LIGUORI GETS LAST-LAP VICTORY IN GAS CITY FOCUS FEATURE!

 


Gas City, IN……..Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. extended his lead in the 2010 USAC Midwest Ford Focus Series Friday night, winning the 20-lap feature at Gas City I-69 Speedway with a last-lap pass of leader Jessica Bean. Bean finished second after leading the first 19 laps of the race. Following Liguori’s Pit Stop Bar-B-Q/C & R Racing Beast and Bean were Kyle O’Gara, Jake Blackhurst and Eric Rankine. The Midwest Ford Focuses compete again Saturday night at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway.


 


USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2010 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Joe Liguori (#22 Givens), 2. Kyle O’Gara (#4 Beast), 3. Eric Rankine (#39 Rankine), 4. Ross Rankine (#39x Rankine), 5. Byron Stowe (#2 Alfrey), 6. Brunson Behning (#37 Behning). NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jake Blackhurst (#25 Blackhurst), 2. Jessica Bean (#3 Stigall), 3. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 4. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 5. Alfred Galedrige Jr. (#41 Sexton). NT


 


FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Joe Liguori, 2. Jessica Bean, 3. Kyle O’Gara, 4. Jake Blackhurst, 5. Eric Rankine, 6. Byron Stowe, 7. Bill Kriegbaum, 8. Brunson Behning, 9. Ross Rankine. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Bean, Lap 20 Liguori.


 


NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-776; 2-Blackhurst-758; 3-O’Gara-621; 4-Tyler Cottongim-601; 5-Bean-489; 6-Toby Alfrey-432; 7-Andy Nock-406; 8-Tate Martz-398; 9-Scott Hunter-366; 10-Nick Drake-340.


NEW MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-337; 2-Blackhurst-313; 3-E.Rankine-271; 4-Bean-246; 5-O’Gara-209; 6-B.Kriegbaum-197; 7-Toby Alfrey-171; 8-Tyler Cottongim-160; 9-Josh Staten-125; 10-Galedrige-125.


 


NEXT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: August 14 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway