By Lonnie Wheatley
WACO, Texas (July 23, 2010) – Current American Sprint Car Series Gulf South points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek represented his series well by winning Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South vs. ASCS Lone Star main event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
The 2005 ASCS Gulf South champ raced from the front row outside starting position to claim his first win of the year and tenth Gulf South score of his career in the opening leg of the Gulf South vs. Lone Star Showdown.
Kulhanek raced to the stripe in David Miller’s 105 Machine & Custom-powered Miller’s RV Park/Smiley’s Racing Products No. 21T J&J ahead of Skip Wilson, with Gary Wright claiming the show position.
Claud Estes crossed the stripe in fourth, with Kolt Walker rounding out the top five. Preston Peebles II was sixth, with Joshua Hodges, 18th-starter Tommy Bryant, 20th-starter Brandon Corn and Martin Edwards completing the top ten.
Hodges, Wright, Edwards, Kulhanek, Walker and Chris Sweeney topped heat race action for the 42-car field, with Justin Melton and Eric Baldaccini winning the “B” Mains.
ASCS Gulf South vs. Lone Star Results from Heart O’ Texas Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 79-Charlie McDonald, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 69h-Larry Howery, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 7w-Dustin Welch.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 51s-Beau Smith, 3. 30-Brandon Corn, 4. 20-Chad Wilson, 5. 25-Brian McClelland, 6. 26-Dalton Steed, 7. 88-Scottie McDonald.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Martin Edwards, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 5. 30x-Bean Elliott, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 5c-Chris Coker.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 74e-Claud Estes, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 67-Rodney Henderson. DNS: 15T-Travis Elliott, 28-James Cooper.
Fifth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 8-Bruce Crockett, 5. 51w-Wes Miller, 6. 19-Klint Angelette. DNS: 36-John Pate.
Sixth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 3-Gary Watson, 3. 31-Brandon Berryman, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 77-Colt Treharn, 6. 24-Brandie Jass. DNS: 71t-Shane Thompson.
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 31-Brandon Berryman, 3. 8-Bruce Crockett, 4. 3-Gary Watson, 5. 25-Brian McClelland, 6. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 7. 69h-Larry Howery, 8. 19-Klint Angelette, 9. 77-Colt Treharn, 10. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11. 7w-Dusitn Welch. DNS: 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 36-John Pate, 71t-Shane Thompson.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 30-Brandon Corn, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6. 88-Scottie McDonald, 7. 51w-Wes Miller, 8. 5c-Chris Coker, 9. 24-Brandie Jass, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 30x-Bean Elliott, 12. 67-Rodney Henderson, 13. 26-Dalton Steed, 14. 28-James Cooper.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 9x-Gary Wright, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 7. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 8. 85-Tommy Bryant, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 45x-Martin Edwards, 11. 31-Brandon Berryman, 12. 93-Chris Sweeney, 13. 11-Justin Melton, 14. 51s-Beau Smith, 15. 79-Charlie McDonald, 16. 27-Andy Shouse, 17. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 18. 14-Michael Lang, 19. 20-Chad Wilson, 20. 8-Bruce Crockett.
ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,495, 2. Tommy Bryant 1,434, 3. Brandon Berryman 1,376, 4. Aaron Reutzel 1,355, 5. Scottie McDonald 1,289, 6. Travis Elliott 1,251, 7. Chris Sweeney 1,211, 8. Wes Miller 1,160, 9. Beau Smith 1,079, 10. Logan Bledsoe 1,067.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,403, 2. Claud Estes 1,323, 3. Justin Melton 1,242, 4. Preston Peebles II 1,229, 5. Martin Edwards 1,198, 6. Brandon Corn 1,178, 7. John Ricketts 1,165, 8. Brian McClelland 1,103, 9. Scott Reneau 1,026, 10. Kolt Walker 1,002.