By Lonnie Wheatley
MESQUITE, Texas (July 30, 2011) – Travis Rilat picked up a $2,000 win just a few short miles from his Forney, TX, home by winning Saturday night’s 25-lap The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star vs. Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South main event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
Rilat took the lead away from Matt Covington on the fifth round and went on to his second ASCS Regional win of the year aboard the F&J Construction/Murray & Sons/shoptheboss.com No. 29 Triple X.
Rilat took the checkered flag ahead of Kevin Ramey, who got around Covington for second on a lap 20 restart. Current Lone Star points leader Covington took the show position, with Mike Goodman and Michael Lang rounding out the top five.
Joshua Hodges was sixth, with 17th-starter Eric Baldaccini, Brandon Berryman, Brandon Corn and Greg Rilat completing the top ten.
Corn, Travis Rilat, Travis Elliott and Berryman topped heat race action for the 36-car field, with Baldaccini and Martin Edwards winning the “B” Mains.
The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region vs. Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Results from Devil’s Bowl Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 30-Brandon Corn, 2. 52-Roger Oakes, 3. 19-Klint Angelette, 4. 69-Larry Howery, 5. 25m-Michael McNeil, 6. 93-Chris Sweeney, 7. 25-Brian McClelland, 8. 24-Brandie Jass, 9. 45x-J.P. Bailey.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 35-Greg Rilat, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 28-Tommy Bryant, 5. 74e-Claud Estes, 6. 45-Martin Edwards, 7. 7-Michelle Decker, 8. 2L-Logan Payne, 9. 11-Justin Melton.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 76-John Ricketts, 3. 11g-Mike Goodman, 4. 51-Beau Smith, 5. 12-Dale Wester, 6. 30x-Bean Elliott, 7. 54-Evan Pardo. DNS: 71-Channin Tankersley, 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 31-Brandon Berryman, 2. 14-Michael Lang, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 11c-Matt Covington, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 7. 2-Wes Miller, 8. 14b-Robert Byrom, 9. 10-George White.
First “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 28-Tommy Bryant, 3. 54-Evan Pardo, 4. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 5. 7-Michelle Decker, 6. 30x-Bean Elliott, 7. 24-Brandie Jass, 8. 11-Justin Melton. DNS: 45x-J.P. Bailey, 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Second “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 45-Martin Edwards, 2. 69-Larry Howery, 3. 12-Dale Wester, 4. 25-Brian McClelland, 5. 10-George White, 6. 2-Wes Miller, 7. 2L-Logan Payne, 8. 14b-Robert Byrom, 9. 93-Chris Sweeney, 10. 71-Channin Tankersley.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 11c-Matt Covington, 4. 11g-Mike Goodman, 5. 14-Michael Lang, 6. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 7. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 8. 31-Brandon Berryman, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 35-Greg Rilat, 11. 28-Tommy Bryant, 12. 74e-Claud Estes, 13. 25m-Michael McNeil, 14. 19-Klint Angelette, 15. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 16. 12-Dale Wester, 17. 7-Michelle Decker, 18. 52-Roger Oakes, 19. 15T-Travis Elliott, 20. 45-Martin Edwards, 21. 76-John Ricketts, 22. 51-Beau Smith, 23. 25-Brian McClelland, 24. 69-Larry Howery, 25. 54-Evan Pardo.
Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. George White 2,094, 2. Ray Allen Kulhanek 2,084, 3. Tommy Bryant 2,063, 4. Brandon Berryman 1,974, 5. Chris Sweeney 1,961, 6. Travis Elliott 1,913, 7. Channin Tankersley 1,904, 8. Greg Rilat 1,820, 9. Beau Smith 1,745, 10. Aaron Reutzel 1,708.
The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Matt Covington 1,827, 2. Eric Baldaccini 1,737, 3. Claud Estes 1,667, 4. Michael Lang 1,646, 5. Justin Melton 1,599, 6. John Ricketts 1,467, 7. Martin Edwards 1,457, 8. Robert Byrom 1,436, 9. Evan Pardo 1,189, 10. Dale Wester 1,073.