From Lonnie Wheatley, CAMERON, Mo. (July 16, 2010) – Bronson Maeschen snared his second career American Sprint Car Series Midwest feature win by topping Friday night’s 25-lap main event at U.S. 36 Raceway.
Maeschen assumed the lead when Jonathan Cornell suffered a broken shifter on a lap 22 restart and paced the final rounds to secure his first series win of the year.
Maeschen took the checkered flag in front of Eric Lutz, who took over the ASCS Midwest Region points lead with the runner-up finish.
After leading the initial 18 rounds before Cornell squeezed by for the lead, Jon Corbin settled for the show position with Aussie Jamie Veal taking fourth after starting 13th.
Chris Morgan rallied from 17th to round out the top five, with Jordan Boston, Tyler Blank, Frank Brown, Kim Kennedy and Doug Lovegrove completing the top ten.
Cornell, Corbin and Lutz topped Friday night’s heat races.
ASCS Midwest Region Results from U.S. 36 Raceway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 21T-Eric Todd, 5. 43-Frank Brown, 6. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 7. 21-Ryan Kitchen.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9m-Jon Corbin, 2. 10-Mike Trent, 3. 76-Jay Russell, 4. 4-Jordan Boston, 5. 35au-Jamie Veal, 6. 88-J. Kinder, 7. 48-David Brown.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz, 2. 2d-Kim Kennedy, 3. 17-Gage Dorr, 4. 82-Jason Danley, 5. 75-Tyler Blank, 6. 7c-Chris Morgan.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 2. 5-Eric Lutz, 3. 9m-Jon Corbin, 4. 35au-Jamie Veal, 5. 7c-Chris Morgan, 6. 4-Jordan Boston, 7. 75-Tyler Blank, 8. 43-Frank Brown, 9. 2d-Kim Kennedy, 10. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 11. 21T-Eric Todd, 12. 17-Gage Dorr, 13. 21-Ryan Kitchen, 14. 48-David Brown, 15. 10-Mike Trent, 16. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 17. 82-Jason Danley, 18. 88-J. Kinder, 19. 76-Jay Russell. DNS: 11c-Dakota Carroll.
ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Eric Lutz 1,543, 2. Jack Dover 1,517, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,365, 4. Jason Danley 1,092, 5. Tyler Drueke 961, 6. Brian Brown 914, 7. Chad Humston 899, 8. Gage Dorr 885, 9. Lee Grosz 830, 10. Ryan Roberts 812.