22nd Annual O'Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Championship Finale Results:
Locked in from Preliminary Features: 14aj-Wayne Johnson, 41-Jason Johnson, 10s-Sammy Swindell, 88T-Tim Crawley, 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 94-Danny Wood.
Heat Races – Double Passing/Finishing Points (Top Six in Combined Points from Qualifying Night and Saturday Night Heat Race Transfer to Positions 7-12 of "A" Main; Balance Lined Straight Up According to Point Totals in 8 Last Chance Qualifying Races):
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9w-Lane Whittington, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 4. 91a-Jonathan Allard, 5. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 6. 7s-Paul Sides, 7. 88b-Mike Boston, 8. 8m-Mike Wells, 9. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 10. 19-Jay Adams.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 61a-Gary Taylor, 2. 32-Garry Bell, 3. 13-Jesse Hockett, 4. 1m-Sean McClelland, 5. 87r-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 7L-Darren Long, 7. 16p-Dewayne Prince, 8. w20-Greg Wilson, 9. 9x-Gary Wright, 10. 87x-Billy Melton.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 1g-Cody Gardner, 3. 3a-A.G. Rains, 4. 10a-Ricky Logan, 5. 29r-Travis Rilat, 6. 5L-Eric Lutz, 7. 16n-Anthony Nicholson, 8. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 9. 1jm-Jim Moughan.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 11xs-Donovan Peterson, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 1xp-Chad Pitts, 4. 86-Josh Fisher, 5. 8xx-Don Grable, 6. 31-Brandon Berryman, 7. 91m-Marty Stanford, 8. 87b-Kent Buckley, 9. 74e-Claud Estes.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 3d-Paul McMahan, 2. 40a-Ernie Ainsworth, 3. 14T-Tyler Brown, 4. 39-Brad Bowden, 5. 8s-Steve Short, 6. 71-Channin Tankersley, 7. 29h-Lyle Howey III, 8. 17g-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 165-Haley Arnold.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 17c-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 75-Don Young, 3. 87m-Brian McClelland, 4. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 5. 74c-Brandon Corn, 6. 11c-Chad Corken, 7. 2a-Randy Hibbs, 8. 11m-Brandon Moseley. DNS: 77-Kyle Larson.
Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 26m-Marshall Skinner, 4. 12h-Jerrod Hull, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 4x-Jan Howard, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 40r-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 9. 10h-Josh Higday.
Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 2. d12-Danny Smith, 3. 8x-Chris Williams, 4. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 5. 58-Wade Oliver, 6. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 7. 12d-Dalton Davis, 8. 40j-Junior Jenkins, 9. 1r-Scott Reneau.
Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 51s-Lee Sowell, 3. 88k-J. Kinder, 4. 16a-Koty Adams, 5. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 6. 9s-Justin Sturch, 7. 8z-Zach Pringle, 8. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 9. 3x-Mark Shirshekan.
Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 12s-Jeff Swindell, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 7h-Lewis Jenkins, Jr., 4. 2w-Kenneth Walker, 5. a12-Tommy Worley, Jr., 6. 20-Kyle Sager, 7. 6s-Kaley Gharst, 8. 72-Sherman Davis, 9. 14k-Kyle Bellm.
Odus Pack Building Materials Dash for Cash - Finishing Order Determines Front Three Rows of “A” Feature:
Pack’s Dash for Cash (6 Laps – Starting position in parentheses): 1. 10s-Sammy Swindell (1) [$500], 2. 94-Danny Wood (2) [$250], 3. 14aj-Wayne Johnson (4) [$200], 4. 88T-Tim Crawley (3) [$150], 5. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr. (5) [$125], 6. 41-Jason Johnson (6) [$100].
Last Chance Qualifying Races – Winner from Each Last Chance Qualifier Advances to "A" Main, Lined Up by Total Points from Qualifying Night and Saturday Night Heat Race:
First Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 12s-Jeff Swindell, 2. 61a-Gary Taylor, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 39-Brad Bowden, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 11m-Brandon Moseley, 7. 16n-Anthony Nicholson, 8. 32-Garry Bell, 9. 7h-Lewis Jenkins, Jr. DNS: 8m-Mike Wells, 2a-Randy Hibbs.
Second Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. a12-Tommy Worley, Jr., 2. 17c-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 14T-Tyler Brown, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 9s-Justin Sturch, 6. 8z-Zach Pringle, 7. 5L-Eric Lutz, 8. 7L-Darren Long, 9. 1xp-Chad Pitts, 10. 165-Haley Arnold. DNS: 14k-Kyle Bellm.
Third Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 91a-Jonathan Allard, 2. 86-Josh Fisher, 3. 40r-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 58-Wade Oliver, 6. 20-Kyle Sager, 7. 11c-Chad Corken, 8. 74c-Brandon Corn, 9. 91m-Marty Stanford, 10. 40j-Junior Jenkins, 11. 19-Jay Adams.
Fourth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 12h-Jerrod Hull, 2. 1g-Cody Gardner, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 5. 8s-Steve Short, 6. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 7. 51s-Lee Sowell, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 9. 17g-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 10. 5k-Jerry Kamer. DNS: 88b-Mike Boston.
Fifth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 3. w20-Greg Wilson, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 6. 16p-Dewayne Prince, 7. 8x-Chris Williams, 8. 12d-Dalton Davis, 9. 1r-Scott Reneau, 10. 27-Andy Shouse. DNS: 87b-Kent Buckley.
Sixth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 13-Jesse Hockett, 2. 4x-Jan Howard, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 5. 8xx-Don Grable, 6. 16a-Koty Adams, 7. 29h-Lyle Howey III, 8. 87x-Billy Melton, 9. 8k-J. Kinder, 10. 75-Don Young, 11. 2w-Kenneth Walker.
Seventh Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 3. 9x-Gary Wright, 4. 1jm-Jim Moughan, 5. 40a-Ernie Ainsworth, 6. 87r-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 11xs-Donovan Peterson, 8. 7s-Paul Sides. DNS: 74e-Claud Estes, 77-Kyle Larson.
Eighth Qualifier (10 Laps): 1. 3a-A.G. Rains, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 4. 87m-Brian McClelland, 5. 10h-Josh Higday, 6. 72-Sherman Davis, 7. 1m-Sean McClelland, 8. 9w-Lane Whittington. DNS: 6s-Kaley Gharst, 3x-Mark Shirshekan
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Twenty-first starting position awarded to I-30 Speedway track champion Justin Sturch (track champion provisional), 22nd position awarded to Don Grable via draw of drivers that competed in both preliminary and Saturday night competition.
Short Track Nationals Finale
A main (started): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (5) 2. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (3) 3. Shane Stewart 57 (8) 4. Travis Rilat 29 (9) 5. Sammy Swindell 10 (1) 6. Jonathan Allard 91 (13) 7. Danny Wood 94 (2) 8. Jesse Hockett 13 (20) 9. Jerrod Hull 12H (14) 10. Danny Smith D12 (12) 11. Jeff Swindell 12 (16) 12. Tim Crawley 88 (4) 13. Justin Sturch 9 (21, pr.) 14. Ricky Logan 10a (19) 15. Donnie Ray Crawford 55 (11) 16. Jack Dover 53 (15) 17. Marshall Skinner 26m (10) 18. AG Rains 3 (18) 19. Tommy Worley Jr. A12 (17) 20. Paul McMahan 3D (7) 21. Don Grable 8 (22, pr.) 22. Jason Johnson 41 (6)
D. Wood led S. Swindell after the first lap of 40. Rains spun bringing out the caution flag with one lap in the books. Wood led S. Swindell, Crawley, W. Johnson and J. Johnson back to green. S. Swindell took the point after the restart, and on lap five, J. Johnson and Crawley came together in turn three, sending Crawley into a spin. As his crew went to work, another lap could not be completed. S. Swindell had developed a flat left rear tire during the caution. After the green fell he limped through turns one and two. W. Johnson swerved to avoid him and J. Johnson was left with nowhere to go. He jumped W. Johnson's right rear and flipped. He was unhurt but done for the night. S. Swindell and Crawley made repairs and restarted at the rear. Now D. Wood was back up front ahead of W. Johnson, Bruce Jr., Skinner and S. Stewart. Bruce got around W. Johnson and D. Wood on the next go-around. Logan spun bringing out another caution. Bruce's lead was ahead of Wood, W. Johnson, Rilat and a surging Stewart. Stewart had moved by W. Johnson for third on lap ten, but spun into a 360 spin and lost several spots. Allard was surging into the top ten by lap 15. Contact was made with McMahan who flipped hard into the backstretch fencing. Allard suffered damage as well, and despite the open red, had to continue without his nose wing. The restart saw Bruce leading Wood, W. Johnson, Rilat and Stewart with 25 laps to go. The rest of the event went non-stop, with Bruce out front comfortably. Shortly after the restart, W. Johnson passed Wood for second, and would hold it the rest of the way. Stewart surged late for third, with Rilat holding down fourth. S. Swindell came all the way back from the rear to complete the top five, while Allard brought his crippled mount home sixth. Hockett was the hard-charger. The win was worth $15,000 and was Bruce's second in a row at the STN.