8/4/2015
Sprint Source
Sussex Scores in Back to School Special
Stevie Sussex made his second trip to Canyon Speedway Park victory lane by winning Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature that headlined the Allscapes Back to School Special at the 1/3-mile clay oval.
While Sussex bested the wingless Sprint Car ranks, Ricky Thornton, Jr., captured IMCA Modified honors with other wines including Zack Madrid in Pure Stocks, Colton Hardy in Micro Sprints and Tony Martin in Dwarf Cars.
Sussex needed just a handful of laps to race from the fifth starting position past early leader Nick Aiuto then dominated the rest of the way for the triumph aboard the Burkhart No. 21az machine.
Sussex took the checkered flag ahead of USAC Southwest points leader R.J. Johnson with Charles Davis, Jr., Aiuto and Josh Pelkey rounding out the top five.
In 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified action, Ricky Thornton, Jr., rallied from the 11th starting position for his third consecutive Allscapes Back to School Special triumph ahead of Steve Stultz with Lance Mari, Garrett Funk and Guy Norton in the top five.
Zack Madrid raced from the sixth starting position to capture his second Arizona Differential Pure Stock win in a row ahead of Steve Bitting, Ty Warner, Matt Martinez and Chris McCurdy, Jr.
Colton Hardy became the first repeat winner in regular season action for the Micro Sprints at CSP, racing to the checkered flag in front of Cody Batten, Kenny Hilton, Tyler Merrill and Kyle Huttenhow.
Tony Martin picked off his first Dwarf Car win of the season at CSP, climbing from seventh to take the win ahead of Steve Kapaun, Brian Stehr, Cory Brown and Ed Schuhlke.
Action continues at Canyon Speedway Park on Saturday night, August 15, with the Fourth Annual Summer Slam featuring the winged Sprint Cars of the ASCS Southwest Region along with 9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds, Arizona Differential Pure Stocks, Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades and Micro Sprints.
Canyon Speedway Park
Allscapes Back to School Special – August 1, 2015
USAC Southwest Sprint Cars:
Heat One: 1. 7k-Bruce St. James, 2. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 3. 16-Mike Martin, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 48t-Thomas Ogle, 6. 2-Joshua Shipley, 7. 5-Tye Mihocko.
Heat Two: 1. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 2. 27-Nick Aiuto, 3. 02-Matt Rossi, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 29-Michael Bonneau, 6. 22-Dustin Burkhart.
Heat Three: 1. 78-Chris Bonneau, 2. 32b-Brian Hosford, 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 2x-Larry Gibson, 5. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 6. 13-Dennis Giles.
“A” Feature: 1. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 2. 77j-R.J. Johnson, 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 27-Nick Aiuto, 5. 12-Josh Pelkey, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 78-Chris Bonneau, 9. 02-Matt Rossi, 10. 7k-Bruce St. James, 11. 2-Joshua Shipley, 12. 29-Michael Bonneau, 13. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 14. 5-Tye Mihocko, 15. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 16. 48t-Thomas Ogle, 17. 13-Dennis Giles, 18. 2x-Larry Gibson, 19. 22-Dustin Burkhart.
9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:
Heat One: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 78-Steve Stultz, 3. 40-Jeff Stafford, 4. 45-Ryan Roath, 5. L8-Brian Shultz, 6. 74-Garrett Funk, 8. 18-Josh Sneed.
Heat Two: 1. 41-George Fronsman, 2. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 3. 4h-Don Hagan, 4. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 5. 35-William Miller, 6. 4tj-Ty Millington, 7. 34dd-Billy Carron.
Heat Three: 1. 12-Guy Norton, 2. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 3. 87-Clifton Maggard, 4. 19sb-Lance Mari, 5. 75c-Bo Partain, 6. 8t-Ty Rogers.
“A” Feature: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 78-Steve Stultz, 3. 19sb-Lance Mari, 4. 74-Garrett Funk, 5. 12-Guy Norton, 6. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 7. L8-Brian Schultz, 8. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 9. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 10. 45-Ryan Roath, 11. 75c-Bo Partain, 12. 41-George Fronsman, 13. 87-Clifton Maggard, 14. 35-William Miller, 15. 34dd-Billy Carron, 16. 4h-Don Hagan, 17. 40-Jeff Stafford, 18. 4tj-T.J. Millington, 19. 8t-Ty Rogers, 20. 18-Josh Sneed.
Arizona Differential Pure Stocks:
Heat One: 1. 7-Steve Bitting, 2. 9-Jeff Carter, 3. 51j-Gary Everett, 4. 40sr-Jeff Stafford, 5. 24-Josh Carter, 6. 6i-Dale Irby, 7. 97-Larry Gordon.
Heat Two: 1. 51-Ty Warner, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 44s-Steve Shumaker, 4. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin, 5. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 6. 75-Jason Suchta, 7. 3-Ashley Stafford.
Heat Three: 1. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 2. 21m-Matt Martinez, 3. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 04b-Justin Bishop, 6. 14xxl-Michael Mabbit.
“A” Feature: 1. 5z-Zack Madrid, 2. 7-Steve Bitting, 3. 51-Ty Warner, 4. 21m-Matt Martinez, 5. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 6. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 7. 9-Jeff Carter, 8. 97-Larry Gordon, 9. 75-Jason Suchta, 10. 5j-Jacob Madrid, 11. 6i-Dale Irby, 12. 51j-Gary Everett, 13. 14xxl-Michael Mabbitt, 14. 3-Ashley Stafford, 15. 24-Josh Carter, 16. 40sr-Jeff Stafford, 17. 44s-Steve Shumaker, 18. 04b-Justin Bishop, 19. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 20. 97L-Stephen Lumpkin.
Micro Sprints:
Heat One: 1. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 3. 16-Pat Wing, 4. 77-Aaron Miller, 5. 7-Mason Keefer, 6. 29-Paul Martin, 7. 44-Chuck Dowty, 8. 10-Ryan Hennessey.
Heat Two: 1. 37j-Dave Ferneau, 2. 71-Cody Batten, 3. 41-Colton Hardy, 4. 41h-Tyler Merrill, 5. 42-Kenny Hilton, 6. 66-Brandon Sutton, 7. 99x-Jake Branum, 8. 28-Mark Morin.
“A” Feature: 1. 41-Colton Hardy, 2. 71-Cody Batten, 3. 42-Kenny Hilton, 4. 41h-Tyler Merrill, 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 6. 44-Chuck Dowty, 7. 16-Pat Wing, 8. 77-Aaron Miller, 9. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 10. 66-Brandon Sutton, 11. 99x-Jake Branum, 12. 7-Mason Keefer, 13. 37j-Dave Ferneau, 14. 29-Paul Martin,
Dwarf Cars:
Heat One: 1. 41-Tony Martin, 2. 29-Cory Brown, 3. 55-John Levitt, 4. 44-Daniel Lamm, 5. 76-Brian Stehr, 6. 66-Frank Rhodes, 7. 28-Jacob Mabbit.
Heat Two: 1. 47-Steve Kapaun, 2. 14-Dillon Miller, 3. 46-Kevin Davis, 4. 35-Jeff Lowe, 5. 69-Mike Foster, 6. 96-Tyler Inscore, 7. 00-Tim Cotherman.
Heat Three: 1. 2n-Cale Rudy, 2. 93-A.J. Breau, 3. 53-David Siness, 4. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 5. 43-Rob Deines, 6. 38-Jeff Foster.
“A” Feature: 1. 41-Tony Martin, 2. 47-Steve Kapaun, 3. 76-Brian Stehr, 4. 29-Cory Brown, 5. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 6. 00-Tim Cotherman, 7. 93-A.J. Breau, 8. 14-Dillon Miller, 9. 43-Rob Deines, 10. 44-Daniel Lamm, 11. 53-David Siness, 12. 2n-Cale Rudy, 13. 46-Kevin Davis, 14. 55-John Levitt, 15. 38-Jeff Foster, 16. 66-Frank Rhodes, 17. 35-Jeff Lowe, 18. 96-Tyler Inscore, 19. 69-Mike Foster, 20. 28-Jacob Mabbit.
Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley