By Robert Haugh
In what was a repeat on
Wednesday night, the West Coast comprised much of the A-main field, but it was
Kevin Swindell, the reigning three-time Chili Bowl champion who came out on top
in Thursday’s preliminary qualifying night at the 27th Annual Lucas
Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
Ten of
the 24 A-main starters were West Coast entries, with NASCAR racer Brad Sweet
(Grass Valley, CA) claiming second in Gary Zarounian’s #67x Stealth/Toyota,
followed by hard charger Tim McCreadie, a New York Late Model ace and former
Chili bowl winner in third from 15th in Andy Bondio’s #47x
Bondio/Barnes – putting up one of the most exciting performances of the week.
Arizona’s
Jerry Coons, Jr. claimed fourth in the Dooling Machine #63 Spike/Esslinger with
NASCAR racer Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) claiming sixth in the Wilke-Pak #5
Stealth/Toyota.
Arizona native
J.J. Yeley claimed seventh in the McKinnie Motorsports #1ST
Hacked/Toyota with first-time Midget racer and Chili Bowl rookie D.J. Netto
(Hanford, CA) claiming eighth in the Netto Farms #7N Stealth/Chevrolet. 2012
Chili Bowl rookie-of-the-year Richard VanderWeerd (Visalia, CA) claimed
eleventh after starting 21st after transferring from a B-Main in
Mike Sala’s #19s Spike/Sala Chevrolet. Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) claimed 12th
in the Loyet Motorsports #05K Spike/Esslinger followed by Troy Rutherford
(Ojai, CA) in Calvin Martens’ #11R TCR/Esslinger and Rico Abreu (Rutherford,
CA) in the Keith Kunz #67 Bullet/Toyota.
Arizona’s
Connor Kassik (Lake Havasu) was fifth in points after the Heats, having driven
the high line to place second from sixth in the Neverlift Motorsports #115
Spike/Chevrolet. Kassik once again was flying high in A-Qualifier 1, having
moved from fifth to second, including passes on Yeley and Abreu, but after
bouncing off another car and suffering damage, Kassik settled for seventh.
Kassik was fighting for a transfer position in B-Main 1, but suffered a flat
tire, with the race going green before he could get back on the track.
California
native Tyler Reddick (Corning) was looking for an alphabet soup run in the 2B
Racing #2B Beast/Gaerte, having suffered from a DNF in his Heat race. Reddick
moved from 12th to fourth in C-Main 1, then advanced from 16th
to eighth on B-Main 1, four spots shy of making the A-Main.
Whitt claimed
an A-Qualifer, while Rutherford claimed a B-Main. Tanner Swanson (Kingsburg,
CA) claimed a C-Main victory in Ted Finkenbinder’s #3F Bullet/Chevy, coming
from the rear, passing 11 cars for the win. Yeley, Sweet, Nic Faas (ABC
Motorsports #12F Spike/Esslinger) and Coons all claimed Heat race wins.
Thursday’s
John Christner Trucking Qualifying Night West Coast Results
A Feature (25
Laps): 1. 39-Kevin Swindell[1]; 2. 67X-Brad Sweet[4]; 3. 47X-Tim McCreadie[15];
4. 63-Jerry Coons Jr[2]; 6. 5-Cole Whitt[3]; 7. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[6]; 8. 7N-D.J.
Netto[7]; 11. 19S-Richard VanderWeerd[21]; 12. 05K-Bud Kaeding[8]; 14. 11R-Troy
Rutherford[17]; 15. 67-Rico Abreu[14]
B
Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11R-Troy Rutherford[1]; 3. 19S-Richard VanderWeerd[5];
7. 56P-Jason Leffler[2]; 8. 2B-Tyler Reddick[16]; 11. 7D-Michelle Decker[11];
14. 115-Conner Kassik[3]
B
Feature 2 (15 Laps): 5. 62-Dennis Howell[9]; 6. 12F-Nic Faas[5]; 8. 3F-Tanner
Swanson[13]; 13. 26X-John Golobic[10]
A-Feature
Qualifier #1 (10 Laps): 2. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[3]; 4. 67-Rico Abreu[7]; 5. 56P-Jason
Leffler[10]; 7. 115-Conner Kassik[5]; 9. 62-Dennis Howell[2]; 10. 7D-Michelle
Decker[8]
A-Feature
Qualifier #2 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Cole Whitt[5]; 2. 63-Jerry Coons Jr[6]; 3. 7N-D.J.
Netto[4]; 4. 47X-Tim McCreadie[7]; 9. 26X-John Golobic[9]
A-Feature
Qualifier #3 (10 Laps): 2. 67X-Brad Sweet[4]; 7. 12F-Nic Faas[3]
A-Feature
Qualifier #4 (10 Laps): 2. 05K-Bud Kaeding[3]; 5. 11R-Troy Rutherford[5]; 6.
19S-Richard VanderWeerd[9]
C
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 4. 2B-Tyler Reddick[12]
C
Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 3F-Tanner Swanson[10]; 8. 27C-Kip Hughes[8]; 9.
51X-Matt Lundy[4]; 10. 6C-Michael Heberling[11]; DNF 73X-Greg Edenholm[9]
Heat 1
(8 Laps): 4. 67-Rico Abreu[4]
Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[1]; 2. 11R-Troy Rutherford[5]; 3. 7N-D.J. Netto[7];
4. 47X-Tim McCreadie[6]; DNF 2B-Tyler Reddick[8]; DNF 3F-Tanner Swanson[4]
Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 67X-Brad Sweet[2]; 4. 19S-Richard VanderWeerd[3]; 8. 73X-Greg
Edenholm[7]
Heat 4
(8 Laps): 3. 7D-Michelle Decker[3]; 4. 15D-Andrew Deal[8]
Heat 6
(8 Laps): 4. 05K-Bud Kaeding[8]
Heat 7
(8 Laps): 1. 12F-Nic Faas[1]; 3. 5-Cole Whitt[8]; 4. 56P-Jason Leffler[2]; 6.
51X-Matt Lundy[3];
Heat 8
(8 Laps): 1. 63-Jerry Coons Jr[5]; 2. 115-Conner Kassik[6]; 4. 62-Dennis
Howell[8]; 5. 26X-John Golobic[7]; 7. 27C-Kip Hughes[4]; DNF 6C-Michael
Heberling[3]
Friday west Coast Chili
Bowl Entries
2R Levi
Roberts Broomfield,
CO
David
Roberts Spike/Esslinger
3T Tim
Barber Fairfield,
CA
Chuck
Cline Bullet/Chevrolet
6R Joe
Ramaker Boise,
ID
Jody
Rosenboom DRC/Fontana
7 Shannon
McQueen Bakersfield,
CA
McQueen
Racing Spike/Esslinger by McQueen
9E Alex
Schutte Rohnert
Park, CA
Sean Dodenhoff EMC/Fontana
11XC Steve
Newman Steamboat
Springs, CO
Mountain High BRE/BRE Ford
15X Chad
Boat Phoenix,
AZ
John
Lawson Spike/Esslinger
21K Cory
Kruseman Ventura,
CA
Kruseman
Motorsports Spike/Esslinger
27B Johnny
Scott Las
Cruces, NM
Cliff Blackwell Stealth/Yates Ford
35D Brett
Felkins Lodi,
CA
Felkins
Spike/Fontana
38K Rick
Hendrix Palmdale,
CA
Kruseman
Motorsports Spike/Esslinger
55S Trey
Starks Puyallup,
WA
Jim
Ferns Spike/Mopar
62S Taylor
Simas Orland,
CA
Douglas
Bock Spike/Esslinger
68 Ronnie
Gardner Corona,
CA
Six
8 Motorsports Stewart/Esslinger
71K Jason
Meyers Clovis,
CA
Keith
Kunz Bullet/Speedway Toyota
73 Ryan
Bernal Hollister,
CA
JFM
Inc. Ellis/Bob Wirth Fontana
77 Mike
Boesel Bennett,
CO
Mike
Boesel Motorsports Stealth/Esslinger
84 Joey
Fabozzi Fabozzi
Racing Spike/Esslinger
88 Dustin
Weland Parker,
CO
Buzzard/Fontana
151 Jesse
Frazier Tulsa,
OK
Neverlift
Motorsports Spike/Chevrolet
191 Chase
Barber Brownsburg,
IN
Bret
Barber Beast/Fontana
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