Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (March 26, 2011) – Jeremy Sherman picked off his first Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region win of the season by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap main event at Canyon Speedway Park.
The former series champ made a late move to capture his 29th career ASCS Canyon win aboard the Gaerte-powered Ellis Race Cars/Beaver Stripes No. 21 entry.
Sherman was chased to the line by Ronnie Clark, with Bob Ream, Jr., settling for the show position after leading much of the way. Two-time and reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., raced from 14th to claim his second fourth-place finish in as many races, with Josh Pelky rounding out the top five.
Stevie Sussex was sixth, with Dalten Gabbard, R.J. Johnson, Brian Hosford and Ryan Linder completing the top ten.
Sherman, Pelkey and Sussex topped heat race action for the 26-car field, with Jordan Stetson winning the “B” Main.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 74b-Derek Williams, 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 5. 9x-Ryan Linder, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 96-Carson Ditsch, 8. 93-Justin Quinn, 9. 9s-John Shelton.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 3. 62-Nathan High, 4. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 5. 44-Nick Aiuto, 6. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 7. 16-Mike Martin, 8. 6s-Bryan Swinehart. DNS: 7k-Bruce St. James.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 97-Stevie Sussex, 2. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 3. 51-R.J. Johnson, 4. 2-Matt Rossi, 5. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 6. 20-Shon Deskins, 7. 23-Josh Castro, 8. 58-Cole Peard.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 2. 9s-John Shelton, 3. 6s-Bryan Swinehart, 4. 58-Cole Peard, 5. 23-Josh Castro, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 93-Justin Quinn, 8. 20-Shon Deskins, 9. 96-Carson Ditsch, 10. 7k-Bruce St. James.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 12-Josh Pelkey, 6. 97-Stevie Sussex, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 51-R.J. Johnson, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford, 10. 9x-Ryan Linder, 11. 58-Cole Peard, 12. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 13. 62-Nathan High, 14. 9s-John Shelton, 15. 2-Matt Rossi, 16. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 17. 44-Nick Aiuto, 18. 74b-Derek Williams, 19. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 20. 6s-Bryan Swinehart.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jeremy Sherman 292, 2. R.J. Johnson 266, 3. Charles Davis, Jr. 260, 4. Ronnie Clark 238, 5. Andrew Reinbold 231, 6. Bob Ream, Jr. 229, 7. Matt Rossi 219, 8. Thomas Ogle 214, 9. Dalten Gabbard 211, 10. Nathan High 204.