Tulare, CA — (October 19, 2012) — Rico Abreu won the opening night feature of the 2012 Trophy Cup at Tulare Tunderbowl Speedway. Abreu topped a field of 85-cars that attempted to qualify for the event. Shane Stewart, Jason Meyers, Kyle Hirst, and Daryn Pitman rounded out the top five.
After one night of competition Shane Stewart leads the trophy cup points over Meyers, Jac Haudenschild, Craig Stidham and Abreu round out the top five.
2012 Trophy Cup – Night #1
Tulare Thunderbowl Speedway – Tulare, CA
Friday October 19, 2012
Qualifications: 1. 14r – Paul McMahan, 13.876; 2. 57 – Shane Stewart, 13.931; 3. 51 – Kraig Kinser, 13.935; 4. 83sr – Jac Haudenschild, 13.940; 5. 3 – Craig Stidham, 13.945; 6. 21x – Jason Meyers, 13.976; 7. 0 – Jonathan Allard, 14.007; 8. 33v – Henry Van Dam, 14.018; 9. 83 – Tim Kaeding, 14.029; 10. 00jr – Cory Eliason, 14.041; 11. 22 – Mason Moore, 14.056; 12. 17s – Justin Sanders, 14.082; 13. x1 – Andy Forsberg, 14.093; 14. 22k – Shane Golobic, 14.109; 15. 4f – Mike Faria, 14.110; 16. 88w – Terry McCarl, 14.123; 17. 17j – Jayme Barnes, 14.127; 18. 15 – Eric Humphries, 14.159; 19. 83jr – Kyle Hirst, 14.160; 20. 35 – Sean Becker, 14.162; 21. 11c – Roger Crockett, 14.170; 22. 31c – Justyn Cox, 14.177; 23. 29z – Zach Zimmerly, 14.188; 24. 89 – Rico Abreu, 14.213; 25. 29w – Willie Croft, 14.216; 26. 37 – Steven Tiner, 14.221; 27. 55 – Trey Starks, 14.230; 28. 19 – Tyler Wolf, 14.234; 29. 41 – Domninc Scelzi, 14.268; 30. 33e – Evan Suggs, 14.268; 31. 77 – Kyle Larson, 14.274; 32. 7n – Garen Linder, 14.280; 33. 43 – Bradley Terrell, 14.283; 34. 21 – Tommy Tarlton, 14.322; 35. 18 – Greg DeCaires, 14.336; 36. 17v – Danny Faria, 14.358; 37. m21 – Mike Henry, 14.397; 38. P37 – Matt Peterson, 14.408; 39. 83v – Darren Clayton, 14.413; 40. 7k – Kenny Allen, 14.436; 41. 0 – Jason Statler, 14.462; 42. 4j – Andy Ferris, 14.468; 43. 83t – Daryn Pitman, 14.471; 44. 53 – Andy Gregg, 14.472; 45. 26 – Sam Hafertepe Jr., 14.500; 46. 84 – Dylan Black, 14.513; 47. 17w – Cole Wood, 14.517; 48. 17 – Nick McColloch, 14.548; 49. 7 – Steven Kent, 14.563; 50. 38 – Trevor Turnbull, 14.584; 51. 3c – Stephen Allard, 14.601; 52. 71g – Mark Dobmeier, 14.614; 53. 33t – Jimmy Trulli, 14.617; 54. 24 – Chase Johnson, 14.638; 55. 69 – Brent Kaeding, 14.658; 56. 88v – Jace Vander Weerd, 14.662; 57. 72w – Kurt Nelson, 14.686; 58. 77n – Garrett Netto, 14.720; 59. 25 – Bobby McMahan, 14.751; 60. 20j – James Sweeney, 14.764; 61. 57b – Billy Butler, 14.798; 62. 2 – Brad Furr, 14.800; 63. 19x – Bud Kaeding, 14.822; 64. 23 – Thomas Bray, 14.823; 65. 10x – Roberto Kirby, 14.845; 66. 79 – Heath Duinkerken, 14.869; 67. 24c – Chad Hillier, 14.882; 68. 8 – Jeremy Chisum, 14.925; 69. 9a – Steve Deyer, 14.935; 70. 88n – DJ Netto, 14.985; 71. 88k – Koen Shaw, 15.023; 72. 39 – Craig Smith, 15.146; 3. 57x – Lucas Wolfe, 15.200; 74. 26s – Sam Wright, 15.299; 75. 88 – Brad Bumgarner, 15.328; 76. 99 – Shawn Wright, 15.358; 77. 82j – Steve Jaquith, 15.414; 78. 11 – Peter Murphy, 15.471; 79. 09s – Geoffrey Strole, 15.722; 80. 29 – Randy Price, 15.747; 81. 20x – Danielle Simpson, 15.893; 82. 7h – Jake Haulot, 15.906; 83. 15x – Pat Harvey Jr., 16.023; 84. 22d – Nick Davis, 16.230; 85. 7y – Clayton Snow, 17.056;
Non-Qualifier Heat #1: 1. Jimmy Trulli, 2. Steven Kent, 3. Billy Butler, 4. Kurt Nelson, 5. Roberto Kirby, 6. Steve Deyer, 7. Lucas Wolfe, 8. Steve Jaquith, 9. Danielle Simpson, 10. DJ Netto
Non-Qualifier Heat #2: 1. Chase Johnson, 2. Trevor Turnbull, 3. Brad Furr, 4. DJ Netto, 5. Garrett Netto, 6. Heath Duinkerken, 7. Jake Haulot, 8. Peter Murphy, 9. Sam Wright
Non-Qualifer Heat #3: 1. Brent Kaeding, 2. Stephen Allard, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Bobby McMahan, 5. Koen Shaw, 6. Chad Hillier, 7. Geoffrey Strole, 8. Pat Harvey Jr, 9. Brad Bumgarner
Non-Qualifier Heat #4: 1. James Sweeney, 2. Craig Smith, 3. Mark Dobmeier, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Jeremy Chisum, 6. Randy Price, 7. Nick Davis, 8. Shawn Wright, 9. Thomas Bray
Heat Race #1: 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Willie Croft, 3. Andy Forsberg, 4. Paul McMahan, 5. Kyle Hirst, 6. Daryn Pitman, 7. Mike Henry, 8. Jonathan Allard
Heat Race #2: 1. Steven Tiner, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Shane Stewart, 4. Sean Becker, 5. Andy Gregg, 6. Garen Linder, 7. Henry Van Dam, 8. Matt Peterson
Heat Race #3: 1. Roger Crockett, 2. Bradley Terrell, 3. Tim Kaeding, 4. Trey Starks, 5. Kraig Kinser, 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 7. Mike Faria, 8. Darren Clayton
Heat Race #4: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Terry McCarl, 3. Tommy Tarlton, 4. Justyn Cox, 5. Cory Eliason, 6. Tyler Wolf, 7. Dylan Black, 8. Kenny Allen
Heat Race #5: 1. Greg DeCaires, 2. Jayme Barnes, 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Zach Zimmerly, 5. Cole Wood, 6. Domninc Scelzi, 7. Mason Moore, 8. Jason Statler
Heat Race #6: 1. Danny Faria, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Evan Suggs, 5. Justin Sanders, 6. Eric Humphries, 7. Andy Ferris, 8. Nick McColloch
D-Main #1: 1. Jimmy Trulli, 2. Mark Dobmeier, 3. Steven Kent, 4. Kurt Nelson, 5. Garrett Netto, 6. Jeremy Chisum, 7. Geoffrey Strole, 8. Danielle Simpson, 9. Roberto Kirby
D-Main #2: 1. Trevor Turnbull, 2. Chase Johnson, 3. Brad Furr, 4. DJ Netto, 5. Bobby McMahan, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Steve Deyer, 8. Randy Price, 9. Nick Davis, 10. Sam Wright, 11. James Sweeney, 12. Craig Smith
D-Main #3: 1. Stephen Allard, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Chad Hillier, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Koen Shaw, 6. Heath Duinkerken, 7. Pat Harvey Jr., 8. Jake Haulot, 9. Billy Butler, 10. Steve Jaquith, 11. Brent Kaeding, 12. Brad Bumgarner
C-Main: 1. Jonathan Allard, 2. Henry Van Dam, 3. Kenny Allen, 4. Jason Statler, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Mark Dobmeier, 7. Mike Henry, 8. Stephen Allard, 9. Matt Peterson, 10. Trevor Turnbull, 11. Mason Moore, 12. Chase Johnson, 13. Nick McColloch, 14. Jimmy Trulli, 15. Mike Faria, 16. Darren Clayton, 17. Andy Ferris
B-Main: 1. Paul McMahan, 2. Henry Van Dam, 3. Daryn Pitman, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. Trey Starks, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Justin Sanders, 8. Domninc Scelzi, 9. Andy Gregg, 10. Kraig Kinser, 11. Evan Suggs, 12. Mark Dobmeier, 13. Cory Eliason, 14. Eric Humphries, 15. Cole Wood, 16. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 17. Jason Statler, 18. Justyn Cox, 19. Kenny Allen, 20. Tyler Wolf, 21. Jonathan Allard, 22. Garen Linder, 23. Sean Becker, 24. Zach Zimmerly
A-Main: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. Daryn Pitman, 6. Andy Forsberg, 7. Steven Tiner, 8. Craig Stidham, 9. Terry McCarl, 10. Jac Haudenschild, 11. Roger Crockett, 12. Kyle Larson, 13. Henry Van Dam, 14. Tommy Tarlton, 15. Tim Kaeding, 16. Danny Faria, 17. Willie Croft, 18. Bradley Terrell, 19. Greg DeCaires, 20. Bud Kaeding, 21. Paul McMahan, 22. Trey Starks, 23. Shane Golobic, 24. Jayme Barnes
Top-10 in Trophy Cup Points
- Shane Stewart 277
- Jason Meyers 271
- Jac Haudenschild 265
- Craig Stidham 262
- Rico Abreu 260
- AndyForsberg 258
- Terry McCarl252
- Kyle Hirst 250
- Steven Tiner249
- Roger Crockett246