TUCSON, Ariz. (March 20, 2010) – Two-time and defending American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region champion Rick Ziehl kicked off the 2010 season by winning Saturday night's main event at USA Raceway.

 

Ziehl was chased to the line by Calvin Landis, with R.J. Johnson, John Gaston and Kaylene Verville rounding out the top five.

 

Joshua Williams, Johnson and Gaston topped heat race action.

 

First Heat: 1. 41-Joshua Williams, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 4. 79-Calvin Landis, 5. 42-Rick Boughan, 6. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 7. 57x-Steve Stone.

 

Second Heat:  1. 15-R.J. Johnson, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 11T-Steve Lohn, 4. 66-Jessica Van Dyke, 5. 66c-Cole Boyd, 6. 7w-William Riley.

 

Third Heat:  1. 22J-John Gaston, 2. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 3. 01-Kaylene Verville, 4. 27-Perry McMillin, 5. 44k-Koty McGullam, 6. 7az-Bobby Collister, 7. 20-Mike Martin.   

 

"A" Feature:  1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 79-Calvin Landis, 3. 15-R.J. Johnson, 4. 22J-John Gaston, 5. 01-Kaylene Verville, 6. 20-Mike Martin, 7. 57x-Steve Stone, 8. 27-Perry McMillin, 9. 66c-Cole Boyd, 10. 6-Ronnie Clark, 11. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 12. 44k-Koty McGullam, 13. 41-Joshua Williams, 14. 42-Rick Boughan, 15. 66-Jessica Van Dyke, 16. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 17. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 18. 11T-Steve Lohn, 19. 7w-William Riley, 20. 7az-Bobby Collister.

 

ASCS Southwest Region Points (Top Ten):  1. Rick Ziehl 150, 2. Calvin Landis 142, 3. R.J. Johnson 135, 4. John Gaston 130, 5. Kaylene Verville 125, 6. Mike Martin 122, 7. Steve Stone 119, 8. Perry McMillin 116, 9. Cole Boyd 113, 10. Ronnie Clark 110.