J.J. Hickle Captures ASCS Frontier Victory at Billings
BILLINGS, Mont. (September 18, 2015) In his first trip back to the ASCS Frontier Region since injuring his back earlier in the season, Washington’s J.J. Hickle wasted no time returning to Victory Lane with the Montana based region at the Billings Motorsports Park.
Winning the opening night of the Dan Laber Memorial, the defending champion of the memorial race at the Billings Motorsports Park piloted the Bekkevar Logging and Trucking No. 3 to a $2,000 score after starting fourth in the lineup.
Phil Dietz, who currently leads the Frontier Regional standings, crossed second with Canada’s Skylar Gee taking the final podium step. Travis Rilat from 11th was fourth with Cam Smith completing the top-five.
D.J. Brink was sixth from 10th with Bryan Brown, Josh Ostermiller, Kelly Miller, and Reece Goetz making up the top-ten.
The Dan Laber Memorial concludes on Saturday, September 19, 2015 with another $2,000 up for grabs in Saturday’s A-Feature event. For more information on the event, log onto http://www.bmpspeedway.com.
For updates on the ASCS Frontier Region, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.
Race Results:
ASCS Frontier Region
Billings Motorsports Park – Billings, Mont.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Car Count: 33
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Joe Perry; 2. 9R-Reece Goetz; 3. 0J-Jeremy McCune; 4. 12-Josh Ostermiller; 5. 27DD-David Hoiness; 6. 74-Chauncey Filler; 7. 8R-Trey Starks; 8. 14-Ben Holmberg; 9. (DNF) 81-Darren Smith
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Phil Dietz; 2. 37-Trever Kirkland; 3. 39C-Travis Rilat; 4. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 5. 15-James Sires; 6. 4X-Adam Speckman; 7. 7-Mike Sires; 8. (DNF) 00-Roger Cummings
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee; 2. 38B-Bryan Brown; 3. 0-Jay Burns; 4. 14X-Kyle Vanulden; 5. 38-Jerry Brown Jr; 6. 77M-Nate Maxwell; 7. 24-Leroy Brush; 8. 4N-John Nelson
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3-J.J. Hickle; 2. 75-D.J. Brink; 3. 1-Bill Boyce; 4. 2JR-Kelly Miller; 5. 32-Tyler Gabel; 6. 55-Shane Liebig; 7. 16-David Miller; 8. 4-Cliff Nelson Jr.
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 38-Jerry Brown Jr[1]; 2. 55-Shane Liebig[2]; 3. 32-Tyler Gabel[4]; 4. 16-David Miller[11]; 5. 15-James Sires[7]; 6. 77M-Nate Maxwell[8]; 7. 4X-Adam Speckman[9]; 8. 81-Darren Smith[16]; 9. 7-Mike Sires[10]; 10. 14-Ben Holmberg[14]; 11. 4N-John Nelson[13]; 12. (DNF) 74-Chauncey Filler[5]; 13. (DNF) 8R-Trey Starks[6]; 14. (DNF) 4-Cliff Nelson Jr.[15]; 15. (DNF) 24-Leroy Brush[12]; 16. (DNF) 27DD-David Hoiness[3]; DNS 00-Roger Cummings
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3-J.J. Hickle[4]; 2. 72-Phil Dietz[1]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[3]; 4. 39C-Travis Rilat[11]; 5. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith[9]; 6. 75-D.J. Brink[10]; 7. 38B-Bryan Brown[2]; 8. 12-Josh Ostermiller[6]; 9. 2JR-Kelly Miller[14]; 10. 9R-Reece Goetz[12]; 11. 1-Bill Boyce[13]; 12. 37-Trever Kirkland[8]; 13. 16-David Miller[20]; 14. 28-Joe Perry[5]; 15. 14X-Kyle Vanulden[16]; 16. 32-Tyler Gabel[19]; 17. (DNF) 55-Shane Liebig[18]; 18. (DNF) 0-Jay Burns[7]; 19. (DNF) 0J-Jeremy McCune[15]; 20. (DNF) 38-Jerry Brown Jr[17]
Sources: Bryan Hulbert/ASCS PR