USAC Regional Roundup: 6/2/2019
Rutherford Triumphs at Ventura
VENTURA, CA – JUNE 1, 2019… After mechanical issues sidelined Ricky Lewis, Troy Rutherford (Ojai, CA) led the last four laps to win the “ARP Battle of the Beach Race #2” at Ventura Raceway. Racing his #11 Trench Shoring / Grimes Rock Maxim, Rutherford became the sixth different driver to win a USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature in 2019. Brandon Wiley, Tanner Boul, hard charger Charlie Butcher, and Koen Shaw chased the former track champion to the checkered flags.
Butcher earned the night’s Saldana Racing Products Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors with a fourth-place run from sixteenth. Ryan Timmons scored the Wilwood Disc Brakes “Lucky 13 Award” with a thirteenth place finish.
Earlier in the program, Timmons claimed his second career Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award by posting a time of 12.174 over the 21-car roster.
The ten-lap heat race victories went to Wiley (Extreme Mufflers First Heat), Steve Hix (Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat), and Rutherford (Competition Suspension Incorporated / Ultra Shield Race Products Third Heat).
The USAC West Coast Sprint Cars are back in action this Friday, June 7th at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway for the “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial.”
The USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series thanks AMSOIL, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems, Chris Kearns Presents, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal Productions, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Saldana Racing Products, Ultra Shield Race Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.
For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on westcoastsprintcars.com and the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
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USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2019 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California – “ARP Battle of the Beach Race #2” – co-sanctioned with VRA
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-12.174; 2. Cody Majors, 81X, Watt-12.191; 3. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-12.207; 4. Austin Williams, 92, Sertich-12.250; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Kirkbride-12.281; 6. Ricky Lewis, 81, Watt-12.324; 7. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team 33-12.388; 8. Slater Helt, 81M, Watt-12.441; 9. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-12.508; 10. Bruce Douglass, 13, Douglass-12.525; 11. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-12.615; 12. Tanner Boul, 99T, Boul-12.650; 13. Koen Shaw, 88, Shaw-12.808; 14. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-12.868; 15. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-12.882; 16. Charlie Butcher, 96, B&B-12.900; 17. Gage Rucker, 87K, Kruseman-12.900; 18. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-12.928; 19. Will Perkins, 50, Perkins-12.945; 20. Hannah Mayhew, 43, Mayhew-13.215; 21. Joey Bishop, 45, Bishop-13.373.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wiley, 2. Douglass, 3. Timmons, 4. Williams, 5. Butcher, 6. Shaw, 7. Perkins. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hix, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Helt, 4. Majors, 5. Ervine, 6. Rucker, 7. Mayhew. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ULTRA SHIELD RACE PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Boul, 3. Guardino, 4. Lewis, 5. Hendrix, 6. Stolz, 7. Bishop. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. Troy Rutherford (4), 2. Brandon Wiley (7), 3. Tanner Boul (12), 4. Charlie Butcher (16), 5. Koen Shaw (13), 6. Rick Hendrix (15), 7. Will Perkins (19), 8. Bruce Douglass (10), 9. Austin Ervine (14), 10. Cody Majors (5), 11. Steve Hix (11), 12. Joey Bishop (20), 13. Ryan Timmons (6), 14. Ricky Lewis (1), 15. Ricky Kirkbride (2), 16. Gage Rucker (17), 17. Austin Williams (3), 18. Ryan Stolz (18), 19. Tristan Guardino (9), 20. Hannah Mayhew (21 / #0 Perkins), 21. Slater Helt (8). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Lewis, Laps 27-30 Rutherford.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Charlie Butcher (16th to 4th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Ryan Timmons
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Guardino-436, 2-Timmons-335, 3-Shaw-323, 4-Helt-241, 5-Jake Swanson-238, 6-Ervine-237, 7-Mayhew-228, 8-Austin Liggett-227, 9-Danny Faria Jr.-221, –Hix-221, –Rutherford-221.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: June 7 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, California – “Chris &* Brian Faria Memorial”
R.J. Johnson is Back on Top at San Tan Valley
SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ – JUNE 1, 2019…Taking command from polesitter “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. on lap six, R.J. Johnson (Laveen, AZ) sailed to his first win of the season at Arizona Speedway. Piloting the Bobby Martin Racing #51 Martin Family Auto Museum / Proflyer Race Engines Sherman, Johnson’s $2,000 Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car triumph was the 56th win of his career. Brody Roa, Stevie Sussex, hard charger “The Magic Man” Mike Martin, and Davis rounded out the top-five drivers.
Martin claimed the night’s Saldana Racing Products Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors with a fourth-place run from ninth. Matt Lundy earned the AAA Car Buying 360 bonus with a sixth-place finish.
For the second time this season, Jake Swanson took top honors in Beaver Stripes Time Trials by posting a time of 15.679 over the 12-car roster.
The ten-lap heat race victories went to Swanson (Brown & Miller Racing Solutions First Heat) and Sussex (Competition Suspension Incorporated / Ultra Shield Race Products Second Heat).
The USAC SouthWest Sprint Cars will return to action on Saturday, June 8th at Canyon Speedway Park for the “CSP Birthday Bash.”
The Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Series thanks AAA Car Buying, AMSOIL, Beaver Stripes, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Hoosier Racing Tire, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Saldana Racing Products, and Ultra Shield Race Products for their support.
For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on southwessprintcars.com and the USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Facebook and Twitter pages.
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SANDS CHEVROLET USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2019 – Arizona Speedway – San Tan Valley, Arizona
BEAVER STRIPES QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 34AZ, Grau/Burkhart-15.679; 2. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-15.833; 3. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-15.985; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.014; 5. Chris Bonneau, 15, Bonneau-17.021; 6. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Davis-17.040; 7. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-17.656; 8. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-17.902; 9. Matt Lundy, 98, Lundy-17.982; 10. Stevie Sussex, 12, Allen-18.022; 11. Jonas Reynolds, 0, Reynolds-18.284; 12. Logan Seavey, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-NT.
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Lundy, 3. Rossi, 4. Bonneau, 5, Curtis, 6. Reynolds. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ULTRA SHIELD RACE PRODUCTS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sussex, 2. Davis, 3. Roa, 4. Johnson, 5. Martin, 6. Seavey. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. R.J. Johnson (5), 2. Brody Roa (3), 3. Stevie Sussex (7), 4. Mike Martin (9), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (1), 6. Matt Lundy (8), 7. Michael Curtis (10), 8. Jonas Reynolds (11), 9. Matt Rossi (4), 10. Logan Seavey (12), 11. Chris Bonneau (2). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Davis, Laps 6-30 Johnson.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Mike Martin (9th to 4th)
AAA CAR BUYING 360 BONUS: Matt Lundy
NEW SANDS CHEVROLET USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-514, 2-Johnson-470, 3-Sussex-442, 4-Davis-407, 5-Martin-391, 6-Rossi-381, 7-Swanson-342, 8-Lundy-312, 9-Curtis-299, 10-Bonneau-238.
NEXT SANDS CHEVROLET USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: June 8 – Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, Arizona – “CSP Birthday Bash”
Pickens Flies to Midget Victory in Wayne City
Wayne City, Ill. USAC Midget Special Event Feature Winner Michael Pickens of Auckland, New Zealand.
Wayne City, Illinois (June 1, 2019)………On Friday night, Michael Pickens landed in Chicago following a 13-and-a-half hour flight from his New Zealand home.
Less than 24 hours later, he was standing in victory lane following his triumph in Saturday night’s USAC Midget Special Event at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Ill.
Pickens, from Auckland, dominated the event, winning his heat race, then led all 30 laps of the feature from the pole position. Jake Neuman (New Berlin, Ill.) took second ahead of Tyler Nelson (Olathe, Kans.) and Shelby Bosie (Sherman, Ill.) with Daniel Robinson (Ewing, Ill.) rounding out the top-five.
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USAC MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2019 – Wayne County Speedway – Wayne City, Illinois – 1/8-Mile Dirt Oval
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ace McCarthy (#28 Neuman), 2. Jake Neuman (#3N Neuman), 3. Tyler Nelson (#88 Nelson), 4. Daniel Robinson (#57D McCreery), 5. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins), 6. Dean Parker (#99 Parker), 7. Austin Hawkins (#5 Hawkins). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Michael Pickens (#1NZ RMS), 2. Shelby Bosie (#3B Bosie), 3. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 4. Jeff Schindler (#88x Schindler), 5. Brandon Smith (#11 Smith), 6. Dylan Moan (#17D Moan). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Michael Pickens (1), 2. Jake Neuman (2), 3. Tyler Nelson (4), 4. Shelby Bosie (3), 5. Daniel Robinson (8), 6. Chett Gehrke (6), 7. Ace McCarthy (5), 8. Tyler Robbins (9), 9. Brandon Smith (10), 10. Dylan Moan (11), 11. Dean Parker (12), 12. Austin Hawkins (13), 13. Jeff Schindler (7). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Pickens.
NEXT USAC MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT: July 5, 2019 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – Co-Sanctioned with USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midgets
Allison’s Aim is True at Shenandoah
Shenandoah USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget winner Nolan Allison from Greensboro, N.C.
Shenandoah, Virginia (June 1, 2019)………Nolan Allison (Greensboro, N.C.) captured Saturday night’s 35-lap USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget feature at Virginia’s Shenandoah Speedway.
Allison took control of the race on the 16th lap after Preston Lattomus (Landenberg, Pa.) led the first nine circuits and Connor Gross (Asbury, N.J.) the next six. Allison proceeded to drive away for his first victory of the season over Jessica Bean, fast qualifier Alex Murray, Gross, and Neal Allison.
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USAC SPEED2 EASTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2019 – Shenandoah Speedway – Shenandoah, Virginia
QUALIFYING: 1. Alex Murray, 22, Murray-15.790; 2. Nolan Allison, 16, Allison-15.793; 3. Neal Allison, 15, Allison-15.814; 4. Eric Lewis, 4, Radical-15.819; 5. Connor Gross, 14, Gross-15.855; 6. Preston Lattomus, 28, Lattomus-15.903; 7. Jessica Bean, 5, Radical-15.936; 8. Levi Riffle, 75, Riffle-16.132; 9. Daytona Spicola, 8, Radical-16.173; 10. Jake Smith, 93, Smith-16.346.
FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Nolan Allison, 2. Jessica Bean, 3. Alex Murray, 4. Connor Gross, 5. Neal Allison, 6. Preston Lattomus, 7. Eric Lewis, 8. Levi Riffle, 9. Jake Smith, 10. Daytona Spicola. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Lattomus, Laps 10-15 Gross, Laps 16-35 Nolan Allison.
NEXT USAC SPEED2 EASTERN MIDGET RACE: June 22 – Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway – Nashville, Tennessee
It’s All Adam Whitney at Bear Ridge
Bradford, Vermont (June 1, 2019)………Adam Whitney, from Warren, Vermont, scored his first USAC DMA win of the 2019 race season Saturday night in the Whitney Tree Service-sponsored machine at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont.
Heat race one (8 laps) started with the 5 of Steve Midford on pole and the 23 of Tim West starting outside row one. When the green flagged waived the 26 piloted by TJ Foster moved from third to outside the leaders and by the start of lap two quickly showed the rest of the pack that he was here to win. The yellow came out on lap two for the 23 of Tim West spinning with no one else involved.
Back to green with TJ Foster’s 26 taking control of the race followed by the 16 of Justin Phillips now in second and the 9M of David Moniz to third. Dean Christensen, driving the American Muscle USA Cycle Works number 69, moved from sixth to fourth and challenged the leaders lap after lap. The race would stay green to the finish with TJ Foster from West Topsham VT in the 26 taking the win followed by Justin Phillips of West Suffield CT driving the Miller Racing 16 for second and rounding out the top three was the 9M of David Moniz from Fairhaven MA.
Heat race two (7 laps due to scoreboard issues) began having the 17 of Justin Sheridan in the pole position with the 12 of Adam Whitney starting outside in second. When the green was displayed Sheridan’s 17 kept the front spot followed by the 2 of Seth Carlson moving from fourth and now challenging for the point. The 12 of Whitney was now dropping back. On the second lap, Jeff Horn in the A1 spun but never stopped and the race stayed green. The 17 of Sheridan held the lead with the 2 of Carlson battling Sheridan for the top position and the 3 of Will Hull now in tow for third. Coming to the green Sheridan’s heat race win was insight with Carlson in the 2 slowing out of turn four and dropping back to third with teammate Hull now moving from third to second. When the race was done the Miller Racing #16 with Justin Sheridan of Suffield CT behind the wheel taking the win followed by the 3 of Will Hull from Plainfield VT for second and rounding out the top three was Seth Carlson’s #2 of Brimfield MA.
Going into the night the points where tied between Seth Carlson who drives the Seals-it #2 and Will Hull, Carlson’s teammate, in the Seals-it sponsored #3. Carlson had engine issues at the end of his heat race and the car was not able to compete but Carlson’s other teammate in the Seals-it #5, Steve Midford, showed the ultimate sportsmanship move and offered his car to Carlson so the points could be challenged for amongst the two leaders.
The 25-lap feature started with Justin Sheridan in the 17 on pole and the 12 of Adam Whitney in second. Due to the car change, Seth Carlson was moved from eighth to the rear of the starting field.
Green flag out and the 12 of Adam Whitney took command by moving to the lead and showed strength over the other racers. For the first several laps Whitney in the 12 held point followed by Sheridan in the 17 for second and Manny Diaz’s in the 42 for third.
The yellow flag was displayed on lap six for Tim West in the 23 spinning in turn one. Quick yellow and now back to green with Whitney still leading but the 1B of Joe Krawiec was now in second and Sheridan’s 17 to third. The race fans were treated to watching Carlson in Midford’s car moving up through the field and not missing a beat.
Another quick yellow on lap ten for West in the 23 spinning again in turn one and with no one else involved. The track was cleared and back to green flag laps. On the restart, the lead stayed the same with Whitney on point and now the A1 of Jeff Horn moving into second and Krawiec’s 1B to third. While Adam Whitney maintained the lead, the A1 of Horn and 1B of Krawiec traded positions for several laps.
By lap twenty co-points leader Will Hull in the 3 had worked his way up from thirteenth to third and was not done yet as he needed to stay ahead of Carlson, now fifth, in order to take the point lead. As the race began to wind down, it looked like Whitney had the win all to himself until a lap 24 caution for a spinning racecar in turn two.
With only a few laps left it was time for a green-white-checkered flag run to the finish. Cars would line up single file for the restart and when the green flag was displayed it was race on with the pack now tightly running together. Whitney was able to hold off the field and continued dominating the event with Hull’s 3 now in second and Krawiec’s 1B to third. Adam Whitney of Warren VT passed under the checkered flag for the win followed by the 3 of Will Hull from Plainfield VT for second and the 1B of Joe Krawiec of Granby CT for third.
The series will be back in action on June 15th at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont.
To learn more about the USAC Dirt Midget Association, please visit the series website at www.usacdma.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DirtMidgetAssociation
For additional information regarding this press release please contact Mark J. Hann, USAC DMA Series Director, at usacdma@usacdma.com
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USAC SPEED2 DMA MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2019 – Bradford, Vermont – Bear Ridge Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.J. Foster (#26 Foster), 2. Justin Phillips (#16 Miller), 3. David Moniz (#9m Moniz), 4. Dean Christensen (#69 Miller), 5. Wayne Kohler (#91 Kohler), 6. Steve Midford (#5 Matczak), 7. Ben Balzer (#10 Haskell), 8. Tim West (#23 West). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Justin Sheridan (#17 Miller), 2. Will Hull (#3 Matczak), 3. Seth Carlson (#2 Matczak), 4. Adam Whitney (#12 Whitney), 5. Joe Krawiec (#1B Miller), 6. Manny Dias (#42 Dias), 7. Jeff Horn (#A1 Horn). 1:55.00
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Adam Whitney, 2. Will Hull, 3. Joe Krawiec, 4. Jeff Horn, 5. Seth Carlson, 6. Justin Sheridan, 7. Dean Christensen, 8. Justin Phillips, 9. T.J. Foster (26), 10. Wayne Kohler, 11. Manny Dias, 12. David Moniz, 13. Tim West, 14. Ben Balzer. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Whitney.
NEXT USAC SPEED2 DMA MIDGET RACE: June 15 – Bear Ridge Speedway – Bradford, Vermont
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Ventura USAC West Coast Sprint Car winner Troy Rutherford of Ojai, Calif. (Lance Jennings Photo)
Arizona Speedway USAC Sands Chevrolet Southwest Sprint Car winner R.J Johnson of Laveen, Ariz. (Ben Thrasher Photo)
Bear Ridge Speedway USAC DMA winner Adam Whitney of Warren, Vt. (John DaDalt Photo)