy 500 in 2000 right out of the sprint and midget ranks. Her 76 career IndyCar starts include a second place at Miami-Homestead Speedway in 2001 and a third place at Kentucky Speedway as a rookie in 2000. She became the first woman to win the pole position for a major North American open-wheel race in 2002 at Kentucky.
Now an owner-driver, she formed Sarah Fisher Racing in January 2008 and will expand the operation to two cars for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series. She plans to drive in nine events with Dollar General as her primary sponsor, while new teammate Jay Howard, the 2006 Firestone Indy Lights champion, will compete in four races with backing from Tire Kingdom. The team recently moved into a 15,000-square-foot shop in Indianapolis, triple the size of its previous base.
Fisher will sign autographs and pose for photos from 2-3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27 as part of the Indy DownForce FanZone.
Further information about the “Rumble in Fort Wayne,” including ticket prices and race headquarters hotel rates, is available at rumbleseries.com or by contacting Barhorst at tbracefest@aol.com.
Dec 20 2009
“Loyet completes Kemper sweep with $10K victory”
By Bryan Gapinski
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 19--- Brad Loyet completed a clean sweep winning Saturday Night’s 40-lap Lucas Oil Bull Ring Midget Nationals presented by Lucas Cattle Company at the Kemper Arena. Loyet celebrated his 22nd birthday in style collecting $10,000 for the first place prize, pushing his two-day total to a $17,000 payoff.
Loyet took the lead on the start over his teammate Danny Lasoski, and began lapping slower cars on Lap 5. One lap later Don Droud Jr. flipped escaping injury. On the restart Lasoski pressured Loyet for the lead, with the pair separated by less than a foot at the start-finish line for three straight laps, with Lasoski being credited as the leader on lap 12, before Loyet moved past Lasoski in Turn 1.
Loyet and Lasoski held a six car break-away from the field. Eight cautions and two minor flips slowed the event between laps 19-30. Each time on the restart Loyet held a slight advantage over Lasoski.
The final five laps the pair pulled away from the field, with Loyet edging Lasoski by one-car length at the finish. The pair drove identical Loyet Motorsports owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger’s. Brad Kuhn placed third followed closely by Shane Cockrum. Droud recovered from the lap 6 flip to finish in the fifth position.
“My mechanic Flea Ruzic had both cars spot-on tonight, its great to get a one-two finish, I needed to get the jump on the start from Danny it worked perfect ” commented Loyet.
Jacob Wilson captured the 20-lap Midwest Outlaw Lightning Sprint feature, while Greg Rossell won the 20-lap Dwarf Car/Mod Lite feature.
MIDGET SUMMARY
40-lap Feature: 1. Brad Loyet; 2. Danny Lasoski; 3. Brad Kuhn; 4. Shane Cockrum; 5. Don Droud Jr.; 6. Jerry Coons Jr.; 7. Kyle Hamilton; 8. Zach Daum; 9. Shane Hmiel; 10. Bryan Clauson; 11. Dave Darland; 12. Levi Jones; 13. Jason Grady; 14. Ron Kuhn; 15. Jimmy Light; 16. Mark Dotson; 17. Cale Conley; 18. Austin Brown; 19. Joe Butera; 20. Andrew Felker.
15-lap Semi Feature Winners: Dotson, R. Kuhn, Hmiel.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Loyet, Grady, Hamilton, Jones, Darland, Coons, Lasoski.
Cars Present: 48
Top Point Earner: Lasoski.
Feature Lap Leaders: Loyet 1-11, Lasoski 12, Loyet 13-40.
***Will Pierce flipped in second semi. Droud flipped on lap 6, Brown flipped on lap 19, Dotson flipped on lap 26 of feature. All drivers uninjured.
From the Bull Ring Midget Nationals web site.
Brad Loyet scored a wire-to wire victory
Capturing Friday Night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil Bull Ring Midget Nationals
presented by Lucas Cattle Company at the Kemper Arena.
The $5,000 victory was midget feature victory number twenty of the season, nationwide for the Missouri driver.
Loyet jumped into the lead from the outside front row at the start, with three cautions slowing the event in the first two circuits. On Lap 5 Loyet started lapping the tail of the field followed by Bryan Clauson, and Greg Lueckert. The event was stopped on Lap 7 when Terry McCarl excuted a series of flips on the backstretch escaping injury.
Four cautions appeared during the next three laps. Once the racing resumed on Lap 10, tight racing occurred around the small dirt oval for positions throughout the field. Loyet increased his lead over Clauson each lap. Brad Kuhn and Danny Lasoski quickly moved from the back of field, after being involved in separte accidents and into the top six by midway point.
Loyet again began lapping the tail of the field on Lap 18, and spent the remainder of the race in traffic. Loyet driving the Loyet Motorsports owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger No. 05 finished four car lengths ahead of Clauson, Lueckert, Brad Kuhn who started in 20th position and Lasoski. “The car was perfect, the last ten laps were tough being in lapped traffic” commented Loyet.
Richard Layne won the 20-lap Midwest Outlaw Lightning Sprints feature, while Bud Lee topped the field in the Dwarf Car/ModLites feature.
A-Main (30 laps) LINE-UP
39 Bryan Clauson 05 Brad Loyet
91 Don Trent 86 Dave Darland
56 Shane Hmiel 01 Greg Lueckert
73 Kyle Hamilton 44 Don Droud Jr.
49p Trevor Kobylarz 05L Danny Lasoski
23F Matt Fox 5K Jimmy Light
21 Daryn Pittman F5 Terry McCarl
15s Jon Stanbrough 93 Richard Kreisel
14c Shane Cockroum 1 Davey Ray
2B Levi Jones 17B Brad Kuhn
3 Jerry Coons Jr.
Unofficial Finish
1. Loyet 2. Clauson 3. Lueckert 4. Kuhn 5. Lasoski 6. Stanbrough 7. Kobylarz 8. Coons 9. Darland
10. Droud 11. Cockrum 12. Kreisel 13. Ray 14. Pittman 15. Hmeil 16. Hamilton 17. Jones 18. Light 19. Trent 20. Fox 21. McCarl
Cars Present: 48
Top Point Earner: Clauson.
Feature Lap Leaders: Loyet 1-30
Winning Car, Owner, Chassis, Engine: Loyet Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
***McCarl flipped on Lap 7 of feature, uninjured.
Dec 14 2009
Cowtown Midget Championships Triple-Header Fires Off Season Feb. 12-13
12/14/09, DarinShort.com. When the Cowtown Midget Championship joined the traditional February Fast 50 line up in 2009, the result was an incredible field of 252 race teams converging upon the ¼ mile high banks. The 2010 edition of the event, presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels will take place on February 12-13, 2010 and will certainly provide a weekend of wild racing action once again. The full-blown midgets will compete for $1,000 to win on Friday and $3,000 to win on Saturday. Each of their feature events will start 24 cars.
The race in 2009 also resulted in the largest field of midgets in the state of Texas in recent memory, as over 40 teams assembled. With the Copper on Dirt scheduled the following weekend (visit www.USAraceway.net for more info), it is possible to see more touring teams take on the USAC/SMRS series drivers, as was the case in 2009.
The ASCS2 Series will be on hand to kick off their 2010 season with the Winged Outlaw ‘Multi’ and Non-Winged ‘A’ classes (of what Cowtown fans know as the Winged 600’s, just without wings). With $1,500 earmarked to win for each ASCS2 division, there’s sure to be full fields of top quality cars from throughout the region, as was the case with both ASCS2 events at Cowtown in 2009.
Plus, the first ever visit of the ASCS2 Restricted 600’s will take to the brand new 1/6 mile “Action Track” at Cowtown, with the winner taking home a cool $1,000.
The always exciting Cowtown Modifieds will race their traditional Feb Fast 50 for $2,000 to win and $400 to start (24th). The race will be sanctioned by NCRA.
With a staggering $60,000 weekend purse posted, another huge field of 200+ cars is expected. Drivers are urged to pre-register for this event at the track website on or before 2/7/10 to receive pre-entry discounts. Pre-entry also allows you to receive a reserved parking space for your hauler in the pits. And it allows the track to publicize drivers that will be attending.
There is a online pre-entry discount for all race divisions that will save $25 off of race week pricing. Details are on the track website. Midgets do not have a pre-entry fee but must pre-enter to receive a reserved pit parking space.
Race fans, you can enjoy the entire weekend’s action by purchasing your 2-day tickets in advance at the track website by 2/11/10. 2-day adult grandstand passes are just $30, a savings of $5 off of race night pricing.
And the extremely popular “Fan Fest” returns to Cowtown Speedway on Saturday, February 13th from Noon until 1:15pm. Ticket holders for that day’s race will be allowed into the pit area during that time to meet with the race teams, get autographs, apparel, pictures and much more. The main ticket booth will be open at noon as well.
An open practice night for all race divisions will be held on Thursday February 11th from 5pm-9pm. Concessions and fuel will be available, and pit passes are $20.
Just click www.CowtownSpeedway.com for the event flyer, driver pre-entry, advance 2-day passes, track information and more.
Mark your calendar now to be a part of a great weekend of racing action, at family affordable prices with the Cowtown Midget Championships, Feb Fast 50 and ASCS2 Series opener all taking place February 12-13 at the Fastest Li’l Dirt Track in Texas, Cowtown Speedway!
Dec 11 2009
Patient Wease wins opening night of ‘Rumble’FORT WAYNE, Ind. –Patient Wease wins opening night of ‘Rumble’FORT WAYNE, Ind. –
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Patient Wease wins opening night of ‘Rumble’FORT WAYNE, Ind. –
Point Fund Announced For Indoor Winter TQ-Midget Series
Those wanting to call for reservations at the Chelsea can dial 1-800-548-3030 and mention code: SAMMOTO to receive the racer’s discount.
Deadline for the above-listed prices is December 23, but hotel staff has encouraged those planning to attend to call as soon as possible as a sell-out is predicted.
Additional information on the indoor races, is available at aarn.com, by calling 609-888-3618, or by email at motorsports@aarn.com.
Stefanik Gives Home State Fans Reason To Cheer With Coffee Cup Victory
PROVIDENCE, RI December 5, 2009 . . . Mike Stefanik gave Rhode Island race fans bragging rights on Saturday night as the 51-year-old from Coventry, R.I., claimed the 40-lap TQ-Midget Coffee Cup main event at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
Lichty Scores Impressive Coffee Cup Victory
PROVIDENCE , RI – Mike Lichty was hoping this would come one day.
For the past five years, the Innerkip, Ontario , driver has been chasing an indoor auto racing victory.
On Friday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence , R.I. , Lichty, 22, got his wish as he claimed a wild 30-lap TQ-Midget main event that saw him and the rest of the feature field wrestle through numerous caution flags.
“I’ve been hoping for this day for a long time,” Lichty said. “(Car owner) Larry Turnbull has given me a top car, but we haven’t got the right breaks over the years.
“We’ve finished in the top five many times. We’ve had second, third and fourth place finishes indoors, but we’ve never been able to get a win.”
Lichty topped indoor expert Lou Cicconi Jr. of Aston, while Matt Janisch of Nazareth , Pa. , Ted Christopher of Plainville , Conn. , and Paul Lotier Jr. of Lebanon , Pa. completed the top five spots.
Lichty fought off several bids for the lead from Christopher and Cicconi.
Cicconi passed the former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion for the runner-up spot for good on lap 26. Christopher had steering issues after contact with the wall late in the race.
Lichty had problems of his own.
“My throttle was sticking,” he said. “I was really concerned, because you’re going so quick here, and it doesn’t take much to land in the wall.”
Mike Osite finished sixth, while Mike Tidaback, Christopher Allen, Billy Pauch and James Michael Friesen completed the top 10 spots. Multi-time Indianapolis 500 starter Davey Hamilton finished 19th, while NASCAR driver David Reutimann finished 26th.
Heat race wins went to Christopher, Cicconi, Frank Fischer of Flemington , N.J. , and Tim Buckwalter of Douglasville , Pa. Tim Proctor of Hamilton , N.J. and Davey Hamilton of Jamestown , Ind. , won the consolations.
Christopher set fast time with a lap of 8.0733 seconds.
Justin Bonsignore of Holtsville, N.Y., won the 25-lap Champ Kart main over Nick Hadden of Binghamton, N.Y., two-time Dunkin’ Donuts Center winner Chris Daley of Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Gavin Soraghan of Harwinton, Conn., and Tammy Smith of Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
Dailey, Soraghan and Bonsignore won heat races, while Michael Sullivan of Somerset , Mass. , and Adam Gage of Plainfield , N.H. , won the consolation races. Eric Zeh of Selden , N.Y. , had fast time with a lap of 9.3974 sec.
A complete program of heat races and feature events for TQ-Midgets and Champ Karts is scheduled for Saturday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
Race time is 7 p.m.
TQ Midget Feature Finish, 30 Laps: 1. Mike Lichty; 2. Lou Cicconi Jr; 3. Matt Janisch; 4. Ted Christopher; 5. Paul Lotier Jr; 6. Mike Osite; 7. Mike Tidabach; 8. Christopher Allen; 9. Billy Pauch; 10. James Michael Friesen; 11. Ian Cumens; 12. Tim Buckwalter; 13. Danny Shirey; 14. Frank Fischer; 15. Russ Bailey; 16. Tim Proctor; 17. Jimmy Carpenter; 18. Glenn Heverin; 19. Davey Hamilton; 20. Christopher Haskell; 21. Matt Roselli; 22. Mike Iles; 23. Anthony Sesely; 24. Mike Stefanik; 25. Jeff Kot; 26. David Reutimann.
Champ Kart Feature Finish, 25 Laps: 1. Justin Bonsignore; 2. Nick Hadden; 3. Chris Daley; 4. Gavin Soraghan; 5. Tammy Smith; 6. Ron Midford Jr.; 7. Adam Dion; 8. John Hillman; 9. Evan Beaulieu; 10. Chris Martel; 11. Glen Brehio; 12. Greg Simmons; 13. Eric Zeh; 14. Todd Root; 15. Dale Friedly; 16. Jay Dimond; 17. Ryan Kendall; 18. George Bark Jr; 19. Michael Sullivan; 20. Adam Gage; 21. Andrew Swisher; 22. Clinton Mills; 23. Rob Murray; 24. Mike Perry. Did Not Start: Andrew Holewiak.
Nov 26 2009
PETERSON WINS IRWINDALE FOCUS FEATURE ROMANO CHAMP of CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES
Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. led all 40 laps to win Thursday night’s USAC California Ford Focus feature at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, part of the track’s 69th Lucas Oil Turkey Night Grand Prix program. Peterson started on the pole in his Sacramento Theatrical Lighting/College Cyclery Stewart and held off the late-race challenge of Taylor Ferns to post the win. Michael J. Lewis took third ahead of Nik Romano and Shawn Buckley. Romano, of Pleasanton, Calif., emerged as the 2009 USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Champion.
USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California - Toyota Speedway at Irwindale - 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keegan Walmer, 9, Sutton-14.524; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.605; 3. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.622; 4. Nik Romano, 42, Sutton-14.623; 5. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.666; 6. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.683; 7. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.717; 8. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.774; 9. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-14.795; 10. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-14.850; 11. Greg Paul, 70, Paul-14.917; 12. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-14.977; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.979; 14. Dennis Simunovich, 5, Simunovich-15.028; 15. Jessica Clark, 38, Clark-15.083; 16. Brody Roa, 91, Roa-15.101; 17. Kyle Neveau, 32, Pankratz-15.153; 18. Kyle Cline, 35, Boyd-15.190; 19. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.196; 20. Bob Brewer, 5x, Brewer-15.223; 21. Henry Steele III, 92, Steele-15.224; 22. Gordy Edwards, 12, Edwards-15.389; 23. Gregg Fuette, 15, Fuette-15.400; 24. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.461; 25. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-15.535.
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Taylor Ferns, 3. Michael J. Lewis, 4. Nik Romano, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Jake Blackhurst, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Michael Daniels, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Cody Gerhardt, 11. Greg Paul, 12. Bob Brewer, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Kyle Edwards, 15. Kyle Neveau, 16. Keegan Walmer, 17. Connor Kassik, 18. Kyle Cline, 19. Gregg Fuette, 20. Henry Steele III, 21. J.R. Williams, 22. Austin Luttmer, 23. Gordy Edwards, 24. Dennis Simunovich. 15:09.58
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Peterson.
FINAL CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Romano-1,050; 2-Gerhardt-967; 3-Stout-758; 4-Lewis-564; 5-Jeff Oleen-541; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-Peterson-478; 8-Kassik-441; 9-Williams-437; 10-Walmer-360.
Nov 21 2009 Ventura, CA…….Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. led the final 18 laps to win Saturday night’s 40-lap “J.W. Mitchell Classic” USAC Western Midget feature at the Ventura Raceway. The victory was worth $5,000 to Kuhn and his RW Motorsports team as he piloted the Rotondo Weirich Beast/Fontana. Seven-time Western and two-time National USAC Midget Champion Sleepy Tripp presented Kuhn’s awards in victory lane. Chad Boat finished second ahead of Ryan Kaplan, Cory Kruseman and Brad Loyet. Garrett Hansen finished sixth to mathematically clinch the 2009 USAC Western Midget championship going into next Thursday night’s 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Irwindale, Calif. Kuhn will try to cap a USAC Mopar National Midget Championship at Irwindale. He leads Brad Sweet by 40 points and Darren Hagen by 53 with 66 points available Thursday. Cory Kruseman led the first 10 laps of Saturday’s race. Matt Streeter led the next three and Bryan Clauson led for nine before Kuhn went to the front. SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman (#12x Kruseman), 2. Joey Fabozzi (#48 Fabozzi), 3. Chris Gansen (#04 Gansen), 4. Brian Camarillo (#22 Camarillo), 5. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 6. Mike Gehringer (#27 Gehringer), 7. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 8. Johnny Rodriguez (#37m Mitchell), 9. Alex Schutte (#12k Kruseman). NT THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bobby East (#4x Klatt), 2. Shannon McQueen (#7 McQueen), 3. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 4. Garrett Hansen (#47 Bondio), 5. Justin Grant (#17 Thurston), 6. Kody Swanson (#19k Team 6R/TK), 7. Wally Pankratz (#25x Rodela), 8. Victor Davis (#31 Davis), 9. Evan Margeson (#50 Margeson). NT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines (#10 Walker), 2. Josh Ford (#73 Ford), 3. Ryan Kaplan (#20 Kaplan), 4. Josh Lakatos (#4 Lakatos), 5. Josh Wise (#11 Wilke-Pak), 6. Jake Swanson (#05 Swanson), 7. Caleb Armstrong (#6 Denome), 8. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 9. David Prickett (#15 Neverlift). NT FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker), 2. Scott Pierovich (#35 Pierovich), 3. Michelle Decker (#75 McQueen), 4. Wink Schweitzer (#60 Schweitzer), 5. Bobby Boone (#97 Martens), 6. Austin Smith (#33 Smith), 7. Sean Dodenhoff (#9D Dodenhoff), 8. Alex Bowman (#55 Bowman). NT QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. Fabozzi, 2. McQueen, 3. East, 4. K.Swanson, 5. C.Kershaw, 6. J.Swanson, 7. Schweitzer, 8. Clarke, 9. Hendrix. NT QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Smith, 3. Kaplan, 4. Kruseman, 5. Margeson, 6. Dodenhoff, 7. Brian Camarillo, 8. Gansen, 9. Rodriguez. NT QUALIFYING RACE #3: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Howell, 3. Clauson, 4. Davis, 5. Daum, 6. Wise, 7. Ford, 8. Gehringer, 9. Prickett. NT QUALIFYING RACE #4: (8 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Streeter, 3. Hansen, 4. Loyet, 5. Pierovich, 6. R. Pankratz, 7. Brent Camarillo, 8. Decker, 9. W.Pankratz. NT QUALIFYING RACE #5: (8 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Lakatos, 3. Mitchell, 4. Boone, 5. Hines, 6. Rodela, 7. C.Armstrong, 8. Bowman, 9. Schutte. NT SEMI #1: (12 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. Davis, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Schutte, 6. Schweitzer, 7. Margeson, 8. Hendrix, 9. Gansen, 10. Daum, 11. Bowman. NT SEMI #2: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. Brent Camarillo, 4. C.Kershaw, 5. Wise, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. W.Pankratz, 8. Cole Carter (#15), 9. Clarke, 10. Rodela, 11. Decker, 12. J.Swanson. NT FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Ryan Kaplan, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Brad Loyet, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. Alex Schutte, 11. Matt Streeter, 12. Scott Pierovich, 13. Brian Camarillo, 14. Caleb Armstrong, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Austin Smith, 17. Dennis Howell, 18. Justin Grant, 19. Bobby East, 20. Cole Carter (#15), 21. Josh Lakatos, 22. Joey Fabozzi, 23. Matt Mitchell, 24. Tracy Hines. Nt **Rodriguez flipped during the second qualifying race, Prickett flipped during the third qualifying race. Lakatos flipped during the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Kruseman, Laps 11-13 Streeter, Laps 14-22 Clauson, Laps 23-40 Kuhn. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,079; 2-Schutte-960; 3-Rodela-944; 4-Tanner Swanson-719; 5-Prickett-699; 6-Pierovich-627; 7-McQueen-583; 8-Ford-501; 9-Bowman-462; 10-R.Pankratz-406. NEXT USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (CA) – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
KUHN TAKES $5,000 “J.W. MITCHELL CLASSIC” WIN
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Loyet (#05L Loyet), 2. Jerome Rodela (#25 Rodela), 3. Matt Mitchell (#37 Mitchell), 4. Henry Clarke (#67 Kunz), 5. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 6. Matt Streeter (#14J Streeter), 7. Blake Miller (#7R Priestley), 8. Rick Hendrix (#12 Hendrix), 9. Cody Kershaw (#21z Camarillo), 10. Brent Camarillo (#51 Camarillo). NT
Nov 18 2009
“J.W. MITCHELL CLASSIC” SATURDAY AT VENTURA
The inaugural “J.W. Mitchell Classic” is Saturday night at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway and Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. continues to enjoy a healthy point lead in the USAC Western Midget Series standings.
Hansen finished 24th in Thursday night’s 25-mile “Copper World Classic” feature at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway, won by Bobby Santos III. Santos, of Franklin, Mass., emerged the winner at the 34th “Copper World Classic”. Santos wrested the lead from Bryan Clauson on lap 23, then slipped behind Clauson at the white flag. On the final lap Clauson slid high in turn three and Santos went on to the win in his Santos Motorsports Beast/Esslinger Ford.
Pole starter Bobby East finished second ahead of Alex Bowman, Brad Kuhn and Cole Whitt.
Kuhn extended his National point lead to 40 points over Brad Sweet, who finished 14th. East led the first seven laps and Clauson led the next 15 before the final three lap dramatics.
Saturday’s Ventura USAC “tripleheader” also features the National Dirt Ford Focus Championship race and the Focus Young Guns. Hansen appears to occupy the favorite’s role Saturday, having won the last two Western Midget races at Ventura, but he’ll have to contend with a bevy of National stars as well as local favorite Cory Kruseman and Matt Mitchell, both of whom have posted Midget wins at the 1/5-mile dirt oval this year.
The USAC National and Western Midget Series conclude the 2009 campaign on Thursday night, November 26 at the 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale,
Calif.
Nov 13 2009
SANTOS LEADS FINAL LAP TO WIN “COPPER WORLD” MIDGET FEATURE
Phoenix, Ariz……..Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. emerged the winner of Thursday night’s 25-mile USAC National/Western Midget race at the 34th “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix International Raceway. Santos wrested the lead from Bryan Clauson on lap 23, then slipped behind Clauson at the white flag. On the final lap Clauson slid high in turn three and Santos went on to the win in his Santos Motorsports Beast/Esslinger Ford. Pole starter Bobby East finished second ahead of Alex Bowman, Brad Kuhn and Cole Whitt. Kuhn extended his National point lead to 40 points over Brad Sweet, who finished 14th, while Western Midget point leader Garrett Hansen finished 24th in Thursday’s race. East led the first seven laps and Clauson led the next 15 before the final three lap dramatics.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway –34th “Copper World Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-26.310; 2. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-26.444; 3. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-26.509; 4. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-26.528; 5. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-26.539; 6. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-26.645; 7. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-26.647; 8. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-26.690; 9. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-26.739; 10. Tracy Hines, 05, Loyet-26.757; 11. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-26.827; 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-26.876; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-26.878; 14. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-26.892; 15. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-27.019; 16. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-27.066; 17. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-27.094; 18. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-27.108; 19. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-27.167; 20. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-27.215; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-27.269; 22. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-27.401; 23. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-27.521; 24. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-27.552; 25. Brad Loyet, 05H, Loyet-27.571; 26. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-27.679; 27. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-28.088; 28. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-28.436; 29. Sean Murphy, 8x, Polisczuk-28.889; 30. #80, Western Speed-NT.
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Bobby East, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Jason Leffler, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Zach Daum, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Adam Kramer, 14. Brad Sweet, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Jerome Rodela, 17. Chad Boat, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Dakoda Armstrong, 20. Levi Roberts, 21. Cale Conley, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Davey Hamilton, 24. Garrett Hansen, 25. Sean Murphy, 26. Nick Wagner, 27. Cole Carter, 28. Tanner Swanson, 29. Brad Loyet. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 East, LaLps 8-22 Clauson, Lap 23 Santos, Lap 24 Clauson, Lap 25 Santos.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kuhn-1,226; 2-Sweet-1,186; 3-Hagen-1,173; 4-Coons-1,103; 5-Whitt-1,003; 6-East-993; 7-Hines-945; 8-Clauson-840; 9-Boat-748; 10-Kevin Swindell-540.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hansen-1,029; 2-Rodela-937; 3-Alex Schutte-927; 4-T.Swanson-719; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Scott Pierovich-591; 7-Shannon McQueen-540; 8-Josh Ford-494; 9-Bowman-461; 10-Randi Pankratz-405.
NEXT WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: November 21 – Ventura (CA) Speedway – “J.W. Mitchell Classic”
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – Irwindale, CA – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
Nov 12 2009
ASCS2 Midget Series Featuring the Chevy ECOTech engine
TULSA, Okla. (August 26, 2009) – With teams already making plans for 2010, plans are falling in place as well for the previously announced ASCS2 Midget series with a minimum of 18 events already set for Oklahoma and North Texas.
Featuring the use of the affordable Chevy ECOTech engine, the ASCS2 Midget series will run in conjunction with ASCS Sooner and ASCS Lone Star Regional events at Oklahoma City's State Fair Speedway, (SapCreek County Speedway ulpa, OK), Lawton Speedway and Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX). With several other tracks in North Texas possibly adding events, the series could feature upwards of 30 events in 2010. These ASCS2 Midget events will offer $750 to win and $75 to start.
The ASCS2 Midgets will also run a complete event during the 2010 edition of the Tulsa Shootout on December 31, January 1 and January 2 with a $1,000 winner's share to go along with a Golden Driller trophy.
Additional information regarding the ASCS2 Midget series is available
by calling 918-838-3777
Nov 11 2009 14 NAMED TO NATIONAL MIDGET AUTO RACING HALL OF FAME The announcement was made during the two-day 9th annual Hall of Fame Midget Classic USAC National/Badger Midget co-sanctioned event at Angell Park Speedway. Page Jones joins his father Parnelli a 1990 inductee in the HoF, making them the sixth father-son combination to be inducted. Jones had a brilliant but short career in midgets, before suffering career ending injuries in September 1994 at Eldora Speedway. In 1993 Jones captured both the Belleville Midget Nationals and Pepsi Midget Nationals within a one-month period. His careerincludes: 18 USAC Western Midget, seven USAC National Midget, and seven Badger Midget feature victories driving for some of the sport's top car owners including: Larry Howard, Keith & Rusty Kunz, Wilke Racing, and Steve Lewis. Paul Krueger owned and maintained a two-car team competing in the Badger Midget Series during the 1960's. During his nine years as a car owner his cars captured the Badger title six times with three different drivers. Krueger then began his current 40-plus year involvement in the organization, holding several positions including: President, secretary, and secretary-treasurer.Krueger also currently oversees timing & scoring at each event, along with handling most of the day-to-day duties for Badger. Bob Nowicke, competed as a car owner during one of the most competitive stages in the sport's history. His career highlights include 30 USAC National Midget victories won by drivers Bob Tattersall, Gary Bettenhausen, A.J.Foyt, Parnelli Jones and Billy Garrett. Foyt captured the 1961 Hut Hundred for Nowicke, while Bettenhausen won the prestigious Houston Astrodome event in 1969. Nowicke earlier in the month was inducted into the Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame. And Ten more from the Historical Era include: The 26th Annual Induction Ceremony for the fourteen will be held on Friday Jan. 15, 2010 at Central Hall of the Ford Truck Arena on the Tulsa (Okla.) Fairgrounds, in conjunction with the annual Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame at Angell Park Speedway Sun Prairie, Wis.
National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
Reservations are now being accepted for the 2010 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The banquet and luncheon will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, January 15, in Central Park Hall on the grounds of the Tulsa Expo.
This event coincides with the famed Chili Bowl Nationals.
Fourteen people will be honored this year.
Everyone is welcome to attend this memorable event. Tickets, which include the ceremony and luncheon are only $25. Orders are currently being accepted online at the Hall’s website, www.worthyofhonor.com or through the mail at: NMARHoF Box 747 Sun Prairie, WI 53590. The deadline for ordering is December 31, 2010. See the website for the list of inductees and other details.
Those nominated are,
Ken Hickey is recognized as one of the all-time great racing mechanics a master of the Offenhauser engine. Hickey was involved in the sport from 1939 until a few years before his death in 1992. He twice won the ARDC Car Owners Championship, and his list of drivers include: Len Duncan, Charlie Breslin, Jimmie Kirk, Leigh Earnshaw, and Ronnie Dunstan, to name a few.
George Amick, winner of 43 midget features and 1958 Indy 500 runner-up;
Carl Badami, four-time Kansas City Midget Champion;
Buzz Barton, West Coast standout;
Ernie Casale, 1950 Turkey Night winner;
Ray Elliott, six-time UARA Champion;
Ted Hartley, driver, owner, builder;
Ray Nichels, mechanic;
George Rice, 1947 ARDC Midget Champion;
Len Sutton, two-time WMRA Champion and 1962 Indy 500 runner-up;
Chuck Marshall, 1946 SLARA Champion.
Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
Their plaques will be on permanent display in the National
Nov 10 2009
Don Kenyon, President of DK Promotions, has formed a new division of DK Promotions, the
United States Speed Association
to sanction and conduct open wheel short track races.
(Lebanon, IN) Don Kenyon, President of DK Promotions, has formed a new division of DK Promotions, the United States Speed Association, to sanction and conduct open wheel short track races. Eric Bunn and Norm Shields are joining Kenyon to complete the management team at USSA. For its inaugural season USSA events will feature and crown champions in Midgets, Kenyon Midgets and Thunder Roadsters. USSA will conduct its first of 15 events at Anderson Speedway on Wednesday, May 26 at Anderson Speedway featuring the Kenyon Car division.
USSA is a tax-paying business dedicated to bringing a fresh and professional outlook to open wheel short track racing by recognizing the needs of its core customer groups; the competitors, the track owners, the sponsors and the fans. “Eric, Norm and I have been promoting and running these races for 4 years now and we have learned a lot,” said Kenyon. He continued, “We’re taking the best of everything we know from all of our years of experience competing in and officiating all types of racing and putting it all into USSA.”
USSA will be bringing several different elements to each event to improve the racing experience for both the fans and competitors. Each USSA event will feature a fan autograph session. All the drivers competing will join the fans in the grandstands following qualifying so that they can meet and get to know their favorite drivers, as well as the pits being opened to the fans following the nights racing. A weekly chapel service prior to the drivers meeting will also be introduced to USSA racing.
“By forming USSA we have taken control of our competition rules and procedures,” said Bunn. “The most important thing is lowering the minimum age of the drivers in the Kenyon Car and Midget divisions to bring in new drivers and teams,” he went on to say.
A probationary competition license will be available to Kenyon Car and Midget drivers if they meet several requirements. 11 year olds may receive a probationary competition license to race Kenyon Cars if they complete a USSA approved racing school and can demonstrate 3 years of prior experience in motorized vehicles. For Midget racing the minimum age is 15; and, 14 year olds can receive a probationary Midget competition license if they have competed for a full season in a DK Promotions division and are approved by USSA. All drivers under the age of 18 must also supply proof of partial emancipation.
In addition to the new minimum age requirements, DK Promotions has a special opportunity for potential Kenyon Car competitors wishing to compete full time in the USSA series. When the driver makes the commitment to compete in all the USSA Kenyon Car events and pays a crash deposit, DK Promotions will supply that team with a race car. The team must purchase their tires and fuel from DK Promotions and pay all the fees. At the end of the season they will receive what remains of their crash deposit back. “It’s the closest thing to a free race car you’ll find,” Kenyon stated. There are five cars available for this program.
Schedule: May 26, KC Anderson Speedway; June 5*, M, TR Grundy County Speedway; June 12*, M, TR Grundy County Speedway; June 16*, M, KC & TR Plymouth Speedway; June 19*, M, KC & TR Grundy County Speedway; July 9, M, KC & TR Anderson Speedway; July 14*, M, KC & TR Illiana Motor Speedway; July 24*, M, KC & TR Anderson Speedway; August 4*, M,KC & TR Illiana Motor Speedway; August 7*, M, KC & TR Plymouth Speedway; August 14, M, KC, & TR Grundy County Speedway; August 20, M, KC & TR Anderson Speedway; September 4*, M,KC & TR Grundy County Speedway; October 2, KC Anderson Speedway.
M=Midget Division, KC+ Kenyon Midget division, TR=Thunder Roadster Division.
*Co-sanction with UMARA
For more information contact the United States Speed Association at 765-482-4273 or 317-413-9763
Nov 4
WESTERN MIDGETS RESUME AT PHOENIX “COPPER WORLD” NOV. 12
Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. continues to lead the USAC Western Midget Series, which joins the USAC Mopar National Midget Series for the November 12 “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. Hansen was seventh in Saturday night’s 50-lap race at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring and now leads runner-up Alex Schutte by 89 points in then latest standings.
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. continued his best USAC season ever Saturday, winning the Las Vegas feature. Driving the Marc DeBeaumont DMS Race Products/F & F Mechanical Beast/Esslinger Ford, Clauson ran down Evan Margeson on lap 38 and led the final 13 laps for the victory. Margeson led the first 37 laps and finished second ahead of Zach Daum, Schutte and Levi Roberts. Chad Boat was the night’s fastest qualifier.
Clauson’s win was his 10th in USAC competition this year, while Schutte’s finish helped propel him past Jerome Rodela in the standings. Rodela, now the third ranking driver, finished eighth Saturday.
From USAC
NOV 1
CLAUSON HITS THE JACKPOT IN LAS VEGAS!
Las Vegas, NV…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. continued his best USAC season ever Saturday night, winning the 50-lap Western Midget feature at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Driving the Marc DeBeaumont DMS Race Products/F & F Mechanical Beast/Esslinger Ford, Clauson ran down Evan Margeson on lap 38 and led the final 13 laps for the victory. Margeson led the first 37 laps and finished second ahead of Zach Daum, Alex Schutte and Levi Roberts. Chad Boat was the night’s fastest qualifier. Clauson’s win was his 10th in USAC competition this year. Western series point leader Garrett Hansen finished seventh and takes an 89-point lead over Schutte into the “Copper World Classic” Midget race at Phoenix, Ariz. November 12.
USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 31, 2009
– Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.983; 2. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-14.077; 3. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.138; 4. Ryan Kaplan, 20k, Kaplan-14.145; 5. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-14.193; 6. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-14.213; 7. Levi Roberts, 2, Roberts-14.254; 8. Thomas Meseraull, 38, McGerigle-14.285; 9. Alex Schutte, 21D, DeBeaumont-14.402; 10. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-14.409; 11. Garrett Hansen, 88, McKenney-14.510; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-14.753; 13. Cody Swanson, 5, VanDyne-14.759; 14. Dave Darland, 12k, Kruseman-14.761; 15. Austin Smith, 8, Smith-14.996; 16. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-15.220; 17. Austin Mero, 14k, Kruseman-NT; 18. #70, Hansen-NT.
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Evan Margeson, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Alex Schutte, 5. Levi Roberts, 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Garrett Hansen, 8. Jerome Rodela, 9. Brad Loyet, 10. Cody Swanson, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Ryan Kaplan, 14. Austin Smith, 15. Alex Bowman, 16. David Prickett. N
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-37 Margeson, Laps 38-50 Clauson.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,016; 2-Schutte-927; 3-Rodela-916; 4-Tanner Swanson-706; 5-Prickett-699; 6-Scott Pierovich-591; 7-Shannon McQueen-540; 8-Josh Ford-494; 9-Bowman-406; 10-Randi Pankratz-405.
NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 12 – Phoenix (AZ) International Raceway
SIMUNOVICH GRABS 7TH JUNIOR FLAG AT VENTURA
Ventura, CA…….Dennis Simunovich of Hollister, Calif. earned his seventh checkered flag of the 2009 USAC Junior Ford Focus season Saturday night, leading all 20 laps of the main event at Ventura Raceway. Casey Martines finished second ahead of series point leader Kyle Edwards, Tanner Kershaw and Andrew Murray. The series concludes November 21 at Ventura.
USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 31, 2009
– Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway
HEAT RACE: (7 laps) 1. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 2. Ethan Quinn (#13 Kruseman), 3. Andrew Murray (#18 Murray), 4. Alex Jacobsen (#12k Kruseman), 5. Tanner Kershaw (#81 Kershaw), 6. Dennis Simunovich (#5 Simunovich), 7. Daniel Williams (#17k Kruseman), 8. Bradley Morris (#62k Kruseman), 9. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Dennis Simunovich, 2. Casey Martinez, 3. Kyle Edwards, 4. Tanner Kershaw, 5. Andrew Murray, 6. Alex Jacobsen, 7. Daniel Williams, 8. Bradley Morris, 9. Ethan Quinn. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Simunovich.
NEW USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-1,395; 2-Murray-1,271; 3-Simunovich-991; 4-Taylor Ferns-771; 5-Martinez-745; 6-Jacobsen-687; 7-Quinn-653; 8-Kershaw-521; 9-Jarid Blondel-445; 10-Mavrick Gaunt-375.
NEXT USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS RACE: November 21 – Ventura (CA) Raceway
Oct 29 2009
“COPPER WORLD CLASSIC”
AT PHOENIX
Wilke-Pak Racers of Milwaukee, Wisc. will seek an historic record 134th USAC National feature victory November 12 when the USAC Mopar National Midget Series takes to the Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway for the 34th “Copper World Classic.”
The Midgets join the USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship Cars for the Thursday events at the mile paved oval and a Wilke-Pak victory would mark the ninth for them in Phoenix in their half-century USAC career.
Steve Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. and Wilke-Pak both have an all-time USAC record of 133 total USAC National feature wins to their credit. Wilke-Pak, which scored their initial USAC feature win with Rodger Ward in the 1959 Indianapolis 500 as Leader Cards, Inc., earned their 133rd career victory with Josh Wise in the September 5 “Pepsi Midget Nationals” at Sun Prairie, Wisc. Lewis, whose first USAC win came with Stan Fox at Anderson, Ind. in 1979, scored his 133rd with Dave Darland at West Salem, Wisc. in May of 2008.
Previous Wilke victories in the Arizona capital came in 1963 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds (Rodger Ward in a Championship race), in 1965 at PIR (Don Branson in Championship cars), in 1968 at PIR (Bobby Unser in Championship cars), in 1974 at PIR (Mike Mosley in Championship cars), in 1984, 1988 and 1989 at PIR (Rich Vogler in Midgets), and 1991 at PIR (Stevie Reeves in Midgets).
Three drivers have scored wins for both teams, Tracy Hines, Page Jones and Reeves. Other Lewis winners include: Fox, Darland, Mike Bliss, Bobby East, Mike Fedorcak, Chuck Gurney, Kenny Irwin Jr., Kody Swanson, Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler, Dave Steele, Tony Stewart and J.J. Yeley. Other Wilke-Pak (Leader Cards) winners include Ward, Wise, Unser, Branson, Mosley, Vogler, Tom Bigelow, Jerry Coons Jr., Mel Cornett, Kevin Doty, A.J. Foyt, Jeff Gordon, Rick Hood, Johnny White, Mario Andretti, Bobby Marshman, Bobby Olivero, Kevin Olson, Parnelli Jones, Davey Ray, Johnny Rutherford, Ken Schrader, George Snider, Bob Tattersall, Bob Wente and Chuck Weyant.
All of Lewis’ victories have come in the highly-competitive Midget Series, while Wilke-Pak (Leader Card) wins are spread across the Championship (36), Silver Crown (10), Sprint (6) and Midget (81) Series.
“I have great admiration for the Wilke’s,” says Lewis, the winner of last year’s Roger McCluskey Award of Excellence. “I was at Indianapolis in 1959 to watch Ward’s victory and the success of the Wilke team eventually had a strong bearing on my entry into the sport. I’m equally proud of what we have both accomplished, and appreciate the Wilke heritage which has lasted a half-century. Their continuing commitment to the sport is a remarkable achievement and I commend them on their success. I’m not completely retired just yet, although I will not have cars competing in the final races of the 2009 season.”
USAC Triple Crown Champion Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. will pilot the Wilke-Pak Midget entry at Phoenix.
OCT 25 2009
ROMANO TOPS MADERA FOCUS FEATURE
Madera, Calif……..USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Series point leader Nik Romano of Atherton, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Madera Speedway. He beat Keegan Walmer, Zach Stout, Mindy McCord and fast qualifier Cody Gerhardt to the checkered flag. Gerhardt was the night’s fastest qualifier.
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.790; 2. Nik Romano, 42, Sutton-14.899; 3. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.947; 4. Keegan Walmer, 8, Sutton-15.024; 5. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-15.068; 6. Dylan Nobile, 25, Maier-15.074; 7. Mindy McCord, 3, Sutton-15.151; 8. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.300; 9. Connor Kassik 26, Kassik-15.623.
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Walmer, 3. Stout, 4. Gerhardt (#60), 5. Romano, 6. Nobile, 7. Kassik, 8. Buckley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nik Romano, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Zach Stout, 4. Mindo McCord, 5. Cody Gerhardt (#60), 6. Shawn Buckley, 7. Connor Kassik, 8. Dylan Nobile. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 McCord, Laps 6-30 Romano.
NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-996; 2-Gerhardt-929; 3-Stout-716; 4-Jeff Oleen-541; 5-Lewis-508; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-J.R. Williams-424; 8-Kassik-422; 9-Garrett Peterson-417; 10-Luis Ramos III-356.
NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (CA)
OCT 21 2009
With the Chili Bowl just around the corner I thougt this would jazz you up for it now
2009 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl in its entirety online at www.lucasoil.tv
When you get to the homepage just click on the play button as the Chili Bowl is the first show to be played.
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDROME TO HOST USAC “MIDWEEK MANIA” REGIONALS
USAC Regional Midget racing returns to the Indianapolis Speedrome in 2010, featuring competition for four different championships. The track which hosted the inaugural ESPN telecast nearly a quarter-century ago will feature Regional Midget, Ford Focus, Junior Focus and .25 Midget competition on a 1/5-mile paved oval which has seen its share of thrills through USAC’s half-century of operation.
Beginning with a May 26 race during the week prior to the Indianapolis 500, the track will host “Midweek Mania” with six race dates planned. June 2, 9, 23 and 30 are also targeted, as well as July 7, which is “.25 Midget Night.”
All races at the Speedrome will be streamed live on USAC’s website, usacracing.com, providing unprecedented coverage for participants in USAC’s developmental racing series.
“This is certainly exciting for all of us,” says USAC Developmental Racing Director James Spink, in making the announcement. “The Speedrome has long been a USAC supporter and host and we look forward to renewing the Wednesday Night concept which enjoyed popularity in the past. The battles for championships should be intense and it’s a great place for the family to convene and enjoy our sport.”
Beginning with Gene Hartley’s USAC National Midget victory in 1958, the Speedrome has hosted a total of 418 USAC races, the last in 2004. A total of 128 drivers have tasted USAC victory there, including four ladies, with Michael Lang, a seven-time USAC champion, posting a record 53 wins!
Ventura, Ca Cody Swanson of Norco, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC California Dirt Ford Focus feature at the Ventura Raceway. Jake Swanson of Anaheim, Calif. finished second ahead of Andrew Mulhearn, Gordy Edwards and series point leader Brody Roa. Cody Swanson led all 20 laps. USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 17, 2009 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Rossi (#4 Rossi), 2. Cody Swanson (#71 Swanson), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 5. Connor Kassik (#26 Kasssik). NT SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brody Roa (#91 Roa), 2. Kevin Michnowicz (#21k Michnowicz), 3. Gordy Edwards (#12 Edwards), 4. Jake Swanson (#88 Swanson), 5. Zach Stout (#95 Stout). NT FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Cody Swanson, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Andrew Mulhearn, 4. Gordy Edwards, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Nick Rossi, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Kevin Michnowicz, 9. Jet Davison, 10. Connor Kassik. NT FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 C.Swanson. NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES POINTS: 1-Roa-822; 2-C.Swanson-769; 3-Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff-749; 4-Davison-694; 5-Rossi-666; 6-Nick Carlson-598; 7-Mulhearn-526; 8-Michnowicz-457; 9-Kassik-449; 10-J.Swanson-403. NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Dirt): November 21 – Ventura (CA) Raceway SWANSONS FINISH 1-2 IN VENTURA FOCUS FEATURE
OCT 20 2009
Sarale Claims Inaugural Western Combo Car Midget Nationals
For the first time ever on the west coast, Midget Lites were competing on pavement, alongside combo car Midgets with Super Focus, RRE Chevy EcoTec and National Midget engines. The feature race was fully inverted with the fast qualifiers having started in the rear.
Dillon Silverman jumped to the early lead aboard Rick Young’s #98 Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec from his third starting spot, leading the first two rounds before SRP promoter Faeth charged from sixth, overtaking Silverman for the lead on Lap 3. Faeth led through Lap 6 until ninth-starting Sarale and tenth-starting Siedelman sliced through the pack, with Sarale inheriting the lead on Lap seven when he snuck beneath Faeth exiting Turn 2, with Siedelman making the move under Faeth for second. Guy Young displaced Faeth to move into third on Lap 8. Rick Young dropped out on lap 6 with an ill-handling car.