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PHOENIX, Ariz. (October 12, 2007) – The opening night of the inaugural ASCS Western World Non-Wing Championship attracted an influx of heavy hitters from throughout the nation to Manzanita Speedway's ½-mile clay oval on Friday night.
But the end result was much the same as the previous 16 American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region events contested this season, with Charles Davis, Jr., and Jeremy Sherman taking the top two positions in the 30-lap feature.
Davis raced around Sherman with just a handful of laps to go to snare his fifth series win of the season aboard Jim Massey's No. 50 DRC. Sherman, the current ASCS Canyon Region points leader, settled for second.
Indiana's Jon Stanbrough, a winner of 30 feature events this year, claimed the show position, with California hotshoe Cory Kruseman claiming the fourth and final lock-in position to Saturday night's $5,000-to-win Parker Store ASCS Western World Non-Wing Championship finale.
Mississippi gunner Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., earned a front row starting position alongside Sherman for the feature event through heat and qualifying race action. But when he hot out of shape exiting turn two on the opening circuit, past Arizona state champs Josh Pelkey and Bob Ream, Jr., were collected in the melee, with all three done for the night.
Sherman then led much of the way, only to have "Chargin" Charles Davis, Jr., deny him a 12th series victory triumph on the season.
Jerry Coons, Jr., rounded out the top five behind Davis, Sherman, Stanbrough and Kruseman. Indiana's Bill Rose was sixth, with Casey Shuman, Mike Leslie, Jimmy Crawford and Matt Rossi completing the top ten.
Davis, Crawford, Sherman, Jeff Henry, Bryan Swinehart and Seainn Hendricsen topped heat race action for the 52-car field, with Robert Ballou, Stenhouse, Rose, Sherman, Jeremy Reagles and Pelkey winning the qualifying races.
Ballou and R.J. Johnson won the 12-lap "B" Mains.
ASCS Western World Championship Preliminary Night Results from Manzanita Speedway:
Heats & Qualifiers (Top 18 in Combined Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to Twin "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 48-Thomas Ogle, 3. 44-Jeremy Reagles, 4. 30-Chad Boat, 5. 611-Bill Rose, 6. 97-Brandon Lane, 7. 71-Scott Pasmore, 8. 5x-Jody Wirth, 9. 5h-Dennis Krob.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 30T-Jimmy Crawford, 2. 21s-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 3. 21-Cory Kruseman, 4. 611x-Bo Baker, 5. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 6. 45-Kevin Wolfe, 7. 7x-Adam Wirth, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James. DNS: 74-Derek Williams
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 17az-Jerry Coons, Jr., 4. 0-Nathan High, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 55-Tony Everhart, 7. 25-Jesse Dunham, 8. 7-Chris Beal, 9. 33-Rick Ziehl.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 12-Jeff Henry, 2. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 3. 76-Mike Leslie, 4. 15-R.J. Johnson, 5. 97x-Bret Mellenberndt, 6. 34-Robert Ballou, 7. 41-Luke Icke, 8. F2-L.C. Kesterson, 9. 78-Chris Bonneau.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 2. 97az-Jon Stanbrough, 3. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 4. 52-Josh Pelkey, 5. 32az-Matt Rossi, 6. 61-Justin Fisher, 7. 14-Bernie Smith, 8. 22-Mike Rux.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 2. 51-Rusty Carlile, 3. 12b-Casey Shuman, 4. 29-Michael Bonneau, 5. 62-Shon Deskins, 6. 85-Bobby Marcum, 7. 20L-James Aragon, 8. 27n-Nick Aiuto.
First Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 34-Robert Ballou, 2. 17az-Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. 76-Mike Leslie, 4. 30T-Jimmy Crawford, 5. 14-Bernie Smith, 6. 29-Michael Bonneau, 7. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 8. 5x-Jody Wirth. DNS: 22-Mike Rux.
Second Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 21s-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 2. 85-Bobby Marcum, 3. 12b-Casey Shuman, 4. 32az-Matt Rossi, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 12-Jeff Henry, 7. 20L-James Aragon, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James. DNS: 78-Chris Bonneau.
Third Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 611-Bill Rose, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 4. 48-Thomas Ogle, 5. 611x-Bo Baker, 6. 7-Chris Beal, 7. 71-Scott Pasmore, 8. 45-Kevin Wolfe. DNs: 74-Derek Williams.
Fourth Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 15-R.J. Johnson, 4. 97-Brandon Lane, 5. 51-Rusty Carlile, 6. 25-Jesse Dunham, 7. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 8. 55-Tony Everhart. DNS: 30-Chad Boat.
Fifth Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 44-Jeremy Reagles, 2. 61-Justin Fisher, 3. 0-Nathan High, 4. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 5. 97x-Bret Mellenberndt, 6. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 7. 41-Luke Icke, 8. 5h-Dennis Krob.
Sixth Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 52-Josh Pelkey, 2. 97az-Jon Stanbrough, 3. 21-Cory Kruseman, 4. 62-Shon Deskins, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 7x-Adam Wirth, 7. F2-L.C. Kesterson. DNS: 33-Rick Ziehl.
Twin "B" Mains (Top 3 From Each to "A" Main):
First "B" Main (12 Laps): 1. 34-Robert Ballou, 2. 85-Bobby Marcum, 3. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 97x-Bret Mellenberndt, 6. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 7. 61-Justin Fisher, 8. 29-Michael Bonneau, 9. 25-Jesse Dunham, 10. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 11. 5x-Jody Wirth, 12. 7-Chris Beal, 13. 71-Scott Pasmore, 14. 22-Mike Rux. DNS: 30-Chad Boat, 7k-Bruce St. James, 74-Derek Williams.
Second "B" Main (12 Laps): 1. 15-R.J. Johnson, 2. 12-Jeff Henry, 3. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 4. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 5. 62-Shon Deskins, 6. 611x-Bo Baker, 7. 97-Brandon Lane, 8. 20L-James Aragaon, 9. 5h-Dennis Krob, 10. 41-Luke Icke, 11. 55-Tony Everhart, 12. 14-Bernie Smith, 13. 7x-Adam Wirth, 14. 33-Rick Ziehl, 15. 45-Kevin Wolfe, 16. F2-L.C. Kesterson. DNS: 78-Chris Bonneau.
ASCS Western World Championship Preliminary "A" Main (Top 4 Locked into Saturday Night's $5,000 to win Finale):
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 97az-Jon Stanbrough, 4. 21-Cory Kruseman, 5. 17az-Jerry Coons, Jr., 6. 611-Bill Rose, 7. 12b-Casey Shuman, 8. 76-Mike Leslie, 9. 30T-Jimmy Crawford, 10. 32az-Matt Rossi, 11. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 12. 34-Robert Ballou, 13. 15-R.J. Johnson, 14. 85-Bobby Marcum, 15. 51-Rusty Carlile, 16. 48-Thomas Ogle, 17. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 18. 44-Jeremy Reagles, 19. 16-Mike Martin, 20. 12-Jeff Henry, 21. 21s-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 22. 52-Josh Pelkey, 23. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 24. 0-Nathan High.
ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jeremy Sherman 2,447, 2. Charles Davis, Jr. 2,300, 3. Mike Leslie 2,218, 4. Bob Ream, Jr., 2,212, 5. Josh Pelkey 2,166, 6. Shon Deskins 2,086, 7. Seainn Hendricsen 2,059, 8. Bernie Smith 2,039, 9. Mike Martin 2,015, 10. Andrew Reinbold 2,005
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