7/30/10
LA Raceway
La Monte, MO
ASCS National + 305s
44 ASCS cars
15 305s
ASCS
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Gary Wright 9x (1*) 2. Randy Martin 14 (3*) 3. Matt Covington 95 (7*) 4. Darren Long 3G (5) 5. Brady Bacon 99 (8*) 6. Ryan Schlender 48 (4) 7. Jason Schroeder 5 (9) 8. Tyler Blank 75 (2) 9. Mitchell Moore 19 (6)
With a lap completed, Moore went over the turn there berm, an act that would be repeated by others. Wright had the early lead over Martin, Blank, a chargin Covington, and Schlender on the restart. Three laps later, Schlender found himself in the same position as Moore. Schroeder, and a third running Blank did the same on the restart. With four down, and four to go, Wright led Martin, Covington, Long and Bacon back to green. That was how it would finish.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Fisher 86x (1*) 2. Brian Brown 21 (2*) 3. Justyn Cox 5H (4*) 4. Jason Johnson 41 (6*) 5. Jack Dover 53 (5) 6. Tim Crawley 88 (3) 7. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (9) 8. Kyle Bellm 14K (7) 9. Chris Coleman 10 (8)
Fisher got the jump on Brown heading to the high side in one and two, which built a berm and led the 8-lap distance. Johnson made an early move into fourth, while Dover did the same. It was tough sledding in by far the stoutest heat race of the night. Bruce underwent a motor change earlier in the night.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jonathan Cornell (1*) 2. Channin Tankersley 71 (2*) 3. Sean McClelland 1 (4*) 4. Don Droud Jr. 86 (5) 5. Rusty Potter 3P (3) 6. Eric Todd 21T (6) 7. Zach Zimmerly 94z (8) 8. Mike Trent 10x (7) DNS - Jon Corbin 44
Corbin had the powerplant go up in smoke in hot laps and was a scratch for the night. A feather touch was needed in three and four on the cushion, and Potter went over the top after a lap was completed. Cornell, who was three for three for wins in 360 action at LA this year, led the distance. On lap six, Trent went up in smoke and was done for the night. Potter recovered from the tail to grab fifth from Todd in the last corner.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Shane Stewart 57 (2*) 2. Kyle Hirst 6 (1*) 3. Austin Alumbaugh 54 (3) 4. J Kinder 88K (4) 5. Jeff Wingate 15 (8) 6. Curtis Boyer 72 (5) 7. Steven Cross 19s (9) 8. Taylor Walton 93w (7) 9. Ricky Logan 10a (6)
Stewart and Hirst separated themselves from the pack every time there was a caution (3 of them). Boyer stopped on lap two. Logan went over the berm on lap three after contact with Kinder, and then spun on lap four after contact with Wingate. After going over the berm a third time, he parked it. Walton spun on the lap three restart. Alumbaugh's number change (54) is in tribute to his car owner, Wahlie Brown, who passed away a couple weeks back.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Danny Wood 94 (2*) 2. Zach Chappell 50z (4*) 3. Mark Shirshekan 3 (3) 4. Dustin Morgan 93 (8*) 5. Haley Arnold 165 (1) 6. Cody Baker 38 (5) 7. Tony Crank 9c (7) 8. Austen Wheatley 44w (6)
Arnold grabbed the early lead, and with a lap in the books, Wheatley came to a stop. Arnold led Wood, Chappell, a charging Morgan and Shirshekan back to green. Wood took the lead on the restart, and two laps later, Wheatley again came to a stop and was sent pitside. Wood led Arnold, Chappell, Shirshekan and Morgan back to green. Chappell and Shirshekan slid under Arnold on the restart to take second and third, and Morgan would follow suit on the next lap.
B main one (started): 1. Dover (3) 2. Bruce (6) 3. Shirshekan (1) / 4. Droud (2) 5. Logan (11) 6. Wheatley (9) 7. Boyer (5) 8. Arnold (4) 9. Schlender (7) 10. Schroeder (12) 11. Wingate (13) 12. Crank (8) 13. Blank (10) DNS - Trent
Wingate surreendered his pole position when he was late to staging. Dover was dominating in the 12-lapper. After a couple of tries at a start, Bruce stormed into third immediately, and eventually wrestled second from Shirshekan on a widening track. Having no cautions didn't help Logan, who drove from row six to fifth.
B main two (started): 1. Long (2) 2. Crawley (9) 3. Alumbaugh (1) / 4. Potter (4) 5. Zimmerly (8) 6. Todd (6) 7. Baker (7) 8. Kinder (3) 9. Bellm (10) 10. Cross (5) 11. Coleman (12) 12. Walton (11) DNS - Moore, Corbin
Alumbaugh lead early ahead of Long and Kinder. On lap five, a charging Zimmerly came in too hot in turn three, getting into Kinder and taking both out. That collected Bellm as well, eliminating three cars in the top six. That meant new life for the "Crawdad" who was in fourth all of a sudden. Using the low side all the way around, he worked under Potter and then Alumbaugh for second late. Long had taken the lead from Alumbaugh on lap eight.
A main (started): 1. Stewart (5) 2. Johnson (15) 3. Chappell (7) 4. Morgan (2) 5. Dover (17) 6. Bruce (19) 7. Long (18) 8. Covington (3) 9. Shirshekan (21) 10. Hirst (12) 11. Crawley (20) 12. Cornell (8) 13. Bacon (16) 14. Martin (9) 15. Tankersley (11) 16. Logan (23, pr.) 17. Alumbaugh (17) 18. Cox (13) 19. Wheatley (25, pr.) 20. Kinder (24, pr.) 21. Wood (6) 22. Fisher (1) 23. Wright (4) 24. Brown (10) 25. McClelland (14)
Fisher spun from the pole in front of the field to start the 30-lapper. Fortunately, everyone missed him. Morgan took the early lead in at times, three-wide racing with Covington and Stewart. The action was furious early on, and Chappell was on the move and into second by lap 8. Brown, who got into the back of Cornell and suffered nose wing damage during the Fisher spin, still managed to charge to sixth. On lap nine, he got upside down in turn four when a stop came off of the car. The restart had Morgan leading Chappell, Stewart, Covington and Cornell. Wright had been fifth, but his right rear went flat and he took it to the pits. Chappell slid under Morgan heading into one to take the lead. Stewart shot under Morgan on lap 13, and a charging Johnson was into third by lap 17. Chappell built a good lead with Stewart in pursuit, when the final caution came out with three laps to go for a Wood spin. Chappell's right top wing side panel was caved in the rear, and Stewart pounced on the restart to take the lead as Chappell pushed up the track. Johnson was able to follow suit and that's how they finished. Dover's pass for fourth was negated by the late caution, as he, Long and Bruce were fun to watch from teh back. Johnson was the official hard-charger, but five cars passed at least 11 cars.