Zomer Zooms to Victory Lane in CSP Season Opener
PEORIA, Ariz. (March 14, 2015) – South Dakota’s Dusty Zomer dropped in on Saturday night’s Canyon Speedway Park season opener and made it pay off with victory honors in ASCS Southwest Sprint Car action atop the 1/3-mile clay oval near Phoenix.
While Zomer bested the Sprint Car ranks, other winners on the night included Bo Partain in IMCA Modifieds, Chris McCurdy, Jr. , in Pure Stocks, Daniel Romero in Renegades and Brian Stehr in Dwarf Cars.
After a third place heat race finish, Zomer redrew the pole position for the feature and raced to victory lane aboard the Buffalo Wild Wings No. 82 ahead of reigning ASCS Southwest champion Rick Ziehl with 13th-starter Lorne Wofford, Bob Ream, Jr. , and Ryan Linder rounding out the top five.
In 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified action, Bo Partain fended off invading NASCAR star Kenny Wallace for victory honors with George Fronsman, Shawn Zelenka, and Mark Stewart in the top five.
Chris McCurdy, Jr. , claimed Arizona Differential Pure Stock honors from third ahead of reigning champion Matt Martinez and Ty Weidner, while Joe Vlasity rallied from 17th to fourth.
Daniel Romero scored Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegade honors ahead of Joe Flewelling and Mike Hartsock while Brian Stehr claimed the Dwarf Car win ahead of David Cook, Jr. , and Eric Muse.
Action resumes at Canyon Speedway Park with the Hose Advantage Hank Arnold Memorial on Saturday night, March 28, featuring the non-wing USAC Southwest Sprint Cars along with Pure Stocks, Micro Sprints, AMA Mod Lites, and Dwarf Cars.
Canyon Speedway Park Season Opener Results:
ASCS Southwest Sprint Cars:
First Heat: 1. 51-Cody Cambensy, 2. 91-Casey Buckman, 3. 8-Bob Ream, Jr. , 4. 22-Mike Rux, Jr. , 5. 12-James Mosher, 6. 29-Darrell Sickles.
Second Heat: 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 41-Joshua Williams, 3. 82-Dusty Zomer, 4. 18-Lorne Wofford, 5. 22x-Jesse Baker, 6. 01-Kaylene Verville.
Third Heat: 1. 7-James Aragon, 2. 9-Ryan Linder, 3. 2-Alex Pettas, 4. 90-Lance Norick, 5. 4c-Billy Chester.
“A” Feature: 1. 82-Dusty Zomer, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 18-Lorne Wofford, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr. , 5. 9-Ryan Linder, 6. 41-Joshua Williams, 7. 51-Cody Cambensy, 8. 01-Kaylene Verville, 9. 91-Casey Buckman, 10. 7-James Aragon, 11. 2-Alex Pettas, 12. 12-James Mosher, 13. 22x-Jesse Baker, 14. 29-Darrell Sickles, 15. 22-Mike Rux, Jr. , 16. 90-Lance Norick, 17. 4c-Billy Chester.
9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:
First Heat: 1. 96-Sean Stewart, 2. 36-Kenny Wallace, 3. 41-George Fronsman, 4. 59-Mark Stewart, 5. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 6. 45-Ryan Roath, 7. 17-Justin Miller.
Second Heat: 1. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 2. 74-Garrett Funk, 3. 76c-Jeff Collinsworth, 4. 66-Brandon Eichelberger, 5. 87-Clifton Maggard, 6. 82-John Parmeley, 7. 3-Jim Collinsworth.
Third Heat: 1. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 2. 75c-Bo Partain, 3. 78-Steve Stultz, 4. 24s-Steve Simpson, Jr. , 5. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr. , 6. 8-Nate Warren.
“A” Feature: 1. 75c-Bo Partain, 2. 36-Kenny Wallace, 3. 41-George Fronsman, 4. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 5. 59-Mark Stewart, 6. 74-Garrett Funk, 7. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 8. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 9. 76c-Jeff Collinsworth, 10. 96-Sean Stewart, 11. 24s-Steve Simpson, Jr. , 12. 66-Brandon Eichelberger, 13. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr. , 14. 17-Justin Miller, 15. 3-Jim Collinsworth, 16. 45-Ryan Roath, 17. 82-John Parmeley, 18. 87-Clifton Maggard, 19. 78-Steve Stultz, 20. 8-Nate Warren.
Arizona Differential Pure Stocks:
First Heat: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 15-Speedy Madrid, 3. 04b-Justin Bishop, 4. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin, 5. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 6. ACE-Doug Porter, 7. 54F-Guy Fite, 8. 5z-Zack Madrid, 9. 28x-Donnie Yates.
Second Heat: 1. 97-Larry Gordon, 2. Z28-Ty Weidner, 3. 22a-Aaron Hernandez, 4. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 5. 99-Mike Lilly, 6. 3-Ashley Stafford, 7. 8-Justin Thornton, 8. 06x-Tyler George.
Third Heat: 1. 7-Steve Bitting, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr. , 3. 2m-Robert McClelland, 4. 33y-David Jones, 5. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 6. 14-David Goulette, 7. 33-Kenny Terry, 8. 5J-Jacob Madrid.
“B” Feature: 1. ACE-Doug Porter, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 4. 8-Justin Thornton, 5. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 6. 3-Ashley Stafford, 7. 54f-Guy Fite, 8. 14-Dave Goulette, 9. 99-Mike Lilly, 10. 06x-Tyler George, 11. 33-Kenny Terry, 12. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 13. 28x-Donnie Yates.
“A” Feature: 1. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr. , 2. 21m-Matt Martinez, 3. Z28-Ty Weidner, 4. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 5. 7-Steve Bitting, 6. 5z-Zack Madrid, 7. ACE-Doug Porter, 8. 3-Ashley Stafford, 9. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 10. 22a-Aaron Hernandez, 11. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 12. 14-Dave Goulette, 13. 54F-Guy Fite, 14. 04b-Justin Bishop, 15. 97-Larry Gordon, 16. 15-Speedy Madrid, 17. 8-Justin Thornton, 18. 2m-Robert McClelland, 19. 33y-David Jones, 20. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin.
Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades:
First Heat: 1. 14x-Brandon Gschweng, 2. 45k-Mark Kilian, 3. 8-Joe Flewelling, 4. 3d-David Harrington, 5. 7-Ray Howard, 6. 77-Mike Laramee, 7. 99-Trenton Setelin, 8. 3-Greg Gillum.
Second Heat: 1. XX-Chuck Thornton, 2. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 3. 64-Daniel Romero, 4. 24-Chris McCurdy, Sr. , 5. 13-Jason Crowe, 6. 18jr-Tony Steele, 7. 9-Paul O’Connor, 8. 1b-Michael Posey.
Third Heat: 1. 48-Mike Hartsock, 2. 51d-Dustin Way, 3. 85-Joe Peterson, 4. 5-Shea Kendig, 5. 24L-Ross Langer, 6. 16b-Richard Bennett, 7. 4h-Brian Hyatt, 8. 57a-Tate Allen.
“B” Feature: 1. 13-Jason Crowe, 2. 9-Paul O’Connor, 3. 77-Mike Laramee, 4. 24L-Ross Langer, 5. 18jr-Tony Steele, 6. 4h-Brian Hyatt, 7. 3-Greg Gillum, 8. 16b-Richard Bennett, 9. 99-Trenton Setelin, 10. 57a-Tate Allen, 11. 7-Ray Howard, 12. 1b-Michael Posey.
“A” Feature: 1. 64-Daniel Romero, 2. 8-Joe Flewelling, 3. 48-Mike Hartsock, 4. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 5. 85-Joe Peterson, 6. 24-Chris McCurdy, Sr. , 7. 13-Jason Crowe, 8. 9-Paul O’Connor, 9. 45k-Mark Kilian, 10. 3d-David Harrington, 11. 14x-Bradon Gschweng, 12. XX-Chuck Thornton, 13. 24L-Ross Langer, 14. 5-Shea Kendig, 15. 51d-Dustin Way, 16. 18jr-Tony Steele, 17. 77-Mike Laramee, 18. 16b-Richard Bennett, 19. 3-Greg Gillum.
Dwarf Cars:
First Heat: 1. 11y-Kenny Hodgakins, 2. 77-David Cook, Jr. , 3. 54-Fred Defibaugh, 4. 03y-Nick Adams, 5. 46-Mike Moyer, 6. 34d-Tim Crosby, 7. 19-Tim Berner.
Second Heat: 1. 76-Brian Stehr, 2. 6-John Ogden, 3. 2y-Billy Van Meter, 4. 9y-Jeff Adams, 5. 7-Eric Muse, 6. 9x-Genn Banham, 7. 4-Jim Warp.
Third Heat: 1. 2n-Cale Rudy, 2. 9-Grant William, 3. 93-A. J. Breau, 4. 2-Mike Williams, 5. 14-Ryan Hennessey, 6. 17y-Scott Tupper.
“A” Feature: 1. 76-Brian Stehr, 2. 77-David Cook, Jr. , 3. 7-Eric Muse, 4. 9x-Genn Banham, 5. 2n-Cale Rudy, 6. 93-A. J. Breau, 7. 54-Fred Defibaugh, 8. 17y-Scott Tupper, 9. 03y-Nick Adams, 10. 34d-Tim Crosby, 11. 4-Jim Warp, 12. 46-Mike Moyer, 13. 5-John Ogden, 14. 2y-Billy Van Meter, 15. 9y-Jeff Adams, 16. 9-Grant William, 17. 11y-Kenny Hodgakins, 18. 14-Ryan Hennessey, 19. 2-Mike Williams.
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/Canyon Speedway Park PR