Mike Martin Stands Tall in “Brawl for It All” as Funk Claims Mod Title
PEORIA, Ariz. (September 26, 2015) – The USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars “Brawl for It All” lived up to its moniker on Saturday night with Yuma native Mike Martin emerging victorious in the hard-fought 30-lapper atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval.
Along with Martin, other Saturday night winners included Jason Noll in IMCA Modifieds, Matt Martinez in Pure Stocks, Paul Martin in Micro Sprints and Tony Martin in Dwarf Cars while Garrett Funk finished off the track IMCA Modified points championship with a fourth-place run.
While Mike Martin started the USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast “Brawl for It All” feature in fifth, Charles Davis, Jr., and Stevie Sussex mixed it up for the lead much of the way until Davis, Jr., looped it with less than ten laps to go, collecting USAC Southwest points leader R.J. Johnson in the process.
Sussex found himself back out front, only to have Andrew Reinbold and Martin race by in a duel for the lead. Martin finally took the top spot and led the final four circuits to capture his third win of the year aboard the Sherwin Williams/Ultimate Offroad No. 16 Maxim.
Reinbold settled for runner-up honors after starting 13th with Nick Aiuto, Chris Bonneau and Sussex rounding out the top five.
In 9th World Vapors IMCA Modified action, Jason Noll continued his recent hot streak by charging from the tenth starting position to capture his third win in a row ahead of pole starter John Parmeley, Bo Partain, Garrett Funk and Jay Foster. With his drive from ninth to fourth, Zelenka earned the track championship by 33 points over Shawn Zelenka with George Fronsman another 15 points back in third.
Matt Martinez kept his roll going in Arizona Differential Pure Stock competition by racing from fifth to capture his tenth win of the year ahead of Chris McCurdy, Jr., with Zack Madrid, Ty Weider and Steve Bitting also among the top five.
Paul Martin rallied from five rows deep for his first Micro Sprint win of the year ahead of Jarrett Martin and Dustin Cormany while Tony Martin raced from the sixth row to pick up his third triumph in the last four Dwarf Car outings ahead of last-place starter Eric Muse and Ed Schuhlke.
Action resumes at Canyon Speedway Park with the 15th Annual Sands Chevrolet USAC Hall of Fame Classic on October 23–24 featuring USAC/CRA Sprint Cars along with Arizona Differential Pure Stocks, Micro Sprints and Vintage Cars.
Canyon Speedway Park
September 26, 2015 Results
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars “Brawl for It All”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.141; 2. R.J. Johnson, 77M, Michael-14.173; 3. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-14.314; 4. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-14.450; 5. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-14.457; 6. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-14.499; 7. Nick Aiuto, 27, Aiuto-14.612; 8. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Massey-14.681; 9. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-14.782; 10. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14.838; 11. Dennis Gile, 13, Gile-14.847; 12. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.867; 13. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.902; 14. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-14.915; 15. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.920; 16. Larry Gibson, 2X, Gibson-14.954; 17. Tyler Seavey, 74, Williams-15.034; 18. Matt Lundy, 1, Lundy-15.120; 19. Josh Shipley, 2, Bishop-15.186; 20. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-15.611; 21. Chris Fiore, 69, Fiore-15.885; 22. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Reinbold, 2. Martin, 3. Hosford, 4. Aiuto, 5. Shipley, 6. Deskins, 7. Gibson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johnson, 3. Pelkey, 4. Seavey, 5. Gile, 6. Curtis, 7. Mihocko. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rossi, 2. M.Bonneau, 3. Sussex, 4. Lundy, 5. C.Bonneau, 6. Fiore, 7. Ogle. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Martin, 2. Andy Reinbold, 3. Nick Aiuto, 4. Chris Bonneau, 5. Stevie Sussex, 6. Brian Hosford, 7. Josh Pelkey, 8. Tom Ogle, 9. Josh Shipley, 10. Tye Mihocko, 11. Matt Rossi, 12. Tyler Seavey, 13. Charles Davis Jr., 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Shon Deskins, 16. Michael Curtis, 17. Mike Bonneau, 18. Dennis Gile, 19. Matt Lundy, 20. Larry Gibson, 21. Chris Fiore. NT
9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:
Heat One: 1. 92p-John Parmeley, 2. 74-Garrett Funk, 3. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 4. 41-George Fronsman, 5. 00-Nate Warren, 6. 59-Mark Stewart, 7. 12-Guy Norton, 8. 65-Tim Palmer, 9. 15s-William Slocum.
Heat Two: 1. 75c-Bo Partain, 2. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 3. 44-Jason Noll, 4. 19-Jay Foster, 5. X04-Mike Strobl, 6. 67-Jim Colllinsworth, 7. 78-Steve Stultz, 8. 99-Joey Wampole.
“A” Feature: 1. 44-Jason Noll, 2. 92c-John Parmeley, 3. 75c-Bo Partain, 4. 74-Garrett Funk, 5. 19-Jay Foster, 6. 00-Nate Warren, 7. 78-Steve Stultz, 8. 59-Mark Stewart, 9. X04-Mike Strobl, 10. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 11. 41-George Fronsman, 12. 12-Guy Norton, 13. 99-Joey Wampole, 14. 65-Tim Palmer, 15. 67-Jim Collinsworth, 16. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 17. 15s-William Slocum.
Arizona Differential Pure Stocks:
Heat One: 1. 51-Jeff Carter, 2. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 3. 5z-Zack Madrid, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 6. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 7. 6i-Dale Irby, 8. 41-Robert Linn
Heat Two: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 22-Jesse Johnson, 3. Z28-Ty Weidner, 4. 7-Steve Bitting, 5. 51j-Gary Everett, 6. 04b-Justin Bishop, 7. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin, 8. 27T-John Todd.
“A” Feature: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 5z-Zack Madrid, 4. Z28-Ty Weidner, 5. 7-Steve Bitting, 6. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 7. 22-Jesse Johnson, 8. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 9. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 10. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin, 11. 04b-Justin Bishop, 12. 27T-John Todd, 13. 41-Robert Linn, 14. 51j-Gary Everett, 15. 51-Jeff Carter, 16. 6i-Dale Irby.
Micro Sprints:
Heat One: 1. 37j-Dustin Cormany, 2. 16-Pat Wing, 3. 50-Ray Herrera, 4. 77-Aaron Miller, 5. 42-Kenny Hilton, 6. 9-Marty Morin.
Heat Two: 1. 41-Colton Hardy, 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 3. 10-Ryan Hennessey, 4. 7-Mason Keefer, 5. 4-Ryan Walter, 6. 66-Brandon Sutton.
Heat Three: 1. 71-Cody Batten, 2. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 3. 29-Paul Martin, 4. 27-Doug Tallent, 5. 28-Mark Morin.
“A” Feature: 1. 29-Paul Martin, 2. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 3. 37j-Dustin Cormany, 4. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 5. 42-Kenny Hilton, 6. 27-Doug Tallent, 7. 71-Cody Batten, 8. 4-Ryan Walter, 9. 50-Ray Herrera, 10. 7-Mason Keefer, 11. 66-Brandon Sutton, 12. 9-Marty Morin, 13. 10-Ryan Hennessey, 14. 77-Aaron Miller, 15. 28-Mark Morin, 16. 16-Pat Wing, 17. 41-Colton Hardy.
Dwarf Cars:
Heat One: 1. 24-Steven Keith, 2. 93-A.J. Breau, 3. 2n-Cale Rudy, 4. 10-Helen Hennessey, 5. 55-John Levitt, 6. 38-Jeff Foster, 7. 09-Rob Deines, 8. 66-Frank Rhodes, 9. 44-Daniel Lamm.
Heat Two: 1. 41-Tony Martin, 2. 21-Roy Baldwin, 3. 47-Steve Kapaun, 4. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 5. 29-Cory Brown, 6. 2-Mike Williams, 7. 14-Dillon Miller, 8. 11-Heather Hennessey, 9. 9n-Grant William.
Heat Three: 1. 9-John Foster, 2. 05-Chad Stewart, 3. 90-Randy Deines, 4. 00-Tim Cotherman, 5. 64-Rusty Degroat, 6. 46-Kevin Davis, 7. 96-Tyler Inscore, 8. 75-Scott Deines, 9. 7-Eric Muse.
“A” Feature: 1. 41-Tony Martin, 2. 7-Eric Muse, 3. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 4. 05-Chad Stewart, 5. 10-Helen Hennessey, 6. 21-Roy Baldwin, 7. 46-Kevin Davis, 8. 2-Mike Williams, 9. 38-Jeff Foster, 10. 14-Dillon Miller, 11. 93-A.J. Breau, 12. 9-John Foster, 13. 96-Tyler Inscore, 14. 2n-Cale Rudy, 15. 66-Frank Rhodes, 16. 75-Scott Deines, 17. 11-Heather Hennessey, 18. 00-Tim Cotherman, 19. 29-Cory Brown, 20. 44-Daniel Lamm, 21. 55-John Levitt, 22. 47-Steve Kapaun, 23. 40-Randy Deines, 24. 64-Rusty Degroat, 25. 09-Rob Deines, 26. 24-Steven Keith.
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/Canyon Speedway Park PR