Bacon
is Sizzlin’ with Lucas Oil ASCS
Three-Peat after I-30 Score!
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. (June 5, 2010) – It was
just a week ago that Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon
was searching for that elusive
first
Lucas Oil ASCS presented
by K&N Filters National triumph.
Over the course of the last
eight nights though, the
20-year-old has now reeled off
three Lucas Oil Sprint Car wins
in a row after topping Saturday
night’s 35-lap main event atop
the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30
Speedway clay oval.
This time, the proven wingless
ace that is a suddenly
burgeoning winged Sprint Car
star, disposed of early
pacesetter A.G. Rains on the 13th
round and never looked back en
route to another
checkered flag aboard
Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered
Tel-Star Communications No. 99
Triple-X.
“We started with the winged
racing last year and it really
took us about a year to learn
what would work best for us,”
Bacon explained after just the
12th three-peat in
series history that has included
577 ASCS National features since
1993. “Mike and the guys are
giving me a perfect car right
now.”
While Bacon gridded the feature
field fourth, he was into second
on the opening lap behind pole
starter Rains when the caution
flew for Shane Stewart’s turn
two spin. After quickly
replacing a bent wheel and flat
tire, the reigning Lucas Oil
Sprint Car champion rejoined the
field at the tail.
After another brief caution for
Dustin Morgan’s turn two spin
three laps later, Bacon went to
work on Rains for the lead.
Bacon looked inside of Rains for
several laps before testing the
waters up top.
Rains moved to the top side of
turns three and four on lap 13,
which was the just the opening
Bacon was looking for. Bacon
ducked to the bottom, used a
lapped car as a pick and raced
into a lead that he would not
relinquish.
The only thing that slowed
Bacon’s pace over the remaining
distance was a red flag after 24
laps when Ricky Logan got upside
down in turn four. Logan was
uninjured.
Bacon slipped away over the
final eleven circuits, holding a
half straightaway advantage and
working traffic as he took the
checkered flag to extend his
lead in the $60,000 championship
points chase to 63 markers.
While Bacon cruised out front,
the action in his wake was
intense with Zach Chappell and
Tony Bruce, Jr., battling
side-by-side for runner-up
honors over the final ten
circuits.
Chappell, an April 10 Lucas Oil
ASCS winner at I-30, got the
edge at the stripe in the Wesmar-powered
Legends Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim,
with ninth-starter Bruce, Jr.,
settling for show honors in the
Bruce Racing/The Oil Medics No.
18 Maxim.
Tim Crawley rallied from 11th
in Mike Ward’s McCarver-powered
Boater Sports No. 88 Maxim and
held off “B” Main transfer
Jason Johnson for fourth
at the stripe. Earning Hard
Charger honors by racing from 18th,
Johnson rounded out the top five
in the
Jason Johnson Racing Don
Ott-powered Haynes/Pope
Transportation No. 41 Maxim.
After holding down the third
position for the opening ten
rounds or so, Danny Wood crossed
the stripe in sixth with West
Memphis shoe Rains nipping
leading Brodix Rookie of the
Year contender Kyle Hirst at the
line for seventh.
California’s Hirst was eighth
after starting 21st,
with
Darren Stewart and Matt
Covington completing the top
ten.
Shane Stewart salvaged a 14th
place finish after his early
miscue.
Logan, Rains, Wood, Chappell and
Covington topped heat race
action for Saturday night’s
41-car field, with Wade Oliver
and Johnson winning the twin “B”
Mains.
Dusty Fronabarger tumbled off
the top of turn two at the
completion of the night’s first
heat race, while Austen Wheatley
climbed a tire and flipped
exiting turn two in “B” Main
action. There were no injuries.
Gary Wright cut a right rear
tire in heat race action and
then was unable to make the
necessary charge from the tail
of a “B” Main to the top three
after exhausting all his
provisionals in the opening
three events of the season.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars
presented by K&N Filters return
to action next weekend, June
11-12, at
Eagle Raceway in Eagle,
NE, with the Eagle Nationals.
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. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2.
57-Shane Stewart, 3. 5h-Justyn
Cox, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5.
44w-Austen Wheatley, 6. 90-Jeff
Swindell, 7. 38-Rick Pringle, 8.
73-Dusty Fronabarger, 9.
01-Jeremy Newkirk.
Heat Two (10
Laps): 1. 3-A.G. Rains, 2.
93-Dustin Morgan, 3. 99-Brady
Bacon, 4. 91-Darren Stewart, 5.
41-Jason Johnson, 6. 8x-Chris
Williams, 7. 8z-Zach Pringle, 8.
5k-Jerry Kamer.
Heat Three
(10 Laps): 1. 94-Danny Wood, 2.
88-Tim Crawley, 3. 12T-Joe
Young, 4. 1g-Cody Gardner, 5.
4-Tommy Snellgrove, 6. K9-Jaysen
Baker, 7. 60-Eric Sandage, 8.
9x-Gary Wright.
Heat Four
(10 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach
Chappell, 2. 14-Jordon Mallett,
3. 58-Wade Oliver, 4. 40-Ernie
Ainsworth, 5. 29-Travis Rilat,
6. 9-Justin Sturch, 7. 6-Kyle
Hirst, 8. 1x-Chad Pitts.
Heat Five
(10 Laps): 1. 95-Matt
Covington, 2. 71-Channin
Tankersley, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4.
3g-Darren Long, 5. 24-Justin
Carver, 6. 87x-Strike Hill, 7.
2m-Bryce Vowan, 8. 87a-Andrew
Marshala.
"B"
Mains (Top 3 From Each Advance
to "A" Main):
First "B"
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 58-Wade
Oliver, 2. 3g-Darren Long, 3.
6-Kyle Hirst, 4. 40-Ernie
Ainsworth, 5. 9-Justin Sturch,
6. 1x-Chad Pitts, 7. 29-Travis
Rilat, 8. 8z-Zach Pringle, 9.
01-Jeremy Newkirk, 10.
44w-Austen Wheatley, 11.
K9-Jaysen Baker, 12. 2m-Bryce
Vowan. DNS: 73-Dusty Fronabarger.
Second "B"
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 41-Jason
Johnson, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3.
90-Jeff Swindell, 4. 24-Justin
Carver, 5. 60-Eric Sandage, 6.
9x-Gary Wright, 7. 8x-Chris
Williams, 8. 4-Tommy Snellgrove,
9. 38-Rick Pringle, 10.
87a-Andrew Marshala, 11.
5k-Jerry Kamer, 12. 87x-Strike
Hill.
I-30
Speedway “A" Main Event:
“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1.
99-Brady Bacon, 2. 50z-Zach
Chappell, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr.,
4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 41-Jason
Johnson, 6. 94-Danny Wood, 7.
3-A.G. Rains, 8. 6-Kyle Hirst,
9. 91-Darren Stewart, 10.
95-Matt Covington, 11. 3g-Darren
Long, 12. 29-Travis Rilat, 13.
90-Jeff Swindell, 14. 57-Shane
Stewart, 15. 53-Jack Dover, 16.
93-Dustin Morgan, 17. 12T-Joe
Young, 18. 71-Channin Tankersley,
19. 5h-Justyn Cox, 20. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 21. 1g-Cody Gardner,
22. 10a-Ricky Logan, 23. 58-Wade
Oliver, 24. 87a-Andrew Marshala.
Lap Leaders:
A.G. Rains 1-12, Brady Bacon
13-35.
