Tommy Bryant struck a blow for the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South vs. Lone Star Challenge event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
Bryant raced past Lone Star shoe Marvin Lough for the lead on the 19th round en route to his third Gulf South score of the season aboard David Miller’s 105 Machine-powered B&M Jr. No. 21T J&J.
Bryant took the checkered flag in front of Lone Star rep J.P. Bailey, while Lough nursed his mount home in the show position with a deflating right rear tire after leading from the ninth round when early pacesetter Justin Melton crashed out of contention.
Ray Allen Kulhanek crossed the stripe behind the lead trio, with Eric Baldaccini picking up Hard Charger honors by racing from 17th to round out the top five. Greg Rilat was sixth, with Claud Estes, Gary Watson, New Mexico teen Joshua Hodges and two-time Sooner champ Brian McClelland completing the top ten.
Lough, Bailey, McClelland, Melton, Watson and Kulhanek topped heat race action for the 45-car field, with Brandon Berryman and Terry Monroe winning the “B” Mains.
ASCS Gulf South vs. Lone Star Results from Heart O’ Texas Speedway:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 39-Marvin Lough, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 35-Greg Rilat, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 65-Skip Wilson, 6. 40-Junior Jenkins, 7. 14-Michael Lang. DNS: 9-Brian Parker.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 45-J.P. Bailey, 2. 30x-Bean Elliott, 3. 30-Scottie McDonald, 4. 69-Larry Howery, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 55d-David Doyle, 7. 14b-Robert Byrom, 8. 31m-Matt Clevenger.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 25-Brian McClelland, 2. 20-Terry Monroe, 3. 93-Brandon Berryman, 4. 17w-Brad Welborn, 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 1r-Scott Reneau, 7. 21-Blake Roberts, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 3. 45x-Martin Edwards, 4. 5c-Chris Coker, 5. 71T-Shane Thompson, 6. 88r-Andy Rea, 6. 61-Travis Knighton.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 3-Gary Watson, 2. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5. 5m-Glenn Martin, 6. 19-Klint Angelette, 7. 91-Marty Stanford.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 16-Koty Adams, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 93x-Dustin Morgan, 7. 26-Dalton Steed.
First “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 93-Brandon Berryman, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 76-John Ricketts, 4. 45k-Kolt Walker, 5. 26-Dalton Steed, 6. 14b-Robert Byrom, 7. 19-Klint Angelette, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 71T-Shane Thompson, 10. 40-Junior Jenkins, 11. 17w-Brad Welborn, 12. 65-Skip Wilson, 13. 69-Larry Howery, 14. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 15. 1r-Scott Reneau. DNS: 91-Marty Stanford.
Second “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 20-Terry Monroe, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 4. 30-Scottie McDonald, 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 7. 14-Michael Lang, 8. 5m-Glenn Martin, 9. 5c-Chris Coker, 10. 55d-David Doyle, 11. 9-Brian Parker, 12. 88r-Andy Rea, 13. 93x-Dustin Morgan. DNS: 61-Travis Knighton, 21-Blake Roberts.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 2. 45-J.P. Bailey, 3. 39-Marvin Lough, 4. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 35-Greg Rilat, 7. 74e-Claud Estes, 8. 3-Gary Watson, 9. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 10. 25-Brian McClelland, 11. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 12. 30x-Bean Elliott, 13. 93-Brandon Berryman, 14. 20-Terry Monroe, 15. 71-Channin Tankersley, 16. 76-John Ricketts, 17. 11-Justin Melton, 18. 16-Koty Adams, 19. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 20. 45x-Martin Edwards.
ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Aaron Reutzel 2,360, 2. Tommy Bryant 2,316, 3. Channin Tankersley 2,242, 4. Ray Allen Kulhanek 2,222, 5. Scottie McDonald 2,152, 6. Kent Lewis, Jr. 2,128, 7. Brandon Berryman 2,119, 8. Greg Rilat 2,067, 9. Gary Watson 1,959, 10. Jimmy Brooks 1,899.
ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 1,410, 2. Brad Welborn 1,322, 3. Justin Melton 1,276, 4. Matt Clevenger 1,242, 5. Claud Estes 1,239, 6. Michael Lang 1,215, 7. Eric Baldaccini 1,177, 8. Kolt Walker 1,099, 9. Scott Reneau 1,094, 10. John Ricketts 1,081.
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