ASCS SoCal Season Opener – Take Two!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 18, 2011) – The newly-formed American Sprint Car Series Southern California Region was slated to kick off its inaugural season of competition a couple of weekends ago, but Mother Nature had other ideas by nixing the April 9 card with excessive rain.

 

Now, the ASCS Southern California Region will try it again this Saturday night atop the 3/8-mile, high-banked Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway clay oval in Hanford, CA, with racing action set to go green at 6:30 p.m.

 

The inaugural slate of ASCS Southern California action includes a dozen nights of winged Sprint Car competition at four tracks including Kings Speedway, Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway, Santa Maria Speedway and Bakersfield Speedway.

 

Saturday’s card at Giant Chevrolet King Speedway, which will be the first step in crowning the first ASCS champion in California, marks the first of three consecutive Saturday nights of ASCS Southern Cal action with the series moving on to Thunderbowl Raceway on April 30 and then to Santa Maria Speedway on May 7.

 

While the American Sprint Car Series broke California ground with a pair of wingless Canyon Region events last year, the Lucas Oil ASCS National winged ranks kicked off the 2011 season with debut appearances at Thunderbowl and Kings Speedway in February.

 

The California shoes defended their turf quite nicely from the invading National forces in February, with Tim Kaeding tops at Tulare and then Kyle Larson winning at Kings.

 

Saturday’s card marks the first of five remaining scheduled ASCS Southern California events at Hanford’s Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway.

 

The high-banked, 3/8-mile Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway clay oval is located in Hanford, CA, south of SR 198 on 10^th Avenue to the Fairgrounds.  For more information, contact the track at 559-584-7223.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Pelkey Plucks ASCS Canyon Win at USA!

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (April 16, 2011) – A past Arizona state Sprint Car champion, Josh Pelkey finally captured his first career feature win under the American Sprint Car Series banner by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event at USA Raceway.

 

So close to previous ASCS accolades with 18 podium finishes in 64 previous ASCS Canyon Region feature starts, Pelkey finally reached the top step of the podium by racing from the sixth starting position to take the checkered flag aboard Robbie Allen’s Advanced Engine ABC Body Shop No. 12.

 

After battling with Chris Bonneau and pole starter Charles Davis, Jr., much of the way, Pelkey crossed the stripe ahead of current series points leader and two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion Jeremy Sherman, who rallied from the 15^th starting position for runner-up honors.

 

Andrew Reinbold raced from 12^th to claim the show position, with Bonneau and 18^th-starter R.J. Johnson rounding out the top five after rebounding from a heat race flip to make the feature cut.

 

Stevie Sussex was sixth, with defending series champion Davis, Jr., Matt Rossi, Josh Castro and Thomas Ogle completing the top ten.

 

Ogle, Pelkey and Bonneau won heat races for Saturday night’s 26-car field, with Bob Ream, Jr., winning the “B” Main.

 

Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Results from USA Raceway:

 

First Heat (10 Laps):  1. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 2. 1-Stevie Sussex, 3. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 93-Justin Quinn, 6. 7k-Bruce St. James, 7. 44-Nick Aiuto, 8. 6s-Bryan Swinehart, 9. 51-R.J. Johnson.

 

Second Heat (10 Laps):  1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 99-James Aragon, 3. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 2-Matt Rossi, 6. 20-Shon Deskins, 7. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 8. 96-Carson Ditsch, 9. 74b-Derek Williams.

 

Third Heat (10 Laps):  1. 78-Chris Bonneau, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 5. 23-Josh Castro, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 8. 9x-Ryan Linder.

 

“B” Feature (12 Laps):  1. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 2. 51-R.J. Johnson, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 44-Nick Aiuto, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 96-Carson Ditsch, 7. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 8. 74b-Derek Williams. DNS: 9x-Ryan Linder, 6s-Bryan Swinehart.

 

"A" Feature (30 Laps):  1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 78-Chris Bonneau, 5. 51-R.J. Johnson, 6. 1-Stevie Sussex, 7. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 8. 2-Matt Rossi, 9. 23-Josh Castro, 10. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 11. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 12. 16-Mike Martin, 13. 6-Ronnie Clark, 14. 93-Justin Quinn, 15. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 16. 7k-Bruce St. James, 17. 99-James Aragon, 18. 44-Nick Aiuto, 19. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 20. 20-Shon Deskins.

 

 

Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten):  1. Jeremy Sherman 434, 2. R.J. Johnson 391, 3. Charles Davis, Jr. 379, 4. Andrew Reinbold 366, 5. Ronnie Clark 342, 6. Josh Pelkey 340, 7. Bob Ream, Jr. 337, 8. Matt Rossi 335, 9. Thomas Ogle 324, 10. Dalten Gabbard 311.

Dupuy Dazzles ASCS Gulf South at Royal Purple

Michael Dupuy and crew in Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Gulf South victory lane after topping Saturday night's 30-lap main event at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX. (ASCS Gulf South photo)

Lonnie Wheatley, BAYTOWN, Texas (April 16, 2011) – Michael Dupuy snared his first American Sprint Car Series Regional win in nearly three years by cracking Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South victory lane Saturday night at Royal Purple Raceway.

 

Dupuy charged past Travis Rilat on the 16^th round en route to the $3,000 victory in the 30-lapper at the same track at which he had claimed his most recent ASCS score in June of 2008, the 3/8-mile clay oval formerly known as Houston Raceway Park.

 

While Dupuy gridded the feature field fifth aboard Joe Zierolf’s Jaz-Tek No. 3x, it was pole starter Martin Edwards pacing the initial eight circuits before second row starter Rilat raced into the lead.  Dupuy followed suit around Edwards soon after and then took command for keeps just past the midway point.

 

Dupuy raced on to his fifth career ASCS Gulf South win and 17^th overall ASCS triumph ahead of Rilat, with Tommy Bryant claiming the show position.  Brandon Corn charged from 19^th to fourth, with Scottie McDonald rounding out the top five.

 

Chris Sweeney was sixth, with Chris Morgan, Jerry Bell, Michael McNeil and Brandon Berryman completing the top ten.

 

Bryant, Sweeney, Rilat and Berryman topped heat race action for the 34-car field, with Corn winning the “B” Main.

 

Friday night winner and defending series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek lost an engine in hot laps and was done for the night, as was Friday night third-place finisher Channin Tankersley.

 

Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Results from Royal Purple Raceway:

 

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 2. 51s-Beau Smith, 3. 85-Jerry Bell, 4. 15T-Travis Elliott, 5. 69-Larry Howery, 6. 30-Brandon Corn, 7. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 8. 8-Bruce Crockett, 9. 3-Gary Watson.

 

Second Heat (8 Laps):  1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 35-Greg Rilat, 3. 25m-Michael McNeil, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 54-Evan Pardo, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 76-John Ricketts, 8. 51-Jimmy Brooks. DNS: 71-Channin Tankersley.

 

Third Heat (8 Laps):  1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 3. 64j-Johnny Miller, 4. 19-Klint Angelette, 5. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 6. 28-James Cooper, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr. DNS: 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek.

 

Fourth Heat (8 Laps):  1. 31-Brandon Berryman, 2. 45-Martin Edwards, 3. 88-Scottie McDonald, 4. 0-Zach Chappell, 5. 2-Wes Miller, 6. 52-Roger Oakes, 7. 17c-Greg Coleman, 8. 10-George White.

 

“B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 30-Brandon Corn, 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 3. 69-Larry Howery, 4. 10-George White, 5. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 28-James Cooper, 8. 76-John Ricketts, 9. 52-Roger Oakes, 10. 17c-Greg Coleman, 11. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 12. 51-Jimmy Brooks. DNS: 8-Bruce Crockett, 3-Gary Watson, 71-Channin Tankersley, 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek.

 

"A" Feature (30 Laps):  1. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 88-Scottie McDonald, 6. 93-Chris Sweeney, 7. 0-Chris Morgan, 8. 85-Jerry Bell, 9. 25m-Michael McNeil, 10. 31-Brandon Berryman, 11. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 12. 10-George White, 13. 19-Klint Angelette, 14. 64j-Johnny Miller, 15. 69-Larry Howery, 16. 51s-Beau Smith, 17. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 18. 15T-Travis Elliott, 19. 2-Wes Miller, 20. 45-Martin Edwards, 21. 5c-Chris Coker, 22. 35-Greg Rilat, 23. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 24. 54-Evan Pardo.

 

 

Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten):  1. George White 620, 2. Tommy Bryant 603, 3. Brandon Berryman 526, 4. Chris Sweeney 511, 5. Ray Allen Kulhanek 509, 6. Travis Elliott 494, 7. Chris Coker 470, 8. Channin Tankersley 467, 9. (tie) Michael McNeil and Greg Rilat 465.

Gary Wright Back in Lucas Oil ASCS Victory Lane at Little Rock!

Gary Wright captured his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win since October of 2009 by racing to a $6,000 triumph in Saturday nigh'ts 35-lap main event at Little Rock's I-30 Speedway.  (Lonnie Wheatley)

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 16, 2011) – Gary Wright ended the longest winless streak of his Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National career by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 35-lap main event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval.

 

Wright slipped under race-long leader Brad Bowden in turns one and two on the 19^th circuit and went on to post his 127^th career ASCS National win and first since October of 2009 in front of Jeff Swindell, with past series champions Tim Crawley, Shane Stewart and Jason Johnson rounding out the top five.

 

“It just feels good to win again, especially here at I-30 Speedway, this place has kind of been like a second home to me,” Wright commented after the triumph aboard his own No. 9 Maxim entry.

 

With the $6,000 score, Wright became the eighth different winner in as many Lucas Oil ASCS National events thus far in 2011 while also snapping a victory drought of 49 features dating back to 2009 Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals preliminary action.

 

“I talked with one of the top Outlaw guys last year and he said that this ASCS National deal is without a doubt the toughest racing series out there, with the format and as many good cars as there are, there’s no tougher series in the country,” Wright explained.

 

When informed that fellow fifty-plus member Jeff Swindell took runner up honors, Wright concluded that, “I guess us old guys put it on the young ones tonight!”

 

After chasing Swindell to the stripe in Friday night’s preliminary, “The Texan” redrew the front row outside starting position with 23-year-old Mississippi shoe Brad Bowden, the night’s top point earner in heat race action, drawing the pole position.

 

Bowden and Wright raced wheel-to-wheel through the opening lap with Bowden holding the advantage at the stripe and then wading through three early tangles, including a red flag after two laps for a Zach Chappell flip in turn two.  Chappell, who flipped in heat race action as well and then made a last-lap pass in “B” Main action to earn a transfer, was done for the night.

 

Back under way, Bowden led the way on the topside ahead of Wright and Sam Hafertepe, Jr., with Wright moving in to challenge as Bowden closed on the tail of the field only to have the caution fly after ten laps when Wade Oliver came to a stop in turn four.

 

The final 25 laps ran off in non-stop fashion, with Bowden keeping Wright at bay once again until traffic came into play.  Testing the low side of the track paid dividends for Wright, as he reeled in Bowden and drove by in turns one and two on the 19^th circuit to take command.

 

While Wright led the way, Swindell had slipped past Hafertepe for third on the lap eleven restart and then followed Wright’s lead with a move around Bowden for second on the 22^nd round.  Wright was flawless through lapped traffic though, keeping Swindell nearly a half straightaway behind.

 

Boxed in behind a pair of backmarkers over the final lap, Wright’s advantage diminished but proved to be enough as he took the checkered flag a half-dozen car-lengths ahead of Swindell’s Roush/Yates Ford-powered Davis Paint & Drywall No. 28 Maxim.

 

After starting seventh, Tim Crawley moved around Shane Stewart for fifth by the 15^th lap, disposed of Hafertepe for third by the 20^th round and then picked off Bowden for third by the 30^th lap.  Crawley held the show position to the line to post his best series finish of the year aboard Mike Ward’s Lucas Oil/Boater Sports No. 88 GF1.

 

Current series point leader Stewart took over fourth in the closing circuits aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rockstar Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with defending series champion Jason Johnson charging from 18^th to round out the top five in the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim.

 

Hafertepe was sixth at the line, with Seth Bergman in seventh.  Bowden faded to eighth in the closing laps, with Tony Bruce, Jr., rallying from 24^th to salvage a ninth place finish after using his second provisional of the year to start the main event after a “B” Main flip on the frontstretch.  Danny Wood completed the top ten.

 

Matt Covington, Logan Forler, Bowden, Bergman and Crawley topped heat race action, with Zach Pringle and Johnson winning the “B” Mains. 

 

After starting sixth in the feature, Forler got a piece of the wall exiting turn four and came to a stop in turn one to bring out the first caution after just one lap.  A lap later, Matt Covington got pushed high exiting turn four and spun, collecting Johnny Herrera and Wade Oliver in the process.  When Chappell flipped and collected Jerrod Hull and Dustin Morgan on the restart, the work area was a busy place with Covington, Forler, Herrera and Oliver all making quick repairs to rejoin the chase.

 

Marshall Skinner’s night came to an early end when he flipped the Sparks No. 91 wildly off the turn two embankment on the opening lap of the night’s fourth heat race.  Like the night’s other flip victims, Skinner was uninjured.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

I-30 Speedway Results

I-30 Speedway – Little Rock, AR

 

Locked in from Friday Night’s Preliminary Feature:

 

28-Jeff Swindell, 57-Shane Stewart, 9-Gary Wright, 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

 

Heat Races (Top 12 in Passing Points, including the 5 heat race winners, to "A" Main; Balance to Two "B" Main):

 

Heat One (10 Laps):  1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 14T-Tyler Brown, 3. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 4. 14-Jordon Mallett, 5. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 6. 9x-Justin Sturch, 7. 60-Eric Sandage, 8. 33-Mark Huddleston.

 

Heat Two (10 Laps):  1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 58-Wade Oliver, 3. 01-Jerrod Hull, 4. 12-Dalton Davis, 5. 24-Justin Carver, 6. 2-Dustin Morgan, 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 1x-Gary Taylor.

 

Heat Three (10 Laps):  1. 39-Brad Bowden, 2. 47-Dale Howard, 3. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 4. 8x-Chris Williams, 5. 8z-Zach Pringle, 6. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 7. 3-A.G. Rains, 8. 40-Junior Jenkins.

 

Heat Four (10 Laps):  1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 2x-Bryce Vowan, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 6. 38-Rick Pringle, 7. 0-Zach Chappell, 8. 91-Marshall Skinner.

 

Heat Five (10 Laps):  1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 1g-Cody Gardner, 6. 81au-Gavin Punch, 7. 5-Jerod Roller, 8. 44-Ronny Howard.

 

"B" Main (Top 3 from Each Advance to "A" Main):

 

First "B" Feature (12 Laps):  1. 8z-Zach Pringle, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 0-Zach Chappell, 4. 8x-Chris Williams, 5. 1x-Gary Taylor, 6. 81au-Gavin Punch, 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 8. 3-A.G. Rains, 9. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 10. 44-Ronny Howard, 11. 1g-Cody Gardner, 12. 38-Rick Pringle, 13. 60-Eric Sandage, 14. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr.  

 

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps):  1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 01-Jerrod Hull, 3. 2-Dustin Morgan, 4. 9x-Justin Sturch, 5. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 8. 14-Jordon Mallett, 9. 24-Justin Carver, 10. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 11. 5-Jerod Roller, 12. 33-Mark Huddleston, 13. 40-Junior Jenkins. DNS: 91-Marshall Skinner.

 

I-30 Speedway “A” Main:

 

“A” Feature (35 Laps):  1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 28-Jeff Swindell, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 88-Jason Johnson, 6. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 39-Brad Bowden, 9. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 10. 81-Danny Wood, 11. 47-Dale Howard, 12. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 12-Dalton Davis, 15. 2-Dustin Morgan, 16. 14T-Tyler Brown, 17. 8z-Zach Pringle, 18. 2x-Bryce Vowan, 19. 95-Matt Covington, 20. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 21. 2L-Logan Forler, 22. 01-Jerrod Hull, 23. 58-Wade Oliver, 24. 0-Zach Chappell.

 

Lap Leaders: Brad Bowden 1-18, Gary Wright 19-35.

 

Note: Aaron Reutzel and Tony Bruce, Jr., both utilized provisionals to start the main event.  It was the second of the year for both.

 

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15):  1. Shane Stewart 1,072, 2. Johnny Herrera 962, 3. Jeff Swindell 956, 4. Tim Crawley 890, 5. Gary Wright 881, 6. Brady Bacon 854, 7. Seth Bergman 844, 8. Aaron Reutzel 793, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. 790, 10. Zach Chappell 745, 11. Logan Forler 707, 12. Dustin Morgan 690, 13. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 544, 14. Jason Johnson 518, 15. Danny Wood 454.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15):  1. Paul Silva #57 – 1,072, 2. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 1,070, 3. Herrera/Main #45x - 962, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 956, 5. Mike Ward #88 - 890, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 - 854, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 844, 8. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 793, 9. Bruce Racing #18 – 790, 10. Cooper/Sperry #01/51 - 774, 11. Randy Washburn #0 – 745, 12. Steve Forler #2L – 707, 13. M&M Motorsports #2 – 690 14. Sam Hafertepe #15 – 544, 15. Danny Wood #81 - 454.

Wright Back in Lucas Oil ASCS Victory Lane at Little Rock!

Gary Wright captured his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win since October of 2009 by racing to a $6,000 triumph in Saturday nigh'ts 35-lap main event at Little Rock's I-30 Speedway.  (Lonnie Wheatley)

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 16, 2011) – Gary Wright ended the longest winless streak of his Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National career by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 35-lap main event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval.

 

Wright raced around Brad Bowden on the 19^th circuit and went on to take his 127^th career ASCS National win and first since October of 2009 in front of Jeff Swindell, with Tim Crawley, Shane Stewart and Jason Johnson rounding out the top five.

 

More to follow…

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

I-30 Speedway Results

I-30 Speedway – Little Rock, AR

 

Locked in from Friday Night’s Preliminary Feature:

 

28-Jeff Swindell, 57-Shane Stewart, 9-Gary Wright, 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

 

Heat Races (Top 12 in Passing Points, including the 5 heat race winners, to "A" Main; Balance to Two "B" Main):

 

Heat One (10 Laps):  1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 14T-Tyler Brown, 3. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 4. 14-Jordon Mallett, 5. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 6. 9x-Justin Sturch, 7. 60-Eric Sandage, 8. 33-Mark Huddleston.

 

Heat Two (10 Laps):  1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 58-Wade Oliver, 3. 01-Jerrod Hull, 4. 12-Dalton Davis, 5. 24-Justin Carver, 6. 2-Dustin Morgan, 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 1x-Gary Taylor.

 

Heat Three (10 Laps):  1. 39-Brad Bowden, 2. 47-Dale Howard, 3. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 4. 8x-Chris Williams, 5. 8z-Zach Pringle, 6. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 7. 3-A.G. Rains, 8. 40-Junior Jenkins.

 

Heat Four (10 Laps):  1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 2x-Bryce Vowan, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 6. 38-Rick Pringle, 7. 0-Zach Chappell, 8. 91-Marshall Skinner.

 

Heat Five (10 Laps):  1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 1g-Cody Gardner, 6. 81au-Gavin Punch, 7. 5-Jerod Roller, 8. 44-Ronny Howard.

 

"B" Main (Top 3 from Each Advance to "A" Main):

 

First "B" Feature (12 Laps):  1. 8z-Zach Pringle, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 0-Zach Chappell, 4. 8x-Chris Williams, 5. 1x-Gary Taylor, 6. 81au-Gavin Punch, 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 8. 3-A.G. Rains, 9. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 10. 44-Ronny Howard, 11. 1g-Cody Gardner, 12. 38-Rick Pringle, 13. 60-Eric Sandage, 14. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr.  

 

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps):  1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 01-Jerrod Hull, 3. 2-Dustin Morgan, 4. 9x-Justin Sturch, 5. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 8. 14-Jordon Mallett, 9. 24-Justin Carver, 10. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 11. 5-Jerod Roller, 12. 33-Mark Huddleston, 13. 40-Junior Jenkins. DNS: 91-Marshall Skinner.

 

I-30 Speedway “A” Main:

 

“A” Feature (35 Laps):  1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 28-Jeff Swindell, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 88-Jason Johnson, 6. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 39-Brad Bowden, 9. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 10. 81-Danny Wood, 11. 47-Dale Howard, 12. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 12-Dalton Davis, 15. 2-Dustin Morgan, 16. 14T-Tyler Brown, 17. 8z-Zach Pringle, 18. 2x-Bryce Vowan, 19. 95-Matt Covington, 20. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 21. 2L-Logan Forler, 22. 01-Jerrod Hull, 23. 58-Wade Oliver, 24. 0-Zach Chappell.

 

Lap Leaders: Brad Bowden 1-18, Gary Wright 19-35.

 

Note: Aaron Reutzel and Tony Bruce, Jr., both utilized provisionals to start the main event.  It was the second of the year for both.

Kulhanek Golden in ASCS Gulf South Go at Beaumont

Ray Allen Kulhanek and crew in Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Gulf South victory lane after topping Friday night's 30-lap feature at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX. (ASCS Gulf South photo)

Lonnie Wheatley, BEAUMONT, Texas (April 15, 2011) – Defending series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek broke into victory lane for the first time this year by taking the $3,000 winner’s share in Friday night’s 30-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region main even at Golden Triangle Raceway Park.

 

Third-starter Kulhanek took the lead away from Michael Dupuy in the early going and never looked back en route to his eleventh career ASCS Gulf South triumph aboard David Miller’s Custom Automotive Machine-powered Miller’s RV Park/B&M Jr. No. 21T J&J.

 

Kulhanek was chased to the stripe by Dupuy, with Channin Tankersley, Tommy Bryant and current series points leader George White rounding out the top five.

 

Eric Baldaccini charged from 19^th to sixth, with Travis Elliott, Gary Watson, Larry Howery and Beau Smith completing the top ten.

 

Smith, Elliott, Tankersley and Travis Rilat topped heat race action, with Chris Sweeney and Wes Miller winning the “B” Mains.  Rilat took the checkered flag fourth in the feature event but was disqualified and credited with a 20^th place finish when he failed to report to the scales.

 

Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Results from Golden Triangle Raceway Park:

 

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 51s-Beau Smith, 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 76-John Ricketts, 4. 3-Gary Watson, 5. 2-Wes Miller, 6. 17c-Greg Coleman, 7. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 8. 64J-Johnny Miller.

 

Second Heat (8 Laps):  1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 88-Scottie McDonald, 3. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 4. 93-Chris Sweeney, 5. 0-Chris Morgan, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 8. 31-Brandon Berryman.

 

Third Heat (8 Laps):  1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 69-Larry Howery, 3. 54-Evan Pardo, 4. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 5. 8-Bruce Crockett, 6. 19-Klint Angelette, 7. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 5-Kyle McCutcheon.

 

Fourth Heat (8 Laps):  1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 3. 10-George White, 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 52-Roger Oaks, 6. 25m-Michael McNeil, 7. 35-Greg Rilat.

 

First “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 25m-Michael McNeil, 5. 19-Klint Angelette, 6. 8-Bruce Crockett, 7. 31-Brandon Berryman, 8. 0-Chris Morgan, 9. 11-Jeffrey Newell.

 

Second “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 2-Wes Miller, 2. 5c-Chris Coker, 3. 52-Roger Oakes, 4. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 5. 35-Greg Rilat, 6. 17c-Greg Coleman, 7. 64J-Johnny Miller, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.

 

"A" Feature (30 Laps):  1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 5. 10-George White, 6. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 7. 15T-Travis Elliott, 8. 3-Gary Watson, 9. 69-Larry Howery, 10. 51s-Beau Smith, 11. 30-Brandon Corn, 12. 5c-Chris Coker, 13. 93-Chris Sweeney, 14. 52-Roger Oakes, 15. 54-Evan Pardo, 16. 2-Wes Miller, 17. 88-Scottie McDonald, 18. 76-John Ricketts, 19. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 20. 29-Travis Rilat.

 

 

Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten):  1. George White 514, 2. Tommy Bryant 468, 3. Ray Allen Kulhanek 459, 4. Channin Tankersley 417, 5. Brandon Berryman 416, 5. Travis Elliott 400, 6. Chris Sweeney 389, 7. Chris Coker 381, 8. Greg Rilat 377, 9. Gary Watson 371, 10. Wes Miller 361.

Jeff Swindell Flies Ford Power to Lucas Oil ASCS Victory Lane at I-30!

Jeff Swindell and crew in Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National victory lane after topping Friday night's 30-lap preliminary feature at Little Rock's I-30 Speedway. (Lonnie Wheatley photo)

Jeff Swindell celebrates Friday night's Lucas Oil ASCS National feature win at Little Rock's I-30 Speedway with a little wing dancing. (Lonnie Wheatley photo)



Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 15, 2011) – A Roush/Yates Ford-powered entry parked in Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National victory lane for the first time ever as Jeff Swindell wired the field in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary main event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval.

 

Swindell gunned into the lead at the outset from the front row outside starting position and held off several challengers along the way for his second career ASCS National triumph and first since the 2002 edition of the ASCS Knoxville Nationals, becoming the seventh different winner in as many Lucas Oil Sprint Car features thus far in 2011.

 

“How can you dislike that Ford debut tonight, that thing purrs like a kitten and has some stomp down the straightaways,” Swindell explained of the first night with Roush/Yates Ford power under the bonnet.

 

With the triumph, Swindell locked himself into Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win main event at I-30 Speedway along with runner-up Shane Stewart, third-place Gary Wright and fourth-runner Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

 

While Swindell gridded the feature field outside the front row, it was Jerrod Hull leading the way to the green flag aboard the Donnie Cooper No. 01 mount.  Swindell raced into the lead ahead of Hull on the opening round as fifth-starter Gary Wright, back in his familiar No. 9 entry, moved up to third.

 

After a quick caution four laps in for a Dustin Morgan spin that collected and sent Aaron Reutzel pitside, Swindell set a quick pace that found him in traffic just ahead of Hull and Wright within a handful of laps.

 

“We got in traffic so quick, I tried to slow down a little just to stay out of it,” Swindell explained.

 

But, with Hull and Wright on his heels, Swindell maneuvered through traffic and kept his challengers at bay with Wright slipping around Hull for second on the 17^th circuit, just two laps before Morgan looped it in turn two.

 

Under the ensuing caution, Hull surrendered the third position when his right rear tire deflated, allowing sixth-starter Shane Stewart to move up to third.  The yellow flag flew again two laps later when Jason Johnson, who had rallied from 17^th, tangled with A.G. Rains in turn four while making a move for fifth. 

 

Wright, vying for his first ASCS National win since October of 2009, pressured Swindell on the start only to see a final red flag fly just five laps shy of the checkered when Derek Hagar turned over in turn two.

 

When Wright slipped high exiting turn two on the restart, Swindell dashed away and Stewart charged by into second.  Swindell raced on to the stripe in the Davis Paint & Drywall No. 28 Maxim, while current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Stewart took runner-up honors in Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rockstar Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T.

 

Wright took the show position in his No. 9 Maxim, while 13^th starter Sam Hafertepe, Jr., overcame a two-position penalty in the Fisher-powered Lone Star Speedway No. 15h Maxim for jumping a mid-race restart to take the fourth and final lock-in position away from Seth Bergman in the final circuits.

 

Bergman rounded out the top five in the Wesmar-powered Superior Marine No. 23 Eagle, with Brad Bowden matching a career-best ASCS National finish by climbing from tenth to claim sixth.  Danny Wood was seventh, with Zach Chappell, 22^nd-starter Johnny Herrera and 23^rd-starter Tim Crawley completing the top ten.

 

Cody Gardner, Bergman, Wright, Stewart and Hull topped heat race action for Friday night’s 43-car field, with Jason Johnson and Tony Bruce, Jr., winning the 12-lap “B” Mains.  Johnson landed in “B” Main action after suffering engine woes while leading the night’s fifth heat from the pole position.  After his late feature miscue, Johnson raced back up to eleventh.

 

Tommy Snellgrove’s night came to an early end when he flipped wildly down the frontstretch at the start of the third heat race, while Brady Bacon turned over in turn three in the fourth heat.  Bacon missed the feature cut and used a provisional for the “A” Main as did Crawley.

 

The Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series finishes off the I-30 Speedway weekend double with Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win card, which fires off at 7:30 p.m.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

I-30 Speedway Preliminary Night Results

I-30 Speedway – Little Rock, AR

 

Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to Two "B" Main):

 

Heat One (10 Laps):  1. 1g-Cody Gardner, 2. 0-Zach Chappell, 3. 1x-Gary Taylor, 4. 8x-Chris Williams, 5. 14-Jordon Mallett, 6. 12-Dalton Davis, 7. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 8. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 9. 81au-Gavin Punch.

 

Heat Two (10 Laps):  1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 2-Dustin Morgan, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 81-Danny Wood, 5. 9x-Justin Sturch, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 47-Dale Howard, 9. 12T-Joe Young.

 

Heat Three (10 Laps):  1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 3-A.G. Rains, 3. 24-Justin Carver, 4. 91-Marshall Skinner, 5. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 6. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 7. 4-Tommy Snellgrove, 8. 38x-Rick Pringle, 9. 16-Anthony Nicholson (Disqualified; Nose wing too far forward after finishing first).

 

Heat Four (10 Laps):  1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 39-Brad Bowden, 3. 28-Jeff Swindell, 4. 7s-Robert Sellers, 5. 60-Eric Sandage, 6. 99-Brady Bacon, 7. 14T-Tyler Brown, 8. 40-Junior Jenkins.

 

Heat Five (10 Laps):  1. 01-Jerrod Hull, 2. 38-Wayne Johnson, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 5. 8z-Zach Pringle, 6. 5-Jerrod Roller, 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 8. 2L-Logan Forler.

 

"B" Main (Top 3 from Each Advance to "A" Main):

 

First "B" Feature (12 Laps):  1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 3. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 4. 8z-Zach Pringle, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 24-Justin Carver, 7. 60-Eric Sandage, 8. 14T-Tyler Brown, 9. 12T-Joe Young, 10. 5-Jerrod Roller, 11. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 12. 91-Marshall Skinner. DNS: 4-Tommy Snellgrove, 38x-Rick Pringle.

 

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps):  1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 9x-Justin Sturch, 3. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 14-Jordon Mallett, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 12-Dalton Davis, 8. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 9. 81au-Gavin Punch, 10. 47-Dale Howard, 11. 7s-Robert Sellers (Disqualified; nose wing too far forward after finishing first). DNS: 8x-Chris Williams, 40-Junior Jenkins.

 

I-30 Speedway Preliminary “A” Main:

 

“A” Feature (30 Laps):  1. 28-Jeff Swindell, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 9-Gary Wright, 4. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 5. 23-Seth Bergman, 6. 39-Brad Bowden, 7. 81-Danny Wood, 8. 0-Zach Chappell, 9. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 10. 88-Tim Crawley, 11. 41-Jason Johnson, 12. 3-A.G. Rains, 13. 95-Matt Covington, 14. 9x-Justin Sturch, 15. 1x-Gary Taylor, 16. 1g-Cody Gardner, 17. 99-Brady Bacon, 18. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 19. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 20. 01-Jerrod Hull, 21. 2-Dustin Morgan, 22. 40x-Ernie Ainsworth, 23. 38-Wayne Johnson, 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel.

 

Lap Leaders: Jeff Swindell 1-30.

 

Note: Tim Crawley and Brady Bacon both utilized provisionals to start the main event.  It was Crawley’s second provisional of the year, while it was Bacon’s first.

 

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15):  1. Shane Stewart 942, 2. Johnny Herrera 856, 3. Jeff Swindell 814, 4. Tim Crawley 755, 5. Brady Bacon 750, 6. Gary Wright 731, 7. Seth Bergman 725, 8. Aaron Reutzel 713, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. 698, 10. Zach Chappell 659, 11. Logan Forler 618, 12. Dustin Morgan 590, 13. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 422, 14. Jason Johnson 393, 15. (tie) Mason Moore and Trey Starks 391.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15):  1. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 945, 2. Paul Silva #57 - 942, 3. Herrera/Main #45x - 856, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 814, 5. Mike Ward #88 - 755, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 - 750, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 725, 8. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 713, 9. Bruce Racing #18 – 698, 10. Cooper/Sperry #01/51 - 686, 11. Randy Washburn #0 – 659, 12. Steve Forler #2L – 618, 13. M&M Motorsports #2 – 590 14. Sam Hafertepe #15 – 422, 15. (tie) Harley Van Dyke #5h and Terry Starks #55 – 391.