Canyon Speedway Park Saturday Report
Thornton Sizzles at CSP
PEORIA, Ariz. (June 6, 2015) – The “Summer Sizzle” lived up to its moniker Saturday night at Canyon Speedway Park with Ricky Thornton, Jr., coming away with a hard-fought win in IMCA Modified action.
While Thornton, Jr., came away with his second consecutive 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified score at CSP, Matt Martinez topped a hotly-contested Arizona Differential Pure Stock feature, Chris McCurdy, Jr., was best in the Scottsdale Automotive & Muffler ranks, Ryan Walter bested the Micro Sprints, Tim Cotherman covered the Dwarf Cars and Kent Ewart, Jr., led the way in Mini Stocks.
In IMCA Modified action, Thornton, Jr., rallied from the 11th starting position as pole starter Joey Moriarty led the way. Moriarty fought off Thornton, Jr., for more than half the race before surrendering the point.
Thornton, Jr., went on to the checkered flag ahead of Moriarty with Garrett Funk, George Fronsman and John Parmeley rounding out the top five.
Matt Martinez, Chris McCurdy, Jr., and Bo Partain dueled for the lead much of the way in Pure Stock action before Martinez finally emerged with his sixth CSP score of 2015 ahead of McCurdy, Jr., and Partain with Madrids of Zack and Speedy also among a tightly-bunched top five.
Chris McCurdy, Sr., topped the Renegades from fourth, crossing the stripe ahead of Richard Bennett, Daniel Romero, Mark Kilian and Troy Barnes.
Ryan Walter beat Kyle Huttenhow and 11th-starter Mason Keefer to the line for his first CSP Micro Sprint win of the year, Tim Cotherman rallied from ninth to take Dwarf Car honors ahead of Steve Kapaun 15th-starter Chris Cramer and Kent Ewart, Jr., picked off his second Mini Stock win in as many tries.
Action resumes at Canyon Speedway Park with the Fifth Annual Father’s Day Classic on Saturday, June 20, featuring the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars along with 9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds, Arizona Differential Pure Stocks, Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades and Micro Sprints.
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9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:
First Heat: 1. 92p-John Parmeley, 2. 74-Garrett Funk, 3. X04-Mike Strobl, 4. 41-George Fronsman, 5. 19sb-Lance Mari, 6. 78-Steve Stultz, 7. 29jr-Jinger Kesler, 8. 40-Jeff Stafford, 9. 19-Kenny Gill.
Second Heat: 1. 51-Joey Moriarty, 2. 44-Jason Noll, 3. 12-Guy Norton, 4. 6-Eric Center, 5. 8-Nate Warren, 6. 49-John Laughlin, 7. 65-Tim Palmer, 8. 18-Jake Kruse, 9. L8-Brian Schultz.
Third Heat: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 3. 4h-Don Hagan, 4. 96-Sean Stewart, 5. 75c-Bo Partain, 6. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 7. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 8. 7g-Bryan Gabbard, 9. 34dd-Billy Carron.
“B” Feature: 1. 19sb-Lance Mari, 2. 8-Nate Warren, 3. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 4. L8-Brian Schultz, 5. 75c-Bo Partain, 6. 78-Steve Stultz, 7. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 8. 34dd-Billly Carron, 9. 65-Tim Palmer, 10. 40-Jeff Stafford, 11. 19-Kenny Gill, 12. 18-Jake Kruse, 13. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 14. 49-John Laughlin, 15. 7g-Bryan Gabbard.
“A” Feature: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 51-Joey Moriarty, 3. 74-Garrett Funk, 4. 41-George Fronsman, 5. 92p-John Parmeley, 6. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 7. 96-Sean Stewart, 8. 4h-Don Hagan, 9. 44-Jason Noll, 10. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 11. 12-Guy Norton, 12. 78-Steve Stultz, 13. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 14. 75c-Bo Partain, 15. 34dd-Billy Carron, 16. L8-Brian Schultz, 17. 6-Eric Center, 18. 8-Nate Warren, 19. 19sb-Lance Mari, 20. X04-Mike Strobl.
Arizona Differential Pure Stocks:
First Heat: 1. 97-Larry Gordon, 2. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 3. 7-Steve Bitting, 4. 84-Mike Goodwin, 5. 9-Jeff Carter, 6. 27T-John Todd, 7. 91-Chris Boulware.
Second Heat: 1. 15-Speedy Madrid, 2. 90-Bo Partain, 3. 5z-Zack Madrid, 4. 04b-Justin Bishop, 5. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 6. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 7. 6i-Dale Irby.
Third Heat: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 4. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 5. 24-Josh Carter, 6. 58-Russ Amsler.
“A” Feature: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 90-Bo Partain, 4. 5z-Zack Madrid, 5. 15-Speedy Madrid, 6. 7-Steve Bitting, 7. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 8. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 9. 84-Mike Goodwin, 10. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 11. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 12. 9-Jeff Carter, 13. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 14. 27T-John Todd, 15. 91-Chris Boulware, 16. 24-Josh Carter, 17. 6i-Dale Irby, 18. 97-Larry Gordon, 19. 04b-Justin Bishop, 20. 58-Russ Amsler.
Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades:
First Heat: 1. 13-Jason Crowe, 2. 45k-Mark Kilian, 3. 64s-Johnathan Stalhut, 4. 18bm-Chris McCurdy, Sr., 5. 3j-Guss Elsworth, 6. 73-Vinnie Vondera, 7. 24L-Ross Langer, 8. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 9. 13d-Daniel Madrid.
Second Heat: 1. XX-Chuck Thornton, 2. 64-Daniel Romero, 3. 16b-Richard Bennett, 4. 85-Joe Peterson, 5. 48-Mike Hartsock, 6. 101-Troy Barnes, 7. 72-John Wilt, 8. 4h-Brian Hyatt, 9. 9-Paul O’Connor.
“A” Feature: 1. 18bm-Chris McCurdy, Sr., 2. 16b-Richard Bennett, 3. 64-Daniel Romero, 4. 45k-Mark Kilian, 5. 101-Troy Barnes, 6. 64s-Johnathan Stalhut, 7. 3j-Guss Elsworth, 8. 72-John Wilt, 9. 48-Mike Hartsock, 10. 4h-Brian Hyatt, 11. 85-Joe Peterson, 12. 13d-Daniel Madrid, 13. 9-Paul O’Connor, 14. 24L-Ross Langer, 15. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 16. 73-Vinnie Vondera, 17. 13-Jason Crowe, 18. XX-Chuck Thornton.
Micro Sprints:
First Heat: 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 2. 77-Aaron Miller, 3. 71-Cody Batten, 4. 41-Colton Hardy, 5. 10-Ryan Hennessey, 6. 7-Mason Keefer, 7. 50-Cliff Cormany.
Second Heat: 1. 28-Mark Morin, 2. 4-Ryan Walter, 3. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 4. 29-Paul Martin, 5. 27-Doug Tallent, 6. 99x-Jake Branum, 7. 9-Marty Morin.
“A” Feature: 1. 4-Ryan Walter, 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 3. 7-Mason Keefer, 4. 41-Colton Hardy, 5. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 6. 71-Cody Batten, 7. 29-Paul Martin, 8. 10-Ryan Hennessey, 9. 50-Cliff Cormany, 10. 27-Doug Tallent, 11. 99x-Jake Branum, 12. 77-Aaron Miller, 13. 28-Mark Morin.
Dwarf Cars:
First Heat: 1. 29-Cory Brown, 2. 61-John Ogden, 3. 2n-Cale Rudy, 4. 11-Heather Hennessey, 5. 9n-Grant William, 6. 10-Helen Hennessey, 7. 18-Chris Cramer, 8. 14-Dillon Miller, 9. 84-Jesse Kuntz.
Second Heat: 1. 2-Mike Williams, 2. 93-A.J. Breau, 3. 47-Steve Kapaun, 4. 12-Pat Hennessey, 5. 58-Doug Bellissimo, 6. 44-Daniel Lamm, 7. 67-Levi Rudy, 8. 43-Rob Deines, 9. 96-Tyler Inscore.
Third Heat: 1. 00-Tim Cotherman, 2. 05-Chad Stewart, 3. 46-Kevin Davis, 4. 38-Jeff Foster, 5. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 6. 27-Rusty Degroat, 7. 50-Andy Rudy, 8. 55-John Levitt, 9. 76-Brian Stehr.
“B” Feature: 1. 9n-Grant William, 2. 58-Doug Bellissimo, 3. 18-Chris Cramer, 4. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 5. 76-Brian Stehr, 6. 14-Dillon Miller, 7. 55-John Levitt, 8. 27-Rusty Degroat, 9. 50-Andy Rudy, 10. 10-Helen Hennessey, 11. 84-Jesse Kuntz, 12. 44-Daniel Lamm, 13. 96-Tyler Inscore, 14. 43-Rob Deines, 15. 67-Levi Rudy.
“A” Feature: 1. 00-Tim Cotherman, 2. 47-Steve Kapaun, 3. 18-Chris Cramer, 4. 93-A.J. Breau, 5. 05-Chad Stewart, 6. 38-Jeff Foster, 7. 9n-Grant William, 8. 2-Mike Williams, 9. 27-Rusty Degroat, 10. 10-Helen Hennessey, 11. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 12. 84-Jesse Kuntz, 13. 44-Daniel Lamm, 14. 76-Brian Sterr, 15. 2n-Cale Rudy, 16. 12-Pat Hennessey, 17. 58-Doug Bellissimo, 18. 29-Cory Brown, 19. 46-Kevin Davis, 20. 11-Heather Hennessey, 21. 55-John Levitt, 22. 61-John Ogden, 23. 50-Andy Rudy, 24. 14-Dillon Miller.
Mini Stocks:
First Heat: 1. 67-Kent Ewart, Jr., 2. 54-Shawn Fause, 3. 24-John Miller, 4. 89-John Miller II, 5. 99-Scott Kepner, 6. 84-Beau Edwards, 7. 11-Brett Hegeman, 8. 88sb-Joseph Martin.
“A” Feature: 1. 67-Kent Ewart, Jr., 2. 54-Shawn Fause, 3. 11-Brett Hegeman, 4. 24-John Miller, 5. 89-John Miller II, 6. 84-Beau Edwards, 7. 88sb-Joseph Martin, 8. 99-Scott Kepner.
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/Canyon Speedway Park PR