By Lonnie Wheatley
BAYTOWN, Texas (August 20, 2011) – Kolt Walker captured his first American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year by taking the $3,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 30-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South main event at Royal Purple Raceway.
The Kermit, TX, native took the lead from his pole position and paced all 30 rounds aboard his No. 45k entry to post his fourth career ASCS Regional triumph and third in Gulf South competition.
Walker took the checkered flag ahead of Travis Elliott, with defending series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek claiming the show position. Tommy Bryant charged from 19th to fourth, taking over the series point lead by just one point over Kulhanek.
Scottie McDonald rounded out the top five, with Brandon Berryman, Michael McNeil, John Pate, Gary Watson and Klint Angelette completing the top ten.
Kulhanek, McDonald, Berryman and Bean Elliott topped heat race action for Saturday night’s 29-car field, with Bryant winning the “B” Main.
Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Results from Royal Purple Raceway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 19-Klint Angelette, 4. 45k-Kolt Walker, 5. 2-Wes Miller, 6. 66-J.J. Simmons, 7. B51-Johnny Brown, 8. 29-Travis Rilat.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 88-Scottie McDonald, 2. 17-Terry Monroe, 3. 52-Roger Oakes, 4. 10-George White, 5. 69-Larry Howery, 6. 93-Chris Sweeney, 7. 23-Darryl Wills.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 31-Brandon Berryman, 2. 36-John Pate, 3. 25m-Michael McNeil, 4. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 5. 54-Evan Pardo, 6. 51s-Beau Smith, 7. 28-Tommy Bryant.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 30x-Bean Elliott, 2. 3-Gary Watson, 3. 15T-Travis Elliott, 4. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 5. 35-Greg Rilat, 6. 24-Brandie Jass, 7. 88j-Richard Jones.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Bryant, 2. 35-Greg Rilat, 3. 54-Evan Pardo, 4. 29-Travis Rilat, 5. 51s-Beau Smith, 6. 23-Darryl Wills, 7. 24-Brandie Jass, 8. B51-Johnny Brown, 9. 88j-Richard Jones. DNS: 93-Chris Sweeney, 66-J.J. Simmons.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 15T-Travis Elliott, 3. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 4. 28-Tommy Bryant, 5. 88-Scottie McDonald, 6. 31-Brandon Berryman, 7. 25m-Michael McNeil, 8. 36-John Pate, 9. 3-Gary Watson, 10. 19-Klint Angelette, 11. 2-Wes Miller, 12. 52-Roger Oakes, 13. 54-Evan Pardo, 14. 35-Greg Rilat, 15. 69-Larry Howery, 16. 51s-Beau Smith, 17. 17-Terry Monroe, 18. 29-Travis Rilat, 19. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 20. 10-George White, 21. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 22. 30x-Bean Elliott, 23. 23-Darryl Wills, 24. 71-Channin Tankersley (DNS).
Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Tommy Bryant 2,312, 2. Ray Allen Kulhanek 2,311, 3. George White 2,278, 4. Brandon Berryman 2,246, 5. Chris Sweeney 2,156, 6. Travis Elliott 2,120, 7. Channin Tankersley 2,086, 8. Greg Rilat 2,057, 9. Beau Smith 1,953, 10. Michael McNeil 1,928.