Rick Ziehl (center) shares the podium with Billy Chester III and Eric Wilkins. (Ron Gilson photo)
Rick Ziehl (center) shares the podium with Billy Chester III and Eric Wilkins. (Ron Gilson photo)

Ziehl Does It Again In Arizona

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Rolling to the green flag from the front row Saturday night, New Mexico’s Rick Ziehl led start to finish with the ASCS Southwest Region at Central Arizona Speedway for his 32nd career victory with the Arizona-based regional tour.

Besting the ASCS Southwest Region for the third time in 2019, Ziehl was followed by Billy Chester, who worked to the runner-up spot on lap 16 with the pass on Eric Wilkins, who ended his night third. Polesitter Alex Pettas slipped back to a fourth-place finish with Jesse Baker fifth.

The finish:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, [2]; 2. 2B-Billy Chester III, [3]; 3. 8-Eric Wilkins, [4]; 4. 2-Alex Pettas, [1]; 5. 22-Jesse Baker, [5]; 6. 115-Nick Parker, [6]; 7. 18-Lorne Wofford, [8]; 8. 74-Colton Hardy, [10]; 9. 15-Chris Bonneau, [9]; 10. 7-J.T. Imperial, [7]; 11. 45-Jeff Lowery, [13]; 12. 116-Vance Wofford, [11]; 13. 3-Leland Fuller, [14]; 14. 3V-Jim Vanzant, [15]; 15. 6-Bud Rowe, [12]