By Lonnie Wheatley
KENNEDALE, Texas (November 12, 2010) – A late move netted Gary Taylor his second American Sprint Car Series Regional win of the year in Friday’s opening leg of Cowtown Speedway’s Fourth Annual November Sprint Shootout.
The Snohomish, WA, native made a late move around Aaron Reutzel to add his first ASCS Lone Star win of the year to a June ASCS Northwest triumph in Montana, taking the top position in Friday’s 30-lapper aboard the Little Rock-based Ronnie Pitts No. 1x entry.
After starting sixth, Taylor beat 2009 ASCS Gulf South champion Reutzel to the stripe with Tommy Bryant, Brandon Corn and Kevin Ramey rounding out the top five. Brandon Berryman was sixth, with Jonathan Beason, Donnie Ray Crawford, Kolt Walker and Eric Baldaccini completing the top ten.
Bryant, Crawford, Corn, Andy Shouse and Reutzel topped heat race action for the 45-car field, with Justin Sturch and John Ricketts winning the 12-lap “B” Mains.
ASCS Lone Star Friday Results from Cowtown Speedway’s November Sprint Shootout:
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 74e-Claud Estes, 4. 22-Koby Barksdale, 5. 79-Ryan Hall, 6. 9-Justin Sturch, 7. 5m-Glenn Martin, 8. 56-Jarrett Lucito, 9. 5c-Chris Coker.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 15t-Travis Elliott, 4. 6-Justin Spoerl, 5. 17w-Brad Welborn, 6. 16-Koty Adams, 7. 24-David Gailley, 8. 0-Chris Morgan. DNS: 21-Wayner Brown.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 30-Brandon Corn, 2. 1x-Gary Taylor, 3. 66-J.J. Simmons, 4. 11-Justin Melton, 5. 58-Gary Floyd, 6. 26-Dalton Steed, 7. 74d-Daniel Estes, 8. 15-Wayne Brown. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 27-Andy Shouse, 2. 36-Jonathan Beason, 3. 31-Brandon Berryman, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 20-Chad Wilson, 6. 010-Brian Roberts, 7. 22a-Dan Adkins, 8. 05-Dustin Wood, 9. 45x-Martin Edwards.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 25-Brian McClelland, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 2-Logan Payne, 6. 33-Mark Huddleston, 7. 40-Junior Jenkins, 8. 69h-Larry Howery. DNS: 8a-Unknown.
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 9-Justin Sturch, 2. 17w-Brad Welborn, 3. 22-Koby Barksdale, 4. 58-Gary Floyd, 5. 0-Chris Morgan, 6. 26-Dalton Steed, 7. 79-Ryan Hall, 8. 22a-Dan Adkins, 9. 05-Dustin Woods, 10. 5m-Glenn Martin, 11. 21-Wayner Brown, 12. 74d-Daniel Estes. DNS: 45x-Martin Edwards.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 76-John Ricketts, 2. 20-Chad Wilson, 3. 33-Mark Huddleston, 4. 66-J.J. Simmons, 5. 010-Brian Roberts, 6. 24-David Gailley, 7. 16-Koty Adams, 8. 40-Junior Jenkins, 9. 69h-Larry Howery, 10. 56-Jarrett Lucito, 11. 8a-Unknown, 12. 15-Wayne Brown. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale, 5c-Chris Coker.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1x-Gary Taylor, 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 3. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 31-Brandon Berryman, 7. 36-Jonathan Beason, 8. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 9. 45k-Kolt Walker, 10. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 11. 25-Brian McClelland, 12. 11-Justin Melton, 13. 74e-Claud Estes, 14. 22-Koby Barksdale, 15. 1r-Scott Reneau, 16. 76-John Ricketts, 17. 27-Andy Shouse, 18. 17w-Brad Welborn, 19. 9-Justin Sturch, 20. 6-Justin Spoerl, 21. 2-Logan Payne, 22. 15T-Travis Elliott, 23. 20-Chad Wilson, 24. 33-Mark Huddleston.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,770, 2. Claud Estes 1,662, 3. Justin Melton 1,560, 4. Brandon Corn 1,535, 5. Martin Edwards 1,507, 6. John Ricketts 1,475, 7. Kolt Walker 1,415, 8. Preston Peebles II 1,333, 9. Brian McClelland 1,313, 10. Kevin Ramey 1,242.