BLACKHURST GRABS “TURKEY NIGHT” FOCUS FEATURE; CARLSON, GERHARDT EARN FOCUS TITLES

 


Irwindale, Calif……..Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill won Thursday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Ford Focus feature at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Nick Carlson and Cody Gerhardt claimed championships in 2010 USAC Ford Focus competition. Carlson, of Norwalk, Calif., is the 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus king, while Gerhardt, of Madera, is the Western Pavement, Northern and Southern California champion. USAC National Ford Focus Champion Nick Drake led the first 18 laps before yielding to Blackhurst, but slipped to third at the finish behind Michael J. Lewis. Keegan Walmer and Eli Schrock took the fourth and fifth positions. Blackhurst piloted the Kitchen Cooked Beast to the victory. Rookie Dylan Capello posted the fastest qualifying time.


 


USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT/CALIFORNIA NORTH & SOUTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: November 25, 2010 – Irwindale, California - Toyota Speedway at Irwindale - 70th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dylan Capello, 9x, Nine Racing-14.262; 2. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.264; 3. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.285; 4. Bobby Runyan, 9, Sutton-14.348; 5. Keegan Walmer, 24, Sutton-14.353; 6. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-14.363; 7. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.365; 8. Austin Farley, 42, Sutton-14.448; 9. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.455; 10. Eli Schrock, 11, Sutton-14.463; 11. Kyle Bailey, 77B, Bailey-14.465; 12. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.495; 13. Taylor Ferns, 28, Cottongim-14.529; 14. Reece Goetz, 9R, Goetz-14.545; 15. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-14.545; 16. Kyle Cline, 35, Cline-14.587; 17. Tony Cinque, 32, Pankratz-14.605; 18. Cody Thompson, 8, Sutton-14.632; 19. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-14.667; 20. Charles Maier, 25x, Maier-14.668; 21. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-14.705; 22. Kyle O’Gara, 4, East-14.724; 23. Jake Swanson, 88, Swanson-14.766; 24. Winn Frazin, 59, Frazin-14.793; 25. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.804; 26. Nick Carlson, 19, Carlson-14.817; 27. Ron Duncombe, 4x, Walton-14.916; 28. Terra Brower, 07, Remick-14.942; 29. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-15.005; 30. Guy Sainsbury, 88x, Sainsbury-15.137; 31. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.280; 32. Michael Steele, 92, Steele-15.424; 33. Stan Sims, 12k, Kruseman-16.232.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Michael J. Lewis, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Keegan Walmer, 5. Eli Schrock, 6. Cody Thompson, 7. Dylan Capello, 8. Austin Farley, 9. Kyle O’Gara, 10. Michael Daniels, 11. Kyle Edwards, 12. Nick Carlson, 13. Ron Duncombe, 14. Jarid Blondel, 15. J.R. Williams, 16. Terra Brower, 17. Zach Stout, 18. Charles Maier, 19. Kyle Bailey, 20. Jessica Clark, 21. Shawn Buckley, 22. Jake Swanson, 23. Bobby Runyan, 24. Garrett Peterson, 25. Cody Gerhardt, 26. Taylor Ferns, 27. Reece Goetz, 28. Kyle Cline, 29. Tony Cinque, 30. Stan Sims, 31. Winn Frazin, 32. Michael Steele, 33. Guy Sainsbury. NT


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**Sainsbury & Steele flipped on lap 7 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Drake, Laps 19-30 Blackhurst.


 


FINAL WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Carlson-794; 2-Gerhardt-773; 3-Daniels-731; 4-Edwards-711; 5-Runyan-699; 6-Thompson-693; 7-Jet Davison-680; 8-Walmer-673; 9-Peterson-652; 10-Andrew Mulhearn-644.


FINAL WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Gerhardt-1,105; 2-Runyan-970; 3-Thompson-727; 4-Walmer-686; 5-Peterson-665; 6-Schrock-600; 7-Farley-565; 8-Connor Kassik-481; 9-Buckley-452; 10-Williams-393.


FINAL CALIFORNIA NORTH FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Gerhardt-703; 2-Thompson-693; 3-Peterson-665; 4-Walmer-655; 5-Runyan-570; 6-Tim Skoglund-286; 7-Farley-260; 8-Connor Kassik-256; 9-Courtney Atkinson-255; 10-Schrock-233.


FINAL CALIFORNIA SOUTH FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Gerhardt-654; 2-Schrock-600; 3-Runyan-598; 4-Farley-565; 5-Buckley-452; 6-Thompson-369; 7-Clark-341; 8-Walmer-328; 9-Edwards-307; 10-Peterson-254.