Wade Wows Them In Winnipeg
Greg Cybulski, WINNIPEG, MB (July 3, 2009) North Dakota racer Wade Nygaard made history at Winnipeg, Manitoba's Red River Co-op Speedway by winning the first American Sprint Car Series feature race at the 4/10ths mile dirt track oval. In what can only be described as the wildest and most awkward finish ever witnessed, the 9N of Nygaard went high on the final turn to edge out the 4J of Lee Grosz, who's sprint car bobbled in the turn and finished in second place, sliding backwards over the finish line. Fortunately for Grosz, no damage came to car or driver. Rounding up the top 5 was Wade Nygaard, Lee Grosz, Lou Kennedy Jr, Sean Moran and Dennis MacEachern.
On this night, the hard luck award had to go out to Leduc, Alberta's Casey Adams. His #12 sprint car flipped violently into a catch fence on the backstretch during hot laps. Crews and team mates worked feverishly to get the car back together in time for Adam's heat race only to see the same fate befall the #12. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously injured in either incident. At the start of the feature race, the hardcharger of the night was Grand Forks, North Dakota champion Mark Dobmeier, who drove the Layton-owned K9. Dobmeier started in 9th position and quickly moved up to 5th before his night ended as the K9 slowed down to a stop on lap 6 of the 30 lap feature.
Another large crowd of Sprint Car fans were on hand to witness an exciting night of open wheel racing at Red River Co-op Speedway. When the night's racing was done, the pits were loaded with many eager fans, young and old alike, visiting with the drivers and getting autographs.
ASCS CanWest
Red River Co-op Speedway, Winnipeg, MB
Thursday, July 2, 2009
16 cars
ASCS Feature
1. Wade Nygaard
2. Lee Grosz
3. Lou Kennedy Jr
4. Sean Moran
5. Dennis MacEachern
6. Dave Glennon
7. Kyle Fedyk
8. Gord Kynoch
9. Jesse Dakus
10. Kohlan Fedyk
11. Al McIntosh
12. Mark Dobmeier
13. Thomas Kennedy
14. Sean Kennedy
15. Kelly Miller
16. Casey Adams (DNS)
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Brown Best of the ASCS Midwest at I-80 Speedway
Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 2, 2009) – Brian Brown picked off his first American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year by topping Thursday night's 25-lap ASCS Midwest Region feature event at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway.
Riding the top side of the track, Brown raced around early pacesetter Doug Lovegrove on the fifth round and then denied a late Jack Dover bid to snare his 11th career ASCS Midwest win in the Super Clean No. 21 Maxim.
Dover slid past Brown in turns three and four on the 17th round only to hand the lead back over to Brown when he jumped the turn two cushion a half lap later. Following a caution that set up a five-lap dash to the checkered flag, Brown slipped away to a half straightaway advantage over Dover, with Jonathan Cornell, Lovegrove and Don Droud, Jr., rounding out the top five.
Chad Humston raced from 18th to sixth, with Jason Danley, Mike Boston, Robby Wolfgang and Trevor Grossenbacher completing the top ten.
Brown, Lovegrove and Cornell topped heat race action for the 29-car field, with Humston winning the "B" Main.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 24a-Jack Dover, 3. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 4. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 5. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 6. 1m-Chad Humston, 7. 82-Jason Danley, 8. 88-Mike Boston, 9. 1a-Robby Wolfgang, 10. 35ab-Trevor Grossenbacher, 11. 27-Patrick Bourke, 12. 71r-Ryan Anderson, 13. 5-Eric Lutz, 14. 8b-Bobby Becker, 15. 45-Jeff Lowery, 16. 17-Gage Dorr, 17. 47-Brandt O'Banion, 18. 93-Brent Kronfuss, 19. 35-Derrik Ortega, 20. 00-Brad Foster.
ASCS Midwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Chad Humston 936, 2. Jason Danley 910, 3. Mike Boston 879, 4. Brian Brown 846, 5. Don Droud, Jr. 826, 6. Jonathan Cornell 804, 7. Lee Grosz 775, 8. Eric Lutz 757, 9. Jack Dover 692, 10. Ryan Roberts 587.
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ASCS on the Verge of More Weekend Fireworks!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 2, 2009) – Coming off a weekend that featured nine different winners in ten events throughout the country in which 228 different drivers took part in at least one card, another action-packed slate of American Sprint Car Series competition is on tap for this Fourth of July Holiday weekend.
Headlining this weekend's action is the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters much anticipated return to Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, AR, for the Rock 'N Roll 50, with another half dozen Regional events on the slate as well.
Reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA, topped last weekend's headliner by besting a 53-car field in the Third Annual Daniel McMillin Memorial at Missouri's Lake Ozark Speedway, moving into a tie for the Lucas Oil points lead with event runner-up Shane Stewart in the process.
Gary Wright extended his streak of Lucas Oil ASCS National events competed in to 203 with a sixth-place finish, keeping the lead pair of Johnson and Stewart within ten points while closing in on Toby Brown's record of 212 National events competed-in a row.
Missouri shoes Jesse Hockett and Randy Martin both made their 50th career Lucas Oil ASCS National feature starts Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway.
In other action, Dustin Daggett was the only driver to double up last weekend by sweeping the pair of ASCS Sprints on Dirt events in Michigan at Mt. Pleasant and I-96, extending his SOD season win total to seven triumphs in nine starts.
Eric Baldaccini, who has logged the most nights of ASCS competition thus far in 2009 with 24 starts, bested the Lone Star Region at Boyd Raceway on Friday night for his second win of the season after a Gulf South win in May with Kevin Ramey adding his second Lone Star score of the season atop Cowtown Speedway's high-banked clay oval the next night.
The ASCS Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions squared off at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, MT, with Jared Ridge snaring his first career series win over Friday night's 29-car field and then Roger Crockett besting Saturday's 30-car field for his second Northwest win of the year.
Chad Humston moved atop the Midwest point charts by topping Friday's Midwest vs. Northern Plains Showdown at South Dakota's I-90 Speedway, Charles Davis, Jr., made it two-for-two in the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Challenge with a Saturday night Canyon Region win at Tucson's USA Raceway and Jared Zimbardi broke back into Patriots victory lane with a late move at Stateline Speedway in Jamestown, NY, on Saturday night.
This weekend marks the second of five consecutive weekends of competition for the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters. Saturday's scheduled 50-lap feature atop the ¼-mile Riverside Speedway gumbo clay oval is believed to be the first in series history. Local ace A.G. Rains took victory honors in the series last visit to West Memphis in September of 2005.
The Midwest Region gets an early jump on the Holiday weekend with a Thursday night outing at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway before moving on to McCool Junction's Junction Motor Speedway on Friday night.
The ASCS Gulf South Region tackles the 5/16-mile Texana Raceway Park in Edna, TX, on Friday and Saturday, the Patriots and Sprints on Dirt collide at Canada's Ohsweken Speedway for the Northern Summer Nationals on Friday night and the Southwest Region fires back to action at Tucson's USA Raceway on Saturday night.
After last weekend's monster weekend of competition, a total of 645 drivers have competed in at least one ASCS event thus far in 2009 with 46 different winners in 75 feature events.
The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters carries an average of 55.6 cars per event into this weekend's Rock 'N Roll 50.
This weekend's schedule of events is as follows:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters
Friday – Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR) Rock 'N Roll 50
Autograph session at 4:30 p.m.; Racing at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday – Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR) Rock 'N Roll 50
Autograph session at 4:30 p.m.; Racing at 7:00 p.m.
ASCS Gulf South Region
Friday at 7:30 p.m. – Texana Raceway Park (Edna, TX)
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. – Texana Raceway Park (Edna, TX)
ASCS Midwest Region
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE)
Friday at 7:30 p.m. – Junction Motor Speedway (McCool Junction, NE)
ASCS Patriots vs. Sprints on Dirt
Friday at 7:45 p.m. – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) Northern Summer Nationals
ASCS Southwest
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
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Lucas Oil ASCS Set for Rock 'N Roll 50 at Riverside This Weekend!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – Fifty laps. It's a distance that none can recall in any past ASCS National event.
But, if all goes according to plan, that's what is in store as the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters makes its grand return to Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, AR, with this weekend's Rock 'N Roll 50.
Two full nights of the nation's most intense Sprint Car racing, both to be taped for later broadcast on VERSUS, will culminate with Saturday night's $6,000 to win Rock 'N Roll 50 championship feature event. The fop four finishers from Friday night's preliminary main event will lock into Saturday night's six-car feature redraw.
"It's going to be interesting, that's for sure," event promoter and Lucas Oil ASCS contender Tony Bruce, Jr., commented. "There are so many things than can change in those last 10 or 20 laps, I think the fans are really going to be in for a great show."
The two-night stand atop the storied ¼-mile gumbo clay oval marks the series first Riverside stop since 2005. A tour staple from 1995 to 2005, the entire facility has been revamped in the past couple of years with a racing surface conducive to top-flight Sprint Car racing reportedly the norm thus far in 2009.
While a stellar field of drivers will vie for Rock 'N Roll 50 bragging rights atop the Mid-South oval, the two nights will play a major role in the series championship points chase. A $60,000 share of the $250,000 point fund awaits the champion at year's end.
Defending series champion Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA, and Bixby, OK, native Shane Stewart enters the weekend's action deadlocked atop the series point charts, with four-time series champion Gary Wright of Hooks, TX, just ten points back in third.
Johnson is the only repeat winner in Lucas Oil ASCS action this year, adding this past weekend's Daniel McMillin Memorial triumph at Missouri's Lake Ozark Speedway to a Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals victory in March.
Stewart earned a Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals prelim win in March, while Gary Wright picked off a non-points win in ASCS Speedweek action.
The lead trio of Johnson, Stewart and Wright have opened up a bit of a gap over the rest of the Lucas Oil ASCS pack, with California native Paul McMahan 76 points off the lead pace in fourth.
McMahan, also leading the Brodix Rookie of the Year chase, is just seven points ahead of fellow rookie contender Jack Dover, the 19-year-old hailing from Springfield, NE, that topped the Steve King Memorial in Jetmore, KS, on Memorial Day weekend.
Ranked sixth, just one point behind Dover, is Norman, OK, veteran shoe Danny Wood, with Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Nick Smith and Forney, Texas' Travis Rilat close behind as only eleven points separate the five drivers ranking fourth through eighth (McMahan, Dover, Wood, Smith and Rilat).
ASCS Speedweek champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, and Liberal, KS, ace Tony Bruce, Jr., are tied for ninth entering the weekend. Wingless convert Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK, is just outside the top ten in eleventh, with Sean McClelland (Tulsa, OK), Jesse Hockett (Warsaw, MO), Trey Robb (Newcastle, OK) and Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) rounding out the top 15 as 26 different entries have competed in all five points-paying events thus far.
Others trying to crack the top 15 in points include recent Riverside winner Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA), Kenneth Walker (Sapulpa, OK), Kathryne Minter (Bedford, TX), Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK), Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA), Gavin Punch (Collinsville, OK), Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR), Darren Long (Elida, OH), Chad Corken (Highlands Ranch, CO), Donnie Ray Crawford (Tulsa, OK) and the No. 85 combo in which Tommy Bryant (Conroe, TX) successfully filled in for Jerry Bell (Garland, TX) this past weekend.
Averaging 55.6 cars per event thus far in 2009, this weekend marks the second of five consecutive weekends of series competition. Following Riverside's Rock 'N Roll 50, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters moves on to South Dakota's I-90 Speedway on July 11, Washington's Grays Harbor Raceway Park on July 17-18 and then Oregon's Cottage Grove Speedway on July 24-25.
The Series: Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters
When & Where: Friday night, July 3 at 7:00 p.m. – Riverside Speedway
Saturday night, July 4 at 7:00 p.m. – Riverside Speedway
Track Information: Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR) - 1/4-mile semi-banked gumbo clay oval located west of Memphis, TN, on I-55 to Exit 4 in Arkansas, then 0.3 miles south, then 0.2 miles east on Broadway, then south on Legion Road. For more information, contact the track at 901-508-6200. Event information also available at http://www.tonybrucejr.com/rnr2.html or http://www.riversideinternationalspeedway.com/.
Lucas Oil ASCS Riverside Speedway: After taking to the ¼-mile gumbo clay oval on 24 occasions from 1995 to 2005, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series returns to West Memphis for the first time since September of 2005.
Riverside Speedway ASCS National winners include: Eddie Gallagher 6, Terry Gray 3, Gary Wright 3, A.G. Rains 2, Pete Braswell 1, Pete Butler 1, Kenny Coke 1, Tim Crawley 1, Chad Jones 1, Travis Rilat 1, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 1, Darren Stewart 1, Brooke Tatnell 1, Mike Ward 1.
Riverside Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Terry Gray (7/8/95), Eddie Gallagher (7/20/96), Pete Braswell (9/14/96), Gary Wright (6/21/97), Brooke Tatnell (9/13/97), Mike Ward (6/20/98), Terry Gray (9/19/98), Chad Jones (6/19/99), Pete Butler (7/24/99), Terry Gray (9/18/99), Kenny Coke (6/24/00), Travis Rilat (7/15/00), Gary Wright (9/16/00), Eddie Gallagher (6/9/01), A.G. Rains (7/14/01), Tim Crawley (9/15/01), Eddie Gallagher (6/1/02), Eddie Gallagher (9/14/02), Eddie Gallagher (5/31/03), Gary Wright (7/19/03), Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (7/17/04), Eddie Gallagher (9/11/04), Darren Stewart (6/4/05), A.G. Rains (9/10/05).
Current Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters Points:
Top Twenty: 1. (tie) Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) and Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 724, 3. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 714, 4. Paul McMahan (Hendersonville, TN) 648, 5. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 641, 6. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 640, 7. Nick Smith (Broken Arrow, OK) 638, 8. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 637, 9. (tie) Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) and Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 581, 11. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 542, 12. Sean McClelland (Tulsa, OK) 531, 13. Jesse Hockett (Warsaw, MO) 501, 14. Trey Robb (Newcastle, OK) 482, 15. Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) 475, 16. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 469, 17. Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA) 453, 18. Kenneth Walker (Sapulpa, OK) 443, 19. Kathryne Minter (Bedford, TX) 433, 20. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 432.
Brodix Rookie of the Year Points (Top Ten): 1. Paul McMahan (Hendersonville, TN) 648, 2. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 641, 3. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 542, 4. Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) 475, 5. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 432, 6. Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) 424, 7. Gavin Punch (Collinsville, OK) 418, 8. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 414, 9. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 408, 10. Chad Corken (Highlands Ranch, CO) 406.
2009 Lucas Oil ASCS Feature Winners: Jason Johnson 2, Jack Dover 1, Travis Rilat 1, Shane Stewart 1. Non-point feature winners (Speedweek); Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Zach Chappell 1, Tim Crawley 1, Nick Smith 1, Gary Wright 1.
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters – A Look Ahead:
July 11 – I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD)
July 17/18 – Grays Harbor Raceway Park (Elma, WA)
July 24/25 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
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ASCS Gulf South Fireworks at Texana Raceway Park
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region is set for its Eighth Annual Fourth of July Weekend Spectacular with two nights of action atop the high-banked, 5/16-mile Texana Raceway Park dirt oval in Edna, TX, this Friday and Saturday.
The pair of weekend events put the ASCS Gulf South Region at the midpoint of the 2009 season with 19-year-old Aaron Reutzel of Clute, TX, in the driver's seat to become the series' sixth different champion.
Riding an ASCS Gulf South record streak of eleven consecutive top-ten feature finishes aboard the Motor Mike-powered KCR Racing No. 87 Triple X, Reutzel has stretched out a 69 point advantage over 2005 series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek, who has topped two of the series most recent three events.
Tommy Bryant, who subbed impressively for Jerry Bell in this past weekend's Lucas Oil ASCS National competition in Missouri, is currently ranked third, with 18-year-old Channin Tankersley and two-time and defending series champion Brandon Berryman rounding out the current top five.
The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Gulf South points includes Scottie McDonald, Kent Lewis, Jr., Greg Rilat, Jimmy Brooks and Gary Watson.
Both nights of racing action are slated to go green at 7:30 p.m.
The high-banked, 5/16-mile Texana Raceway Park dirt oval is located two miles east of Edna, TX, on SR 111, then left on Haines Road. For more information, contact the track at 361-781-0411.
The ASCS Gulf South Region is set for 27 nights of racing action at eleven different tracks throughout Texas in 2009.
Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Texana Raceway Park:
8/30/08 – Jason Johnson
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ASCS Midwest Ready for Nebraska Double Dip
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – There will be plenty of fireworks in Nebraska this weekend as the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region scatters the clay for two nights on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday night, the series takes to Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway before moving on to McCool Junction's Junction Motor Speedway on Friday night.
After becoming the series first repeat winner of 2009 by topping Friday night's event at South Dakota's I-90 Speedway, Chad Humston of Giltner, NE, has moved atop the ASCS Midwest Region championship point charts.
Humston holds a 23-point lead over two-time ASCS Northern Plains champion Lee Grosz of Harwood, ND, with Lincoln, Nebraska's Jason Danley just one more point back in third.
Crete, Nebraska's Mike Boston enters the weekend double ranked fourth, with Missouri's Brian Brown in fifth. Brown, atop the all-time ASCS Midwest Region win charts with ten triumphs, is still looking for his first ASCS Midwest win of 2009.
The balance of the current top ten includes Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE), Jonathan Cornell (Sedalia, MO), Eric Lutz (Sioux Falls, SD), Ryan Bickett (Ramona, SD) and Jack Dover (Springfield, NE).
Humston topped the series last stop at I-80 Speedway in May, with Shane Stewart taking Midwest victory honors the following night at Junction Motor Speedway.
Thursday's racing action at I-80 Speedway goes green at 7:00 p.m., with Friday's card at Junction Motor Speedway firing off at 7:30 p.m.
Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway is located in Greenwood, NE, between Lincoln and Omaha off I-80 Exit 420, then 0.4 mile north on SR 63 then west. For more information, contact the track at 402-944-2233.
Junction Motor Speedway is located 5.6 miles south of York, NE, off I-80 Exit 353 on US 81, then 0.3 miles west on CR 4. For more information, contact the track at 402-773-5538.
The ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 13 nights of competition at a half dozen tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri and South Dakota. The ASCS Northern Plains Region takes on the Midwest in six of those events.
Past ASCS Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
5/21/09 – Chad Humston (Midwest)
4/11/08 – Jonathan Cornell (Midwest)
4/10/08 – Billy Alley (Midwest)
8/14/07 – Jack Dover (Midwest)
4/15/07 – Chuck Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/14/07 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/15/06 – Billy Alley (Midwest)
7/3/06 – Jake Peters (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/8/06 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/05 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. National)
8/8/05 – Brian Brown (Midwest)
4/15/05 – Terry McCarl (Midwest)
Past ASCS Midwest Region Winners at Junction Motor Speedway:
5/22/09 – Shane Stewart
6/27/08 – Brian Brown
6/29/07 – Brian Brown
5/25/07 – Garry Lee Maier
6/30/06 – Brian Brown
5/26/06 – Jake Peters
5/27/05 – Jason Danley
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ASCS Patriots and Sprints on Dirt Collide at Ohsweken for Northern Summer Nationals
Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009)- For the second consecutive year, two of the most prominent regions in ASCS will celebrate the American Independence Holiday North of the Border at one of North America’s finest dirt tracks.
The Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot Region and Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP meet halfway between the regional bases at Ohsweken in Southern Ontario. Friday, July 3 will be the Second Annual Northern Summer Nationals, this year presented by Corr/Pak Merchandising.
The Patriot Region will tabulate points for only the competitors that have run a Patriot event already in 2009 while the Sprints on Dirt will not run for points this Friday. With $3,000 still on the line for the winner, this is sure to be one of the biggest events of the year.
This year, a unique and exciting format will accompany the Northern Summer Nationals. Heat races will use the standard ASCS Passing Points formula, but it will then be followed by qualifying races, which will also use passing points. After those two sets of events, the top 24 in total points will be set for the A-Main. Only two more spots will be available after that point via the B-Main.
Along with the $3,000 top prize, the 26 cars to start the feature will get $300 U.S. All cars failing to transfer through the B-Main will receive $150 U.S.
The list of potential winners is endless, too long for this release, but a few names are simple choices as frontrunners.
Dustin Daggett is great at Ohsweken and has been on an absolute tear in 2009 with SOD. The Portland, MI has four wins at “The Big O”, including the preliminary night of last year’s Northern Summer Nationals. Daggett was runner-up to Wayne Johnson in the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals.
Bryan Howland won the finale of the Northern Summer Nationals at the 3/8-mile in 2008 to score his second win on the Six Nations Reservation. The Auburn, NY hot shoe also finished third in the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals last year.
While Howland has led the Patriots for the last year and a half, he now trails Jared Zimbardi by two points following Saturday’s race at Stateline. Jared Zimbardi, from Little Valley, NY, won his first race of the year at the 1/3-mile and picked up his first victory since picking up the checkered flag at Ohsweken last season in weekly competition.
Zimbardi was second in Corr/Pak points at Ohsweken last year and was a strong third his last time up there. In that race, Track Owner Glenn Styres picked up the win, his second of the year in his front yard. The first win for “The Ohsweken Flyer” was when the Sprints on Dirt swung through Southern Ontario.
Tom Huppunen currently leads the weekly point standings at Ohsweken and will go after his first career ASCS win in Fred Cade’s No. 12c.
While only drivers with a Patriot start will get points towards the 2009 Patriot Championship, all drivers will get points as part of the King of the Golden Horseshoe Series, another leg of the Lucas Oil Five Crown Tour on the Patriot Tour in 2009 which begins on Friday.
For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotspirnts.com, www.SprintsOnDirt.com or www.ASCSracing.com.
Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot History at Ohsweken:
Races: 4
9/25/2004- Rick Wilson
5/6/2005- Kyle Wilson
7/14/2006- Bryan Howland
7/6/2007- Bobby Breen
ASCS Sprints on Dirt History at Ohsweken:
Races: 5
6/20/2003- Darren Long
9/27/2003- Keith Dempster
6/18/2004- Dustin Daggett
8/27/2004- Dustin Daggett
8/26/2005- Dustin Daggett
6/12/2008- Glenn Styres
Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken with PSR/SOD Sanction:
Races: 6
9/17/2005- Kenny Jacobs (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)
9/16/2006- Steve Poirier (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)
9/15/2006- Steve Poirier (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)
7/3/2008- Dustin Daggett (ASCS Northern Summer Nationals)
7/4/2008- Bryan Howland (ASCS Northenr Sumemr Nationals)
9/27/2008- Wayne Johnson (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)
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ASCS Southwest Fires Back to Action Saturday at USA!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – After a wild night of wingless ASCS Canyon Region competition at USA Raceway, the winged forces of the ASCS Southwest Region are back in the spotlight at Tucson's 3/8-mile clay oval this Saturday night.
Saturday's card is also Round Three of the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Challenge Series, a slate of eight designated events crossing over from the wingless Canyon Region to the winged Southwest Region.
Charles Davis, Jr., who topped this past Saturday night's Canyon card at USA, also aced the opening round of the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Challenge at Hollywood Hills Speedway. The other round was rained out.
With the initial handful of ASCS Southwest events in the books, Peoria teammates Ben Gregg and John Gaston hold down the top two spots on the point charts with Gregg holding a 14-point advantage.
Gaston is actually tied for second with defending series champion Rick Ziehl of Las Cruces, NM, with Yuma's Mike Martin and Joshua Hodges of Tijeras, NM. The 14-year-old Hodges recently became the youngest feature winner in ASCS history by snaring a Rocky Mountain Region win at Wyoming's Sweetwater Speedway on June 13.
While he leads the Canyon Region championship chase, Charles Davis, Jr., stands sixth in Southwest points with the wing. Ronnie Clark, fifth in the wingless ranks, is seventh in Southwest standings in front of Cody Cambensy and Ron Kratz. John Van Horn and Jessica Van Dyke enter Saturday night's action tied for tenth in points.
Rickey Hood has topped the last two ASCS Southwest events at USA Raceway.
Saturday's ASCS Southwest Region event at USA Raceway goes green at 7:00 p.m.
The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
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National Points
1. Jason Johnson 724
1. Shane Stewart 724
3. Gary Wright 714
4. Paul McMahan 648
5. Jack Dover 641
6. Danny Wood 640
7. Nick Smith 638
8. Travis Rilat 637
9. Tim Crawley 581
9. Tony Bruce Jr. 581
Crockett Covers ASCS Regional Showdown at Great Falls
Shawn Miller, GREAT FALLS, Mont. (June 27, 2009) – It was anything but a routine victory for Roger Crockett in Saturday night's 30-lap ASCS Rocky Mountain vs. Northwest finale at Electric City Speedway. But, to little surprise, the ASCS Northwest Region's winningest driver used a late-race pass to claim the victory.
"That's why it's so entertaining for the fans because you never know what's going to happen," said Crockett, who now has seven Northwest Region wins over the past two seasons.
"We just try to take the wins that we get and we try to be there every night. If you keep beating on the door, you're going to get the wins and that what was able to happen tonight."
The Medford, Ore., driver slipped by leader Henry Van Dam with four laps remaining. Van Dam, who stuck his car on the cushion most of the way around the track, bobbled exiting turn two.
"There was a cushion, then there was a spot missing and more cushion," said Van Dam, who hails from Enumclaw, Wash.
"It was just a spot that was tough and Roger just made some better decisions. I definitely gave the race away in turn two."
Crockett, who started ninth, drove into the top five within the first 10 laps and picked off his fellow competitors one by one until he was up to second place on lap 16.
After the ninth and final caution on lap 20, Van Dam jetted to a 10 car-length advantage before Crockett began reeling him in.
"He was just using the cushion all the way around where as I was cutting across the dry and hitting the moisture a little bit sooner," Crockett said. "He was getting out there a little bit more in (turn) two."
Polesitter Jared Ridge, who picked up his first career victory at the same track on Friday night, led the first eight laps before Van Dam snagged the lead entering turn three. Crockett slipped by the Snohomish, Wash., resident a few laps later and Ridge was unable to stay within striking distance of the top two.
"I was kinda too tight for the top and too loose for the bottom," Ridge said after finishing third. "It kinda sucks starting on the pole the final night and not winning, but that's the way it goes sometimes."
Northwest Region point?s leader Steven Tiner of Visalia, Calif., placed fourth and Bend, Ore., resident Chad Groves drove from 11th to fifth.
Sixth-place finisher Danielle Ossenfort of Rapid City, S.D., was the Hard Charger, moving from the 18th starting position. The top-finishing ASCS Rocky Mountain representative was chased across the line by younger brother Jake Ossenfort in seventh. Trevor Kirkland, Josh Ostermiller and Joe Perry completed the top ten.
The race was slowed by nine caution s, including a red flag for a fuel stop after only eight completed laps. In that time, there were five cautions and the drivers had completed 62 total laps under both green and caution circumstances.
Once racing resumed, there were three cautions within three laps before the feature was slowed only once in the final 18 laps. Jason Solwold, who was running fifth, brought out a caution on lap 20 when he stopped on the frontstretch for an apparent motor issue.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 12-Jared Ridge, 4. 94-Steven Tiner, 5. 25c-Chad Groves, 6. 10-Danielle Ossenfort, 7. 99-Jacob Ossenfort, 8. 37-Trevor Kirkland, 9. 12x-Josh Ostermiller, 10. 28-Joe Perry, 11. 27dd-David Hoiness, 12. 72-Phil Dietz, 13. 44-Kelly Miller, 14. 7x-Paxton Lambrecht, 15. 51-Jason Solwold, 16. 38-Jerry Brown, 17. 98m-Mitch Olson, 18. 5h-Justyn Cox, 19. 0j-Jeremy McCune, 20. 12p-Randy Pierce.
ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Steven Tiner 854, 2. Jared Ridge 850, 3. Henry VanDam 832, 4. Roger Crockett 826, 5. Mitch Olson 804, 6. Chad Groves 753, 7. (tie) Randy Pierce and Justyn Cox 711, 9. Chadd Noland 491, 10. Austen Wheatley 461.
ASCS Rocky Mountain Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jake Ossenfort 574, 2. Jeremy McCune 560, 3. Randy Pierce 554, 4. Kolter Kosten 520, 5. (tie) Tucker McCune and Mark Sweet 469, 7. Russ Kosten 359, 8. Danielle Ossenfort 296, 9. (tie) Randi Miller and Joe McCarthy 290.
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Flat Tires, Rain and Family Can't Stop Daggett; Gets Another SOD win at I-96
LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (June 27, 2009) - Not even a rain delay could cool off Dustin Daggett’s hot streak in ASCS Sprints on Dirt.
Daggett won Saturday night’s feature event at I-96 Speedway. The win was Daggett’s sixth in a row at the Lake Odessa half mile oval in ASCS SOD competition and seventh win of the 2009 season.
Daggett started in 10th after suffering a flat tire in his heat race event and used a tremendous start to quickly shoot through the field and take the lead from his father after the restart for the only caution flag during the 25-lap event.
“The car was on a rail,” said Daggett in victory lane. “I need to thank Phil and Marty Mott, my family, crew, and all of my sponsors.”
Mike Daggett and Louie Carufel started on the front row with Mike Daggett leading into turn one. Dustin Daggett used a tremendous start to move into fourth by the second corner and third by the end of the first lap. Daggett then quickly disposed of Steve Irwin for second and started to chase down his father for the lead.
Dustin caught his father for the lead when the caution flag occurred for Sean Robinson’s off track excursion. Mike Daggett hung on for a couple of laps after the restart battling high and low with his son until Dustin was able to dive under his father to take the lead off turn two.
From there Dustin Daggett took off and lapped up to sixth place at the finish. Gregg Dalman came on late in the event and eventually took second place away from Irwin to maintain his point lead. Brett Mann and Tim Norman rounded out the top five.
Gary Fast, Gregg Dalman, and Steve Irwin won heat race events. Tim Norman won the dash after two drivers were penalized from a jumped start.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. Dustin Daggett, 2. Gregg Dalman, 3. Steve Irwin, 4. Brett Mann, 5. Tim Norman, 6. Ryan Grubaugh, 7. Dain Naida, 8. Mike Daggett, 9. Jake Stebner, 10. Tim Champlin, 11. Louie Carufel, 12. Gary Fast, 13. Robert Huisken, 14. Aaron Shaffer, 15. Andy Teunessen, 16. Sean Robison, 17. Aaron Smith, 18. Jim Lingar, 19. Mark Grabill.
Lap Leaders: Mike Daggett 1-6, Dustin Daggett, 7-25
ASCS Sprints on Dirt Point Standings (Top Ten): 1. Gregg Dalman 1,420, 2. Brett Mann 1,410, 3. Tim Norman 1,378, 4. Dustin Daggett 1,342, 5. Robert Huisken 1,312, 6. Ryan Grubaugh 1,191, 7. Ryan Ruhl 938, 8. Dain Naida 936, 9. Ben Rutan 871, 10. Aaron Smith 720.
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Davis Breaks Out the Broom in ASCS Canyon Region Go at USA
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (June 27, 2009) – Charles Davis, Jr., enjoyed a perfect night at USA Raceway, topping it off with his third ASCS Canyon Region win of the season to extend his series points lead in the process.
After winning both his heat race and the dash, Davis led all 30-lap of the main event to complete a sweep of the night's racing action aboard the Don Ott-powered Massey Motorsports No. 50 DRC.
Besting a field of 31 entries, Davis took the checkered flag in front of R.J. Johnson. Nathan High rallied from 17th to claim the show position, with Ronnie Clark and Chris Bonneau rounding out the top five.
Johnathon Henry was sixth, with 18th-starter Jeremy Sherman, Mike Martin, Stevie Sussex and Jody Wirth completing the top ten.
Brian O'Donnell, Henry, Davis and Harris Brooks topped heat race action, with High winning the "B" Main.
A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 3. 12-Nathan High, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 21-Johnathon Henry, 7. 44-Jeremy Sherman, 8. 16-Mike Martin, 9. 62-Stevie Sussex, 10. 5x-Jody Wirth, 11. 8-Daniel Hutto, 12. 6z-Rick Ziehl, 13. 7k-Bruce St. James, 14. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 15. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 16. xxx-Zach Sawyers, 17. 74-Derek Williams, 18. 3-Harris Brooks, 19. 93-John Johnson, 20. 27n-Nick Aiuto.
ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 734, 2. R.J. Johnson 694, 3. Nathan High 690, 4. Johnathon Henry 642, 5. Ronnie Clark 619, 6. Andrew Reinbold 607, 7. Stevie Sussex 601, 8. Mike Martin 573, 9. Bruce St. James 530, 10. Jeremy Sherman 498.
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Ramey Ropes ASCS Lone Star Win at Cowtown
Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (June 27, 2009) – Kevin Ramey became the first repeat winner in American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region competition by winning Saturday night's 25-lap feature event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway clay oval.
Advancing from the third row, Ramey took the point away from race-long leader George White on the 18th round en route to the $2,000 triumph aboard the Williams Motorsports Wells-powered City Vending/Melray Oil & Gas No. 7m entry.
The two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion padded his points lead in the inaugural Lone Star title chase by taking the checkered flag in front of White, with Memphis shoe Don Young, Justin Melton and Brad Welborn rounding out the top five.
Skip Wilson was sixth, with Robert Sellers, Brandon Berryman, Claud Estes and Scott Reneau completing the top ten.
Kris Miller, Estes, Ramey and Melton topped heat race action for the 30-car field, with Michael Lang winning the "B" Main.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 10-George White, 3. 75-Don Young, 4. 11-Justin Melton, 5. 17w-Brad Welborn, 6. 65-Skip Wilson, 7. 25-Robert Sellers, 8. 31-Brandon Berryman, 9. 74e-Claud Estes, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 14-Michael Lang, 12. 87x-Billy Melton, 13. 20-Chad Wilson, 14. 33-Kris Miller, 15. 5m-Glenn Martin, 16. 26-Dalton Steed, 17. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 18. 76-John Ricketts, 19. 67-Rodney Henderson, 20. 87-Brian McClelland.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 994, 2. Brad Welborn 928, 3. Brian McClelland 896, 4. Matt Clevenger 878, 5. Justin Melton 862, 6. Michael Lang 847, 7. Claud Estes 829, 8. Kolt Walker 825, 9. J.P. Bailey 786, 10. Eric Baldaccini 773.
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Johnson Denies Bryant for Third Consecutive Daniel McMillin Memorial Score
Moves Into Tie for Lucas Oil ASCS Point Lead with Lake Ozark Triumph!
Lonnie Wheatley, ELDON, Mo. (June 27, 2009) – Prior to Saturday night's Third Annual Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lake Ozark Speedway, there hadn't been a repeat winner in nine Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters feature events in 2009 including a handful of Speedweek tilts.
It took the reigning series champion, Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA, to change that stat as he denied Tommy Bryant's eye-opening upset bid to top "The Wrench" McMillin Memorial for the third consecutive year aboard Lanny Row's Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports No. 41 Eagle, besting a stellar 53-car field in the process.
And, even though he started from the pole position, "The Ragin' Cajun" led only the final six circuits for the $6,000 score after ASCS Gulf South contender Bryant enjoyed a 27-lap stint at the head of the pack.
"Man, Tommy (Bryant) made me work for that one!" Johnson exclaimed as he climbed out of his car in Lucas Oil ASCS National victory lane for the 41st time in his career and second time this year after a win in the Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals in March. "I got by him a time or two there and he came right back after me, that was tough."
After four-time Winged Outlaw Warriors champion Randy Martin paced the opening pair of circuits from the front row outside, it was fifth-starter Bryant blasting into the lead on a lap three restart following a caution for Gary Taylor, who was forced pitside with rear end woes.
Filling in for car owner Jerry Bell, who was home with strep threat, Bryant paced his first career Lucas Oil ASCS lead laps in front of Johnson, with sixth-starter Brady Bacon and 10th-starter Shane Stewart relegating Martin to fifth by the tenth round.
Reaching lapped traffic by the tenth round, Johnson moved in to challenge Bryant for the point on several occasions, but the 22-year-old Conroe, TX, shoe nimbly worked through traffic to maintain the point.
As the laps clicked off, Johnson's challenges became more intense. And, Bryant matched Johnson's advances step for step aboard the Eckley-powered Bell's Custom Conversions No. 85 Maxim until Johnson finally made a power move off the bottom of turn two on the 30th round stick.
All the while, Shane Stewart was sneaking into the lead picture after taking third away from Bacon by the 15th circuit.
With Stewart set to make the final handful of laps a three-car duel for the win, Bryant moved in on Johnson to challenge for the lead in turn one on the 32nd lap only to loop it and finally come to a stop after tangling with the lapped machine of Mitchell Moore.
"That was fun for about 31 laps," Bryant commented afterward. "I got in there and he (Johnson) almost stopped in front of me, I just barely touched him and spun it."
While Bryant rejoined the field at the tail and salvaged a solid 12th-place run among the 14 cars on the lead lap, Johnson had Stewart on his tailtank for the final four-lap dash to the checkered flag. Johnson checked out in the final rounds to take the triumph in impressive fashion.
"This is a special one, Daniel (McMillin) was a friend of ours and it means a lot just to have this race in his honor," Johnson commented.
Stewart settled for runner-up honors in Paul Silva's Wesmar-powered ProBilt Construction No. 57 A.R.T., admitting that, "We didn't need that last caution, I think we may have got 'em without that."
Nineteen-year-old Oklahoma shoe Brady Bacon continued his impressive transition to the winged ranks by taking the show position in Mike and Megan Eubanks' Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X.
Fellow 19-year-old Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, had battled from 15th to fourth only to nearly crash out of contention with the white flag in sight. Dover kept his momentum up though and lost just one position to Paul McMahan, who slid his way into fourth in the final corner aboard the J&D Motorsports No. 3d Maxim.
Dover settled for fifth in the Eckley-powered 3D Auto Transport/Home Pride Co. No. 53 Eagle, with four-time series champion Gary Wright racing from 14th to sixth to stay within ten points of Johnson and Stewart, who are now tied for the Lucas Oil ASCS points lead.
Nearly spinning to miss the Dover excursion, Jesse Hockett surrendered a spot to Wright and finished seventh after starting 17th, with Tony Bruce, Jr., charging from 23rd to finish eighth after utilizing a provisional.
Nick Smith crossed the stripe ninth, with Randy Martin completing the top ten.
Kathryne Minter, Bacon, Johnson, Smith, Gary Taylor and Austin Alumbaugh topped heat race action, with Hockett, Josh Fisher and Aaron Berryhill winning the "B" Mains.
Matt Covington turned over in turn four in the fourth heat race before returning for "B" Main action, while Tim Newman's night was done after a wild turn two flip in the fifth heat.
The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters returns to action next Friday and Saturday, July 3-4, with the Rock 'N Roll 50 at Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, AR.
“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 3d-Paul McMahan, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 9x-Gary Wright, 7. 13-Jesse Hockett, 8. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 9. 15s-Nick Smith, 10. 14-Randy Martin, 11. 29-Travis Rilat, 12. 85-Tommy Bryant, 13. 13. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 14. 88-Tim Crawley, 15. 94-Danny Wood, 16. 86-Josh Fisher, 17. 10-Mike Trent, 18. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 19. 18w-Chris Walker, 20. 3p-Rusty Potter, 21. 43-Frank Brown, 22. 3b-Mitchell Moore, 23. 13k-Kathryne Minter, 24. 1-Sean McClelland, 25. 91-Gary Taylor.
Lap Leaders: Randy Martin 1-2, Tommy Bryant 3-29, Jason Johnson 30-35.
Note: Tony Bruce, Jr., and Sean McClelland utilized Lucas Oil ASCS provisionals to start the "A" Main, while Rusty Potter utilized a Winged Outlaw Warriors provisional to start the "A" Main.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 724, 1. Shane Stewart 724, 3. Gary Wright 714, 4. Paul McMahan 648, 5. Jack Dover 641, 6. Danny Wood 640, 7. Nick Smith 638, 8. Travis Rilat 637, 9. (tie) Tim Crawley and Tony Bruce, Jr. 581, 11. Brady Bacon 542, 12. Sean McClelland 531, 13. Jesse Hockett 501, 14. Trey Robb 482, 15. Aaron Berryhill 475, 16. Zach Chappell 469, 17. Gary Taylor 453, 18. Kenneth Walker 443, 19. Kathryne Minter 433, 20. Matt Covington 432.
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Jared Zimbardi Makes ASCS Patriot Statement at Stateline
Rich Vleck, JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (June 27, 2009) - When Jared Zimbardi redraw seventh for his A-Main starting spot Saturday Night at Stateline he figured his winless streak would continue to grow. Much to his surprise he was wrong and ended the night in Victory Lane.
Zimbardi, of Little Valley, NY, made a late-race wing adjustment pay off by moving underneath Bobby Breen coming to complete the 23rd lap held on for his first Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot A-Main win in nearly two years.
In a thrilling yet extended feature as part of the PJ Motorsports King of the Southern Tier, the lead was swapped four times as neither the top nor the bottom line were clearly dominant. As the race wore on though, the bottom came in and so rose the No. 35.
Zimbardi quickly moved to third on the opening lap but struggled to gain much more ground throughout the first half of the race. After Bobby Breen took the lead back from Bubba Broderick on lap 14, Zimbardi focused on the No. 5 for second, passing him the next time around.
“I didn’t know if I catch Breen because I hadn’t seen how good his car was,” stated “The Juice” after the 25-lap event. “All of the sudden I got by Bubba and said to myself: Wow I can win this thing.”
As the leaders hit lapped traffic, Blake Breen flipped in turn two on lap 21 setting up a four-lap sprint to the finish. The stoppage gave Zimbardi a chance to slide his wing back to its maximum as well as read the inspirational message posted inside the cockpit earlier in the day.
On the lap 22 restart, Zimbardi hit his marks on the bottom of the track and began to reel in the No. 9. A lap later he was in the lead and moving into the defensive position.
After the Bundle of Warmth No. 35 took the lead, Breen moved to the bottom to follow Zimbardi around turns 3 and 4. Broderick saw this as an opportunity to continue blasting the cushion in those turns as he had for much of the race; this time however he would hit it too hard and loop his No. 5, setting up a one-lap sprint to the finish.
Before the 25th lap was run, Zimbardi was nervous, wondering just what Breen had up his sleeve on the final circuit.
“I heard him blast it in to (turns) 3 and 4, but I knew I had to run the bottom and I had to be patient,” noted Zimbardi. “If I would have tried to run in too hard on the low line the car would skate up into the middle and I would just spin my tires. I guess I did it right.”
It was the fourth Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot A-Main for Zimbardi, who also inherited the point lead in the process. It was a welcomed for many of the friends and family of his in the packed grandstands on a glorious evening just an hour from his home.
Bobby Breen would settle for second for the second consecutive event. Bobby was not even sure he wanted to travel to the tricky 1/3-mile on Saturday as he felt it was not a track he could succeed on. His run also helped him strengthen his PJ Motorsports King of the Southern Tier Point Lead.
Don Adamczyk picked up a solid third place showing his No. 21. It was the best career finishing at Stateline for the “Williamsville Warrior” and tied his best finish of the season.
Gary Kriess was the hard charger on the night using the bottom to move from 11th to fourth place. It was the best career Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot showing for the Western PA Veteran.
Scott Bonnell won the Four Laps of Fame Dash he sponsored and also moved forward to round out the top-five.
Gary Troutman was strong all night long, as he normally is at Stateline and brought it home in sixth, which ties his best finish in four years.
T.J. Newton had a career night in the No. 57, picking up a solid seventh place finish.
Bryan Howland was among the leaders for most of the race, but spun on lap 14 while battling with Bobby Breen for second and had to work from the back to get back to eighth place.
Bubby Kerrick scored his first career National Parts Peddler Heat Race win early in the night and parlayed that into a ninth place showing in the A-Main. Kyle Moffit got back on the right track to complete the top-10.
A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Jared Zimbardi (35), 2. Bobby Breen (9), 3. Don Adamczyk (21), 4. Gary Kriess (55), 5. Scott Bonnell (3B), 6. Gary Troutman (44), 7. T.J. Newton (57), 8. Bryan Howland (51), 9. Bubby Kerrick (4u), 10. Kyle Moffit (7), 11. Kyle Drum (3T), 12. Chris Muhleisen (10M), 13. Brad Knab (38), 14. Ray Preston (22), 15. Bubba Broderick (5), 16. Bruce DeWick (22d), 17. Blake Breen (8), 18. Jeff Frasier (99), 19. Derek Jonathan (81), 20. Chris Shuttleworth (11).
Lap Leaders- Bo. Breen 1, Broderick 2-13, Bo. Breen 14-22, Zimbardi 23-25.
Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 994, 2. Bryan Howland 992, 3. Bobby Breen 938, 4. Bubba Broderick 936, 5. Don Adamczyk 922, 6. Gary Troutman 796, 7. Chris Muhleisen 789, 8. Blake Breen 676, 9. Derek Jonathan 587, 10. Trevor Lewis 578.
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Daggett Continues ASCS SOD Decimation with Mt. Pleasant Victory
T.J. Buffenbarger, MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (June 26, 2009) - Dustin Daggett continued his domination of ASCS Sprints on Dirt on Friday by winning the 25-lap feature event at Mt. Pleasant Speedway.
Daggett took the lead after the only restart during the main event and never looked back to collect his sixth win of the 2009 season and the first repeat winner at Mt. Plesant in ASCS SOD competition driving the Mott Motorsports Gaerte powered Maxim chassis.
Steve Irwin and Ryan Ruhl started on the front row of the feature event. Irwin took the lead while Gregg Dalman and Daggett battled into second and third. Soon the trio was in lapped traffic battling three wide for the lead in turns three and four when the caution appeared for Davey Brown stopping in turn four. Daggett was able to take command of second, but his pass for the lead on Irwin was negated.
On the restart Daggett hounded Irwin for a couple of laps before Irwin slipped off the bottom in four and Daggett motored around the top with the lead. From there Dalman checked out while Irwin and Dalman maintained their positions. Meanwhile a fierce battle from fourth on back too place between Ruhl, Ryan Grubaugh, Louie Carufel, and Brett Mann.
At the finish it was all Daggett with Iriwn, Dalman, Ruhl, and Grubaugh rounding out the top five. With his third place finish Dalman moved back into the lead in the point standings going into Saturday’s event at I-96 Speedway.
Grubaugh, Irwin, and Dalman won heat race events, Daggett won the dash, and Troy Chehowski won the B-Main. During the third heat race Tim Norman flipped in turn three. Norman’s crew was able to make repairs in time to transfer through the B-Main.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. Dustin Daggett, 2. Steve Irwin, 3. Gregg Dalman, 4. Ryan Ruhl, 5. Ryan Grubaugh, 6. Louie Carufel, 7. Brett Mann, 8. Gary Fast, 9. Troy Chehowski, 10. Andy Teunessen, 11. Tim Norman, 12. Jake Stebner, 13. Robert Huisken, 14. Jody Hunt, 15. Dain Naida, 16. Aaron Smith, 17. Jim Lingar, 18. Ryan Davis, 19. Ralph Brakenberry, 20. Davey Brown.
Lap Leaders: Irwin 1 – 9, Daggett 10 - 25
ASCS Sprints on Dirt Standings (Top Ten): 1. Gregg Dalman 1,274, 2. Brett Mann 1,268, 3. Tim Norman 1,238, 4. Dustin Daggett 1,192, 5. Robert Huisken 1,188, 6. Ryan Grubaugh 1,053, 7. Ryan Ruhl 938, 8. Ben Rutan 871, 9. Dain Naida 800, 10. Aaron Smith 604.
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Ridge Electrifies ASCS Northwest vs. Rocky Mountain Field at Great Falls
Shawn Miller, GREAT FALLS, Mont. (June 26, 2009) – Jared Ridge tried to act like he was sitting on a couch racing video games, but his nerves overrode his imagination.
Ridge overcame more than both Friday night at Electric City Speedway, where the 20-year-old racer picked up his first career sprint car victory in the American Sprint Car Series Northwest vs. Rocky Mountain Region event.
"I just had to keep telling myself, 'Remember, this is just a video game' so I wouldn't put too much pressure on myself," said Ridge, a Snohomish, Wash., resident who is in his fourth year of racing in reality.
"It was nerve-racking as ever. I just wanted to get the whole race over with. I was praying for the white flag and the checkered."
Ridge survived two restarts in the final six laps with a handful of west coast veterans breathing down his back, including Steven Tiner of Elverta, Calif.
"He hit his marks and it was one of those tracks where you had to hit your marks every lap," said Tiner, who tied a career-best ASCS finish with second place.
"That's what veteran drivers do. So obviously he's rising to the occasion."
Ridge started the race on the outside of the first row with polesitter Henry Van Dam of Enumclaw, Wash., sprinting to the early lead.
Van Dam entered lapped traffic on lap eight only to find himself spun out while trying to lap Shane Broers in turn two of lap 15.
"(Broers) gave me the bottom and I took the bottom, then he took it back," said Van Dam, who rallied to finish seventh. "Nothing I could do.
"You forget about this because you really feel like you gave one away. You don't ever want to leave feeling like you gave one away."
With lapped traffic in the mix, Ridge then drove away from Tiner on a pair of restarts for spins by Trevor Kirkland on laps 16 and 25. However, after Broers' the only lapped car between Ridge and Tiner spun in front of the field on a restart of lap 25, Ridge was forced to hit his marks with Tiner a close second.
"I was really trying not to screw up those last few laps," Ridge said. "I just knew I had to hit my marks. I'd been hitting my marks all night, so it wasn't too big of a deal. But then again, I've been in that same situation where I was faster than everybody and happened to screw up because I was pressured."
Ridge kept his car on the bottom of the track to secure the win.
Jason Solwold, who had won his three previous features at the Speedway, drove from 10th to fifth in the first three laps. When Van Dam spun out Solwold climbed to third, which is where he finished. It earned him the Hard Charger award for passing seven cars.
"The sooner you can get cars the better," said Solwold, who hails from Burlington, Wash. "You've just got to push the whole time."
Roger Crockett of Medford, Ore., placed fourth and Marysville, Wash., resident Jayme Barnes, the defending Northwest Region champion, was fifth.
The Northwest Region will host the second of the two-day show at the Electric City Speedway on Saturday. The gates open at 3 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 12-Jared Ridge, 2. 94-Steven Tiner, 3. 51-Jason Solwold, 4. 11-Roger Crockett, 5. 23n-Jayme Barnes, 6. 25c-Chad Groves, 7. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 8. 0j-Jeremy McCune, 9. 98-Joe Ramaker, 10. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 11. 98m-Mitch Olson, 12. 44-Kelly Miller, 13. 10-Danielle Ossenfort, 14. 99-Jacob Ossenfort, 15. 7x-Paxton Lambrecht, 16. 5h-Justyn Cox, 17. 12p-Randy Pierce, 18. 11w-Shane Broers 19. 37-Trevor Kirkland, 20. 38-Jerry Brown.
ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Steven Tiner 712, 2. Jared Ridge 706, 3. Henry VanDam 686, 4. Roger Crockett 676, 5. Mitch Olson 668, 6. Chad Groves 613, 7. Randy Pierce 579, 8. Justyn Cox 577, 9. Chadd Noland 491, 10. Austen Wheatley 331.
ASCS Rocky Mountain Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jake Ossenfort 428, 2. Jeremy McCune 416, 3. Randy Pierce 412, 4. Kolter Kosten 380, 5. Tucker McCune 333, 6. Mark Sweet 331, 7. (tie) Randi Miller and Joe McCarthy 290, 9. Joshua Hodges 280, 10. Dustin Hall 278.
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Humston Rules ASCS Regional Rumble at I-90 Speedway
Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (June 26, 2009) – Nebraska's Chad Humston picked off his second series win of the season by topping Friday night's 25-lap ASCS Midwest vs. Northern Plains feature event at I-90 Speedway.
Humston motored into the lead on a lap seven restart and held off Chuck Swenson over the final rounds to secure the victory aboard Mark Burch's Engler Machine No. 1m Wolfweld.
Swenson paced the opening rounds from the pole position as Humston worked his way forward from seventh. Up to third by the time the yellow flag appeared after six rounds, Humston swept around both Jody Rosenboom and Swenson to take the lead as action resumed.
Swenson briefly battled back in front in turns one and two on a late restart, but Humston muscled back into the lead for keeps and took the checkered flag in front of Swenson and Robby Wolfgang, who claimed the show position from 12th.
Eric Lutz earned Hard Charger honors by racing from 16th to fourth, with two-time ASCS Northern Plains champ Lee Grosz rounding out the top five.
Jason Danley raced from 18th to sixth, with Donovan Peterson, Mike Boston, 17th-starter Jake Peters and 19th-starter Ryan Bickett completing the top ten.
Cody Hahn, Humston, Grosz and Brock Dump topped heat race action for the 31-car field, with Peters winning the "B" Main.
A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1m-Chad Humston, 2. x-Chuck Swenson, 3. 1a-Robby Wolfgang, 4. 5-Eric Lutz, 5. 4j-Lee Grosz, 6. 82-Jason Danley, 7. 3-Donovan Peterson, 8. 88-Mike Boston, 9. 99jr-Jake Peters, 10. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 11. 8k-Butch Hanssen, 12. 5t-Mark Toews, 13. 13jm-Jordan Martens, 14. 11m-Troy Meyer, 15. 15-Joe Riedel, 16. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 17. 27-Jody Rosenboom, 18. 12-Brock Dump, 19. 23H-Cody Hahn, 20. 5w-Dusty Wasmund.
ASCS Midwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Chad Humston 798, 2. Lee Grosz 775, 3. Jason Danley 774, 4. Mike Boston 745, 5. Brian Brown 696, 6. Don Droud, Jr. 686, 7. Jonathan Cornell 660, 8. Eric Lutz 633, 9. Ryan Bickett 553, 10. Jack Dover 546.
ASCS Northern Plains Points (Top Ten): 1. Jason Danley 392, 2. Chad Humston 386, 3. Jody Rosenboom 380, 4. Ryan Bickett 368, 5. Gregg Bakker 362, 6. Lee Grosz 359, 7. Eric Lutz 351, 8. Mike Boston 345, 9. Robby Wolfgang 294, 10. Billy Alley 290.
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Baldaccini Bags ASCS Lone Star Win at Boyd
Lonnie Wheatley, BOYD, Texas (June 26, 2009) – Eric Baldaccini became the sixth different winner in as many American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region events by topping Friday night's 25-lap feature at Boyd Raceway.
The 21-year-old overtook early pace setter Robert Sellers en route to capturing his second triumph of the year aboard Harry Baldaccini's Smiley's Racing Products No. 4 Maxim after posting his first career ASCS victory in Gulf South action just six weeks earlier.
Taking the point before a lap 18 red flag for Kolt Walker's tip over, Baldaccini took the checkered flag in front of current ASCS Lone Star point leader Kevin Ramey, who took the runner-up slot away from Sellers in the final handful of circuits.
Sellers settled for the show position, with Matt Clevenger and Tennessee's Don Young rounding out the top five. Billy Melton was sixth, with J.P. Bailey in seventh. Brian McClelland picked up Hard Charger honors by racing from 17th to eighth, with Michael Lang and Scott Reneau completing the top ten.
Two-time ASCS Gulf South champion Brandon Berryman, Melton, Brad Welborn and Sellers topped heat race action for the 28-car field, with McClelland winning the "B" Main.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 25-Robert Sellers, 4. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 5. 75-Don Young, 6. 87x-Billy Melton, 7. 45-J.P. Bailey, 8. 87-Brian McClelland, 9. 14-Michael Lang, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 11-Justin Melton, 12. 45k-Kolt Walker, 13. 20-Chad Wilson, 14. 31-Brandon Berryman, 15. 17w-Brad Welborn, 16. 65-Skip Wilson, 17. 45x-Martin Edwards, 18. 40-Junior Jenkins, 19. 74e-Claud Estes, 20. 14b-Robert Byrom.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 844, 2. Brad Welborn 788, 3. Brian McClelland 786, 4. Matt Clevenger 762, 5. Kolt Walker 750, 6. Justin Melton 720, 7. Michael Lang 719, 8. J.P. Bailey 711, 9. Eric Baldaccini 698, 10. Claud Estes 697.
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