Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 20, 2009) – Tim Kaeding and Brady Bacon nabbed the headlines by racing to victory lane in Friday night's 42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios preliminary main events atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway.
Kaeding survived several exchanges with Danny Lasoski en route to winning the 25-lap Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters main event, while Bacon dashed forward from five rows deep to win the 25-lap Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region non-wing main event.
Another 69 cars took to the track for Friday's Kronik Energy Qualifying action, including 42 winged Lucas Oil Sprint Cars and 27 non-wing ASCS Canyon competitors, bringing the 2009 Western World Championships total to 133 competitors (81 winged and 52 non-wing).
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
California's Tim Kaeding broke into Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters victory lane for the first time by taking the checkered flag in Friday night's 25-lap Kronik Energy Qualifying feature at USA Raceway's 42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios.
The recent Trophy Cup winner charged past 2008 Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion Jason Johnson on the third round and then fought off Danny Lasoski on several occasions to take the top spot aboard the Roth No. 83 entry, earning the front row outside starting position in Saturday night's $15,000-to-win Western World Championship main event.
While Kaeding led the feature field to the green flag, it was outside front row starter Johnson gunning into the early lead and pacing the opening pair of circuits.
But, after the caution flew for Rick Boughan's stalled mount on the third circuit, Kaeding powered into the top spot with eighth-starter Lasoski making his way past Roger Crockett and then Johnson to take over second by the fifth round.
Lasoski reeled in Kaeding and charged into the lead on the seventh round only to slip too high in turns one and two, allowing Kaeding to race back out front. The pair diced for the lead in traffic until the caution flew after eleven laps for Joey Saldana, who came to a stop in turn four after charging from 18th to eighth in the opening ten circuits.
Back under way, Kaeding set the pace with Lasoski in tow. As traffic once again became a factor, Lasoski closed on Kaeding's tailtank upon the completion of the 18th lap. Kaeding responded by breezing by four lapped cars within a lap.
Smoke began billowing from Lasoski's machine soon after, with "The Dude" pulling to the infield five laps shy of the checkered flag.
With Lasoski out of the picture, Kaeding cruised to the checkered flag with a healthy advantage over Johnson. While Johnson settled for runner-up honors in Lanny Row's Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports No. 41 Eagle, ASCS Northwest champion Roger Crockett took the show position in the Shaver-powered Omlid & Swinney Fire Protection No. 11 KPC.
ASCS Gulf South shoe Channin Tankersley posted his top career Lucas Oil ASCS National finish by crossing the stripe fourth in the Griffith Truck & Equipment No. 71 Maxim, with ASCS Lone Star champion Kevin Ramey rounding out the top five in the Williams Motorsports Wells-powered City Vending No. 7m Maxim.
With some wild action for the final transfer spots to Saturday night's main event, two-time and reigning Short Track Nationals champion Tony Bruce, Jr., emerged in sixth, with Bobby McMahan and 20th-starter Travis Rilat taking the final two lock-in spots by crossing the stripe seventh and eighth, respectively.
Sean Becker missed the cut by just one spot with a ninth-place run, with Stephen Allard completing the top ten.
McMahan, Becker, Jerry Coons, Jr., Bruce, Jr., and Crockett topped Friday night's heat race action, with Eric Baldaccini and Saldana winning the "B" Mains.
After winning Thursday night's non-wing feature, Coons made his first winged Sprint Car start in over two years and responded with a heat race win. Slated to start the feature inside row two, Coons was forced to the tail of the field after requiring a second push. Coons still salvaged a 13th-place finish.
Saldana was leading the fifth heat race when he suffered engine woes. Kenneth Walker assumed the point only to suffer a similar fate a couple of laps later.
Kaylene Verville held down the third and final transfer position in the second "B" Main until an errant Calvin Landis slider sent her flipping through a turn two billboard. Verville was uninjured, with Rilat and Rickey Hood taking advantage by taking the final two transfers after disposing of J.T. Imperial on the restart.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing)
While Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Brady Bacon has adapted quite nicely to the winged Sprint Car ranks in 2009, his propensity for success in the wingless ranks is difficult to deny.
The 19-year-old started Friday night's 25-lap Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region five rows deep, but it didn't take long for Bacon to make his way to the front.
Taking command on the eleventh round, Bacon went on to take the checkered flag with more than an eight-second margin between himself and runner-up Jeremy Sherman. The 2009 Sprint Bandits TNT champion earned a front row outside starting position in Saturday night's $5,000-to-win non-wing main event with the triumph.
With Bacon gridding Friday's feature outside the fifth row, pole starter Bobby Taylor outgunned Mike Martin for the lead at the drop of the green with third-starter Ronnie Clark moving into second.
With Taylor, Clark and Martin leading the way, Bacon cracked the top five by the fifth round and then passed both Sherman and Martin to take over third on the seventh circuit.
As the lead duo of Taylor and Clark reached the tail of the field on the 11th lap, Bacon pounced into the top spot with Clark slipping past Taylor for second. Before Bacon could stretch out his lead though, the caution flew when Clark tangled with the lapped car of Brian O'Donnell exiting turn two on the 12th lap, with O'Donnell sailing into the darkness of the desert without injury.
Back under way, it was all Bacon all the time, as the young shoe drove away from the field aboard Mike and Megan Eubanks' Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X.
Bacon ultimately took the checkered flag well ahead of two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion Sherman, with Nathan High advancing from 13th to claim the show position.
After sweeping last year's ASCS Canyon Region portion of the Western World Championships, Jesse Hockett charged from 16th to finish fourth, with Dustin Morgan advancing a half-dozen positions to round out the top five.
Johnny Herrera was sixth, with 18th-starter Johnathon Henry racing into the seventh and final lock-in position to Saturday night's championship main event.
Jimmy Crawford was eighth, Tony Elliott was the final car on the lead lap in ninth and Brandon Lane was tenth.
Crawford, Elliott and Taylor won Friday night's heat races, with O'Donnell winning the "B" Main.
42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World presented by Old Tucson Studios
Friday Night's Kronik Energy Qualifier Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars)
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 2 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 26b-Bobby McMahan, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 33-Danny Lasoski, 4. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 7d-William Riley, 7. 8m-Don Grable, 8. 55-Don Sink. DNS: 20L-Andrew Reinbold.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 2sb-Sean Becker, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 42-Rick Boughan, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 95-Matt Covington, 6. 29-Travis Rilat, 7. 94j-Charles Davis, Jr., 8. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 9. 20az-Steve Martin.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. 22-Mason Moore, 3. 83-Tim Kaeding, 4. 23n-Stephen Allard, 5. 21-Brian Brown, 6. 11-Chad Corken, 7. 45k-Kolt Walker, 8. 11T-Steve Lohn.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 77-Colt Treharn, 3. 20-Kyle Sager, 4. 25c-Chad Groves, 5. 01-Kaylene Verville, 6. 34-Calvin Landis, 7. 5a-Thomas Ogle. DNS: 99d-Rickey Hood.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 11c-Roger Crockett, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 4. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 5. 177-William Eggimann, 6. 2-Kenneth Walker, 7. 35a-Joey Saldana. DNS: 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
"B" Mains (Top 3 From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 23n-Stephen Allard, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 95-Matt Covington, 6. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 7. 11-Chad Corken, 8. 177-William Eggimann, 9. 8m-Don Grable, 10. 7d-William Riley, 11. 55-Don Sink, 12. 20az-Steve Martin. DNS: 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 35a-Joey Saldana, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 99d-Rickey Hood, 4. 45k-Kolt Walker, 5. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 6. 94j-Charles Davis, Jr., 7. 34-Calvin Landis, 8. 5a-Thomas Ogle, 9. 11T-Steve Lohn, 10. 01-Kaylene Verville, 11. 25c-Chad Groves. DNS: 2-Kenneth Walker, 20L-Andrew Reinbold.
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 8 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 83-Tim Kaeding, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 11c-Roger Crockett, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 26b-Bobby McMahan, 8. 29-Travis Rilat, 9. 2sb-Sean Becker, 10. 23n-Stephen Allard, 11. 88-Tim Crawley, 12. 20-Kyle Sager, 13. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 14. 22-Mason Moore, 15. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 16. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 17. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 18. 11-Chad Corken, 19. 77-Colt Treharn, 20. 33-Danny Lasoski, 21. 35a-Joey Saldana, 22. 99d-Rickey Hood, 23. 42-Rick Boughan.
Lap Leaders: Jason Johnson 1-2, Tim Kaeding 3-7, Danny Lasoski 8, Kaeding 9-25.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Winged Cars)
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 3x-Jimmy Crawford, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 16-Mike Martin, 4. 7-Mike Leslie, 5. 61x-Bo Baker, 6. 55-Tony Everhart, 7. 27h-Jeremy Huebner, 8. 82-Sean Teeters. DNS: 145x-Derek Demartino.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 8m-Tony Elliott, 2. 44-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 9-Brandon Lane, 5. 12-Nathan High, 6. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 7. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 8. 21-Johnathon Henry, 9. 37-David Bezio.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 26-Bobby Taylor, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 93-Dustin Morgan, 4. 7az-Brian Hosford, 5. xxx-Zach Sawyers, 6. 3-Harris Brooks, 7. 19x-Chuck Jackson, 8. 36-Dave Darland, 9. 6s-Brian Swinehart.
"B" Main (Top 4 Advance to "A" Main):
"B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 2. 21-Johnathon Henry, 3. 55-Tony Everhart, 4. 3-Harris Brooks, 5. 27h-Jeremy Huebner, 6. 6s-Bryan Swinehart, 7. 37-David Bezio, 8. 19x-Chuck Jackson. DNS: 36-Dave Darland, 82-Sean Teeters, 145x-Derek Demartino.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 7 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 44-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 12-Nathan High, 4. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 7. 21-Johnathon Henry, 8. 3x-Jimmy Crawford, 9. 8m-Tony Elliott, 10. 9-Brandon Lane, 11. 26-Bobby Taylor, 12. 7-Mike Leslie, 13. xxx-Zach Sawyers, 14. 61x-Bo Baker, 15. 55-Tony Everhart, 16. 7az-Brian Hosford, 17. 3-Harris Brooks, 18. 6-Ronnie Clark, 19. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 20. 16-Mike Martin.
Lap Leaders: Bobby Taylor 1-10, Brady Bacon 11-25.
Current Points:
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Presented by K&N Filters Points (Top Twenty): 1. Shane Stewart 2,476, 2. Jason Johnson 2,452, 3. Gary Wright 2,424, 4. Travis Rilat 2,309, 5. Paul McMahan 2,258, 6. Tim Crawley 2,232, 7. Danny Wood 2,209, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,176, 9. Jack Dover 2,157, 10. Jesse Hockett 2,152, 11. Sean McClelland 1,869, 12. Kenneth Walker 1,798, 13. Darren Long 1,694, 14. Chad Corken 1,662, 15. Gary Taylor 1,641, 16. Seth Bergman 1,572, 17. Brady Bacon 1,392, 18. Gavin Punch 1,344, 19. Wayne Johnson 1,315, 20. Ricky Logan 1,169.
ASCS Southwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Rick Ziehl 1,166, 2. Ben Gregg 1,154, 3. Joshua Hodges 1,128, 4. John Gaston 1,115, 5. Ronnie Clark 1,109, 6. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,033, 7. Mike Martin 1,023, 8. John Van Horn 977, 9. Jessica Van Dyke 957, 10. Joshua Williams 885.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,068, 2. R.J. Johnson 1,027, 3. Nathan High 1,009, 4. Johnathon Henry 933, 5. Stevie Sussex 931, 6. Ronnie Clark 920, 7. Andrew Reinbold 896, 8. Mike Martin 870, 9. Bruce St. James 820, 10. Jeremy Sherman 806.
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Inside Track Readers' Choice Awards... vote now!
Voting for the Eighth Annual Inside Track Readers' Choice Awards is now underway. The polls will remain open until late on New Year's Eve. Winners will be announced at the Canadian Motorsports Expo on Friday, January 22, 2010.
The survey consists of 13 questions. Most of the categories include six nominees and space for write-in votes. The Inside Track Readers' Choice Awards celebrate Canada's top current and future racing stars, across the spectrum of motorsports, including stock cars, road racing, motorcycle racing, rallying, karting and drag racing.
New for 2009, Inside Track has added a category called "Canadian Dirt Oval Racer of the Year." Included in the six nominees for this category is 2009 ASCS CanWest champion Sean Moran of Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Click here to be taken to the survey site.
New Prairie Dirt Digest Podcast
Darren Pallen and Pat Mooney have just released their latest Prairie Dirt Digest podcast featuring Red River Co-op Speedway General Manger Blair Bodley.
Blair shares his experiences following his first season as manager of Winnipeg's dirt track racing facility. He also discusses some of the plans for the 2010 racing season and the future direction of the speedway. This podcast is highly recommended for fans who want to know the inside story about Red River Co-op Speedway.
The Prairie Dirt Digest podcast is available at www.prairiedirtdigest.com
Blair shares his experiences following his first season as manager of Winnipeg's dirt track racing facility. He also discusses some of the plans for the 2010 racing season and the future direction of the speedway. This podcast is highly recommended for fans who want to know the inside story about Red River Co-op Speedway.
The Prairie Dirt Digest podcast is available at www.prairiedirtdigest.com
Swindell & Coons Capture Wins in Western World Opener
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 19, 2009) – The 42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios kicked off with Sammy Swindell and Jerry Coons, Jr., racing to victory lane in Thursday night's 25-lap qualifying features atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.
Sprint Car legend Swindell bested the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters ranks in the 25-lap winged main event to earn the pole position for Saturday night's $15,000-to-win championship finale, with Coons decimating the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region ranks for the pole in Saturday's $5,000-to-win main event.
With 64 drivers taking part in Thursday night's Old Tucson Studios preliminary action, including 39 winged competitors and 25 wingless racers, the second half of the Western World field will take to the track in Friday's Kronik Energy Qualifying event.
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
After making a last-lap pass of Sam Hafertepe, Jr., to win the night's third winged Sprint Car heat race, Swindell drew the pole position for the main event with 15-year-old northern California shoe Justyn Cox alongside.
With Swindell jumping the first start, the field stacked up on the second start with fourth-row starter Cale Conley getting turned around to bring out the caution. It got worse for Conley on the next try when he got into a flipping Sean McClelland on the backstretch, with both McClelland and Conley done before a lap was in the books.
With the green flag finally flying, Swindell gunned into the lead with fifth-starter and current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Shane Stewart racing into second past Johnny Herrera upon the completion of the second round.
Swindell and Stewart reached the tail of the field after just six laps and raced through traffic until the caution flew after eleven laps when Herrera clipped an infield tire and spun to a stop in turn two.
Stewart kept pace with Swindell over the next ten-lap stretch of green flag action with the lapped car of Brady Bacon in between the pair until a final caution flew after 21 laps for Seth Bergman, who came to a stop in turn three.
Stewart disposed of Bacon on the final restart and while he kept pace with the fleet Swindell on the top side of the track, was unable to mount a charge. Swindell flashed underneath the checkered flag aboard Tom Rolfe's Parker-powered No. 10 for his third career Lucas Oil Sprint Car feature win.
Runner-up honors aboard Paul Silva's Wesmar-powered ProBilt Construction/Palmero Properties No. 57 A.R.T. proved good enough for Stewart to put a virtual lock on the $60,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship.
Moving into fifth when Herrera spun on the eleventh round, Wayne Johnson charged up to third on the ensuing restart and kept the Fisher-powered FattFro Motorsports No. 14aj Maxim in the show position the rest of the way, with Gary Wright working up to fourth in the final rounds aboard Scott Brown's ASI-powered Lubbock Wrecker Service No. 9x Maxim.
Ricky Logan rounded out the top five in the Lucas Oil No. 10a, with Jack Dover, 13th-starter Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and 19th-starter Paul McMahan earning starting positions in Saturday's main event by finishing sixth through eighth, respectively.
Jesse Hockett raced from 20th to ninth, with Lucas Wolfe completing the top ten.
Conley, W. Johnson, Swindell, Wright and Herrera topped heat race action for Thursday night's 39 winged competitors, with Bergman and Bacon winning the "B" Mains.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing)
Tucson, AZ, native Jerry Coons, Jr., left little doubt about his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by unleashing a dominant performance in Thursday night's 25-lap Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region main event at USA Raceway.
Coons took the checkered flag aboard Rex Foster's No. 32 entry with more than a half-lap advantage, lapping all the way up to seventh in the process. And, if not for a red flag eleven laps into the race, Coons likely would have lapped the entire field.
While he probably didn't need it, Coons caught a break before the green flag even flew on the feature field when scheduled pole starter Travis Rilat pulled to the infield when a leaking fuel valve ignited. The fire burned through Rilat's safety belts, forcing him pitside and moving Coons to the pole position.
Moving alongside outside front row starter and current ASCS Canyon Region points leader Charles Davis, Jr., Coons gunned into the lead and opened up half-lap advantage in just a handful of laps as Daniel Hutto, R.J. Johnson and Rick Ziehl moved past Davis.
Slicing through traffic, Coons lapped up to eleventh by the time the red flag flew after eleven laps when Dalten Gabbard went yard in turn four. Gabbard walked away uninjured.
With several lapped cars between Coons and Hutto, it was more of the same over the final 14 circuits as Coons circled the oval at an unmatched pace.
While Coons ultimately took the checkered flag on the heels of the trio battling for positions fifth through seventh, the battle for position well behind him was wild with Robert Ballou wasting little time racing from fifth into second after the lap 12 restart.
Ballou held the runner-up spot to the line, with Arkansas shoe Tim Crawley charging from the 19th starting position to claim the show position.
After exiting a heat race when his Yeley-owned mount ignited, Jon Stanbrough transferred through "B" Main action along with Crawley and then raced from 18th to fourth in the feature with Ziehl rounding out the top five.
Davis was sixth, while R.J. Johnson took the seventh and final lock-in position to Saturday night's main event as the final car on the lead lap.
Stevie Sussex was eighth, with Casey Shuman and Joshua Hodges competing the top ten.
Rilat, Ballou and Joshua Hodges won Thursday night's non-wing heat races, with Thomas Ogle victorious in the "B" Main.
42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World presented by Old Tucson Studios
Thursday Night's Old Tucson Studios Qualifier Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars)
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 2 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 3c-Cale Conley, 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 13-Jesse Hockett, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 22b-Ben Gregg, 7. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 8. 77m-Billy Chester III.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 14aj-Wayne Johnson, 2. 57x-Lucas Wolfe, 3. 1p-Curtis Evans, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 3s-John Carney II, 6. 7-Darren Long, 7. 22j-John Gaston, 8. 94z-Zach Zimmerly.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 3d-Paul McMahan, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 9-Gary Taylor, 7. 41w-Joshua Williams, 8. 44k-Koty McGullam.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 5h-Justyn Cox, 3. 15-Bud Goodwin, 4. 93k-Brent Kronfuss, 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 8x-Mike Wells, 7. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 8. 66-Jessica Van Dyke.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 10a-Ricky Logan, 3. 1-Sean McClelland, 4. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 5. 45-Martin Edwards, 6. 22-Jesse Baker, 7. 5az-John Van Horn.
"B" Mains (Top 3 From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 3d-Paul McMahan, 3. 22b-Ben Gregg, 4. 9-Gary Taylor, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 8. 22j-John Gaston, 9. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 10. 41w-Joshua Williams, 11. 45-Martin Edwards, 12. 77m-Billy Chester III.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 13-Jesse Hockett, 3. 7-Darren Long, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 22-Jesse Baker, 6. 8x-Mike Wells, 7. 5az-John Van Horn, 8. 15-Bud Goodwin. DNS: 71-Bob Schaeffer, 44k-Koty McGullam, 66-Jessica Van Dyke.
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 8 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 14aj-Wayne Johnson, 4. 9x-Gary Wright, 5. 10a-Ricky Logan, 6. 53-Jack Dover, 7. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 8. 3d-Paul McMahan, 9. 13-Jesse Hockett, 10. 57x-Lucas Wolfe, 11. 94-Danny Wood, 12. 3s-John Carney II, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 22b-Ben Gregg, 15. 7-Darren Long, 16. 5h-Justyn Cox, 17. 1p-Curtis Evans, 18. 93k-Brent Kronfuss, 19. 23-Seth Bergman, 20. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 21. 1-Sean McClelland, 22. 3c-Cale Conley.
Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-25.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Winged Cars):
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 62-Stevie Sussex, 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 9. 25c-Don Grable.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 20-Robert Ballou, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 97-Casey Shuman, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 96-Carson Ditsch, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 1-Jon Stanbrough. DNS: 5d-Jerry Johnston.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 8-Daniel Hutto, 3. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 4. 41-Rick Ziehl, 5. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 6. 51-Cody Cambensy, 7. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 8. 17-Steve Spiak.
"B" Main (Top 4 Advance to "A" Main):
"B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 2. 1-Jon Stanbrough, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 5. 25c-Don Grable, 6. 17-Steve Spiak, 7. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 8. 5d-Jerry Johnston. DNS: 6c-Rex Calderwood.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 7 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. 20-Robert Ballou, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 1-Jon Stanbrough, 5. 41-Rick Ziehl, 6. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 7. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 8. 62-Stevie Sussex, 9. 97-Casey Shuman, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 8-Daniel Hutto, 12. 7k-Bruce St. James, 13. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 14. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 15. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 16. 96-Carson Ditsch, 17. 51-Cody Cambensy, 18. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 19. 78-Chris Bonneau, 20. 29-Travis Rilat (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Jerry Coons, Jr. 1-25.
Sprint Car legend Swindell bested the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters ranks in the 25-lap winged main event to earn the pole position for Saturday night's $15,000-to-win championship finale, with Coons decimating the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region ranks for the pole in Saturday's $5,000-to-win main event.
With 64 drivers taking part in Thursday night's Old Tucson Studios preliminary action, including 39 winged competitors and 25 wingless racers, the second half of the Western World field will take to the track in Friday's Kronik Energy Qualifying event.
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
After making a last-lap pass of Sam Hafertepe, Jr., to win the night's third winged Sprint Car heat race, Swindell drew the pole position for the main event with 15-year-old northern California shoe Justyn Cox alongside.
With Swindell jumping the first start, the field stacked up on the second start with fourth-row starter Cale Conley getting turned around to bring out the caution. It got worse for Conley on the next try when he got into a flipping Sean McClelland on the backstretch, with both McClelland and Conley done before a lap was in the books.
With the green flag finally flying, Swindell gunned into the lead with fifth-starter and current Lucas Oil Sprint Car points leader Shane Stewart racing into second past Johnny Herrera upon the completion of the second round.
Swindell and Stewart reached the tail of the field after just six laps and raced through traffic until the caution flew after eleven laps when Herrera clipped an infield tire and spun to a stop in turn two.
Stewart kept pace with Swindell over the next ten-lap stretch of green flag action with the lapped car of Brady Bacon in between the pair until a final caution flew after 21 laps for Seth Bergman, who came to a stop in turn three.
Stewart disposed of Bacon on the final restart and while he kept pace with the fleet Swindell on the top side of the track, was unable to mount a charge. Swindell flashed underneath the checkered flag aboard Tom Rolfe's Parker-powered No. 10 for his third career Lucas Oil Sprint Car feature win.
Runner-up honors aboard Paul Silva's Wesmar-powered ProBilt Construction/Palmero Properties No. 57 A.R.T. proved good enough for Stewart to put a virtual lock on the $60,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship.
Moving into fifth when Herrera spun on the eleventh round, Wayne Johnson charged up to third on the ensuing restart and kept the Fisher-powered FattFro Motorsports No. 14aj Maxim in the show position the rest of the way, with Gary Wright working up to fourth in the final rounds aboard Scott Brown's ASI-powered Lubbock Wrecker Service No. 9x Maxim.
Ricky Logan rounded out the top five in the Lucas Oil No. 10a, with Jack Dover, 13th-starter Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and 19th-starter Paul McMahan earning starting positions in Saturday's main event by finishing sixth through eighth, respectively.
Jesse Hockett raced from 20th to ninth, with Lucas Wolfe completing the top ten.
Conley, W. Johnson, Swindell, Wright and Herrera topped heat race action for Thursday night's 39 winged competitors, with Bergman and Bacon winning the "B" Mains.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing)
Tucson, AZ, native Jerry Coons, Jr., left little doubt about his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by unleashing a dominant performance in Thursday night's 25-lap Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region main event at USA Raceway.
Coons took the checkered flag aboard Rex Foster's No. 32 entry with more than a half-lap advantage, lapping all the way up to seventh in the process. And, if not for a red flag eleven laps into the race, Coons likely would have lapped the entire field.
While he probably didn't need it, Coons caught a break before the green flag even flew on the feature field when scheduled pole starter Travis Rilat pulled to the infield when a leaking fuel valve ignited. The fire burned through Rilat's safety belts, forcing him pitside and moving Coons to the pole position.
Moving alongside outside front row starter and current ASCS Canyon Region points leader Charles Davis, Jr., Coons gunned into the lead and opened up half-lap advantage in just a handful of laps as Daniel Hutto, R.J. Johnson and Rick Ziehl moved past Davis.
Slicing through traffic, Coons lapped up to eleventh by the time the red flag flew after eleven laps when Dalten Gabbard went yard in turn four. Gabbard walked away uninjured.
With several lapped cars between Coons and Hutto, it was more of the same over the final 14 circuits as Coons circled the oval at an unmatched pace.
While Coons ultimately took the checkered flag on the heels of the trio battling for positions fifth through seventh, the battle for position well behind him was wild with Robert Ballou wasting little time racing from fifth into second after the lap 12 restart.
Ballou held the runner-up spot to the line, with Arkansas shoe Tim Crawley charging from the 19th starting position to claim the show position.
After exiting a heat race when his Yeley-owned mount ignited, Jon Stanbrough transferred through "B" Main action along with Crawley and then raced from 18th to fourth in the feature with Ziehl rounding out the top five.
Davis was sixth, while R.J. Johnson took the seventh and final lock-in position to Saturday night's main event as the final car on the lead lap.
Stevie Sussex was eighth, with Casey Shuman and Joshua Hodges competing the top ten.
Rilat, Ballou and Joshua Hodges won Thursday night's non-wing heat races, with Thomas Ogle victorious in the "B" Main.
42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World presented by Old Tucson Studios
Thursday Night's Old Tucson Studios Qualifier Results
USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars)
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 2 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 3c-Cale Conley, 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 13-Jesse Hockett, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 22b-Ben Gregg, 7. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 8. 77m-Billy Chester III.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 14aj-Wayne Johnson, 2. 57x-Lucas Wolfe, 3. 1p-Curtis Evans, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 3s-John Carney II, 6. 7-Darren Long, 7. 22j-John Gaston, 8. 94z-Zach Zimmerly.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 3d-Paul McMahan, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 9-Gary Taylor, 7. 41w-Joshua Williams, 8. 44k-Koty McGullam.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 5h-Justyn Cox, 3. 15-Bud Goodwin, 4. 93k-Brent Kronfuss, 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 8x-Mike Wells, 7. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 8. 66-Jessica Van Dyke.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 10a-Ricky Logan, 3. 1-Sean McClelland, 4. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 5. 45-Martin Edwards, 6. 22-Jesse Baker, 7. 5az-John Van Horn.
"B" Mains (Top 3 From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 3d-Paul McMahan, 3. 22b-Ben Gregg, 4. 9-Gary Taylor, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 8. 22j-John Gaston, 9. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 10. 41w-Joshua Williams, 11. 45-Martin Edwards, 12. 77m-Billy Chester III.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 13-Jesse Hockett, 3. 7-Darren Long, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 22-Jesse Baker, 6. 8x-Mike Wells, 7. 5az-John Van Horn, 8. 15-Bud Goodwin. DNS: 71-Bob Schaeffer, 44k-Koty McGullam, 66-Jessica Van Dyke.
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 8 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 14aj-Wayne Johnson, 4. 9x-Gary Wright, 5. 10a-Ricky Logan, 6. 53-Jack Dover, 7. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 8. 3d-Paul McMahan, 9. 13-Jesse Hockett, 10. 57x-Lucas Wolfe, 11. 94-Danny Wood, 12. 3s-John Carney II, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 22b-Ben Gregg, 15. 7-Darren Long, 16. 5h-Justyn Cox, 17. 1p-Curtis Evans, 18. 93k-Brent Kronfuss, 19. 23-Seth Bergman, 20. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 21. 1-Sean McClelland, 22. 3c-Cale Conley.
Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-25.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Winged Cars):
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to "B" Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 62-Stevie Sussex, 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 9. 25c-Don Grable.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 20-Robert Ballou, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 97-Casey Shuman, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 96-Carson Ditsch, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 1-Jon Stanbrough. DNS: 5d-Jerry Johnston.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 8-Daniel Hutto, 3. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 4. 41-Rick Ziehl, 5. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 6. 51-Cody Cambensy, 7. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 8. 17-Steve Spiak.
"B" Main (Top 4 Advance to "A" Main):
"B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 2. 1-Jon Stanbrough, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 5. 25c-Don Grable, 6. 17-Steve Spiak, 7. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 8. 5d-Jerry Johnston. DNS: 6c-Rex Calderwood.
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Western World Thursday Prelim Results (Top 7 Lock into Saturday's "A" Main):
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 32-Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. 20-Robert Ballou, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 1-Jon Stanbrough, 5. 41-Rick Ziehl, 6. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 7. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 8. 62-Stevie Sussex, 9. 97-Casey Shuman, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 8-Daniel Hutto, 12. 7k-Bruce St. James, 13. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 14. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 15. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 16. 96-Carson Ditsch, 17. 51-Cody Cambensy, 18. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 19. 78-Chris Bonneau, 20. 29-Travis Rilat (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Jerry Coons, Jr. 1-25.
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