By Dick Jordan
The Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway hosts the USAC Midwest and Eastern Ford Focus Midgets on its third-mile oval this weekend as part of the “JEGS Crown Midget Supernationals.” The event also features the USAC Mopar National Midgets and Midwest Focus Young Guns and the Mopar .25 Midgets will also compete on the smaller Columbus oval.
Joining Columbus on the weekend USAC Ford Focus calendar are Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, where the Western Ford Focus and Young Guns will race, and Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Western/Utah series will compete, both Saturday night.
Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. continued his winning ways in the USAC Midwest Ford Focus Dirt series Friday night, scoring his third straight victory in a 20-lapper at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Liguori passed Toby Alfrey on lap 17 and led the final four laps in his Pit Stop Bar-B-Q & Grill Beast to beat Brunson Behning, Jessica Bean, Eric Rankine and Kyle O’Gara.
Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. won Saturday night’s 40-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus race at Toledo Speedway, leading the final 13 laps in his Kitchen Cooked/Schroth Racing Beast. Andy Nock finished second ahead of O’Gara, Toby Alfrey and Kent Kriegbaum. Bean, who led the first 27 laps, finished sixth. O’Gara was the fastest qualifier.
Keegan Walmer of Portland, Ore. and Cody Thompson of Fremont, Calif. were winners in USAC Ford Focus action Saturday night at the Stockton 99 Speedway. Walmer won the first of two 40-lap Ford Focus races and the 20-lap Focus Young Guns feature, while Thompson won the second 40-lap Ford Focus feature. Thompson finished second in the Focus opener, followed by Austin Farley, Cody Gerhardt and Bobby Runyan, In the Focus nightcap, Walmer was second ahead of Gerhardt, Runyan and Nick Carlson. In the Young Guns main, Walmer was trailed by Thompson, Farley and Brandon White.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-801, 2-Jake Blackhurst-766,3-Kyle O’Gara-662, 4-Tyler Cottongim-606, 5-Jessica Bean-569, 6-Toby Alfrey-535, 7-Andy Nock-463, 8-Tate Martz-398, 9-Eric Rankine-404, 10-Scott Hunter-366.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-472, 2-Jake Blackhurst-403, 3-Eric Rankine-371, 4-Jessica Bean-361, 5-Kyle O’Gara-320, 6-Bill Kriegbaum-288, 7-Toby Alfrey-221, 8-Ross Rankine-183, 9-Byron Stowe-168, 10-Brunson Behning-167.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Jake Blackhurst-538, 2-Joe Liguori-531, 3-Kyle O’Gara-452, 4-Tyler Cottongim-451, 5-Tate Martz-398; 6-Andy Nock-358, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby Alfrey-261, 9-Jessica Bean-247, 10-Justin Hommel-235.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-740, 2-Chuck Groat-569, 3-J.R. Williams-503, 4-Ron Duncombe-493, 5-Connor Kassik-477, 6-Terra Brower-464, 7-Austin Luttmer-418, 8-Jeremy McKenna-397, 9-Gregg Fuette-393, 10-Bobby Runyan-302.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-758, 2-Nick Drake-691, 3-Justin Hommel-637, 4-Chris Lamb-559, 5-Tyler Corriher-531, 6-Jarett Andrett-371, 7-Cody Acton-369, 8-Eric Coomes-281, 9-Billy Gaule-272, 10-Tyler Cottongim-261.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-849, 2-Nick Drake-756, 3-Justin Hommel-710, 4-Tyler Corriher-548, 5-Chris Lamb-545, 6-Jarett Andrett-371, 7-Cody Acton-321, 8-Billy Gaule-272, 9-Tyler Cottongim-261, 10-Shane MacMillan-230.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-818, 2-Nick Carlson-798, 3-Bobby Runyan-749, 4-Michael Daniels-708, 5-Kyle Edwards-687, 6-Cody Thompson-575, 7-Chuck Groat-569, 8-Keegan Walmer-562, 9-Connor Kassik-561, 10-Garrett Peterson-550.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-966, 2-Bobby Runyan-879, 3-Cody Thompson-575, 4-Keegan Walmer-562, 5-Garrett Peterson-550, 6-Eli Schrock-499, 7-Austin Farley-456, 8-Connor Kassik-443, 9-Shawn Buckley-385, 10-J.R. Williams-370.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-702, 2-Kyle Edwards-617, 3-Jet Davison-547, 4-Andrew Murray-487, 5-Andrew Mulhearn-485, 6-Zach Stout-387, 7-Wally Pankratz-365, 8-Tony Cinque-277, 9-Jake Blackhurst-272, 10-Kalvin Douglas-125.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-565, 2-Garrett Peterson-550, 3-Cody Thompson-541, 4-Keegan Walmer-531, 5-Bobby Runyan-479, 6-Courtney Atkinson-255, 7-Tim Skoglund-247, 8-Connor Kassik-218, 9-J.R. Williams-204, 10-Austin Farley-151.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-515, 2-Bobby Runyan-507, 3-Eli Schrock-499, 4-Austin Farley-456, 5-Shawn Buckley-385, 6-Jessica Clark-271, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Cody Thompson-217, 9-Connor Kassik-211, 10-Keegan Walmer-204.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-750, 2-Jarid Blondel-745, 3-Casey Martinez-665, 4-Alex Jacobsen-656, 5-Keegan Walmer-544, 6-Cody Thompson-508, 7-Collin Henry-502, 8-Daniel Williams-462, 9-Austin Farley-440, 10-Logan Williams-384.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-667, 2-Casey Martinez-665, 3-Alex Jacobsen-656, 4-Collin Henry-502, 5-Daniel Williams-462, 6-Logan Williams-384, 7-Bradley Morris-358, 8-Winn Frazin-232, 9-Tanner Kershaw-201, 10-Jake Blackhurst-112.
USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-761 , 2-Keegan Walmer-544, 3-Cody Thompson-508, 4-Austin Farley-440, 5-Jarid Blondel-333, 6-Courtney Atkinson-312, 7-Jessica Clark-212, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Jimmy Moon-57.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-438, 2-Keegan Walmer-425, 3-Cody Thompson-392, 4-Courtney Atkinson-309, 5-Austin Farley-126, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Jarid Blondel-53, 9-Shon Gooden-52, 20-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-377, 2-Austin Farley-378, 3-Jarid Blondel-333, 4-Jessica Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68, 9-Jimmy Moon-57.
USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-443, 2-Ross Rankine-427, 3-Stevie Kuhn-387, 4-Gage Walker-358, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Mike Gass-95, 9-Jarett Andretti-52, 10-Derrick Morris-51.