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McMahan Claims Second Short Track
Nationals Title!
Lonnie
Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 27, 2012) – California
native Paul McMahan became just the fifth driver in STN history to post
multiple victories in the prestigious event by racing to victory lane in Saturday
night’s 25th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by
Hoosier Tires 40-lap finale atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay
oval.
McMahan
slipped around STN rookie sensation Christopher Bell on the 29th
round and went on to collect the $15,000 winner’s share aboard the Cooper
Motorsports No. 01 entry ten years after snaring his first Short Track
Nationals crown in 2002 with the same car owner.Saturday’s triumph marked the third for
Cooper as a car owner.
Seventeen-year-old
Bell chased McMahan to the stripe to earn the Dixon Road U-Pull-It STN Rookie
of the Year bonus, with four-time event champion Gary Wright claiming the show
position in his final event appearance after leading the initial six circuits.
After
winning the Pack Building & Materials Dash for Cash, Wright led the $81,675
championship feature event to the green flag with Friday prelim winner Jack
Dover alongside.McMahan shared the second
row with initial prelim winner Jason Johnson, with STN rookie contenders Justin
Henderson and Bell alongside in row three.Bell fell from contention in the Dash after a slider from Johnson while
dicing for second resulted in a cut left rear tire.
The
initial start was waved off when Jeff Swindell turned over in turn four.Travis Rilat ducked to the pit area for quick
wing repairs after getting tagged in the incident while J. Swindell was done.
While
Dover had gained the advantage on the initial start, Wright turned the tables
on the restart and paced the opening round in front of the Roush Yates
Ford-powered Dover and Johnson.But it
was Bell, the young gun from Norman, OK, on the move early on, racing past
McMahan, Johnson and Dover to take second by the third round with McMahan
following along to take third by the fifth circuit.
Bell
closed the gap on “The Texan” and immediately began pressuring for the point
and took the lead away from Wright on the seventh lap with McMahan relegating
Wright to third by the tenth lap.
Into
traffic by the 12th lap, Bell kept McMahan at bay until a caution finally
flew after 21 laps when fourth-runner Johnson slipped off the turn two
embankment and returned to the track with a cut right rear tire.Greg Wilson and Henderson, both running among
the top ten, made quick trips to the pit area with cut tires as well from
apparent debris.
After
reigning NASCAR Nationwide champion Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., came to a stop three
laps later with race-ending woes, Bell fought off serious challenges from
McMahan over the next three laps before Dover’s powerplant detonated in turns
one and two to bring out one final caution with 13 laps to go.
McMahan
went right to work on the youngster on the restart and slid past for the lead
in turns one and two on the 29th lap to take command for keeps.McMahan opened up an advantage of a half
dozen car-lengths until traffic became a factor in the final three circuits.
Bell
closed to McMahan’s tailtank as the white flag flew, but McMahan was flawless
on the final lap to secure the victory with Bell falling just two car-lengths
short at the stripe.
Wright
held down the show position over the closing circuits, with 2011 STN champion
Sammy Swindell advancing a handful of positions to claim fourth.Tim Shaffer rounded out the top five.
Danny
Lasoski advanced from 14th to claim sixth, with Kevin Swindell in
seventh.Randy Hannagan posted the best passing
performance by racing from 19th to eighth, with Shane Stewart and
Tim Crawley completing the top ten.
Event
rookies Bell and Henderson were the only drivers making their first STN championship
feature start with Wright and Crawley at the other end of the spectrum by
making event bests 18th career STN finale starts.
Tim
Shaffer won the first “B” Main over Sammy Swindell to make it into his fifth
STN finale in as many tries, with 2010 third-place finisher Wilson besting
Stenhouse, Jr., in the second “B” Main to make the cut for his third STN
finale.
Gary
Taylor and Ryan Bickett earned “C” Main wins, Chris Sweeney and Tony Bruce,
Jr., were victorious in “D” Mains and Claud Estes won the “E” Main.
A
total of 94 different drivers competed in the 25th Annual COMP Cams
Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.
25th
Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Saturday
Results:
“E” Main
(Top 8 Advance to “D” Mains; 1,3,5,7 to “D” Main 1 & 2,4,6,8 to “D” Main 2):
“E” Main (12
Laps):1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 14m-Jordon
Mallett, 3. 0m-Andy McElhannon, 4. 31g-Johnny Gardner, 5. 4j-John James, 6.
9$-Kyle Clark, 7. 2x-Patrick Moore, 8. X-Charlie Louden, 9. 92h-Richie Harris,
10. 01n-Jeremy Newkirk, 11. 4s-Tommy Snellgrove, 12. 44-Ronny Howard. DNS: 19-Klint
Angelette, 57c-Kyle Chady, 66-Geoff Dodge, 09-Timmy Thrash.
“D” Mains
(Top 4 Advance to Corresponding “C” Main):
First “D”
Main (12 Laps):1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2.
64-Scotty Thiel, 3. 5-Joe Bob Lee, 4. 3r-A.G. Rains, 5. 74e-Claud Estes, 6.
0m-Andy McElhannon, 7. 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 8. 4j-John James, 9. 21k-Ryan
Kitchen, 10. 17w-Cole Wood, 11. 58f-Gary Floyd, 12. 17g-Cody Gardner, 13.
33-Mark Huddleston, 14. 1x-Rickey Hood, 15. 16-Koty Adams. DNS: 2x-Patrick
Moore.
Second “D”
Main (12 Laps):1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr.,
2. 14m-Jordon Mallett, 3. 66x-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 47-Dale Howard, 5. 0s-Glenn
Styres, 6. 12d-Dalton Davis, 7. 21tx-Brandon Schure, 8. 76-John Ricketts, 9.
9$-Kyle Clark, 10. 5k-Jerry Kamer, 11. 1h-Nic Jenkins, 12. 21w-Wes Wofford, 13.
31g-Johnny Gardner, 14. 9k-Kyle Sager, 15. 4x-Shawn Petersen. DNS: X-Charlie
Louden.
“C” Mains
(Top 4 Advance to Corresponding “B” Main):
First “C”
Main (15 Laps):1. 4t-Gary Taylor, 2.
35-Jimmy Hurley, 3. 14z-Zach Pringle, 4. 27-Andy Shouse, 5. 3h-Brandon Hanks,
6. 46-Jan Howard, 7. 36b-Jonathan Beason, 8. 11m-Justin Melton, 9. 3r-A.G.
Rains, 10. 38-Rick Pringle, 11. 93-Chris Sweeney, 12. 5-Joe Bob Lee, 13.
58w-Wade Oliver, 14. 64-Scotty Thiel, 15. 11c-Matt Covington. DNS: 45x-Johnny
Herrera.
Second “C” Main
(15 Laps):1. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 2.
25-Blake Hahn, 3. 2-Dustin Morgan, 4. 39-Brad Bowden, 5. 10-Terry Gray, 6.
18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 66x-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 26s-Jon Stinson, 9. 14k-Kyle
Bellm, 10. 17j-Josh Baughman, 11. 14m-Jordon Mallett, 12. 47r-Eric Riggins,
Jr., 13. 47-Dale Howard, 14. 49-Shawn Dancer, 15. 3n-Nate Van Haaften. DNS:
48-Jake Martens.
“B” Mains
(Top 7 from each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B”
Main (15 Laps):1. 6t-Tim Shaffer, 2.
1s-Sammy Swindell, 3. 3g-Shane Stewart, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 94-Jeff Swindell,
6. 39c-Travis Rilat, 7. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 8. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 9.
12h-Jerrod Hull, 10. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 11. 4t-Gary Taylor, 12. 14z-Zach
Pringle, 13. 12m-Kyle McCutcheon, 14. 27-Andy Shouse, 15. 35-Jimmy Hurley, 16. 29-Brandon
Hahn.
Second “B”
Main (15 Laps):1. W20-Greg Wilson, 2.
6s-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 3. 9jr-Derek Hagar, 4. 1m-Danny Lasoski, 5. 39s-Kevin
Swindell, 6. 23s-Seth Bergman, 7. 26m-Marshall Skinner, 8. 25-Blake Hahn, 9.
21t-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 10. 99-Brady Bacon, 11. 23b-Brian Bell, 12. 39-Brad
Bowden, 13. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 14. 17b-Ryan Bickett, 15. 2-Dustin Morgan, 16.
21b-Brian Brown.
Dash for
Cash (Finish Determines Alignment of Front Three Rows of Main Event):
Dash (6 Laps
– Starting position in parentheses):1.
9w-Gary Wright (1), 2. 53-Jack Dover (4), 3. 01m-Paul McMahan (6), 4. 41-Jason
Johnson (3), 5. 82-Justin Henderson (5), 6. 40b-Christopher Bell (2).
25th
Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Championship
“A” Feature:
A Feature
(40 Laps – Starting position in parentheses):1. 01m-Paul McMahan (3) [$15,000], 2. 40b-Christopher Bell (6)
[$10,000], 3. 9w-Gary Wright (1) [$7,500], 4. 1s-Sammy Swindell (9) [$5,000],
5. 6t-Tim Shaffer (7) [$2,800], 6. 1m-Danny Lasoski (14) [$2,750], 7. 39s-Kevin
Swindell (9) [$2,725], 8. 22h-Randy Hannagan (19) [$2,700], 9. 3g-Shane Stewart
(11) [$2,675], 10. 88-Tim Crawley (13) [$2,650], 11. 26m-Marshall Skinner (20)
[$2,625], 12. 82-Justin Henderson (5) [$2,600], 13. 41-Jason Johnson (4)
[$2,575], 14. 9jr-Derek Hagar (12) [$2,550], 15. 23s-Seth Bergman (18)
[$2,525], 16. 53-Jack Dover (2) [$2,500], 17. W20-Greg Wilson (8) [$2,500], 18.
6s-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (10), 19. 17g-Cody Gardner (21) [$2,500], 20.
39c-Travis Rilat (17) [$2,500], 21. 94-Jeff Swindell (15) [$2,500].
Lap Leaders:
Gary Wright 1-6, Christopher Bell 7-28, Paul McMahan 29-40.
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