Fresh and Familiar Faces Find Victory Lane in Lemoore Opener

T-Zone Promotions Lemoore Raceway – Lemoore, Calif. (April 23, 2018)  — The 2018 Lemoore Raceway Micro Sprint season finally kicked off Saturday night highlighted by a national caliber Restricted Class.

Your most recent Clay Cup Champion, Colby Thronhill, and your most recent Tulsa Shootout Champion, Corey Day, would be on hand set to go to battle again. Just one night after the two went toe-to-toe at Plaza Park for 25 laps with Thornhill coming out on top; the stage would be set for them to do battle again at Lemoore Raceway. However a young lady out of Elk Grove would have other plans.

The night started off well for Thornhill as he came out and set a blistering 11.797 lap time in qualifying and captured quick time honors. The heat race would be where it all came unraveled. An early bobble set him back on a track tough to pass on and he would find himself in the B-Main. Meanwhile Day found his way up to second in his heat and landed directly into the main.

It seemed Thornhill had alleviated his issues by the B as he ran away with it, but he was already behind the eight-ball. Going into the feature your fast qualifier would roll off out of the 17^th position. Meanwhile Day would start from eighth. As the green flag dropped it was apparent two drivers were ready to spoil the party.

Ashlyn Rodriguez started from the pole with Ryan Rocha to her inside and they took off to have a battle of their own. Rodriguez would begin to check out about three laps in. Multiple cautions would bring the field back together but with every restart Rodriguez was able to hold her ground. Rocha would maintain second for the majority of the race but Corey Day was on mission. In the closing stages of the race, Day was able to capture second and seemed to have his sights set on leader, Rodriguez.

A late race caution would bunch the field back up and eclipsed the almost second and a half gap Rodriguez had over second. This was Day’s chance to put a move on the leader. However it would not be his night. Rodriguez was able to take off nicely and open up another eight tenths of a second lead in three laps and take home the checkered flag. Day would come home second, with Ryan Rocha capturing a hard fought podium position and Thornhill was able to charge all the way to sixth on the night.

In your Super 600 class it all began with another winner from Friday starting off on the right foot, literally. Jake Andreotti was able to come out and set quick time being the only driver to get into the 10 second bracket on the night.

Yet when the main started it was all about the rocket.

Joey Ancona came out ready to race. He started from the outside front row – got out front early, and never looked back. Ancona was on rails in the first main event of the season. There was no real challenge for the rocket on this night as he built an astounding 3.4 second gap over second place Heath Duinkerken and third place Raio Salmon. After two podiums to kick off the King of California Series and now a win at the sight of round four, Ancona’s confidence is soaring. “I think about it a lot (King of California) I’m ready to go, we’ve got the car ready, and I think we’ve got these tracks dialed,” said Ancona, in Victory Lane.

The Non-Wing class was another display of pure domination. Ben Worth in his Huckleberry Motorsports, Worth Harvesting number 10J, was able to check out on the field during the first feature of the year at Lemoore Raceway. Worth was able to jump out to an early lead from the outside front row and go wire to wire. This victory marks two in two weekends for Worth, one in the wing class at Delta Speedway, and his first of the year in non-wing car at Lemoore Raceway. Heading into King of California week Worth looks to continue this streak. Austin Stone brought his number 29 home second, and Friday night winner, Brody Fuson came home with another solid podium.

The Jr. Sprint class has had no lack of drama up this point at the other tracks. At Lemoore Raceway, however, it would be a familiar face with a dominant performance. All the talk in the Jr Sprint class thus far has surrounded Jett Barnes. Barnes was able to capture his first career Jr. Sprint victory at Delta Speedway just one week prior to Lemoore, and on the one year anniversary of his first race. Barnes continued to roll at Plaza by picking up his second consecutive victory after a steadfast battle with Dalton Parriera.

On this night at Lemoore, Parriera would show the fans how he earned the nickname, “The Sheriff.” He came out for qualifying and set the pace. He qualified with quick time and then looked to translate that into a heat race win. The Sheriff was able to do exactly that and then the pressure was on to complete the sweep.

As the main event started Parriera lead the field to green from the pole. He had rival Caleb Debem just behind him in third and the hot hand of Barnes starting back in sixth. Parriera was able to set sail on the field and captured a mostly uncontested victory and his first of 2018. Debem was able to bring it home second and Barnes capped off yet another podium finish, marking his fifth-straight on the year.

Lemoore Raceway turns the lights on again next Saturday, April 28, for the second race of the season and the highly anticipated Round 4 of the King of California Micro Sprint Season.

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Lemoore Raceway would also like to thank all of their track sponsors: Budweiser, Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, Pacific Ag Rentals, Southern Pacific Farms, Galante Brothers Grading and Paving, Hanford Jewelry and Loan, West Hills Community College, Lawrence Tractor, Olam, Ag Seeds, Valley Acid, G.V Burrows Chevron, Valley Trenching, Wood Bros, Longmire Swaging, Simplot, Culligan Water, Windmill Propane, Lee’s Car Stereo, Dalena Farms, Huckleberry Motorsports, Mid Valley Disposal, Best Weigh Scale, Rent-a-Toilet, and Larry Davis Farms.

Official Results: Restricted

1	#87 Ashlyn Rodriguez
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:31.819	2	00:12.511
2	#41 Corey Day
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:32.654	6	00:12.714	0.835	0.835
3	#5R Ryan Rocha
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:34.524	1	00:12.721	2.705	1.870
4	#121 Caeden Steele
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:35.388	5	00:12.890	3.569	0.864
5	#15B Bryson Bettencourt
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:35.720	6	00:12.816	3.901	0.332
6	#19 Colby Thornhill
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:36.315	19	00:12.849	4.496	0.595
7	#2 Caden Stoll
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:36.930	3	00:12.899	5.111	0.615
8	#28 Jake Smith
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:37.365	11	00:13.050	5.546	0.435
9	#4B Brandt Twitty
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:37.780	15	00:13.003	5.961	0.415
10	#02 Tyler Martin
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:38.661	18	00:13.106	6.842	0.881
11	#61 Eli Bookout
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:38.983	10	00:13.102	7.164	0.322
12	#49 Jarrett Rogers
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:39.674	24	00:13.110	7.855	0.691
13	#17 Joshua Rogers
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:40.646	20	00:12.896	8.827	0.972
14	#14J Jade Avedisian
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:40.787	13	00:13.089	8.968	0.141
15	#7T Logan Trevino
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	25	10:41.355	11	00:13.161	9.536	0.568
16	#4G Brian Gilbert
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	15	05:58.621	3	00:12.855
17	#5X Mattix Salmon
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	15	06:00.110	9	00:13.369		1.489
18	#21 Gauge Garcia
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	13	05:30.685	4	00:12.987
19	#33 Dylan Bloomfield
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	11	02:22.897	3	00:12.648

 

Official Results: Super 600

#88A Joey Ancona
Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
30	06:10.205	2	00:11.776
2	#79 Heath Duinkerken
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:13.548	2	00:12.014	3.343	3.343
3	#21 Raio Morgan
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:14.826	1	00:11.648	4.621	1.278
4	#7P Jake Andreotti
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:15.910	2	00:11.880	5.705	1.084
5	#71 Drake Galante
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:16.403	10	00:12.168	6.198	0.493
6	#57 Austin Warmerdam
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:16.931	11	00:12.151	6.726	0.528
7	#22 Keith Day Jr.
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:18.421	13	00:12.283	8.216	1.490
8	#44 Ben Worth
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:19.041	16	00:12.223	8.836	0.620
9	#14 Jake Hagopian
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:20.295	27	00:12.324	10.090	1.254
10	#4 Garrett Twitty
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	06:22.343	3	00:12.424	12.138	2.048
11	#12 Cody Christensen
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	29	06:11.440	22	00:12.512	1.235
12	#15H Dayna Hill
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	29	06:12.745	7	00:12.400	2.540	1.305
13	#33 Cooper Worth
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	29	06:21.784	7	00:12.525	11.579	9.03

Official Results:  Non-Wing

#10J Ben Worth
Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
30	09:18.110	1	00:12.588
2	#29 Austin Stone
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:20.002	26	00:13.048	1.892	1.892
3	#51 Brody Fuson
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:22.544	3	00:13.105	4.434	2.542
4	#9 Colton Jones
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:24.333	2	00:13.201	6.223	1.789
5	#8H Justyne Hamblin
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:24.636	27	00:13.051	6.526	0.303
6	#88 Joey Ancona
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:26.263	30	00:13.279	8.153	1.627
7	#0 A.J. Burgin
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:26.426	13	00:13.271	8.316	0.163
8	#81T Andrew Tamariz
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:26.779	22	00:13.247	8.669	0.353
9	#07X Troy Morris
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:27.957	2	00:13.118	9.847	1.178
10	#97W Christian Hickman
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:28.930	7	00:13.361	10.820	0.973
11	#20E Ethan Evans
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:29.996	12	00:13.405	11.886	1.066
12	#4R Alexandria Raiskup
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:30.812	22	00:13.479	12.702	0.816
13	#18 Austin Mero
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	30	09:31.313	19	00:13.384	13.203	0.501
14	#44M Carson Myrick
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	29	09:18.595	5	00:13.436	0.485

 

Official Results: Jr Sprint

1	#51 Dalton Parreria
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	20	21:01.361	2	00:13.628
2	#3D Caleb Debem
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	20	21:01.804	5	00:13.647	0.443	0.443
3	#55 Jett Barnes
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	20	21:05.001	12	00:13.971	3.640	3.197
4	#4 Teagan Moles
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	20	21:13.993	3	00:14.450	12.632	8.992
5	#21 Cash Lovenburg
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	19	21:02.697	11	00:14.157	1.336
6	#7A Andi Jones
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	16	20:12.978	9	00:14.353
7	#63 Colton Key
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	7	13:38.096	4	00:14.578
8	#01T Ty Lovenburg
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	6	13:38.069	5	00:17.448
9	#79 Dash Dunkerkin
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
	2	05:43.690	2	00:15.066
10	#4K Kinser Ferguson
	Laps	Total Time	Best Lap	Best Time	Diff	Gap
		00:03.098	0	00:00.000