Tommy Bryant best in Friday’s Heart O’ Texas ASCS Regional Challenge; Devil’s Bowl rained out
August 2, 2009
Tommy Bryant struck a blow for the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South vs. Lone Star Challenge event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
Tommy Bryant and his #21 ASCS Sprint Car
Bryant raced past Lone Star shoe Marvin Lough for the lead on the 19th round en route to his third Gulf South score of the season aboard David Miller’s 105 Machine-powered B&M Jr. No. 21T J&J.
Bryant took the checkered flag in front of Lone Star rep J.P. Bailey, while Lough nursed his mount home in the show position with a deflating right rear tire after leading from the ninth round when early pacesetter Justin Melton crashed out of contention.
Tommy Bryant
Eric Baldaccini picked up Hard Charger honors by racing from 17th to fourth, with Gulf South veteran Greg Rilat rounding out the top five. Claud Estes was sixth, former Gulf South champion Gary Watson was seventh and New Mexico teen Joshua Hodges raced from 19th to eighth. Two-time Sooner king Brian McClelland and Kent Lewis, Jr., completed the top ten.
Ray Allen Kulhanek originally took the checkered flag in fourth but was disqualified and credited with 20th place after failing to pass post-race technical inspection.
Lough, Bailey, McClelland, Melton, Watson and Kulhanek topped heat race action for the 45-car field, with Brandon Berryman and Terry Monroe winning the “B” Mains.
On Saturday, rain forced the postponement of the scheduled American Sprint Car Series Regional Challenge pitting the Gulf South forces versus the Lone Star shoes atop the Devil’s Bowl Speedway ½-mile clay oval.
The Devil’s Bowl Gulf South vs. Lone Star event has been rescheduled for Saturday night, September 5.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
ASCS Gulf South vs. Lone Star Results from Heart O’ Texas Speedway:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 39-Marvin Lough, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 35-Greg Rilat, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 65-Skip Wilson, 6. 40-Junior Jenkins, 7. 14-Michael Lang. DNS: 9-Brian Parker.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 45-J.P. Bailey, 2. 30x-Bean Elliott, 3. 30-Scottie McDonald, 4. 69-Larry Howery, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 55d-David Doyle, 7. 14b-Robert Byrom, 8. 31m-Matt Clevenger.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 25-Brian McClelland, 2. 20-Terry Monroe, 3. 93-Brandon Berryman, 4. 17w-Brad Welborn, 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 1r-Scott Reneau, 7. 21-Blake Roberts, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 3. 45x-Martin Edwards, 4. 5c-Chris Coker, 5. 71T-Shane Thompson, 6. 88r-Andy Rea, 6. 61-Travis Knighton.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 3-Gary Watson, 2. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5. 5m-Glenn Martin, 6. 19-Klint Angelette, 7. 91-Marty Stanford.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 16-Koty Adams, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 93x-Dustin Morgan, 7. 26-Dalton Steed.
First “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 93-Brandon Berryman, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 76-John Ricketts, 4. 45k-Kolt Walker, 5. 26-Dalton Steed, 6. 14b-Robert Byrom, 7. 19-Klint Angelette, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 71T-Shane Thompson, 10. 40-Junior Jenkins, 11. 17w-Brad Welborn, 12. 65-Skip Wilson, 13. 69-Larry Howery, 14. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 15. 1r-Scott Reneau. DNS: 91-Marty Stanford.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 20-Terry Monroe, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 4. 30-Scottie McDonald, 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 7. 14-Michael Lang, 8. 5m-Glenn Martin, 9. 5c-Chris Coker, 10. 55d-David Doyle, 11. 9-Brian Parker, 12. 88r-Andy Rea, 13. 93x-Dustin Morgan. DNS: 61-Travis Knighton, 21-Blake Roberts.
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“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 2. 45-J.P. Bailey, 3. 39-Marvin Lough, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 35-Greg Rilat, 6. 74e-Claud Estes, 7. 3-Gary Watson, 8. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 9. 25-Brian McClelland, 10. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 11. 30x-Bean Elliott, 12. 93-Brandon Berryman, 13. 20-Terry Monroe, 14. 71-Channin Tankersley, 15. 76-John Ricketts, 16. 11-Justin Melton, 17. 16-Koty Adams, 18. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 19. 45x-Martin Edwards, 20. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek (Disqualified).
ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Aaron Reutzel 2,362, 2. Tommy Bryant 2,316, 3. Channin Tankersley 2,244, 4. Scottie McDonald 2,154, 5. Kent Lewis, Jr. 2,130, 6. Brandon Berryman 2,121, 7. Ray Allen Kulhanek 2,076, 8. Greg Rilat 2,069, 9. Gary Watson 1,961, 10. Jimmy Brooks 1,901.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 1,410, 2. Brad Welborn 1,324, 3. Justin Melton 1,276, 4. Matt Clevenger 1,242, 5. Claud Estes 1,239, 6. Michael Lang 1,215, 7. Eric Baldaccini 1,177, 8. Kolt Walker 1,099, 9. Scott Reneau 1,094, 10. John Ricketts 1,081.
By Lonnie Wheatley
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