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Cornell Wins Second
of Year at LA
LA MONTE, MO (June 11th) - Running down race leader Austin Alumbaugh on lap
sixteen, Jonathan Cornell picked up his second career Winged Outlaw Warrior
victory at LA Raceway Friday night.
When the field took the green, Cornell and Alumbaugh ran wheel to wheel
battling for the top spot with Alumbaugh leading at the flagstand. Cornell
was never far behind and by lap three, Cody Baker had moved in on the lead
duo. As Baker came hard into turn three, he went over the bank in between
turns three and four bringing out the yellow. On the restart, fourth place
Rusty Potter also got too high in turn three bringing out another yellow
before a lap could be completed.
When the green reappeared, Alumbaugh led Cornell and Mark Shirshekan and
Tyler Blank ran third and fourth. Bradlee Ryun was running well using the
high groove and had moved into the fifth spot and eighteenth starting Eric
Todd had moved to sixth.
As the laps continued to click off, Alumbaugh had extended his lead to a
comfortable advantage and the leaders started to encounter heavy lapped
traffic.
Cornell started running a lower groove and the lead started to get smaller.
By lap fourteen, Cornell was starting to put heavy pressure on Alumbaugh,
but the “Man of Steel” would gain the advantage coming off of the turns.
By lap sixteen, Alumbaugh was having trouble getting by a lapped car and
Cornell went by on the bottom. Alumbaugh made a run at Cornell down the
backstretch, but he did not have the momentum to get by Cornell. Alumbaugh
would make a couple of more runs at Cornell over the next couple of laps,
but Cornell stretched the advantage over the last couple of laps in his
Kiowa Line Builders/Yeager’s Harley Davidson Maxim with Ostrich power.
Cornell also became the first driver to win multiple WOW races at LA
Raceway, which has been holding events since 2005. Alumbaugh ran a strong
second in his Rick Wood Masonry/Alumbaugh Heating and Cooling XXX with
Wesmar power.
Shirshekan ran a solid third in the Cooper Racing Products J&J powered by a
Wesmar. Blank continued his solid season with a fourth aboard the Blank’s
Backhoe/Schlotz Landscaping JEI with Patriot power. Point leader Todd
passed thirteen cars on his way to a fifth place finish in the AmsOil Maxim
powered by a Joe Todd motor. Don Droud Jr. charged to sixth from
seventeenth followed by Ryun in seventh. Potter recovered from his spin and
worked his way back to eighth with J Kinder and Jon Corbin rounding out the
top ten.
The Winged Outlaw Warriors will be back in action next Friday June 18th as
they travel to US 36 Raceway in Osborn, MO for a co-sanctioned show with
ASCS Midwest.
LA Raceway Results
June 11th
23 Cars
First Heat 8 Laps(top five to A)
1. 1A Adam Jones-Wright City, MO (2) 2. 38 Cody Baker-Lone Jack, MO (1) 3.
1X Bradlee Ryun-Higginsville, MO (4) 4. 9M Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO (6) 5.
10T Mike Trent-Rocheport, MO (8) 6. 86 Don Droud, Jr.-Lincoln, NE (7) 7. 3V
Tyler Utz-Sedalia, MO(3) 8. 65 T.J. Muths-Sedalia, MO (5)
Second Heat 8 Laps(top five to A)
1. 3 Mark Shirshekan-Farmington, MO (1) 2. 75 Tyler Blank-California, MO (5)
3. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO (6) 4. 72 Curtis Boyer-New Haven, MO (2) 5.
76 Jay Russell-Elwood, KS (3) 6. 18W Chris Walker-Oak Grove, MO (7) 7. 11C
Dakota Carroll-LaMonte, MO (4) 8. 21T Eric Todd-Falcon, MO (8)
Third Heat 8 Laps(top five to A)
1. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO (1) 2. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia,
MO (7) 3. 88 J Kinder-Holt’s Summit, MO (6) 4. 14K Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO (2)
5. 4 Rex Combs-Tipton, MO (5) 6. 12C Faron Crank-Sedalia, MO (3) 7. 10 Chris
Coleman-Marshall, MO(4)
B-Main 10 Laps(top five to A)
1. 18W Chris Walker (2) 2. 86 Don Droud, Jr. (1) 3. 21T Eric Todd (8) 4. 12C
Faron Crank (3) 5. 11C Dakota Carroll (5) 6. 10 Chris Coleman (6) 7. 65 T.J.
Muths (7) 8. 3V Tyler Utz (4)
A-Main 20 Laps
1. 28 Jonathan Cornell (1) 2. 33 Austin Alumbaugh (2) 3. 3 Mark Shirshekan
(5) 4. 75 Tyler Blank (6) 5. 21T Eric Todd (18) 6. 86 Don Droud, Jr (17) 7.
1X Bradlee Ryun (7) 8. 3P Rusty Potter (8) 9. 88 J Kinder (9) 10. 9M Jon
Corbin (10) 11. 18W Chris Walker (16) 12. 1A Adam Jones (3) 13. 14K Kyle
Bellm (12) 14. 76 Jay Russell (14) 15. 72 Curtis Boyer (11) 16. 10 Mike
Trent (13) 17. 38 Cody Baker (4) 18. 4 Rex Combs (15) 19. 12C Faron Crank
(19) 20. 11C Dakota Carroll (20)
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