Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (August 17, 2013) – Rick Ziehl and Ricky Thornton, Jr., were among the headliners in Saturday night’s Allscapes Back to School Special atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval by taking top honors in winged ASCS Southwest Sprint Car and IMCA Modified action, respectively.
While Ziehl and Thornton, Jr., enjoyed victory lane festivities, other winners on the night included Anthony Madrid in Viper Smart Start Pure Stock action, Paul O’Connor in Renegades and Ryan Hennessey in Dwarf Cars.
In ASCS Southwest Sprint Car competition, reigning champion Rick Ziehl of Las Cruces, NM, raced from the pole position to capture his second series win in as many CSP outings this season, taking the checkered flag ahead of Lance Norick with eighth-starter James Aragon, Casey Buckman and Bob Ream, Jr., rounding out the top five.
Holding a slim IMCA Modified points lead entering the night, Ricky Thornton, Jr., rallied from the 14th starting position for his second CSP win of the year ahead of ninth-starter Jason Noll with Anthony Madrid, Jay Foster and Steve Simpson, Jr., filling out the top five.
Madrid raced from sixth to snare his fourth Viper Smart Start Pure Stock feature win in the last five outings ahead of Chris McCurdy, Jr., Joe Vlasity, Mike Herrera and Steve Duffy.
Paul O’Connor put a halt to John Romero’s Renegade domination by taking the checkered flag after starting eighth while Romero fell one position short of a fifth consecutive win with runner-up honors from 10th as Trenton Setelin, Joe Flewelling and Mike Allen rounded out the top five.
In Dwarf Cars, Ryan Hennessey became the fourth different winner in as many CSP outings by racing from ninth for victory honors ahead of Jim Hock, Brian Stehr, Steve Kapaun and Mike Strobel.
Action resumes at Canyon Speedway Park with the Stock Car Shootout on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 and September 1, featuring the IMCA Modifieds along with Viper Smart Start Pure Stocks, Super Stocks, Loan Mart Challenge Cup Sprint Cars and Renegades.
Canyon Speedway Park
Allscapes Back to School Special:
ASCS Southwest Winged Sprint Cars:
First Heat: 1. 90-Lance Norick, 2. 01-Kaylene Verville, 3. Ti64-Alex Pettas, 4. 29s-Darrell Sickles, 5. 8a-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 41c-Billy Chester.
Second Heat: 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 91-Casey Buckman, 3. 41w-Joshua Williams, 4. 57-James Aragon, 5. 7-Ryan Murphy, 6. 13-Glenn Bruce.
“A” Feature: 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 90-Lance Norick, 3. 57-Lance Norick, 4. 91-Casey Buckman, 5. 8a-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. Ti64-Alex Pettas, 7. 41w-Joshua Williams, 8. 41c-Billy Chester, 9. 7-Ryan Murphy, 10. 29s-Darrell Sickles, 11. 13-Glenn Bruce, 12. 01-Kaylene Verville.
IMCA Modifieds:
First Heat: 1. 5m-Anthony Madrid, 2. 99-Zach Washburn, 3. 12-Guy Norton, 4. 24s-Steve Simpson, Jr., 5. 8-Nate Warren, 6. 48jc-Josh Center, 7. 5az-James Webster, 8. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Second Heat: 1. 44-Jason Noll, 2. 59-Mark Stewart, 3. 19-Jay Foster, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 6. 87-Clifton Maggard, 7. 2k-Ronald Webster, 8. 1s-Shelby Frye.
“A” Feature: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 44-Jason Noll, 3. 5m-Anthony Madrid, 4. 19-Jay Foster, 5. 24s-Steve Simpson, Jr., 6. 8-Nate Warren, 7. 5az-James Webster, 8. 87-Clifton Maggard, 9. 48jc-Josh Center, 10. 12-Guy Norton, 11. 59-Mark Stewart, 12. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 13. 99-Zach Washburn, 14. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 15. 1s-Shelby Frye, 16. 2k-Ronald Webster.
Viper Smart Start Pure Stocks:
First Heat: 1. Z28-Ty Weidner, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 5m-Anthony Madrid, 4. 17L-Nick Langer, 5. 90-Lee Morrell, 6. 64-Daniel Romero, 7. 07-Terry Hill, 8. 46r-Dane Reblin.
Second Heat: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 3. 84-Mike Goodwin, 4. 25-Steve Duffy, 5. 64x-Vance Honea, 6. 28-Mike Herrera, 7. 3-Ashley Stafford, 8. 92p-John Parmaley.
“A” Feature: 1. 5m-Anthony Madrid, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 4. 28-Mike Herrera, 5. 25-Steve Duffy, 6. 07-Terry Hill, 7. 3-Ashley Stafford, 8. 84-Mike Goodwin, 9. 64x-Vance Honea, 10. Z28-Ty Weidner, 11. 92p-John Parmaley, 12. 17L-Nick Langer, 13. 90-Lee Morrell, 14. 46r-Dane Reblin, 15. 64-Daniel Romero, 16. 21m-Matt Martinez.
Renegades:
First Heat: 1. 13-Jason Crowe, 2. 75-David Irwin, 3. 8-Joe Flewelling, 4. 16b-Richard Bennett, 5. 24-Alley Wall, 6. 15-Kyle Williams, 7. 04b-Tate Allen.
Second Heat: 1. 85-Joe Peterson, 2. 99-Trenton Setelin, 3. 65-John Romero, 4. 57a-Mike Allen, 5. 61x-Ted Markle, 6. 64s-Jonathan Stahlhut, 7. 3-David Harrington.
Third Heat: 1. 88-Glenn Matkovich, 2. 9-Paul O’Connor, 3. XX-Jesse Johnson, 4. 18jr-Brandy McCurdy, 5. 72-John Wilt, 6. 14g-Gary Deering, 7. 66-Joe Setelin.
“A” Feature: 1. 9-Paul O’Connor, 2. 65-John Romero, 3. 99-Trenton Setelin, 4. 8-Joe Flewelling, 5. 57a-Mike Allen, 6. 16b-Richard Bennett, 7. 75-David Irwin, 8. 72-John Wilt, 9. 66-Joe Setelin, 10. 13-Jason Crowe, 11. 3-David Harrington, 12. 85-Joe Peterson, 13. XX-Jesse Johnson, 14. 64s-Jonathan Stahlhut, 15. 61x-Ted Markle, 16. 18jr-Brandy McCurdy, 17. 24-Alley Wall, 18. 88-Glenn Matkovich, 19. 14g-Gary Deering, 20. 04b-Tate Allen, 21. 15-Kyle Williams.
Dwarf Cars:
First Heat: 1. 05-Chad Stewart, 2. 16-Jim Hock, 3. 14-Ryan Hennessey, 4. 81x-Colby Potter, 5. 18-Chris Cramer, 6. 81-Jeff Ekery, 7. 86-Kyle Klein.
Second Heat: 1. 17-Brian Stehr, 2. 37-Mike Strobel, 3. 47-Steve Kapaun, 4. 10-Helen Hennessey, 5. 12-Pat Hennessey, 6. 4-Ryan Irish, 7. 24-Richard Kemp.
Third Heat: 1. 69-Eddie O’Neil, 2. 22-Daniel Lamm, 3. 72-Justin Murphy, 4. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 5. 45-Jeffrey Schoeb, 6. 30-Derek Hudson, 7. 21-Matt Tipton.
“A” Feature: 1. 14-Ryan Hennessey, 2. 16-Jim Hock, 3. 17-Brian Stehr, 4. 47-Steve Kapaun, 5. 37-Mike Strobel, 6. 12-Pat Hennessey, 7. 21-Matt Tipton, 8. 22-Daniel Lamm, 9. 69-Eddie O’Neil, 10. 05-Chad Stewart, 11. 45-Jeffrey Schoeb, 12. 10-Helen Hennessey, 13. 4-Ryan Irish, 14. 24-Richard Kemp, 15. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 16. 18-Chris Cramer, 17. 81-Jeff Ekery, 18. 72-Justin Murphy, 19. 86-Kyle Klein, 20. 81x-Colby Potter, 21. 30-Derek Hudson.
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- Article Date: 8/17/2013 by Lonnie Wheatley