T.J. Buffenbarger, IONIA, Mich. (July 23, 2010) - Dustin Daggett made history Friday night at the Ionia Fairgrounds with the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP.  Daggett scored the 71^st ASCS SOD feature win of his career, tying him with the Hank Lower for the most feature victories in series history.  Daggett set the record by completely dominating the Ionia Free Fair program sweeping the heat race, dash, and feature event victories. 

“It feels great to tie the record and finally get a win (at Ionia),” said Daggett.  “We finished second the first two times here, and I wanted to win in from of my family and friends.”  

Joe Bares and started on the front row with Ryan Grubaugh.  Bares took the lead and held on through the first three circuits.  Daggett immediately got second from Grubaugh and went after Bares for the lead.  Daggett held right into Bares back bumper until making the pass on lap four.  From there Daggett checked out to what ended up being a half lap lead at the finish

Bares then had to hold off repeated challenges for second from Grubaugh.  Eventually Grubaugh made the pass,but Bares passed Grubaugh returned the favor down the backstretch to maintain second spot  Another attempt at taking away second position cost Grubaugh third when Gregg Dalman took the position on the final lap. 

Daggett dominated the non-stop 25-lap feature.  Bars, Dalman, Grubaugh, and Ben Rutan rounded out the top five.  Rutan was the only driver other than Daggett to win an event during the evening, winning the second heat race. 

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results

Friday July 23^rd, 2010

Ionia Fairgrounds – Ionia, Michigan

Heat Races

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps):  1. 2m - Dustin Daggett, 2. 91 - Joe Bares, 3. 10x - Davey Brown, 4. 8 - Tim Champlin, 5. 187 - Gavin Hunyady, 6. 85 - Mike Dagggett, 7. 46 - Robert Huisken, 8. 29s – Marques Huffer.  DNS:  22 – Aaron Shaffer

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps):  1. 23 – Ben Rutan, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 1r – Sean Robinson, 6. 6n – Dain Naida, 7. 14 – Ryan Davis, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps):  1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. Ben Rutan

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP  “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 91 – Joe Bares, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 19 – Brett Mann, 7. 1- Sean Robinson, 8. 6n – Dain Naida, 9. 10x – Davey Brown, 10. 85 – Mike Daggett, 11. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 12. 46 – Robert Huisken, 13. 14 – Ryan Davis, 14. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 15. 70 – Jim Lingar, 16. 29s – Marques Huffer, 17. 8 – Tim Champlin. 

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten):   1. Dain Naida 1,793, 2. Ryan Grubaugh 1,780, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,745, 4. Ben Rutan 1,649, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,521, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,505, 7. Robert Huisken 1,319, 8. Aaron Shaffer 1,108, 9. Brett Mann 1,051, 10. Joe Bares 737.

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 23, 2010) – Jason Johnson extended his mastery of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters swing through the Northwest by wiring the field in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary main event at Cottage Grove Speedway for his third win in a row.

“The Ragin’ Cajun” gunned into the lead at the outset and led all the way aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim for his fourth series win of the year and 47^th career ASCS National triumph.

Perhaps more importantly, the Eunice, LA, native extended his lead in the $60,000 championship points race to 73 markers over reigning series champion Shane Stewart, who was shuffled to back to fourth behind Brady Bacon and Seth Bergman in Friday night’s final circuits.  Bacon, Bergman and Stewart locked into Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win main event along with Johnson.

“I can’t say enough about these guys,” Johnson commented of his pit crew in victory lane.  “They’re giving me such a great car right now, it’s been like driving a Cadillac the last three nights.”

Originally slated to start the feature inside the second row, Johnson moved up to the pole position when originally scheduled pole starter Shane Forte was forced to scratch from the main event with a bent valve.

It made for 30 laps of chasing Johnson for the rest of the feature field, as he outgunned Bergman for the lead at the drop of the green and worked the ¼-mile oval at a pace that nobody else could match.

Johnson weathered a pair of cautions in the opening seven rounds for 17-year-olds Mack Brown and Logan Forler, who both stopped in turn four, and then one last caution with just three laps to go before capturing the checkered flag.

Following Forler’s stop after seven laps, Johnson reached traffic in just four rounds and then spent the next 16 circuits maneuvering through lapped traffic well ahead of the likes of Bergman, Bacon, Shane Stewart and Kyle Hirst, who all engaged in a fierce battle for position.

When the race’s final caution flew with just three laps remaining for current ASCS Northwest points leader Roger Crockett, who cut a tire while battling for fifth and rolled to a stop in turn two, Johnson had a handful of cars between himself and his closest chasers and cruised to the stripe unabated.

After battling for the runner-up position with Stewart over much of the middle portion of the race, 20-year-old Bacon snared the spot on the 24^th round and then survived the late scramble in traffic to secure second place in Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X.

“Me and Shane and Bergman got kinda bottled up there behind some lapped cars and they weren’t being very courteous with us so we were kinda having to move ‘em a little bit,” Bacon explained of the frantic final laps.  “Jason got away and got some lapped cars between us, so we weren’t gonna get him.  We’re happy with second and getting locked in for tomorrow night.”

After holding down second place over the opening nine rounds before slipping off the top of turn four and falling back several positions, ASCS Northwest shoe Bergman battled back into the show position over the final circuits aboard the Wesmar-powered Corridor Electric No. 23 Eagle.

“The guys gave me a car to win tonight and I screwed up and drove off the racetrack, I had to get it in high gear there and get back up there,” Bergman explained after bouncing back from a rough Grays Harbor double the previous weekend.

Stewart held on for the fourth and final lock-in position aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with Jason Solwold battling past Hirst in the final rounds to round out the top five aboard the No. 39c.

Tony Bruce, Jr., crossed the stripe in sixth, with Tim Crawley in seventh.  Hirst slipped from fifth to eighth in the final three circuits, with 16^th-starter Danny Wood and Jack Dover completing the top ten.

Bruce, Jr., Stewart, Channin Tankersley and Forte topped heat race action for the 38-car field, with Matt Covington and Jayme Barnes winning the twin “B” Main.

The Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters Second Annual stop at Cottage Grove Speedway concludes with Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win event, which gets under way at 6:45 p.m.

 “A” Feature (30 Laps):  1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 39c-Jason Solwold, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 6-Kyle Hirst, 9. 94-Danny Wood, 10. 53-Jack Dover, 11. 93-Dustin Morgan, 12. 94T-Steven Tiner, 13. 11-Roger Crockett, 14. 95-Matt Covington, 15. 71-Channin Tankersley, 16. 10a-Ricky Logan, 17. 50z-Zach Chappell, 18. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 19. 2L-Logan Forler, 20. 6n-Billy Nutter, 21. 19-T.J. Hartman, 22. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 23. 96-Mack Brown, 24. 26f-Shane Forte (DNS).

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20):  1. Jason Johnson 1,703, 2. Shane Stewart 1,630, 3. Brady Bacon 1,588, 4. Jack Dover 1,537, 5. Tim Crawley 1,453, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,450, 7. Zach Chappell 1,425, 8. Danny Wood 1,416, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,382, 10. Ricky Logan 1,343, 11. Matt Covington 1,286, 12. Travis Rilat 1,152, 13. Darren Long 1,146, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,111, 15. Dustin Morgan 1,080, 16. Justyn Cox 1,058, 17. Austen Wheatley 1,056, 18. Gary Wright 911, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

Lonnie Wheatley, DENISON, Iowa (July 21, 2010) – Brian Brown posted an American Sprint Car Series Midwest Regional best fourth win of the year by wiring the field in Wednesday night’s 25-lap feature atop the 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway.

Brown gunned into the lead from his second row starting position on the opening circuit and led every lap aboard the FVP No. 21 Maxim for his 15^th career ASCS Midwest win and third atop the Crawford County clay.

Brown was chased to the line by Lee Grosz, who took second away from Clint Garner on a lap 12 restart.  Bronson Maeschen worked into the show position by the time the checkered flag flew, with Garner and Jon Agan rounding out the top five.

Jake Peters was sixth, with Terry McCarl, Jordan Boston, Jamie Veal and Chad Meyer completing the top ten.

Brown, Boston and Agan topped heat race action.