HUNTER & LIGUORI CAP TITLE SEASONS TOO

 


Hickory, NC........Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Ill. capped his 2010 Midwest Pavement Ford Focus championship with a 35-lap feature Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway. Blackhurst won the race in his Kitchen Cooked Beast, beating Chris Lamb, Nick Drake, Scott Hunter and Joe Liguori. Hunter locked up both the 2010 Eastern and Carolina Ford Focus titles, while Liguori locked up the 2010 Midwest Ford Focus championship.


 


USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 23, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Nock, 14x, Rankine-14.938; 2. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-15.043; 3. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-15.158; 4. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-15.179; 5. Austin Prock, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.290; 6. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.315; 7. Jarett Andretti, 2x, Trotter-15.374; 8. Joe Liguori, 22x, Givens-15.393; 9. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-15.430; 10. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.460; 11. Chris Lamb, 19L, Paulson-15.571; 12. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-15.708; 13. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-15.757; 14. Nick Davidson, 13D, Paulson-15.776; 15. Amanda Quinones, 00, Quinones-15.972; 16. Bradley Riethmeyer, 11, Trotter-NT; 17. Billy Gaule, 22, Gaule-NT; 18. Brad Noffsinger, 17, Brown/Noffsinger-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Drake, 3. Lamb, 4. Prock, 5. Rankine, 6. Quinones, 7. Nock, 8. Hommel. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunter, 2. Cottongim, 3. Liguori, 4. Blackhurst, 5. Ward, 6. Corriher, 7. Davidson. NT


 


FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Nick Drake, 4. Scott Hunter, 5. Joe Liguori, 6. Austin Prock, 7. Ross Rankine, 8. Jarett Andretti, 9. Tyler Corriher, 10. Mike Ward, 11. Nick Davidson, 12. Amanda Quinones, 13. Justin Hommel. NT (NOTE: Tyler Cottongim’s car disqualified after finishing second for failure to pass post-race tech)


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Lamb, Laps 2-31 TBD, Laps 32-35 Blackhurst.


 


FINAL MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-801; 2-Blackhurst-789; 3-Kyle O’Gara-675; 4-Cottongim-607; 5-Jessica Bean-569; 6-Toby Alfrey-547; 7-Nock-526; 8-Hunter-480; 9-Drake-457; 10-Eric Rankine-404.


FINAL MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-677; 2-Liguori-623; 3-Kyle O’Gara-513; 4-Cottongim-489; 5-Nock-417; 6-Tate Martz-398; 7-Drake-345; 8-Hunter-344; 9-Hommel-308; 10-Geoff Gerline-295.


FINAL EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-766; 2-Drake-708; 3-Hommel-659; 4-Lamb-590; 5-Corriher-564; 6-Jarett Andretti-549; 7-Blackhurst-370; 8-Cody Acton-369; 9-Gaule-313; 10-Cottongim-299.


FINAL CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-1,029; 2-Drake-873; 3-Hommel-845; 4-Corriher-671; 5-Lamb-608; 6-Andretti-539; 7-Cody Acton-321; 8-Gaule-313; 9-Blackhurst-313; 10-Cottongim-299.