Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (July 17, 2010) – Joshua Williams snared his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Southwest main event at USA Raceway.
The 21-year-old raced to the checkered flag aboard the Borello-powered Diamond Mechanical No. 41 Ellis in front of J.T. Imperial, with Steve Stone, current series points leader Rick Ziehl and Kyle Sager rounding out the top five.
Joshua Hodges was sixth, with Calvin Landis, John Gaston, Lance Norick and Koty McGullam completing the top ten.
Hodges and Perry McMillan won Saturday night’s heat races.
ASCS Southwest Region Results from USA Raceway:
Heat One: 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 57x-Steve Stone, 3. 79-Calvin Landis, 4. 41-Joshua Williams, 5. 22j-John Gaston, 6. 11T-Steve Lohn, 7. 44k-Koty McGullam, 8. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 9. 77-Colt Treharn.
Heat Two: 1. 27-Perry McMillan, 2. 20s-Kyle Sager, 3. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 20az-Marty Wilcox, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 55-Jesse Stone, 8. 7az-Bobby Collister, 9. 42-Rick Boughan.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Joshua Williams, 2. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 3. 57x-Steve Stone, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 20s-Kyle Sager, 6. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 7. 79-Calvin Landis, 8. 22j-John Gaston, 9. 90-Lance Norick, 10. 44k-Koty McGullam, 11. 11T-Steve Lohn, 12. 7az-Bobby Collister, 13. 55-Jesse Stone, 14. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 15. 20az-Marty Wilcox, 16. 27-Perry McMillan. DNS: 77-Colt Treharn, 42-Rick Boughan.
ASCS Southwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Rick Ziehl 949, 2. John Gaston 912, 3. Calvin Landis 844, 4. J.T. Imperial 819, 5. Joshua Hodges 804, 6. Steve Stone 756, 7. Joshua Williams 724, 8. Koty McGullam 696, 9. Kaylene Verville 665, 10. Bud Goodwin 560.
- Lonnie Wheatley on Jul 18, 2010
- Article Date: 7/18/2010