By Lonnie Wheatley
PERRIS, Cal. (July 17, 2010) – Jeremy Sherman snapped an American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region victory drought dating back to the latter portion of 2008 by sweeping through Saturday night’s card at Perris Auto Speedway.
The two-time series champion from Surprise, AZ, took his 27th career ASCS Canyon Region from the pole position by winning Saturday night’s 30-lap main event in southern California after winning both his heat and qualifying race earlier in the evening.
Sherman raced to the stripe in front of David Cardey, with current points leader Charles Davis, Jr., Josh Pelkey and Mike Martin rounding out the top five.
Chris Bonneau climbed from 14th to sixth, with Andrew Reinbold, Bruce St. James, Nick Aiuto and 20th-starter Dalten Gabbard completing the top ten.
R.J. Johnson, St. James and Sherman won the heat races, with Sherman, Johnson and Cardey winning the qualifying races. Shon Deskins won the “B” Main.
ASCS Canyon Region Results from Perris Auto Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 37-David Bezio, 3. 9-Brandon Lane, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 93-Justin Quinn, 9. 56-Steve Conrad.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7k-Bruce St. James, 2. 55-Tony Everhart, 3. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 36-Eric Severson, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 71-Harris Brooks, 8. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 9. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 62-David Cardey, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 33-Matt Rossi, 7. 23-Josh Castro, 8. 20L-Matt Lundy, 9. 19x-Brandon Thomson.
First Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 36-Eric Severson, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 37-David Bezio, 6. 9-Brandon Lane, 7. 93-Justin Quinn, 8. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 9. 19x-Brandon Thomson.
Second Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 78-Chris Bonneau, 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 23-Josh Castro, 7. 55-Tony Everhart, 8. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 9. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.
Third Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 62-David Cardey, 2. 33-Matt Rossi, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 7k-Bruce St. James, 5. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 6. 56-Steve Conrad, 7. 20L-Matt Lundy, 8. 71-Harris Brooks, 9. 20-Shon Deskins.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 93-Justin Quinn, 3. 71-Harris Brooks, 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 5. 56-Steve Conrad, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 23-Josh Castro, 8. 20L-Matt Lundy, 9. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 10. 19x-Brandon Thomson, 11. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 62-David Cardey, 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 16-Mike Martin, 6. 78-Chris Bonneau, 7. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James, 9. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 10. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 11. 6-Ronnie Clark, 12. 93-Justin Quinn, 13. 37-David Bezio, 14. 55-Tony Everhart, 15. 71-Harris Brooks, 16. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 17. 33-Matt Rossi, 18. 36-Eric Severson, 19. 9-Brandon Lane, 20. 20-Shon Deskins.
ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,398, 2. Jeremy Sherman 1,252, 3. Mike Martin 1,242, 4. R.J. Johnson 1,212, 5. Josh Pelkey 1,208, 6. Andrew Reinbold 1,181, 7. Ronnie Clark 1,091, 8. Dalten Gabbard 965, 9. Brian Hosford 936, 10. Justin Quinn 881.