STANLEY, SMITH & RANKINE STAR IN BRASELTON .25s
Braselton, Ga........Katlyn Stanley of Concord, N.C., Chandler Smith of Fitzgerald, Ga. and Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio earned multiple victories in Round 2 of the 2010 USAC Mopar .25 Midget "Generation Next Championship" held this past weekend at the home of the Metro Atlanta Quarter Midget Racing Association in Braselton, Ga.
Stanley, whose uncle Robbie Stanley won three USAC Sprint Car championships in the 1990s, claimed victories in the Heavy AA and Heavy 160 classes, while Smith and Rankine each won three features. Smith grabbed the Junior Honda, Junior Animal and Junior Stock classes, while Rankine's wins came in Light World Formula, Senior Animal and Light 160.
Other feature winners in the Georgia event were Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. (son of USAC Champ Jay Drake) in Heavy World Formula, Frankie Nervo of Stow, Ohio in Light AA, Mallory Tullis of Dacula, Ga., Nolan Allison of Greensboro, NC in Mod and Aiden O'Donnell of Jefferson, Ga. in Junior Rookie, Danny Ruggiero of Lincolnton, N.C. in Senior Honda and Carah Yent of Tampa, Fla. in Heavy Honda.
A total of 169 cars competed in the weekend action.
GENERATION NEXT TOUR – RACE #2 – METRO ATLANTA
Sunday, April 11 – Deco/Briggs Day
LT. World Formula – B MAIN
1. GAGE WALKER
2. FRANKIE NERVO
3. ROSS RANKINE
4. COLE CUSTER
5. BLAKE MATHENY
6. ADAM THOMASON
7. ALEX MUELLER (DNF)
8. STEVIE BRANNON (DNF)
9. JAYME DICKERSON (DNF)
10. DYLAN MARTIN (DQ)
JR. ANIMAL – A MAIN
1. CHANDLER SMITH
2. SETH CRANDALL
3. ZEB WISE
4. TYLER CLEM
5. A.J. FREITES
6. TYLER GARNER
7. CHRISTIAN PITMAN (DNF)
8. RYAN ISRAEL (DNF)
9. JACOB MINOR (DNF)
10. LOGAN SEATON (DNA)
11. COLBY WHITE (DQ)
SR. ANIMAL – A MAIN
1. ROSS RANKINE
2. GRIFFIN BROWN
3. CHASE DEAN
4. DANIEL McPHERSON
5. BRADEN NASH
6. MICHAEL ATWELL (DNF)
7. NATHAN McCAULEY (DNF)
8. CALEB CAGLE (DNF)
MOD – A MAIN
1. NOLAN ALLISON
2. CHRISTIAN BOCK
3. NATHAN McCAULEY
4. CALVIN CARROLL
5. BRENDON BOCK (DNF)
6. MICHAEL FANELLI (DNA)
LT. WORLD FORMULA – A MAIN
1. ROSS RANKINE
2. TYLER SHULLICK
3. GARRETT JONES
4. JARED IRVAN
5. GAGE WALKER
6. MARK MILLER
7. FRANKIE NERVO (DNF)
8. JOHN RUGGIERO (DNF)
9. COLE CUSTER (DNF)
10. MICHAEL ATWELL (DNF)
HEAVY WORLD FORMULA – A MAIN
1. NICK DRAKE
2. MAC BRADFORD
3. MICHAEL FANELLI
4. KYLE COMPTON
5. KATLYN STANLEY
6. COOPER CLOUSE (DNA)
JR. STOCK – A MAIN
1. CHANDLER SMITH
2. CHRISTIAN PITMAN
3. TYLER GARNER
LT. AA – A MAIN
1. FRANKIE NERVO
2. TYLER SHULLICK
3. ROSS RANKINE
4. GAGE WALKER
5. BRENDON BOCK
6. COLE CUSTER
HVY. AA – A MAIN
1. KATLYN STANLEY
2. ERIKA NEWCOME
3. EMMY GRAY
4. LOGAN McPHERSON
5. COOPER CLOUSE (DNF)
6. KYLE COMPTON (DNF)