Lonnie Wheatley, GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (October 7, 2011) – Danny Lasoski made a late move around Wayne Johnson to win Friday night’s 25-lap season finale for the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region at Valley Speedway.
While Lasoski picked off his second Warrior win of the year at Valley, Brad Loyet officially earned his first Sprint Car championship with a 13th place finish after a late spin.
After four-time Warrior champ led the initial five laps, Wayne Johnson took command with Lasoski putting Mark Burch’s No. 1m Wolfweld into the second position on the 14th round.
Lasoski ultimately battled past Johnson for the win on the white flag lap, with Jason Johnson, Tim Crawley and Randy Martin rounding out the top five. Jonathan Cornell was sixth, with Miranda Arnold, Kyle Bellm, Terry McCarl and Seth Bergman completing the top ten.
Martin, Loyet, McCarl and Austin Alumbaugh topped heat race action, with Tony Bruce, Jr., winning the B Main.
Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Results from Valley Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14-Randy Martin, 2. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 3. 5-Matt Close, 4. 2-Jesse Giannetto, 5. 1X-Brad Ryun, 6. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 7. 55C-Greg Clemons. DNS: 9M-Lanny Carpenter.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet, 2. 77-John Klabunde, 3. 14T-Tony Stewart, 4. 76-Jay Russell, 5. 7J-J.D.Black, 6. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 7. 97-Carson McCarl. DNS: 93-Taylor Walton.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 55-Terry McCarl, 2. 775-Tim Crawley, 3. 38-Cody Baker, 4. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 6. 48M-Jake Martens, 7. 32L-David Langford. DNS: 09-Josh Stephens.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 69-Larry Howery, 6. 2A-Randy Hibbs, 7. 48-David Brown, 8. 49-Tyler Elliott.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 2. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 3. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 4. 7J-J.D. Black, 5. 76-Jay Russell, 6. 48M-Jake Martens, 7. 97-Carson McCarl, 8. 69-Larry Howery, 9. 49-Tyler Elliott, 10. 48-David Brown, 11. 32L-David Langford, 12. 2A-Randy Hibbs, 13. 55C-Greg Clemons, 14. 09-Josh Stephens. DNS: 93-Taylor Walton and 9M-Lanny Carpenter.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 775-Tim Crawley, 5. 14-Randy Martin, 6. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 7. 5M-Miranda Arnold, 8. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 9. 55-Terry McCarl, 10. 23-Seth Bergman, 11. 14T-Tony Stewart, 12. 38-Cody Baker, 13. 05-Brad Loyet, 14. 5-Matt Close, 15. 7J-J.D. Black, 16. 18-Tony Bruce Jr., 17. 1X-Brad Ryun, 18. 77-John Klabunde, 19. 2-Jesse Giannetto, 20. 33-Austin Alumbaugh.
Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Brad Loyet 2,126, 2. Randy Martin 2,056, 3. Kyle Bellm 2,007, 4. Jonathan Cornell 1,979, 5. Cody Baker 1,865, 6. Mark Shirshekan 1,817, 7. Josh Stephens 1,597, 8. Austin Alumbaugh 1,400, 9. Miranda Arnold 1,321, 10. Tyler Blank 1,229.
*Attached Photo: Danny Lasoski won Friday night's Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior season finale at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO. (Joe Orth photo)