Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (February 3, 2012) – Tracy Hines parked his non-wing Sprint Car in victory lane for the second time in five rounds of Winter Challenge action by topping Friday night’s 30-lap feature event pitting the ASCS Canyon Region forces versus the USAC West Coast Series at Canyon Speedway Park on Friday night.
The New Castle, IN, native extended his Winter Challenge points lead to 12 markers over Arizona’s Charles Davis, Jr., who finished second on Friday night after capturing his second series win two nights earlier.
Hines $2,000 triumph on Friday night came from the front row outside with Davis, Jr., pole starter Shane Cottle, R.J. Johnson and Jeremy Sherman rounding out the top five. Bud Kaeding was sixth in front of Mike Martin and Jon Stanbrough, while Brent Kaeding was ninth in his first Winter Challenge start ahead of tenth-place finisher Bob Ream, Jr.
Martin, Davis, Jr., Brent Kaeding and Cottle won Friday night’s heat races, with Ream, Jr., victorious in the “B” Main.
A winner’s share of $5,000 is up for grabs as the sixth and final round of Canyon Speedway Park’s Winter Challenge goes green on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Challenge Round Five Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 9x-Ryan Linder, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 58-Cole Peard, 7. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 8. 18-Ron Shuman.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 29-Bud Kaeding, 3. 51-Cody Cambensey, 4. 23-Colby Copepand, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 55-Tony Everhart, 7. 53-Tom Lee.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 2. 4-Tracy Hines, 3. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 4. 7k-Bruce St. James, 5. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 6. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 7. 20z-Rick Ziehl.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5x-Shane Cottle, 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 6-Ronnie Clark, 4. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 97-Casey Shuman, 7. 62-Johnny Herrera.
“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 2. 97-Casey Shuman, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 62-Johnny Herrera, 5. 55-Tony Everhart, 6. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 9. 18-Ron Shuman, 10. 58-Cole Peard, 11. 53-Tom Lee, 12. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 13. 20z-Rick Ziehl.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Tracy Hines, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 5x-Shane Cottle, 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 29-Bud Kaeding, 7. 16-Mike Martin, 8. 21x-Jon Stanbrough, 9. 16bk-Brent Kaeding, 10. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 11. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 12. 97-Casey Shuman, 13. 55-Tony Everhart, 14. 0-Jimmy Crawford, 15. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 16. 62-Johnny Herrera, 17. 7k-Bruce St. James, 18. XXX-Zach Sawyers, 19. 6-Ronnie Clark, 20. 9x-Ryan Linder, 21. 51-Cody Cambensy, 22. 23-Colby Copeland.
Winter Challenge Points (Top Ten – Through Round Five of Six): 1. Tracy Hines (New Castle, IN) 692, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) 680, 3. R.J. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) 648, 4. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 624, 5. Jeremy Sherman (Surprise, AZ) 588, 6. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 565, 7. Jon Stanbrough (Avon, IN) 563, 8. Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ) 556, 9. Thomas Ogle (Surprise, AZ) 529, 10. Bruce St. James (Phoenix, AZ) 518.
Remaining Winter Challenge Schedule at Canyon Speedway Park:
Round Six – Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ($5,000 to win)
Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223 or check www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.