FRANKOSKI TAKES 30-LAP HICKORY FOCUS FEATURE

Hickory, NC…….Jeremy Frankoski of Newark Valley. N.Y. emerged the winner of Wednesday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest/Carolina Ford Focus feature event at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Frankoski officially led the last 21 laps of the race in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil Beast. Scott Hunter, who led the first nine laps, finished second, ahead of Adam Wilsdon, Mike Ward and Andy Nock. The car driven by fast qualifier Bradley Riethmeyer failed to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing first. Cody Acton of Denver, N.C. won the 12-lap Young Guns Exhibition race over Gage Walker and Ross Rankine.


 


USAC MIDWEST/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS 1. Bradley Riethmeyer, 11, Trotter-15.114; 2. Jeremy Frankoski, 96, Noffsinger/Brown-15.267; 3. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-15.277; 4. Eric Coomes, 45, MacMillan-15.331; 5. Chris Lamb, 19L, Lamb-15.363; 6. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-15.380; 7. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 4x, Wuerdeman-15.438; 8. Andy Nock, 14x, Rankine-15.515; 9. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-15.531; 10. Tim Craver, 27, Craver-15.559; 11. Adam Wilsdon, 9, Wilsdon-15.586; 12. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-15.599; 13. Shane MacMillan, 43, Fedrizzi-15.612; 14. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.708; 15. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-15.765; 16. 16. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.814; 17. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.831; 18. Jack Roush Jr., 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.900; 19. Kyle O’Gara, 4, Beast-15.903; 20. Amanda Quinones, 00, Quinones-16.054; 21. Tim Perry, 39, Moore-16.183;.22. Billy Gaule, 22x, Gaule-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Craver, 2. Riethmeyer, 3. Coomes, 4. Wuerdeman, 5. Liguori, 6. O’Gara, 7. MacMillan. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wilsdon, 2. Frankoski, 3. Lamb, 4. Nock, 5. Corriher, 6. Quinones, 7. Cottongim. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Drake, 3. Hommel, 4. Hunter, 5. Blackhurst, 6. Roush, 7. Perry. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeremy Frankoski, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Adam Wilsdon, 4. Mike Ward, 5. Andy Nock, 6. Joe Liguori, 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Jake Blackhurst, 9. Tim Craver, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Jack Roush Jr., 12. Tyler Cottongim, 13. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 14. Tim Perry, 15. Tyler Corriher, 16. Kyle O’Gara, 17. Justin Hommel, 18. Amanda Quinones, 19. Shane MacMillan, 20. Eric Coomes. NT (NOTE: Bradley Riethmeyer’s car failed to pass post-race tech inspection after placing first).


 


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Hunter, Laps 10-30 Frankoski.


 


NEW MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-72; 2-Hunter-63; 3-Wilsdon-62; 4-Ward-59; 5-Nock-53; 6-Lamb-51; 7-Liguori-49; 8-Craver-44; 9-Blackhurst-43, 10-Drake-40.


NEW MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-72; 2-Hunter-63; 3-Wilsdon-62; 4-Ward-59; 5-Nock-53; 6-Lamb-51; 7-Liguori-49; 8-Craver-44; 9-Blackhurst-43, 10-Drake-40.


NEW EASTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-72; 2-Hunter-63; 3-Wilsdon-62; 4-Ward-59; 5-Nock-53; 6-Lamb-51; 7-Liguori-49; 8-Craver-44; 9-Blackhurst-43, 10-Drake-40.


NEW CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-72; 2-Hunter-63; 3-Wilsdon-62; 4-Ward-59; 5-Nock-53; 6-Lamb-51; 7-Liguori-49; 8-Craver-44; 9-Blackhurst-43, 10-Drake-40.


NEXT MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE: March 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway


NEXT CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: March 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway


 


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USAC CAROLINA YOUNG GUNS EXHIBITION RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS 1. Cody Acton, 2, Acton-16.467; 2. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-16.998; 3. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-17.791.


 


FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Cody Acton, 2. Gage Walker, 3. Ross Rankine. NT


 


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Acton.