TUCSON, Ariz. — Making it back-to-back wins with the ASCS Southwest Region, Rick Ziehl topped the field Saturday night at USA Raceway, as Dustin Cormany did just the same with the San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Cars.
Racing up from eighth, it took Ziehl seventh laps to advance to the race lead. Lorne Wofford was second with Colton Hardy third. Alex Pettas and Jesse Baker completed the top five.
While Cormany didn’t start as far back, the Peoria, Ariz. shoe’s night was not without a challenge, Slipping from third to seventh in the first six laps, Dustin began to rebound with the No. 29x taking over the top spot on Lap 17 to lead the rest of the way.
Kyle Shipley was second with Joshua Shipley racing from 10th to third. Joe Scheopner fourth with Patrick Krob fifth.
The finishes:
Southwest Region (25 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, [8]; 2. 18-Lorne Wofford, [3]; 3. 74-Colton Hardy, [2]; 4. 2-Alex Pettas, [1]; 5. 22-Jesse Baker, [6]; 6. 19-Wes Wofford, [5]; 7. 8-Eric Wilkins, [4]; 8. 7-J.T. Imperial, [7]; 9. 148-Don Grable, [10]; 10. 57-Steve Stone, [11]; 11. 71H-Robert Horsley, [14]; 12. (DNF) 6-Bud Rowe, [12]; 13. (DNF) 2B-Billy Chester III, [9]; 14. (DNF) 5K-Dennis Krob, [13]
Desert Series: 1. 29X-Dustin Cormany, [3]; 2. 0G-Kyle Shipley, [6]; 3. 2-Joshua Shipley, [10]; 4. 17-Joe Scheopner, [4]; 5. 3K-Patrick Krob, [11]; 6. 7X-Ryan Murphy, [9]; 7. 3-Tyler Most, [1]; 8. 43-Tanner Wolverton, [7]; 9. 66-Colton Maroney, [5]; 10. (DNF) 51-Ronald Webster, [8]; 11. (DNF) 20-Shon Deskins, [2]; (DNS) 7K-Bruce St. James,