By Lonnie Wheatley
TUCSON, Ariz. (July 16, 2011) – Rick Ziehl continues to stay as hot as the Arizona summer heat as he reeled off his fourth consecutive Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest feature win in a row in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature at USA Raceway.
Ziehl took the win after starting outside the front row in the Wesmar-powered Lucas Oil No. 20z Maxim.
Ziehl beat fellow front row starter John Carney II to the checkered flag, with Kyle McCutcheon, 12th-starter Joshua Hodges and 15th-starter Dalten Gabbard rounding out the top five.
J.T. Imperial was sixth, with Kyle Sager, Joshua Williams, Lance Norick and Steve Stone completing the top ten.
Norick, Carney II and Ziehl topped heat race action.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region Results from USA Raceway:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 90-Lance Norick, 2. 79-Calvin Landis, 3. 57x-Steve Stone, 4. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 5. 51w-Joshua Williams, 6. 55T-Brent McKee, 7. 43-Rick Eckert.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 8-John Carney II, 2. 27-Perry McMillan, 3. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 4. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 5. 15c-Joey Chester, 6. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 7. 11T-Steve Lohn.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 9k-Kyle Sager, 3. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 4. 76-Jesse Stone, 5. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 6. 44k-Koty McGullam.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 8-John Carney II, 3. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 4. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 5. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 6. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 7. 9k-Kyle Sager, 8. 41w-Joshua Williams, 9. 90-Lance Norick, 10. 57x-Steve Stone, 11. 15c-Joey Chester, 12. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 13. 44k-Koty McGullam, 14. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 15. 11T-Steve Lohn, 16. 76-Jesse Stone, 17. 43-Rick Eckert, 18. 79-Calvin Landis, 19. 27-Perry McMillan, 20. 55T-Brent McKee.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10): 1. Rick Ziehl 1,294, 2. John Carney II 1,203, 3. Calvin Landis 1,105, 4. Kyle McCutcheon 1,101, 5. Joshua Williams 1,058, 6. Lance Norick 1,023, 7. Dalten Gabbard 1,012, 8. Joshua Hodges 962, 9. Steve Stone 905, 10. Joey Chester 800.