Kyle
Larson Brings West Coast Tuesday Night Chili Bowl Triumph
By Robert Haugh
Claiming
his ninth consecutive Midget win, Elk Grove, CA’s Kyle Larson claimed Tuesday’s
Warren CAT qualifying feature at the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili
Bowl Midget Nationals, fending off some of the best, including three-time
NASCAR champ and two-time Chili Bowl winner Tony Stewart. Larson, Oklahoma’s
Brady Bacon and Smoke claimed the podium, locking them into Saturday’s 55-lap
A-Main.
Manning
the Keith Kunz #71 Bullet/Speedway Toyota from the pole, Larson battled early
with bacon and fended challenged from Bacon and Smoke before taking the
eventual win, celebrating with donuts on the front stretch.
Arizonan
Casey Shuman claimed fourth aboard the Hans Lein #2H Spike/Esslinger, with
fellow Arizonan R.J. Johnson claiming seventh aboard Bobby Martin’s #51J
Spike/Fontana, though having dropped a valve in the waning laps, with The
Flyin’ Finn Markus Niemela claming eighth in Steve Watt’s #81 Stealth/Sala
Chevy.
“Old
School” Cameron Beard (Atwater, CA) who made the cross-country trek to Tulsa
from California with an open trailer qualified for the A-main via points opened
eyes chauffeuring Dave LaMott’s #0Z HotHead Engine Heaters/Special Things Sheetmetal/Power Up Concrete Pumping/Bob Roza Motorsports Stealth/Honda to an A-main start – having
lost an oil pump drive early in the A-main. Beard excited many in an ultra
competitive Heat 5 which saw him move from fourth to second, holding off heavy
challenges from eventual third-place A-main finisher Brady Bacon. Beard also
looked sharp in A-Qualifier 4, finishing fifth, despite running as high as
third, having experience electric gremlins.
California’s
P.J. Jones transferred from B-Main 2 to claim 14th from 22nd
in the A-Main aboard the RFMS racing #98 Spike/Esslinger while Yorba Linda,
CA’s Matt Mitchell made his return to racing, making the A-Main in Mike Sala’s
#19w Spike/Sala Chevy after transferring from B-Main 1. Josh Lakatos (also
known as “Jamal”) made the A-main after making an amazing A-Qualifier run form
the back after starting in the rear after getting “chili bowled” in an early
race incident.
Shuman,
Sean Dodenhoff (Bakersfield, CA, Dodenhoff #9d Spike/Fontana), Johnson, and
Arizona’s Shon Deskins (Calvin Martens #11t TCR/Esslinger) all claimed Heat
wins, while Niemela claimed the win in A-Qualifier 1.
West Coast
native Don O’Keefe, now residing in Indianapolis, took a wild ride in
A-Qualifier 4 aboard his #0K LOK Enterprises Spike/Esslinger. O’Keefe was apparently
shaken up and taken to the hospital by car.
During
Tuesday’s festivities, David Prickett (Fresno, CA) announced that the hoods of
the three Neverlift Motorsports/Western Performance Parts/David Prickett Racing
Spike/Chevy cars, as well as U.S. Army veteran Joey Fabozzi’s #84
Spike/Esslinger were going to have their hoods signed by there-time NASCAR
champ Stewart and NASCAR star Kasey Kahne. The hoods, all honoring the Armed
Forces will be auctioned with the proceeds benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/.
Of the 17 West Coast entries on Tuesday, eight qualified for the A-main, with four of the Top 10 spots going to West Coast entries.
Tuesday’s
Qualifying Night West Coast Results:
US Fleet
Tracking A-Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71-Kyle Larson[1]; 4. 2H-Casey Shuman[2]; 7.
51J-R.J. Johnson[6]; 8. 81-Markus Niemela[10]; 14. 98-P.J. Jones[22]; 18.
89K-Josh Lakatos[15]; 19. 19W-Matt Mitchell[23]; DNF 0Z-Cameron Beard[16]
B Feature
1 (15 Laps): 4. 19W-Matt Mitchell[4]; DNF 11T-Shon Deskins[3]; DNF 9D-Sean
Dodenhoff[7]
B Feature
2 (15 Laps): 3. 98-P.J. Jones[9]; 7. 73F-Tyler Walker[16]; DNF 28K-Justin
Hendricks[5]
C Feature
1 (12 Laps): 8. 33R-Joe Stornetta[7]; DNF 22AZ-Rick Shuman[13]
C Feature
2 (12 Laps): 4. 73F-Tyler Walker[9]; 5. 49JR-Bobby Michnowicz[7]; 6. 17W-Cole
Wood[2]; DNF 22-Mike Goodman[8]
A-Feature
Qualifier #1 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Markus Niemela[1]; 6. 11T-Shon Deskins[3]; 7.
28K-Justin Hendricks[2]
A-Feature
Qualifier #2 (10 Laps): 2. 71-Kyle Larson[6]
A-Feature
Qualifier #3 (10 Laps): 4. 51J-R.J. Johnson[6]; 6. 19W-Matt Mitchell[9]; 9.
9D-Sean Dodenhoff[5]
A-Feature
Qualifier #4 (10 Laps): 1. 2H-Casey Shuman[6]; 4. 89K-Josh Lakatos[3]; 5.
0Z-Cameron Beard[5]; 7. 98-P.J. Jones[4]; DNF 0K-Don O'Keefe Jr[8]
Heat 1 (8
Laps): 1. 2H-Casey Shuman[3]; 8.
33R-Joe Stornetta[9]; 9. 22AZ-Rick Shuman[7]
Heat 2 (8
Laps): 5. 0K-Don O'Keefe Jr[7]; DNF 49JR-Bobby Michnowicz[4]
Heat 3 (8
Laps): 2. 81-Markus Niemela[1]; 6. 17W-Cole Wood[6]
Heat 4 (8
Laps): 2. 71-Kyle Larson[8]
Heat 5 (8
Laps): 1. 9D-Sean Dodenhoff[2]; 2. 0Z-Cameron Beard[4]; 4. 19W-Matt
Mitchell[3]; DNF 22-Mike Goodman[8]
Heat 6 (8
Laps): 1. 51J-R.J. Johnson[4]
Heat 7 (8
Laps): 1. 98-P.J. Jones[1]; 2. 89K-Josh Lakatos[3]
Heat 8 (8
Laps): 1. 11T-Shon Deskins[1]; 3. 28K-Justin Hendricks[7]; DNF 73F-Tyler
Walker[2]
Wednesday’s
Chili bowl qualifying action features 20 West Coast entries include NASCAR star
and Washington native Kasey Kahne aboard the Darrah Motorsports #89
Spike/Chevrolet, 2012 USAC-National midget champion and 2012 Chili Bowl
A-main qualifier Darren Hagen
(Riverside, CA) in the RFMS Racing #3 Spike/Esslinger, 2012 USAC-Western States
Midgets Dirt champion and 2009 BCRA champion David Prickett (Fresno, CA) piloting the Neverlift Motorsports #015
Spike/Chevy, California native and multiple-time Sprint and Midget winner and 2012
Indy 500 starter Bryan Clauson in
the CTR-Curb-Agajanian #39b Spike/Esslinger, 2004 BCRA champion and multi-time
feature winner Thomas Meseraull
(Waveland, IN via San Jose, CA) wheeling the Ecker-Reisdorf #57 Spike/Fontana,
2012 Chili bowl fifth-place finisher Danny Stratton (Riverside, CA) aboard the Hans Lein #2s
Spike/Esslinger, former Chili Bowl winner and former USAC/CRA champion Damion
Gardner (Concord, CA) in the
multiple-time Chili Bowl car owner champion Andy Bondio’s #47 Bondio/Barnes
Chevy, 1999 BCRA champion Matt Streeter (Galt, CA) in his #14jr S&S Automotive-T&T Trucking-ART Enterprises
Spike/S&S, five-time USAC/CRA champion Mike Spencer (Temecula, CA) in the Proflyer Enterprises #51s
Spike/Proflyer, multiple-time Midget and Sprint Car winner Shane Golobic (Fremont, CA) aboard the retro Wilke-Pak #11
Stealth/Toyota and Indiana’s Brad Kuhn in Mason Cook’s #10 Beast/Fontana.
Wednesday’s West coast
entries:
2S
Danny
Stratton
Riverside,
CA
Hans Lein
Spike/Esslinger
3
Darren Hagen
Riverside,
CA
RFMS Racing
DCR/Esslinger
3B
Jayme Barnes
Everett,
WA
2B Racing
Beast/Esslinger
05T
Gary Taylor
Snohomish,
WA
Loyet
Motorsports Spike/Esslinger
7T
Trey Marcham
Oklahoma
City, OK
McQueen Racing Spike /Esslinger
8OK
TBD Driver
LOK
Enterprises
Spike/Esslinger
9F
Jared
Carpenter
Breezy
Point, MN
Sean Dodenhoff Spike/Dart Chevrolet
10
Brad Kuhn
Avon,
IN
Mason Cook
Beast/Fontana
11
Shane Golobic
Fremont,
CA
Wilke-Pak
Stealth/Toyota
11X
Travis
Berryhill
American
Canyon, CA
Manic Racing Stealth/Fontana
12JR
Josh Pelkey
Peoria,
AZ
ABC
Motorsports Spike/Esslinger
14JR
Matt Streeter
Galt,
CA
Streeter
Racing Spike/S&S Automotive Chevrolet
015
David
Prickett
Fresno,
CA
Neverlift
Motorsports Spike/Chevrolet
39B
Bryan Clauson
Noblesville,
IN
CTR-BCI-Curb
Agajanian Spike/Esslinger
44G
George
Schubert
Calhan,
CO
Schubert
Racing Spike/Pontiac
47
Damion
Gardner
Concord,
CA
Andy Bondio
Bondio/Barnes
51S
Mike Spencer
Temecula,
CA
Proflyer
Enterprises Spike/Proflyer
57
Thomas
Meseraull
Waveland, IN
Ecker-Reisdorf Spike/Fontana
72
Tyler Edwards
Salina,
OK
JFM Inc.
Spike/Bob Wirth Fontana
89 Kasey
Kahne Huntersville,
NC Darrah Motorsports Spike/Chevrolet
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results.
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