Forler Flies to CSP Victory Lane
While the Washington native bested the ASCS Southwest Sprint Car ranks, other CSP Season Opener winners included Bubba Stafford in IMCA Modifieds, Chuck Thornton in Hobby Stock action, Ed Schule in Dwarf Cars and Paul Martin in Micro Sprints.
Orting, WA, native Logan Forler started on the front row outside and fought off 11th-starter Dusty Zomer from South Dakota to take ASCS Southwest Sprint Car honors ahead of J.T. Imperial with 16th-starter Wes Wofford and wingless ace R.J. Johnson rounding out the top five.
In Arizona Differential IMCA Modified action, Bubba Stafford, Jr., made the most of his front row outside starting position by racing to victory lane ahead of Joey Moriarty and NASCAR drop-in Kenny Wallace, who made his way to the show position after starting tenth.
Chuck Thornton capitalized on the pole starting position in IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades presented by Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive action by taking the checkered flag ahead of Jacob Madrid and Jason Crowe.
In Dwarf Car action, Ed Schule raced from 12th to post his second CSP win in a row ahead of 10th-starter Cory Brown and Robert Atencino while Paul Martin rallied from ninth to win the Micro Sprint feature ahead of Kyle Huttenhow and Ryan Walter.
Action continues at Canyon Speedway Park with the Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday night, March 26, featuring the USAC Southwest non-wing Sprint Cars along with Western Mod-Lites, Micro Sprints, and IMCA Sport Modifieds.
Canyon Speedway Park
March 12, 2016 – Season Opener Results
ASCS Southwest Sprint Cars:
Heat One: 1. 20z-Rick Zeihl, 2. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 3. 75x-T.J. Imperial, 4. 82-Dusty Zomer, 5. 51J-R.J. Johnson, 6. 74-Colton Hardy, 7. 19-Wes Wofford, 8. 17k-Kyle Danielson.
Heat Two: 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 9-Ryan Linder, 3. 91-Casey Buckman, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 5. 5c-Billy Chester, 6. 14-Cody Sickles, 7. 22b-Jesse Baker, 8. 12-James Mosher.
Heat Three: 1. 4h-James Aragon, 2. 0j-Jeremy McCune, 3. 56-Barry Martinez, 4. 7-Danny Mathis, 5. 4x-Rickey Hood, 6. 01-Kaylene Verville, 7. 2-Shad Peterson, 8. 90-Lance Norick.
“B” Main: 1. 51J-R.J. Johnson, 2. 74-Colton Hardy, 3. 5c-Billy Chester, 4. 19-Wes Wofford, 5. 4x-Rickey Hood, 6. 22b-Jess Baker, 7. 90-Lance Norick, 8. 12-James Mosher, 9. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 10. 2-Shad Peterson, 11. 14-Cody Sickles, 12. 01-Kaylene Verville.
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 82-Dusty Zomer, 3. 75x-T.J. Imperial, 4. 19-Wes Wofford, 5. 51J-R.J. Johnson, 6. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 7. 90-Lance Norick, 8. 9-Ryan Linder, 9. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 10. 22b-Jesse Baker, 11. 56-Barry Martinez, 12. 91-Casey Buckman, 13. 5c-Billy Chester, 14. 0j-Jeremy McCune, 15. 7-Denny Mathis, 16. 18w-Lorne Wofford, 17. 12-James Mosher, 18. 4x-Rickey Hood, 19. 4h-James Aragon, 20. 74-Colton Hardy.
Arizona Differential IMCA Modifieds:
Heat One: 1. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 78-Steve Stultz, 4. 82-John Parmeley, 5. 65-Tim Palmer, 6. 4r-Ross Statham, 7. 44-Michael McDowell, 8. 25-Paul Nelson.
Heat Two: 1. 36-Kenny Wallace, 2. 12-Guy Norton, 3. 00-Nate Warren, 4. 51-Joey Moriarty, 5. 55-Nick Gann, 6. 1d-Mike Strobl, 7. 97-Josh Sneed.
“A” Feature: 1. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 2. 51-Joey Moriarty, 3. 36-Kenny Wallace, 4. 5z-Zack Madrid, 5. 12-Guy Norton, 6. 1d-Mike Strobl, 7. 00-Nate Warren, 8. 78-Steve Stultz, 9. 44-Michael McDowell, 10. 55-Nick Gann, 11. 97-Josh Sneed, 12. 4r-Ross Statham, 13. 82-John Parmeley, 14. 65-Tim Palmer, 15. 25-Paul Nelson.
IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades presented by Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive:
Heat One: 1. 15J-Jacob Madrid, 2. XX-Chuck Thornton, 3. 55-Merle Zachrison, 4. 16b-Richard Bennett, 5. 54-James Turensky, 6. 08-Michelle Halfill.
Heat Two: 1. 09-Paul O’Connor, 2. 99-Trenton Setelin, 3. 45k-Mark Kilian, 4. 13-Jason Crowe, 5. 24L-Ross Langer, 6. 91-Chris Boulware.
“A” Feature: 1. XX-Chuck Thornton, 2. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 3. 13-Jason Crowe, 4. 45k-Mark Kilian, 5. 55-Merle Zachrison, 6. 9-Paul O’Connor, 7. 99-Trenton Setelin, 8. 16b-Richard Bennett, 9. 08-Michelle Halfhill, 10. 24L-Ross Langer, 11. 54-James Turensky, 12. 91-Chris Boulware.
Dwarf Cars:
Heat One: 1. 87-Robert Antencino, 2. 93-A.J. Breau, 3. 61-John Ogden, 4. 11-Heather Hennessey, 5. 05-Brian Stehr, 6. 23-Jesse Kuntz, 7. 2n-Cale Rudy, 8. 96-Tyler Inscore.
Heat Two: 1. 29-Cory Brown, 2. 66-Frank Rhodes, 3. 38-Jeff Foster, 4. 46n-Mike Moyer, 5. 22-Daniel Lamm, 6. 46-Kevin Davis, 7. 47-Steve Kapaun, 8. 64-Sunny Degroat.
Heat Three: 1. 10-Helen Hennessey, 2. 88-Ed Schule, 3. 43-Tim Cotherman, 4. 27-Rusty Degroat, 5. 12-Pat Hennessey, 6. 0-Brian Hattlestad, 7. 20-Levi Rudy, 8. 26-Justin Fletcher.
“A” Feature: 1. 88-Ed Schule, 2. 29-Cory Brown, 3. 87-Robert Atencino, 4. 05-Brian Stehr, 5. 46-Kevin Davis, 6. 27-Rusty Degroat, 7. 10-Helen Hennessey, 8. 43-Tim Cothreman, 9. 11-Heather Hennessey, 10. 61-John Ogden, 11. 12-Pat Hennessey, 12. 66-Frank Rhodes, 13. 0-Brian Hattlestad, 14. 38-Jeff Foster, 15. 47-Steve Kapaun, 16. 93-A.J. Breau, 17. 46n-Mike Moyer, 18. 64-Sunny Degroat, 19. 96-Tyler Inscore, 20. 26-Justin Fletcher, 21. 20-Levi Rudy, 22. 23-Jesse Kuntz, 23. 2n-Cale Rudy.
Micro Sprints:
Heat One: 1. 41h-Colton Hardy, 2. 9x-Dennis Carrier, 3. 4-Ryan Walter, 4. 50-Ray Herrera, 5. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 6. 81-Tyler Dean, 7. 52-Cameron LaRose.
Heat Two: 1. 88-Tyler Merrill, 2. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 3. 29-Paul Martin, 4. 04j-Dale Eliason, Jr., 5. 11m-A.J. Miller, 6. 28-Mark Morin, 7. 29J-Jeff Christoferson.
Heat Three: 1. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 3. 16-Pat Wing, 4. 7-Kevin Keefer, 5. 91T-James LaRose, 6. 72-Anton Hernandez, 7. 25-Mike Sanders.
“A” Feature: 1. 29-Paul Martin, 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 3. 4-Ryan Walter, 4. 04j-Dale Eliason, Jr., 5. 16-Pat Wing, 6. 50-Ray Herrera, 7. 81-Tyler Dean, 8. 11m-A.J. Miller, 9. 25-Mike Sanders, 10. 52-Cameron LaRose, 11. 29J-Jeff Christoferson, 12. 91T-James LaRose, 13. 41h-Colton Hardy, 14. 9x-Dennis Carrier, 15. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 16. 28-Mark Morin, 17. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 18. 7-Kevin Keefer, 19. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 20. 88-Tyler Merrill, 21. 72-Anton Hernandez.
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/Canyon Speedway Park PR