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Rains Halts 600 Nationals
Opening Night Feature
Lonnie
Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March
11, 2010) – Just as the preliminary
feature event at I-30 Speedway’s
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals
presented by
Hoosier Tires hit the track
on Thursday night, pesky showers
forced the postponement of the
night’s headliner to Friday night.
Now, race fans will have the
opportunity to catch twin Outlaw
Micro Sprint Car main events on
Friday night for a mere $5 charge.
Friday’s card will now open with the
make-up feature from Thursday night,
with a full slate of heats,
qualifiers and another main event to
follow. Horizon
Mini Sprints are also on
Friday night’s card.
Sixty-eight competitors from 16
different states throughout the
nation took to the track Thursday
night for the fourth edition of the
600 Nationals, which was originally
scheduled for last September only to
fall victim to foul weather.
Andy Farley, Dustin Gates, two-time
600 Nationals champion Travis Senter,
Jr., Michael Dicely, Dusty Young,
Chris Andrews and Brock
Zearfuss each won heat races, with
Ryan Langston, Jake Mosley, Chance
Terrell, Shane Lewis and Gates
winning the qualifying races.
After racing from fifth to win his
heat race, Haughton, Louisiana’s
Dustin Gates charged from eighth to
top his qualifier as well to earn
the pole position for the main
event. Manheim,
Pennsylvania’s Heath Hehnly will
start on Gates’ outside shoulder.
The states of
Pennsylvania and
Oklahoma are both well
represented in the feature that will
kick off Friday night’s festivities.
Six of ten Pennsylvania
competitors made the feature cut,
with Oklahoma landing six in the
22-car main event as well.
The top four finishers from the
makeup feature as well as the top
four finishers from Friday night’s
scheduled main event lock into
Saturday night’s $9,000-to-win 600
Nationals championship feature
event.
The makeup feature lineup will be as
follows:
6g Dustin Gates (Haughton, LA) – 2c
Heath Hehnly (Manheim, PA)
22T Travis Senter, Jr. (Osceola, AR)
– 70w Michael Wickham (Ramona, OK)
73 Jake Mosley (Claremore, OK) – 44
Michael Dicely (Lewisberry, PA)
5x Tyson Hall (Longview, TX) – 22x
Ryan Smith (Kunkletown, PA)
55L Shane Lewis (Honey Brook, PA) –
29s Scott Sawyer (Broken Arrow, OK)
83 Karlas Stephens (Benton, AR) – 8
Chris Andrews (Tulsa, OK)
74 Andy Farley (Brighton, CO) – 9L
Ryan Langston (Greenfield, IN)
60x Chance Terrell (Oklahoma City,
OK) – 88
Eric Wright (Goodlettsville,
TN)
999 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) –
42 Tim Crawley (Benton, AR)
2T Luke Thomas (Wyoming, DE) – 52
Todd Kirkman (Kokomo, IN)
3z Brock Zearfuss (Jonestown, PA) –
5k Tom Kohler (Leesport, PA)
Note; Bacon (999), Crawley (42),
Thomas (2T) and Kirkman (52) were
all sent to the tail for failing to
report to the staging area on time,
giving up the 12th, 13th,
15th and 18th
starting positions.
Zearfuss (3z) and Kohler (5k)
both missed the original green flag
with engine problems.
However, since the red flag
was presented and the race postponed
before a lap was completed, both
will be able to tag the tail of the
field on Friday night.
Friday night’s tentative race order
at I-30 Speedway’s Fourth Annual 600
Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires
will be as follows:
Outlaw 600 Hot Laps
Outlaw 600 Makeup Feature from
Thursday Night
Horizon
Mini Sprint Hot Laps
Outlaw 600 Heat Races
Horizon Mini Sprint Heat Races
Outlaw 600 Qualifying Races
Horizon Mini Sprint “A” Main
Outlaw 600 “A” Main
Racing action gets under way at 7:30
p.m.
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires Thursday
Results:
Heat Races
First Heat (10 Laps):
1. 74-Andy Farley (Brighton,
CO), 2. 73-Jake Mosley (Claremore,
OK), 3. 999-Brady Bacon (Broken
Arrow, OK), 4. 55L-Shane Lewis
(Honey Brook, PA), 5. 96s-Samantha
Gargus (Memphis, TN), 6. 9L-Ryan
Langston (Greenfield, IN), 7.
60x-Chance Terrell (Oklahoma City,
OK), 8. 69r-Clayton Robertson
(Osceola, AR), 9. 59-Billy Lawhead
(Tulsa, OK). DNS: 23a-Dean Alexander
(Visalia, CA).
Second Heat (10 Laps):
1. 6g-Dustin Gates (Haughton,
LA), 2. 16F-Nate Fleming (Great
Bend, KS), 3. 4k-Jake Hagopian
(Fresno, CA), 4. 42-Tim Crawley
(Benton, AR), 5. 19-Keith McIntyre
(Saylorsburg, PA), 6. 64-Chad Boone
(Great Bend, KS), 7. 35-Justin
Jackson (Benton, AR), 8. 99-Dalton
Stevens (Scurry, TX), 9. 79-Ryan
Duke (Claremore, OK), 10. 32n-Nick
Ivy (Alexander, AR).
Third Heat (10 Laps):
1. 22T-Travis Senter, Jr.
(Osceola, AR), 2. 52-Todd Kirkman
(Kokomo, IN), 3. 80-Michael McNeil
(Alvin, TX), 4. 2T-Luke Thomas
(Wyoming, DE), 5. 88-Eric Wright
(Goodlettsville, TN), 6. 18m-Jake
Murphy (Enola, PA), 7. 28a-Zach
Alley (Claremore, OK), 8. 10e-Matt
Ebarb (Bossier, LA), 9. 23m-David
Mandry (Scurry, TX), 10. 631-Phil
Reed (Sherwood, AR).
Fourth Heat (10 Laps):
1. 44-Michael Dicely
(Lewisberry, PA), 2. 43-Matthew
Baldwin (Little Rock, AR), 3.
70w-Michael Wickham (Ramona, OK), 4.
47v-Jason VanDoren (Walnut Port,
PA), 5. 32x-Brad McDaniel
(Carbondale, IL), 6. 28m-Todd
McWilliams (Conway, AR), 7.
13x-Brian Roseman (Hickory, NC), 8.
77r-Darien Roberts (Broken Arrow,
OK), 9. 51b-Joe B. Miller
(Millersville, MO), 10. 77T-Todd
Carmichael (Mooresville, NC).
Fifth Heat (10 Laps):
1. 1st-Dusty Young
(Benton, AR), 2. 2c-Heath Hehnley
(Manheim, PA), 3. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz
(Columbus, MS), 4. 83-Karlas
Stephens (Benton, AR), 5. 22J-Josh
Rehm (Conway, AR), 6. 84-Ben Rushing
(Clarksville, TN), 7. 6x-Christopher
Meyer (N. Little Rock, AR), 8.
1x-Nic Jenkins (Benton, AR), 9.
91-Kevin Bayer (Bixby, OK), 10.
70b-Tim
Brothers (Little Rock, AR).
Sixth Heat (10 Laps):
1. 8-Chris Andrews (Tulsa,
OK), 2. 5x-Tyson Hall (Longview,
TX), 3. 81F-Frank Flud (Pryor, OK),
4. 10m-Eric Sandage (Cabot, AR), 5.
3b-Lyndon Bolt (Rapid City, SD), 6.
7b-Nick Bailey (Cabot, AR), 7.
29s-Scott Sawyer (Broken Arrow, OK),
8. 5k-Tom Kohler (Leesport, PA).
DNS: 47a-Austin Farley (Brighton,
CO).
Seventh Heat (10 Laps):
1. 3z-Brock Zearfuss
(Jonestown, PA), 2. 7J-Jerrod Wilson
(Tulsa, OK), 3. 22x-Ryan Smith
(Kunkletown, PA), 4. 16d-Danny
Davidson (Amarillo, TX), 5.
9x-Bradley Meyer (N. Little Rock,
AR), 6. 43e-Dewayne Emberton
(Clarksville, TN), 7. 13T-Tony
Courtney (Indianapolis, IN), 8.
29w-Ryan Wilson (Maytown, PA), 9.
177-Kyle Cattanach (Mooresville,
NC).
Qualifying Races – Top 22
in Combined Points from Heats &
Qualifiers to “A” Feature
First Qualifier (12 Laps):
1. 9L-Ryan Langston
(Greenfield, IN), 2. 22x-Ryan Smith
(Kunkletown, PA), 3. 2c-Heath Hehnly
(Manheim, PA), 4. 83-Karlas Stephens
(Benton, AR), 5. 4k-Jake Hagopian
(Fresno, CA), 6. 79-Ryan Duke
(Claremore, OK), 7. 8-Chris Andrews
(Tulsa, OK), 8. 29w-Ryan Wilson (Maytown,
PA), 9. 6x-Christopher Meyer (N.
Little Rock, AR), 10. 631-Phil Reed
(Sherwood, AR), 11. 64-Chad Boone
(Great Bend, KS), 12. 18m-Jake
Murphy (Enola, PA), 13. 9x-Bradley
Meyer (N. Little Rock, AR). DNS:
91-Kevin Bayer (Bixby, OK).
Second Qualifier (12 Laps):
1. 73-Jake Mosley (Claremore,
OK), 2. 2T-Luke Thomas (Wyoming,
DE), 3. 42-Tim Crawley (Benton, AR),
4. 96s-Samantha Gargus (Memphis,
TN), 5. 3z-Brock Zearfuss
(Jonestown, PA), 6. 35-Justin
Jackson (Benton, AR), 7. 10e-Matt
Ebarb (Bossier, LA), 8. 28m-Todd
McWilliams (Conway, AR), 9.
23m-David Manry (Scurry, TX), 10.
16d-Danny Davidson (Amarillo, TX),
11. 16F-Nate Fleming (Great Bend,
KS), 12. 32n-Nick Ivy (Alexander,
AR). DNS: 80-Michael McNeil (Alvin,
TX), 23a-Dean Alexander (Visalia,
CA).
Third Qualifier (12 Laps):
1. 60x-Chance Terrell
(Oklahoma City, OK), 2. 29s-Scott
Sawyer (Broken Arrow, OK), 3.
47v-Jason VanDoren (Walnut Port,
PA), 4. 5x-Tyson Hall (Longview,
TX), 5. 74-Andy Farley (Brighton,
CO), 6. 10m-Eric Sandage (Cabot,
AR), 7. 81F-Frank Flud (Pryor, OK),
8. 77T-Todd Carmichael (Mooresville,
NC), 9. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz (Columbus,
MS), 10. 69r-Clayton Robertson
(Osceola, AR), 11. 7J-Jerrod Wilson
(Tulsa, OK), 12. 99-Dalton Stevens
(Scurry, TX). DNS: 7b-Nick Bailey
(Cabot, AR), 47a-Austin Farley
(Brighton, CO).
Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps):
1. 55L-Shane Lewis (Honey
Brook, PA), 2. 44-Michael Dicely
(Lewisberry, PA), 3. 88-Eric Wright
(Goodlettsville, TN), 4. 70w-Michael
Wickham (Ramona, OK), 5. 999-Brady
Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK), 6.
77r-Darien Roberts (Broken Arrow,
OK), 7. 84-Ben Rushing (Clarksville,
TN), 8. 3b-Lyndon Bolt (Rapid City,
SD), 9. 43e-Dewayne Emberton
(Clarksville, TN), 10. 43-Matthew
Baldwin (Little Rock, AR). DNS:
13T-Tony Courtney (Indianapolis,
IN), 1x-Nic Jenkins (Bryant, AR),
59-Billy Lawhead (Tulsa, OK).
Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps):
1. 6g-Dustin Gates (Haughton,
LA), 2. 22T-Travis Senter, Jr.
(Osceola, AR), 3. 5k-Tom Kohler
(Leesport, PA), 4. 52-Todd Kirkman
(Kokomo, IN), 5. 32x-Brad McDaniel
(Carbondale, IL), 6. 13x-Brian
Roseman (Hickory, NC), 7. 28a-Zach
Alley (Claremore, OK), 8. 1st-Dusty
Young (Benton, AR), 9. 22J-Josh Rehm
(Conway, AR), 10. 19-Keith McIntyre
(Saylorsburg, PA). DNS: 177-Kyle
Cattanach (Mooresville, NC), 51b-Joe
B. Miller (Millersville, MO),
70b-Tim Brothers (Little Rock, AR).
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals Thursday
Preliminary “A” Feature (Top 4
Locked into Saturday’s $9,000-to-win
Championship Main Event)
A Feature (25 Laps):
Postponed by Rain to Friday
night.
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Chargin’ Charles Kicks Off ASCS Canyon Title
Defense Saturday at USA!
Darland Set to Take on Canyon Region
Contenders
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 8,
2010) – Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles
Davis, Jr., delivered car owner Jim
Massey his first series championship by
capturing the 2009
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon
Region title.
Davis begins the defense of that title
this
Saturday night when the ASCS
Canyon Region launches the 2010 season
atop USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval in
Tucson, AZ.
A stout field of contenders will be even
tougher on opening night, as wingless
open wheel ace
Dave Darland will make a rare
Arizona appearance in an effort to take
the money and run back to Indiana.
A
triple crown champion with titles
in the Sprint Car, Midget and Silver
Crown ranks, Darland rallied from the
tail of a “B” Main after heat race
issues to finish fifth in last
November’s wingless portion of the
Western World Championships at USA
Raceway.
Darland will pilot the BRAT
Racing/Parker Stores No. 8 entry this
Saturday night.
Meanwhile, Davis will try to add a 15th
career ASCS Canyon Region score aboard
the Massey No. 50 machine on Saturday
night after reeling off three wins en
route to the 2009 crown that he claimed
by a 55-point margin over Phoenix shoe
R.J. Johnson.
Saturday's Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon
Region action at USA Raceway is slated
to go green at 6:45 p.m.
The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is
located east of
Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then
1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which
turns into Los Reales.
For more information, contact the
track at
520-574-8515.
The Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region
is currently slated for 15 overall
nights of competition in 2010, including
13 nights in Arizona and a two-night
Fourth of July weekend in New Mexico.
In its 19th year of
sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the
American Sprint Car Series brings the
best of Sprint Car racing to
approximately 100 different tracks
throughout 30 states and Canada.
Anchored by the
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also
consists of eleven different Regions
throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the
American Sprint Car Series is available
at
www.ascsracing.com.
I-30 Speedway’s 600 Nationals
This Weekend!
Winner’s Take Up to $9,000!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(March 8, 2010) –
NASCAR annually kicks off its
season with the biggest
race of the year, so it’s only
fitting that the nation’s best Micro
Sprint Car competitors kick off the 2010
season with a premier event.
Top
Micro Sprint Car racers from
throughout the nation will flock to
Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway over the
next couple of days for this weekend’s
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals, which now
offers up a whopping winner’s share of
$9,000.
This weekend’s event is a makeup of the
card originally scheduled for last
September 17-19, only to be nixed by
Mother Nature.
Originally posted as a $7,500-to-win
event, K&W Truck Repair in Searcy, AR,
bumped it up to $8,000 by adding $500
prior to last September’s rainout.
Now, Senter Farms of Osceola, AR,
has sweetened the pot even more by
adding another $1,000 to the top spot,
making Saturday’s 40-lap feature a
scintillating $9,000-to-win throwdown.
Following a Wednesday night Test ‘N Tune
session, three full nights of
competition will ensue on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
With a version of the popular Sprint
Bandits format in place, including heat
races and qualifiers to set “A” Main
lineups, the top four from both the
Thursday and Friday main events will
lock into Saturday’s $9,000-to-win,
$500-to-start finale.
The rest will battle through
another full slate of races on Saturday
to fill out the feature field.
All non-qualifiers will collect $275 on
Saturday night.
The weekend also includes the Third
Annual Landers
Harley-Davidson $1,000-to-win
Horizon
Mini Sprint Nationals.
The Horizon
Mini-Sprints take to the track on both
Friday and Saturday, with Friday's top
six finishers locked into Saturday
night's $1,000-to-win main event.
Travis Senter, Jr., of Osceola, AR, is
the defending 600 Nationals champion
after besting a field of 110 entries in
2008. Senter also
topped the inaugural event in 2006, with
Oklahoma’s Jerrod Wilson taking
the winner’s loot back to Sooner
territory in 2007.
Entries from 16 different states have
already been filed for this weekend’s
action. The host
state currently will be represented by
11 competitors, with Oklahoma
next on the list with eight.
Pennsylvania sends seven, with
others states currently represented
including Texas, Illinois, Tennessee,
Missouri,
Colorado,
Louisiana, New Jersey, North
Carolina, California, Georgia, Indiana,
Kansas and Mississippi.
All paid entries from the originally
scheduled September event will be
honored with new entries accepted for
just $150 until March 10.
Entries submitted after March 10
will be $250.
Pertinent 600 Nationals Information:
What:
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals presented by
Hoosier Tires & I-30 Speedway and
Third Annual Landers Harley Davidson
Horizon Mini-Sprint Nationals
Where:
I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR).
I-30 Speedway is located seven
miles southwest of
Little Rock off I-30 Exit 126
(Alexander Road).
When:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 10-13, 2010; Wednesday
Test N' Tune session begins at 6:00
p.m.; Thursday, Friday and Saturday –
gates open at 5:00 p.m., with racing at
7:30 p.m.
Entry Info:
All paid entries originally filed for
the September event will be honored.
New entries postmarked by March
10 are just $150.
Entries submitted after the March 10
pre-entry deadline will be $250.
Entry forms may be obtained at
http://www.i-30speedway.com/600nationals.html
or by calling the track at
501-455-4567.
Admission: Wednesday
Test N' Tune is free at the front gate.
Adult admission is $5 on
Thursday, $10 on Friday and $10 on
Saturday. Children
ages 6-12 are just $1 on Thursday and
Friday and $2 on Saturday.
Wednesday Test N' Tune pit passes are
$10. Thursday and
Friday pit passes are $25 each night,
with Saturday pit passes at $30.
Three-night pit passes (Thursday,
Friday and Saturday) will be available
for $75.
Format:
Once again, a version of the Sprint
Bandits popular format of heats and
qualifying races will be in place for
all three nights of competition.
Each night, Heat Races will be
aligned according to the pre-race draw,
with the passing points system in
effect. A subsequent
set of Last Chance Races followed by
Qualifying Races, with passing points
again in effect, will set each night's
feature lineup.
The top four from Thursday night's
feature and the top four from Friday
night's feature will be locked into the
championship feature event and will run
in Saturday night's Pole Dash to
determine the alignment of the front
four rows of the 600 Nationals
championship feature event.
The top six from Friday night’s
Horizon
Mini Sprint main event lock into
Saturday night’s Pole Dash, which sets
the alignment of the first three rows of
the main event.
Last Call for 600 Nationals
Pre-Entry Discount!
Sprint Car Ace Brady Bacon Among
Latest Entries!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(March 9, 2010) – Drivers planning
on competing in this weekend’s
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals
presented by
Hoosier Tires at Little
Rock’s I-30 Speedway are reminded
that Wednesday, March 10, is the
final day to submit entries at the
discounted pre-entry rate.
Entries submitted by the close of
business on Wednesday will be
honored for just $150.
Entries submitted after that
will be $250.
The Fourth Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires are set
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
I-30 Speedway, with Saturday night’s
40-lap championship feature winner
collecting a cool $9,000.
With a Test ‘N Tune session for this
weekend’s action set for Wednesday
night, 19-year-old Sprint Car shoe
Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK, is
among the latest to file entries for
the premier
Micro Sprint Car racing
event.
Excelling in both the winged
and wingless Sprint Car ranks, the
third-generation racer is set to
take on the full
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters trail in
2010 while also defending his Lucas
Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless
championship.
But, before kicking off his Lucas
Oil Sprint Car title pursuit at next
weekend’s Devil’s Bowl Winter
Nationals, Bacon and the Tel-Star
team have made the late decision to
vie for this weekend’s $9,000
winner’s share at the Fourth Annual
600 Nationals.
While some Sprint
Car drivers have been
somewhat out of their element in
making the transition to the Micro
Sprint ranks, Bacon should make the
adjustment with little trouble.
After all, Bacon has snared a pair
of Golden Drillers by scoring Micro
Sprint wins at the prestigious Tulsa
Shootout. After
taking his first
Golden Driller in “A” Class
action in 2004, Bacon bested a field
of more than 100 600cc Outlaw Micro
Sprints in 2008.
Bacon will be one of many top
contenders from throughout the
nation trying to dethrone reigning
600 Nationals champion Travis Senter,
Jr., of Osceola, AR, who has topped
two of three previous editions of
the hard-fought Little Rock event.
The weekend also includes the Third
Annual Landers
Harley-Davidson $1,000-to-win
Horizon
Mini Sprint Nationals.
The Horizon Mini-Sprints take
to the track on both Friday and
Saturday, with Friday's top six
finishers locked into Saturday
night's $1,000-to-win main event.
Entries from 17 different states
have already been filed for this
weekend’s 600 Nationals, with
drivers coming from as far away as
California, and New Jersey and
points in between
All paid entries from the originally
scheduled September event will be
honored with new entries accepted
for just $150 until March 10.
Entries submitted after March
10 will be $250.
Pertinent 600 Nationals Information:
What:
Fourth Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires & I-30
Speedway and Third Annual Landers
Harley Davidson Horizon Mini-Sprint
Nationals
Where:
I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR).
I-30 Speedway is located
seven miles southwest of Little Rock
off I-30 Exit 126 (Alexander Road).
When:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 10-13, 2010;
Wednesday Test N' Tune session
begins at 6:00 p.m.; Thursday,
Friday and Saturday – gates open at
5:00 p.m., with racing at 7:30 p.m.
Entry Info:
All paid entries originally filed
for the September event will be
honored. New
entries postmarked by March 10 are
just $150.
Entries submitted after the March 10
pre-entry deadline will be $250.
Entry forms may be obtained
at
http://www.i-30speedway.com/600nationals.html
or by calling the track at
501-455-4567.
Admission:
Wednesday Test N' Tune is free at
the front gate.
Adult admission is $5 on Thursday,
$10 on Friday and $10 on Saturday.
Children ages 6-12 are just
$1 on Thursday and Friday and $2 on
Saturday.
Wednesday Test N' Tune pit passes
are $10.
Thursday and Friday pit passes are
$25 each night, with Saturday pit
passes at $30.
Three-night pit passes (Thursday,
Friday and Saturday) will be
available for $75.
Format:
Once again, a version of the Sprint
Bandits popular format of heats and
qualifying races will be in place
for all three nights of competition.
Each night, Heat Races will
be aligned according to the pre-race
draw, with the passing
points system in effect.
A subsequent set of Last
Chance Races followed by Qualifying
Races, with passing points again in
effect, will set each night's
feature lineup.
The top four from Thursday night's
feature and the top four from Friday
night's feature will be locked into
the championship feature event and
will run in Saturday night's Pole
Dash to determine the alignment of
the front four rows of the 600
Nationals championship feature
event. The top
six from Friday night’s Horizon
Mini Sprint main event lock
into Saturday night’s Pole Dash,
which sets the alignment of the
first three rows of the main event.
ASCS – Tuesday Top Ten
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March
9, 2010) – There’s nothing like a
weekend along the
Gulf Coast to set the stage
for a second consecutive edition of
the American Sprint Car Series
Tuesday’s Top Ten.
In its typically indefinable order,
TTT follows…
1.
Bermuda Triangle –
Golden Triangle
Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX,
the site of last Friday night’s
season opening event for the ASCS
Gulf South Region, is familiar
territory for the regular Gulf South
forces. After
all, the series stopped off in
Beaumont seven times last year after
four events in both 2007 and 2008.
On Friday night, however, it may as
well have been the Bermuda Triangle
as it tripped up the series top
three contenders from 2009.
Defending champion Aaron Reutzel
sailed out of the park in
spectacular fashion on the second
attempt to start the feature, 2009
runner-up Channin Tankersley missed
the main altogether due to pesky
mechanical woes that cut both heat
and “B” Main runs short and
third-ranked Tommy Bryant tumble in
turn two as well four laps into the
feature.
With both Reutzel and Tankersley
eying the
Lucas Oil National trail in
2010, Reutzel broke out a
second car for Saturday night
while fellow 19-year-old Tankersley
replaced the light-weight plumbing
that failed him twice with more
substantial hardware.
Bryant, moving to the seat of Jerry
Bell’s No. 85 for Gulf South and
some wingless Sprint Bandits TNT
action in 2010, escaped the weekend
as best in class with a ranking of
seventh in points, tops amongst the
Gulf South regulars after overcoming
early magneto issues to claim sixth
at Battleground.
2. The Return –
Aside from a couple of recent
weekend practices, it had been
nearly ten years since Sprint Cars
had slung the clay at Battleground
Speedway in Highlands, TX.
After some primarily single-file
heats on a too-fast track that
prompted Friday night victor
Gary Wright to call it an
early night rather than start 19th
at best in the feature, the main
event turned into a legitimate
barnburner.
Jesse Hockett and Brian Brown threw
repeated sliders at each other over
the final ten rounds that could only
help evoke mental images of this
2009
Missouri carnage involving
the same duo frozen in time forever
by lensman Mark Funderburk (http://www.ascsracing.com/gallery/hockettbrowncarnage09.jpg).
There were no errant sliders this
time though, and after 19-year-old “Broken
Arrow Bandit” Brady Bacon
nearly slipped in and stole the win,
Brian Brown added his first career
Gulf South score to previous
Midwest,
Northern Plains and Sooner
triumphs along with four National
wins.
“It’s pretty crazy, we live so close
together and we come 15 hours to
race each other like this,” Brown
surmised in victory lane.
3. Best in Class –
The ASCS Gulf South point charts
look a little out of whack right now
with Missouri’s Jesse Hockett
leading a host of Lucas Oil regulars
and other invaders.
Pulling out the invaders, the
current true top ten in ASCS Gulf
South points looks something like
this; 1. Tommy Bryant 220, 2.
Brandon Berryman 216, 3.
Wes Miller 215, 4. Aaron
Reutzel 206, 5. Scottie McDonald
198, 6. Klint Angelette 195, 7.
Travis Knighton 191, 8. (tie) Ray
Allen Kulhanek and
Jimmy Brooks 184, 10. Greg
Rilat 173.
Berryman, a two-time series champ
that suffered a woeful 2009, claims
to have sent the monkey packing that
haunted him last year.
Wes Miller, a Travis Rilat
crew member seven or eight years
ago, has put together enough pieces
to likely run the full Gulf South
slate, particularly after getting
off to a solid start.
Reutzel is still somewhat
riding the fence between National
and Gulf South, with fortune at
Devil’s Bowl and then Kilgore and
I-30 likely a determining factor.
McDonald is back to his familiar No.
88 for a run at the Gulf South
title, 16-year-old Angelette was
fast in heat races both nights and
Knighton junked a car on the
opening lap of the Battleground
feature after Angelette looped it.
Kulhanek tagged a valve in Beaumont
heat race action before returning to
finish seventh at Battleground,
Jimmy Brooks broke out the second
car after an opening lap feature
flip at Beaumont and Greg Rilat made
his 130th career ASCS
Gulf South feature start at
Battleground after missing the cut
at Beaumont.
Other likely ASCS Gulf South
regulars in action over both nights
included
Chris Sweeney (blown engine
at Battleground), Brandon Corn (soon
to be replaced by 15-year-old son
Chevy Corn), Travis Elliott
(collected in Battleground carnage
with Angelette, McDonald and
Knighton), Logan Bledsoe,
James Cooper, Roger Oakes,
Beau Smith and Bruce
Griffith, Jr.
4. Keepin’ Busy –
Eric Baldaccini has ranked atop the
overall ASCS events competed-in
category over each of the past two
years, logging 50 nights of
competition in 2009 after 47 events
in 2008.
The 22-year-old from Keller, TX,
made his 2010 debut over the weekend
and following a Friday night in
which the No. 4 was set up ideally
for some track other than Golden
Triangle, Baldaccini was in the mix
much of the way at Battleground
before finishing ninth.
Baldaccini, the 2008 Brodix
Rookie of the Year, may very
well be another full-time Lucas Oil
Sprint Car title contender in 2010.
“If we’re in the top ten in
points after the first few races,
we’ll definitely do it all,”
Baldaccini explained.
“If not, we may focus on the
Lone Star Region; it just depends on
a couple of sponsorships.”
5. The Dork Rides Again –
Not my words, but rather the phrase
emblazoned upon the leading edge of
Ray Allen Kulhanek’s top wing (http://www.ascsracing.com/gallery/rakbg030610.jpg).
Kulhanek has rejoined forces
with car owner David Miller, taking
the wheel of the No. 21T for the
first time since the 2004 season.
Kulhanek began his Sprint Car
career in the No. 21T in 2003 before
finishing fourth in ASCS Gulf South
points for Miller in 2004.
As car owner, Miller has ranked
seventh in 2005 with Kent Lewis,
Jr., and then fourth (2008) and
third (2009) the past two seasons
with Tommy Bryant.
The 2005 ASCS Gulf South champion,
Kulhanek ranks fifth in career ASCS
Gulf South feature wins with nine
triumphs, trailing only
Jason Johnson (22), Kevin
Ramey (15), Gary Wright (14) and
Travis Rilat (12).
6.
Spring Training II –
Much like East Bay the previous
weekend, this past weekend’s ASCS
Gulf South openers provided a paid
test ‘n tune session for some
prospective Lucas Oil Sprint Car
Series presented by K&N Filters
title contenders.
Jesse Hockett, Tony Bruce, Jr.,
Travis Rilat, Gary Wright and
Michael Dupuy each took in both East
Bay and Gulf South weekends along
with
Wayne Johnson and Ocean
Springs, MS, shoe
Michael Miller, who missed
Battleground after engine woes at
Beaumont.
While Hockett has finished among the
top-five in four of five main
events, including three runner-ups,
Rilat and Bruce, Jr., have yet to
finish outside the top ten in five
feature events.
Wright parlayed Friday’s pole
starting position at Golden Triangle
into a $3,000 payday before making
an early exit on Saturday.
Dupuy, a former National
points runner-up, has experimented
with a new homemade chassis that,
“Seems to work pretty well, we’ve
just had a lot of little problems so
far.”
Also dropping in on the Gulf South
festivities were Oklahoma shoes
Brady Bacon and Dustin Morgan,
Missouri’s Brian Brown, Arkansas
native Ricky Logan, and North Texas
reps Eric Baldaccini, Michael Lang
and John Ricketts.
Bacon survived Beaumont madness with
wrinkled top and nose wings (http://www.ascsracing.com/gallery/baconwinggtrp030510.jpg)
despite never turning over and then
took the show position at
Battleground, Morgan salvaged 11th
at Beaumont before making an early
Battleground feature exit and Logan
was much racier than most of 2009.
7. Last Minute
– After taking in the ASCS Rebel
opener at East Bay the previous
weekend, Jesse Hockett had planned
on an off weekend.
But, “The Rocket” is not
known to stick around his Warsaw,
MO, home for too long, especially if
there’s any kind of race within a
day or two’s drive, which covers
most of the
continental United States.
So, newlywed Hockett and crew loaded
up the No. 75 at the last minute to
take on a pair tracks for the first
time.
A ninth to fourth run at a muddy
Golden Triangle
Raceway Park led the way to
Battleground, where a broken push
rod in hot laps forced the crew to
swap out Don Ott powerplants before
heat race action.
Mission accomplished and Hockett led
a majority of the feature laps
before Brian Brown stole the $3,000
winner’s share in the
final rounds, forcing Hockett
to settle for runner-up honors for
the third time in five starts.
“If I’d stayed
on the bottom like I should have
then he wouldn’t have got around me,
it was my fault,” a disappointed
Hockett explained.
8. Dropping In –
While Charles Davis, Jr., will have
his hands full with the usual ASCS
Canyon Region suspects such as R.J.
Johnson, Stevie Sussex, Ronnie
Clark, Andrew Reinbold and Mike
Martin among others when the 2010
season fires off Saturday night at
Tucson’s USA Raceway, there will be
another familiar face among the mix.
Dave Darland is expected to
drop in on the Canyon Region
contingent, mixing things up in the
BRAT Racing No. 8 that was recently
piloted in somewhat spectacular USA
fashion by reigning ASCS Southwest
champ Rick Ziehl.
9. New Scorecard Please –
A new season always brings about new
combinations.
But, particularly confusing is to
see a No. 41 entry with Johnson at
the wheel, and it’s not Jason.
This weekend, it was Wayne Johnson,
who picked up weekend work aboard a
former Jason Johnson car now owned
by Louisiana’s Joe Zierolf.
Fresh off a $14,500 Ronald Laney
Memorial win at East Bay, mechanical
issues plagued Johnson and the No.
c41 at Beaumont and then after
leading the early rounds at
Battleground, a severed power
steering line brought an early end
to the night after Wolfie worked his
typical magic by pulling the number
one pill in the redraw.
End result was a pair of 18th
place finishes.
As for the other No. 41, Jason
Johnson was hard at work back in
Greenville, TX, putting the pieces
together for a Lucas Oil Sprint Car
title assault out of the
Jason Johnson Racing shop.
10. Expanding Families –
With
veteran crew chief Rob Hart
spinning the wrenches on the F&J
Construction No. 29, Travis Rilat
and wife Marianne had their newborn
daughter on hand for the weekend’s
action. Born
between the Tulsa Shootout and Chili
Bowl in January, it was already her
second weekend of racing after
taking in the East Bay opener.
The weekend also marked Gary
Wright’s first official ASCS feature
win as a Grandfather after daughter
Lauren and son-in-law Nick Smith
welcomed twin girls in January.
Look for Nick back in some
racing action as well soon.
This weekend’s ASCS Canyon opener at
USA Raceway leads into next
weekend’s Lucas Oil Sprint Car
season opener at Devil’s Bowl and
the ASCS Southwest opener at USA,
while at least one Lucas Oil
contender (Brady Bacon) shifts to
the
little cars for some Micro
Sprint National action in Little
Rock this weekend.
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Tampa, FL
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Highlands, TX
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Tucson, AZ
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Mesquite, TX
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Peoria, AZ
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Waco, TX
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Greenwood, NE
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Tucson, AZ
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Greenwood, NE
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Kennedale, TX
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West Memphis, AR
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Highlands, TX
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West Memphis, AR
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Tucson, AZ
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Sapulpa, OK
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Lufkin, TX
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Warrensburg, MO
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Crystal, MI
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Wheatland, MO
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Muskogee, OK
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Springfield, MO
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Waco, TX
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Crandall, TX
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Highlands, TX
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Tucson, AZ
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Abilene, TX
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Gas City, IN
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Peoria, AZ
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Byers, CO
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Greenwood, NE
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Beaumont, TX
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Lima, OH
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McCool Junction, NE
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Jetmore, KS
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Jetmore, KS
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Willis, TX
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Waynesfield, OH
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Elma, WA
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Jetmore, KS
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Jetmore, KS
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Rossburg, OH
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Elma, WA
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Lufkin, TX
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Muskogee, OK
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Aztec, NM
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Little Rock, AR
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Aztec, NM
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Aztec, NM
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Lawton, OK
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Eagle, NE
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Eagle, NE
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Hartford, MI
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Boyd, TX
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Belgrade, MT
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Eagle, NE
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Eagle, NE
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Quincy, MI
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Peoria, AZ
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Kennedale, TX
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Great Falls, MT
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Great Falls, MT
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Beaumont, TX
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Fife Lake, MI
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Mesquite, TX
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Mesquite, TX
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Cameron, MO
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Baytown, TX
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Lake Odessa, MI
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Mesquite, TX
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Mesquite, TX
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Rock Springs, WY
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Hartford, SD
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Eldon, MO
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Tucson, AZ
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McCool Junction, NE
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Edna, TX
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Ohsweken, ON
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Aztec, NM
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Aztec, NM
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Greenwood, NE
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TBA
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Corpus Christi, TX
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Merlin, ON
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Aztec, NM
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Aztec, NM
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Enid, OK
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Cottage Grove, OR
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Cleveland, TX
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Cottage Grove, OR
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Motor Supply Shootout - Clay
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Arnold
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Hartford, SD
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Hartford, SD
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Owendale, MI
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Lawton, OK
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Elma, WA
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Cameron, MO
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Elma, WA
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Baytown, TX
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Crystal, MI
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Tucson, AZ
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Hartford, SD
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Mesquite, TX
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Byers, CO
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LaMonte, MO
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Tucson, AZ
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Kokomo, IN
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Quincy, MI
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Beaumont, TX
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Banks, OR
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Highlands, TX
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Merlin, ON
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Prescott, AZ
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Lawton, OK
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Rock Springs, WY
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Coos Bay, OR
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Granite City, IL
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Crandall, TX
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Cameron, MO
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Little Rock, AR
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Owendale, MI
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Kennedale, TX
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Cleveland, TX
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Rothbury, MI
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Greenwood, NE
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Willis, TX
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Crystal, MI
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson, AZ
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Elma, WA
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Lufkin, TX
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Hartford, MI
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Warrensburg, MO
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Kilgore, TX
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Rising City, NE
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Eagle, NE
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Beaumont, TX
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Ohsweken, ON
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Aztec, NM
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Aztec, NM
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Baytown, TX
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Ohsweken, ON
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Aztec, NM
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Aztec, NM
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Greenwood, NE
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Yakima, WA
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Wheatland, MO
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Lake Odessa, MI
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Greenwood, NE
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Yakima, WA
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Tucson, AZ
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Sapulpa, OK
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Peoria, AZ
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Mesquite, TX
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Mesquite, TX
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Tucson, AZ
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Little Rock, AR
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Little Rock, AR
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson, AZ
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