VENTURA “CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK” WINS TO BLACKHURST & HENRY

 


Ventura, CA……..Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. and Collin Henry of Ventura, Calif. captured USAC Ford Focus wins Wednesday night at the Ventura Raceway. Blackhurst led all 20 laps to take the USAC Western Ford Focus feature over Cody Kershaw, Nick Carlson, Wally Pankratz and Bruce Douglas. In the accompanying 20-lap Focus Young Guns feature, Henry scored his initial USAC win, leading all 20 laps to beat Jarid Blondel, Alex Jacobsen, Blackhurst and Daniel Williams. Carlson and Blondel emerged with the respective point leads in the California Focus Week standings going into Saturday night’s finales at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.


 


USAC WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2010 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “California Ford Focus Week”


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andrew Murray (#18 Murray), 2. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson), 3. Jake Blackhurst (#14k Kruseman), 4. Bruce Douglas (#31 Douglas), 5. Tony Cinque (#8 Pankratz). NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Cody Kershaw (#26 Kershaw), 3. Zach Stout (#95 Stout), 4. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards), 5. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn). NT


 


FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Cody Kershaw, 3. Nick Carlson, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Bruce Douglas, 6. Tony Cinque, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Kyle Edwards, 9. Andrew Murray, 10. Andrew Mulhearn. NT


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**Mulhearn flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Blackhurst.


 


NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Cody Gerhardt-749; 2-Bobby Runyan-668; 3-Edwards-657; 4-Carlson-570; 5-Connor Kassik-538; 6-Mulhearn-485; 7-Michael Daniels-482; 8-Pankratz-444; 9-J.R. Williams-440; 10-Jet Davison-437.


NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Carlson-570; 2-Edwards-498; 3-Mulhearn-485; 4-Jet Davison-437; 5-Murray-376; 6-Stout-323; 7-Pankratz-317; 8-Cinque-226; 9-Blackhurst-217; 10-Kalvin Douglas-125.


CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS WEEK POINTS: 1-Carlson-125; 2-Pankratz-113; 3-Edwards-108; 4-Cinque-106; 5-Stout-99.


 


NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 7 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway


NEXT WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE: August 7 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway


 


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USAC WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2010 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “California Ford Focus Week”


 


HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 2. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 3. Alex Jacobsen (#12k Kruseman), 4. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 5. Jake Blackhurst (#14k Kruseman), 6. Tanner Kershaw (#26 Kershaw), 7. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 8. Bradley Morris (#18k Kruseman), 9. Zach Bogner (#31k Kruseman). NT


 


FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Collin Henry, 2. Jarid Blondel, 3. Alex Jacobsen, 4. Jake Blackhurst, 5. Daniel Williams, 6. Bradley Morris, 7. Tanner Kershaw, 8. Zach Bogner, 9. Casey Martinez. NT


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**Martinez flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Henry.


 


NEW WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-731; 2-Brandon White-568; 3-Jacobsen-550; 4-Martinez-540; 5-Henry-456; 6-Keegan Walmer-398; 7-D.Williams-398; 8-Cody Thompson-379; 9-Logan Williams-328; 10-Austin Farley-312.


NEW WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blondel-552; 2-Jacobsen-550; 3-Martinez-540; 4-Henry-449; 5-D.Williams-398; 6-Logan Williams-328; 7-Morris-298; 8-Kershaw-201; 9-Winn Frazin-190; 10-Blackhurst-112.


CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS WEEK YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Blondel-124; 2-Jacobnsen-116; 3-D.Williams-112; 4-Martinez-110; 5-Henry-107.


 


NEXT WESTERN YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 7 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway


NEXT WESTERN DIRT YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 7 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway