LAS CRUCES, Nm. (September 30, 2017) - Lorne Wofford picked up his fourth POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprint win of the year at the finale of the league's season at Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico Saturday night. Kyle McCutcheon, Robert Herrera, Derek Demartino, and Don Grable rounded out the top five.
The high-banked 3/8 mile clay oval produced a stellar racing surface allowing L.Wofford to charge from his tenth starting position to victory lane. Herrera, Demartino, and McCutcheon were heat race winners for the evening and McCutcheon also won the dash.
Wes Wofford wrapped up the 2017 championship in dominating fashion over Herrera by 342 points. Jett Carney ended up third over Lorne Wofford (4), Kyle McCutcheon (5), Don Grable (6), Ricky Holden (7), Chuck Jackson (8), Joseph Hernandez (9), and Royal Jones rounded out the top ten.
POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprint League
9/30/17
Southern New Mexico Speedway - 21 cars
Heat 1 - 8 laps
- 9-Robert Herrera, Las Cruces, NM (5); 2. 17-Jon McDaniel, Alamogordo, NM (4); 3. 40X-Don Grable, El Paso, TX (7); 4. 52-Aaron Quijano, El Paso, TX (3); 5. 3R-Bob Faulhaber, Rio Rancho, NM (6); 6. 54-Art Quijano, El Paso, TX (1); 7. 6J-Jett Carney, El Paso, TX (2)
Heat 2 - 8 laps
- 99.5-Derek Demartino, Las Cruces, NM (2); 2. 131-Royal Jones, Las Cruces, NM (1); 3. 77C-CJ Hulsey, El Paso, TX (6); 4. 510-Christian Showers, Santa Teresa, NM (4); 5. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, Las Cruces, NM (5); 6. 29-Larry Flores, Las Cruces, NM (3); 7. 5H-Joseph Hernandez, Las Cruces, NM (7)
Heat 3 - 8 laps
- 5-Kyle McCutcheon, Alamogordo, NM (2); 2. 15-Ricky Holden, Las Cruces, NM (1); 3. 27-Cesar Fuentes, Juarez, MX (4); 4. 18-Lorne Wofford, Alamogordo, NM (5); 5. 19-Wes Wofford, Alamogordo, NM (7); 6. 65-Richard Wilbee, Las Cruces, NM (3); 7. 49-Chuck Jackson, Albuquerque, NM (6)
Dash - 6 laps
- 5-Kyle McCutcheon (3); 2. 15-Ricky Holden (8); 3. 99.5-Derek Demartino (2); 4. 77C-CJ Hulsey (6); 5. 9-Robert Herrera (1); 6. 17-Jon McDaniel (4); 7. 131-Royal Jones (7); 8. 40X-Don Grable (5)
POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprints A-Main - 25 laps
- 18-Lorne Wofford (10); 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon (1); 3. 9-Robert Herrera (5); 4. 99.5-Derek Demartino (3); 5. 40X-Don Grable (8); 6. 77C-CJ Hulsey (4); 7. 20Z-Rick Ziehl (15); 8. 19-Wes Wofford (13); 9. 27-Cesar Fuentes (9); 10. 65-Richard Wilbee (18); 11. 6J-Jett Carney (19); 12. 17-Jon McDaniel (6); 13. 5H-Joseph Hernandez (20); 14. 49-Chuck Jackson (21); 15. 3R-Bob Faulhaber (14); 16. 510-Christian Showers (12); 17. 52-Aaron Quijano (11); 18. 54-Art Quijano (16); 19. 29-Larry Flores (17); 20. 131-Royal Jones (7); 21. 15-Ricky Holden (2)
- administrator on Oct 01, 2017
- Article Date: 10/1/2017 by Brooke Rowden