The USAC Midwest, Carolina and Western Ford Focus Series continue their 2010 campaigns this weekend with races scheduled at Kik-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio and Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway (Midwest-Carolina) and Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway (Western). The Stockton events include the Western Young Guns as part of a program also involving USAC Western Sprints and Midgets.
Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. (Midwest), Scott Hunter of Concord, N.C. (Carolina) and Kyle Edwards of Fountain Valley, Calif. are the respective point leaders.
Blackhurst and Max McGee of Camby, Ind. won USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns features during “Mack McClellan Night” at the Indianapolis Speedrome Wednesday night. Joe Liguori (Ford Focus) and Cooper Clouse (Young Guns) ended up as track champions in the process. Blackhurst passed Andy Nock on the 27th lap and led the final 14 laps to win the 40-lap Ford Focus race in his Kitchen Cooked/Schroth Racing Beast, beating Nock, Nick Drake, Liguori and Kyle O’Gara. In the Young Guns feature, McGee led all 25 laps in his Pit Stop Bar-B-Q/C & R Racing Beast to beat Austin Prock, Clouse, Brendon Bock and Ross Rankine
Blackhurst then led all but the first lap of Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus feature at Gas City I-69 Speedway after leader Eric Rankine spun on the second lap of the race. Trailing Blackhurst’s Kitchen Cooked Beast were Liguori, Alfred Galedrige Jr., O’Gara and Toby Alfrey.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-648, 2-Joe Liguori-622, 3-Tyler Cottongim-487, 4-Kyle O’Gara-439, 5-Toby Alfrey-372, 6-Tate Martz-339, 7-John Heydenreih-316, 8-Andy Nock-289, 9-Jessica Bean-285, 10-Scott Hunter-244.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-205, 2-Jake Blackhurst-191, 3-Toby Alfrey-171, 4-Eric Rankine-161, 5-Tyler Cottongim-160, 6-Jessica Bean-131, 7-Josh Staten-125, 8-John Heydenreich-111, 9-Kyle O’Gara-108, 10-Bill Kriegbaum-107.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-358, 2-Jake Blackhurst-349, 3-Tate Martz-339, 4-Kyle O’Gara-304, 5-Tyler Cottongim-298, 6-Geoff Gerline-241, 7-Andy Nock-231, 8-John Heydenreich-205, 9-Toby Alfrey-201, 10-Jessica Bean-154.
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-Cody Gerhardt-611, 3-Bobby Runyan-573, 4-Connor Kassik-536, 5-Michael Daniels-523, 6-Nick Carlson-445, 7-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 8-Jet Davison-395, 9-J.R. Williams-375, 10-Eli Schrock-355.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-611, 2-Bobby Runyan-573, 3-Eli Schrock-355, 4-Garrett Peterson-340, 5-Connor Kassik-329, 6-Cody Thompson-319, 7-Keegan Walmer-307, 8-Kyle Edwards-305, 9-Austin Farley-293, 10-Jessica Clark-289.
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-340, 2-Cody Gerhardt-322, 3-Cody Thompson-285,4-Keegan Walmer-276, 5-Bobby Runyan-275, 6-Tim Skoglund-183, 7-Courtney Atkinson-180, 8-Dennis Simunovich-141, 9-Connor Kassik-139, 10-Kyle Edwards-104.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Eli Schrock-355, 2-Cody Gerhardt-354, 3-Bobby Runyan-346, 4-Austin Farley-293, 5-Shawn Buckley-258, 6-Jessica Clark-246, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Connor Kassik-211, 9-Michael Daniels-171, 10-J.R. Williams-130.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-706, 2-Brandon White-512, 3-Alex Jacobsen-434, 4-Casey Martinez-428, 5-Keegan Walmer-334, 6-Austin Farley-312, 7-Cody Thompson-311, 8-Collin Henry-292, 9-Daniel Williams-286, 10-Logan Williams-286.
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-512, 2-Keegan Walmer-334, 3-Austin Farley-312, 4-Cody Thompson-311, 5-Jarid Blondel-278, 6-Jessica Clark-212, 7-Courtney Atkinson-188, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-55.
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-Brandon White-315, 2-Austin Farley-312, 3-Jarid Blondel-278, 4-Jessica Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-375, 2-Ross Rankine-362, 3-Stevie Kuhn-328, 4-Gage Walker-284, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Mike Gass-95, 9-Jarett Andretti-52, 10-Derrick Morris-51.