Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 25, 2013) – Bryan Clauson continued his winning ways at Canyon Speedway Park by snaring Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car honors in Friday’s 13th Annual USAC Hose Advantage Hall of Fame Classic opener atop the 1/3-mile clay oval.
While the Noblesville, IN, shoe added his 23rd overall win of the year and seventh atop CSP clay, Josh Shipley bested the Loan Mart Challenge Cup Sprint Car ranks while Dustin Cormany topped the Micro Sprint forces.
After setting a fast time of 13.647 seconds earlier in the evening, Clauson took the lead away from USAC National championship rival Dave Darland on the 23rd of 30 laps en route to his seventh series win of the year ahead of Tracy Hines, with USAC/CRA rep Mike Spencer, National contender Kevin Thomas, Jr., and USAC/CRA points leader Damion Gardner rounding out the top five.
After leading laps 21 and 22, Darland crossed the stripe sixth while Oklahoma native Brady Bacon was credited with 13th after leading the initial 20 laps of the main event.
In Loan Mart Challenge Cup action, Josh Shipley raced from the fourth row outside for his sixth win of the year ahead of Matt Lundy with Ty Mihocko, Mike Visser and Jesse Turner rounding out the top five.
Likewise, Dustin Cormany notched his sixth Micro Sprint win of the year from the pole starting position with fellow front row starter Colton Hardy, Pat Wing, Dave Van Ess and Kenny Hilton in the top five.
The 13th Annual USAC Hose Advantage Hall of Fame Classic featuring the USAC National Sprint Cars along with Loan Mart Challenge Cup Sprint Cars and Micro Sprints concludes on Saturday night with racing action going green at 7:00 p.m.
Canyon Speedway Park
13th Annual Hose Advantage Hall of Fame Classic Friday Results:
Amsoil USAC National / USAC-CRA:
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.647; 2. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.650; 3. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-13.694; 4. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.748; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.822; 6. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.833; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.929; 8. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-13.937; 9. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-14.017; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 73, Ford-14.018; 11. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.020; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-14.080; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.158; 14. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-14.187; 15. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.212; 16. Charles Davis, Jr., 4G, Cook-14.215; 17. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.232; 18. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.255; 19. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.311; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.320; 21. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-14.321; 22. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.327; 23. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.406; 24. Michael Curtis, 11c, Curtis-14.478; 25. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-14.481; 26. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.499; 27. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-14.548; 28. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.586; 29. Shon Deskins, 20x, SDR-14.741; 30. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney/BRAT-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Clauson, 3. Grant, 4. Spencer, 5. A.Williams, 6. Hodges, 7. Deskins, 8. Rossi. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. Bacon, 4. Martin, 5. R.Williams, 6. Courtney, 7. Stanbrough, 8. St. James. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Johnson, 3. Hines, 4. Windom, 5. Thomas, 6. Mitchell, 7. Bonneau. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Pelkey, 3. Davis, 4. Drake, 5. Curtis, 6. Ogle, 7. C.Williams. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Thomas, 3. Mitchell, 4. Hodges, 5. Courtney, 6. Ogle, 7. Curtis, 8. Deskins, 9. Bonneau, 10. St. James, 11. A.Williams, 12. R.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Josh Pelkey, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Mike Martin, 12. Matt Mitchell, 13. Brady Bacon, 14. Chase Stockon, 15. Justin Grant, 16. Austin Williams, 17.
R.J. Johnson, 18. Tom Ogle, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Charles Davis, Jr., 22. Josh Hodges, 23. Chris Windom, 24. Jon Stanbrough. NT
Loan Mart Challenge Cup Sprint Cars:
First Heat: 1. 5-Ty Mihocko, 2. 2-Josh Shipley, 3. 23-Brandon Hacker, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 5g-Dennis Giles, 6. 11az-Jesse Turner, 7. 0-Tanner Grau, 8. 11T-Mike Waddel.
Second Heat: 1. 16-Mike Visser, 2. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 3. 42-Katherine Aragon, 4. 35-Steve Wagner, 5. 53-Tom Lee, 6. 28-Tyler Johnson, 7. 5x-Dean Colquette, 8. 57-Jeremy Johnson.
“A” Feature: 1. 2-Josh Shipley, 2. 98-Matt Lundy, 3. 5-Ty Mihocko, 4. 16-Mike Visser, 5. 11az-Jesse Turner, 6. 21-Brandon Hacker, 7. 11T-Mike Waddel, 8. 35-Steve Wagner, 9. 28-Tyler Johnson, 10. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 11. 57-Jeremy Johnson, 12. 42-Katherine Aragon, 13. 5g-Dennis Giles, 14. 53-Tom Lee, 15. 5x-Dean Colquette, 16. 0-Tanner Grau.
Micro Sprints:
First Heat: 1. 77-Aaron Miller, 2. 24-Pat Wing, 3. 37j-Dave Ferneau, 4. 32-Dave Van Ess, 5. 12-David Tardiff, 6. 17F-Joe Scheopner, 7. 2x-Nick Aiuto, 8. 18-Travis Sellars.
Second Heat: 1. 41-Colton Hardy, 2. 14-Dustin Cormany, 3. 29-Paul Martin, 4. 4-Ryan Walter, 5. 101-Jim Branum, 6. 28-Mike Morin, 7. 21b-Drake Hacker, 8. 6az-Gary Winter.
Third Heat: 1. 42-Kenny Hilton, 2. 10-Christine Root, 3. 55-Greg Pritts, 4. 57-Kyle Huttinghow, 5. 21-Brandon Sutton, 6. 53-Joe Pitts, 7. 21r-Johnathon Patrick.
“A” Feature: 1. 14-Dustin Cormany, 2. 41-Colton Hardy, 3. 24-Pat Wing, 4. 32-Dave Van Ess, 5. 42-Kenny Hilton, 6. 17F-Joe Scheopner, 7. 37j-Dave Ferneau, 8. 12-David Tardiff, 9. 2x-Nick Aiuto, 10. 77-Aaron Miller, 11. 4-Ryan Walter, 12. 55-Greg Pritts, 13. 29-Paul Martin, 14. 53-Joe Pitts, 15. 21-Brandon Sutton, 16. 57-Kyle Huttinghow, 17. 18-Travis Sellars, 18. 21r-Johnathon Patrick, 19. 21b-Drake Hacker, 20. 28-Mike Morin, 21. 101-Jim Branum.
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- Article Date: 10/28/2013 by Lonnie Wheatley