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Carney Leads The Charge In Southern New Mexico Speedway’s Salute To Indy Opener

Bryan Hulbert – LAS CRUCES, N.M. (May 26, 2018) Opening the Salute to Indy on Saturday night, the lineup of winners was led by El Paso’s John Carney II with a $2,500 score with the ASCS Southwest Region.

Racing back and forth with Rick Ziehl to open the 25-lap affair, Carney secure the top spot before the fifth lap and never relinquished the position through some slower traffic and several cautions. Rick Ziehl’s best finish of the season, the No. 20z was joined on the podium by Royal Jones who held off multiple charges by Lorne Wofford who finished fourth. Wes Wofford completed the top-five.

While the driver of the No. J2 may have picked up Saturday’s biggest check, the El Paso native was not the only Carney putting on a show as his father, John Carney, Sr. picked up the win with the USRA X-Mods with a three-wide pass for the lead in the final laps of the 25-lap A-Feature. Patiently around the inside line through the closing laps, Carey was tailed by Jaime Torres who was by far the Hard Charger of the night with a run from 23rd to second. Greg Gorham from 11th contended for the lead for most of the race before settling for third. Josh Cain from 16th was fourth with early race leader, Sherman Barnett, making up the top-five.

With 18 USRA Street Stocks on hand, the A-Feature, while littered with cautions, was anyone's for the taking. With numerous lead changes, the advantage finally fell the way to 13th starting, Donovan Flores who edged out fellow seventh-row starter Jimmy Ray for the win. Leading for several laps, Lloyd Turner would end up third with Josh Reynolds and Pete Vargas from 17th to complete the top-five.

Another race that came down to the final laps saw 12th starting Daniel Blaser picking up the win with the Legends of the Southwest. Keeping his No. 1i around the low line of the Southern New Mexico Speedway, the young shoe didn’t let anyone run his race as he held off the late charge of Gunner Harris. Steven Arellano in third was followed by Eli Woody from 15th. Dave Smith rebounded to fifth after getting caught up in an early caution.

Cruising to victory with the Late Models, Xavier Ortega held a commanding lead at the drop of the checkered flag. Duane Murphy held on for second with Jonathan Ortega, Christy Barnett, and Fito Gallardo making up the top-five.

Mini Sprints numbered four with Nickolas Andrade, Christian White, and Brian Baca finding the checkered flag. With the lead early, Drew Cassidy took a vicious ride off the second turn after sliding into an infield tractor tire. Drew was okay.

The Salute to Indy at the Southern New Mexico Speedway wraps up on Sunday, May 27 with the ASCS Southwest Region, Late Models, X-Mods, Legends, USRA Stock Cars, and Mini Sprints in action. Gates open 5:00 P.M. with racing getting underway at 7:45 P.M.

The Southern New Mexico Speedway is located 11 miles west of Las Cruces at 10263 Robert Larson Blvd. More information on the track can be found at http;//www.snmspeedway.com or by calling (575) 524-7913.

Race Results:

Southern New Mexico Speedway – Las Cruces, N.M
Salute to Indy - Night 1
Saturday, May 26, 2016

ASCS Southwest Region

A Feature: 1. J2-John Carney II, 44:14.255[4]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, 44:15.164[1]; 3. 131-Royal Jones, 44:15.584[3]; 4. 18-Lorne Wofford, 44:15.755[8]; 5. 19-Wes Wofford, 44:16.556[6]; 6. 115-Nick Parker, 44:16.849[2]; 7. 22X-Jesse Baker, 14:20.398[5]; 8. 2-Alex Pettas, 44:18.523[14]; 9. 15H-Ricky Holden, 44:19.471[18]; 10. 6J-Jett Carney, 44:19.928[17]; 11. 33-Steve Cushman, 44:20.701[21]; 12. 21TX-Brandon Schure, 44:03.567[13]; 13. 2B-Billy Chester III, 44:21.087[15]; 14. 01-Joshua Shipley, 39:38.184[11]; 15. 7-Mark Clark, 44:22.158[22]; 16. (DNF) 57-Jarrett Martin, 42:01.143[10]; 17. (DNF) 45X-Johnny Herrera, 24:19.861[7]; 18. (DNF) 74-Colton Hardy, 24:20.183[16]; 19. (DNF) 12-Jerry Mosher, 24:25.453[20]; 20. (DNF) 148-Don Grable, 21:53.441[12]; 21. (DNF) 17-Jon McDaniel, 24:26.354[19]; 22. (DNF) 77-CJ Hulsey, 20:52.931[9]; 23. (DNF) 36DD-Matt Ziehl, 14:20.398[23]; (DNS) 5-Joseph Hernandez, 14:20.398

Heat 1: 1. 115-Nick Parker, 06:18.826[3]; 2. J2-John Carney II, 06:20.792[6]; 3. 148-Don Grable, 06:22.902[1]; 4. 19-Wes Wofford, 06:24.713[7]; 5. 57-Jarrett Martin, 06:26.311[8]; 6. 6J-Jett Carney, 06:26.435[4]; 7. 33-Steve Cushman, 06:28.812[2]; 8. 36DD-Matt Ziehl, 07:38.823[5]

Heat 2: 1. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 08:44.841[6]; 2. 77-CJ Hulsey, 08:46.658[1]; 3. 131-Royal Jones, 08:47.697[5]; 4. 21TX-Brandon Schure, 08:49.089[3]; 5. 01-Joshua Shipley, 08:49.772[8]; 6. 15H-Ricky Holden, 08:51.308[2]; 7. 12-Jerry Mosher, 08:53.659[4]; 8. 7-Mark Clark, 05:28.280[7]

Heat 3: 1. 22X-Jesse Baker, 07:53.603[2]; 2. 18-Lorne Wofford, 07:48.452[4]; 3. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, 07:49.041[6]; 4. 2-Alex Pettas, 07:50.547[1]; 5. 2B-Billy Chester III, 07:51.616[3]; 6. 74-Colton Hardy, 07:51.896[5]; 7. 17-Jon McDaniel, 07:53.603[7]

USRA X-Mods

A Feature 1: 1. 7C-John Carney, [15]; 2. 44JT-Jaime Torres, [23]; 3. 93-Greg Gorham, [11]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain, [16]; 5. 82-Sherman Barnett, [7]; 6. X777-Mike Rosales, [8]; 7. 47-Mingo Jauregui, [4]; 8. 47G-Clay Gossett, [12]; 9. 33-Justin Allen, [10]; 10. 24-Derek Stuhler, [26]; 11. 7-Don Parra, [21]; 12. 08-Daniel Lozoya, [2]; 13. 15-Charles Belt, [3]; 14. (DNF) 21-Billy Roy Harris, [14]; 15. (DNF) 88-Nathan Smith, [6]; 16. (DNF) 3-Dickie Gorham, [25]; 17. (DNF) 44-Justin Thornton, [18]; 18. (DNF) 18G-Cooper Guffey, [5]; 19. (DNF) 49-Duane Murphy, [19]; 20. (DNF) 8N-Nick Rivera, [20]; 21. (DNF) 94-Justin Garrett, [17]; 22. (DNF) 14-Dawson Manicki, [1]; 23. (DNF) 3H-Noah Hollingshead, [9]; 24. (DNF) V12-Chad Villenueve, [24]; (DNS) 52TX-Paddy Rush, ; (DNS) 171-Jed Smith,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47G-Clay Gossett, [6]; 2. 08-Daniel Lozoya, [4]; 3. 14-Dawson Manicki, [3]; 4. 171-Jed Smith, [5]; 5. 94-Justin Garrett, [1]; 6. V12-Chad Villenueve, [7]; 7. 24-Derek Stuhler, [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Mingo Jauregui, [4]; 2. 18G-Cooper Guffey, [5]; 3. 15-Charles Belt, [1]; 4. 21-Billy Roy Harris, [7]; 5. 44-Justin Thornton, [6]; 6. 7-Don Parra, [2]; 7. 3-Dickie Gorham, [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Nathan Smith, 02:50.501[1]; 2. X777-Mike Rosales, 02:53.186[6]; 3. 82-Sherman Barnett, 02:53.791[3]; 4. 7C-John Carney, 02:54.458[4]; 5. 49-Duane Murphy, 02:58.001[5]; 6. 52TX-Paddy Rush, 02:23.614[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Justin Allen, 02:44.851[2]; 2. 3H-Noah Hollingshead, 02:46.805[1]; 3. 93-Greg Gorham, 02:47.240[3]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain, 02:48.082[5]; 5. 8N-Nick Rivera, 02:48.292[6]; 6. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 02:49.216[4]

Late Models

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24X-Xavier Ortega, [3]; 2. 49-Duane Murphy, [1]; 3. 22-Jonathon Ortega, [4]; 4. 44-Christy Barnett, [7]; 5. G17-Fito Gallardo, [8]; 6. 357-Oscar Perez, [6]; 7. J17-Jake Gallardo, [9]; 8. 54-Carlos Ahumada Sr, [5]; 9. 88-Donnie Newcomb, [2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 357-Oscar Perez, 05:23.117[1]; 2. 54-Carlos Ahumada Sr, 05:28.987[4]; 3. 22-Jonathon Ortega, 05:29.015[9]; 4. 24X-Xavier Ortega, 05:29.592[7]; 5. 88-Donnie Newcomb, 05:34.140[2]; 6. 49-Duane Murphy, 05:35.255[8]; 7. 44-Christy Barnett, 04:07.604[6]; 8. G17-Fito Gallardo, 04:07.604[5]; 9. J17-Jake Gallardo, 04:07.604[3]

Legends of the Southwest

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1I-Daniel Blaeser, 19:40.754[12]; 2. 54-Gunner Harris, 19:40.954[9]; 3. 237-Steven Arellano, 19:42.533[8]; 4. 1-Eli Woody, 19:43.394[15]; 5. 11D-Dave Smith, 19:44.687[5]; 6. 717-Teddy McCutcheon, 19:45.086[3]; 7. 11-Lucas Ward, 19:45.462[16]; 8. 58L-David Lackey, 19:46.123[13]; 9. 4-Chelsea Scott, 19:46.657[2]; 10. 05-Aasa Flores, 19:47.229[6]; 11. 9-Tyler Beiter, 19:48.941[14]; 12. 8-Aydan Saunders, 19:49.576[1]; 13. 77E-Eric LeCroix, 19:51.956[4]; 14. 24S-Andy Squire, 19:54.682[11]; 15. 77-Michael Gonzalez, 19:27.817[7]; 16. (DNF) B52-Cameron Sogge, 12:17.224[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11D-Dave Smith, 05:37.768[7]; 2. 717-Teddy McCutcheon, 05:38.146[4]; 3. 8-Aydan Saunders, 05:38.970[1]; 4. 4-Chelsea Scott, 05:39.423[3]; 5. 77E-Eric LeCroix, 05:39.752[6]; 6. 24S-Andy Squire, 05:41.588[2]; 7. 58L-David Lackey, 03:25.198[8]; 8. 1-Eli Woody, 03:25.198[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. B52-Cameron Sogge, 03:06.799[8]; 2. 05-Aasa Flores, 03:07.934[2]; 3. 77-Michael Gonzalez, 03:08.624[3]; 4. 237-Steven Arellano, 03:09.059[5]; 5. 54-Gunner Harris, 03:09.501[7]; 6. 1I-Daniel Blaeser, 03:09.595[6]; 7. 9-Tyler Beiter, 03:10.582[1]; 8. 11-Lucas Ward, 03:11.156[4]

USRA Street Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 07-Donavon Flores, [13]; 2. 9-Jimmy Ray, [14]; 3. 0-Lloyd Turner, [9]; 4. 3-Josh Reynolds, [4]; 5. 171-Jed Smith, [10]; 6. 777-Pete Vargas, [18]; 7. 81-Tyler Beiter, [3]; 8. 21K-Don Kleine, [5]; 9. 97-Wyatt Loveland, [12]; 10. 32B-Bryan Bagwell, [2]; 11. 14-Dawson Manicki, [17]; 12. 74-Jason Josselyn, [11]; 13. 48T-Paul Telles Jr, [8]; 14. 8-Mark Smith, [16]; 15. 74C-James Collins, [7]; 16. M13-Mitchell Boomgaarn, [1]; 17. 24-Shane McNutt, [6]; 18. 02-Rick Skillin, [15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Tyler Beiter, 03:43.122[3]; 2. M13-Mitchell Boomgaarn, 03:44.363[1]; 3. 32B-Bryan Bagwell, 03:44.814[2]; 4. 97-Wyatt Loveland, 03:45.319[5]; 5. 02-Rick Skillin, 03:17.161[4]; 6. 14-Dawson Manicki, 02:26.387[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Pete Vargas, [2]; 2. 24-Shane McNutt, [4]; 3. 74C-James Collins, [5]; 4. 3-Josh Reynolds, [1]; 5. 21K-Don Kleine, [6]; 6. 8-Mark Smith, [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Lloyd Turner, [2]; 2. 171-Jed Smith, [3]; 3. 07-Donavon Flores, [6]; 4. 9-Jimmy Ray, [5]; 5. 48T-Paul Telles Jr, [1]; 6. 74-Jason Josselyn, [4]

600cc Mini Sprints

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22A-Nickolas Andrade, [1]; 2. 5-Christian White, [4]; 3. 15E-Brian Baca, [3]; 4. 3-Drew Cassidy, [2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Drew Cassidy, 02:13.898[2]; 2. 22A-Nickolas Andrade, 02:14.949[1]; 3. 15E-Brian Baca, 02:19.008[3]; 4. 5-Christian White, 02:15.256[4]

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