Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (August 9, 2014) – Another night of racing action at Canyon Speedway Park resulted in yet another win for Ricky Thornton, Jr., as the Chandler, AZ, racer topped Saturday night’s Allscapes Back to School Special feature event atop the 1/3-mile oval.
While Thornton, Jr., snared his seventh consecutive IMCA Modified feature win atop Canyon clay, other Allscapes Back to School Special feature winners included Ty Weidner in Pure Stocks, Joe Peterson in Renegades and Bo Partain in X Mods.
In the IMCA Modified main event, Thornton, Jr., rallied from the 11[sup]th[/sup] starting position to claim his 11[sup]th[/sup] win in 13 CSP starts in 2014, racing to the checkered flag ahead of tenth-starter Brian Schultz with Jason Noll, pole starter Lance Mari and 21[sup]st[/sup]-starter Mark Stewart in the top five.
Ty Weidner put a halt to Matt Martinez’ three-race win streak in the Pure Stock ranks, advancing from seventh for his second win of the year in front of Chris McCurdy, Jr., Steve Bitting, Jason Schwader and Steve Shumaker.
Joe Peterson raced from fourth to capture his first Renegade win of the year ahead of Jason Crowe and David Harrington while Bo Partain scored his second X-Mod win in three tries ahead of Eric Winemiller and Ray Czumaj.
Next up at Canyon Speedway Park is the two-day Stock Car Shootout on Saturday and Sunday, August 30-31, featuring IMCA Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Renegades, Challenge Cup Sprint Cars, AMA Mod Lites and X-Mods.
Canyon Speedway Park
Allscapes Back to School Special
August 9, 2014 Results:
IMCA Modifieds:
First Heat: 1. 8-Nate Warren, 2. 45x-Jim Perkins, 3. $-Cody Center, 4. 55x-Nick Gann, 5. 45-Ryan Roath, 6. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 7. 53-Justin Thorton.
Second Heat: 1. 19sb-Lance Mari, 2. L8-Brian Schultz, 3. 78-Steve Stultz, 4. 24-Mike Martin, 5. 87-Clifton Maggard, 6. 5az-James Webster, 7. 59-Mark Stewart.
Third Heat: 1. 41-George Fronsman, 2. X04-Mike Strobel, 3. 39-Derek Huggins, 4. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 5. 53x-Nick Bruce, 6. 29-Scott Francouer, 7. 75jr-Chaz Baca, Jr.
Fourth Heat: 1. 5m-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 7k-Lance Salo, 3. 44-Jason Noll, 4. 5-Steve Carter, 5. 19x-Kenny Gill, 6. 3-Brad Whitfield.
“B” Feature: 1. 14-Mike Martin, 2. 45-Ryan Roath, 3. 5-Steve Carter, 4. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 5. 87-Clifton Maggard, 6. 55x-Nick Gann, 7. 19x-Kenny Gill, 8. 5az-James Webster, 9. 59-Mark Stewart, 10. 53x-Nick Bruce, 11. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 12. 3-Brad Whitfield, 13. 29-Scott Francouer, 14. 75jr-Chaz Baca, Jr., 15. 53-Justin Thornton.
“A” Feature: 1. 5m-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. L8-Brian Schultz, 3. 44-Jason Noll, 4. 19sb-Lance Mari, 5. 59-Mark Stewart, 6. 41-George Fronsman, 7. 78-Steve Stultz, 8. 5az-James Webster, 9. 45-Ryan Roath, 10. 5-Steve Carter, 11. 21r-Ryan Eaden, 12. 8-Nate Warren, 13. 45x-Jim Perkins, 14. 24-Mike Martin, 15. 87-Clifton Maggard, 16. 55x-Nick Gann, 17. 39- Derek Huggins, 18. 19x-Kenny Gill, 19. 7k-Lance Salo, 20. $-Cody Center.
Pure Stocks:
First Heat: 1. 44s-Steve Shumaker, 2. XX-Chuck Thornton, 3. 40sr-Jeff Stafford, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 92p-John Parmeley, 6. 28-Mike Herrera, 7. 51-Jeff Carter, 8. 13-Robert McClelland.
Second Heat: 1. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 2. 01-Ty Warner, 3. 21m-Matt Martinez, 4. 3-Ashley Stafford, 5. 75-Jason Suchta, 6. 24-Josh Carter, 7. 42-Lisa Smeltzer.
Third Heat: 1. 55-Jason Schwader, 2. Z28-Ty Weidner, 3. 7-Steve Bitting, 4. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 5. 5m-Zack Madrid, 6. 07-Terry Hill, 7. 96-Richard Shelly.
“A” Feature: 1. Z28-Ty Weidner, 2. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 3. 7-Steve Bitting, 4. 55-Jason Schwader, 5. 44s-Steve Shumaker, 6. 21m-Matt Martinez, 7. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 8. 5m-Zack Madrid, 9. 6-Michael Wrightsman, 10. 01-Ty Warner, 11. 3-Ashley Stafford, 12. 40sr-Jeff Stafford, 13. 28-Mike Herrera, 14. 75-Jason Suchta, 15. XX-Chuck Thornton, 16. 92p-John Parmeley, 17. 96-Richard Shelly, 18. 42-Lisa Smeltzer, 19. 07-Terry Hill, 20. 51-Jeff Carter, 21. 24-Josh Carter, 22. 13-Robert McClelland.
Renegades:
First Heat: 1. 14-Don Berner, 2. 85-Joe Peterson, 3. 75-David Irwin, 4. 13-Jason Crowe, 5. 3-David Harrington, 6. 64s-Jonathan Stalhut, 7. 24-Brandy McCurdy, 8. 69r-Sara Reblin.
Second Heat: 1. 73-Craig Carrajet, 2. 57a-Tate Allen, 3. 16b-Richard Bennett, 4. 16-Scott Arnold, 5. 47-Virgil McArthur, 6. 9-Paul O’Connor, 7. 16x-Glen Branham.
“A” Feature: 1. 85-Joe Peterson, 2. 13-Jason Crowe, 3. 3-David Harrington, 4. 47-Virgil McArthur, 5. 64s-Jonathan Stalhut, 6. 16x-Glen Branham, 7. 75-David Irwin, 8. 24-Brandy McCurdy, 9. 16b-Richard Bennett, 10. 16-Scott Arnold, 11. 57a-Tate Allen, 12. 69r-Sara Reblin, 13. 14-Don Berner, 14. 9-Paul O’Connor, 15. 73-Craig Carrajet.
X Mods:
First Heat: 1. 75c-Bo Partain, 2. C11-Chris Caldwell, 3. 44-Eric Wimemiller, 4. 29-Jinger Kesler, 5. 81-Ray Czumaj, 6. 4g-David Farley, 7. 7s-Chuck Salo.
“A” Feature: 1. 75c-Bo Partain, 2. 44-Eric Winemiller, 3. 81-Ray Czumaj, 4. C11-Chris Caldwell, 5. 29-Jinger Kesler, 6. 7s-Chuck Salo, 7. 4g-David Farley.
