PEORIA, Ariz. — The fourth winner in as many nights of with the San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Car Series, Dennis Gile was top dog on night one of the Sunset Showdown at Canyon Speedway Park.
Trading the lead with Bruce St. James through the opening 10 laps, Gile began pulling away as St. James slipped to third on lap 13 when Colton Hardy advanced to the runner-up spot. Riding just over three seconds behind Gile, the caution lights blinked on with six laps to run to bring the field nose to tail.
Able to pressure Gile on the restart, it wasn’t enough for Hardy to steal away the win with Gile crossing 0.675 seconds to the good.
Hardy, in second, was trailed by Josh Shipley who worked to third on the white-flag lap. St. James ended up fourth with Joey Scheopner in fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4T-Dennis Gile, [3]; 2. 22AZ-Colton Hardy, [5]; 3. 2-Joshua Shipley, [4]; 4. 7K-Bruce St. James, [2]; 5. 17-Joe Scheopner, [7]; 6. 25AZ-Rick Shuman, [10]; 7. 51-Ronald Webster, [11]; 8. 18-Asa Kesterson, [9]; 9. 34-Tanner Grau, [1]; 10. 0G-Kyle Shipley, [15]; 11. 3-Tyler Most, [6]; 12. 50S-Rocky Silva, [13]; 13. 55-Jason Schwader, [12]; 14. (DNF) 34AZ-Dustin Burkhart, [8]; 15. (DNF) 25-Mike Waddle, [14]