There’s No Place Like Home
for Crawley!
Takes First Lucas Oil ASCS
Win of the Year at I-30
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE
ROCK, Ark. (August 28,
2010) – “Home field
advantage” is a term
generally reserved for
the stick-and-ball
sorts, but Tim Crawley
offered up some solid
evidence that home-track
advantage can definitely
come into play in
Saturday night’s 35-lap
Lucas Oil ASCS presented
by K&N Filters main
event at I-30 Speedway.
Racing just a few short
miles from his Benton,
AR, home, the three-time
ASCS National champion
read some tricky track
conditions to perfection
and then battled past
Brady Bacon on the 13th
round en route to his
first Lucas Oil ASCS
National win of the year
aboard Mike Ward’s
McCarver-powered Boater
Sports/Southern
Renovations No. 88
Maxim.
“We’ve been needing
this,” Crawley commented
before a raucous, near
capacity crowd in
victory lane. “To do
this here in front of
all of y’all, it’s all
good.”
The non-stop affair
marked the second time
in three events thus far
in 2010 that the Lucas
Oil ASCS National Sprint
Cars have completed the
35-lap distance atop
I-30 Speedway’s
high-banked, clay oval
in caution-free fashion.
Had Crawley expected
another non-stop feature
event? “Definitely
not,” he answered.
More pressing in
pre-race strategy was
the precise setup that
could potentially lead
to victory lane over the
stout 45-car field of
entries.
“That was the big deal
before the feature
started and that’s why
you keeping seeing us
all coming out here
looking,” Crawley
explained. “It’s a
crapshoot; it’s kinda
like rolling the dice.
We tightened the car way
up so if it would have
took rubber, I would
have probably went
backwards.”
There was no rubber
though, and Crawley had
the field covered for
his 40th
career ASCS National
triumph and moved past
Zach Chappell for fifth
in the series $60,000
championship points
chase. “We made the
right guess and it
worked out,” Crawley
surmised.
While Crawley started
the feature outside the
second row, it was the
Oklahoma duo of
Darren Stewart
and Bacon leading the
way to the green flag.
Bacon, a Lucas Oil ASCS
winner at I-30 in June,
gunned into the lead at
the outset with Crawley
moving past Stewart for
second in the early
rounds.
Crawley went to work on
Bacon for the lead in
short order, with
Crawley sliding past
Bacon for the lead in
turns one and two on the
eighth circuit only to
have Bacon return the
favor in the next pair
of corners. But, with
Crawley dialed in on
some familiar turf as
traffic came into play,
it was just a matter of
time before Bacon would
leave an opening wide
enough for Crawley to
bust through.
He found that opening
soon after and edged
ahead upon the
completion of the 13th
circuit. Leaving Bacon
behind to dice for
second with Darren
Stewart and
Jason Johnson
over the remaining
distance, Crawley
gradually slipped away
in the ensuing rounds
and worked with
precision through heavy
traffic throughout to
secure the victory.
In Crawley’s wake, Bacon
prevailed aboard the
Wesmar-powered Tel-Star
Communications No. 99
Triple-X in the intense
battle for runner-up
honors. Bacon held off
current series points
leader Johnson’s JJR Don
Ott-powered Haynes No.
41 Maxim, who settled
for third after finally
working past Darren
Stewart on the 27th
circuit.
Making just his third
start of the year aboard
the Sparks Construction
No. 91, Stewart was a
close fourth, while
two-time Short Track
Nationals champion Tony
Bruce, Jr., picked off
his first top-five
finish aboard the Bruce
Racing No. 18 Maxim
since the series last
stop at I-30 in June.
Ohio’s Darren Long
posted his best finish
of the year by racing to
sixth, with Jeff
Swindell rallying from
18th to
seventh. Ricky Logan
was eighth, with Gary
Wright and Justin Sturch
completing the top ten.
Connecticut contender
David Gravel finished
out his first weekend of
Lucas Oil ASCS National
competition just one
spot out of the top ten
in eleventh, while
reigning series champion
Shane Stewart charged
from 23rd to
12th after
using a provisional to
start the main event.
Johnson, Long, Channin
Tankersley, Matt
Covington and Sturch
topped heat race action,
with Cody Gardner and
Swindell winning the
twin 12-lap “B” Mains.
Jerod Roller smacked the
wall exiting turn four
and flipped four laps
into the night’s opening
heat race, while Rick
Pringle got upside down
as well in the second
heat race. Both were
uninjured but done for
the night.
Lucas Oil
ASCS Sprint Cars
presented by K&N Filters
I-30
Speedway Results:
Heat
Races (Top 16 in Passing
Points to "A" Main;
Balance to 2 "B" Mains):
Heat
One (10 Laps): 1.
41-Jason Johnson, 2.
91-Darren Stewart, 3.
99-Brady Bacon, 4.
1g-Cody Gardner, 5.
16-Anthony Nicholson, 6.
12T-Joe Young, 7.
53x-Justin Jackson, 8.
010-Brian Roberts, 9.
5-Jerod Roller.
Heat
Two (10 Laps): 1.
3g-Darren Long, 2.
10a-Ricky Logan, 3.
93-Dustin Morgan, 4.
01-Jeremy Newkirk, 5.
8x-Chris Williams, 6.
5k-Jerry Kamer, 7.
7h-Lewis Jenkins, Jr.,
8. 38-Rick Pringle, 9.
40-Ernie Ainsworth.
Heat
Three (10 Laps): 1.
71-Channin Tankersley,
2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3.
89g-David Gravel, 4.
94-Danny Wood, 5.
14-Jordon Mallett, 6.
26-Marshall Skinner, 7.
57-Shane Stewart, 8.
6-Kyle Hirst, 9. 26s-Jon
Stinson.
Heat
Four (10 Laps): 1.
95-Matt Covington, 2.
8z-Zach Pringle, 3.
18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4.
9x-Gary Wright, 5.
0-Andy McElhannon, 6.
2m-Bryce Vowan, 7.
50z-Zach Chappell, 8.
58-Wade Oliver, 9.
44c-Ronny Howard.
Heat
Five (10 Laps): 1.
9-Justin Sturch, 2.
1-Sean McClelland, 3.
1x-Gary Taylor, 4.
90-Jeff Swindell, 5.
3-A.G. Rains, 6.
5h-Justyn Cox, 7.
9h-Derek Hagar, 8. 7-Jan
Howard. DNS: 53-Jack
Dover.
"B"
Mains (Top 3 From Each
Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12
Laps): 1. 1g-Cody
Gardner, 2. 89g-David
Gravel, 3. 50z-Zach
Chappell, 4. 26-Marshall
Skinner, 5. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 6. 8x-Chris
Williams, 7. 2m-Bryce
Vowan, 8. 26s-Jon
Stinson, 9. 6-Kyle
Hirst, 10. 7h-Lewis
Jenkins, Jr., 11.
53x-Justin Jackson, 12.
010-Brian Roberts, 13.
01-Jeremy Newkirk, 14.
53-Jack Dover. DNS:
5-Jerod Roller.
Second "B" Feature (12
Laps): 1. 90-Jeff
Swindell, 2. 94-Danny
Wood, 3. 12T-Joe Young,
4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5.
5h-Justyn Cox, 6.
16-Anthony Nicholson, 7.
7-Jan Howard, 8.
9h-Derek Hagar, 9.
40-Ernie Ainsworth, 10.
0-Andy McElhannon, 11.
5k-Jerry Kamer, 12.
44c-Ronny Howard, 13.
58-Wade Oliver. DNS:
38-Rick Pringle.
I-30
Speedway “A” Main:
“A” Feature (35 Laps):
1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2.
99-Brady Bacon, 3.
41-Jason Johnson, 4.
91-Darren Stewart, 5.
18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 6.
3g-Darren Long, 7.
90-Jeff Swindell, 8.
10a-Ricky Logan, 9.
9x-Gary Wright, 10.
9-Justin Sturch, 11.
89g-David Gravel, 12.
57-Shane Stewart, 13.
1-Sean McClelland, 14.
93-Dustin Morgan, 15.
3-A.G. Rains, 16.
50z-Zach Chappell, 17.
8z-Zach Pringle, 18.
1x-Gary Taylor, 19.
95-Matt Covington, 20.
12T-Joe Young, 21.
94-Danny Wood, 22.
71-Channin Tankersley,
23. 1g-Cody Gardner, 24.
53-Jack
Dover.
Lap
Leaders: Brady Bacon
1-12, Tim Crawley 13-35.
Note: Shane Stewart and
Jack Dover both utilized
their mid-season bonus
full-point provisionals
to start the main event;
both have two
partial-points
provisionals remaining.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint
Cars presented by K&N
Filters Points (Top
20): 1. Jason Johnson
2,281, 2. Brady Bacon
2,209, 3. Shane Stewart
2,191, 4. Jack Dover
2,056, 5. Tim Crawley
2,049, 6. Zach Chappell
2,028, 7. Tony Bruce,
Jr. 1,999, 8. Kyle Hirst
1,924, 9. Danny Wood
1,899, 10. Ricky Logan
1,859, 11. Matt
Covington 1,785, 12.
Darren Long 1,642, 13.
Dustin Morgan 1,638, 14.
Channin Tankersley
1,570, 15. Justyn Cox
1,513, 16. Austen
Wheatley 1,344, 17. Gary
Wright 1,322, 18. Travis
Rilat 1,152, 19. Andrew
Marshala 823, 20. Brian
Brown 752.
BUMPER TO BUMPER
SUPER STOCKS ~ 19
FEATURE: #36
Jeremy Kester, #2n Arlen
Stewart, #10 David
Ratliff, #13 Darin Long,
#7e William Essex, #19
Matt Lantz, #91k Kameron
Eddy, #9t Willy Gilliam,
#63 Nathan Vales (Mid
State Golf Cars Hard
Charger), #3b Becky
Bolding, #31 Brandon
Herndon, #49er John Paul
McAllister, #58t Tim
Cobb, #13j Bryan
Jamison, #41 Jason Long,
#2 Mike McDougale, #5
William Aycock, #67 Dale
Fishburn and #TEN Jason
Eddy
HEATS: #7e
Essex and #36 Kester
MINI-SPRINTS ~ 23
FEATURE: #5x
Tyson Hall, #22 Travis
Senter, #89m Blake
Jenkins, #22j Josh Rehm,
#52 Blake Hahn, #28m
Todd McWilliams, #23
Howard Moore, #20 Jeremy
Postlethwait, #69r
Clayton Robertson, #96s
Samantha Gargus, #3 Cody
Coggin, #43 Matthew
Bauldwin (Mid State Golf
Cars Hard Charger), #71j
Kelsey Jenkins, #10m Tim
McKenzie, #70 Tim
Brothers, #5 Roy
Stewart, #38 Josh
Caldwell, #92 Nick
Counts, #1 Dusty Young
and #1 Jay Snellgrove
HEATS: #5x
Hall, #22 Senter and
#89m Jenkins
GRT/IMCA MODIFIEDS ~
30
FEATURE: #1010
Shawn Blees,#29 Jeremy
Kuykendall, #7 JT
Goodson, #48 Alan Brown,
#01a Drew Armstrong, #c5
Chris Carter, #30 David
Baser, #3 Arlen Stewart,
#4x Chuck Sanders, #57d
Jimmy Dixon, #34 Casey
Findley, #32f Philip
Forbush, #82 Jayson
Hefley, #07 Buck Reid,
#9 Kevin Swaims, #22
Emmett Lawson, #57t
Jimmy Taylor, #77m Russ
Mays, #66 Shane Gibbons
and #02 Jason Crawley
"B" FEATURE: #3
Stewart
HEATS: #1010
Blees, #29 Kuykendall
and #57t Taylor
