LIGUORI VICTORIOUS IN 30-LAP KIL-KARE FOCUS FEATURE

 


Xenia, OH……..Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. wheeled the John Givens C & R Racing/Pit Stop Bar-B-Q Beast to victory in Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest/Eastern Ford Focus feature at Kil-Kare Speedway. He took the lead from Toby Alfrey on lap 24 and led the rest of the way to beat Midwest point leader Jake Blackhurst, Kyle Hamilton, Eastern point leader and fast qualifier Scott Hunter and Kyle O’Gara. The series continues Saturday night at Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway.


 


USAC MIDWEST PAVEMENT/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2010 – Xenia, Ohio – Kil-Kare Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Hunter, 14x, Brown-13.458; 2. Kyle Hamilton, 1, Steele-13.499; 3. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-13.529; 4. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-13.552; 5. Andy Nock, 14, Rankine-13.562; 6. Toby Alfrey, 4x, Alfrey-13.576; 7. Kyle O’Gara, 4, East-13.584; 8. Ryan Fleming, 2, Alfrey-13.598; 9. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-13.603; 10. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-13.633; 11. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.634; 12. Rick Fedrizzi, 43, Fedrizzi-13.842; 13. Chris Lamb, 19L, Paulson-13.903; 14. Katie Hargitt, 79, Hargitt-13.913; 15. Geoff Gerline, 37, Indiana Underground-13.927; 16. Tyler Corriher, 12x, Noffsinger/Brown-13.933; 17. Jessica Bean, 3, Bean-14.363; 18. Josh Staten, 26, Staten-14.383; 19. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.161.


 


FIRST HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Cottongim, 2. Liguori, 3. O’Gara, 4. Hunter, 5. Corriher, 6. Lamb, 7. Kriegbaum. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Nock, 3. Fleming, 4. Hamilton, 5. Bean, 6. Hargitt. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Hommel, 2. Fedrizzi, 3. Blackhurst, 4. Alfrey, 5. Gerline, 6. Staten. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Joe Liguori, 2. Jake Blackhurst, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4. Scott Hunter, 5. Kyle O’Gara, 6. Nick Drake, 7. Justin Hommel, 8. Andy Nock, 9. Ryan Fleming, 10. Rick Fedrizzi, 11. Tyler Cottongim, 12. Chris Lamb, 13. Geoff Gerline, 14. Jessica Bean, 15. Tyler Corriher, 16. Kent Kriegbaum, 17. Katie Hargitt, 18. Josh Staten, 19. Toby Alfrey. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Alfrey, Laps 24-30 Liguori.


 


NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Blackhurst-707; 2-Liguori-692; 3-Cottongim-526; 4-O’Gara-493; 5-Alfrey-393; 6-Tate Martz-339; 7-Nock-327; 8-John Heydenreich-316; 9-Bean-314; 10-Hunter-306.


NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Liguori-428; 2-Blackhurst-416; 3-O’Gara-358; 4-Tate Martz-339; 5-Cottongim-337; 6-Nock-279; 7-Gerline-272; 8-Alfrey-222; 9-John Heydenreich-205; 10-Hommel-199.


NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-450; 2-Drake-386; 3-Hommel-340; 4-Bradley Riethmeyer-257; 5-Corriher-235; 6-Cody Acton-231; 7-Steven Intravaia-230; 8-Lamb-214; 9-Blackhurst-175; 10-Jeremy Frankoski-157.


NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Hunter-382; 2-Drake-320; 3-Hommel-298; 4-Corriher-195; 5-Bradley Riethmeyer-184; 6-Cody Acton-183; 7-Steven Intravaia-172; 8-Lamb-164; 9-Jeremy Frankoski-157; 10-Liguori-129.


 


NEXT MIDWEST/EASTERN/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: July 17 – Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway