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Inaugural Southwest 305 Sprint Car Shootout
March 20, 2010
Southern New Mexico Speedway-Las Cruces, New Mexico
Heat 1: Mike Wells, Joe Alvarado, Ricky Hood, Jerry Graves, Josh Baughman, Brian Herbert, Don Grable, Art Quijano
Heat 2: Ernie Simmons, JR Patton, Barry Crane, Bo Baker, Preston Peebles, Derek DeMartino, Anton Salopek, Jerry Higginbotham
Heat 3: Jessie Baker, Curt Barnett, Murray Erickson, Cesar Fuentes, Lamar Skarda, Brandon Schure, Robert Herrera, Marty Stanford
B-Main (Top 10 to A-Main): Barry Graves, Brian Herbert, Josh Baughman, Preston Peebles, Bo Baker, Brandon Schure, Lamar Skarda, Anton Salopek, Jerry Graves, Art Quijano, Robert Herrera, Derek DeMartino, Don Grable, Jerry Higginbotham, Marty Stanford
A-Main: John Carney II, Ricky Hood, Kyle McCutcheon, Bud Kaeding, JR Patton, Kyle Sager, Royal Jones, Preston Peebles, Mike Wells, Josh Baughman, Cesar Fuentes, Brian Herbert, Brandon Schure, Anton Salopek, Joe Alvarado, Barry Crane, Jerry Graves, Bo Baker, Art Quijano, Lamar Skarda, Jessie Baker, Curt Barnett, Ernie Simmons, Robert Herrera
*Total Car Count=34
*States Represented (CA, AZ, NM, TX, KS)
*Countries Represented (United States, Mexico)
*Series Represented (USAC/CRA, RSCS, URSS, WTSS, SST)
Other Class Winners:
Xtreme Modifieds=Christy Georges
Limited Late Models=Fito Gallardo
Hornets=Mike Mays
As the A-Main was set to get underway, pole sitter Brandon Black of Lubbock, Texas had drawn the pole position but a damaged engine would send the 777 put side for the 30 lap, $5,000 to win 305 Sprint Car Shootout; giving defending RSCS Champion John Carney II the pole position. As the field made its way to the drop of the green flag, Carney would have to outrun defending SNM Speedway champion Kyle Sager into the first set of turns if he hoped to have any chance at victory. Into one and out of two, Carney would get the jump he need as the 3s drove away from the field; leaving Sager to contend with Kyle McCutcheon, Royal Jones, and Bud Keading as the four driver's swapped second through fifth with McCutcheon finally grabbing second away from Sager.
Out front, Carney would find himself in heavy lapped traffic but as the green continued to fly, Carney continued to build his lead as the McCutcheon tried everything he could to run the 3s down. Behind the 5 of McCutcheon, the 20 of Kyle Sager had his hands full as Bud Kaeding worked his way around the Stealth Cat Racing 20; bringing fourteenth starting Ricky Hood along with him.
In lapped traffic, Hood would show the extent of his skill as the Minks Motorsports 8m moved around Kaeding to grab third while back at the front of the field Carney had built his lead to over a straight-a-way as the race continued to run green. With only a couple laps remaining, Carney had lapped up to seventh place as the El Paso, Texas racer drove to the checkered flag with Ricky Hood running down McCutcheon to grab second. McCutcheon would finish third with Bud Kaeding and JR Patton rounding out the top five.
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