HUNTER EMERGES FROM GREEN-WHITE-CHECKERED HICKORY FINISH!

Hickory, NC…….USAC Eastern Ford Focus point leader Scott Hunter of Concord, N.C. emerged from a green-white-checkered finish to win Saturday night’s 31-lap race at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Hunter trailed Bradley Riethmeyer on the restart but Riethmeyer lost an engine on the final lap and Hunter ended up in victory lane in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil Beast. Nick Drake took second ahead of Jeremy Frankoski, Justin Hommel and Tim Perry.



USAC EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: May 1, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS 1. Bradley Riethmeyer, 11, Trotter-14.895; 2. Steven Intravaia, 96, Noffsinger/Brown-15.061; 3. Cody Acton, 2, Acton-15.100; 4. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-15.101; 5. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-15.147; 6. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-15.183; 7. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.310; 8. Ken Paulson, 19L, Lamb-15.394; 9. Billy Gaule, 22x, Gaule-15.401; 10. Jeremy Frankoski, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.538; 11. Tim Perry, 39, Moore-16.391.


 


FEATURE: (31 laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Jeremy Frankoski, 4. Justin Hommel, 5. Tim Perry, 6. Bradley Riethmeyer, 7. Cody Acton, 8. Steven Intravaia, 9. Tyler Corriher, 10. Chris Lamb. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Lamb, Laps 8-24 Hunter, Laps 25-30 Riethmeyer, Lap 31 Hunter.


 


NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-259; 2-Drake-218; 3-Riethmeyer-212; 4-Hommel-183; 5-Intravaia-174; 6-Frankoski-157; 7-Corriher-151; 8-Lamb-140; 9-Acton-130; 10-Jake Blackhurst-108.



NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-191; 2-Frankoski-157; 3-Drake-152; 4-Hommel-141; 5-Riethmeyer-139; 6-Intravaia-116; 7-Corriher-111; 8-Lamb-90; 9-Acton-82; 10-Gaule-75.


 


NEXT EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: May 15 – Dillon (SC) Motor Speedway