ASCS Sprint Cars 37th Annual Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals in Mesquite, Texas

Darren had a rough night as he finished last in his heat and didn't qualify for the Main Event.

Race Summary: http://www.ascsracing.com/racenotes.asp?ID=58450&yr=2010

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

37th Annual Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals Results:
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 3 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach Chappell, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 29-Travis Rilat, 5. 45-Martin Edwards, 6. 91x-Taylor Milton, 7. 15-Bud Goodwin, 8. 30-Brandon Corn, 9. 03-Joe Wood, Jr.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 10a-Ricky Logan, 3. 75-Jesse Hockett, 4. C41-Wayne Johnson, 5. 57-Shane Stewart, 6. 95-Matt Covington, 7. 5-Brent Swift, 8. 14e-Todd Evans, 9. 74x-Joshua Hodges.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 21L-Trevor Lewis, 3. 5h-Justyn Cox, 4. 24-Justin Carver, 5. 6-Kyle Hirst, 6. 27-Andy Shouse, 7. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 8. 6s-Justin Spoerl, 9. 3g-Darren Long.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 3. 00-Michael Dupuy, 4. 75x-Don Young, 5. 35-Matt Sherrell, 6. 72-Sherman Davis, 7. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 8. 86-Josh Fisher. DNS: 5m-Glenn Martin.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. 22-Koby Barksdale, 3. 31-Matt Clevenger, 4. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 53-Jack Dover, 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 9x-Gary Wright, 9. 88-Tim Crawley.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 9h-Derek Hagar, 2. 2-Kenneth Walker, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 94-Danny Wood, 5. 98-Joe Ramaker, 6. 9-Brian Parker, 7. 8w-Jordan Whitehead, 8. 87x-Billy Melton. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Heat Seven (8 Laps): 1. 1J-Danny Jennings, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 7. 21-Brian Brown, 8. 14x-Jody Rosenboom.

"B" Mains (Top 2 From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 2-Kenneth Walker, 6. 75x-Don Young, 7. 72-Sherman Davis, 8. 6-Kyle Hirst, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 8w-Jordan Whitehead, 12. 27-Andy Shouse, 13. 9-Brian Parker. DNS: 14x-Jody Rosenboom, 14e-Todd Evans, 5m-Glenn Martin.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. C41-Wayne Johnson, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 5h-Justyn Cox, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 65-Skip Wilson, 6. 95-Matt Covington, 7. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 8. 6s-Justin Spoerl, 9. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 10. 35-Matt Sherrell, 11. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 12. 15-Bud Goodwin, 13. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 14. 3g-Darren Long. DNS: 21-Brian Brown.
Third "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 3. 45-Martin Edwards, 4. 91x-Taylor Milton, 5. 98-Joe Ramaker, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 87x-Billy Melton, 8. 31-Matt Clevenger, 9. 24-Justin Carver, 10. 9x-Gary Wright, 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12. 00-Michael Dupuy, 13. 5-Brent Swift, 14. 22k-Kevin Barksdale. DNS: 86-Josh Fisher.

37th Annual Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals "A" Main Event:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 10-Sammy Swindell, 2. C41-Wayne Johnson, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 94-Danny Wood, 5. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 6. 57-Shane Stewart, 7. 75-Jesse Hockett, 8. 10a-Ricky Logan, 9. 50z-Zach Chappell, 10. 29-Travis Rilat, 11. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 12. 41-Jason Johnson, 13. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 14. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 15. 1-Sean McClelland, 16. 53-Jack Dover, 17. 1J-Danny Jennings, 18. 9x-Gary Wright, 19. 9h-Derek Hagar, 20. 14-Michael Lang, 21. 71-Channin Tankersley, 22. 21L-Trevor Lewis, 23. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 24. 22-Koby Barksdale.
Lap Leaders: Sean McClelland 1-5, Sammy Swindell 6-30.
Note: Shane Stewart and Gary Wright utilized provisionals based on 2009 points to start the "A" Main.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 15): 1. Sammy Swindell 150, 2. Wayne Johnson 142, 3. Brady Bacon 135, 4. Danny Wood 130, 5. Tony Bruce, Jr. 125, 6. Shane Stewart 122, 7. Jesse Hockett 119, 8. Ricky Logan 116, 9. Zach Chappell 113, 10. Travis Rilat 110, 11. Austen Wheatley 108, 12. Jason Johnson 106, 13. Kevin Ramey 104, 14. Johnny Herrera 102, 15. Sean McClelland 100.

Dallas

We have all made it to Dallas. We will race tonight at devil's bowl speedway. You can listen live tonight on racinboys.com. Saturday nights race has already been canceled. Dallas is supposed to be high 45 degrees and rain. Short trip , but we will just have to make tonight great.

Trio of Champions Team Up for 2010 Assault on ASCS National Tour

With Florida now done and over with and Ohio and Indiana still having a beautiful winter one of racings best kept secrets has finally seen the light of day. Joe Gaerte and Tim Norman, along with driver Darren Long are preparing for an all out assault at the 2010 ASCS National Tour Title as well as other selected 360 and 410 races throughout the year.

When Tim Norman, the long time driver of the 3g, decided to place his helmet on the shelf, at least for now, the call was made to plug the popular driver from Elida, Ohio into the Butlerbuilt and travel some more. With a top-5 finish in the Saturday evening Ronald Laney Memorial, along with a top-10 finish on the opening night JGRacing is looking forward to the rest of the season.

Quotes from the team concerning this year,
Darren Long- I want to be consistent everywhere and shoot for a top-5 in points at year end while also picking up my first national win.
Joe Gaerte- I am using this opportunity for two reasons. I’ve always wanted to have a car on a national tour and this could go a long way in raising additional exposure of my business Gaerte Engines. I hope to win at least one national event and five regional events, if not more.
Tim Norman- This is the best opportunity Joe and I have had to field a car nationally so we took it; I’d like to win 3 national events.

The schedule for JGRacing outside of the ASCS National Tour is not set and will change from time to time due to Mother Nature and work schedules for all involved. I will update you each week where the team plans to race.

A new feature we will have is the Red Line Oil Question of the Week. Answer the question(s) correctly first and you will receive a free prize. This week the question is this.

From whom did Darren buy his first race car?
And a second for good measure, and a second prize.
What relation is this person to Darren?

The first correct answer to the first question will receive a free Red Line Oil Racing hat. The first correct answer to the second question will receive a free Red Line Oil Racing t-shirt.

Another new feature we will have; ask a question to the pro’s, otherwise not me. Send me a question for Joe, Tim, or Darren and if your question is picked it will be featured in the next press release. Please e-mail
zeakemedia@gmail.com with Question of the Week in the subject line and I will forward the one chosen it to the correct individual.

JGRacing would like to thank the following partners for their support.
Allstar Performance, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Crower, Dyer Rods, Gaerte Engines, GLR Investments, Hoosier Tire, J&E Pistons, Long Farms, Red Line Oil, Slade Shock Technology, Total Seal, and XYZ Machining.

Blake Lirette
Zeake Media
JGRacing