By Dick Jordan
The 2010 USAC Western, Midwest, Eastern and Carolina Ford Focuses all compete this weekend as championships will be determined in the final month of the season.
Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts the Western and Western Dirt Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns Saturday night, while Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway is the site of Saturday’s Eastern/Midwest/Carolina race, as well as a “special event” race for the Carolina Young Guns.
It’ll be the “Night of Thunder” at Hickory, saluting former USAC and current NASCAR and Indy Car driver John Andretti. Joe Liguori enters the race as the Midwest leader, while Scott Hunter leads the Eastern and Carolina standings. At Perris, Nick Carlson is atop the Western and Western Dirt Ford Focus points, while Jarid Blondel (Young Guns) and Casey Martinez (Dirt Young Guns) lead their respective standings. Jesse Little is USAC’s 2010 Carolina Focus Young Guns champion.
Carlson, of Norwalk, Calif., and Tanner Kershaw of Oak Park, Calif. found the winners circle Saturday night in USAC Ford Focus racing at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Carlson led all 20 laps of the Focus feature, while Kershaw led all 20 laps of the accompanying Focus Young Guns main event.
Trailing Carlson were Wally Pankratz, Kyle Edwards, Tony Cinque and Jet Davison. In the Young Guns race, Martinez was second ahead of Blondel, Bradley Morris and Alex Jacobsen.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe -Liguori-801, 2-Jake Blackhurst-777, 3-Kyle O’Gara-675, 4-Tyler Cottongim-607, 5-Jessica Bean-569, 6-Toby Alfrey-547, 7-Andy Nock-516, 8-Scott Hunter-418, 9-Eric Rankine-404, 10-Tate Martz-398.
FINAL 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-607, 2-Joe Liguori-569, 3-Kyle O’Gara-513, 4-Tyler Cottongim-482, 5-Andy Nock-411, 6-Tate Martz-398, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby Alfrey-294, 9-Scott Hunter-282, 10-Justin Hommel-281.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Michael Daniels-801, 2-Chuck Groat-632, 3-Ron Duncombe-553, 4-J.R. Williams-539, 5-Terra Brower-499, 6-Connor Kassik-477, 7-Gregg Fuette-456, 8-Austin Luttmer-445, 9-Jeremy McKenna-397, 10-Cody Gerhardt-351.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-764, 2-Nick Drake-693, 3-Justin Hommel-659, 4-Chris Lamb-559, 5-Tyler Corriher-558, 6-Jarett Andretti-461, 7-Cody Acton-327, 8-Jake Blackhurst-300, 9-Billy Gaule-286, 10-Eric Coomes-281.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Scott Hunter-967, 2-Justin Hommel-818, 3-Nick Drake-808, 4-Tyler Corriher-631, 5-Chris Lamb-545, 6-Jarett Andretti-492, 7-Cody Acton-321, 8-Billy Gaule-313, 9-Tyler Cottongim-292, 10-Eric Coomes-281.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-786, 2-Cody Gerhardt-770, 3-Michael Daniels-731, 4-Kyle Edwards-711, 5-Bobby Runyan-699, 6-Jet Davison-667, 7-Cody Thompson-637, 8-Chuck Groat-632, 9-Keegan Walmer-620, 10-Garrett Peterson-598.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-1,028, 2-Bobby Runyan-907, 3-Cody Thompson-637, 4-Keegan Walmer-620, 5-Garrett Peterson-598, 6-Eli Schrock-523, 7-Austin Farley-498, 8-Connor Kassik-470, 9-Shawn Buckley-418, 10-J.R. Williams-370.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-825, 2-Kyle Edwards-735, 3-Jet Davison-667, 4-Andrew Mulhearn-584, 5-Andrew Murray-537, 6-Wally Pankratz-468, 7-Zach Stout-441, 8-Tony Cinque-387, 9-Jake Blackhurst-272, 10-Kalvin Douglas-167.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-627, 2-Cody Thompson-603, 3-Garrett Peterson-598, 4-Keegan Walmer-589, 5-Bobby Runyan-507, 6-Courtney Atkinson-255, 7-Tim Skoglund-247, 8-Connor Kassik-245, 9-J.R. Williams-204, 10-Austin Farley-193.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-577, 2-Bobby Runyan-535, 3-Eli Schrock-523, 4-Austin Farley-498, 5-Shawn Buckley-418, 6-Jessica Clark-310, 7-Cody Thompson-279, 8-Keegan Walmer-262, 9-Kyle Edwards-262, 10-Connor Kassik-238.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-752, 2-Brandon White-750, 3-Casey Martinez-748, 4-Alex Jacobsen-728, 5-Keegan Walmer-609, 6-Collin Henry-604, 7-Cody Thompson-553, 8-Daniel Williams-523, 9-Austin Farley-501, 10-Bradley Morris-458.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Casey Martinez-792, 2-Alex Jacobsen-774, 3-Jarid Blondel-773, 4-Collin Henry-604, 5-Daniel Williams-523, 6-Bradley Morris-458, 7-Logan Williams-429, 8-Winn Frazin-283, 9-Tanner Kershaw-265, 10-Jake Blackhurst-112.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-814, 2-Keegan Walmer-609, 3-Cody Thompson-553, 4-Austin Farley-501, 5-Jarid Blondel-381, 6-Courtney Atkinson-312, 7-Jessica Clark-269, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Jimmy Moon-57.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brandon White-438, 2-Keegan Walmer-425, 3-Cody Thompson-392, 4-Courtney Atkinson-312, 5-Austin Farley-126, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Shon Gooden-55, 9-Jarid Blondel-53, 10-Winn Frazin-46.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Austin Farley-439, 2-Brandon White-430, 3-Jarid Blondel-381, 4-Jessica Clark-269, 5-Keegan Walmer-184, 6-Cody Thompson-161, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68, 9-Jimmy Moon-57, 10-Alex Jacobsen-45.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-517, 2-Ross Rankine-495, 3-Stevie Kuhn-439, 4-Gage Walker-420, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Derrick Morris-103, 9-Mike Gass-95, 10-Tyler Shullick-61.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cooper Clouse-517, 2-Ross Rankine-495, 3-Stevie Kuhn-439, 4-Gage Walker-420, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Derrick Morris-103, 9-Mike Gass-95, 10-Tyler Shullick-61.
FINAL USAC CAROLINA FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jesse Little-398, 2-Adam Brown-343, 3-Austin Prock-321, 4-Ryan Ayers-128, 5-Brendon Bock-125, 6-Jamie Cox-107, 7-Stephen Bergh Jr.-60, 8-Cole Custer-6.