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Canyon Speedway Park Saturday Report
Ziehl Springs to Easter Eggstravaganza Win at CSP
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (April 4, 2015) – Rick Ziehl took top honors in Saturday night’s Easter Eggstravaganza event by racing to victory lane in the 25-lap ASCS Southwest Region winged Sprint Car main event atop the 1/3-mile clay oval.
While Ziehl continued his ASCS Southwest mastery, other Easter Eggstravaganza winners included Mike Strobl in 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified action, Matt Martinez in Arizona Differential Pure Stocks, Joe Vlasity in Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades and Tyler Merrill in AMA Mod Lites.
The reigning ASCS Southwest champion, Ziehl raced from the pole position to take the win ahead of eighth-starter Lance Norick with wingless ace R.J. Johnson racing from 13th to round out the podium in third. Ryan Linder and Kaylene Verville rounded out the top five.
Mike Strobl picked up his first 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified feature win of the year at CSP by racing to the checkered flag ahead of George Fronsman with Ryan Roath, Shawn Zelenka and Garrett Funk rounding out the top five.
Matt Martinez took Arizona Differential Pure Stock honors ahead of Zack Madrid and Chris McCurdy, Jr., with Joe Vlasity besting the Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegade ranks with Joe Peterson and David Harrington also on the podium
Tyler Merrill rounded out the night’s winners by taking AMA Mod Lite honors in front of Adam Etcher and Austin Kuehl.
Next up at Canyon Speedway Park is the Color Obstacle Rush on April 18 followed by the Fifth Annual Canyon Clash on Saturday, May 2, featuring the non-wing USAC Southwest Sprint Cars along with 9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds, Micro Sprints and Arizona Differential Pure Stocks.
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Easter Eggstravaganza Results
ASCS Southwest Sprint Cars:
First Heat: 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 9-Ryan Linder, 3. 01-Kaylene Verville, 4. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 5. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 6. 74-Tyler Seavey, 7. 91-Casey Buckman.
Second Heat: 1. 7-James Aragon, 2. 12-James Mosher, 3. 13-Glen Brace, 4. 2-Alex Pettas, 5. 29-Darrell Sickles, 6. 15c-Joey Chester, 7. 14-Cody Sickles.
Third Heat: 1. 51-Cody Cambensy, 2. 41w-Joshua Williams, 3. 90-Lance Norick, 4. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 5. 51J-R.J. Johnson, 6. 6-Bud Rowe.
“A” Feature: 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 90-Lance Norick, 3. 51j-R.J. Johnson, 4. 9-Ryan Linder, 5. 01-Kaylene Verville, 6. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 7. 41w-Joshua Williams, 8. 13-Glen Brace, 9. 6-Bud Rowe, 10. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 11. 15c-Joey Chester, 12. 14-Cody Sickles, 13. 7-James Aragon, 14. 12-James Mosher, 15. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 16. 91-Casey Buckman, 17. 2-Alex Pettas, 18. 29-Darrell Sickles. DNS: 51-Cody Cambensy, 74-Tyler Seavey.
9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:
Heat Winners: 45-Ryan Roath, 41-George Fronsman.
“A” Feature: 1. X04-Mike Strobl, 2. 41-George Fronsman, 3. 45-Ryan Roath, 4. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 5. 74-Garrett Funk, 6. 101bc-Bryson Curry, 7. 12-Guy Norton, 8. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 9. 75c-Bo Partain, 10. 8-Nate Warren, 11. $-Jinger Kessler, 12. 67-Jim Collinsworth, 13. 76c-Jeff Collinsworth, 14. 7k-Lance Salo, 15. 4m-Don Hagan, 16. 87-Clifton Maggard, 17. 1-Zane Devilbee (DNS).
Arizona Differential Pure Stocks:
Heat Winners: 5z-Zack Madrid, 55-Jason Schwader.
“A” Feature: 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 4. 55-Jason Schwader, 5. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 6. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 7. 7-Steve Bitting, 8. 04b-Justin Bishop, 9. 2jr-Robert McClelland, 10. 3-Ashley Stafford, 11. 40sr-Jeff Stafford, 12. 54f-Guy Fite, 13. 97-Larry Gordon, 14. 95tg-Tyler George.
Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades:
Heat Winners: 64-Daniel Romero, XX-Chuck Thornton, 13-Jason Crowe.
“A” Feature: 1. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 2. 85-Joe Peterson, 3. 3d-David Harrington, 4. 64-Daniel Romero, 5. 48-Mike Hartsock, 6. XX-Chuck Thornton, 7. 73-Vinnie Vendera, 8. 16b-Richard Bennett, 9. 3-Greg Gillum, 10. 55T-Collin Phipps, 11. 101-Troy Barnes, 12. 06-Kevin Matzke, 13. 8-Joe Flewelling, 14. 14x-Brandon Gschwe, 15. 13-Jason Crowe, 16. 57a-Tate Allen, 17. 45k-Mark Kilian, 18. 69r-Sara Reblin, 19. 7-Ray Howard, 20. 30-Casey Hyde.
AMA Mod Lites:
Heat Winners: 95-Collin Bender, 63-Matt Sotomayor, 99-Adam Etcher.
“A” Feature: 1. 88-Tyler Merrill, 2. 99-Adam Etcher, 3. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 4. 1-Brenden Priest, 5. 51-John Priest, 6. 17-Steve Moriarty, 7. 15-Ken Young, 8. 14-Josh Rivera, 9. 96-Hayden Bender, 10. 57-Kyler Repella, 11. 26-Jake Boyle, 12. 63-Matt Sotomayor, 13. 27-Mike Evans, 14. 97-Steve Bender, 15. 114-Sean Conyers, 16. 91-Sarah Houton, 17. 95-Collin Bender, 18. 9-Mark Hammill, 19. 34-Robert Beebe, 20. 23-Joeleen Storck, 21. 333-Shane Hinsley, 22. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 23. 54-Brian Weaver, 24. 76-Josh Shees.
Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley
