10/24/14
I-30 Speedway
Little Rock, AR
Short Track Nationals Night #2
37 cars
Heat one (started): 1. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (1) 2. Terry Gray 10 (2) 3. Rick Pringle 38 (4) 4. Gary Taylor 4J (5) 5. AJ Bruns 44 (6) 6. Zach Chappell 33 (7) 7. Anthony Nicolson 16 (8) 8. Brandon Hinkle 21BX (3)
Wood led the 10-lap distance on a heavy track. Pringle held off Taylor at the line for third, with Bruns right there as well.
Heat two (started): 1. Jason Johnson 41 (2) 2. Jerod Roller 5R (1) 3. Johnny Herrera 45x (6) 4. Dusty Zomer 82 (8) 5. Jason Keith 28 (3) 6. Broc Elliott 75 (4) 7. Dane Lorenc 00 (7) 8. Derek Hagar 9JR (5)
Elliott contacted Hagar at the drop of the green. Hagar lost control and spun into the tires inside the frontstretch. J. Johnson led throughout, while Herrera shot into the third spot by the time a lap was scored. Zomer moved up nicely from eighth to fourth.
Heat three (started): 1. Glenn Styres 0 (1) 2. Eric Riggins Jr. 47 (4) 3. Harli White 17w (3) 4. Kade Morton 8m (2) 5. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (6) 6. Howard Moore 40 (5) DNS – Jordon Mallett 14m
Styres led lap one over Riggins and Morton. Moore flipped over turn two with one lap in. He was uninjured. White shot from fourth to third on the restart. Bruce advanced to fourth before coming to a stop with three to go. Styres held on for the win.
Heat four (started): 1. Christopher Bell 31B (2) 2. Wayne Johnson 77x (4) 3. Blake Hahn 52 (3) 4. Joe B. Miller 51B (7) 5. Charlie Louden X (6) 6. Gary Floyd 58 (1) 7. Dale Wester 12w (5)
Bell led W. Johnson and Floyd early. On lap two, Hahn grabbed third. Miller battled with Floyd for fourth much of the way before grabbing it late.
Heat five (started): 1. AG Rains 3 (1) 2. Matt Covington 95 (2) 3. Kyle Bellm 14K (4) 4. Marshall Skinner 26 (3) 5. Shane Golobic 91 (6) 6. Ryan Bickett 17B (5) 7. Johnny Gardner 31 (7)
Rains led the distance. Gardner stopped to bring out the yellow after two laps. Heavy one-lane conditions remained.
Qualifier one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. (1*) 2. Blake Hahn (2*) 3. Jerod Roller (3*) 4. Dusty Zomer (4*) 5. Johnny Herrera (5) 6. Zach Chappell (7) 7. Jason Johnson (6) 8. Anthony Nicholson (8) 9. Gary Floyd (9) DNS – Jordon Mallett
The track remained heavy for the 10-lapper, and the parade was on.
Qualifier two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Charlie Louden (1*) 2. Gary Taylor (2*) 3. Christopher Bell (6*) 4. Joe Wood Jr. (5*) 5. Rick Pringle (3) 6. Joe B. Miller (4) 7. Dale Wester (9) 8. Jason Keith (7) 9. Broc Elliott (8)
Louden led the distance. Bell stood out in this one, grabbing third on lap three from Pringle.
Qualifier three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Marshall Skinner (2*) 2. Shane Golobic (1) 3. Terry Gray (4*) 4. Kyle Bellm (3) 5. Glenn Styres (5) 6. Eric Riggins Jr. (6) 7. Howard Moore (7) 8. Derek Hagar (9) 9. Dane Lorenc (8)
Heavy conditions meant hammer-down racing. Skinner led flag to flag, but had to hold off Golobic, who was trying to make the low side work.
Qualifier four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. AJ Bruns (2*) 2. Matt Covington (4*) 3. AG Rains (5*) 4. Wayne Johnson (6*) 5. Ryan Bickett (7) 6. Kade Morton (1) 7. Harli White (3) 8. Brandon Hinkle (8) DNS – Johnny Gardner
Bruns led early. White spun in front of W. Johnson who lightly tagged her. Both continued. On the restart, Covington passed Morton for second, and Rains and W. Johnson followed him a lap later.
B main one (started): 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 2. Shane Golobic (2) 3. Dale Wester (7) / 4. Rick Pringle (4) 5. Gary Floyd (10) 6. Harli White (6) 7. Eric Riggins Jr. (3) 8. Broc Elliott (9) 9. Ryan Bickett (5) 10. Jason Keith (8) DNS – Johnny Gardner, Jordon Mallett
Herrera led Golobic and Riggins early in the 12-lapper. Keith got into the back of White and spun with two laps in the books. On lap four, Elliott went over the top of turn three, bringing caution. White passed Riggins for the third and final transfer on the restart. Floyd brought out the caution on the white flag lap with a spin. Herrera led Golobic, White, Riggins and Wester back to green. On the last lap, in three and four, Riggins rode over the back of White, sending both upside down. No one was hurt, and Wester inherited the final transfer.
B main two (started): 1. Glenn Styres (1) 2. Kyle Bellm (2) 3. Jason Johnson (3) / 4. Joe B. Miller (4) 5. Zach Chappell (5) 6. Derek Hagar (9) 7. Howard Moore (7) 8. Dane Lorenc (10) 9. Anthony Nicholson (8) 10. Brandon Hinkle (11) 11. Kade Morton (6)
Styres led Bellm and J. Johnson for the entirety of the non-stop event.
A main (started): 1. Christopher Bell (1) 2. Matt Covington (2) 3. AG Rains (3) 4. Wayne Johnson (4) 5. Joe Wood Jr. (5) 6. Terry Gray (6) 7. Gary Taylor (14) 8. Tony Bruce Jr. (12) 9. Blake Hahn (9) 10. Jerod Roller (11) 11. Dusty Zomer (10) 12. Johnny Herrera (15) 13. AJ Bruns (8) 14. Shane Golobic (17) 15. Jason Johnson (20) 16. Charlie Louden (13) 17. Glenn Styres (16) 18. Kyle Bellm (18) 19. Dale Wester (19) 20. Marshall Skinner (7)
The track stayed fast to the end, and this 25-lapper went non-stop. Covington led Bell and W. Johnson early. Bell briefly led during lap eight in a good battle for the point. On lap 12, Rains got by W. Johnson in heavy traffic for the third and final lock-in position for Saturday night. After hounding Covington for the lead throughout, Bell finally shot around on lap 17 and went on to win. Covington and Rains will join him in the Dash in Saturday’s finale.