Crawley Conquers Lucas Oil ASCS at the Diamond of Dirt
Tracks!
by: Lonnie Wheatley
WHEATLAND, Mo. (September 25, 2010) – Tim Crawley took quick advantage of a
late race restart at Lucas Oil Speedway to notch his second Lucas Oil ASCS
presented by K&N Filters main event win in a row by topping Saturday night’s
30-lap feature.
After challenging
for the point in traffic, Crawley slid past Brady Bacon for the lead on a
lap 26 restart and raced on to the checkered flag at the “Diamond of Dirt
Tracks” aboard Mike Ward’s McCarver-powered Boater Sports/Southern
Renovations No. 88 Maxim for his 41st career ASCS National
triumph.
With Crawley
starting Saturday’s main event inside the third row, it was a pair of
20-year-old hotshoes, Bacon and Jack Dover, leading the way to the green
flag. And, after the first start was waved off when Rusty Quick suffered
front end damage after drilling an infield tire in turn two, it was Dover
gunning into the early lead.
Dover paced the
early rounds in front of Bacon, 22-year-old Jonathan Cornell and Crawley,
although the Springfield, NE, was likely the only one that knew he had
issues that could end his strong drive.
A dzus button had
fallen out of the dash of Dover’s car, so he spent the early laps steering
with one hand and holding the dash with the other. But, when he reached
traffic after nine laps, that one-handed style wasn’t suitable with Bacon
and company hot on his heels. Dover slowed to bring out a caution flag and
was done for the race when repairs weren’t completed before action resumed.
Bacon assumed the
point on the restart, with Crawley and ninth-starter Shane Stewart both
disposing of Cornell for second and third, respectively. As traffic became
a factor on the 15th round, both past series champions turned the
heat up on Bacon.
Bacon fended off
the challenges until a lap 19 interruption for Tyler Blank’s shredded left
rear tire and then held command until the final caution flew when Matt
Covington got into the turn four wall with just five laps remaining.
Crawley made the
big slide for the lead in turns one and two on the restart and made it
stick, with Stewart slipping past Bacon as well. Crawley held the top
position the rest of the way and took the checkered flag for the $6,000
triumph.
Defending series
champion Stewart, who won last year’s event at Lucas Oil Speedway, took
runner-up honors this time around aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered
Rockstar Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with Bacon settling for the show
position in Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications
No. 99 Triple-X.
Right behind the
lead trio, Cornell, Brian Brown and current Lucas Oil ASCS National points
leader Jason Johnson were in a wild scrum for position as well. Cornell
held off the experienced shoes to post his best career ASCS National finish
by crossing the stripe fourth in the Kiowa Line Builders/VKCC Motorsports
No. 28.
After blitzing from
his 19th starting position to fifth in the initial nine laps of
the main event, Johnson was plus or minus a couple of positions the rest of
the way before ultimately turning Brown around in the final corner to round
out the top five in the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim.
As the balance of
the finishing order was reverted to the previous lap minus the car in the
caution, Tony Bruce, Jr., steered clear of the final-corner chaos to finish
off Hard Charger efforts with a run from 21st to sixth, with
Dustin Morgan the top Brodix Rookie of the Year contender of the night in
seventh after starting 17th.
Current ASCS Sooner
Region points leader Sean McClelland climbed from 15th to eighth,
with Winged Outlaw Warriors shoe Austin Alumbaugh posting his first career
ASCS National top ten finish by crossing the stripe in ninth, just ahead of
Ohio’s Darren Long.
After working
forward from 13th to contend for a top-five finish, Brown was
credited as the final car on the lead lap in 16th after the
last-lap incident.
Danny Smith
(Oklahoma), Dover, Crawley, Brown, Alumbaugh, Cornell and Bacon topped heat
race action for the stacked 61-car field, with Morgan, Gregg Bakker and
Johnson winning the “B” Mains.
Lucas Oil ASCS
Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
Lucas Oil Speedway
Results:
Heat Races (Top 16
in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 3 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps):
1. 5$-Danny Smith, 2. 10a-Ricky Logan, 3. 5h-Josh Fisher, 4. 93-Dustin
Morgan, 5. 9m-Cody Baker, 6. 9$-David Stephenson, 7. 3p-Rusty Potter, 8.
04-Kirby Hagans, 9. 21T-Eric Todd.
Heat Two (8 Laps):
1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 88k-J. Kinder, 3. 26-Rafe Essary, 4. 53x-Justin
Jackson, 5. 8w-Jordan Whitehead, 6. 14n-H.J. Norman, 7. 11c-Dakota Carroll,
8. 4-Evan Martin, 9. 165-Haley Arnold.
Heat Three (8
Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 3. 29-Rusty Quick, 4.
57-Shane Stewart, 5. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 6. 0-Jason Martin, 7. 72-Curtis
Boyer, 8. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 9. 9x-Gary Wright.
Heat Four (8
Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 22-Dustin Barks, 4.
11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 13-Strike Hill, 6. 9mx-Brad Ryun, 7. 14a-Andrew Turley,
8. 27-Mark Finnell, 9. 6-Kyle Hirst.
Heat Five (8
Laps): 1. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 2. 17-Kyle Carpenter, 3. 95-Matt Covington,
4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7.
14-Randy Martin, 8. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 9. 94-Danny Wood.
Heat Six (8 Laps):
1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 2. 3g-Darren Long, 3. 75-Tyler Blank, 4. 7c-Chris
Morgan, 5. 3z-Zach Davis, 6. 93k-Andy Korte, 7. 7-Eric Schrock, 8. 50z-Zach
Chappell.
Heat Seven (8
Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 44-Jon Corbin, 4.
1p-Curtis Evans, 5. 1a-Adam Jones, 6. 19s-Steven Cross, 7. 24-Lanny
Carpenter, 8. 5m-Mallory Arnold.
"B" Mains (Top 2
From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature
(12 Laps): 1. 93-Dustin Morgan, 2. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 3. 71-Channin
Tankersley, 4. 9x-Gary Wright, 5. 0-Jason Martin, 6. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 7.
9m-Cody Baker, 8. 53x-Justin Jackson, 9. 26-Rafe Essary, 10. 11c-Dakota
Carroll, 11. 19s-Steven Cross, 12. 14a-Andrew Turley, 13. 1a-Adam Jones.
DNS: 27-Mark Finnell, 6-Kyle Hirst.
Second "B" Feature
(12 Laps): 1. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 17-Kyle
Carpenter, 4. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 5. 9$-David Stephenson, 6. 94-Danny
Wood, 7. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 8. 04-Kirby Hagans, 9. 3z-Zach Davis, 10.
14n-H.J. Norman, 11. 50z-Zach Chappell, 12. 24-Lanny Carpenter, 13.
8w-Jordan Whitehead. DNS: 44-Jon Corbin, 165-Haley Arnold.
Third “B” Feature
(12 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 95-Matt Covington, 3. 1p-Curtis Evans,
4. 7c-Chris Morgan, 5. 14-Randy Martin, 6. 13-Strike Hill, 7. 72-Curtis
Boyer, 8. 9mx-Brad Ryun, 9. 4-Evan Martin, 10. 93w-Andy Korte, 11. 21T-Eric
Todd, 12. 3-Mark Shirshekan. DNS: 3p-Rusty Potter, 7-Eric Schrock, 6g-Bryan
Gossel.
Lucas Oil Speedway
“A” Main:
“A” Feature (30
Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4.
28-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7.
93-Dustin Morgan, 8. 1-Sean McClelland, 9. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 10.
3g-Darren Long, 11. 50z-Zach Chappell, 12. 10a-Ricky Logan, 13. 22-Dustin
Barks, 14. 88k-J. Kinder, 15. 5h-Josh Fisher, 16. 21-Brian Brown, 17.
11x-Gregg Bakker, 18. 95-Matt Covington, 19. 94-Danny Wood, 20. 75-Tyler
Blank, 21. 5$-Danny Smith, 22. 44-Jon Corbin, 23. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 24.
53-Jack Dover, 25. 29-Rusty Quick.
Lap Leaders: Jack
Dover 1-9, Brady Bacon 10-25, Tim Crawley 26-35.
Note: Zach Chappell
and Danny Wood both utilized their mid-season bonus full-point provisionals
to start the main event; both have one partial-points provisional
remaining. Jon Corbin utilized a Winged Outlaw Warriors provisional to
start the main event.
Lucas Oil ASCS
Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson
2,406, 2. Brady Bacon 2,344, 3. Shane Stewart 2,333, 4. Tim Crawley 2,199,
5. Jack Dover 2,143, 6. Zach Chappell 2,136, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,121, 8.
Danny Wood 1,991, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,989, 10. Ricky Logan 1,965, 11. Matt
Covington 1,879, 12. Dustin Morgan 1,757, 13. Darren Long 1,752, 14. Channin
Tankersley 1,635, 15. Justyn Cox 1,513, 16. Gary Wright 1,387, 17. Austen
Wheatley 1,344, 18. Travis Rilat 1,152, 19. Brian Brown 850, 20. Andrew
Marshala 823.
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