From Dick Jordan
Indianapolis, IN — The 2010 USAC National Ford Focus championship will be contested this Saturday at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring and pre-entries indicated a strong contingent of Western and Midwestern talent will vie for the crown.
Midwest Pavement Champion Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. will challenge Western Ford Focus Pavement leader Cody Gerhardt of Madera, Calif., Utah champion Michael Daniels of Magna, Utah and Western Focus Young Guns Pavement leader Brandon White of Eureka, Calif. in the race, with the winner’s name targeted for inscription on the Henry Ford Sweepstakes Trophy and the winner invited to the December 3 USAC “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet in Indianapolis, Ind.
Pre-entries already include drivers from California, Utah, Oregon, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia.
The program will also feature Western Focus Young Guns racing and will actually offer points toward eight additional championships, the Western, Western Pavement, Northern California and Southern California titles, in both the Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns series.
Tech inspection and “test and tune” opportunities are available at LVMS on Thursday and Friday, with practice commencing at 11:15 am Saturday. Qualifying is set for 1:20 pm and races start at 3 pm. A pair of “qualifying races” are scheduled prior to the 35-lap National Championship finale.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-801, 2-Jake Blackhurst-789, 3-Kyle O’Gara-675, 4-Tyler Cottongim-641, 5-Jessica Bean-569, 6-Toby Alfrey-547, 7-Andy Nock-526, 8-Scott Hunter-477, 9-Nick Drake-454, 10-Eric Rankine-404.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-472, 2-Jake Blackhurst-403, 3-Eric Rankine-371, 4-Jessica Bean-361, 5-Kyle O’Gara-320, 6-Bill Kriegbaum-288, 7-Toby Alfrey-221, 8-Ross Rankine-183, 9-Byron Stowe-168, 10-Brunson Behning-167.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-677, 2-Joe Liguori-620, 3-Tyler Cottongim-546, 4-Kyle O’Gara-513, 5-Andy Nock-417, 6-Tate Martz-398, 7-Nick Drake-342 8-Scott Hunter-341, 9-Justin Hommel-306, 10-Geoff Gerline-295.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-801, 2-Chuck Groat-632, 3-Ron Duncombe-553, 4-J.R. Williams-539, 5-Terra Brower-499, 6-Connor Kassik-477, 7-Gregg Fuette-456, 8-Austin Luttmer-445, 9-Jeremy McKenna-397, 10-Cody Gerhardt-351.
FINAL USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-764, 2-Nick Drake-705, 3-Justin Hommel-659, 4-Chris Lamb-587, 5-Tyler Corriher-561, 6-Jarett Andretti-492, 7-Jake Blackhurst-370, 8-Cody Acton-369, 9-Tyler Cottongim-356, 10-Billy Gaule-313.
FINAL USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-1,026, 2-Nick Drake-870, 3-Justin Hommel-843, 4-Tyler Corriher-668, 5-Chris Lamb-605, 6-Jarett Andretti-536, 7-Tyler Cottongim-356, 8-Cody Acton-321, 9-Billy Gaule-313, 10-Jake Blackhurst-313.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-794, 2-Cody Gerhardt-770, 3-Michael Daniels-731, 4-Kyle Edwards-711, 5-Bobby Runyan-699, 6-Jet Davison-680, 7-Andrew Mulhearn-644, 8-Cody Thompson-637, 9-Chuck Groat-632, 10-Keegan Walmer-620.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-1,028, 2-Bobby Runyan-907, 3-Cody Thompson-637, 4-Keegan Walmer-620, 5-Garrett Peterson-598, 6-Eli Schrock-523, 7-Austin Farley-498, 8-Connor Kassik-470, 9-Shawn Buckley-418, 10-J.R. Williams-370.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-890, 2-Kyle Edwards-785, 3-Jet Davison-722, 4-Andrew Mulhearn-644, 5-Andrew Murray-594,6-Wally Pankratz-504 , 7-Zach Stout-486, 8-Tony Cinque-426, 9-Jake Blackhurst-272, 10-Kalvin Douglas-167.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-627, 2-Cody Thompson-603, 3-Garrett Peterson-598, 4-Keegan Walmer-589, 5-Bobby Runyan-507, 6-Courtney Atkinson-255, 7-Tim Skoglund-247, 8-Connor Kassik-245, 9-J.R. Williams-204, 10-Austin Farley-193.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-577, 2-Bobby Runyan-535, 3-Eli Schrock-523, 4-Austin Farley-498, 5-Shawn Buckley-418, 6-Jessica Clark-310, 7-Cody Thompson-279, 8-Keegan Walmer-262, 9-Kyle Edwards-262, 10-Connor Kassik-238.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-758, 2-Brandon White-750, 3-Casey Martinez-748, 4-Alex Jacobsen-728, 5-Collin Henry-629, 6-Keegan Walmer-609, 7-Daniel Williams-586, 8-Cody Thompson-553, 9-Austin Farley-501, 10-Logan Williams-471.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Casey Martinez-846, 2-Jarid Blondel-834, 3-Alex Jacobsen-825, 4-Collin Henry-666, 5-Daniel Williams-586, 6-Logan Williams-471, 7-Bradley Morris-458, 8-Winn Frazin-326, 9-Tanner Kershaw-310, 10-Cole Custer-119.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-814, 2-Keegan Walmer-609, 3-Cody Thompson-553, 4-Austin Farley-501, 5-Jarid Blondel-381, 6-Courtney Atkinson-312, 7-Jessica Clark-269, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Jimmy Moon-57.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-438, 2-Keegan Walmer-425, 3-Cody Thompson-392, 4-Courtney Atkinson-312, 5-Austin Farley-126, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Shon Gooden-55, 9-Jarid Blondel-53, 10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Austin Farley-439, 2-Brandon White-430, 3-Jarid Blondel-381, 4-Jessica Clark-269, 5-Keegan Walmer-184, 6-Cody Thompson-161, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68, 9-Jimmy Moon-57, 10-Alex Jacobsen-45.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-519, 2-Ross Rankine-497, 3-Stevie Kuhn-441, 4-Gage Walker-422, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Derrick Morris-105, 9-Mike Gass-95, 10-Tyler Shullick-61.
FINAL USAC CAROLINA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jesse Little-398, 2-Adam Brown-343, 3-Austin Prock-321, 4-Ryan Ayers-128, 5-Brendon Bock-125, 6-Jamie Cox-107, 7-Stephen Bergh Jr.-60, 8-Cole Custer-6.