Brady Bacon Victorious in ASCS 305 Shootout

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (March 15, 2014) - After having to drop to the tail Friday night at the El Paso Speedway Park and coming to fourth, it was evident that Brady Bacon had the speed to win and it showed Saturday night as the Broken Arrow, Okla. shoe lapped through tenth to collect the $3,000 winner's check at the ASCS 305 Sprint Car Shootout at the Southern New Mexico Speedway.

Gridding the Minks Motorsports No. 199 eleventh, Bacon ran down Jason Johnson in slower traffic to grab the lead with 12 laps to run, opening his advantage to 6.293 seconds in the final circuits. Brady is the first non-local driver to win the event, and the fourth different winner in five years.

John Carney II wheeled the Drown Motorsports backed No. 74BC to a runner up finish with Jason Johnson holding off Johnny Herrera's Print Place Motorsports No. 45X for third by 0.010 seconds at the line in the Stenhouse, Jr. Racing owned, Curb / Agajanian Performance Group co-owned No. 41.

Aaron Reutzel came from sixteenth to complete the top five, giving both Minks Motorsports entries a top five finish.

Jeff Swindell, Wes Wofford, Lorne Wofford, Cesar Fuentes, and Kyle McCutcheon rounded out the top ten.

The West Texas ASCS 305 Region presented by MVT will begin their regular season of bi-weekly events on Friday, May 2 at the El Paso Speedway Park and Saturday, May 3 at the Southern New Mexico Speedway. For complete news, schedule, and points log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.

West Texas ASCS 305 Region presented by MVT
5th annual ASCS 305 Sprint Car Shootout
Southern New Mexico Speedway - Las Cruces, N.M.
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Car Count: 28

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Cesar Fuentes[3]; 2. 2X-Brandon Williams[2]; 3. 4X-Shawn Petersen[6]; 4. 5-Joseph Hernandez[1]; 5. 1-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 6. 21TX-Brandon Schure[5]; 7. 16-Cory Riley[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74BC-John Carney II[1]; 2. 18-Lorne Wofford[2]; 3. 80-Josh Hawkins[4]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera[7]; 5. 54-Art Quijano[6]; 6. 6U-Anton Salopek[5]; 7. (DNF) 7-Rick Lovelady[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Wes Wofford[1]; 2. 199-Brady Bacon[2]; 3. 94-Jeff Swindell[3]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson[7]; 5. 7K-Kyle McCutcheon[5]; 6. 99-Chuck Jackson[6]; 7. 52-Aaron Quijano[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Kyle Sager[1]; 2. 148-Don Grable[2]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton[3]; 4. 131-Royal Jones[7]; 5. 99.5-Derek Demartino[4]; 6. 30-Austin Mundie[5]; 7. 77-Colt Treharn[6]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps, taking top 8): 1. 21TX-Brandon Schure[6]; 2. 7K-Kyle McCutcheon[3]; 3. 6U-Anton Salopek[7]; 4. 30-Austin Mundie[8]; 5. 99.5-Derek Demartino[4]; 6. 77-Colt Treharn[9]; 7. 7-Rick Lovelady[12]; 8. 5-Joseph Hernandez[2]; 9. 52-Aaron Quijano[11]; 10. (DNF) 16-Cory Riley[10]; 11. (DNF) 99-Chuck Jackson[5]; DNS 54-Art Quijano

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 199-Brady Bacon[11]; 2. 74BC-John Carney II[5]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson[2]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera[4]; 5. 1-Aaron Reutzel[16]; 6. 94-Jeff Swindell[14]; 7. 19-Wes Wofford[8]; 8. 18-Lorne Wofford[10]; 9. 27-Cesar Fuentes[7]; 10. 7K-Kyle McCutcheon[18]; 11. 4X-Shawn Petersen[1]; 12. 148-Don Grable[12]; 13. 80-Josh Hawkins[13]; 14. 6U-Anton Salopek[19]; 15. 131-Royal Jones[3]; 16. 2J-Zach Blurton[15]; 17. 2X-Brandon Williams[9]; 18. 21TX-Brandon Schure[17]; 19. 99.5-Derek Demartino[21]; 20. 7-Rick Lovelady[23]; 21. 5-Joseph Hernandez[24]; 22. (DNF) 30-Austin Mundie[20]; 23. (DNF) 77-Colt Treharn[22]; 24. (DNF) 9K-Kyle Sager[6]

Lap Leader(s): Jason Johnson 1-16, Brady Bacon 17-30
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Bob Ream, Jr. breaks through with ASCS Southwest

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (March 15, 2014) - A winner in Non-Win Sprint Cars Racing 59 times, Bob Ream, Jr. finally broke through with wings on against the Hose Advantage Store ASCS Southwest Region, topping a field of 20 drivers at the Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz.

Becoming the region's 32nd different winner, Ream charged from seventh to win in front of his hometown crowd. Albuquerque's James Mosher led the first twelve rounds before ultimately crossing runner with Montana's Phil Dietz taking the final podium step. Mike Rux, Jr. finished fourth followed by Jesse Baker completing the top five.

Ryan Linder, Billy Chester, Lance Norick, James Aragon, and Perry McMillan made up the remainder of the top ten.

The Hose Advantage Store Southwest Region competes next at the Tucson International Raceway on April 5. For a complete listing of results, news, and points for the ASCS Southwest Region, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.

Hose Advantage Store ASCS Southwest Region
Arizona Speedway - Queen Creek, Ariz.
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Car Count: 20

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Phil Dietz; 2. 12-James Mosher; 3. 41W-Joshua Williams; 4. 57-James Aragon; 5. 27-Perry McMillan; 6. 55-Don Sink; 7. 14S-Cody Sickles

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Bob Ream Jr; 2. 22-Mike Rux Jr; 3. 94-Nick Parker; 4. 9-Ryan Linder; 5. 74-Billy Chester III; 6. 21-Brandon Hacker; 7. 96-Carson Ditsch

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl; 2. 90-Lance Norick; 3. 8AZ-Jordan Stetson; 4. 01-Kaylene Verville; 5. 22X-Jesse Baker; 6. 41-Colton Hardy

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 8-Bob Ream Jr; 2. 12-James Mosher; 3. 72-Phil Dietz; 4. 22-Mike Rux Jr; 5. 22X-Jesse Baker; 6. 9-Ryan Linder; 7. 74-Billy Chester III; 8. 90-Lance Norick; 9. 57-James Aragon; 10. 27-Perry McMillan; 11. 41-Colton Hardy; 12. 94-Nick Parker; 13. (DNF) 8AZ-Jordan Stetson; 14. (DNF) 01-Kaylene Verville; 15. (DNF) 41W-Joshua Williams; 16. (DNF) 20Z-Rick Ziehl; 17. (DNF) 96-Carson Ditsch; 18. (DNF) 55-Don Sink; 19. (DNF) 14S-Cody Sickles; 20. (DNF) 21-Brandon Hacker

Lap Leader(s): James Mosher 1-12, Bob Ream, Jr. 13-25


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