Darren put a couple bad weekends behind him to put up a top 10 finish in the “A” Main at LA Raceway in an ASCS National Event. Darren’s 7th place finish moved him up to 12th in the standings. Darren qualified for the “A” Main by winning the 2nd “B” Feature.
Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
LA Raceway Results:
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to “A” Main; Balance to 2 “B” Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 14-Randy Martin, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 3g-Darren Long, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 48-Ryan Schlender, 7. 5-Jason Schroeder, 8. 75-Tyler Blank, 9. 19-Mitchell Moore.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 86x-Josh Fisher, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 5h-Justyn Cox, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 8. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 9. 10-Chris Coleman.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 1-Sean McClelland, 4. 86-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 3p-Rusty Potter, 6. 21T-Eric Todd, 7. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 8. 10x-Mike Trent. DNS: 44-Jon Corbin.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 4. 88k-J. Kinder, 5. 15-Jeff Wingate, 6. 72-Curtis Boyer, 7. 19s-Steven Cross, 8. 93w-Taylor Walton, 9. 10a-Ricky Logan.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 94-Danny Wood, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 165-Haley Arnold, 6. 38-Cody Baker, 7. 9c-Tony Crank, 8. 44w-Austen Wheatley.
“B” Mains (Top 3 From Each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 4. 86-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 10a-Ricky Logan, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 72-Curtis Boyer, 8. 165-Haley Arnold, 9. 48-Ryan Schlender, 10. 5-Jason Schroeder, 11. 15-Jeff Wingate, 12. 75-Tyler Blank, 13. 9c-Tony Crank. DNS: 10x-Mike Trent.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3g-Darren Long, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 4. 3p-Rusty Potter, 5. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 6. 21T-Eric Todd, 7. 38-Cody Baker, 8. 88-J. Kinder, 9. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 10. 19s-Steven Cross, 11. 10-Chris Coleman, 12. 93w-Taylor Walton. DNS: 19-Mitchell Moore, 44-Jon Corbin.
LA Raceway “A” Main:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 50z-Zach Chappell, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 95-Matt Covington, 9. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 10. 6-Kyle Hirst, 11. 88-Tim Crawley, 12. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 14-Randy Martin, 15. 71-Channin Tankersley, 16. 10a-Ricky Logan, 17. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 18. 5h-Justyn Cox, 19. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 20. 88k-J. Kinder, 21. 94-Danny Wood, 22. 86x-Josh Fisher, 23. 9x-Gary Wright, 24. 21-Brian Brown, 25. 1-Sean McClelland.
Lap Leaders: Dustin Morgan 1-9, Zach Chappell 10-23, Shane Stewart 24-30.
Note: Ricky Logan and Austen Wheatley both utilized mid-season bonus full-point provisionals to start the main event, while J. Kinder utilized a WOW provisional to start the main event.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,933, 2. Shane Stewart 1,866, 3. Brady Bacon 1,842, 4. Jack Dover 1,781, 5. Zach Chappell 1,695, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,672, 7. Tim Crawley 1,669, 8. Danny Wood 1,622, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,617, 10. Ricky Logan 1,543, 11. Matt Covington 1,506, 12. Darren Long 1,330, 13. Dustin Morgan 1,320, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,317, 15. (tie) Austen Wheatley and Justyn Cox 1,244, 17. Travis Rilat 1,152, 18. Gary Wright 999, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Sean McClelland 579.
