By Dick Jordan
USAC’s Carolina, Midwest and Western Ford Focuses all see action this week with events slated at Concord, N.C., Plymouth, Ind. and Perris, Calif.
The Carolina Ford Focus and Young Guns series return to Concord Speedway for Thursday night’s program, while Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway hosts Thursday’s Midwest events. Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts Saturday’s Western races.
Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. and Jesse Little of Sherrills Ford, N.C. scored USAC feature victories in Wednesday night’s USAC Eastern/Carolina Ford Focus and Young Guns racing program at Concord (N.C.) Speedway. Drake, the son of USAC’s Jay Drake, led all 40 laps to win the Ford Focus feature in his Haas/SEM Johnsens Beast. Eastern point leader Scott Hunter took second ahead of Justin Hommel, Chris Lamb and Rick Fedrizzi. Little, son of NASCAR’s Chad Little, led all 25 laps to win the Young Guns feature over Brendon Bock, Stephen Bergh Jr. and Adam Brown.
USAC Midwest Ford Focus point leader Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. led all but the first lap of Saturday night’s 20-lap feature at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. Liguori and his Pit Stop Bar-B-Q and Grill Beast were trailed at the checkered flag by Jake Blackhurst, Alfred Galedrige Jr., Eric Rankine and Jessica Bean. Bean led the opening lap of the race.
Chuck Groat of West Valley City, Utah won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City. Groat passed Bobby Runyan on lap 18 and led to the checkered flag to beat Western Ford Focus point leader Cody Gerhardt, Ron Duncombe, Gregg Fuette and Austin Luttmer. Runyan led 15 laps, Gerhardt led two and Groat, the night’s fastest qualifier, led the last eight.
The Utah Ford Focus Series resumes August 7 at RMR.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-752, 2-Jake Blackhurst-740, 3-Kyle O’Gara-576, 4-Tyler Cottongim-572, 5-Toby Alfrey-432, 6-Jessica Bean-390, 7-Scott Hunter-366, 8-Andy Nock-360, 9-Nick Drake-340, 10-Tate Martz-339.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-269, 2-Jake Blackhurst-254, 3-Eric Rankine-217, 4-Jessica Bean-182, 5-Toby Alfrey-171, 6-Tyler Cottongim-160, 7-Bill Kriegbaum-149, 8-Kyle O’Gara-148, 9-Josh Staten-125, 10-Alfred Galedrige Jr.-121.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-477, 2-Jake Blackhurst-472, 3-Kyle O’Gara-404, 4-Tyler Cottongim-393, 5-Tate Martz-339, 6-Andy Nock-312, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby Alfrey-261, 9-Justin Hommel-235, 10-Scott Hunter-230.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-482, 2-Connor Kassik-379, 3-J.R. Williams-333, 4-Chuck Groat-324, 5-Bobby Runyan-302, 6-Terra Brower-300, 7-Cody Gerhardt-295, 8-Ron Duncombe-264, 9-Kipp Posey-262, 10-Eli Schrock-248.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Hunter, Scott-575, 2-Drake, Nick-505, 3-Hommel, Justin-437, 4-Corriher, Tyler-301, 5-Lamb, Chris-300, 6-Riethmeyer, Bradley-257, 7-Acton, Cody-231, 8-Blackhurst, Jake-231, 9-Intravaia, Steven-230, 10-Liguori, Joe-178.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-507, 2-Nick Drake-439, 3-Justin Hommel-395, 4-Tyler Corriher-261, 5-Chris Lamb-250, 6-Bradley Riethmeyer-184, 7-Cody Acton-183, 8-Joe Liguori-178, 9-Jake Blackhurst-174, 10-Steven Intravaia-172.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-749, 2-Bobby Runyan-668, 3-Kyle Edwards-633, 4-Connor Kassik-538, 5-Michael Daniels-482, 6-Nick Carlson-445, 7-J.R. Williams-440, 8-Garrett Peterson-402, 9-Andrew Mulhearn-401, 10-Jet Davison-395.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-682, 2-Bobby Runyan-625, 3-Garrett Peterson-402, 4-Cody Thompson-386, 5-Connor Kassik-371, 6-Keegan Walmer-366, 7-Eli Schrock-355, 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-402, 2-Cody Gerhardt-393, 3-Cody Thompson-352, 4-Keegan Walmer-335, 5-Bobby Runyan-327, 6-Tim Skoglund-247, 7-Courtney Atkinson-217, 8-Connor Kassik-178, 9-Dennis Simunovich-141, 10-J.R. Williams-107.
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-568, 3-Alex Jacobsen-434, 4-Casey Martinez-428, 5-Keegan Walmer-398, 6-Cody Thompson-379, 7-Collin Henry-349, 8-Austin Farley-312, 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-568, 2-Keegan Walmer-398, 3-Cody Thompson-379, 4-Austin Farley-312, 5-Jarid Blondel-278, 6-Courtney Atkinson-248, 7-Jessica Clark-212, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Shon Gooden-55.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-307, 2-Keegan Walmer-279, 3-Cody Thompson-263, 4-Courtney Atkinson-245, 5-Austin Farley-64, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-52,10-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.
USAC CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jesse Little-67, 2-Brendon Bock-65, 3-Stephen Bergh Jr.-60, 4-Adam Brown-57.