From Lonnie Wheatley
BEAUMONT, Texas (April 15, 2011) – Defending series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek broke into victory lane for the first time this year by taking the $3,000 winner’s share in Friday night’s 30-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region main even at Golden Triangle Raceway Park.
Third-starter Kulhanek took the lead away from Michael Dupuy in the early going and never looked back en route to his eleventh career ASCS Gulf South triumph aboard David Miller’s Custom Automotive Machine-powered Miller’s RV Park/B&M Jr. No. 21T J&J.
Kulhanek was chased to the stripe by Dupuy, with Channin Tankersley, Tommy Bryant and current series points leader George White rounding out the top five.
Eric Baldaccini charged from 19th to sixth, with Travis Elliott, Gary Watson, Larry Howery and Beau Smith completing the top ten.
Smith, Elliott, Tankersley and Travis Rilat topped heat race action, with Chris Sweeney and Wes Miller winning the “B” Mains. Rilat took the checkered flag fourth in the feature event but was disqualified and credited with a 20th place finish when he failed to report to the scales.
Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Results from Golden Triangle Raceway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 51s-Beau Smith, 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 76-John Ricketts, 4. 3-Gary Watson, 5. 2-Wes Miller, 6. 17c-Greg Coleman, 7. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 8. 64J-Johnny Miller.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 88-Scottie McDonald, 3. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 4. 93-Chris Sweeney, 5. 0-Chris Morgan, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 8. 31-Brandon Berryman.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 69-Larry Howery, 3. 54-Evan Pardo, 4. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 5. 8-Bruce Crockett, 6. 19-Klint Angelette, 7. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 5-Kyle McCutcheon.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 3. 10-George White, 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 52-Roger Oaks, 6. 25m-Michael McNeil, 7. 35-Greg Rilat.
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 25m-Michael McNeil, 5. 19-Klint Angelette, 6. 8-Bruce Crockett, 7. 31-Brandon Berryman, 8. 0-Chris Morgan, 9. 11-Jeffrey Newell.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 2-Wes Miller, 2. 5c-Chris Coker, 3. 52-Roger Oakes, 4. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 5. 35-Greg Rilat, 6. 17c-Greg Coleman, 7. 64J-Johnny Miller, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 5. 10-George White, 6. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 7. 15T-Travis Elliott, 8. 3-Gary Watson, 9. 69-Larry Howery, 10. 51s-Beau Smith, 11. 30-Brandon Corn, 12. 5c-Chris Coker, 13. 93-Chris Sweeney, 14. 52-Roger Oakes, 15. 54-Evan Pardo, 16. 2-Wes Miller, 17. 88-Scottie McDonald, 18. 76-John Ricketts, 19. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 20. 29-Travis Rilat.
Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. George White 514, 2. Tommy Bryant 468, 3. Ray Allen Kulhanek 459, 4. Channin Tankersley 417, 5. Brandon Berryman 416, 5. Travis Elliott 400, 6. Chris Sweeney 389, 7. Chris Coker 381, 8. Greg Rilat 377, 9. Gary Watson 371, 10. Wes Miller 361.
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