By Lonnie Wheatley
TUCSON, Ariz. (November 19, 2010) – Two action-packed nights of both winged and wingless ASCS competition atop USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval have set the stage for Saturday night’s 44th Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships main events.
And, while the 20th season of ASCS action will conclude with Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win winged main event and $5,000-to-win wingless main event, the closest championship battle in ASCS National history will be settled as well.
A total of 104 competitors have taken to the track over Thursday and Friday’s qualifying action, including 61 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National competitors and 43 Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region non-wing contenders.
Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet will lead the winged Lucas Oil Sprint Car ranks to the green flag in Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win finale, with Jerry Coons, Jr., and Tracy Hines leading the way in the $5,000-to-win non-wing portion of the event.
Several drivers have pulled double-duty over the weekend, with Johnny Herrera and Brady Bacon successfully locking into both feature events.
Herrera is also in the thick of the Lucas Oil ASCS National title picture along with 2009 champion Shane Stewart, who took a nasty ride on the opening lap of Thursday’s winged feature. Herrera went on to post a runner-up finish to Swindell, closing to within 21 points of Stewart and earning a second-row starting berth while Stewart finds himself in a “C” Main.
Escaping the crash with a sore foot, Stewart does have a provisional available for the feature event if necessary.
The Lineups:
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters (Winged)
A Feature (30 Laps – $15,000 to win):
1 Sammy Swindell (Germantown, TN) – 35a Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA)
45x Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) – 1m Danny Lasoski (Dover, MO)
15 Donny Schatz (Fargo, ND) – 28 Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN)
15h Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX) – 0 Zach Chappell (Talala, OK)
39c Paul McMahan (Hendersonville, TN) – 41 Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA)
87 Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) – 77F Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA)
99 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) – 44w Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA)
2d Bryan Dobesh (Sioux Falls, SD) – 21 Brian Brown (Grain Valley, MO)
B1 Transfer 1 – B2 Transfer 1
B1 Transfer 2 – B2 Transfer 2
B1 Transfer 3 – B2 Transfer 3
Provisional (If needed) – Provisional (If needed)
First “B” Feature (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer):
2L Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) – 11 Roger Crockett (Medford, OR)
9 Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) – 88 Tim Crawley (Benton, AR)
74x Joshua Hodges (Tijeras, NM) – 29 Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA)
5 Koby Barksdale (Norman, OK) – 5h Mason Moore (Princeton, CA)
23 Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) – 41w Joshua Williams (Glendale, AZ)
22 Jesse Baker (Grants, NM) – 11c Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)
C1 Transfer 1 – C1 Transfer 2
C1 Transfer 3 – C1 Transfer 4
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer):
1x J.T. Imperial (Mesa, AZ) – 79 Calvin Landis (Knoxville, IA)
18 Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) – 33v Henry Van Dam (Enumclaw, WA)
05 Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO) – 77 Dalten Gabbard (Peoria, AZ)
8 John Carney II (El Paso, TX) – 1mx Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, IN)
37 Matt Mitchell (Yorba Linda, CA) – 48 Jake Martens (Fairview, OK)
77x Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) – 5w Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg, PA)
C2 Transfer 1 – C2 Transfer 2
C2 Transfer 3 – C2 Transfer 4
First “C” Feature (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):
55 Trey Starks (Puyallup, WA) – 57s Joey Saldana (Brownsburg, IN)
57 Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) – 2 Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK)
15g Bud Goodwin (Albuquerque, NM) – 20z Rick Ziehl (Las Cruces, NM)
11T Steve Lohn (Tucson, AZ) – 78 Jody Williams (Rio Rancho, NM)
3c Cody Lamar (Sacramento, CA) – 57x Steve Stone (Mesa, AZ)
44k Koty McGullam (Marana, AZ)
Second “C” Feature (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):
53 Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) – 45k Kolt Walker (Graham, TX)
9r Reece Goetz (Snohomish, WA) – 90 Lance Norick (Scottsdale, AZ)
8az Jordan Stetson (Tucson, AZ) – 5m Kyle McCutcheon (Alamogordo, NM)
2p Alex Pettas – 15c Joey Chester (Phoenix, AZ)
77c Colt Treharn (Los Lunas, NM) – 17m Josh Baughman (Lubbock, TX)
ASCS Canyon Region (Non-Wing)
A Feature (30 Laps – $5,000 to win)
94 Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ) – 4 Tracy Hines (Wilkinson, IN)
50 Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) – 99 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK)
29 Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) – 21x Casey Shuman (Rattlesnake Bend, AZ)
51 R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) – 20 Levi Jones (Olney, IL)
21 Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) – 7 Mike Spencer (Temecula, CA)
27n Nick Aiuto (Camp Verde, AZ) – 1mx Robert Ballou (Rocklin, CA)
6 Ronnie Clark (Tucson, AZ) – 45x Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM)
B1 Transfer 1 – B2 Transfer 1
B1 Transfer 2 – B2 Transfer 2
B1 Transfer 3 – B2 Transfer 3
First “B” Feature (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer):
8 Bob Ream, Jr. (Glendale, AZ) – 74x Joshua Hodges (Tijeras, NM)
32b Brian Hosford (Gilbert, AZ) – 77 Dalten Gabbard (Peoria, AZ)
96 Carson Ditsch (Tucson, AZ) – 19 Andrew Reinbold (Gilbert, AZ)
74 Derek Williams (Glendale, AZ) – 68 Bryan Swinehart
93x Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) – 9 Brandon Lane (Gilbert, AZ)
20z Rick Ziehl (Las Cruces, NM) – 20x Shon Deskins (Waddell, AZ)
5 Koby Barksdale (Norman, OK) – 8sk Tim Beal (Prescott, AZ)
16s Stevie Sussex (Laveen, AZ)
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer):
12 Josh Pelkey (Peoria, AZ) – 93 Justin Quinn (Phoenix, AZ)
0 Jimmy Crawford (Newberry Park, CA) – 91 Jody Williams (Rio Rancho, NM)
2 Ryan Bernal (Hollister, CA) – 97 Jon Stanbrough (Avon, IN)
78 Chris Bonneau (Phoenix, AZ) – 9x Ryan Linder (Phoenix, AZ)
16 Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ) – 6c Rex Calderwood (Phoenix, AZ)
99a James Aragon – 81 Matt Mitchell (Yorba Linda, CA)
7k Bruce St. James (Phoenix, AZ) – 48T Thomas Ogle (Waddell, AZ)
Saturday’s 44th Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships at USA Raceway gets under way at 7:00 p.m. All “B” and “C” Main lineups are tentative and subject to change.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.