From Dick Jordan
Ford Focus racing occurs on three fronts this week, with races in Indiana, Nevada and California. The Midwest Ford Focus and Young Guns race Wednesday night as part of “Ted Hines Night” at the Indianapolis (Ind.) Speedrome, while the Western/Utah series competes at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring Thursday night. Saturday night the Western Pavement and Young Guns series are at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif.
Tyler Cottongim of Avon, Ind. and Cooper Clouse of Ohio City, Ohio raced to USAC Ford Focus feature wins in last Wednesday night’s “Michael Lang Night” racing program at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Cottongim won the 40-lap Midwest Ford Focus feature in his Pit Stop Bar & Grill Beast and Clouse won the 25-lap Young Guns feature in his Peterbuilt of NW Ohio Hawk. Cottongim passed Tyler Corriher on lap two and led the rest of the way to beat Corriher, Scott Hunter, Justin Hommel and Tate Martz. Clouse passed Gage Walker on lap 11 and led the final 15 laps of the Young Guns race to beat Max McGee, Ross Rankine, Walker and Stevie Kuhn.
Michael Daniels of Magna, Utah passed Kipp Posey on lap 22 and led the final four laps to win Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus feature event at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniels was also the fastest qualifier and leads the Utah Ford Focus series standings. Posey took second ahead of Chuck Groat, Austin Luttmer and Jeremy McKenna.
Nick Carlson of Norwalk, Calif. and Jarid Blondel of Orange, Calif. scored USAC feature victories in Ford Focus action Saturday night at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway. Carlson won the Western/Dirt Ford Focus feature, leading all but the first two laps of the 20-lapper to beat Andrew Murray, Wally Pankratz, Andrew Mulhearn and Western point leader Kyle Edwards. Jet Davison led the first two laps but finished sixth. Blondel passed Casey Martinez on the sixth lap of the 20-lap Young Guns feature to post the win over Martinez, Daniel Williams, Alex Jacobsen and Logan Williams.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-442, 2-Joe Liguori-438, 3-Tyler Cottongim-362, 4-Kyle O’Gara-268, 5-Toby Alfrey-245, 6-Tate Martz-243, 7-John Heydenreich-242, 8-Scott Hunter-197, 9-Andy Nock-191, 10-Geoff Gerline-160.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Ligori-136, 2-Jake Blackhurst-120, 3-Toby Alfrey-119, 4-John Heydenreich-111, 5-Eric Rankine-111, 6-Tyler Cottongim-103, 7-Josh Staten-89, 8-Ronnie Wuerdeman-88, 9-Jessica Bean-80, 10-Bill Kriegbaum-75.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tate Martz-243, 2-Joe Liguori-243, 3-Tyler Cottongim-220, 4-Jake Blackhurst-214, 5-Kyle O’Gara-191, 6-Geoff Gerline-160, 7-Andy Nock-133, 8-John Heydenreich-131, 9-Toby Alfrey-126, 10-Michael May-93.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-412, 2-Connor Kassik-320, 3-J.R. Williams-266, 4-Kipp Posey-262, 5-Chuck Groat-250, 6-Terra Brower-228, 7-Ron Duncombe-206, 8-Bobby Runyan-188, 9-Eli Schrock-187, 10-Jeff Kelley-179.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-388, 2-Nick Drake-333, 3-Justin Hommel-290, 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-257, 5-Cody Acton-231, 6-Steven Intravaia-230, 7-Tyler Corriher-208, 8-Chris Lamb-182, 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 10-Jake Blackhurst-108.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-320, 2-Nick Drake-267, 3-Justin Hommel-248, 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-184, 5-Cody Acton-183, 6-Steven Intravaia-172, 7-Tyler Corriher-168, 8-Jeremy Frankoski-157, 9-Chris Lamb-132, 10-Brad Noffsinger-97.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Kyle Edwards-633, 2-Connor Kassik-536, 3-Cody Gerhardt-483, 4-Bobby Runyan-454, 5-Nick Carlson-445, 6-Michael Daniels-412, 7-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 8-Jet Davison-395, 9-J.R. Williams-344, 10-Andrew Murray-282.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-483, 2-Bobby Runyan-454, 3-Connor Kassik-284, 4-Kyle Edwards-280, 5-Garrett Peterson-279, 6-Eli Schrock-248, 7-Keegan Walmer-234, 8-Cody Thompson-232, 9-Jessica Clark-209, 10-Shawn Buckley-190.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-445, 2-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 3-Jet Davison-395, 4-Kyle Edwards-390, 5-Andrew Murray-282, 6-Zach Stout-224, 7-Wally Pankratz-204, 8-Jake Blackhurst-151, 9-Kalvin Douglas-125, 10-Connor Kassik-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Garrett Peterson-279, 2-Cody Gerhardt-257, 3-Keegan Walmer-234, 4-Cody Thompson-232, 5-Bobby Runyan-227, 6-Courtney Atkinson-180, 7-Dennis Simunovich-141, 8-Tim Skoglund-123, 9-Connor Kassik-118, 10-Greg Paul-89.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-248, 2-Bobby Runyan-227, 3-Cody Gerhardt-226, 4-Kyle Edwards-201, 5-Shawn Buckley-190, 6-Austin Farley-182, 7-Jessica Clark-166, 8-Connor Kassik-166, 9-Michael Daniels-133, 10-J.R. Williams-99.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-598, 2-Alex Jacobsen-434, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Brandon White-384, 5-Collin Henry-292, 6-Daniel Williams-286, 7-Logan Williams-286, 8-Winn Frazin-249, 9-Courtney Atkinson-249, 10-Keegan Walmer-215.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Alex Jacobsen-434, 2-Jarid Blondel-428, 3-Casey Martinez-428, 4-Collin Henry-342, 5-Daniel Williams-286, 6-Logan Williams-286, 7-Bradley Morris-205, 8-Tanner Kershaw-156, 9-Winn Frazin-141, 10-Al Simpson-87.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-382, 2-Keegan Walmer-213, 3-Austin Farley-194, 4-Cody Thompson-193, 5-Courtney Atkinson-183, 6-Jarid Blondel-170, 7-Jessica Clark-116, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-50.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-249, 2-Keegan Walmer-213, 3-Cody Thompson-193, 4-Courtney Atkinson-183, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-50, 10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Austin Farley-194, 2-Brandon White-187, 3-Jarid Blondel-170, 4-Jessica Clark-116, 5-Winn Frazin-108, 6-Tanner Long-68.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-261, 2-Ross Rankine-249, 3-Gage Walker-236, 4-Stevie Kuhn-228, 5-Max McGee-61, 6-Jarett Andretti-52, 7-Derrick Morris-51.