By Lonnie Wheatley
TUCSON, Ariz. (November 17, 2011) – With Wednesday night’s practice session officially in the books, the 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drinks Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway is set to officially fire off with Thursday night’s Sunoco Fuels Qualifying event.
Approximately half of the field that now numbers 107, including 61 winged Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Sprint Cars and 46 wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Sprint Cars, will take to the track on Thursday night with the second half tackling the 3/8-mile clay oval on Friday night’s Kronik Energy Qualifying event.
Among Thursday night’s qualifiers are both defending Western World champs, including Donny Schatz in the winged Lucas Oil Sprint Car ranks and Brady Bacon in the wingless Canyon Region portion.
Thursday night’s Sunoco Fuels Qualifiers include the following:
Thursday – Sunoco Fuel Qualifying Night
Lucas Oil ASCS Winged Sprint Cars:
1 Sammy Swindell
1mx Kraig Kinser
2d Bryan Dobesh
2L Logan Forler
2p Alex Pettas
5w Lucas Wolfe
8 John Carney II
8az Jordan Stetson
9 Gary Wright
9r Reece Goetz
11 Steve Lohn
15 Donny Schatz
15g Bud Goodwin
15h Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
17 Josh Baughman
22 Jesse Baker
23 Seth Bergman
33x Henry Van Dam
39c Paul McMahan
45k Kolt Walker
45x Johnny Herrera
55 Trey Starks
57 Shane Stewart
74x Joshua Hodges
77 Dalten Gabbard
77x Wayne Johnson
79 Calvin Landis
81 Danny Wood
87 Aaron Reutzel
ASCS Canyon Region Wingless Sprint Cars:
6 Ronnie Clark
6c Rex Calderwood
8 Bob Ream, Jr.
9x Ryan Linder
16s Stevie Sussex
17 Stephen Spiak
19s Ronnie Smith
20z Rick Ziehl
21 Jeremy Sherman
27n Nick Aiuto
29 Bud Kaeding
32b Brian Hosford
50 Charles Davis, Jr.
51 R.J. Johnson
74 Derek Williams
81 Matt Mitchell
91 Jody Williams
93 Justin Quinn
93x Dustin Morgan
94 Jerry Coons, Jr.
97 Jon Stanbrough
99 Brady Bacon
The second half of the field will take to the track on Friday night. Friday night’s qualifiers are as follows:
Friday – Kronik Energy Drink Qualifying Night
Lucas Oil ASCS Winged Sprint Cars:
0 Zach Chappell
1m Danny Lasoski
1x J.T. Imperial
2 Dustin Morgan
3c Cody Lamar
05 Brad Loyet
5h Mason Moore
5m Kyle McCutcheon
11 Roger Crockett
11c Matt Covington
15c Joey Chester
18 Tony Bruce, Jr.
18w Lorne Wofford
20z Rick Ziehl
21 Brian Brown
28 Jeff Swindell
35a Brad Sweet
37 Matt Mitchell
41 Jason Johnson
41w Joshua Williams
44k Koty McGullam
44w Austen Wheatley
53 Jack Dover
57s Joey Saldana
57x Steve Stone
77 Colt Treharn
77f Kyle Larson
78 Jody Williams
88 Tim Crawley
90 Lance Norick
99 Brady Bacon
ASCS Canyon Region Wingless Sprint Cars:
0 Jimmy Crawford
1mx Robert Ballou
2 Wayne Johnson
4 Tracy Hines
5 Koby Barksdale
7 Mike Spencer
7k Bruce St. James
8 John Carney II
9 Brandon Lane
9s Johnny Shelton
12 Josh Pelkey
16 Mike Martin
19 Andrew Reinbold
20 Levi Jones
20d Shon Deskins
21x Casey Shuman
45x Johnny Herrera
48T Thomas Ogle
68 Bryan Swinehart
74x Joshua Hodges
77 Dalten Gabbard
78 Chris Bonneau
96 Carson Ditsch
99a James Aragon
Thursday’s racing action goes green at 7:00 p.m.
USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
The 2011 season marks the 20th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 scheduled nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.