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Jan 19 2012
3-RACE NORTHEAST SERIES ANNOUNCED FOR MOPAR .25 MIDGETS

by DICK JORDAN 
Three Northeast USAC MoparUSAC Mopar .25 Midget clubs will participate in a special three-race series for the 2012 “Northeast Championship,"  announced today.
    The series encompasses races June 22-24 at Thompson, Conn. (Little T), June 29-July 1 at Syracuse, NY (New York State Fairgrounds) and August 10-12 at Fulton, NY (Oswego County Quarter Midget Club). The opener at Thompson will be part of the 2012 “Yankee Doodle New England Championship.”
    In order to be eligible for year-end championship awards, a driver must compete in all three events and finish in the top-three in the point standings.
    “We are excited for our Northeast .25 Midget families that this series materialized,” says USAC’s James Spink. “All three clubs have worked hard to make this a fun series for all involved. We look forward to the fierce competition at all three unique venues.”
    “The Syracuse Quarter Midget Club is looking forward to being part of the Northeast Series,” says Keil White, club president. “We appreciate USAC arranging this opportunity for our kids to race with drivers from all across the northeast. We are also looking forward to having USAC families from outside of our area come to our track at the New York State Fairgrounds for the first time. The track is about twice the size of most .25 tracks, and the drivers really enjoy racing on the longer straightaways and wider corners.”
    "The Custom Midget Club at The Little T Speedway, located on the grounds of Thompson International Speedway, America's first paved track, is looking forward to hosting its first Gen Next Race and honored that this race will be part of the inaugural Northeast Championship Series,  says Eileen Gross, secretary of the Custom Midget Club. “We encourage .25 midget racers from around the country to join us for a great weekend of racing on the high banks of Little T Speedway."
    USAC is entering its 57th season of sanctioning motorsports and its fourth season of presenting top-quality competition for championships in its Mopar .25 Midget series. More information regarding the Northeast Championship and other Mopar .25 Midget activities can be found at www.usacracing.com.
--USAC--

Jan 5 2012
USAC MIDWEST FOCUS SLATE FOR 2012
by Dick Jordan
A total of 28 races are listed on the preliminary 2012 USAC Midwest Focus Midget schedule announced today, which includes both dirt and paved races.

The series opens with events at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC which award points toward both the Midwest and Eastern championships. August 10 and 11 races at Plymouth, Ind. and Morris, Ill. also award points toward both series championships.

Two dirt and 10 paved ovals comprise the schedule, with new venues at Norton, Lorain and Painesville, Ohio and Springport, Mich.

Gas City and Montpelier, Ind. ovals return with dirt-track events, each hosting a half-dozen back-to-back races.

“We look forward to visiting some new tracks in Ohio in 2012,” states USAC’s James Spink. “Our dirt program has continued to grow for the Focus cars the last two seasons and we anticipate more of that this year.”

2012 Midwest Focus Midget Series Schedule
March 30 #Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
March 31 #Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
April 20 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
April 21 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
May 12 Columbus, OH/Columbus Motor Speedway
June 1 Xenia, OH/Kil-Kare Speedway
June 2 South Amherst, OH/Lorain County Speedway
June 8 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
June 9 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
June 22 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
June 23 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
June 30 Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway
July 1 Springport, MI/Springport Motor Speedway
July 6 Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
July 7 Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
July 13 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
July 14 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
July 20 Norton, OH/Barberton Speedway
July 21 Painesville, OH/Lake County Speedway
August 10 #Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
August 11 #Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway
August 18 Kalamazoo, MI/Kalamazoo Speedway
August 25 Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway‘
September 7 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
September 8 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
September 15 Columbus, OH/Columbus Motor Speedway
September 28 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
September 29 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway

#=Also awards Eastern Focus points.


USAC 16 EASTERN FOCUS DATES ANNOUNCED

by Dick Jordan
The 2012 USAC Eastern Focus Midget schedule announced today lists 16 events at five different speedways, all on pavement.

Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. hosts the openers March 30 and 31 in conjunction with USAC Mopar National Midget events and the closer on September 3. A special three-race “Eastern Midget Week” which includes Concord (N.C.) Motorsports Park, Ace Speedway and Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway in early August highlights the 2012 calendar.

Concord will host a total of nine races between mid-May and early-August, while Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway and Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. join Ace Speedway is hosting races awarding points toward both the Eastern and Midget championships.

Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. is the defending USAC Eastern Ford Focus Midget Champion and claimed his second USAC National Ford Focus title in 2011.

“Our Eastern series is shaping up for some really exciting events in 2012, starting with the big two-night event in March at Ace Speedway,” states USAC’s James Spink. “The return of the mid-week schedule at Concord has received positive feedback and we’re looking forward to that as well.”

2012 Eastern Focus Midget Series Schedule
March 30 @Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
March 31 @Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
May 17 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
May 30 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
June 6 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
June 13 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
June 20 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
June 27 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
July 11 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
July 18 Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
August 1 #Concord, NC/Concord Motorsports Park
August 3 #Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
August 4 #Hickory, NC/Hickory Motor Speedway
August 10 @Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
August 11 @Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway
September 3 Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway

@=Also award Midwest points
#=Eastern Midget Week



Dec 15 2011

NEW YORK’S SYRACUSE, OSWEGO COUNTY CLUBS 
CONTINUE USAC MOPAR .25 MIDGET EXPANSION

by Dick Jordan
Two New York quarter midget clubs are the latest to join USAC’s growing family of Mopar .25 Midget clubs which will compete in 2012.

The Syracuse Quarter Midget Club, headquartered at the famed New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, and the Oswego County Quarter Midget Club, which competes on a track located near the Oswego County Airport in Volney, N.Y., are the latest to become affiliated with the USAC Mopar .25 Midget family.

The Syracuse club has been in operation for more than 30 years and known as the “Beast of the East” it conducts events from April through October, culminating with a “Super Dirt Week” program. Similarly, the Oswego County Club, which debuted in 1997, races from April through October and joins the Syracuse club for its annual “Super Dirt Week” activities.

“I would like to take this opportunity to say that the Syracuse Quarter Midget Club is extremely excited about joining the USAC organization for the 2012 racing season,” says John Trenca, President of SYRQM. “I. myself, raced with the USAC organization with our family-owned Silver Crown Team, and know first hand that USAC is the premier sanctioning body in North America. The resources, professionalism and endless opportunities of the organization are what led our club to make this switch. We look forward to working with USAC this coming racing season and many seasons to come.”

"Oswego County Quarter Midget Club is very excited to be joining the ranks of such a storied organization,” adds Ken Sheldon, vice-president.” With USAC's history and progressive vision for the future of auto racing we look forward to a long and rewarding relationship."

“We are delighted to announce the inclusion of these two Empire State clubs in USAC’s inventory of Mopar .25 Midget clubs for the upcoming season,” says USAC Developmental Racing Director James Spink. “We have an ambitious schedule planned in the new year, with an expanded “Generation Next” calendar, and the addition of these two clubs is a welcome expansion of our operations.”
--USAC--

Dec 14 2011
2012 “GENERATION NEXT” SLATE EXPANDS TO 15 RACES

by Dick Jordan
The 2012 USAC Mopar .25 Midget “Generation Next” calendar has been released and contains a record 15 events in a dozen states plus a non-points special event. As in 2011, a driver’s best five finishes will be credited toward his season points total to determine the champions.

Opening with the “Spring Training Spectacular” in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix, Ariz.) in March and closing during the “4-Crown Nationals” at Tony Stewart’s “Little E” at Rossburg, Ohio in September, drivers will compete for National Championships at a variety of venues, including several new events.

The “Lone Star Nationals” in Texas, the “Peach State Championship” at Braselton, Ga. and the “Music City Mayhem” at Nashville, Tenn. complete the March calendar. April offers the “Dirt Triple Crown Round #1” at Terre Haute, Ind. and the “Unser Family Classic” at Albuquerque, N.M.

The eBay Motors Western World at San Bernardino, Calif. and the special non-points “Robbie Stanley Memorial” at the “Mini-Indy” oval in Indianapolis, Ind. comprise the May schedule.

June is “busting out all over” with the “eBay Motors Midwest Championship” at Xenia, Ohio, the “Mason-Dixon Shootout” at Hagerstown, Md. And the “Yankee Doodle New England Championship” at Thompson, Conn.

The “Battle at the Brickyard” unfolds this year at the Mini-Indy oval in Indianapolis in July. The event which concludes with the NASCAR weekend at IMS will offer several new unique opportunities for families during this racing week.

August’s calendar includes the ”Carolina Clash Finals” at Salisbury, N.C., the “Mopar Mega Weekend” at Kalamazoo, Mich. and the “Labor Day Spectacular” at Toledo, Ohio, which spills over into September.

“Expansion of our operations in recent months with brand new clubs joining the fold has opened opportunities for expansion of the “Generation Next” calendar and we are excited about the 15-race schedule we have announced,” says USAC Developmental Director James Spink. “Spanning America, we now offer exposure on a national level to our participants and we look forward to the crowning of our 2012 National Champions and the celebrations which will ensue at the end of the season.”

In addition, four sub-series will be announced for those families wishing to stay closer to home. These sub-series will include: the Southwest Swing, the Dirt Triple Crown, the Mid-Atlantic Championship and the Mopar Midwest Tour.


2012 USAC Mopar .25 Midget “Generation Next” Calendar

Date Location/Event

March 2-4 Phoenix, AZ/Spring Training Spectacular
March 9-11 Texas/Lone Star Nationals
March 16-18 Braselton, GA/Peach State Championship
March 23-25 Nashville, TN/Music City Mayhem
April 13-15 Terre Haute, IN/Dirt Triple Crown Round #1
April 27-29 Albuquerque, NM/Unser Family Classic
May 4-6 San Bernardino, CA/eBay Motors Western World
May 18-20 #Indianapolis, INRobbie Stanley Memorial
June 1-3 Xenia, OH/eBay Motors Midwest Championship
June 15-17 Hagerstown, MD/Mason Dixon Shootout
June 22-24 Thompson, CT/Yankee Doodle New England Championship
July 24-28 Indianapolis, IN/Battle at the Brickyard
August 2-4 Salisbury, NC/Carolina Clash Finals
August 17-19 Kalamazoo, MI/Mopar Mega Weekend
August 31-September 2 Toledo, OH/Labor Day Spectacular
September 21-23 Rossburg, OH/4-Crown Nationals

#=Special Non-Points Event
Dec 7 2011
AIM SPORTS DATA LOGGER SEMINAR FOR USAC .25s THURSDAY AT IMIS

by Dick Jordan

USAC’s Mopar ,25 Midget Series participants will be able to attend a free seminar Thursday (Dec. 8) at the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., to learn more about the new AiM Sports Data Logger and its practical uses in USAC Mopar .25 Midget racing.

The seminar is scheduled for 3 pm and will be held in room 138 at the Indiana Convention Center in conjunction with IMIS.

On Saturday, USAC’s Mopar .25 Midget Series champions will be celebrated during a special “Showcase of Champions” to be emceed by renowned broadcaster Bob Jenkins which will be held in rooms 237-239.

MyChron gauges by AiM Sports set the standard in digital data acquisition gauges for karting, yet are surprisingly easy to use and own. Imagine having RPM, temperature, and lap times at your fingertips, and saved in memory for later review.

The seminar will be conducted by Roger Caddell, National Training Manager for AIM Sports, LLC.

More information regarding these systems can be found on the AiM Sports website at www.aimsports.com.
--USAC--


                                        Before A Standing-Room-Only Crowd 
of 3500, 
                      Jan Heylen Wins The
Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax
 

In an outstanding night of action-packed racing under the lights before a standing-room-only crowd of over 3,500 members of the racing industry, Jan Heylen won the 2011 All-Star division race at the Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax. He drove a CRG kart for the CRG USA team.

Jay Howard drove an Arrow chassis for the KartSport-Arrow team to a second-place finish, while the UK's Ben Cooper, fresh off his Senior Division win in Dubai at the 2011 Rotax Max Challenge Finals, charged from P16 to claim the final spot on the podium. He drove a Praga kart, made by Intrepid, for the Praga North America team.

The Red Bull Kart Fight featured famed drivers from diverse series such as NASCAR Cup, X Games, IndyCar, ALMS, Grand-Am and the NASCAR Camping World Truck series. Heylen competed in Grand-Am in 2011, while Howard competed in IndyCar.

The race was held at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, on Thursday night, December 1, in Orlando. The PRI Trade Show is the world's largest racing trade show, with exhibits by over 1000 companies, and attendance by 40,000 racing professionals from throughout the US and over 60 countries.

"It was an unbelievable and spectacular event! With Red Bull and Rotax as sponsors, the cooperation of the WKA and IKF, and all the great drivers, this was a great kart race!" exclaimed Steve Lewis, producer of the PRI Trade Show. "We're so pleased to see karting so well presented before a standing-room-only crowd."  
Jan Heylen, center, won the Red Bull Kart Fight. Jay Howard, left, came in second, while Ben Cooper came in third. 


The grandstand seating for 2500 was packed, and another 1000 people stood at the fence all the way around the race track, sometimes three people deep.

Drivers in the All-Star race included AJ Allmendinger, Tanner Foust, Cole Whitt, Ryan Briscoe, Alex Tagliani, Townsend Bell and more.

Heylen started in the pole position, but was soon overtaken by Howard, who started P2. Late in the race, Heylen took the lead in a bump-and-run, and kept it for the checkered flag. "I got a little lucky with the lapped traffic," said a modest Heylen, who won the last big kart race held at the PRI Trade Show. "I'll be back next year," added Heylen.

"This is a fantastic event," said Howard. "I'm looking forward to coming back next year."

In a Karters division packed with amazing talents, including the current world champion Jonathan Thonon, five-time world champion David Fore and last year's world champion Bas Lammers, the winner was Daniel Formal. He drove a Birel chassis for the MRP team.

Cooper finished second. Thonon finished third in the Karters division final, driving a CRG chassis for the CRG USA team. The top 8 finishers competed in the All-Star division, starting at the back of the grid.

Red Bull also organized a series of qualifying races for amateurs throughout the US who then raced in the Amateurs division of the Red Bull Kart Fight. It was won by Brendan Johnson, with Jason Drescher taking second and Steve Troyer finishing third.

The races will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net in two segments:
4:30 p.m., January 2-Amateur Race & Karter Division Broadcast
4:30 p.m., January 9-All-Star Broadcast.

Note that the segments are being run in simulcast, meaning that it will be on at 4:30 p.m. in all time zones. So, they'll be simulcast at 4:30 p.m. Florida time, and also 4:30 p.m. California time.  




Nov 30 2011
BOB JENKINS TO EMCEE USAC MOPAR .25 "SHOWCASE"

by Dick Jordan
Internationally renowned broadcaster Bob Jenkins will serve as the emcee for the Saturday, December 10 USAC Mopar .25 Midget “Showcase of Champions,” scheduled at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, Ind. in conjunction with the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS). The affair begins at 4:30 pm in rooms 237-239 and does not include food service.

The formal event will closely follow USAC’s “Night of Champions” National Awards Dinner, scheduled Friday night, December 9, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. All the USAC National Mopar .25 Midget Champions will also be honored at the Friday function.

Jenkins, a veteran of over 30 years in auto racing broadcasting, has received numerous citations for his work in the sport, including membership in Halls of Fame and he also served as host for ESPN’s “Speedweek” program from 1983-1997. As a member of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, Bob served as the “Radio Voice of the 500” from 1990-1999.

In 1993 Jenkins was honored by USAC as the recipient of the Special Individual Recognition Award. In 2001 he received USAC’s highest honor, the Roger McCluskey Award of Excellence.

Dress code includes shirt and tie and maps and directions to the Convention Center can be found at:
http://www.icclos.com/Maps_and_Parking/

The top-five drivers from the Generation Next standings and the top-three drivers from sub-series (Mid-Atlantic, Dirt Triple Crown and Southwest) will be honored, as well as winners of the National Award Series.

Families wishing to attend the IMIS Trade Show can request credentials via the following link:
http://www.imis-indy.com/AttRegistration.html.


Nov 29 011
DRAKE, KOSTECKI & CLARK EARN FORD FOCUS CHAMPIONSHIPS;
RANKINE 10TH DIFFERENT “TURKEY NIGHT” FORD FOCUS WINNER

by DICK JORDAN 
Nick Drake, Brodie Kostecki and Jessica Clark left Toyota Speedway at Irwndale, Calif.; Thursday night with 2011 USAC Ford Focus championships.

Drake, of Mooresville, N.C., finalized his second consecutive USAC National Ford Focus title with a second-place finish in the 40-lap Western finale which was held as part of the track’s “Turkey Night Grand Prix” events. Kostecki, of Roseville, Calif., grabbed the Western Ford Focus title with his fifth-place Irwindale finish.

Clark, of Westlake Village, Calif., became USAC’s third female driving champion in history, walking off with both the Western Pavement and Southern California titles after her 13th-place finish in the 40-lap finale.

Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio passed Kostecki on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to win Thursday night’s race at Irwindale. Rankine piloted the National Pride Beast/Ford Focus to the win over Drake, Garett Peterson, Jim Waters and Kostecki. Rankine ended up as the 10th different winner of the “Turkey Night” Ford Focus race in its 10 runnings.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-708; 3-Brodie Kostecki-702; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Wally Pankratz-678; 9-Jim Waters-675; 10-Scott Hunter-672.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Wally Pankratz-768; 5-Chuck Groat-760; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Jarid Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708


Nov 25 2011
USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT/CALIFORNIA NORTH & SOUTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: November 24,  – Irwindale, California - Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 71st “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.264; 2. Ricky Bowers, 9, Sutton-14.268; 3. Ross Rankine, 9L, Nine Racing-14.269; 4. Paul Graham, 24, Sutton-14.269; 5. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-14.309; 6. Sheldon Didinger, 3, Sutton-14.344; 7. Garett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.367; 8. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.392; 9. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-14.402; 10. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-14.525; 11.Cole Custer, 55k, Cline-14.525; 12. Brandon White, 60, Western Speed-14.578; 13. Kyle Edwards, 26, Breckenridge-14.665; 14. Austin Luttmer, 49, Burdett-14.685; 15. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.702; 15. Daniel Williams, 98x, Blondel-14.740; 16. Winn Frazin, 59, Frazin-14.752; 17. Randi Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-14.888; 18. Michael Schuller, 25, Maier-14.900; 19. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.020; 20. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.417; 21. Michael Steele, 92, Steele-15.532; 22. Cordy Horn, 14, Horn-15.969; 23. #11, Sutton-NT; 24. # 42, Sutton-NT.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Garett Peterson, 4. Jim Waters, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Kyle Edwards, 7. Winn  Frazin, 8. Sheldon Didinger, 9. Brandon White, 10. Ron Duncombe, 11. Paul Graham, 12. Austin Luttmer, 13. Jessica Clark, 14. Shawn Buckley, 15. Michael Schuller, 16. Randi Pankratz, 17. Daniel Williams, 18. Cordy Horn, 19. Michael Steele, 20. J.R. Williams, 21. Jarid Blondel, 22. Ricky Bowers,23. Cole Custer. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Kostecki, Laps 20-40 Rankine.

FINAL NATIONAL FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Drake-720; 2-Rankine-708; 3-Kostecki-702; 4-Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Wally Pankratz-678; 9-Waters-675; 10-Scott Hunter-672.
FINAL WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Waters-807; 3-Peterson-769; 4-Wally Pankratz-768; 5-Chuck Groat-760; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Blondel-709; 10-Luttmer-708.
FINAL WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Clark-1,249; 2-Kostecki-1,088; 3-Peterson-967; 4-Keegan Walmer-902; 5-James Edens-731; 6-Tanner Long-730; 7-White-717; 8-Graham-692; 9-J.R> Williams-500; 10-Waters-441.
FINAL CALIFORNIA SOUTH FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Clark-761; 2-White-717; 3-Graham-692; 4-Kostecki-584; 5-Peterson-398; 6-Bowers-358; 7-Keegan Walmer-356; 8-Waters-304; 9-James Edens-279; 10-Tanner Long-257.


Nov 22 2011
FOCUSES JOIN MIDGETS, SPRINTS AT IRWINDALE “TURKEY NIGHT”
MULHEARN, KOSTECKI EARN “BATTLE AT THE BEACH” FOCUS WINS

 BY DICK JORDAN 
Thursday’s 71st “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. showcases the USAC Western Ford Focuses, along with the USAC Mopar National/Western Midgets and the AMSOIL USAC Western/Western Classic Sprints. The Focuses, unlike the Midgets and Sprints, compete on Irwindale’s third-mile pavement.

No driver has been able to repeat as a winner in the nine previous “Turkey Night” Ford Focus races. This year, one driver could be looking at an impressive 23rd USAC feature victory this year!

Brodie Kostecki of Roseville, Calif. scored his 22nd USAC feature win of the season Saturday night in the 20-lap Focus Young Guns “Battle at the Beach: main event at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Only J.J. Yeley won more USAC features in a single season (26 in 2003).

Andrew Mulhearn of Whittier, Calif. and Kostecki scored feature victories in USAC Ford Focus action at Saturday night’s “Battle at the Beach” at Ventura Raceway. Mulhearn caught Collin Henry on lap 5 and led the final 16 laps to win the 20-lap Western Ford Focus main event, then Kostecki passed Parker Colston on lap four and led the final 17 laps to win the 20-lap Western Focus Young Guns feature. Tyler Dolacki, who finished sixth in the Ford Focus feature, edged Wally Pankratz, who was third Saturday, by 10 points for the Western Dirt Ford Focus title. Trailing Mulhearn, Henry and Pankratz in the 20-lap Ford Focus race were Casey Martinez and Kostecki. Kostecki beat Colston, Katlynn Leer, Brennan Rogers and Christine Breckenridge to the flag in the 20-lap Focus Young Guns race. Kostecki is the Western Focus Young Guns Champ, while Parker Colston is the Western Dirt Focus Young Guns titlist and Cole Custer ended up as the 2011 National Focus Young Guns titlist.

Nick Drake has already claimed the 2011 USAC National Ford Focus title, his second in a row. Jessica Clark has a 53-point lead in her bid to add the Southern California Ford Focus title to her Western Paved Ford Focus title.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Brodie Kostecki-702; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Wally Pankratz-678; 9-Jim Waters-675; 10-Scott Hunter-672.

FINAL USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cole Custer-480; 2-Brody Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Parker Colston-462; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-432.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-826;.2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Wally Pankratz-768; 5-Chuck Groat-760;. 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Jarid Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708.

FINAL USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brody Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-535; 4-Parker Colston-521; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Katlynn Leer-477; 7-Christine Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310


Nov 19 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE RESULTS: November 19, 2011 
– Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “Battle at the Beach”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 3. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 4. Gaylon Stewart (#3s Stewart), 5. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 6. Robert Dolacki (#17 Dolacki), 7. Trey Gostin (#4k Kruseman), 8. Tanner Kershaw (#26 Kershaw), 9. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed), 2. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 5. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 6. Garrett Johnson (#3G Stewart), 7. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 8. Christine Breckenridge (#26x Breckenridge), 9. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 10. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 11. Michael Millard (#23 Millard). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Andrew Mulhearn, 2. Collin Henry, 3. Wally Pankratz, 4. Casey Martinez, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Tyler Dolacki, 7. Gaylon Stewart, 8. Jarid Blondel, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Michael Millard, 12. Parker Colston, 13. Daniel Williams, 14. Garrett Johnson, 15. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 16. Robert Dolacki, 17. Trey Gostin, 18. Cole Custer. NT

**Kershaw and Carlson flip[ped during the first heat. Carlson suffered two broken vertebrae.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Henry, Laps 15-20 Mulhearn.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-W.Pankratz-768; 5-Chuck Grost-760; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-T.Dolacki-721; 9-Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708.
NEW NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Kostecki-702; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-W.Pankratz-678; 9-Jim Waters-675; 10-Scott Hunter-672.
FINAL WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-868; 2-W.Pankratz-858; 3-Williams-771; 4-Blondel-760; 5-Jet Davison-639; 6-Henry-351; 6-Kostecki-350; 8-Martinez-309; 9-R.Pankratz-307; 10-R.Dolacki-304.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: November 24 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – “Turkey Night Grand Prix”


USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: November 19, 2011 
– Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway - “Battle at the Beach”

HEAT RACE: (7 laps ) 1. Zach Bogner (#18k Kruseman), 2. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 3. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 4. Brennan Rogers (#20 Rogers), 5. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman).

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed), 2. Parker Colston, 3. Katlynn Leer, 4. Brennan Rogers, 5. Christine Breckenridge, 6. Zach Bogner. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Colston, Laps 4-20 Kostecki.

FINAL WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Custer-535; 4-Colston-521; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Leer-477; 7-Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.
FINAL WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-876; 2-Custer-661; 3-Leer-621; 4-Breckenridge-587; 5-Trevor Hunt-449; 6-Kostecki-446; 7-Austin Blair-245; 8-Bogner-224; 9-Rogers-111- 10Logan Williams-105.
FINAL NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Custer-480; 2-Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Colston-462; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-432.


Nov 15 2011
FORD FOCUS, FOCUS YOUNG GUNS PART OF SATURDAY’S
“BATTLE AT THE BEACH” AT VENTURA RACEWAY

by DICK JORDAN 
One USAC Ford Focus Focus Series ends Saturday at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway, while another conducts its penultimate race. The “Battle at the Beach” includes the USAC Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns along with the Mopar USAC Western Midgets.

The Focus Young Guns end their 2011 racing campaign at Ventura, while the Western Ford Focuses wind up the 2011 campaign as part of the November 24 “Turkey Night Grand Prix” events at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.

The best point battle at Ventura involves Tyler Dolacki, who has a 20-point lead over Wally Pankratz in the Western Ford Focus Dirt standings. That champion will be crowned at Ventura.

Brodie Kostecki is the leader in the Western Ford Focus and Western Focus Young Guns points, while Parker Colston has already locked up the Western Young Guns Dirt title.

Nick Drake and Cole Custer have already stamped their names in the record books as the 2011 USAC National Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns Champions.

Feature winners at Ventura so far this year include Custer (2), Colston and Bradley Morris (Focus Young Guns) and Nic Carlson (2), Pankratz and Andrew Mulhearn (Ford Focus).


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Brodie Kostecki-702; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Jim Waters-675; 9-Scott Hunter-672; 10-Wally Pankratz-669.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Cole Custer-480; 2-Brody Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Parker Colston-459; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-432.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-826;.2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Chuck Groat-760;. 5-Wally Pankratz-754; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Jarid Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brody Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-535; 4-Parker Colston-520; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Katlynn Leer-467; 7-Christine Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.



USAC's MOPAR .25 FAMILY GROWS WITH THE ADDITION OF HAGERSTOWN

by Dick Jordan
The Hagerstown Quarter Midget Association in Maryland is the newest member of USAC’s growing list of Mopar .25 Midget member clubs. The announcement of their membership was made today by USAC and HQMA officials.

HQMA’s home is a quarter-midget track located adjacent to the existing half-mile dirt Hagerstown Speedway oval. The quarter-midget track was constructed in 1981, 13 years after the club opened operations on a parcel of land adjacent to the Funkstown American Legion. In the mid-1960s, the track lease was not renewed due to construction of a new American Legion Hall and racing was suspended until Hagerstown Speedway race organizer Frank Plessinger gave the approval for the 1981 construction.

The  Hagerstown club became the first dirt track to charter with USAC and will have a 2011 “Generation Next” race as part of its Dirt Triple Crown Series on June 15-17, 2012.

The ensuing 30 years have been spectacular ones for the club, which competes just a short distance from the first and second turns of the historic half-mile oval. The Hagerstown Quarter Midget Speedway is fondly referred to as the “Fastest Little Dirt Track in the East.” A very successful USAC “Generation Next” race eas held at Hagerstown in June withy a strong car count and drivers from all over the country.

The expansion of operations into Maryland gives USAC Mopar .25 Midget racing a presence in 14 states, from Connecticut to California and Michigan to Florida.

“Obviously we are delighted to add Maryland’s Hagerstown club to our family of Mopar .25 Midget clubs,” says USAC’s James Spink. “They have a spectacular home base and we look forward to great competition for championships there.”
--USAC--


Nov 9 2011
7TH ANNUAL USAC .25 Midget “CAROLINA FALL NATIONALS”
DRAWS MORE THAN 240 ENTRIES TO SALISBURY

by DICK JORDAN
A full week of racing activity highlights the 7th Annual “Carolina Fall Nationals” presented by the North Carolina Quarter Midget Association November 20-27 at the NCQMA Speedway in Salisbury, N.C. The extremely popular event has already drawn more than 240 pre-entries, incorporating 134 different drivers!

Parking and safety inspections begin Sunday, November 20, with open practice slated Monday and controlled practice Tuesday and Wednesday. A Thanksgiving Dinner will occur for participants on Thursday, November 24.

Friday brings the drivers and handlers meeting and single-car qualifying, during which NCQMA Carolina Fall Nationals Single-Car Qualifying Track Records will be established, plus Lower Main events. Racing continues to conclusion on Saturday, November 26, followed by trophy presentations. Sunday is reserved as a rain date should inclement weather interrupt the proceedings.

Divisions involved in the “Carolina Fall Nationals” (with 2010 winners in parentheses) are: Junior Stock (Chandler Smith), Red Rookie (Connor Yonchuck), Mod (Ryan Krachun), Blue Rookie (Logan Good), B (none), Junior Honda (Zeb Wise), Senior Honda (John Ruggiero Jr.), Heavy Honda (Chase Lankford), Junior Animal (Ryan Israel), Senior Animal (Louis Keraitis), Unrestricted Animal (none), Light 160 (John Ruggiero Jr.), Heavy 160 (Katlyn Stanley), Light AA (Chase Dean), Heavy AA (none), Light World Formula (Garrett Jones), Heavy World Formula (Mark Miller) and Junior Half (Jack Ely).

Four of the defending “Carolina Fall Nationals” champions are slated to be honored at USAC Banquets December 9-10 in Indianapolis as USAC Mopar .25 National Champions. They are Garrett Jones (Light World Formula and Senior Animal), Ryan Krachun (B), Mark Miller (Heavy 160) and Katlyn Stanley (Heavy World Formula).

“We are certainly excited about the 7th “Carolina Fall Nationals,” with the huge amount of cars and pre-registration,” says USAC’s James Spink. A tremendous array of racing talent will be on display during the week-long event. This is shaping up to be an annual holiday can’t-miss event for Mopar .25 Midget families.”
--USAC--






Oct 31 2011
DRAKE, ANDRETTI CLAIM EASTERN FOCUS TITLES;
2 SERIES FINALES TO JARED IRVAN

by DICK JORDAN
Mooresville, N.C. drivers Nick Drake and Jarett Andretti emerged from Saturday’s races at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. with USAC driving championships. Drake is the 2011 Eastern Ford Focus Champion, while Andretti claimed the top spot in the Eastern Pavement standings.

Andretti finished third in the two 20-lap series finales, which were won by Jared Irvan of Midland, N.C. Drake did not compete in Saturday’s events.

Irvan led all 20 laps of both races, with fast qualifier Chris Lamb finishing second in each and Andretti third. David Levine and Nic Davidson rounded out the first feature and they switched positions in the closer.

The victories were the first of Irvan’s Ford Focus career. He also won USAC’s 2011 Senior Honda Mopar .25 Midget National Championship.

USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Brodie Kostecki-702; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Jim Waters-675; 9-Scott Hunter-672; 10-Wally Pankratz-669.

FINAL USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-787, 2-Jarett Andretti-750; 3-Scott Hunter-747; 4-Chris Lamb-719; 5-Nic Davidson-627; 6-Tyler Corriher-586; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Steven Intravaia-416; 10-Cole Custer-339.

FINAL USAC EASTERN PAVED FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarett Andretti-1,057; 2-Nick Drake-949; 3-Chris Lamb-861; 4-Nic Davidson-790; 5-Scott Hunter-669; 66-Tyler Corriher-525; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Steven Intravaia-416; 9-Orry Hunte-311; 10-Jared Irvan-286.

MAZDA ROAD-TO-INDY SCOUTING COMBINE
ONE OF TAYLOR FERNS’ USAC CHAMPIONSHIP BENEFITS

by Dick Jordan
USAC Mopar D1 Midget Champion Taylor Ferns of Shelby Township, Mich. will participate in the inaugural Mazda Road to Indy Scouting Combine November 28-30 in Palmetto, Fla. after being announced today as one of a dozen drivers selected for the initial racing program, her selection a result of her 2011 USAC championship accomplishment.

INDYCAR, USF2000 and Mazda will offer the unique program and are very excited about Taylor’s involvement. Grassroots motorsports are the foundation of the Mazda Road-to-Indy ladder system and essential to drivers aiming for careers in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500.

Andersen Race Park is the site of the program, with representatives of USAC, WKA, IKF, Rotax, TaG, Rock Island Grand Prix, SKUSA Central States Challenge, Heartland Sprint Series, Florida Karting Championship Series, Eastern Karting Championship and Cal State Karting Championship Series invited.

Eight of the 12 competitors are already locked into the field and the remaining four participants are expected to be announced in the next two weeks.

"Congratulations to Taylor Ferns for her significant accomplishment,” says Dan Andersen, owner of Andersen Promotions, LLC, owner of the US F2000 National Championship and also owner of Andersen Race Park. Andersen also was a co-owner of the original USAC F2000 series. “Winning a USAC championship is difficult, and we welcome her involvement in the upcoming Indycar Scouting combine at Andersen RacePark. My years with USAC were great, and I am very happy to see their champion involved in this program. IndyCar’s effort to connect with the grass roots levels is going to reap rewards as these talented drivers start making it to the Indy 500. It's my pleasure to play a small part in this, and I wish Taylor the best in this program."

Taylor never finished worse than 10th in any of her 15 USAC Mopar D1 starts in 2011. That included a feature victory at the Indianapolis Speedrome and five other “top-five” finishes.

Taylor became only the second female driving champion in USAC history in 2011. Sondi Eden of Crawfordsville, Ind. was the first, winning the USAC Indianapolis Speedrome Regional Midget title in 2004.

Taylor will pilot one of three identically-prepared USF2000 cars in this program and will participate in a business of motorsports seminar as well as a mock media interview. Each driver will practice and make qualifying and race runs and will receive 25 total laps with full engineering support and data review. The session will conclude with a professional race team shop tour.

“I'm really looking forward to the Mazda Scouting Combine,” says Taylor. “It will be the second time I've ever been on a road course so I'm really excited and I can't thank USAC enough for helping create this great opportunity, Hopefully I can make them proud.”

A panel of judges will determine an overall winner for the scouting combine, who will receive a two-race entry in the USF2000 Series to take place at the St. Petersburg, Fla. rounds (1 & 2) as part of the INDYCAR race weekend (March 2012).

Additional details of the event, including hotel headquarters, etc. are available by contacting Jason Penix, Manager, Grassroots Marketing for INDYCAR, the IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights and the Mazda Road-to-Indy at jpenix@indycar.com or 317-492-8551.
--USAC--


WORLD’S FASTEST QUARTER-MIDGET RACE –  THE “ERNIE BOSE”
SET THIS WEEK AT CALIFORNIA’S ORANGE SHOW

by DICK JORDAN
The “Ernie Bose World Record Race” is set for Friday through Sunday at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif. and track and world records will again be the subject of conversation as USAC Mopar .25 Midget drivers try to join that elusive four-second club! The event is under the auspices of the United States Auto Club and the Orange Show Quarter Midget Racing Association.

The racing program opens with preferred parking on Thursday and practice gets under way Friday. Qualifying and Lower Mains are set for Saturday and the A Mains are Sunday followed by post-race technical inspection and the presentation of awards.

This year’s race is the sixth and final leg of the “Desert Shoot Out Series” and awards for top drivers in that series will also be presented at the conclusion of Sunday’s races.

Awards for participating drivers will include driver participation awards and goody bags, fast-time plaques and clocks, top-four A-Main trophies and Ernie Bose World Record Red Jackets for track record-breakers.

Entertainment on Saturday night following the preliminaries will consist of a raffle and a free dinner. Items included in the raffle are a Simpson helmet with NASCAR Driver autographs, Hoosier Tires and more.

Last year, Skyler Dale and Dylan Attridge posted four-second bracket laps, with Attridge posting a 4.980 and Dale a 4.944.

The race annually honors the memory of one of the sport’s greatest engine builders.

“This event is very unique in its format and the importance of qualifying” says USAC’s James Spink. “There is no other event in the country like it and turning a sub-five-second lap around Orange Show is quite an accomplishment.”
--USAC--


WORLD’S FASTEST QUARTER-MIDGET RACE –  THE “ERNIE BOSE”
SET THIS WEEK AT CALIFORNIA’S ORANGE SHOW

by DICK JORDAN
The “Ernie Bose World Record Race” is set for Friday through Sunday at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif. and track and world records will again be the subject of conversation as USAC Mopar .25 Midget drivers try to join that elusive four-second club! The event is under the auspices of the United States Auto Club and the Orange Show Quarter Midget Racing Association.

The racing program opens with preferred parking on Thursday and practice gets under way Friday. Qualifying and Lower Mains are set for Saturday and the A Mains are Sunday followed by post-race technical inspection and the presentation of awards.

This year’s race is the sixth and final leg of the “Desert Shoot Out Series” and awards for top drivers in that series will also be presented at the conclusion of Sunday’s races.

Awards for participating drivers will include driver participation awards and goody bags, fast-time plaques and clocks, top-four A-Main trophies and Ernie Bose World Record Red Jackets for track record-breakers.

Entertainment on Saturday night following the preliminaries will consist of a raffle and a free dinner. Items included in the raffle are a Simpson helmet with NASCAR Driver autographs, Hoosier Tires and more.

Last year, Skyler Dale and Dylan Attridge posted four-second bracket laps, with Attridge posting a 4.980 and Dale a 4.944.

The race annually honors the memory of one of the sport’s greatest engine builders.

“This event is very unique in its format and the importance of qualifying” says USAC’s James Spink. “There is no other event in the country like it and turning a sub-five-second lap around Orange Show is quite an accomplishment.”
--USAC--

Oct 18 2011
FOCUSES RETURN TO ACE SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 29
DAVISON, CUSTER “DOUBLE UP” IN SANTA MARIA FOCUS ACTION

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC Ford Focus activity is idle this week as Eastern teams prepare for their 2011 series finale at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. October 29.

Jet Davison of Running Springs, Calif. and Cole Custer of Kannapolis, N.C. raced to victory in USAC Ford Focus action Friday night at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. Davison passed Tyler Dolacki on lap four and led the rest of the way to win the 25-lap Ford Focus feature over Randi Pankratz, Jarid Blondel, Gaylon Stewart and Dolacki. In the accompanying Focus Young Guns race, Brodie Kostecki led the first 10 laps, then yielded to Custer, who led the final 10 laps to beat Parker Colston, Katlynn Leer and Kostecki

Davison and Custer returned to Santa Maria Saturday and repeated as feature winners at the third-mile dirt oval Davison passed Gaylon Stewart on lap 11 and led the last 10 laps to win the 20-lap Ford Focus feature and Custer caught Christine Breckenridge on lap nine of the Focus Young Guns race and led the last six laps to win the 15-lapper. Garrett Johnson, Wally Pankratz, Stewart and Daniel Williams trailed Davison in the Ford Focuses and Brodie Kostecki finished second to Custer in the Focus Young Guns ahead of Katlynn Leer, Parker Colston and Breckenridge.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Brodie Kostecki-699; 4-Garett Peterson-687; 5-Keegan Walmer-681; 6-Jarett Andretti-681; 7-Jim Waters-675; 8-Scott Hunter-672; 9-Wally Pankratz-669; 10-Jessica Clark-657.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:

1-Cole Custer-480; 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Parker Colston-459; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-432.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Ross Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Jarett Andretti-612; 5-Toby Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Jessica Bean-553; 8-Tyler Shullick-515; 9-Joey Greening-476; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-434.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Sam McGee-551; 2-Cooper Clouse-513; 3-Stevie Kuhn-502; 4-Mikell McGhee-445; 5-Michael Fanelli-370; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Adam Thomason-216; 8-Cole Custer-168; 9-Cordy Horn-153; 10-Tyler Shullick-137.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-787; 2-Scott Hunter-747; 3-Jarett Andretti-745; 4-Chris Lamb-695; 5-Nic Davidson-620; 6-Tyler Corriher-586; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Steven Intravaia-416; 10-Cole Custer-339.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Sam McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Cooper Clouse-188; 7-Michael Fanelli-166; 8-Stevie Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Chuck Groat-760; 5-Wally Pankratz-754; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Jarid Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-535; 4-Parker Colston-520; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Katlynn Leer-467; 7-Christine Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361;10-Marina Turner-310.

FINAL USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-966; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-J.R. Williams-

Oct 17 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE RESULTS: October 15, 
 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 2. Gaylon Stewart (#3s Stewart), 3. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 5. Garrett Johnson (#3G Stewart), 6. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 7. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 2. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 3. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 4. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed), 5. Cody Gerfhardt (#17 Dolacki), 6. Cole Custer (#17k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jet Davison, 2. Garrett Johnson, 3. Wally Pankratz, 4. Gaylon Stewart, 5. Daniel Williams, 6. Jarid Blondel, 7. Tyler Dolacki, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Cody Gerhardt, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Christine Breckenridge, 12. Keoni Texeira (#17k), 13. Brodie Kostecki, 14. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 G.Stewart, Laps 11-20 Davison.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Chuck Groat-760; 5-W.Pankratz-754; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-T.Dolacki-721; 9-Blondel-709; 10-Austin Luttmer-708.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-816; 2-W.Pankratz-796; 3-Williams-744; 4-Blondel-717; 5-Davison-639; 6-Kostecki-314; 7-Collin Henry-288; 8-Robert Dolacki-280; 9-R.Pankratz-267; 10-Martinez-253.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE: November 19, 2011 – Ventura (CA) Raceway


USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT RACE RESULTS: October 15, 
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 4. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 5. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Katlynn Leer, 4. Parker Colston, 5. Christine Breckenridge. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Breckenridge, Laps 9-15 Custer.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Custer-535; 4-Colston-520; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Leer-467; 7-Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361;10-Marina Turner-310.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-813; 2-Custer-661; 3-Leer-560; 4-Breckenridge-535; 5-Trevor Hunt-449; 6-Kostecki-386; 7-Austin Blair-245; 8-Zach Bogner-171; 9-Logan Williams-105; 10-Daniel Williams-64.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT RACE: November 19 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

Oct 15 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE RESULTS: October 14,  
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 2. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 3. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 4. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 5. Galen Stewart (#3s Stewart), 6. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 2. Garrett Johnson (#3G Stewart), 3. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jet Davison, 2. Randi Pankratz, .3. Jarid Blondel, 4. Galen Stewart, 5. Tyler Dolacki, 6. Daniel Williams, 7. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 8. Garrett Johnson, 9. Nick Drake, 10. Custer Custer (#55k Kruseman), 11. Brodie Kostecki. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Dolacki, Laps 4-25 Davidson.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-T.Dolacki-771; 4-Garett Peterson-769; 5-Chuck Groat-760; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Jessica Clark-747; 8-W.Pankratz-737; 9-Austin Luttmer-708; 10-Blondel-705.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-771; 2-W.Pankratz-737; 3-Williams-688; 4-Blondel-664; 5-Davison-572; 6-Collin Henry-288; 7-R.Dolacki-280; 8-Kostecki-262; 9-Kyle Edwards-251; 10-Casey Martinez-228.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE: October 15, 2011 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway


USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT RACE RESULTS: October 14, 
 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Brodie Kostecki (#40 Western Speed), 3. Parker Colston (#64 Colston); 4. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Katlyn Leer, 4. Brodie Kostecki. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Kostecki, Laps 11-20 Custer.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Custer-534; 4-Colston-520; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Leer-459; 7-Christine Breckenridge-453; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-755; 2-Custer-595; 3-Leer-501; 4-Christine Breckenridge-483; 5-Trevor Hunt-449; 6-Kostecki-321; 7-Austin Blair-245; 8-Zach Bogner-171; 9-Logan Williams-105; 10-Daniel Williams-64.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT RACE: October 15 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

Oct 11 2011
SANTA MARIA HOSTS FOCUSES, YOUNG GUNS FRIDAY & SATURDAY
ANDRETTI “DOUBLES” IN N.C.; WALMER, KOSTECKI TAKE SHASTA FEATURES

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC’s Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns will compete this Saturday night in a point-rich program of racing on the one-third mile dirt Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. Brodie Kostecki of Roseville, Calif. enters both series as the point leader.

Kostecki joined Keegan Walmer of Portland, Ore. as feature winners Saturday at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. Walmer won the 30-lap Western Ford Focus feature over Kostecki, Garett Peterson, Scott Pierovich and Jessica Clark, leading all the way. Kostecki led all 15 laps of the accompanying Focus Young Guns feature to beat Trevor Hunt, James Edens and Walmer.

Jarett Andretti of Mooresville, N.C. won both 25-lap USAC Eastern Ford Focus feature events Saturday night at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. In the opener he caught Chris Lamb on the white-flag lap and held on for the final two laps in his Tracy Trotter entry to beat Lamb, Nick Drake, Jared Irvan and Scott Hunter. In the nightcap, Andretti was the last of four race leaders. He passed Irvan on lap seven and led the remaining 19 laps for the victory. Irvan finished second ahead of Drake, Nic Davidson and Steven Intravaia. Davidson, Drake and Irvan all led prior to Andretti's winning pass.

The 2011 Eastern Ford Focus series concludes October 29 at Ace Speedway, an event which has been moved from its original date of November 5.

This weekend’s events at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, Calif. involving the USAC Western Ford Focuses and Ford Focus Young Guns have been cancelled.

USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-705; 3-Brodie Kostecki-699; 4-Keegan Walmer-681; 5-Jarett Andretti-681; 6-Garett Peterson-678; 6-Jim Waters-675; 6-Scott Hunter-672; 9-Jessica Clark-657; 10-Chris Lamb-654.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480; 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Parker Colston-456; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-432.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Jarett Andretti-612; 5-Toby Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Jessica Bean-553; 8-Tyler Shullick-515; 9-Joey Greening-476; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-434.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGee-551; 2-Cooper Clouse-513; 3-Stevie Kuhn-502; 4-Mikell McGhee-445; 5-Michael Fanelli-370; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Adam Thomason-216; 8-Cole Custer-168; 9-Cordy Horn-153; 10-Tyler Shullick-137.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-787; 2-Scott Hunter-747; 3-Jarett Andretti-745; 4-Chris Lamb-695; 5-Nic Davidson-620; 6-Tyler Corriher-586; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Steven Intravaia-416; 10-Cole Custer-339.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Sam McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Cooper Clouse-188; 7-Michael Fanelli-166; 8-Stevie Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Garett Peterson-769; 4-Chuck Groat-760; 5-Keegan Walmer-752; 6-Jessica Clark-747; 7-Wally Pankratz-726; 8-Tyler Dolacki-716; 9-Austin Luttmer-708; 9-Jarid Blondel-691.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-580; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-528; 4-Parker Colston-518; 5-James Edens-489; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Keegan Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.

FINAL USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-966; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-J.R. Williams-5


MOPAR .25 MIDGET DRIVERS GET RARE OPPORTUNITY
WITH IZOD INDYCAR DRIVERS IN OPENING CEREMONIES AT LAS VEGAS

by Dick Jordan
Race fans at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend will be viewing IZOD IndyCar drivers as they parade in vehicles prior to Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar World Championship race, but beside each will be a rising star from USAC’s Mopar .25 Midget Series! The Mopar .25 Midgets are competing on an oval adjacent to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring this weekend as part of their Western World Mopar .25 Midget Championship.

S2000 pace cars will take to the track during the opening ceremonies Sunday and the occupants will get a full lap around the one and one-half mile paved oval, waving to race fans from around the world on hand for the IZOD IndyCar Series finale! Tickets to Sunday’s race are being provided to participating Mopar .25 Midget families, free of charge.

In addition, a Mopar .25 Midget is scheduled to be on display at the INDYCAR Fan Zone at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the famous Las Vegas Strip on Friday.

Friday’s on-track activity will be limited to practice, while heat races, lower mains and A mains will be conducted on Saturday, to be followed by victory lane ceremonies. Sunday is reserved as a rain date if needed.

“Las Vegas has always been a popular destination for vacations and especially so now with all the youth-related additions to the city’s entertainment packages,” says USAC’s James Spink. “It’s a thrill for our participants to be a part of what will undoubtedly be one of our most memorable weekends. We have had a great relationship with LVMS and this special event will be a great addition to the weekend’s excitement for race fans. The ride-around will offer our drivers an unprecedented, unique opportunity to meet and spend some time with their IndyCar heroes.”
--USAC--


SAN ANTONIO LATEST CLUB TO JOIN USAC’S MOPAR .25 MIDGET FAMILY

by Dick Jordan
The Lone Star Quarter Midgets of San Antonio, who will complete their 2011 racing calendar later this month, are the latest to join the growing family of USAC Mopar .25 Midget member clubs. Headquartered in Comanche Park, the club’s events are conducted about 30 miles from where USAC Traxxas Off Road Championship events will be held this weekend at Cycle Ranch, south of San Antonio.

The Lone Star Quarter Midgets will have a display at this weekend’s race for interested families to learn more about their club and how to get involved.

“We are excited about including the LSQMA in our family of Mopar .25 Midget clubs,” says USAC’s James Spink. “Texas has witnessed a lot of USAC activity since A.J. Foyt’s 1959 Sprint race win at Houston and we look forward to the coming season of racing in Alamo country,”

USAC Midget race winners at Pan American Speedway in San Antonio through the years included Tony Bettenhausen in 1959. Buddy Rackley in 1960, Mel Kenyon and Don Meacham in 1966 and Kenyon again in 1967.

Details regarding the 2012 LSQMA schedule will be available in the near future on their website at www.lsqma08.com.
--USAC--

Oct 10 2011
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 8 
 – Anderson, California – Shasta Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-15.726; 2. Garett Peterson, 31, Peterson-15.932; 3. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.970; 4. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-16.005; 5. Tanner Long, 9, Sutton-16.020; 6. Scott Pierovich, 60, Western Speed-16.063; 7. James Edens, 8, Sutton-16.321; 8. Elliott Lampkin, 68, Lampkin-16.749; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.824.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Walmer, 3. Peterson, 4. Clark. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Edens, 3. Clark, 4. Long, 5. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Peterson, 3. Walmer, 4. Lampkin. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Keegan Walmer, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Garett Peterson, 4. Scott Pierovich, 5. Jessica Clark, 6. Tanner Long, 7. James Edens, 8. Elliott Lampkin, 9. J.R. Williams. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Walmer.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Peterson-769; 4-Chuck Groat-760; 5-Walmer-752; 6-Clark-747; 7-Wally Pankratz-726; 8-Tyler Dolacki-716; 9-Austin Luttmer-708; 10-Jarid Blondel-691.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-1,222; 2-Kostecki-1,038; 3-Peterson-913; 4-Walmer-902; 5-Edens-731.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Peterson-913; 2-Walmer-902; 3-Kostecki-823; 4-Clark-799; 5-Edens-731.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: October 14 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FORD FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: October 
Anderson, California – Shasta Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-16.142; 2. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-16.478; 3. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-16.661; 4. James Edens, 8, Sutton-16.829.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Edens. NT

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Edens. NT

FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. James Edens, 4. Keegan Walmer. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-580; 2-Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-528; 4-Parker Colston-518; 5-Edens-489; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Walmer-428; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-1,243; 2-Kostecki-1,212; 3-Edens-757; 4-Walmer-440; 5-Ricky Bowers-361.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-774; 2-Edens-757; 3-Kosteck-728; 4-Walmer-440; 5-Marina Turner-195.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: October 14 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

Oct 9 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 8, 
      – Altamahaw, North Carolina – Ace Speedway
       ANDRETTI “DOUBLES UP” AT ACE SPEEDWAY

Altamahaw, NC……..Jarett Andretti of Mooresville, N.C. won both 25-lap USAC Eastern Ford Focus feature events Saturday night at Ace Speedway.
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jarett Andretti, 11, Trotter-15.472; 2. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.557; 3. Chris Lamb, 9, Lamb-15.658; Nick Drake, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.699; 5. Scott Hunter, 96, Noffsinger/Brown-15.780; 6. Tyler Corriher, 12, Corriher-15.835; 7. Steven Intravaia, 1, Bigley/Quinones/Intravaia-16.211; 8. Nic Davidson, 39, Davidson-NT.

FIRST FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jarett Andretti, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Jared Irvan, 5. Scott Hunter, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Nic Davidson, 8. Steven Intravaia. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jarett Andretti, 2. Jared Irvan, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Nic Davidson, 5. Steven Intravaia, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Chris Lamb. (NOTE: Scott Hunter’s car disqualified after failing to pass post-race technical inspection).


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Lamb, Laps 24-25 Andretti.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Davidson, Laps 2-4 Drake, Laps 5-6 Irvan, Laps 7-25 Andretti.

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-787; 2-Hunter-747; 3-Andretti-745; 4-Lamb-695; 5-Davidson-620; 6-Corriher-586; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Intravaia-416; 10-Cole Custer-339.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: November 5 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway

Oct 4 2011
 
ACE, spdwy and SHASTA HOST FOCUS RACES THIS SATURDAY;
8 DIFFERENT DRIVERS SCORE AT MONTPELIER and LAS VEGAS

by DICK JORDAN 
The USAC Eastern and Western Ford Focus series continue this weekend with races at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. (Eastern) and Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. (Western).

The Eastern Ford Focuses conduct their penultimate event at Altamahaw Saturday, with a final event at Altamahaw November 5, while the Western Ford Focuses and Focus Young Guns will compete at Shasta Saturday.

Patrick Bruns, Ross Rankine, Cooper Clouse and Mikell McGhee walked off with feature wins in Saturday’s USAC Midwest Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns racing program at .  (Ind.) Motor Speedway. Bruns, of Champaign, Ill., passed Toby Alfrey on lap 15 and led the last six laps to win the first 20-lap Ford Focus race over John Heydenreich, Bradley Galedrige, Alfrey and Ross Rankine. In the 15-lap Ford Focus nightcap, Rankine, of Willard, Ohio, passed Dillon Welch on lap 11 and led the last five laps to win over Heydenreich, Bruns, Welch and Austin Prock. Clouse, of Ohio City, Ohio, led all 12 laps to beat Mikell McGhee, Sam McGee and Adam Thomason in the Focus Young Guns opener. Mikell McGhee of Spring Run, Pa. passed Sam McGee on lap four and led the final nine laps of the second 12-lapper to beat Clouse, McGee and Thomason.

Garett Peterson, Nick Drake, Trevor Hunt and Cole Custer all took home feature winner trophies Saturday night as the USAC Western and Utah Ford Focuses and Western Focus Young Guns invaded the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring. Peterson, of West Sacramento, Calif. and Drake, of Mooresville, N.C., took the two 30-lap Ford Focus features, while Hunt, of Liberty, Mo. and Custer, of Kannapolis, N.C., were the Focus Young Guns victors. Peterson led all 30 laps to win the Ford Focus opener over fast qualifier Keegan Walmer, Jim Waters, Jessica Clark and Tanner Long. Drake passed Paul Graham on lap 14 and led the last 17 laps to beat Peterson, Long, Walmer and Graham in race #2. Hunt caught Custer on lap three and led the last 10 laps of the Focus Young Guns opener to beat Brodie Kostecki, Custer, Edens and Daniel Williams. Custer led the first 15 and last two laps of the 20-lap Focus Young Guns finale to beat Edens, Williams, Kostecki and Marina Turner.

Rains forced cancellation of Friday night’s USAC Ford Focus race at the Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-720; 2-Ross Rankine-708; 3-Brodie Kostecki-696; 4-Garett Peterson-676; 5-Jim Waters-675; 6-Scott Hunter-672; 7-Keegan Walmer-672; 8-Jarett Andretti-657; 9-Jessica Clark-657; 10-Tyler Dolacki-648.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:

1-Cole Custer-480; 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477; 4-Trevor Hunt-477; 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-465; 7-Parker Colston-456; 8-Stevie Kuhn-453; 9-Mikell McGee-441; 10-James Edens-429.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Ross Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Jarett Andretti-612; 5-Toby Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Jessica Bean-553; 8-Tyler Shullick-515; 9-Joey Greening-476; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-434.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Sam McGee-551; 2-Cooper Clouse-513; 3-Stevie Kuhn-502; 4-Mikell McGhee-445; 5-Michael Fanelli-370; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Adam Thomason-216; 8-Cole Custer-168; 9-Cordy Horn-153; 10-Tyler Shullick-137.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-840; 2-Scott Hunter-787; 3-Jarett Andretti-768; 4-Chris Lamb-673; 5-Nic Davidson-633; 6-Tyler Corriher-577; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Cole Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Sam McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Cooper Clouse-188; 7-Michael Fanelli-166; 8-Stevie Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-815; 2-Jim Waters-807; 3-Chuck Groat-760; 4-Garett Peterson-756; 5-Jessica Clark-743; 6-Keegan Walmer-727; 7-Wally Pankratz-726; 8-Austin Luttmer-708; 9-Jarid Blondel-691; 10-Gregg Fuette-645.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brodie Kostecki-575; 2-Trevor Hunt-574; 3-Cole Custer-528; 4-Parker Colston-519; 5-James Edens-483; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Keegan Walmer-382; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Marina Turner-310.

FINAL USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-966; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-J.R. Williams-539; 7-Jeff Kelley-520; 8-Guy Sainsbury-462; 9-Jessica Clark-446; 10-Brandon White-384.

USAC “GENERATION NEXT” CHAMPIONS CROWNED
BANQUETS IN INDIANAPOLIS IN DECEMBER

by  Dick Jordan
National Champions of USAC’s 2011 “Generation Next Tour” for Mopar .25 Midgets have been crowned and will be honored twice in December banquets in Indianapolis, Ind.

The champs will be honored on December 9 at the USAC “Night of Champions” at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis, along with all of USAC’s other National Champions. The following night, their championships will again be celebrated, along with the rest of the Mopar .25 achievers, at a brand-new function to be held at the Indiana Convention Center in conjunction with the IMIS trade show.

Earning “Generation Next” championships in 2011 are: Bryant Dawson of Phoenix, Ariz. (Mod and Heavy AA), Carson Hocevar of Portage, Mich. (Junior Stock and Junior Animal), Garrett Jones of West Palm Beach, Fla. (Light World Formula and Senior Animal), Harrison Burton of Huntersville, N.C. (Light 160), Tyler Clem of St. Petersburg, Fla. (Junior Honda), Michael Fanelli of Rio Rancho, N.M. (Unrestricted Animal), Jared Irvan of Midland, N.C. (Senior Honda), Ryan Krachun of Neshanic, N.J. (B), Mark Miller of Mooresville, N.C. (Heavy 160), Wil Raber of Allegan, Mich. (Heavy Honda), Katlyn Stanley of Concord, N.C. (Heavy World Formula) and Gage Walker of Fairland, Ind. (Light AA).

“It’s been a great season. Despite a tough economy we saw car counts rise for the 2011 Generation Next Series,” stated USAC’s James Spink. :We look forward to announcing our 2012 National Championship dates in the next couple of months.”

Drivers were credited with their best five scores during the 12-race campaign and while several drivers posted near-perfect scores, only Ryan Krachun in the B Class was able to notch the five feature victories to achieve the 300 possible points.

In terms of feature victories across the various classes, Dawson and Jones led the way with nine total wins. Krachun had eight, while Wise, Hocevar and Frankie Nervo had seven apiece. A total of 64 drivers posted A-Main wins during the 2011 tour.
--USAC--


Oct 2 2011
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/UTAH/SOUTH/NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 1 
– Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-15.227; 2. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.254; 3. Garett Peterson, 31, Peterson-15.313; 4. Jim Waters, 28, Waters-15.326; 5. Paul Graham, 42, Sutton-15.434; 6. James Edens, 8, Sutton-15.454; 7. Tanner Long, 9, Sutton-15.473; 8. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-15.504; 9. Brandon White, 60, Blondel-15.512; 10. Cole Custer, 55k, Kruseman-15.571; 11. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-15.586; 12. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-15.861; 13. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Strickland-16.103; 14. Daniel Williams, 26, Breckenridge-16.160; 15. Winn Frazin, 59, Frazin-16.252; 16. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.413; 17. Trent Kassik, 83, Kassik-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Kostecki, 3. Long, 4. Sainsbury, 5. Graham, 6. White, 7. Walmer, 8. Frazin. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Custer, 3. Edens, 4. Waters, 5. Clark, 6. D.Williams, 7. J.R. Williams, 8. Pankratz. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Garett Peterson, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Jim Waters, 4. Jessica Clark, 5. Tanner Long, 6. Cole Custer, 7. James Edens, 8. Brandon White, 9. Guy Sainsbury, 10. Brodie Kostecki, 11. Daniel Williams, 12. Nick Drake, 13. Winn Frazin, 14. Paul Graham, 15. J.R. Williams, 16. Wally Pankratz. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (30 lap – No Utah Points) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Garett Peterson, 3. Tanner Long, 4. Paul Graham, 5. James Edens, 6. Jim Waters, 7. Jessica Clark, 8. Brandon White, 9. Daniel Williams, 10. J.R. Williams, 11. Brodie Kostecki, 12. Wally Pankratz, 13. Winn Frazin, 14. Guy Sainsbury. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Peterson.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Pankratz, Laps 2-13 Graham, Laps 14-30 Drake.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-815; 2-Waters-807; 3-Chuck Groat-760; 4-Peterson-756; 5-Clark-743; 6-Walmer-727; 7-Pankratz-726; 8-Austin Luttmer-708; 9-Jarid Blondel-691; 10-Gregg Fuette-645.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-1,167; 2-Kostecki-969; 3-Peterson-847; 4-Walmer-782; 5-White-685.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Peterson-847; 2-Walmer-782; 3-Kostecki-754; 4-Clark-744; 5-Edens-685.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-737; 2-White-684; 3-Graham-661; 4-Kostecki-536; 5-Peterson-344.
FINAL UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-966; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-J.R. Williams-539; 7-Jeff Kelley-520; 8-Sainsbury-462; 9-Clark-446; 10-White-384.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: October 8 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park


USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/SOUTH/NORTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: October 1
 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-15.959; 2. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-16.109; 3. James Edens, 8, Sutton-16.240; 4. Cole Custer, 55k, Kruseman-16.347; 5. Daniel Williams, 26, Breckenridge-16.736; 6. Marina Turner, 98, Turner-17.730.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Kostecki, 3. Edens, 4. Custer, 5. Williams, 6. Turner. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Trevor Hunt, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Cole Custer, 4. James Edens, 5. Daniel Williams, 6. Marina Turner. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. James Edens, 3. Daniel Williams, 4. Brodie Kostecki (#60 Western Speed), 5. Marina Turner. NT (NOTE: Trevor Hunt car disqualified).

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Custer, Laps 3-20 Hunt.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Custer, Laps 16-18 Kostecki, Laps 19-20 Custer.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-575; 2-Hunt-574; 3-Custer-528; 4-Parker Colston-519; 5-Edens-483; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Keegan Walmer-382; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Turner-310.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-1,175; 2-Kostecki-1,138; 3-Edens-694; 4-Keegan Walmer-384; 5-Ricky Bowers-361.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-706; 2-Edens-694; 3-Kostecki-654; 4-Keegan Walmer-384; 5-Turner-195.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-938; 2-Hunt-851; 3-Edens-401; 4-Ricky Bowers-361; 5-Turner-310.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: October 8 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 1 
– Montpelier, Indiana - Montpelier Motor Speedway

FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 2. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 3. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 4. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 5. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 6. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 7. Dillon Welch (#41 Sexton), 8. Tyler Shullick (#61 Shullick), 8. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 10. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 11. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 12. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 13. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 14. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Patrick Bruns, 4. Dillon Welch (#22 Givens), 5. Austin Prock, 6. Toby Alfrey, 7. Scott Hunter, 8. Alfred Galedrige (#41), 9. Joey Greening, 10. Tyler SHullick, 11. Justen Garmenn, 12. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 13. Jessica Bean. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Alfrey, Laps 15-20 Bruns.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Welch, Laps 11-15 Rankine.

FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Andretti-612; 5-Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Bean-553; 8-Shullick-515; 9-Greening-476; 10-K.Kriegbaum-434.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Bruns-434; 2-Rankine-426; 3-Alfrey-362; 4-Heydenreich-355; 5-Byron Stowe-254; 6-Shullick-242; 7-Bean-231; 8-Greening-224; 9-Nick Drake-219; 10-Garmenn-202, 2011 – Montpelier, Indiana - Montpelier Motor Speedway

FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 2. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 3. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 4. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 5. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 6. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 7. Dillon Welch (#41 Sexton), 8. Tyler Shullick (#61 Shullick), 8. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 10. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 11. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 12. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 13. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 14. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Patrick Bruns, 4. Dillon Welch (#22 Givens), 5. Austin Prock, 6. Toby Alfrey, 7. Scott Hunter, 8. Alfred Galedrige (#41), 9. Joey Greening, 10. Tyler SHullick, 11. Justen Garmenn, 12. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 13. Jessica Bean. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Alfrey, Laps 15-20 Bruns.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Welch, Laps 11-15 Rankine.

FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Andretti-612; 5-Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Bean-553; 8-Shullick-515; 9-Greening-476; 10-K.Kriegbaum-434.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Bruns-434; 2-Rankine-426; 3-Alfrey-362; 4-Heydenreich-355; 5-Byron Stowe-254; 6-Shullick-242; 7-Bean-231; 8-Greening-224; 9-Nick Drake-219; 10-Garmenn-202


USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: October 1 
– Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

FIRST FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 2. Mikell McGhee (#22 McGhee), 3. Sam McGee (#11 McGee), 4. Adam Thomason (#91 Alfrey). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Mikell McGhee, 2. Cooper Clouse, 3. Sam McGee, 4. Adam Thomason. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Clouse.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 S.McGee, Laps 4-12 M.McGhee.

FINAL USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGee-551; 2-Clouse-513; 3-Stevie Kuhn-502; 4-M.McGhee-445; 5-Michael Fanelli-370; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Thomason-216; 8-Cole Custer-168; 9-Cordy Horn-153; 10-Tyler Shullick-137.

Sept 30 2011
GAS CITY FOCUSES CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Gas City, IN........Friday night's USAC Midwest Ford Focus race at Gas City I-69 Speedway has been cancelled due to inclement weather, including the forecast for rain and temperatures near freezing. The USAC Midwest Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns series are scheduled to compete Saturday night at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway.


Sept 29 2011
USAC WELCOMES MINI-INDY QUARTER MIDGET CLUB
AS LATEST MEMBER OF USAC’S MOPAR .25 MIDGET FAMILY

by Dick Jordan
The Central Indiana Quarter Midget Club is USAC’s newest Mopar .25 Midget family member. Headquartered at the famed Min-Indy Speedway, located at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in the racing capital for the past two decades. Mini-Indy annually hosts the prestigious “Robbie Stanley Memorial” race honoring USAC’s late three-time National Sprint Car Champion.

Sporting an authentic Indianapolis Motor Speedway brick at the start-finish line, the Mini-Indy oval has been a target of racers ever since the track debuted and it has a wide banking of seven degrees on the straightaways and nine degrees in the turns, just like the IMS oval!

“We’re ecstatic about adding Mini-Indy to our Mopar ,25 Midget family,” says USAC’s James Spink. “Naturally, being in Indianapolis offers many plusses for not only USAC but Mini-Indy members as well as we join together to continue to elevate the sport of quarter-midget racing as the first platform for future USAC drivers and families.”

Tony George, founder of the Indy Racing League, offered the following thoughts regarding the Mini-Indy club and its participants: “My family spent many enjoyable years competing in Quarter Midgets and have remained close with many of the people and families with which we became acquainted during the 1990’s. Some of those cherished memories include working with the families that gave of their time, talent and resources to build a new track, which led to growth of the club and its membership. I wish the club the very best as it charts its course for continued growth into the future.”

Information regarding the 2012 Mini-Indy schedule, activities and the “Robbie Stanley Memorial” race can be found in the weeks ahead at www.usacracing.com and at www.mini-indy.org.
--USAC--

Sept 27 2011

FOCUSES HEADED FOR GAS CITY, MONTPELIER & LAS VEGAS;
DRAKE, PETERSON, KOSTECKI SHARE ROSEVILLE SPOTLIGHT

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC’s Western and Midwest Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns series continue their 2011 campaigns this weekend with races in Las Vegas, Nev. and Gas City and Montpelier, Ind.

Saturday’s Western events at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring include “double” feature for both Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns. The Midwest Ford Focuses race at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday, then join the Midwest Focus Young Guns for a “doubleheader” at Montpelier Motor Speedway Saturday night, which will include “double” features for both series to make up for the September 10 rainouts.

Nick Drake, Garett Peterson and Brodie Kostecki all scored USAC feature victories at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. Saturday night. Drake, of Mooresville, N.C. and Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. won 40-lap Western Ford Focus races and Kostecki, of Roseville, Calif., won the 20-lap Western Focus Young Guns main event.

Drake led all 40 laps of the first Ford Focus race to beat Peterson, Kostecki, Keegan Walmer and James Edens. In the second 40-lapper, Peterson passed Jessica Clark on lap seven and led the rest of the way to beat Drake, Walmer, Clark and Edens. Kostecki trailed Trevor Hunt for six laps in the Focus Young Guns feature, then led the final 14 laps. Drake took second ahead of Hunt, Edens and Sheldon Didinger.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-720, 2-Ross Rankine-702, 3-Brodie Kostecki-696, 4-Scott Hunter-672, 5-Jim Waters-669, 6-Jarett Andretti-657, 7-Jessica Clark-654, 8-Keegan Walmer-654, 9-Tyler Dolacki-648, 10-Wally Pankratz-646.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Brody Kostecki-480, 3-Sam McGhee-477, 4-Trevor Hunt-474, 5-Jarid Irvan-465, 6-Cooper Clouse-459, 7-Parker Colston-456, 8-Stevie Kuhn-453, 9-James Edens-423, 10-Mikell McGee-420.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Jarett Andretti-612; 5-Toby Alfrey-598; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Jessica Bean-549; 8-Joey Greening-470; 9-Tyler Shullick-443; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-359.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-613; 2-Stevie Kuhn-559; 3-Cooper Clouse-517; 4-Michael Fanelli-370; 5-Mikell McGee-367; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Cole Custer-168; 8-Cordy Horn-153; 9-Tyler Shullick-137; 10-Adam Thomason-114.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-840; 2-Scott Hunter-787; 3-Jarett Andretti-768; 4-Chris Lamb-673; 5-Nic Davidson-633; 6-Tyler Corriher-577; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Cole Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Sam McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Cooper Clouse-188; 7-Michael Fanelli-166; 8-Stevie Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-575; 2-Trevor Hunt-569; 3-Cole Custer-527; 4-Parker Colston-519; 5-James Edens-470; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Keegan Walmer-382; 9-Ricky Bowers-361; 10-Brandon White-264.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-815; 2-Jim Waters-797; 3-Chuck Groat-760; 4-Jessica Clark-736; 5-Wally Pankratz-726; 6-Keegan Walmer-719; 7-Garett Peterson-718; 8-Tyler Dolacki-716; 9-Austin Luttmer-708; 10-Jarid Blondel-691.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-904; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-Jeff Kelley-520; 7-J.R. Williams-516; 8-Guy Sainsbury-421; 9-Jessica Clark-386; 10-Brandon White-342.


MOPAR .25 “GENERATION NEXT TOUR” CONCLUDES AT “LITTLE E”

by Dick Jordan
USAC.s 2k11 “Generation Next” Mopar .25 Midget championships finalized Saturday and Sunday at Tony Stewart’s “Little E” oval in Rossburg, Ohio.

Just like fans witnessed at the half-mile Saturday night, “Little E” had its own Triple Crown winner. Ali Lewis of Ellicott City, Md. Posted victories in Heavy Honda, Heavy 160 and Heavy World Formula class competition!

“What a great weekend of Mopar .25 Midget racing at the “Little E,” says USAC’s James Spink. “The track was outstanding all weekend with lots of moisture, plenty of grip and lots of passing. Special thanks are extended to all those at Eldora Speedway for a great weekend." Race winners at “Little E” were honored along with “4-Crown Nationals” champion Kyle Larson on Saturday night at the half-mile oval.

Weekend A-Main winners at “Little E” included Ali Lewis of Ellicott City, MD (Heavy Honda, Heavy 160 and Heavy World Formula)), Tyler Clem of St. Petersburg, FL (Junior Honda), Aaron Bollinger of Birdsboro, PA (Senior Honda), Carson Hocevar of Portage, MI (Junior Animal), Garrett Jones of West Palm Beach, FL (Senior Animal and Light World Formula), Aaron Leffel of Springfield, OH (Unrestricted Animal), Caden Hoyt of Homer, MI (Junior Stock), Collin Olson of Hugo, MN (Mod), Ryan Krachun of Neshanic, NJ (B), Harrison Burton of Huntersville, NC (Light 160) and Richie Streicher of Bluffton, OH (Heavy AA). Dale Dupler of Hallam, PA was the top Red Rookie.

Over 175 entries participated in last weekend’s “Little E” finales, held in conjunction with USAC’s annual “4-Crown Nationals” program on the Eldora Speedway half-mile.
--USAC--

Sept 26 2011
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 24,
 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.657; 2. Garett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.765; 3. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-13.821; 4. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-13.898; 5. Tanner Long, 9, Sutton-13.917; 6. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.972; 7. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.047; 8. James Edens, 8, Sutton-14.175; 9. Sheldon Didinger, 42, Sutton-14.289; 10. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.767.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Kostecki, 3. Clark, 4. Didinger, 5. Long. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Walmer, 3. Skoglund, 4. Edens, 5. Williams. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Garett Peterson, 3. Brodie Kostecki, 4. Keegan Walmer, 5. James Edens, 6. Tanner Long, 7. Tim Skoglund, 8. Jessica Clark, 9. Sheldon Didinger, 10. J.R. Williams. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garett Peterson, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Jessica Clark, 5. James Edens, 6. Tanner Long, 7. Sheldon Didinger, 8. Tim Skoglund, 9. Brodie Kosecki, 10. J.R. Williams. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Drake.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Clark, Laps 7-40 Peterson.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-815; 2-Jim Waters-797; 3-Chuck Groat-760; 4-Jessica Clark-736; 5-Wally Pankratz-726; 6-Walmer-719; 7-Peterson-718; 8-Tyler Dolacki-716; 9-Austin Luttmer-708; 10-Jarid Blondel-691.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-1,065; 2-Kostecki-898; 3-Walmer-719; 4-Peterson-718; 5-Brandon White-603.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Walmer-718; 2-Peterson-718; 3-Kostecki-683; 4-Clark-642; 5-Edens-588.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: October 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway

USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: September 24, 
 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-14.205; 2. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.554; 3. James Edens, 8, Sutton-14.614; 4. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-14.696; 5. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-14.754; 6. Sheldon Didinger, 42, Sutton-16.249.

DASH: (5 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Edens, 4. Drake, 5. Didinger. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. James Edens, 5. Sheldon Didinger. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Hunt, Laps 7-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-569; 2-Kostecki-569; 3-Cole Custer-527; 4-Parker Colston-519; 5-Edens-461; 6-Christine Breckenridge-453; 7-Katlynn Leer-442; 8-Walmer-376; 9-Ricky Bowers-300; 10-Brandon White-264.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-1,101; 2-Kostecki-1,018; 3-Edens-576; 4-Walmer-384; 5-Ricky Bowers-361.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-632; 2-Edens-576; 3-Kostecki-534; 4-Walmer-384; 5-Christine Breckenridge-159.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: October 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway

Sept 20 2011
WESTERN FOCUSES AT ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY SATURDAY
FUETTE, WALMER, KOSTECKI, MULHEARN, CUSTER, RANKINE, McGHEE ALL #1
WATERS CLAIMS 2011 UTAH FORD FOCUS TITLE

by DICK JORDAN
USAC’s Western Ford Focus competitors will have this weekend’s schedule all to themselves, competing at the All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. Two Western Ford Focus feature are on tap, along with a feature event for the Western Focus Young Guns.

Brodie Kostecki leads the Western Ford Focus standings, while Kostecki and Trevor Hunt are tied for the lead in the Western Focus Young Guns points.

Gregg Fuette of West Valley City, Utah led all 25 laps to win the 2011 Utah Ford Focus race at Rocky Mountain Raceways Saturday night. Jim Waters finished second and put a lid on the 2011 series championship, emerging witn a 98-point lead over Chuck Groat going into the seris finale at Las Vegas, Nev. October 1. Groat, Ron Duncombe and Guy Sainsbury rounded out the ”top-five” at the checkered flag.

Keegan Walmer of Portland, Ore. and Kostecki, of Roseville, Calif., scored feature wins in Saturday night’s “Fall Harvest Classic” Ford Focus races at the Madera Speedway. Walmer led the first five laps of the Western Ford Focus race, then yielded to Garett Peterson. On the final lap, Walmer regained the lead and won over Paul Graham, Jessica Clark, Ricky Bowers and Jeff Oleen. Kostecki passed Trevor Hunt on the fourth lap of the Focus Young Guns feature and led the last 17 laps to beat Hunt, James Edens and Ricky Bowers.

Andrew Mulhearn of Whittier, Calif. and Cole Custer of Kannapolis, N.C. scored USAC feature wins in Saturday night’s Ford Focus activity at the Ventura Raceway. Mulhearn passed Jarid Blondel on lap 14 and led the final seven laps of the Western Ford Focus feature to beat Wally Pankratz, Tyler Dolacki, Casey Martinez and Nick Carlson. In the accompanying Focus Young Guns race, Custer led the opening lap, yielded to Katlynn Leer on lap two but regained the lead on lap three and led the rest of the way to win the 14-lap race over Leer, Parker Colston, Austin Blair and Christine Breckenridge.

Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio and Sam McGhee of Camby, Ind. were the winners of USAC Ford Focus features at Columbus Motor Speedway Saturday night. Rankine passed James Robertson on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to win the 40-lap Midwest/Eastern Ford Focus feature in his National Pride Beast/Ford. Nick Hamilton finished second ahead of Jarett Andretti, Robertson and Gage Walker. Toby Alfrey led the first two laps. Rankine’s win made him the Midwest Pavement Ford Focus Champ for 2011. McGhee led all but the first lap of the 20-lap Midwest/Eastern Focus Young Guns feature to beat fast qualifier Cooper Clouse, Michael Fanelli, Mikell McGee and Stevie Kuhn, who led lap one. McGhee piloted the Stoops Freightliner/CPM Machine Spike to the win.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-717, 2-Ross Rankine-702, 3-Brodie Kostecki-693, 4-Scott Hunter-672, 5-Jim Waters-669, 6-Jarett Andretti-657, 7-Jessica Clark-651, 8-Tyler Dolacki-648, 9-Wally Pankratz-646, 10-Chris Lamb-639.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-477, 4-Trevor Hunt-474, 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Cooper Clouse-459, 7-Parker Colston-456, 8-Stevie Kuhn-453, 9-James Edens-423; 10-Mikell McGee-420.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Jarett Andretti-612; 5-Toby Alfrey-598; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Jessica Bean-549; 8-Joey Greening-470; 9-Tyler Shullick-443; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-359.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-613; 2-Stevie Kuhn-559; 3-Cooper Clouse-517; 4-Michael Fanelli-370; 5-Mikell McGee-367; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Cole Custer-168; 8-Cordy Horn-153; 9-Tyler Shullick-137; 10-Adam Thomason-114.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-840; 2-Scott Hunter-787; 3-Jarett Andretti-768; 4-Chris Lamb-673; 5-Nic Davidson-633; 6-Tyler Corriher-577; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-445; 9-Cole Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Sam McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Cooper Clouse-188; 7-Michael Fanelli-166; 8-Stevie Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-806, 2-Jim Waters-797, 3-Chuck Groat-760, 4-Jessica Clark-736, 5-Wally Pankratz-726, 6-Tyler Dolacki-716, 7-Austin Luttmer-708, 8-Jarid Blondel-691, 9-Gregg Fuette-645, 10-Daniel Williams-640.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569, 2-Brody Kostecki-569, 3-Cole Custer-527, 4-Parker Colston-519, 5-James Edens-457, 6-Christine Breckenridge-453, 7-Katlynn Leer-442, 8-Keegan Walmer-376, 9-Ricky Bowers-300, 10-Brandon White-264.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-904; 2-Chuck Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Gregg Fuette-643; 5-Ron Duncombe-603; 6-Jeff Kelley-520; 7-J.R. Williams-516; 8-Guy Sainsbury-421; 9-Jessica Clark-386; 10-Brandon White-342


“GENERATION NEXT” TITLES UP FOR GRABS AT “LITTLE E”
by Dick Jordan
The 2k11 USAC “Generation Next” Mopar .25 Midget championships are up for grabs this weekend in the series finale at Tony Stewart’s “Little E” dirt oval adjacent to his Eldora Speedway, site of this weekend’s 31st USAC “4-Crown Nationals.”

Although seven championships are already determined, another eight will be decided by this weekend’s results.

Drivers already locking up titles include Jared Irvan of Midland, N.C. (Senior Honda), Carson Hocevar of Portage, MI (Junior Stock), Bryant Dawson of Phoenix, AZ (Mod), Ryan Krachun of Neshanic, N.J. (B), Gage Walker of Fairland, IN (Light AA), Mark Miller of Mooresville, NC (Heavy 160), Wil Raber of Allegan, MI (Heavy Honda), and Michael Fanelli of Rio Rancho, NM (Unrestricted Animal).

In Junior Honda, Zeb Wise of Angola, IN leads Tyler Clem of St. Petersburg, FL by six points. Wise is also tied with Hocevar in Junior Animal. In Light World Formula Garrett Jones of West Palm Beach, FL leads Frankie Nervo of Tallmadge, OH by three points. Jones also leads the Light 160 standings by six over Harrison Burton of Huntersville, NC and 12 over Krachun, and Jones also leads Senior Animal by three over Burton and six over Michael Atwell of Naples, FL. Bryant Dawson of Phoenix, AZ has a six point lead over Richie Streicher of Bluffton, OH in Heavy AA. 

Katlyn Stanley of Concord, NC has a three point lead over Raber and six point edge over Tyler Shullick of Vermillion, OH in Heavy World Formula.

Each class victory is worth 60 points, but a driver’s best five point performances are utilized to determine the champions. In order to be eligible for year-end championships and awards, drivers must have competed in at least five events.

Champions of USAC’s 2011 “Generation Next” tour will be recognized during USAC’s “Night of Champions” year-end banquet on December 9 at the IndianaRoof Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis.
--USAC--

Sept 18 2011 late reports
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 17
 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 28, Waters-15.374; 2. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.407; 3. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.672; 4. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.713; 5. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-15.920; 6. John Waters, 28x, Waters-16.004; 7. Lindy Luttmer, 49, Luttmer-16.475; 8. Cheyenne Torgerson, 14, 16.549; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-18.133.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, . Fuette, 3. Sainsbury, 4. Torgerson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Groat, 2. Duncombe, 3. L.Luttmer, 4. Williams. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Gregg Fuette, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Ron Duncombe, 5. Guy Sainsbury, 6. Lindy Luttmer, 7. Cheyenne Torgerson, 8. J.R. Williams. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Fuette.

FINAL UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-904; 2-Groat-806; 3-Austin Luttmer-708; 4-Fuette-643; 5-Duncombe-603; 6-Jeff Kelley-520; 7-Williams-516; 8-Sainsbury-421; 9-Jessica Clark-386; 10-Brandon White-342.

NEXT WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: October 1 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring

USAC WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011
 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. David Prickett (#17 Dolacki), 5. Katlyn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 6. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 7. Tanner Kershaw (#26 Kershaw), 8. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 2. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 3. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 4. Jarid Blondel (#8 Pankratz), 5. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 6. Austin Blair (#4k Kruseman), 7. Trent Kassik (#83 Kassik), 8. Christine Breckenridge (#26x Breckenridge). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Andrew Mulhearn, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Tyler Dolacki, 4. Casey Martinez, 5. Nick Carlson, 6. David Prickett, 7. Collin Henry, 8. Daniel Williams, 9. Parker Colston, 10. Katlynn Leer, 11. Jarid Blondel, 12. Austin Blair, 13. Christine Breckenridge, 14. Trent Kassik, 15. Cole Custer, 16. Tanner Kershaw. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Blondel, Laps 14-20 Mulhearn.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-716; 2-Pankratz-695; 3-Williams-640; 4-Blondel-602; 5-Jet Davison-504; 6-Henry-288; 7-Robert Dolacki-280; 8-Kyle Edwards-251; 9-Martinez-228; 10-Brodie Kostecki-225.

NEXT WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE: September 24 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway


USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011
 –Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Fall Harvest Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-15.315; 2. James Edens, 8, Sutton-15.576; 3. Ricky Bowers, 42, Sutton-15.688; 4. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-15.802; 5. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-NT.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Bowers, 4. Edens, 5. Walmer. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. James Edens, 4. Ricky Bowers. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hunt, Laps 4-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-1,044; 2-Kostekci-952; 3-Edens-521; 4-Walmer-382; 5-Bowers-361.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-575; 2-Edens-521; 3-Kostecki-468; 4-Walmer-382; 5-Christine Breckenridge-159; 6-Sheldon Didinger-108; 7-Marina Turner-98; 8-Bowers-61; 9-
Colin Milroy-58; 10-Kyle Bailey-57.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: September 24 
– Roseville, CA – All American Speedway


USAC WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

HEAT RACE: (7 laps ) 1. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 2. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge), 3. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 4. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 5. Austin Blair (#4k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (14 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Katlynn Leer, 3. Parker Colston, 4. Austin Blair, 5. Christine Breckenridge. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Custer, Lap 2 Leer, Laps 3-14 Custer.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-692; 2-Custer-527; 3-Breckenridge-483; 4-Trevor Hunt-449; 5-Leer-442; 6-Brodie Kostecki-263; 7-Blair-245; 8-Zach Bogner-171; 9-Logan Williams-105; 10-Daniel Williams-64.

NEXT WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: September 24 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway

Sept 18 20111
USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 17, 
 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ross Rankine, 9, Nine Racing-13.937; 2. Nick Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-14.007; 3. Jarett Andretti, 11, Trotter-14.084; 4. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-14.112; 5. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.138; 6. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-14.148; 7. James Robertson, 1, Steele-14.339; 8. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-14.342; 9. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-14.343; 10. Toby Alfrey, 5, Alfrey-14.466; 11. Tyler Corriher, 12x, Noffsinger/Brown-14.521; 12. Orry Hunte, 96, Brown/Noffsinger-14.544; 13. Nic Davidson, 39, Davidson-14.576; 14. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-14.584; 15. Jessica Bean, 3, Bean-14.677; 16. Kyle Baugh, 91, Alfrey-14.833; 17. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.377.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robertson, 2. Andretti, 3. Drake, 4. Corriher, 5. Shullick, 6. Rankine, 7. Bean, 8. K.Kriegbaum, 9. Davidson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunte, 2. Hunter, 3. Alfrey, 4. N.Hamilton, 5. Walker, 6. Irvan, 7. Greening, 8. Baugh. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Nick Hamilton, 3. Jarett Andretti, 4. James Robertson, 5. Gage Walker, 6. Nick Drake, 7. Jared Irvan, 8. Tyler Shullick, 9. Toby Alfrey, 10. Scott Hunter, 11. Tyler Corriher, 12. Orry Hunte, 13. Joey Greening, 14. Jessica Bean, 15. Kyle Baugh, 16. Nic Davidson, 17. Kent Kriegbaum. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Alfrey, Laps 3-19 Robertson, Lap 20-40 Rankine.

NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Rankine-829; 2-Robertson-694; 3-Andretti-650; 4-Alfrey-640; 5-Drake-630; 6-N.Hamilton-573; 7-Bean-549; 8-Greening-497; 9-Shullick-443; 10-K.Kriegbaum-359.
FINAL MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Rankine-705; 2-Robertson-694; 3-N.Hamilton-573; 4-Andretti-560; 5-Alfrey-481.
NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Drake-840; 2-Hunter-787; 3-Andretti-768; 4-Chris Lamb-673; 5-Davidson-633; 6-Tyler Corriher-577; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Rankine-445; 9-Cole Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.
NEW EASTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Drake-838; 2-Andretti-820; 3-Chris Lamb-638; 4-Hunter-619; 5-Davidson-596.

NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: October 1 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway
NEXT EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: October 8 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway

USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 17, 
 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-14.678; 2. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-14.803; 3. Mikell McGee, 22, McGee-14.816; 4. Stevie Kuhn, 74, Kuhn-14.976; 5. Michael Fanelli, 14F, Rankine-15.310; 6. Cordy Horn, 114, Horn-15.335; 7. Austin Nemire, 14x, Rankine-15.355; 8. Emmy Gray, 7, Gray-16.061.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1.Clouse, 2. McGee, 3. Fanelli, 4. Nemire. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McGhee, 2. Kuhn, 3. Gray, 4. Horn. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Sam McGhee, 2. Cooper Clouse, 3. Michael Fanelli, 4. Mikell McGee, 5. Stevie Kuhn, 6. Cordy Horn, 7. Emmy Gray, 8. Austin Nemire. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Kuhn, Laps 2-20 McGhee.

NEW MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-S.McGhee-613; 2-Kuhn-559; 3-Clouse-517; 4-Fanelli-370; 5-M.McGee-367; 6-Gray-333; 7-Cole Custer-168; 8-Horn-153; 9-Tyler Shullick-137; 10-Adam Thomason-114.
FINAL EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-S.McGhee-392; 4-Trey Hutchens-337; 5-M.McGee-305; 6-Clouse-188; 7-Fanelli-166; 8-Kuhn-122; 9-Tyler Shullick-70; 10-Brendon Bock-64.

NEXT MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE: October 1 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway

Sept 13 2011
FOCUSES AT SLC, MADERA, VENTURA & COLUMBUS;
KOSTECKI WINS 3, WATERS 1, RAIN HALTS GAS CITY, BAKERSFIELD
by DICK JORDAN 
Tracks in California, Utah and Ohio host USAC Ford Focus racing this week as the battle for championships intensifies. Saturday night sees the USAC Midwest and Eastern Ford Focuses and Focus Young Guns at the Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway, the California Dirt series at Ventura (Calif.,) Raceway, the California pavement series at Madera (Calif.) Speedway for the “Harvest Fall Classic” and the Utah series at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City.

Jim Waters of West Jordan, Utah extended his bulging lead in the USAC Utah Ford Focus series with Saturday night’s 25-lap feature victory at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Gregg Fuette led the first 14 laps and finished second, ahead of Ron Duncombe, Austin Luttmer and Jeff Kelley.

Brodie Kostecki of Roseville, Calif. scored a “clean sweep” of the USAC races at his home track, All American Speedway, on Saturday night. He took the lead on lap 35 in both of two USAC Western Ford Focus features and led the rest of the way, then passed Keegan Walmer for the lead on lap eight of the 20-lap Focus Young Guns race and went on to win that as well! In the first Ford Focus main he passed Walmer on lap 35 and finished ahead of Walmer, Garrett Peterson, James Eden and Tanner Long. In the second Ford Focus race Sheldon Didinger led for 10 laps, then Eden led for 24 before yielding to Kostecki. Peterson, Walmer, Long and Eden rounded out the “top-five.” In the Focus Young Guns feature Trevor Hunt finished second ahead of Eden, Walmer and Didinger. Oh yeah, Kostecki was the fastest qualifier for each series as well and won the Ford Focus heat and the Focus Young Guns Dash.

Rain halted the proceedings at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway Saturday night after practice and also washed out Saturday’s events at the Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway. The Montpelier races will be part of a “double feature” program on October 1.

USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-717, 2-Ross Rankine-699, 3-Brodie Kostecki-693, 4-Scott Hunter-672, 5-Jim Waters-654, 6-Jarett Andretti-651, 7-Jessica Clark-645, 8-Chris Lamb-639, 9-Jarid Blondel-612, 10-Austin Luttmer-600.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-474, 4-Trevor Hunt-474, 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Parker Colston-456, 7-Stevie Kuhn-453, 8-Cooper Clouse-453, 9-James Eden-420; 10-Mikell McGee-417.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-760, 2-Toby Alfrey-598, 3-Jessica Bean-524, 4-Jarett Andretti-585, 5-Joey Greening-470, 6-Nick Drake-577, 7-James Robertson-635, 8-Nick Hamilton-506, 9-Tyler Shullick-400, 10-Kent Kriegbaum-340.

USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-540, 2-Stevie Kuhn-501, 3-Cooper Clouse-446, 4-Michael Fanelli-308, 5-Mikell McGee-305, 6-Emmy Gray-285, 7-Cole Custer-168, 8-Tyler Schullick-137, 9-Adam Thomason-114, 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1- Nick Drake-787, 2-Scott Hunter-747, 3-Jarett Andretti-703, 4-Chris Lamb-673, 5-Nic Davidson-612, 6-Tyler Corriher-541, 7-Austin Prock-502, 8-Ross Rankine-376, 9-Cole Custer-339, 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Trey Hutchens-337; 4-Sam McGhee-319; 5-Mikell McGee-243; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-806, 2-Jim Waters-777, 3-Chuck Groat-739, 4-Jessica Clark-725, 5-Austin Luttmer-708, 6-Jarid Blondel-691, 7-Wally Pankratz-665, 8-Tyler Dolacki-655, 9-Daniel Williams-594, 10-Gregg Fuette-572.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569, 2-Brody Kostecki-569, 3-Parker Colston-516, 4-Cole Custer-461, 5-James Eden-457, 6-Christine Breckenridge-453, 7-Katlynn Leer-380, 8-Keegan Walmer-376, 9-Ricky Bowers-300, 10-Brandon White-264, 

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-833, 2-Chuck Groat-739, 3-Austin Luttmer-708, 4-Gregg Fuette-572, 5-Ron Duncombe-542, 6-Jeff Kelley-520, 7-J.R. Williams-472, 8-Jessica Clark-386, 9-Guy Sainsbury-365, 10-Brandon White-342.


USAC RETURNS TO THE ARIZONA STATE FAIRGROUNDS

by DICK JORDAN
The Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix hasn’t witnessed USAC racing in 47 years but that hiatus will end October 20 when the USAC Mopar .25 Midgets make their first of two scheduled 2011 appearances at the venerable site.

The Valley of the Sun Quarter Midget Association will present USAC Mopar .25 Midget races on the dirt at the Fairgrounds on October 20 and November 2, with racing beginning at 4 pm each day.

USAC’s first “Generation Next” event this season – the “Duel in the Desert” - was conducted at the home track of the VSQMA – South Mountain Speedway, with a record car count in attendance.

The Arizona State Fairgrounds holds a storied place in USAC history. In 1956 George Amick won a 100-mile Championship race there and subsequent Championship-car 100-milers on the old one-mile track went to Jimmy Bryan, Jud Larson, Tony Bettenhausen, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Marshman and Rodger Ward. Billy Garrett, won a Midget race there in 1957, Jimmy Bryan and Paul Goldsmith won Stock car races there and Don Branson and A.J. Foyt closed out the USAC events there in 1964 with Sprint car victories.

Arizona pilots who posted victories in the “Duel in the Desert” in March included Maggee Miller of Queen Creek (Senior Honda), Austin Snyder of Surprise (Junior Animal), Bryant Dawson of Phoenix (Mod and Heavy AA) and Amber Matich of Gilbert (Heavy 160), while Grant Bradbury of Glendale was the top Blue Rookie.

While the one-mile track is now gone, fans visiting the Fairgrounds will still be able to see the grandstand which was utilized for all of those 1950 and 1960 USAC events.
--USAC--

Sept 11 2011
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: Sept 10, 2011 
– Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.604; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.652; 3. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-13.693; 4. James Eden, 8, Sutton-13.739; 5. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-13.739; 6. Tanner Long, 9, Sutton-13.784; 7. Sheldon Didinger, 42, Sutton-14.004; 8. Elliott Lampkin, 68, Lampkin-14.122.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Long, 3. Peterson, 4. Eden, 5. Walmer, 6. Clark, 7. Lampkin, 8. Didinger. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Garrett Peterson, 4. James Eden, 5. Tanner Long, 6. Jessica Clark, 7. Sheldon Didinger, 8. Elliott Lampkin. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Garrett Peterson, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Tanner Long, 5. James Eden, 6. Jessica Clark, 7. Elliott Lampkin, 8. Sheldon Didinger. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-34 Walmer, Laps 35-40 Kostecki.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Didinger, Laps 11-34 Eden, Laps 35-40 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-903; 2-Kostecki-745; 3-Brandon White-550; 4-Walmer-539; 5-Peterson-535; 6-Paul Graham-517; 7-Long-474; 8-Eden-439; 9-Alex Jacobsen-351; 10-J.R. Williams-323.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Walmer-539; 2-Peterson-535; 3-Kostecki-530; 4-Clark-480; 5-Long-474; 6-Eden-439; 7-Jim Waters-232; 8-J.R. Williams-224; 9-Didinger-173; 10-Kyle Bailey-162.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: September 17 – Madera (CA) Speedway

USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/NORTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: Sept 10, 2011
 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.879; 2. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-14.214; 3. James Eden, 8, Sutton-14.350; 4. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-14.375; 5. Sheldon Didinger, 42, Sutton-14.633.

DASH: (5 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Walmer, 4. Didinger, 5. Eden. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. James Eden, 4. Keegan Walmer, 5. Sheldon Didinger. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Walmer, Laps 8-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-977; 2-Kostecki-878; 3-Eden-457; 4-Walmer-376; 5-Ricky Bowers-300; 6-Christine Breckenridge-270; 7-Brandon White-264; 8-Marina Turner-213; 9-Didinger-108; 10-Colin Milroy-58.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunt-508; 2-Eden-457; 3-Kostecki-394; 4-Walmer-376; 5-Christine Breckenridge-159; 6-Didinger-108; 7-Marina Turner-98; 8-Colin Milroy-58; 9-Kyle Bailey-57.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: September 17 – Madera (CA) Speedway


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: Sept 10, 2011 
– Montpelier, Indiana - Montpelier Motor Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 2. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 3. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 5. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 6. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 7. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler Shullick (#61 Shullick), 2. Alfred Galedrige (#41 Sexton), 3. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 4. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 5. Byron Stowe (#91 Alfrey). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Joey Greening (#17G Greening).

FEATURE: (20 laps) RAINED OUT, Rescheduled for October 1

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-760; 2-James Robertson-635; 3-Alfrey-598; 4-Andretti-585; 5-Drake-577; 6-Jessica Bean-524; 7-Nick Hamilton-506; 8-Joey Greening-470; 9-Shullick-400; 10-K.Kriegbaum-340.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: September 17 – Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway


USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: Sept 10, 2011
 – Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Sam McGee (#11 McGee), 2. Joshua Potts (#41 Sexton), 3. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) RAINED OUT, Rescheduled for October 1

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A

NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-McGhee-540; 2-Stevie Kuhn-501; 3-Clouse-446; 4-Michael Fanelli-308; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Emmy gray-285; 7-Cole Custer-168; 8-Tyler Shullick-137; 9-Adam Thomason-114; 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: September 17 – Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway


USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: Sept 10
 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.384; 2. Jim Waters, 28, Waters-15.471; 3. Austin Luttmer, 49, FRB-15.500; 4. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.589; 5. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-15.668; 6. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.676; 7. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-15.795; 8. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.929; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.222.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sainsbury, 2. Groat, 3. Kelley, 4. Luttmer, 5. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Fuette, 3. Duncombe, 4. Posey. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Gregg Fuette, 3. Ron Duncombe, 4. Austin Luttmer, 5. Jeff Kelley, 6. Guy Sainsbury, 7. Chuck Groat, 8. Kipp Posey. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Fuette, Laps 15-25 Waters.

NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-833; 2-Groat-739;3-Luttmer-708; 4-Fuette-572; 5-Duncombe-542; 6-Kelley-520; 7-Williams-472; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Sainsbury-365; 10-Brandon White-342.

NEXT WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: September 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

Sept 9 2011
ATLANTA RAIN YIELDS MOPAR .25 MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPS
by DICK JORDAN
Champions of the 2k11 USAC Mid-Atlantic Series for Mopar .25 Midgets were solidified following the rainout of the third and final racing program at Metro Atlanta last weekend.

The series encompassed races at Nashville, Tenn. in March and at Salisbury, N.C. in April, plus the event rained out at Atlanta, Ga. where registered participants were awarded appearance points.

Participants who competed in all three events and finished in the top-three in the standings are eligible for year-end prizes and awards.

Champions of the respective classes included four drivers who claimed two titles apiece. They were Nolan Allison of Greensboro, N.C. (Senior Honda and Light 160), Harrison Burton of Huntersville, N.C. (Senior Animal and Light World Formula), Ryan Israel of Concord, N.C. (Junior Honda and Junior Animal) and Mark Miller of Mooresville, N.C. (Heavy 160 and Heavy World Formula). Michael Atwell of Naples, Fla. was named co-champion along with Burton in the Senior Animal class.

Other champions were Calvin Carroll of Andover, N.J. (Mod) and Wil Raber of Allegan, Mich. (Heavy Honda).

USAC’s Mopar .25 Midget “Generation Next” championships conclude the weekend of September 23-24 in concert with USAC’s “4-Crown Nationals” at Tony Stewart’s “Little E” oval, adjacent to the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
--USAC--

Sept 4 2011
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011
 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.355; 2. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-15.457; 3. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.548; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, FRB-15.821; 5. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-16.205; 6. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.415; 7. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-NT.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Luttmer, 2. Waters, 3. Groat, 4. Fuette, 5. Duncombe, 6. Sainsbury, 7. Williams. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Austin Luttmer, 2. Gregg Fuette, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Ron Duncombe, 5. Guy Sainsbury, 6. J.R. Williams. (NOTE: The car of Jim Waters failed to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing second and was disqualified)


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Luttmer.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Brodie Kostecki-785; 2-Jim Waters-748; 3-Jessica Clark-725; 4-Jarid Blondel-691; 5-Groat-684; 6-Wally Pankratz-665; 7-Tyler Dolacki-655; 8-Luttmer-648; 9-Daniel Williams-594; 10-Brandon White-550.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-760; 2-Groat-684; 3-Luttmer-648; 4-Fuette-507; 5-Duncombe-479; 6-Williams-468; 7-Jeff Kelley-464; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Brandon White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.

NEXT WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: September 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways


Aug 30 2011
WESTERN, UTAH & EASTERN FOCUSES CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND
KOSTECKI SWEEPS IRWINDALE, DRAKE, CUSTER TOP CONCORD

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC’s Western, Utah and Eastern Ford Focus series see action this weekend. The Western/Utah Focuses compete at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday night in concert with the Rocky Mountain Sprint cars. Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. hosts the Eastern Ford Focuses Monday night.

Nick Drake and Cole Custer won USAC feature events Wednesday night at Concord (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Drake, of Mooresville, N.C., led all 75 laps of the Eastern Ford Focus race to beat Chris Lamb, Austin Prock, Nic Davidson and Jarett Andretti. In the 35-lap Focus Young Guns feature, Custer, of Kannapolis, N.C., passed Jared Irvan on lap 14 and led the rest of the way to beat Irvan and Trey Hutchens.

Brodie Kostecki of Roseville, Calif. won both the USAC Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns features Saturday night at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. He passed Brandon White on lap 15 of the Ford Focus race and led the final 11 laps to win the 25-lapper over Jessica Clark, fast qualifier Paul Graham, White and Jarid Blondel, who led the opening lap. Kostecki then proceeded to lead all 20 laps to win the Focus Young Guns feature over fast qualifier Trevor Hunt, Christine Breckenridge and Ricky Bowers.

Kostecki leads the Western standings into this Saturday’s race at Salt Lake City, while Jim Waters is atop the latest Utah standings. Drake is the Eastern leader entering the race at Altamahaw.

USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-714, 2-Ross Rankine-699, 3-Scott Hunter-672; 4-Brodie Kostecki-669; 5-Jarett Andretti-651, 6-Jessica Clark-645, 7-Jim Waters-630; 8-Chris Lamb-624, 9-Jarid Blondel-612, 10-Tyler Dolacki-594.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-474, 4-Trevor Hunt-474, 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Parker Colston-456, 7-Stevie Kuhn-453, 8-Cooper Clouse-453, 9-Mikell McGee-417, 10-Christine Breckenridge-411.

USAC MIDWESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-760, 2-James Robertson-635, 3-Toby Alfrey-598, 4-Jarett Andretti-585, 5-Nick Drake-571, 6-Jessica Bean-524, 7-Nick Hamilton-506, 8-Joey Greening-470, 9-Tyler Shullick-392, 10-Kent Kriegbaum-340.

USAC MIDWESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-540, 2-Stevie Kuhn-501, 3-Cooper Clouse-446, 4-Michael Fanelli-308, 5-Mikell McGee-305, 6-Emmy Gray-285, 7-Cole Custer-168, 8-Tyler Schullick-137, 9-Adam Thomason-114, 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-787; 2-Scott Hunter-747; 3-Jarett Andretti-703; 4-Chris Lamb-673; 5-Nic Davidson-612; 6-Tyler Corriher-541; 7-Austin Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-376; 9-Cole Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Trey Hutchens-337; 4-Sam McGhee-319; 5-Mikell McGee-243; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-785; 2-Jim Waters-748; 3-Jessica Clark-725; 4-Jarid Blondel-691; 5-Wally Pankratz-665; 6-Tyler Dolacki-655; 7-Chuck Groat-618; 8-Daniel Williams-594; 9-Austin Luttmer-577; 10-Brandon White-550.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569; 2-Brodie Kostecki-569; 3-Parker Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Christine Breckenridge-453; 6-James Eden-399; 7-Katlyn Leer-380; 8-Keegan Walmer-320; 9-Ricky Bowers-300; 10-Brandon White-264.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-748; 2-Chuck Groat-618; 3-Austin Luttmer-577; 4-Jeff Kelley-464; 5-Gregg Fuette-441; 6-Ron Duncombe-424; 7-J.R. Williams-422; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Brandon White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.

Aug 26 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2011
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 2. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Jarett Andretti (#11 Trotter), 4. Scott Gordon (#16 Gordon), 5. Amanda Quinones (#1 Bigley/Quinones/Intravaia). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Lamb (#9 Lamb), 2. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 3. Nic Davidson (#39 Davidson). 4. Tyler Corriher (#12 Corriher). NT

FEATURE: (75 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Austin Prock, 4. Nic Davidson, 5. Jarett Andretti, 6. Scott Gordon, 7. Tyler Corriher, 8. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 9. Amanda Quinones, 10. Scott Hunter. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-75 Drake.


USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2011 
– Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Jared Irvan (#28 Irvan), 2. Trey Hutchens (#17 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 4. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee). NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Jared Irvan, 3. Trey Hutchens. (NOTE: Mikell McGee car disqualified for failing to pass post-race tech inspection).

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Irvan, Laps 14-35 Custer.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Irvan-572; 2-Custer-435; 3-Hutchens-337; 4-Sam McGhee-319; 5-M.McGee-243; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: September 17 – Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-787; 2-Scott Hunter-747; 3-Andretti-703; 4-Lamb-673; 5-Davidson-612; 6-Corriher-541; 7-Prock-502; 8-Ross Rankine-376; 9-Custer-339; 10-Steven Intravaia-329.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: September 5 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway



Aug 23 2011
FOCUSES, YOUNG GUNS HEAD FOR CONCORD, IRWINDALE
CUSTER, HUNTER, LAMB, IRVAN, PETERSON, KOSTECKI LAND WINS

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC’s Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns compete this week in North Carolina and California. The Eastern series are at Concord (N.C.) Motor Speedway Wednesday night, while the Western competitors take to the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. Saturday.

Rain forced cancellation of last Saturday’s scheduled USAC Mopar D1 Midget, Midwest Ford Focus and Midwest Focus Young races at the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Speedway.

Cole Custer of Kannapolis, N.C. scored three USAC feature wins Monday night at East Lincoln Speedway. He led all 30 laps of the second Eastern Ford Focus race and all 20 laps of both Eastern Focus Young Races. Scott Hunter of Concord, N.C. led all 30 laps of the opening Eastern Ford Focus race. Trailing Hunter were Nick Drake, Custer, Rick Fedrizzi and Tyler Corriher. Finishing behind Custer in the Ford Focus race were Hunter, Drake, Ross Rankine and Fedrizzi. Jared Irvan finished second in both Focus Young Guns features.

Chris Lamb of Colfax, N.C. and Jared Irvan of Midland, N.C. were the winners in USAC Ford Focus racing action Wednesday night at Concord Motor Speedway. Lamb led all 75 laps of the Eastern Ford Focus race to beat Nick Drake, Cole Custer, Tyler Corriher and Nic Davidson. Irvan led all 35 laps of the Focus Young Guns feature to beat Trey Hutchens and Mikell McGee.

Garrett Peterson and Brodie Kostecki were the big winners Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Bullring in USAC racing action. Peterson, of West Sacramento, Calif. won the second 30-lap Western/Utah Ford Focus feature, while Kostecki, of Roseville, Calif., won the first 30-lap Ford Focus feature and both 20-lap Focus Young Guns main events. Kostecki led all 30 laps of the Ford Focus opener to beat Keegan Walmer, Peterson, Tanner Long and Jessica Clark. Shawn Buckley, Jarid Blondel and Jim Waters led the first four laps of the second race before Peterson took over on lap five and led the rest of the way to beat Kostecki, Brandon White, Waters and Long. Trailing Kostecki in the first Focus Young Guns feature were Trevor Hunt, James Eden, Christine Breckenridge and Marina Turner. In the second 20-lapper, Walmer took second ahead of Hunt, Eden and Breckenridge.

USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-759, 2-Ross Rankine-696, 3-Scott Hunter-672; 4-Brodie Kostecki-663; 5-Jarett Andretti-651, 6-Jessica Clark-639, 7-Jim Waters-638; 8-Chris Lamb-624, 9-Jarid Blondel-607, 10-Tyler Dolacki-594.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Sam McGhee-474, 3-Trevor Hunt-474, 4-Brody Kostecki-474, 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Parker Colston-456, 7-Stevie Kuhn-453, 8-Cooper Clouse-453, 9-Mikell McGee-417, 10-Christine Breckenridge-405.

USAC MIDWESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-760, 2-James Robertson-635, 3-Toby Alfrey-598, 4-Jarett Andretti-585, 5-Nick Drake-571, 6-Jessica Bean-524, 7-Nick Hamilton-506, 8-Joey Greening-470, 9-Tyler Shullick-392, 10-Kent Kriegbaum-340.

USAC MIDWESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-540, 2-Stevie Kuhn-501, 3-Cooper Clouse-446, 4-Michael Fanelli-308, 5-Mikell McGee-305, 6-Emmy Gray-285, 7-Cole Custer-168, 8-Tyler Schullick-137, 9-Adam Thomason-114, 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-780, 2-Scott Hunter-747, 3-Jarett Andretti-693, 4-Chris Lamb-616, 5-Tyler Corriher-500, 6-Austin Prock-441, 7-Nic Davidson-395; 8-Ross Rankine-376, 9-Steven Intravaia-329, 10-Rick Fedrizzi-304.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-443, 2-Cole Custer-313, 3-Sam McGhee-259, 4-Trey Hutchens-221, 5-Mikell McGee-173, 6-Cooper Clouse-117, 7-Michael Fanelli-104, 8-Tyler Shullick-70, 9-Brendon Bock-64, 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brody Kostecki-768, 2-Jim Waters-748, 3-Jessica Clark-709, 4-Jarid Blondel-677; 5-Wally Pankratz-665; 6-Tyler Dolacki-655; 7-Chuck Groat-618; 8-Daniel Williams-594; 9-Austin Luttmer-577; 10-Jet Davison-504.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569, 2-Brody Kostecki-569, 3-Parker Colston-516, 4-Cole Custer-461, 5-Christine Breckenridge-450, 6-James Eden-429; 7-Katlynn Leer-380, 8-Keegan Walmer-320; 9-Brandon White-264, 10-Ricky Bowers-245.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-748; 2-Chuck Groat-618; 3-Austin Luttmer-577; 4-Jeff Kelley-464; 5-Gregg Fuette-441; 6-Ron Duncombe-424; 7-J.R. Williams-422; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Brandon White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.


2k11 “GENERATION NEXT” FINALE AT ELDORA 9/23-25
HOME-STATE WINS FOR HOCEVAR, KONZER & RABER
IN KALAMAZOO’S “BACK TO SCHOOL BASH”

by Dick Jordan
USAC’s 2k11 “Generation Next” tour for the Mopar .25 Midgets concludes September 23-25 at Tony Stewart’s “Little E” at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio in conjunction with the 2011 USAC “4-Crown Nationals.” Championships will be determined in various classes.

Michigan pilots Carson Hocevar of Portage, Cason Konzer of Holly and Wil Raber of Allegan posted A-Main victories in last weekend’s Round 11 activity at “Little Kalamazoo” speedway in the Wolverine state.

Hocevar triumphed in Junior Stock and Junior Animal competition, while Konzer topped the Heavy 160 class and Raber won in Heavy Honda and Unrestricted Animal.

Other Kalamazoo winners included Tyler Garner of Westerville, Ohio (Junior Honda), Christian Pitman of Christiana, Texas (Senior Honda), Zeb Wise of Angola, Ind. (Mod), Frankie Nervo of Stow, Ohio (Light World Formula), Harrison Burton of Huntersville, N.C. (Light 160), Garrett Jones of West Palm Beach, Fla. (Senior Animal), Katlyn Stanley of Concord, N.C. (Heavy World Formula), Gage Walker of Fairland, Ind. (Light AA) and Tyler Shullick of Vermillion, Ohio (Heavy AA). Rookie winners included Matthew Elsey Jr. and Christian Brink.

More than 130 cars were on hand for Round 11 at Little Kalamazoo.
--USAC--

Aug 21 2011
USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT/UTAH/SOUTH/NORTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 20 
– Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-15.453; 2. Brandon White, 9, Sutton-15.526; 3. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-15.539; 4. Tanner Long, 42, Sutton-15.551; 5. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-15.558; 6. Paul Graham, 24, Sutton-15.616; 7. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.618; 8. James Eden, 8, Sutton-15.792; 9. Jim Waters, 28, Waters-15.914; 10. Jarid Blondel, 60, Blondel-16.132; 11. Wally Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-16.330; 12. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.638; 13. Trent Kassik, 83, Kassik-16.927; 14. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Walmer, 3. Clark, 4. Kostecki, 5. Pankratz, 6. Kassik, 7. Peterson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Graham, 2. White, 3. Eden, 4. Long, 5. Blondel, 6. Buckley, 7. Williams. NT

USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT/NORTH/SOUTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 20, 2011 
– Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-15.804; 2. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-16.049; 3. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-16.078; 4. James Eden, 8, Sutton-16.567; 5. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-16.940; 6. Marina Turner, 98, Turner-17.965.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Hunt, 3. Eden, 4. Breckenridge, 5. Turner. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. James Eden, 4. Christine Breckenridge, 5. Marina Turner. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. James Eden, 5. Christine Breckenridge, 6. Marina Turner. NT

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Kostecki.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hunt, Laps 2-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-569; 2-Kostecki-569; 3-Parker Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Breckenridge-450; 6-Eden-429; 7-Katlynn Leer-380; 8-Walmer-320; 9-Brandon White-264; 10-Ricky Bowers-245.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-854; 2-Kostecki-747; 3-Eden-399; 4-Walmer-320; 5-Brandon White-264; 6-Ricky Bowers-245; 7-Breckenridge-213; 8-Turner-211; 9-Sheldon Didinger-59; 10-Colin Milroy-58.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-448; 2-Eden-399; 3-Kostecki-328; 4-Walmer-320; 5-Breckenridge-159; 6-Turner-98; 7--Sheldon Didinger-59; 8-Colin Milroy-58; 9-Kyle Bailey-57;.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-679; 2-Hunt-647; 3-Brandon White-264; 4-Ricky Bowers-245; 5-Eden-219; 6-Marina Turner-211; 7-Walmer-174; 8-Breckenridge-160.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 27 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

FIRST FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Garrett Peterson, 4. Tanner Long, 5. Jessica Clark, 6. Brandon White, 7. James Eden, 8. Jarid Blondel, 9. Jim Waters, 10. Shawn Buckley, 11. Paul Graham, 12. J.R. Williams, 13. Trent Kassik. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Brandon White, 4. Jim Waters, 5. Tanner Long, 6. Keegan Walmer, 7. James Eden, 8. Jarid Blondel, 9. Jessica Clark, 10. Shawn Buckley, 11. Wally Pankratz (#28x Waters), 12. Paul Graham, 13. J.R. Williams. NT


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kostecki.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Buckley, Lap 2 Blondel, Laps 3-4 Waters, Laps 5-30 Peterson.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-768; 2-Waters-748; 3-Clark-709; 4-Blondel-677; 5-Pankratz-665; 6-Tyler Dolacki-655; 7-Chuck Groat-618; 8-Daniel Williams-594; 9-Austin Luttmer-577; 10-Jet Davison-504.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-742; 2-Kostecki-543; 3-White-491; 4-Graham-452; 5-Walmer-420; 6-Peterson-413; 7-Long-367; 8-Alex Jacobsen-351; 9-Eden-332; 10-Williams-323.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Walmer-420; 2-Peterson-413; 3-Clark-385; 4-Long-367; 5-Kostecki-335; 6-Eden-332; 7-Waters-232; 8-Williams-180; 9-Kyle Bailey-162; 10-White-161.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-507; 2-White-491; 3-Graham-452; 4-Kostecki-347; 5-Ricky Bowers-230; 6-Alex Jacobsen-218; 7-Blondel-194; 8-Walmer-177; 9-Cody Gerhardt-175; 10-Peterson-162.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-748; 2-Chuck Groat-618; 3-Austin Luttmer-577; 4-Jeff Kelley-464; 5-Gregg Fuette-441; 6-Ron Duncombe-424; 7-Williams-422; 8-Clark-386; 9-White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 27 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: September 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

Aug 18 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 17, 2011
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shane MacMillan (#43 Fedrizzi). 2. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 3. Chris Lamb (#9 Lamb), 4. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 5. Scott Gordon (#16 Gordon). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Jarett Andretti (#11 Trotter), 3. Nic Davidson (#39 Davidson). 4. Tyler Corriher (#12 Corriher), 5. Amanda Quinones (#1 Bigley/Quinones/Intravaia). NT

FEATURE: (75 laps) 1. Chris Lamb, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Cole Custer, 4. Tyler Corriher, 5. Nic Davidson, 6. Jarett Andretti, 7. Amanda Quinones, 8. Shane MacMillan, 9. Scott Gordon, 10. Scott Hunter. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-75 Lamb.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 17, 2011
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Trey Hutchens (#17 Noffsinger/Brown), 2. Jared Irvan (#28 Irvan), 3. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee). NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Jared Irvan, 2. Trey Hutchens, 3. Mikell McGee. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-35 Irvan.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Irvan-443; 2-Cole Custer-313; 3-Sam McGhee-259; 4-Hutchens-221; 5-McGee-173; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 24 - Concord (NC) Motor Speedway

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-780; 2-Hunter-747; 3-Andretti-693; 4-Lamb-616; 5-Corriher-500; 6-Austin Prock-441; 7-Davidson-395; 8-Ross Rankine-376; 9-Steven Intravaia-329; 10-Rick Fedrizzi-304.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 24 – Concord (NC) Motor Speedway

Aug 17 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 15, 2011 
– Stanley, North Carolina – East Lincoln Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 2. Chris Lamb (#9 Rankine), 3. Rick Fedrizzi (#45 MacMillan), 4. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ross Rankine (#39x Rankine), 2. Tyler Corriher (#12 Corriher), 3. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Nic Davidson (#39 Davidson). NT

FIRST FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Cole Custer, 4. Rick Fedrizzi, 5. Tyler Corriher, 6. Nic Davidson, 7. Ross Rankine (#9). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Ross Rankiine (#9), 5. Rick Fedrizzi, 6. Nic Davidson, 7. Tyler Corriher. NT


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hunter.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Custer.

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-774; 2-Hunter-747; 3-Jarett Andretti-649; 4-Davidson-574; 5-Chris Lamb-555; 6-Corriher-444; 7-Austin Prock-441; 8-Rankine-376; 9-Steven Intravaia-329; 10-Fedrizzi-304.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 17 – Concord (NC) Motor Speedway

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 15, 2011 – Stanley, North Carolina – East Lincoln Speedway

FIRST FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Jared Irvan (#55x Irvan). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Jared Irvan (#55x Irvan). NT


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Custer.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Custer.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Irvan-376; 2-Custer-313; 3-Sam McGhee-259; 4-Trey Hutchens-156; 5-Cooper Clouse-117; 6-Mikell McGee-113; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 17 – Concord (NC) Motor Speedway



Aug 14 2011 USAC WESTERN/NORTH/SOUTH PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS:  August 13, 2011 
– Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.648; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.737; 3. Cody Gerhardt, 60, Western Speed-13.854; 4. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-13.858; 5. Tanner Long, 42, Sutton-13.950; 6. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-13.984; 7. Paul Graham, 24, Sutton-14.044; 8. James Eden, 8, Sutton-14.048; 9. Brandon White, 9, Sutton-14.051; 10. Elliott Lampkin, 68, Holmes-14.499.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Clark, 3. Kostecki, 4. Peterson. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Graham, 4. White, 5. Long. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Walmer, 3. Clark, 4. Eden, 5. Lampkin. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Cody Gerhardt, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Jessica Clark, 5. Paul Graham, 6. Brandon White, 7. James Eden, 8. Elliott Lampkin, 9. Tanner Long, 10. Garrett Peterson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Walmer, Laps 4-13 Peterson, Laps 14-30 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-702; 2-Jarid Blondel-674; 3-Tyler Dolacki-655; 4-Jim Waters-653; 5-Kostecki-642; 6-Wally Pankratz-630; 7-Chuck Groat-618; 8-Daniel Williams-594; 9-Austin Luttmer-577; 10-Jet Davison-504.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-652; 2-Kostecki-417; 3-Graham-383; 4-White-380; 5-Alex Jacobsen-351; 6-Walmer-305; 7-Peterson-297; 8-J.R. Williams-267; 9-Kyle Bailey-261; 10-Long-260.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Wlmer-305; 2-Peterson-297; 3-Clark-295; 4-Long-260; 5-Eden-242; 6-Kostecki-209; 7-Kyle Bailey-162; 8-Jim Waters-137; 9-Davey Hamilton Jr.-136; 10-Alex Jacobsen-133.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-417; 2-Graham-383; 3-White-380; 4-Ricky Bowers-230; 5-Kostecki-221; 6-Alex Jacobsen-218; 7-Gerhardt-175; 8-Ross Rankine-137; 9-Jarid Blondel-112; 10-Jake Swanson-111.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 20 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway


USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT/NORTH/SOUTH FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2011 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-14.148; 2. Trevor Hunt, 11, Sutton-14.330; 3. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-14.370; 4. James Eden, 8, Sutton-14.617.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Kostecki, 2. Walmer, 3. Hunt, 4. Eden. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. James Eden. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Trevor Hunt, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. James Eden. NT


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Eden, Lap 2 Walmer, Laps 3-15 Kostecki.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Eden, Laps 2-3 Walmer, Laps 4-15 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-569; 2-Kostecki-561; 3-Parker Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Christine Breckenridge-445; 6-Katlynn Leer-380; 7-Eden-285; 8-Brandon White-264; 9-Walmer-258; 10-Ricky Bowers-245.
NEW WESTERN PAVEMENT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-732; 2-Kostecki-613; 3-Eden-285; 4-Brandon White-264; 5-Walmer-258; 6-Ricky Bowers-245; 7-Marina Turner-113; 8-Christine Breckenridge-107; 9-Sheldon Didinger-59; 10-Colin Milroy-58.
NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-326; 2-Eden-285; 3-Walmer-258; 4-Kostecki-194; 5-Sheldon Didinger-59; 6-Colin Milroy-58; 7-Kyle Bailey-57; 8-Christine Breckenridge-53.
NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-545; 2-Hunt-525; 3-Brandon White-264; 4-Ricky Bowers-245; 5-Marina Turner-113; 6-Walmer-112; 7-Eden-105; 8-Christine Breckenridge-54.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 20 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2011 
– Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 2. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 3. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Cole Custer (#55x Cline), 5. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 6. Dillon Welch (#41 Sexton), 7. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 2. Josh Staten (#26 Staten), 3. Byron Stowe (#91 Alfrey), 4. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 5. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 6. Joey Greening (#17G Greening). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Byron Stowe, 2. Toby Alfrey, 3. Ross Rankine, 4. Josh Staten, 5. Dillon Welch, 6. Kent Kriegbaum, 7. Bradley Galedrige, 8. Patrick Bruns, 9. Cole Custer, 10. Nick Drake, 11. John Heydenreich, 12. Justen Garmenn, 13. Joey Greening. NT

**Garmenn flipped on lap 9 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Drake, Laps 6-17 Bruns, Lap 18 Drake, Laps 19-23 Bruns, Laps 24-25 Stowe.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-760; 2-James Robertson-635; 3-Alfrey-598; 4-Jarett Andretti-585; 5-Drake-571; 6-Jessica Bean-524; 7-Nick Hamilton-506; 8-Greening-470; 9-Tyler Shullick-392; 10-K.Kriegbaum-340.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: August 20 – Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway


USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2011 
– Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee), 2. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 3. Cole Custer (#55x Cline). NT

FEATURE: RAINED OUT 

NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-McGhee=540; 2-Stevie Kuhn-501; 3-Clouse-446; 4-Michael Fanelli-308; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Emmy Gray-285; 7-Custer-169; 8-Tyler Shullick-137; 9-Adam Thjomason-114; 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 20 – Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway




Aug 13 2011
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 12, 2011
 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Spee
dway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 3. Cole Custer (#55x Cline), 4. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 5. Josh Staten (#26 Staten), 6. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 7. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 2. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 3. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 4. Byron Stowe (#91 Alfrey), 5. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 6. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 7. Lynsey Tilton (#41 Sexton). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Patrick Bruns, 3. Toby Alfrey, 4. John Heydenreich, 5. Byron Stowe, 6. Cole Custer, 7. Lynsey Tilton, 8. Joey Greening, 9. Nick Drake, 10. Josh Staten, 11. Bradley Galedrige, 12. Justen Garmenn, 13. Jessica Bean, 14. Bill Kriegbaum. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Rankine.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-760; 2-James Robertson-635; 3-Jarett Andretti-585; 4-Alfrey-580; 5-Drake-532; 6-Bean-524; 7-Nick Hamilton-506; 8-Greening-469; 9-Tyler Shullick-392; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-290.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: August 13 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway


LABOR DAY USAC “MID-ATLANTIC” MOPAR .25 MIDGET FINALE AT ATLANTA

by Dick Jordan
The 2011 USAC Mopar .25 “Mid-Atlantic Championship” concludes Labor Day, September 5, at the Metro Atlanta Quarter Midget Club track in Georgia. Drivers competing in all three “Mid-Atlantic” championship races this year are eligible for year-end prizes and awards. The previous two rounds were conducted at Nashville, Tenn. in March and at Salisbury, N.C. in April hosted by the Music City and North Carolina Quarter Midget Associations respectively.

Exhibition races are also planned for USAC Mopar .25 Midget participants at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on their Sprint Cup weekend and free tickets to NASCAR’s Great Clips 300 Nationwide Series race at AMS will also be available for USAC’s Mopar .25 Midget families. Drivers eligible for the exhibition races at AMS are those who competed in three of the four “summer sizzler” events at Metro Atlanta.

"We would like to thank Greg Thomas and the folks at Great Clips for this exciting Labor Day weekend of racing in Atlanta in conjunction with the Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway," says USAC’s James Spink. “Since Monday is a holiday, racing starts at 8 am and should be concluded by 5 pm so families can return home at a decent hour.”

Practice will be open on both Saturday (Sept. 3) and Sunday (Sept. 4) at Metro Atlanta for those drivers who want a tune-up for Monday’s finale.

"We've enjoyed this series created by USAC and the competition which has come from across the country,” added MAQMA President J.L. Tullis. “It will be interesting to see who rises to the top in this mid-atlantic based series finale."
--USAC--


Aug 11 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS & Focus Young Guns RACE RESULTS: August 10
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Nick Davidson (#39 Davidson), 3. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 4. Scott Gordon (#16 Gordon), 5. Amanda Quinones (#1 Bigley/Quinones/Intravaia). NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jarett Andretti (#11 Trotter), 2. Tyler Corriher (#12 Corriher), 3. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 4. Chris Lamb (#9 Lamb), 5. Rick Fedrizzi (#43 Fedrizzzi). NT

FEATURE: (75 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Chris Lamb, 4. Nic Davidson, 5. Austin Prock, 6. Rick Fedrizzi, 7. Tyler Corriher, 8. Amanda Quinones, 9. Jarett Andretti, 10. Scorr Gordon, 11. Shane MacMillan (#44 Fedrizzi). NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Davidson, Laps 3-75 Drake.

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-767; 2-Andretti-649; 3-Scott Hunter-628; 4-Lamb-555; 5-Davidson-511; 6-Prock-441; 7-Corriger-347; 8-Steven Intravaia-329; 9-Ross Rankine-275; 10-Orry Hunte-274.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 15 – Stanley, N.C. – East Lincoln Speedway

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 10, 2011 
– Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

HEAT RACE: (10 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Jared Irvan (#28 Irvan), 3. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee), 4. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee), 5. Trey Hutchens (#17 Noffsinger/Brown). NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Mikell McGee, 2. Jared Irvan, 3. Sam McGhee, 4. Trey Hutchens, 5. Cole Custer. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 McGhee, Lap 26 Irvan, Laps 27-35 M.McGee.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Irvan-261; 2-S.McGhee-258; 3-Hutchens-211; 4-Custer-189; 5-M.McGee-178; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 15 – Stanley, N.C. – East Lincoln Speedway


Aug 9 2011
CONCORD, GAS CITY, STOCKTON, MONTPELIER, STANLEY NEXT;
FOCUS WINS GO TO DOLACKI, BLONDEL, ROBERTSON, CARLSON;
HUNT (2), McGHEE, MORRIS CLAIM YOUNG GUNS WINS

by DICK JORDAN 
Tracks in Concord and Stanley, N.C., Gas City and Montpelier, Ind. and Stockton, Calif. all host USAC Ford Focus activity in the next seven nights as point races continue to heat up. 

The Midwest Ford Focuses compete at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday and the Midwest Ford Focuses and Focus Young Guns join the Mopar D1 Midgets for Saturday’s “tripleheader” at Montpelier Motor Speedway.

Concord Motor Speedway hosts Wednesday’s Eastern Ford Focus/Focus Young Guns “doubleheader,” then a unique “double” unfolds Monday, August 15, at East Lincoln Speedway in Stanley, where each series faces two feature events.

The Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns compete at Stockton 99 Speedway Saturday.

Tyler Dolacki of Madera, Calif. and Trevor Hunt of Liberty, Mo. were the feature winners at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday night, but Wally Pankratz of Orange, Calif. (Ford Focus) and Hunt (Focus Young Guns) emerged as champions of this year’s “California Focus Week.” Dolacki caught Pankratz on lap 19 and led the last two laps to beat Pankratz to the checkered flag in the 20-lap Western Ford Focus main. Jarid Blondel, Brodie Kostecki and Daniel Williams completed the top-five. Hunt paced all 20 laps of the Focus Young Guns feature to beat Parker Colston, Kostecki, Christine Breckenridge and Austin Blair.

Jarid Blondel of Orange, Calif. and Trevor Hunt of Liberty, Mo. captured USAC Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns features at Ocean Speedway Friday night. Blondel caught Wally Pankratz on the final lap to claim the 20-lap Ford Focus victory over Pankratz. Daniel Williams, Tyler Dolacki and Jet Davison. Hunt passed Kostecki on the fifth lap of the 20-lap Focus Young Guns race and led the last 16 laps to beat Kostecki, Katlynn Leer, Parker Colston and Austin Blair.

James Robertson of Indianapolis, Ind. and Sam McGhee of Camby, Ind. were the victors Friday night in USAC Midwest/Eastern Ford Focus and Midwest Focus Young Guns races respectively at Plymouth Speedway. Robertson led all 100 laps in his Duane and Sonja Alexander Beast after starting on the front row. Ross Rankine ran a close second ahead of Davey Hamilton Jr., Nick Hamilton and Jarett Andretti. In the accompanying 20-lap Midwest Focus Young Guns feature, point leader McGhee came from last starting position to win the race in his Stoops Freightliner/CPM Machine Spike, passing early leader Cooper Clouse on lap eight. Clouse finished second ahead of Michael Fanelli, Kyle Tilley and Stevie Kuhn

Nick Carlson of Norwalk, Calif. led the final eight laps of the abbreviated USAC Western Ford Focus feature Wednesday night during “California Ford Focus Week” at Ventura Raceway. Carlson passed Casey Martinez on lap 10 and was leading when the race was halted after 17 laps due to an accident. Bradley Morris of Perris, Calif. flipped, bringing out the red flag, but he had earlier won the 20-lap USAC Focus Young Guns feature, leading all but the first two laps after passing Zach Bogner on lap three. In the Ford Focus feature, Carlson was trailed by Martinez, Brodie Kostecki, Collin Henry and Tyler Dolacki. Kostecki took second in the Focus Young Guns race ahead of Trevor Hunt, Bogner and Parker Colston.


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-708, 2-Ross Rankine-693, 3-Jarett Andretti-651, 4-Jessica Clark-618, 5-Tyler Dolacki-594, 6-James Robertson-577, 7-Jarid Blondel-564, 8-Wally Pankratz-558, 9-Jim Waters-543, 10-Daniel Williams-543.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Sam McGhee-474, 3-Trevor Hunt-474, 4-Brody Kostecki-468, 5-Parker Colston-456, 6-Stevie Kuhn-453, 7-Cooper Clouse-453, 8-Christine Breckenridge-405, 9-Mikell McGee-384, 10-Michael Fanelli-378.

USAC MIDWESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-742; 2-James Robertson-635; 3-Jarett Andretti-585; 4-Toby Alfrey-553; 5-Jessica Bean-524; 6-Nick Hamilton-506; 7-Nick Drake-488; 8-Joey Greening-427; 9-Tyler Shullick-392; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-290.

USAC MIDWESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Sam McGhee-540; 2-Stevie Kuhn-501; 3-Cooper Clouse-439; 4-Michael Fanelli-308; 5-Mikell McGee-305; 6-Emmy Gray-285; 7-Cole Custer-163; 8-Tyler Shullick-137; 9-Adam Thomason-114; 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-647; 2-Jarett Andretti-605; 3-Scott Hunter-497; 4-Chris Lamb-448; 5-Nic Davidson-406; 6-Austin Prock-387; 7-Steven Intravaia-329; 8-Tyler Corriher-298; 9-Orry Hunte-274; 10-Ross Rankine-211.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jared Irvan-262; 2-Max McGhee-259; 3-Cole Custer-193; 4-Trey Hutchens-158; 5-Cooper Clouse-117; 6-Mikell McGee-111; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jessica Clark-684; 2-Jarid Blondel-674; 3-Tyler Dolacki-655; 4-Jim Waters-653; 5-Wally Pankratz-630; 6-Chuck Groat-618; 7-Daniel Williams-594; 8-Austin Luttmer-577; 9-Brodie Kostecki-568; 10-Jet Davison-504.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569; 2-Brodie Kostecki-561; 3-Parker Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Christine Breckenridge-445; 6-Katlynn Leer-380; 7-Brandon White-254; 8-Austin Blair-190; 9-Ricky Bowers-180; 10-James Eden-171.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-653; 2-Chuck Groat-618; 3-Austin Luttmer-577; 4-Jeff Kelley-464; 5-Gregg Fuette-441; 6-Ron Duncombe-424; 7-J.R. Williams-366; 8-Michael Daniels-341; 9-Jessica Clark-296; 10-Guy Sainsbury-259.


Terry Goff Wins at Anderson
By Alex Wollf
 
   Terry Goff took the win on Saturday night in the 25-lap UMRA feature at Anderson Speedway.  The win was Terry’s second of 2011 and 120th of his UMRA career.  A lap three spin by leader Kevin Blue set off a crash that involved seven cars and eliminated six of them from competition.  This gave the lead to polesitter Johnny Goff who was able to hold off his Uncle Terry until the 15-time series champion was able to make the winning pass with less than five laps to go.  Johnny would hold onto second with Brandon Gray finishing third, Jason Burke fourth and CJ Leary rounding out the top five.
   Quick time was CJ Leary at 12.883 seconds, the ten-lap heat races were won by CJ Leary and Jason Goff.  The $50 from the Tony Stewart “Smoke The Field” Challenge went to Terry Goff who came from eighth to first.  As a result of his lap three spin while leading, Kevin Blue took the $50 for the Green-Tech Lubricants “Hard Luck” Award.
 The next race for the UMRA is Saturday August 27 at Mount Lawn Speedway.
 
Results
Quick Time: CJ Leary-12.883 seconds
Heat Race Winners: CJ Leary, Jason Goff
Feature: 1. Terry Goff, 2. Johnny Goff, 3. Brandon Gray, 4. Jason Burke, 5. CJ Leary, 6. Doug Sininger, 7. Kevin Blue, 8. Jason Goff, 9. Kevin Alford, 10. Trent Henderson, 11. Robbie Roland, 12. Ron Hamm, 13. Jeremy Rainwater, 14. Brandon Ladyman
 
Tony Stewart “Smoke The Field” Challenge: Terry Goff (8th to 1st)
 
Green-Tech Lubricants “Hard Luck” Award: Kevin Blue
 
Leary Construction “Winners Bonus”: Terry Goff


Aug 8 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 6, 2011 
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-15.637’ 2. Brodie Kostecki, 17, Dolacki-15.640; 3. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-15.655; 4. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-15.825; 5. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-15.930; 6. Daniel Williams, 25, Williams-15.981; 7. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-16.157. NT

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Blondel, 2. Williams, 3. W.Pankratz, 4. Davison, 5. Kostecki, 6. T.Dolacki, 7. Clark. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Tyler Dolacki, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Jarid Blondel, 4. Brodie Kostecki, 5. Daniel Williams, 6. Jet Davison, 7. Jessica Clark.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 W.Pankratz, Laps 19-20 Dolacki.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-684; 2-Blondel-674; 3-T.Dolacki-655; 4-Jim Waters-653; 5-W.Pankratz-630; 6-Chuck Groat-618; 7-Williams-594; 8-Austin Luttmer-577; 9-Kostecki-568; 10-Davison-504.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-655; 2-W.Pankratz-630; 3-Williams-594; 4-Blondel-566; 5-Davison-504; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Collin Henry-242; 9-Kostecki-225; 10-R.Pankratz-198.
FINAL CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-W.Pankratz-258; 2-T.Dolacki-241; 3-Blondel-230; 4-Kostecki-225; 5-Williams-220.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 13 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway



USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 6, 2011 
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “California Focus Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Trevor Hunt, 8, Pankratz-16.390; 2. Brodie Kostecki, 17, Dolacki-16.396; 3. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-16.482; 4. Katlynn Leer, 12k, Kruseman-16.590; 5. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-16.733; 6. Austin Blair, 4k, Kruseman-17.504.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Colston, 2. Hunt, 3. Kostecki, 4. Breckenridge, 5. Leer, 6. Blair. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Trevor Hunt, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Brodie Kostecki, 4. Christine Breckenridge, 5. Austin Blair, 6. Katlynn Leer. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Hunt.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-569; 2-Kostecki-561; 3-Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Breckenridge-445; 6-Leer-380; 7-Brandon White-254; 8-Blair-190; 9-Ricky Bowers-180; 10-James Eden-171.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-630; 2-Cole Custer-461; 3-Hunt-449; 4-Breckenridge-428; 5-Leer-380; 6-Kostecki-263; 7-Blair-190; 8-Zach Bogner-171; 9-Logan Williams-105; 10-Daniel Williams-64.
FINAL CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-270; 2-Kostecki-263; 3-Colston-247; 4-Leer-1589; 5-Breckenridge-153.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 13 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway



Aug 7 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2011
 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – “California Ford Focus Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.390; 2. Brodie Kostecki, 17, Dolacki-14.534; 3. Daniel Williams, 25, Williams-14.603; 4. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-14.718; 5. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-14.764; 6. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-14.773; 7. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-15.189

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Pankratz, 2. Blondel, 3. Kostecki, 4. Dolacki, 5. Davison, 6. Williams, 7. Clark. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jarid Blondel, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Daniel Williams, 4. Tyler Dolacki, 5. Jet Davison, 6. Brodie Kostecki, 7. Jessica Clark. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Pankratz, Lap 20 Blondel.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-684; 2-Jim Waters-653; 3-Chuck Groat-618; 4-Blondel-612; 5-T.Dolacki-589; 6-Austin Luttmer-577; 7-Pankratz-561; 8-D.Williams-538; 9-Kostecki-508; 10-J.R. Williams-493.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-589; 2-Pankratz-561; 3-D.Williams-538; 4-Blondel-500; 5-Davison-452; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Collin Henry-242; 9-Casey Martinez-169; 10-Kostecki-165.
NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS WEEK FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Pankratz-189; 2-T.Dolacki-175; 3-Kostecki-165; 4-Blondel-164; 5-D.Williams-164.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 6 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “California Focus Week”

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2011
 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – “California Ford Focus Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 17, Dolacki-15.865; 2. Trevor Hunt, 8, Pankratz-15.938; 3. Katlynn Leer, 12k, Kruseman-16.258; 4. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-16.378; 5. Austin Blair, 4k, Kruseman-

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Hunt, 2. Kostecki, 3. Leer, 4. Colston, 5. Blair. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Trevor Hunt, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Katlynn Leer, 4. Parker Colston, 5. Austin Blair. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Kostecki, Laps 5-20 Hunt.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-562; 2-Kostecki-561; 3-Colston-506; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Christine Breckenridge-438; 6-Leer-328; 7-Brandon White-264; 8-Ricky Bowers-215; 9-James Eden-180; 10-Zach Bogner-171.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-561; 2-Cole Custer-461; 3-Hunt-376; 4-Christine Breckenridge-370; 5-Leer-328; 6-Kostecki-198; 7-Zach Bogner-171; 8-Blair-138; 9-Logan Williams-105; 10-Daniel Williams-64.
NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS WEEK FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-198; 2-Hunt-197; 3-Colston-178; 4-Leer-106; 5-Christine Breckenridge-95.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 6 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway – “California Ford Focus Week


USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2011
 – Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway

QUALIFYING: 1. Ross Rankine, 9, Nine Racing-13.168; 2. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-13.372; 3. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-13.439; 4. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-13.449; 5. James Robertson, 1, Steele-13.547; 6. Jarett Andretti, 25, Andretti-13.622; 7. Jessica Bean, 3, Bean-13.679; 8. Nic Davidson, 39, Davidson-13.743; 9. Nick Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-13.816; 10. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-13.877; 11. Bill Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.313; 12. Toby Alfrey, 5, Alfrey-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. James Robertson, 2. Ross Rankine, 3. Davey Hamilton Jr., 4. Nick Hamilton, 5. Jarett Andretti, 6. Chris Lamb, 7. Tyler Shullick, 8. Bill Kriegbaum, 9. Jessica Bean, 10. Joey Greening, 11. Toby Alfrey, 12. Nic Davidson. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Robertson.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-742; 2-Robertson-635; 3-Andretti-585; 4-Alfrey-553; 5-Bean-524; 6-N.Hamilton-506; 7-Nick Drake-488; 8-Greening-427; 9-Shullick-392; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-290.
NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Nick Drake-647; 2-Andretti-605; 3-Scott Hunter-497; 4-Lamb-448; 5-Davidson-406; 6-Austin Prock-387; 7-Steven Intravaia-329; 8-Tyler Corriher-298; 9-Orry Hunte-274; 10-Rankine-211.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: August 12 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway
NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 8 – Stanley, NC – East Lincoln Speedway


USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS  RESULTS: August 5, 2011
– Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 2. Michael Fanelli (#14x Rankine), 3. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee), 4. Kyle Tilley (#91 Alfrey), 5. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 6. Bailey Sernett (#5 Alfrey), 7. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Sam McGhee, 2. Cooper Clouse, 3. Michael Fanelli, 4. Kyle Tilley, 5. Stevie Kuhn, 6. Bailey Sernett, 7. Mikell McGee. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Clouse, laps 8-20 McGhee.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGhee-540; 2-Kuhn-501; 3-Clouse-439; 4-Fanelli-308; 5-M.McGee-305; 6-Emmy Gray-285; 7-Cole Custer-163; 8-Tyler Shullick-137; 9-Adam Thomason-114; 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 13 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway

Aug 6 2011
2006 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION NICKY HAYDEN 
ASSESSES REFURBISHED IMS ROAD COURSE

by J.Douglas Boles
INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, August 5, 2011 - American MotoGP rider and 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden was the first to check out the newly paved Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Friday morning in preparation for the 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP, August 26-28 at IMS.
The fourth annual Red Bull Indianapolis GP will showcase the world's finest motorcycle racers including superstars Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, along with American stars Colin Edwards and Ben Spies, who will soar through the IMS 16-turn road course at speeds up to 200 mph.
A three-time Moto GP race winner, Hayden won the 2006 MotoGP World Championship and has a career that includes six runner-up finishes, five pole positions and six fastest laps.
Known as the "Kentucky Kid", Hayden was born and lives in Owensboro, Ky., and considers the Indianapolis Motor Speedway his home track. In the three previous Red Bull Indianapolis GPs, Hayden finished as the runner-up in 2008, third in 2009 and sixth in 2010.
Hayden took a Ducati 1198 for a ride earlier this morning over the recently refurbished IMS road course. Beginning on June 9, 2011, crews repaved 1.5 miles of the circuit from Turn 5 through Turn 16. The existing asphalt was ground and then repaved with fresh asphalt to create a surface consistent with the other sections of the course. The FIM, the worldwide sanctioning body of motorcycling, inspected and approved the repaved section of the circuit July 7. The following is a Q&A with Nicky Hayden.
Q: Now that you've experienced the new IMS MotoGP road course surface, what do you think?
NICKY HAYDEN: The new surface is just what I expected, it's pretty much perfect. There are a couple corners that the riders requested to be redone and IMS went above and beyond, and actually the whole infield from Turn 5 to the finish is repaved, so I'm looking forward to getting back here on the race bike and laying some rubber down and cleaning up the racing line and trying it out.
 
Q: Will this increase competition or make it better for the riders, or both?
 
HAYDEN: I think it's safer, for one. There was a lot of crashing in the Turn 6 area over those bumps and I think it'll also make the racing better. It's going to open up a few areas where before it was one line because you had to miss the bumps, and now I think it'll make for better racing because there will be more places to pass. Just a more enjoyable, more fun track, so I know all the riders love Indy anyway and it's only going to make it better.
Q: Is there anything unique about this track compared to others?
HAYDEN: A lot. I mean look at the place, look at the size of it. It's pretty much the only track inside an oval like this. We race Motegi, which is part in an oval, but part outside. But definitely there's a heritage and a little bit of hype about Indy, a bit of swag, and this place has been around a long time and did a lot of racing. For me, being from Kentucky, it's the highlight of the year for me. I know a lot of guys really look forward to this one and it's a special race.
Q: Being from Kentucky, how important is this event to you?
HAYDEN: They're all important. The races in Italy are the team's home races, and Laguna Seca, also being in California, is cool, but to race three hours from home is something I never expected when I came to MotoGP. At that time there wasn't a race in America. The closest I got to home was Brazil, so I really cherish it. Every year I enjoy it more and more, and get more and more fans from home that have never really seen me race, or certainly never seen me race MotoGP. I get a lot of support. Owensboro is a great town that really gets behind their guys no matter what you're doing, and there are going to be a lot of people here from Owensboro for the race.
Q: Ducati is kind of like the Ferrari of motorcycles. What's it like racing for a team like Ducati?
HAYDEN: Like you say, Ferrari and Ducati kind of have that Italian swag, and it's a very unique bike, it's a very special bike with a lot of history. They just don't produce thousands and thousands of bikes. It's a small, small company that puts everything into their bikes and produce only road bikes, and I've learned a lot. The team is awesome. I mean, they love their bikes and love their team, and when you're in Italy you feel it. Everybody, from the people at the grocery store to the guys at the gas station, they're all behind you. This year hasn't been an easy year for us, but we know our bike is good and sometimes it's a little bit sharp, you get it outside that area that's the sweet spot and it makes for a long day, but when you get it on the sweet spot you know it's an absolute weapon. Hopefully when we come back here in three weeks we'll have it dialed in. We race the Czech Republic next and then we have a big test after the race, which is going to be really important for us to hopefully find something and get us teed up for a big weekend at Indy.
Q: You've got a great teammate (multiple time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi). How important is a good teammate in this series?
HAYDEN: I think we've got a good team. We're the only team with two world champions in it at the moment, so that's pretty unique in its own way and we still get along good. Me and him, obviously we want to beat each other, he's 16 points in front of me, I think, and it would be a big honor for me if I could beat him. He's won 11 titles over there and has pretty much set the standard for the last decade. It's been a different challenge for us because having an Italian world champion on the team has brought a lot of expectations and a lot of pressure, but the people there are still behind us, and of course they want results and want us winning, which we're not doing at the moment, which makes it hard. I've learned a lot from him, and also that goes both ways. This bike has been new to him and he's not above asking questions and wanting to know why, and I think right now the results haven't shown, but I think next year it's going to pay off when we come with the new rules and they go back to the thousand-ccs. I think having two strong teammates who are pushing in the same direction is going to be better instead of two guys wanting to go in different ways.
Q: Could you talk a little bit about how you as a rider can affect how your bike handles?

HAYDEN: The rider makes the biggest difference on a motorcycle, where in a car when you're strapped in with a seat belt on there's only so much you can do. On a motorcycle you have a lot more freedom to move around, use your body and different things to help make up for what the bike's maybe not doing. You can't ride a sled around here and think you're going to get on the podium on it, but a good bike, good team, good rider is all pretty even. It's not like you gotta have all three, but a rider can make that difference.  

2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP tickets: 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP tickets are on sale now.
To buy tickets, visit www.imstix.com, call the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area or visit the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street. Ticket office and phone hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.
The 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP is scheduled for Aug. 26-28 at IMS.
Race Day general admission tickets cost $40, with Friday general admission $10 and Saturday general admission $20. A three-day general admission ticket is $60. A Friday-Saturday general admission ticket is $25.
Children ages 12 and under will be admitted free any of the three days of the event when accompanied by an adult with a general admission ticket.
Race Day reserved seat prices will start at $70.

Aug 4 2011
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2011 
– Ventura, California – Ventura (CA) Raceway - “California Ford Focus Week”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 5. Jessica Clark (#44 Clark), 6. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 2. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson), 3. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 4. Bradley Morris (#17k Kruseman), 5. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki). NT

FEATURE: (17 laps) 1. Nick Carlson, 2. Casey Martinez, 3. Brodie Kostecki, 4. Collin Henry, 5. Tyler Dolacki, 6. Wally Pankratz, 7. Daniel Williams, 8. Andrew Mulhearn, 9. Bradley Morris, 10. Jarid Blondel, 11. Jessica Clark. NT

**Morris & Blondel flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Martinez, Laps 10-17 Carlson.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-677; 2-Jim Waters-653; 3-Chuck Groat-618; 4-Austin Luttmer-577; 5-Blondel-539; 6-T.Dolacki-532; 7-J.R. Williams-493; 8-W.Pankratz-493; 9-D.Williams-477; 10-Jeff Kelley-464.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-532; 2-W.Pankratz-493; 3-D.Williams-477; 4-Blondel-427; 5-Jet Davison-398; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Henry-242; 9-Martinez-169; 10-Randi Pankratz-159.
CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-W.Pankratz-121; 2-T,Dolacki-118; 3-Kostecki-109; 4-DWilliams-103; 5-Blondel-91.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 5 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - “California Ford Focus Week”



USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 3 
– Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “California Ford Focus Week”

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Trevor Hunt (#8 Pankratz), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Brennan Rogers (#20 Rogers), 4. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki), 5. Bradley Morris (#17k Kruseman), 6. Zach Bogner (#18k Kruseman), 7. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge),8. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 9. Austin Blair (#4k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Bradley Morris, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. Zach Bogner, 5. Parker Colston, 6. Brennan Rogers, 7. Katlynn Leer, 8. Christine Breckenridge, 9. Austin Blair. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Bogner, Laps 3-20 Morris.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-555; 2-Kostecki-553; 3-Colston-502; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Breckenridge-438; 6-Brandon White-264; 7-Leer-264; 8-Ricky Bowers-245; 9-James Eden-180; 10-Bogner-171.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-502; 2-Cole Custer-461; 3-Breckenridge-370; 4-Hunt-303; 5-Leer-264; 6-Bogner-171; 7-Kostecki-128; 8-Logan Williams-105; 9-Blair-84; 10-Daniel Williams-64.
CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-128; 2-Hunt-124; 3-Colston-119; 4-Breckenridge-95; 5-Morris-64.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 5 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - “California Ford Focus Week”


ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - August 3, 2011
. . . Indoor Auto Racing will return to Atlantic City’s  Boardwalk Hall in 2012  for the tenth year under the promotion of Len  Sammons.
Sammons has confirmed that the exciting events will be held on Friday  
and Saturday nights, February 3 and 4, 2012.
Ted Christopher from Plainville, Conn. will be returning to defend the  
"Gambler’s Classic" title he won this past January in the headline  
Three-Quarter Midget division.
Christopher, the 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, also won  
the "Coffee Cup" TQ-Midget feature held inside the Dunkin' Donuts  
Center in Providence, R.I., to sweep last winter's Indoor Racing  
Series. The Providence events will again be held in 2012, on Saturday  
and Sunday, March 10 and 11.
The Three-Quarter Midgets hit speeds upwards of 70 mph while running  
around a course set-up on the historic landmark Boardwalk Hall  
concrete floor. Feature events find a minimum of 24 cars taking the  
green flag providing some hair raising action for fans.
Each year profesional race car drivers from many different divisions  
of the sport; and over 10 different states, compete at the event.
The Champ Kart and Slingshot divisions will also be included in the  
exciting Alantic City race weekend. Racing will begin on Friday night  
at 7:30 p.m.. and at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Each night will include qualifying races and a feature event for the  
headline division.
Tickets for the Atlantic City event will go on sale on Wednesday,  
August 17, at Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com and  
at the Boardwalk Hall box office. Ticket prices remain the same as the  
past event. Premium seats sell-out quickly.
Tickets and further information can also be obtained by calling the  
show office (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at 609-888-3618.
Additional information may also be found on the web at www.aarn.com or  
by emailing motorsports@aarn.com.

Aug 3 2011
USAC's “LITTLE HOOSIER 100” AT LAKEVILLE THIS WEEK;
“GENERATION NEXT” POINT BATTLES SPICE ROUND 10
by Dick Jordan
Championships in USAC’s 2k10 “Generation Next Tour” are expected to be hotly-contested in the final three events of the tour, beginning with this week’s “Little Hoosier 100” at Newton Park in Lakeville, Ind.

Round 10 feature several tight point battles as participants compete for valuable points toward championships to be celebrated at USAC’s “Night of Champions” banquet in Indianapolis.

The “Little Hoosier 100” coincides with Plymouth (Ind.) Motor Speedway’s big USAC “tripleheader” racing program set for this Friday night, featuring the USAC Mopar D1 Midgets, Midwest and Eastern Ford Focus Midgets and Midwest Focus Young Guns. Plymouth is located about 10 miles south of Lakeville. Tickets to the Plymouth races are free to all USAC Mopar .25 Midget drivers participating in the “Little Hoosier 100.”

Ties exist for the point lead in four different classes going into Lakeville. In Light AA a unique “triple’ tie exists between Frankie Nervo, Chase Dean and Gage Walker. Tyler Clem is tied with Zeb Wise for the Junior Honda lead and with Carson Hocevar for the Junior Animal lead. Katlyn Stanley and Wil Raber are tied atop the Heavy World Formula standings.

Harrison Burton has a slim three-point lead over Michael Atwell in Senior Animal, while four pilots have 15-point class leads, including Nicholas Snyder in Heavy Honda, Garrett Jones in Light World Formula, Bryant Dawson in Heavy AA and Mark Miller in Heavy 160.Ryan Krachun’s B lead stands at 21 points, while Garrett Jones has a 30-point lead in Light 160. Jared Irvan is 31 points ahead in Senior Honda and Carson Hocevar’s Junior Stock lead is 48 points. Bryant Dawson and Michael Fanelli enjoy the largest leads at present. Dawson has a 69-point cushion in Mod, while Fanelli’s lead in Unrestricted Animal stands at 78.

Practice, heats and lower mains are slated on Friday at Lakeville, with any remaining lower mains and the A Mains on Saturday. Victory lane ceremonies and participation awards for rookie classes will follow Saturdya’s A-Mains. Sunday is reserved as a rain date if needed.
--USAC--




Aug 2 2011
5 TRACKS IN 3 STATES HOST FOCUS ACTIVITY THIS WEEK;
GROAT, PANKRATZ, KOSTECKI, HUNTER, CUSTER, DRAKE ALL WIN

by DICK JORDAN 
USAC’s busy Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns campaigns continue at a rapid pace this week, with races slated at five tracks in Indiana, North Carolina and California.

The Midwest and Eastern series convene at Plymouth (Ind.) Motor Speedway Friday night, while the Western series are in action Wednesday at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway, Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. and Saturday at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.

Monday night's USAC Eastern Ford Focus/Focus Young Guns racing program at East Lincoln Speedway in Stanley, N.C. was rained out. Double feature events for each series will be held this Saturday at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.

Chuck Groat of West Valley City, Utah passed Austin Luttmer on lap four and led the final 22 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Utah Ford Focus feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Trailing Groat at the checkered flag were Kipp Posey, Jim Waters, Gregg Fuette and Luttmer. Groat was also the fastest qualifier.
 
Wally Pankratz of Orange, Calif. and Brodie Kostecki of Roseville, Calif. were the winners in Saturday night’s USAC Western Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns races at Santa Maria Speedway. Pankratz benefitted when the engine expired in Jarid Blondel’s car and Pankratz ended up the 35-lap race winner over Tyler Dolacki, Jet Davison, Daniel Williams and Brodie Kostecki. In the 20-lap Focus Young Guns race, Kostecki led all the way to beat Parker Colston, Trevor Hunt and Christine Breckenridge

Scott Hunter of Concord, N.C. and Cole Custer of Kannapolis, N.C. scored feature victories at East Lincoln Speedway Saturday night before rains washed out the second features for the USAC Eastern Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns, postponing them to August 8 when the track will again host “double features.” Hunter caught Custer on lap 28 in the Ford Focus race and led the final eight laps to win the 35-lapper over Ross Rankine, Shane MacMillan, Nick Drake and Custer. In the Focus Young Guns, Custer passed Jared Irvan on lap 13 and led the rest of the way to take the 25-lapper over Irvan and Sam McGhee

Nick Drake and Cole Custer drove their #55 cars to victory in Wednesday night’s USAC Eastern Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns features at Concord Motor Speedway. Drake, of Mooresville, N.C., led the final 36 laps of the 75 Ford Focus feature to beat Scott Hunter, Chris Lamb, Austin Prock and Nick Davidson. Custer, of Kannapolis, N.C., passed Sam McGhee on lap eight and led the rest of the 40-lap Focus Young Guns race to beat McGhee, Jared Irvan, Cooper Clouse and Mikell McGee


USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-708, 2-Ross Rankine-690, 3-Jarett Andretti-651, 4-Jessica Clark-570, 5-Jim Waters-543, 6-James Robertson-517, 7-Toby Alfrey-507, 8-Chuck Groat-498, 9-Scott Hunter-498, 10-Chris Lamb-496.

USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:

1-Cole Custer-474, 2-Trevor Hunt-468, 3-Sam McGhee-468, 4-Brody Kostecki-468, 5-Stevie Kuhn-453, 6-Cooper Clouse-447, 7-Christine Breckenridge-402, 8-Parker Colston-399, 9-Mikell McGee-342, 10-Michael Fanelli-324.

USAC MIDWESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Ross Rankine-726; 2-James Robertson-573; 3-Toby Alfrey-553; 4-Jarett Andretti-536; 5-Jessica Bean-517; 6-Nick Drake-488; 7-Nick Hamilton-455; 8-Joey Greening-394; 9-Tyler Shullick-346; 10-Kent Kriegbaum-290.

USAC MIDWESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Sam McGhee-542; 2-Stevie Kuhn-503; 3-Cooper Clouse-374; 4-Emmy Gray-285; 5-Mikell McGee-257; 6-Michael Fanelli-244; 7-Cole Custer-163; 8-Tyler Shullick-137; 9-Adam Thomason-114; 10-Justen Garmenn-105.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Drake-706; 2-Scott Hunter-565; 3-Jarett Andretti-556; 4-Chris Lamb-448; 5-Nic Davidson-427; 6-Austin Prock-387; 7-Steven Intravaia-329; 8-Tyler Corriher-298; 9-Orry Hunte-274; 10-Ross Rankine-212.

USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-JaredIrvan-262; 2-Max McGhee-259; 3-Cole Custer-193; 4-Trey Hutchens-158; 5-Cooper Clouse-117; 6-Mikell McGee-111; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-654, 2-Jessica Clark-642, 3-Chuck Groat-618, 4-Austin Luttmer-577, 5-Jarid Blondel-499, 6-Tyler Dolacki-476, 7-Jeff Kelley-464, 8-J.R. Williams-460, 9-Gregg Fuette-441, 10-Wally Pankratz-440.

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Trevor Hunt-555, 2-Brody Kostecki-553, 3-Cole Custer-461, 4-Parker Colston-447, 5-Christine Breckenridge-438, 6-Brandon White-264, 7-Ricky Bowers-245, 8-Katlynn Leer-222, 9-James Eden-180, 10-Keegan Walmer-146.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-653; 2-Chuck Groat-618; 3-Austin Luttmer-577; 4-Jeff Kelley-464; 5-Gregg Fuette-441; 6-Ron Duncombe-424; 7-J.R. Williams-366; 8-Michael Daniels-341; 9-Jessica Clark-296; 10-Guy Sainsbury-259.


July 31 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 
– Stanley, North Carolina – East Lincoln Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 3. Chris Lamb (#9 Lamb), 4. Nic Davidson (#39 Davidson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 2. Ross Rankine (#39x Rankine), 3. Mike Ward (#80 Ward), 4. Shane MacMillan (#45 MacMillan). NT

FIRST FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Ross Rankine, 3. Shane MacMillan, 4. Nick Drake, 5. Cole Custer, 6. Nic Davidson, 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Mike Ward. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (35 laps) RAINED OUT – Rescheduled for August 8

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Custer, Laps 28-35 Hunter.

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-706; 2-Hunter-565; 3-Jarett Andretti-556; 4-Lamb-448; 5-Davidson-427; 6-Austin Prock-387; 7-Steven Intravaia-329; 8-Tyler Corriher-298; 9-Orry Hunte-274; 10-Rankine-212.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 5 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway


USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 
– Stanley, North Carolina – East Lincoln Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Jared Irvan (#55x Irvan), 2. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee). NT

FIRST FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Irvan, 3. McGhee. NT

SECOND FEATURE: (25 laps) RAINED OUT – Rescheduled for August 8

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Irvan, Laps 13-25 Custer.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Irvan-262; 2-McGhee-259; 3-Custer-193; 4-Trey Hutchens-158; 5-Cooper Clouse-117; 6-Mikell McGee-111; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 10 – Concord (N.C).Motor Speedway



USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 3. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 4. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 5. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 6. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki). NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz, 2. Tyler Dolacki, 3. Jet Davison, 4. Daniel Williams, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Jarid Blondel. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Blondel, Laps 23-35 Pankratz.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-476; 2-W.Pankratz-440; 3-Williams-432; 4-Davison-398; 5-Blondel-387; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Collin Henry-186; 9-Randi Pankratz-159; 10-Casey Martinez-106.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 3 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Trevor Hunt (#8 Pankratz), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki), 4. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. Christine Breckenridge. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Cole Custer-461; 2-Colston-447; 3-Breckenridge-3311; 4-Hunt-241; 5-Katlynn Leer-222; 6-Zach Bogner-117; 7-Logan Williams-105; 8-Kostecki-66; 9-Daniel Williams-64; 10-Sheldon DeBlauw-59.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 3 – Ventura (CA) Raceway




July 29 2011
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 27, 2011
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 3. Nick Davidson (#39 Davidson), 4. Amanda Quinones (#1 Bigley/Quinones/Intravaia), 5. Rick Fedrizzi (#44 Fedrizzzi). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Lamb (#9 Lamb), 2. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 3. Ross Rankine (#39x Rankine), 4. Tyler Corriher (#12 Corriher), 5. David Levine (#43 Fedrizzi). NT

FEATURE: (75 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Chris Lamb, 4. Austin Prock, 5. Nick Davidson, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Amanda Quinones, 8. Rick Fedrizzi, 9. Ross Rankine, 10. David Levine. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Prock, Laps 7-39 Rankine, Laps 40-75 Drake.

NEW USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Drake-647; 2-Jarett Andretti-556; 3-Hunter-497; 4-Lamb-400; 5-Prock-387; 6-Davidson-377; 7-Steven Intravaia-329; 8-Corriher-298; 9-Orry Hunte-274; 10-Levine-179.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 30 – Stanley, N.C. – East Lincoln Speedway


USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: July 27, 2011
 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jared Irvan (#28 Irvan), 2. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 3. Trey Hutchens (#17 Noffsinger/Brown), 4. Michael Fanelli (#14x Rankine). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee), 3. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee). NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Jared Irvan, 4. Cooper Clouse, 5. Mikell McGee, 6. Michael Fanelli, 7. Trey Hutchens. NT


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 S.McGhee, Laps 8-40 Custer.

NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGhee-198; 2-Irvan-197; 3-Hutchens-158; 4-Custer-133; 5-Clouse-117; 6-M.McGee-111; 7-Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.

NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 30 – Stanley, N.C. – East Lincoln Speedway