Story by David Smith, Jr.
Photo by Andrew Towne
Mayetta, Kansas (June
5, 2010) - Four-time and
defending series champion Garry Lee
Maier of Cimarron, Kansas became the
third different feature winner in as
many races as he wired the field to
win the twenty-five lap
O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car feature
event at Thunder Hill Speedway in
Mayetta, Kansas in the first ever
appearance for the series 360 sprint
car division.
Maier, aboard the famed Ochs
Brothers #1x, started on the pole
and quickly set the pace on the rest
of the field. Outside front row
starter Chad Humston, aboard the
Mark Burch #1m entry, settled into
the runner up position.
Maier set a torrid pace on
most of the field but Humston stayed
within striking distance and as
Maier began entering lapped traffic
on lap seven, Humston closed to
within three car lengths of the
leader.
While the two front runners
began to distance themselves from
the rest of the field, the battle
for the third position heated up as
Jay Russell kept the position he
started but was starting to get
pressure from ninth starting Aaron
Berryhill around the races midway
point.
Back up front Maier and
Humston continued to fly around the
high banked three-eighths mile oval
and as both drivers once again
approached heavy lapped traffic on
lap fifteen, Humston appeared to be
making his move for the lead.
However his attempted would be
thwarted as on lap seventeen, the
rear end broke exiting turn two
causing him to slow to a stop at the
bottom of the back stretch to bring
out the races only caution and earn
him the races ARP hard luck award.
Berryhill, who had passed
Russell for the runner up position
just before the caution, lined up
right behind Maier on the restart
but there was no catching the former
national 360 sprint car champion on
this night as Maier and his Midwest
Ag Professionals/Millart
Management/Mid-States Hay Inc./Ruff
Bailey Cattle Co. sponsored Maxim
chassis motored away the final eight
laps to take the ten car length
victory.
Berryhill would settle for
second with Mike Peters coming on
strong late to take the third
position. Russell held on for fourth
with Jeremy Campbell rounding out
the top five.
In heat race action, the
three, eight lap heat races were won
by Humston, Maier and Russell.
The next event scheduled for
the O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car series
will be held on Sunday night, June
20, at 81 Speedway in Park City,
Kansas.
The O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car
series is entering its 21st
consecutive season while the series
itself is in the midst of their 40th
season of sanctioning dirt track
races throughout the Plains.
The series would like to thank
the following for their partnership
with the O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car
series for the 2010 race season.
2010 NCRA sprint car sponsors:
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race
Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels
2010 NCRA sprint car
contingency partners: Arizona Sports
Shirts, Airflow Racing Products,
Brodix Cylinder Heads, Hooker
Harness, Keizer Racing Wheels, Pro
Shocks, Racing Optics, Rod End
Supply, Saldana Racing Products,
Schoenfeld Headers, Super Shox,
Taylor Cable Products, The Joie of
Seating, Ultra-Shield Race Products,
Vertex Magnetos and Winters
Performance Parts
ARP Hard Luck: Humston
Saldana Racing Products 2nd
Place: Berryhill
The Joie of Seating 2nd
Place= Berryhill
Rod End Supply 3rd
Place= Peters
Super Shox 5th
Place= Campbell
Thunder Hill Speedway -
Mayetta, Kansas - June 5, 2010
HEAT 1: 1,
Chad Humston. 2, Tyler Drueke. 3,
Aaron Berryhill. 4, Mike Peters. 5,
Gavin Punch. 6, A.J. Selenke. 7,
Luke Cranston.
HEAT 2: 1,
Garry Lee Maier. 2, Jeremy Campbell.
3, Trevor Grossenbacher. 4, J.D.
Johnson. 5, Jon Freeman. 6, Dustin
Murray. 7, Sherman Davis.
HEAT 3: 1,
Jay Russell. 2, Chris Morgan. 3,
Jordan Whitehead. 4, Zach Davis. 5,
Kirby Robe. 6, Chris Walker.
A FEATURE:
1, Garry Lee Maier. 2, Aaron
Berryhill. 3, Mike Peters. 4, Jay
Russell. 5, Jeremy Campbell. 6,
Chris Morgan. 7, Trevor
Grossenbacher. 8, Gavin Punch. 9,
Tyler Drueke. 10, Luke Cranston. 11,
Jon Freeman. 12, Jordan Whitehead.
13, A.J. Selenke. 14, J.D. Johnson.
15, Zach Davis. 16,
Sherman Davis. 17, Chris Walker. 18,
Chad Humston. 19, Dustin Murray. 20,
Kirby Robe.
