Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (July 12, 2014) – Ricky Thornton, Jr., continues to hold the hottest of Canyon Speedway Park hands as he raced to yet another IMCA Modified feature victory in Saturday night’s Mid-Summer Classic atop the 1/3-mile clay oval.
While Thornton, Jr., reeled off another Modified win, other Mid-Summer Classic winners included Matt Martinez in Pure Stocks, Paul O’Connor in Renegades, Brandon Farrington in X Mods and Keaton Swane in Dwarf Cars.
Thornton, Jr., raced from the front row outside of the IMCA Modified main event to his ninth wins in 11 CSP events thus far in 2014, taking the checkered flag ahead of Jason Noll with Brian Schultz, Steve Stultz and Chaz Baca, Jr., in the top five. Joe Wampole advanced the most positions in the main event by racing from 19[sup]th[/sup] to seventh.
In Pure Stock action, Matt Martinez raced from eighth for his fourth overall CSP score of the year and second in a row. Martinez crossed the stripe ahead of Ty Warner with Chris McCurdy, Jr., Zack Madrid and Steve Bitting in the top five.
Paul O’Connor rallied from the eighth starting position as well for his second Renegade win of the year ahead of 13[sup]th[/sup]-starter Jason Crowe with David Harrington, Paul Foote and Trenton Setelin in the top five.
A pair of first time CSP winners for 2014 took honors in X Mods and Dwarf Cars with Brandon Farrington beating fourth-row starters Trevor Miller and Eric Winemiller to the line in the X Mod main and Keaton Swane racing from seventh to take Dwarf Car honors ahead of 12[sup]th[/sup]-starter Mike Strobel and Brian Stehr.
Next up at Canyon Speedway Park is the Third Annual Summer Slam on Saturday, July 26, featuring the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars along with Micro Sprints, Pure Stocks and Dwarf Cars.
Canyon Speedway Park
Mid-Summer Classic
July 12, 2014 Results:
IMCA Modifieds:
First Heat: 1. 41-George Fronsman, 2. 45-Ryan Roath, 3. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 4. 75jr-Chaz Baca, Jr., 5. 19x-Kenny Gill, 6. T39-Lupe Gomez, 7. 65-Jeff Stafford, 8. 99-Joe Wampole, 9. 53-Justin Thornton.
Second Heat: 1. 5m-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. L8-Brian Schultz, 3. 39-Derek Huggins, 4. 78-Steve Stultz, 5. 8-Nate Warren, 6. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 7. 87-Clifton Maggard, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield.
Third Heat: 1. 5az-James Webster, 2. 44-Jason Noll, 3. X04-Mike Strobel, 4. 5-Steve Carter, 5. 24-Mike Martin, 6. 113-Randy Johnson, 7. 15-Michael Alread, 8. $-Cody Center.
“B” Feature: 1. 19x-Kenny Gill, 2. 24-Mike Martin, 3. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 4. $-Cody Center, 5. 3-Brad Whitfield, 6. 87-Clifton Maggard, 7. 99-Joe Wampole, 8. T39-Lupe Gomez, 9. 113-Randy Johnson, 10. 8-Nate Warren, 11. 65-Jeff Stafford, 12. 15-Michael Alread, 13. 53-Justin Thornton.
“A” Feature: 1. 5m-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 44-Jason Noll, 3. L8-Brian Shultz, 4. 78-Steve Stultz, 5. 75jr-Chaz Baca, Jr., 6. $-Cody Center, 7. 99-Joe Wampole, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield, 9. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 10. 5-Steve Carter, 11. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 12. 19x-Kenny Gill, 13. 24-Mike Martin, 14. 45-Ryan Roath, 15. 87-Clifton Maggard, 16. T39-Lupe Gomez, 17. X04-Mike Strobel, 18. 39-Derek Huggins, 19. 5az-James Webster, 20. 41-George Fronsman.
Pure Stocks:
First Heat: 1. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 2. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 3. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 75-Jason Suchta, 6. 22-Jesse Johnson, 7. 97-Stephen Lumpkin, 8. 3-Ashley Stafford.
Second Heat: 1. 92p-John Parmeley, 2. 21m-Matt Martinez, 3. 15-Speedy Madrid, 4. XX-Chuck Thornton, 5. 13-Robert McClelland, 6. 64r-Daniel Romero, 7. Z28-Ty Weidner, 8. 28-Mike Herrera.
Third Heat: 1. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 2. 90-Ty Warner, 3. 7-Steve Bitting, 4. 5m-Zack Madrid, 5. 55-Jason Schwader, 6. 77-Danny James, 7. 27T-John Todd, 8. 07-Terry Hill.
“B” Feature: 1. 22-Jesse Johnson, 2. 64r-Daniel Romero, 3. 75-Jason Suchta, 4. 28-Mike Herrera, 5. Z28-Ty Weidner, 6. 13-Robert McClelland, 7. 27T-John Todd, 8. 3-Ashley Stafford, 9. 55-Jason Schwader, 10. 77-Danny James, 11. 97-Stephen Lumpkin, 12. 07-Terry Hill.
“A” Feature: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 90-Ty Warner, 3. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 4. 5m-Zack Madrid, 5. 7-Steve Bitting, 6. 92p-John Parmeley, 7. XX-Chuck Thornton, 8. 75-Jason Suchta, 9. 28-Mike Herrera, 10. 3-Ashley Stafford, 11. 13-Robert McClelland, 12. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 13. 22-Jesse Johnson, 14. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 15. Z28-Ty Weidner, 16. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 17. 64r-Daniel Romero, 18. 27T-John Todd, 19. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 20. 15-Speedy Madrid.
Renegades:
First Heat: 1. 85-Joe Peterson, 2. 57a-Tate Allen, 3. 99-Trenton Setelin, 4. 73-Craig Carrajet, 5. 2-Joshua McClelland, 6. 14m-Mark Kilian, 7. 75-David Irwin, 8. 69r-Sara Reblin.
Second Heat: 1. 3-David Harrington, 2. 4F-Paul Foote, 3. 9-Paul O’Connor, 4. 16b-Richard Bennett, 5. 13-Jason Crowe, 6. 98-Cole Hoganson, 7. 16x-Glen Branham.
“A” Feature: 1. 9-Paul O’Connor, 2. 13-Jason Crowe, 3. 3-David Harrington, 4. 4F-Paul Foote, 5. 99-Trenton Setelin, 6. 16x-Blen Branham, 7. 75-David Irwin, 8. 69r-Sara Reblin, 9. 57a-Tate Allen, 10. 73-Craig Carrajet, 11. 16b-Richard Bennett, 12. 2-Joshua McClelland, 13. 14m-Mark Kilian, 14. 85-Joe Peterson, 15. 98-Cole Hoganson.
X Mods:
First Heat: 1. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 2. C11-Chris Caldwell, 3. 75c-Bo Partain, 4. 29-Jinger Kesler, 5. 57-Ron Poe, 6. 21-Ty Weidner, 7. 26-Trevor Miller, 8. 44-Eric Winemiller, 9. 520-Jessie Tellez.
“A” Feature: 1. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 2. 26-Trevor Miller, 3. 44-Eric Winemiller, 4. C11-Chris Caldwell, 5. 57-Ron Poe, 6. 29-Jinger Kesler, 7. 520-Jessie Tellez, 8. 75c-Bo Partain, 9. 21-Ty Weidner.
Dwarf Cars:
First Heat: 1. 27-Richard Gregg, 2. 05-Chad Stewart, 3. 99-Rob Dienes, 4. 47-Steve Kapaun, 5. 2-Roy Baldwin, 6. 14-Dillon Miller, 7. 46-Kevin Davis.
Second Heat: 1. 04-Mike Strobel, 2. 3-Kevin Cain, 3. 18-Keaton Swane, 4. 16-Daniel Lamm, 5. 22-David Brodeur, 6. 69-Eddie O’Neil, 7. 88-Ed Schuhlke.
Third Heat: 1. 76-Brian Stehr, 2. 30-Steven Keith, 3. 43-Tim Cotherman, 4. 9-Glen Branham, 5. 60-Jacob Mabbit, 6. 58-Doug Bellissimo.
“A” Feature: 1. 18-Keaton Swane, 2. 04-Mike Strobel, 3. 76-Brian Stehr, 4. 3-Kevin Cain, 5. 05-Chad Stewart, 6. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 7. 16-Daniel Lamm, 8. 9-Glen Branham, 9. 30-Steven Keith, 10. 69-Eddie O’Neil, 11. 14-Dillon Miller, 12. 2-Roy Baldwin, 13. 60-Jacob Mabbit, 14. 58-Doug Bellissimo, 15. 43-Tim Cotherman, 16. 22-David Brodeur, 17. 47-Steve Kapaun, 18. 27-Richard Gregg, 19. 99-Rob Dienes.
