Howland Survives Scare for ASCS Patriot Win at Stateline
Rich Vleck, JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (August 28, 2010) - In baseball, Reggie Jackson was dubbed “Mr. October” for his late-season performances. In the Patriot Region, Bryan Howland’s late-season excellence could earn him the title “Mr. August.”
Howland, of Auburn, NY, capitalized on a slight bobble by Tim Kelly on lap 18 to take the lead and drive away to score his fourth ASCS Patriot win of the season to capture the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Crown while strengthening his championship point lead in the process. Already the only driver to win multiple Patriot features at Stateline, Howland would win on the final Saturday in August for the third year in a row on the NY/PA Stateline.
Before the three-time series champion claimed the win at the high-banked 1/3-mile he would have to narrowly escape an incident with 19 laps completed to put his Filtrec Corporation No. 51 Maxim in Victory Lane.
Don Adamczyk jumped into the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap A-Main, but Tim Kelly would use the bottom line coming off turn four to lead the second lap. Howland would move into second the next lap but would take a few laps to close in on Kelly’s No. 12.
Howland began to apply pressure just before the first caution flag of the race flew on lap 11 for Kyle Moffit spinning in turn three. Howland was primarily on the top of the track, while Kelly was on the bottom. Even though the momentum was greater on the top, the cushion in turn four was so high that Kelly would prevail each time they crossed the start/finish line to complete another lap.
“I knew Tim had a good car because he started in the same row as me and got to the lead so quick,” Howland said after the race.
On the lap 12 restart, Howland began to pressure Kelly each turn of each lap; still it was the No. 12 pulled ahead each lap. On lap 18 though, Kelly slipped up off the bottom in turn two and as he searched for the bite Howland had enough of a run to not only get ahead of Kelly, but shut the door in the next set of corners to eliminate the chance of any instant rebuttal.
The next lap, the top two came out of turn two and saw Bob Reis’ No. 4 slowing in the middle of the backstretch. Howland went to go to the outside of Reis to avoid him, but with the hole closing would get squeezed into the wall. Since he did not stop though, he would be able to reassume his spot out front.
On the ensuing restart, Howland went back to the top of turns three and four, which was exactly what Kelly and Jared Zimbardi wanted to see, as they dove to the inside and nearly stole the lead away. The next lap around, Howland went back to the bottom and not only protected the line, but began to drove away.
“Once I got around Tim, I thought I could drive away but he kept coming back to the inside,” added Howland after the race. “I knew I had to do something different.”
In what was his 18th career ASCS Patriot Win, the 23-year-old put together some veteran moves to assure his win. For a four lap series after acquiring the lead, Howland mixed up the line he would take in each corner and kept the veteran Kelly guessing. It paid off as Kelly could not set up a guaranteed run to take the lead back. By the time the checkered flags fell, Howland had built up a healthy advantage to pick up the win.
In addition to the win, Howland locked up his second crown of the season. Entering the night, all he had to do was finish in the top-five to do so but that was not the focus once the feature began.
The win was not without disappointment for the Howland team though, as the contact with Bob Reis and the wall on lap 19 resulted in a damaged rear end.
For the third straight year now, Howland has taken a tight point battle with Jared Zimbardi at the beginning of August and all but sewn it up with consistent top runs and plenty of wins.
Tim Kelly’s second-place finish was bittersweet at the site of his last two A-Main wins seven and eight years ago. In scoring his seventh-straight top-10 finish, the Rock Stream, NY driver perhaps came the closest he ever has to his long-awaited first win on the Patriot tour. It was his fifth runner-up showing in the last 13 months.
“I can’t complain. We had a good run,” said the modest Kelly after the race. “We always seem to run good here and we had a good setup tonight.”
Jared Zimbardi’s first attempt with a new shock package put him in the mix after winning his heat and finished third for his best Patriot showing since July 3. “The Juice” had a strong run on the lap 12 restart on Howland for second but spent the next six laps engaged in a terrific battle with Bubba Broderick for third.
Zimbardi again made a bid for the lead on the lap 19 restart on the bottom and would spend the final five laps stalking Kelly’s No. 12 for second.
Broderick, the June winner at Stateline, drove up from his eighth place starting spot to finish in fourth after fighting hard to earn each spot.
Insinger Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Contender Dylan Swiernik made his first trip to Victory Lane holding the checkered flag as he won the Four Laps of Fame Dash and utilized the track time to run up to a top-five finish.
Jason Barney finished sixth in his first Patriot start of the year in his first trip to Stateline. Barney made a final lap pass around early leader Don Adamczyk for the spot as Adamczyk, who won his National Parts Peddler Heat Race, was seventh.
Kyle Moffit rallied from his spin to finish in eighth while Todd Hoddick recorded his best career Patriot finish in ninth. Dave Wickham completed the top-10 for the second time in his last three starts.
The A-Main would have just two caution periods. The only other stoppage on the night was on lap one of the Four Laps of Fame when Bob Reis got into Bruce DeWick, sending DeWick’s car aimlessly into the infield, where Brandan Warner would get caught up in the incident.
ASCS Patriots Results: 8/28/10, Stateline Speedway, Busti, NY.
Insinger A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Bryan Howland (51), 2. Tim Kelly (12), 3. Jared Zimbardi (35), 4. Bubba Broderick (5), 5. Dylan Swiernik (7c), 6. Jason Barney (87), 7. Don Adamczyk (21), 8. Kyle Moffit (7), 9. Todd Hoddick (49), 10. Dave Wickham (80), 11. Gary Troutman (44), 12. Kyle Lefelhoc (5v), 13. Bob Reis (4), 14. Jay Groves (25), 15. Brandan Warner (10B), 16. Ross Vleck (2), 17. Bruce DeWick (22D).
Lap Leaders- Adamczyk 1, Kelly 2-17, Howland 18-25.
ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Bryan Howland 2,228, 2. Jared Zimbardi 2,146, 3. Tim Kelly 2,081, 4. Bubba Broderick 2,060, 5. Don Adamczyk 1,764, 6. Vern Wasson 1,378, 7. Bobby Breen 1,171, 8. Kyle Moffit 1,131, 9. Shayne Ely 1,021, 10. Blake Breen 986.
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Dalman Makes Daring Pass for ASCS SOD Honors at Owendale
T.J. Buffenbarger, OWENDALE, Mich. (August 28, 2010) - Gregg Dalman kept his championship hopes alive by winning Saturday night’s ASCS Sprints on Dirt feature at Owendale Speedway. Dalman conserved his tires and made a daring outside pass of Davey Brown and pulled away during a late race restart to take the win.
“We knew the track would be hard on tires, so I just tried to sit back and conserve a bit in the beginning,” said Dalman in victory lane. “I could see Davey (Brown) smoking his tire off the corner. I have to give him a ton of credit, he raced us really clean.”
Brown and rookie of the year point leader Gavin Hunyady started on the front row for the 25-lap feature event. Brown took the lead with Dalman moving past Hunyady for second. The top three cars opened up some space until both Ryan Grubaugh and Ben Rutan moved Hunyady back to fifth.
Brown’s tactics passing slower cars enabled him to gain some breathing distance, but Dalman, Grubaugh, and Rutan were able to keep pace. On lap 17 things started to heat up as Brown’s car was visibly not coming off the corners as well and everyone behind him decided to pounce. Dalman tried to set Brown up entering the corner high and diving low coming off, but could not make the pass. Grubaugh and Rutan battled for third back and forth with Grubaugh maintaining the position.
Then with six laps to go Dalman drove to the middle of the track in turns one and two and motored down the backstretch into the laad. Even with a late race caution Dalman pulled away after the restart to victory. Brown held on for second with Grubaugh, Rutan, and Dain Naida coming from fifteenth to fifth rounding out the top five.
Brown, Grubaugh, and Dalman won heat race events while Tim Champlin won the fast car dash.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 10x – Davey Brown, 3. 3w – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 23 – Ben Rutan, 5. 6n – Dain Naida, 6. 8 – Tim Champlin, 7. 47x – Louie Carufel, 8. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 9. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 10. 46 – Robert Huisken, 11. 89 – Chris Pobanz, 12. 70 – Jim LIngar, 13. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 14. 12 – Brett Lane, 15. 41m – Keith McCreedie. DNS: 2t – Ralph Brakenberry
Sprints on Dirt (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 2,400, 2. Gregg Dalman 2,351, 3. Ben Rutan 2,283, 4. Dain Naida 2,274, 5. Dustin Daggett 2,090, 6. Gavin Hunyady 2,020, 7. Robert Huisken 1,905, 8. Aaron Shaffer 1,449, 9. Brett Mann 1,434, 10. Jim Lingar 1,200.
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There’s No Place Like Home for Crawley!
Takes First Lucas Oil ASCS Win of the Year at I-30
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 28, 2010) – “Home field advantage” is a term generally reserved for the stick-and-ball sorts, but Tim Crawley offered up some solid evidence that home-track advantage can definitely come into play in Saturday night’s 35-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event at I-30 Speedway.
Racing just a few short miles from his Benton, AR, home, the three-time ASCS National champion read some tricky track conditions to perfection and then battled past Brady Bacon on the 13th round en route to his first Lucas Oil ASCS National win of the year aboard Mike Ward’s McCarver-powered Boater Sports/Southern Renovations No. 88 Maxim.
“We’ve been needing this,” Crawley commented before a raucous, near capacity crowd in victory lane. “To do this here in front of all of y’all, it’s all good.”
The non-stop affair marked the second time in three events thus far in 2010 that the Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Cars have completed the 35-lap distance atop I-30 Speedway’s high-banked, clay oval in caution-free fashion.
Had Crawley expected another non-stop feature event? “Definitely not,” he answered.
More pressing in pre-race strategy was the precise setup that could potentially lead to victory lane over the stout 45-car field of entries.
“That was the big deal before the feature started and that’s why you keeping seeing us all coming out here looking,” Crawley explained. “It’s a crapshoot; it’s kinda like rolling the dice. We tightened the car way up so if it would have took rubber, I would have probably went backwards.”
There was no rubber though, and Crawley had the field covered for his 40th career ASCS National triumph and moved past Zach Chappell for fifth in the series $60,000 championship points chase. “We made the right guess and it worked out,” Crawley surmised.
While Crawley started the feature outside the second row, it was the Oklahoma duo of Darren Stewart and Bacon leading the way to the green flag. Bacon, a Lucas Oil ASCS winner at I-30 in June, gunned into the lead at the outset with Crawley moving past Stewart for second in the early rounds.
Crawley went to work on Bacon for the lead in short order, with Crawley sliding past Bacon for the lead in turns one and two on the eighth circuit only to have Bacon return the favor in the next pair of corners. But, with Crawley dialed in on some familiar turf as traffic came into play, it was just a matter of time before Bacon would leave an opening wide enough for Crawley to bust through.
He found that opening soon after and edged ahead upon the completion of the 13th circuit. Leaving Bacon behind to dice for second with Darren Stewart and Jason Johnson over the remaining distance, Crawley gradually slipped away in the ensuing rounds and worked with precision through heavy traffic throughout to secure the victory.
In Crawley’s wake, Bacon prevailed aboard the Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X in the intense battle for runner-up honors. Bacon held off current series points leader Johnson’s JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim, who settled for third after finally working past Darren Stewart on the 27th circuit.
Making just his third start of the year aboard the Sparks Construction No. 91, Stewart was a close fourth, while two-time Short Track Nationals champion Tony Bruce, Jr., picked off his first top-five finish aboard the Bruce Racing No. 18 Maxim since the series last stop at I-30 in June.
Ohio’s Darren Long posted his best finish of the year by racing to sixth, with Jeff Swindell rallying from 18th to seventh. Ricky Logan was eighth, with Gary Wright and Justin Sturch completing the top ten.
Connecticut contender David Gravel finished out his first weekend of Lucas Oil ASCS National competition just one spot out of the top ten in eleventh, while reigning series champion Shane Stewart charged from 23rd to 12th after using a provisional to start the main event.
Johnson, Long, Channin Tankersley, Matt Covington and Sturch topped heat race action, with Cody Gardner and Swindell winning the twin 12-lap “B” Mains.
Jerod Roller smacked the wall exiting turn four and flipped four laps into the night’s opening heat race, while Rick Pringle got upside down as well in the second heat race. Both were uninjured but done for the night.
“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 91-Darren Stewart, 5. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 6. 3g-Darren Long, 7. 90-Jeff Swindell, 8. 10a-Ricky Logan, 9. 9x-Gary Wright, 10. 9-Justin Sturch, 11. 89g-David Gravel, 12. 57-Shane Stewart, 13. 1-Sean McClelland, 14. 93-Dustin Morgan, 15. 3-A.G. Rains, 16. 50z-Zach Chappell, 17. 8z-Zach Pringle, 18. 1x-Gary Taylor, 19. 95-Matt Covington, 20. 12T-Joe Young, 21. 94-Danny Wood, 22. 71-Channin Tankersley, 23. 1g-Cody Gardner, 24. 53-Jack Dover.
Lap Leaders: Brady Bacon 1-12, Tim Crawley 13-35.
Note: Shane Stewart and Jack Dover both utilized their mid-season bonus full-point provisionals to start the main event; both have two partial-points provisionals remaining.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 2,281, 2. Brady Bacon 2,209, 3. Shane Stewart 2,191, 4. Jack Dover 2,056, 5. Tim Crawley 2,049, 6. Zach Chappell 2,028, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,999, 8. Kyle Hirst 1,924, 9. Danny Wood 1,899, 10. Ricky Logan 1,859, 11. Matt Covington 1,785, 12. Darren Long 1,642, 13. Dustin Morgan 1,638, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,570, 15. Justyn Cox 1,513, 16. Austen Wheatley 1,344, 17. Gary Wright 1,322, 18. Travis Rilat 1,152, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Brian Brown 752.
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Hull Handles Lucas Oil ASCS at Tri-City
Lonnie Wheatley, PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (August 27, 2010) – Jerrod Hull took full advantage of every little opportunity that presented itself in Friday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National debut at Tri-City Speedway to pull off a stunning upset victory from the 19th starting position.
The Sikeston, MO, shoe steered clear of some opening lap carnage, snuck by some battling contenders on the low side in the middle portion of the race and then took the lead away from Brian Brown on the 21st circuit before checking out in the final rounds of the 30-lapper for the $6,000 victory, his second career ASCS National triumph and first since a Benton, MO, win on July 4, 1996.
“I’m not believing this at all, I won one of these races back in ’95 or something, a long time ago,” Hull explained in victory lane. “We’ve tried a lot of times, this is by far my biggest win.”
While Hull gridded the feature field inside the tenth row after advancing from “B” Main action, he picked up ten spots before a lap was completed when front row starters Danny Wood and Matt Covington tangled and flipped entering turn one, collecting the likes of leading title contenders Jason Johnson and Shane Stewart along with Gary Wright, Justyn Cox, Dustin Barks, Tim Crawley, Ricky Logan and more.
When the mess was cleared and the field reset, Hull restarted in ninth as only Wood, Covington and Barks were unable to make the call for the restart.
“It was close, I drove it in there and seen ‘em piling up and we were able to get it slowed down,” Hull explained of the crash. “I was amazed we restarted ninth. That’s pretty cool we won it from ninth though, they didn’t just give it to us.”
With Hull working forward from the fifth row aboard the Heartland Trailer Manufacturing No. 12 Maxim instead of the tenth row on the second start, Brian Brown led the way to the green flag after originally starting in sixth and gunned into the early lead ahead of Darren Long.
While Brown apparently cruised out front over the first half of the race, the action in his wake was intense with wild sliders for position in virtually every corner amongst Long, Dustin Morgan, Kyle Hirst and Brady Bacon among others.
While all that was going on, Hull found some rubber on the low side of the track and began working forward, getting between the battling duo of Hirst and Bacon for fourth by the midway point. Hirst and Hull slid past Long for second and third by the 19th lap and then quickly closed the gap on Brown, who had been struggling with a sticking throttle throughout while out front.
Hull raced past both Hirst and then Brown for the lead on the 21st lap, one round before the yellow flag flew for Long, who spun to a stop in turn one with a cut tire after battling among the top positions throughout.
After Brown stopped with race-ending woes three rounds later, Hull checked out over the final six circuits to snare the victory with a full straightaway advantage over 13th-starter Hirst, who posted a Lucas Oil ASCS National career-best finish of second aboard Gary Perkins’ Shark-powered GP Development No. 6 A.R.T.
“We’ll take it,” the Loomis, CA, shoe that ranks as the leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender commented afterward. “That start got us a lot of spots and then I found the rubber before the guys up front did, but ol’ Jerrod Hull found it way lower than I did and got by us all.”
Fifteenth-starter Zach Chappell worked forward over the final circuits to claim the show position aboard David Chappell’s Wesmar-powered Legend’s Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim, while three-time series champion Tim Crawley rebounded from the opening lap melee to claim fourth in Mike Ward’s McCarver-powered Boater Sports No. 88 Maxim.
Brady Bacon rounded out the top five in Mike and Megan Eubank’s Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X, with Jonathan Cornell crossing the stripe in seventh.
Reigning series champion Shane Stewart recovered from the opening lap incident and then a lap eight spin in turn four to finish seventh, with Dustin Morgan, current Lucas Oil ASCS National points leader Jason Johnson and Gary Wright completing the top ten.
Brown, Long, Wood and Crawley topped heat race action for the 38-car field, with Adam Jones and Mark Shirshekan winning the twin “B” Mains.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 12-Jerrod Hull, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 50z-Zach Chappell, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 7. 57-Shane Stewart, 8. 93-Dustin Morgan, 9. 41-Jason Johnson, 10. 9x-Gary Wright, 11. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 12. 89g-David Gravel, 13. 5h-Justyn Cox, 14. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 15. 10a-Ricky Logan, 16. 88k-J. Kinder, 17. 1a-Adam Jones, 18. 72-Curtis Boyer, 19. 21-Brian Brown, 20. 44-Jon Corbin, 21. 3g-Darren Long, 22. 53-Jack Dover, 23. 94-Danny Wood, 24. 95-Matt Covington, 25. 22-Dustin Barks.
Lap Leaders: Brian Brown 1-20, Jerrod Hull 21-30.
Note: Tony Bruce, Jr., used his mid-season bonus full-point provisional to start the main event; it was Bruce’s final provisional of the year. Jack Dover used his first provisional of the year to start the main event; he still has a mid-season bonus full-point provisional and two partial-points provisionals remaining. Curtis Boyer utilized a WOW provisional to start the main event.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 2,146, 2. Shane Stewart 2,085, 3. Brady Bacon 2,067, 4. Jack Dover 1,970, 5. Zach Chappell 1,930, 6. Tim Crawley 1,899, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,874, 8. Kyle Hirst 1,859, 9. Danny Wood 1,810, 10. Ricky Logan 1,743, 11. Matt Covington 1,693, 12. Dustin Morgan 1,536, 13. Darren Long 1,520, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,482, 15. Justyn Cox 1,448, 16. Austen Wheatley 1,344, 17. Gary Wright 1,209, 18. Travis Rilat 1,152, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Brian Brown 752.
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Lucas Oil ASCS Double Dip This Weekend!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 23, 2010) – The second half of the 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS National presented by K&N Filters championship chase officially kicks off this weekend with a pair of unique ovals on the docket, including a new track to the series and a familiar one.
The weekend kicks off with the Lucas Oil ASCS National forces invading Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL, for the first time in series history. It will also mark the first series event in the State of Illinois since 1997.
Then, on Saturday night, the series moves on to Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway, the racy, ¼-mile bullring that ranks second in Lucas Oil ASCS National events hosted since the series inception in 1992.
Leading the way into the weekend of new ground and then familiar territory are the triumvirate of Jason Johnson, Shane Stewart and Brady Bacon, who are locked in a torrid battle for the series $60,000 championship.
Johnson, a native of Eunice, LA, holds the current advantage as he tries to add a second series crown to the one earned in 2008. “The Ragin’ Cajun” is currently just 67 points ahead of Bixby, Oklahoma’s Stewart, the series defending champion who rides the momentum of an ASCS Knoxville Nationals triumph and then a podium finish in the 50th Annual Knoxville Nationals into the weekend.
Not to be forgotten is 20-year-old Broken Arrow, OK, Brady Bacon, who is just 24 points behind Stewart in third and has collected four wins this season to match Johnson and Stewart in the victory column. One of Bacon’s victories came at I-30 Speedway earlier this season.
Currently ranked fourth is Springfield, Nebraska’s Jack Dover, the 20-year-old who is home recovering from injuries suffered in non-wing action a week ago and is doubtful for this weekend’s double.
Talala, Oklahoma’s Zach Chappell, the 2001 series champion that topped a non-stop 35-lap Lucas Oil ASCS main event at I-30 in April, enters the weekend ranked fifth, just ahead of Liberal, KS, shoe Tony Bruce, Jr., and three-time series champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR.
Veteran shoe Danny Wood of Norman, OK, a Lucas Oil ASCS prelim winner at Eagle Raceway in June enters the weekend ranked eight, with leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst in ninth.
Little Rock native Ricky Logan rounds out the current top ten, with other Lucas Oil title contenders including Ohio’s Darren Long and the balance of the strong rookie crop that includes Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK), Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK), 19-year-old Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX), 17-year-old Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) and 16-year-old Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA).
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will be joined a strong contingent of challengers on both nights, including the Winged Outlaw Warriors at Tri-City Speedway on Friday night and then the traditionally tough Little Rock and Memphis-area competitors on Saturday night at I-30 Speedway.
The Series:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters
When & Where:
Friday night, August 27 at 7:00 p.m. – Tri-City Speedway
Saturday night, August 28 at 7:30 p.m. – I-30 Speedway
Track Information:
Tri-City Speedway (Pontoon Beach, IL) – 3/8-mile semi-banked dirt oval located off I-270 Exit 4 then 0.5 miles south on SR 203 by Granite City. For more information, contact the track at 800-617-9077 or check http://www.tricityspeedway.net/.
I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – ¼-mile high-banked clay oval located seven miles southwest of Little Rock off I-30 Exit 126 (Alexander Rd.), then south to frontage road, then east. For more information, contact the track at 501-455-4567 or check http://www.i-30speedway.com/.
Lucas Oil ASCS Tri-City Speedway History:
After being rained out at Tri-City in 2009, the first page in series history at the track will be written on August 27 when Kevin and Tammy Gundaker bring the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series to Tri-City Speedway for the first time. It marks just the fourth event within the state of Illinois in series history and the first since a Terry Gray triumph at Peoria in August of 1997.
Lucas Oil ASCS I-30 Speedway History:
A staple of the ASCS National Series, I-30 Speedway hosted the first official ASCS National event on May 15, 1993, with Memphis shoe Mike Ward dropping in on victory lane. Since that time, 18 different drivers have posted at least one ASCS National win in the 46 events contested at I-30.
Gary Wright has enjoyed the most success at I-30 with a dozen triumphs, with his most recent Little Rock success including Speedweek and Short Track Nationals prelim wins in 2008.
Tony Bruce, Jr., has enjoyed the most success recently at I-30 Speedway, topping the last two editions of the track’s prestigious Short Track Nationals while also capturing the 2009 leg of ASCS Speedweek, which didn’t count as an official National win. Both STN triumphs were worth $15,000 to the Liberal shoe.
Saturday marks the third and final one-night stand at I-30 Speedway leading into October’s Short Track Nationals, with Oklahoma shoes Zach Chappell (non-stop 35-lapper on April 10) and Brady Bacon (June 5) victorious in the previous two stops.
I-30 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Gary Wright 12, Tim Crawley 4, Garry Lee Maier 4, Terry Gray 3, Jason Johnson 3, Wayne Johnson 3, Mike Ward 3, Tony Bruce, Jr. 2, Travis Rilat 2, Shane Stewart 2, Brady Bacon 1, Pete Butler 1, Zach Chappell 1, Ricky Logan 1, Jason Meyers 1, Eric Sandage 1, Tim Shaffer 1, Nick Smith 1.
I-30 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Mike Ward (5/15/93), Tim Crawley (6/24/93), Terry Gray (7/17/93), Garry Lee Maier (6/18/94), Garry Lee Maier (8/13/94), Terry Gray (5/20/95), Ricky Logan (6/24/95), Gary Wright (7/15/95), Mike Ward (5/18/96), Garry Lee Maier (6/15/96), Garry Lee Maier (8/3/96), Mike Ward (5/17/97), Gary Wright (6/14/97), Wayne Johnson (9/26/97), Wayne Johnson (9/27/97), Gary Wright (5/16/98), Terry Gray (6/13/98), Eric Sandage (8/25/01), Pete Butler (6/22/02), Gary Wright (7/13/02), Gary Wright (9/21/02), Gary Wright (6/21/03), Tim Crawley (7/12/03), Shane Stewart (9/6/03), Gary Wright (6/5/04), Travis Rilat (7/10/04), Gary Wright (8/28/04), Tim Crawley (6/11/05), Gary Wright (7/9/05), Travis Rilat (10/1/05), Jason Johnson (7/29/06), Jason Johnson (4/28/07), Gary Wright (7/14/07), Shane Stewart (10/25/07), Tim Shaffer (10/26/07), Jason Meyers (10/27/07), Nick Smith (4/26/08), Gary Wright (7/12/08), Gary Wright (10/23/08), Tim Crawley (10/24/08), Tony Bruce, Jr. (10/25/08), Wayne Johnson (11/5/09), Jason Johnson (11/6/09), Tony Bruce, Jr. (11/7/09), Zach Chappell (4/10/10), Brady Bacon (6/5/10).
Current Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters Points: Top Twenty: 1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 2,033, 2. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,966, 3. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,942, 4. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,881, 5. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,795, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,772, 7. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 1,769, 8. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 1,722, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,717, 10. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 1,643, 11. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,606, 12. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 1,430, 13. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,420, 14. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,417, 15. (tie) Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) and Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 1,344, 17. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 1,152, 18. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 1,099, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 823, 20. Brian Brown (Grain Valley, MO) 658.
Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,717, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,606, 3. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,420, 4. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,417, 5. (tie) Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) and Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 1,344.
2010 Lucas Oil Sprint Car Feature Winners: Brady Bacon 4, Shane Stewart 4, Jason Johnson 4, Zach Chappell 2, Brian Brown 1, Matt Covington 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters – A Look Ahead:
September 25- Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
October 1 – Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR)
October 2 – Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR)
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Dustin Daggett Dominant with ASCS Patriots at Ohsweken
Tommy Goudge, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 20, 2010) - Dustin Daggett once again dominated at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night, claiming the ASCS vs. Corr/Pak Sprint Car Challenge feature by more than five seconds over second place Travis Cunningham.
Travis Cunningham and Bubba Broderick shared the front row for the twenty-five lap feature, and Travis Cunningham got out to the early lead while Dustin Daggett moved from fifth to third on the first lap. Daggett moved by Broderick on lap four and set his sights on Cunningham out front, and Dave Dykstra got by Broderick for third on lap seven.
Cunningham was sticking to the bottom groove while Daggett worked the top side. Daggett made his move for the lead around the outside on lap ten and immediately switched to the low groove to extend his lead. The only stoppage of the race occurred on lap seventeen when Jared Zimbardi spun and did a slow rollover in turn four.
The race restarted with two lapped machines between leader Daggett and second place Cunningham, and Daggett drove away on the restart to lead the rest of the way. Cunningham settled for second, followed by Bryan Howland, Dykstra, and Broderick.
"We've found something that works here, and I don't know what we could have done to make the car any faster tonight," said Daggett in victory lane. "The thing was hooked up and on a rail. The crew did a great job getting this thing ready.
Cunningham was happy with second, highest finisher of Ohsweken's weekly Corr/Pak Merchandising division.
"I'm gonna get one, I promise," said the sophomore driver. "I just stuck to my game plan. I stink up top, so run the bottom and hope she goes good."
Howland extended his points lead in the ASCS Patriot standings by finishing third while second place Jared Zimbardi had trouble.
"That's not really the way you wanna do it," said Howland afterwards. "When he's over here on his side, that's not the way you want to gain on points. Jared's a good friend of mine so you don't want to see that, but by the same token it was a good run for us."
Heat races for the thirty-eight car field were claimed by Kyle Moffit, Jared Zimbardi, Bryan Howland, and Don Adamczyk. Dain Naida and Glenn Styres claimed the B-Main victories.
A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Dustin Daggett (2M), 2. Travis Cunningham (71), 3. Bryan Howland (51), 4. Dave Dykstra (5D), 5. Bubba Broderick (5B), 6. Tim Kelly (12), 7. Don Adamczyk (21), 8. Mike Ling (7x), 9. Alain Bergeron (8B), 10. Jim Huppunen (14H), 11. Ryan Grubaugh (3w), 12. Kevin Job (21x), 13. Dylan Swiernik (7c), 14. Glenn Styres (0), 15. Todd Hoddick (49), 16. Todd Hoddick (49), 17. Kyle Patrick (33k), 18. Chris Jones (11J), 19. Jamie Turner (11), 20. Mitchell Brown (10), 21. Kyle Moffit (7), 22. Jared Zimbardi (35), 23. Tom Huppunen (7A), 24. Gregg Dalman (49T).
Lap Leaders- Cunningham 1-10, Daggett 11-25
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Merrittville’s ASCS Patriot Event Falls to Rain
Rich Vleck, THOROLD, Ont. (August 21, 2010)- A dreary day in Southern Ontario ended miserably for fans and teams alike as the ASCS Patriot event as part of the Fine Touch Collision King of the Golden Horseshoe Series was washed out.
As has been the case in the two prior Patriot shows at Merrittville, 25 cars filled the pits with a nice mix of Patriot regulars, locals and others. The cars hit the D-shaped oval for hot laps, with rookie Dylan Swiernik the quickest of the group.
Just as the first heat was rolling on to the racetrack, a light sprinkle developed just enough precipitation to force the cars pitside. The light rain would continue but with heavy rain imminent, the speedway officials made the correct call to cancel at approximately 7:30 P.M.
The event unfortunately can not be made up this season with the Patriots running each Saturday though the balance of Merrittville’s season. Race teams and others in the pits are encouraged to save their pit passes for next year’s show.
The Fine Touch Collision King of the Golden Horseshoe Series will conclude on Thursday, September 16 at Ohsweken. While it will be a non-points race for the championship picture, it will pay points for this mini series.
The Patriots return to action this Saturday at Stateline Speedway for the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Championship. For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com or www.ASCSracing.com.
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