Zimmerman Wins I-30 Speedway’s Wingless
STN Prelim Again!
Lonnie Wheatley,
LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. (March 4, 2022) – For the second
year in a row, Athens, Texas’ Justin
Zimmerman found himself in preliminary
night victory lane at I-30 Speedway’s
Second Annual Wingless Short Track
Nationals presented by KNP Painting.
This time,
Zimmerman slipped underneath early race
leader Landon Crawley on a lap four
restart and then fought off several
strong bids from Shane Cockrum over the
remaining distance to take the $1,000
winner’s share in Friday's Second Annual
Wingless STN 20-lap preliminary feature.
While Zimmerman
gridded the feature field fifth, Jason
Long led the way to the green flag with
outside pole starter Crawley gunning
into the early lead as Zimmerman made
his way to second on the opening
circuit.
After Long spun
to a stop on the frontstretch with three
laps in the books, Zimmerman wasted
little time pouncing on Crawley to take
command on the restart.
Cockrum followed suit a lap later
and pressured Zimmerman the rest of the
way, even sliding in front of Zimmerman
once but to no avail as the reigning
ASCS Elite Non-Wing Sprint Car champion
countered in short order.
After three
interruptions in the opening ten rounds
including a lap ten red flag for a Blake
Jenkins flip in turn three that also
collected Long and Chase Howard,
Zimmerman held steady the rest of the
way to secure the win.
Cockrum of
Benton, IL, settled for runner-up honors
with the young Crawley filling out the
podium in third.
Reigning USAC
Midwest Sprint Car champion Kory Schudy
crossed the stripe fourth with Cody
Gardner advancing a handful of positions
to round out the top five.
Paul White was
sixth with 16th-starter Kyle
Jones, Kobe Simpson,
17th-starter Anthony
Nicholson and Cody Price completing the
top ten.
Cockrum,
Zimmerman, Schudy and Crawley topped
heat race action for the 31-car field
with Zach Pringle best in the 12-lap “B”
Main.
The third heat
race was slowed by a pair of red flags.
The first occurred after three
laps when Derek Hagar took a tumble in
turn three. On the
ensuing restart, Jason Howell and Chase
Parson made contact exiting turn two
while battling for second with both
flipping violently down the backstretch
as a result. There
were no injuries.
The Second
Annual Wingless Short Track Nationals
presented by KNP Painting at I-30
Speedway concludes with Saturday night’s
$5,000-to-win championship card with the
Factory Stocks in action as well.
General admission
is just $20. Pit
passes are $30.
Second Annual
Wingless Short Track Nationals presented
by KNP Painting Preliminary Results
Friday – March
4, 2022
Heat Races (Top
14 in Finishing/Passing Points Advance
to “A” Main, balance to two “B” Mains):
First Heat (8
Laps): 1. 66-Shane
Cockrum (8), 2. 1-Paul White (2), 3.
G6-Cody Gardner (4), 4. 13-Chase Howard
(3), 5. 15J-Jeremy Middleton (7), 6.
80-Josh Hawkins (1), 7. 38-Rick Pringle
(5), 8. 21k-Kevin Hinkle (6).
Second Heat (8
Laps): 1. #1-Justin
Zimmerman (4), 2. 11a-Blake Jenkins (6),
3. 44c-Cody Price (3), 4. 91p-Zach
Pringle (5), 5. 63-Chris Williams (8),
6. 52-J.D. Fry (2), 7. 16-Anthony
Nicholson (7), 8. 73-Josh Baker (1).
Third Heat (8
Laps): 1. 28-Kory
Schudy (4), 2. 31-Mason Smith (3), 3.
19-Jason Long (6), 4. 12m-Greg Merritt
(2), 5. 47ak-Knick Stewart (8), 6.
57-Chase Parson (1), 7. 72-Jason Howell
(7), 8. 9jr-Derek Hagar (5).
Fourth Heat (8
Laps): 1. 187-Landon
Crawley (2), 2. 21ks-Kobe Simpson (1),
3. 33-Reece Wommack, 4. 04-Kyle Jones
(5), 5. 48-Caden McCreary (4), 6.
91k-Riley Kreisel (DNS), 7. 7h-Brett
Holland (DNS).
“B” Feature –
Top 6 Advance to “A:
“B” Feature (12
Laps): 1. 91p-Zach
Pringle (1), 2. 04-Kyle Jones (2), 3.
13-Chase Howard (4), 4. 48-Caden
McCreary (6), 5. 16-Anthonhy Nicholson
(8), 6. 12m-Greg Merritt (5), 7. 52-J.D.
Fry (7), 8. 38-Rick Pringle (10), 9.
91k-Riley Kreisel (13), 10. 73-Josh
Baker (12), 11. 21k-Kevin Hinkle (11),
12. 80-Josh Hawkins (9), 13. 15J-Jeremy
Middleton (3), 14. 72-Jason Howell
(DNS), 15. 57-Chase Parson (DNS), 16.
9jr-Derek Hagar (DNS), 17. 7h-Brett
Holland (DNS).
“A” Feature
A Feature (20
Laps – Starting position in
parentheses): 1.
#1-Justin Zimmerman (5), 2. 66-Shane
Cockrum (6), 3. 187-Landon Crawley (2),
4. 28-Kory Schudy (4), 5. G6-Cody
Gardner (10), 6. 1-Paul White (8), 7.
04-Kyle Jones (16), 8. 21ks-Kobe Simpson
(9), 9. 16-Anthony Nicholson (17), 10.
44c-Cody Price (11), 11. 31-Mason Smith
(7), 12. 33-Reece Wommack (14), 13.
48-Caden McCreary (18), 14. 12m-Greg
Merritt (19), 15. 47ak-Knick Smith (12),
16. 19-Jason Long (1), 17. 91p-Zach
Pringle (13), 18. 11a-Blake Jenkins (3),
19. 13-Chase Howard (15), 20. 63-Chris
Williams (DNS).
Lap Leaders:
Landon Crawley 1-3, Justin
Zimmerman 4-20.
Event Points
(Saturday Heat Race Passing Points will
be added to Friday total to set Saturday
feature lineups):
Rank
|
##
|
Name
|
Heat
|
Featuere
|
Total
Points
|
1
|
66
|
Shane
Cockrum
|
135.0
|
95
|
230.0
|
2
|
#1
|
Justin
Zimmerman
|
115.0
|
100
|
215.0
|
3
|
28
|
Kory
Schudy (Battlefield, MO)
|
115.0
|
88
|
203.0
|
4
|
187
|
Landon
Crawley
|
105.0
|
91
|
196.0
|
5
|
g6
|
Cody
Gardner (Benton, AR)
|
91.0
|
85
|
176.0
|
6
|
1
|
Paul
White (Waco, TX)
|
93.0
|
82
|
175.0
|
7
|
21ks
|
Kobe
Simpson (Bonham, TX)
|
91.5
|
76
|
167.5
|
8
|
11a
|
Blake
Jenkins
|
113.0
|
54
|
167.0
|
9
|
31
|
Mason
Smith (Wichita Falls, TX)
|
98.0
|
68
|
166.0
|
10
|
O4
|
Kyle
Jones (Kennedale, TX)
|
84.0
|
79
|
163.0
|
11
|
19
|
Jason
Long
|
101.0
|
58
|
159.0
|
12
|
44c
|
Cody
Price (Farmersville, TX)
|
86.0
|
70
|
156.0
|
13
|
33
|
Reece
Wommack
|
86.0
|
66
|
152.0
|
14
|
47ak
|
Knick
Stewart (Amarillo, TX)
|
87.0
|
60
|
147.0
|
15
|
91p
|
Zach
Pringle
|
84.0
|
56
|
140.0
|
16
|
12m
|
Greg
Merritt
|
76.0
|
62
|
138.0
|
17
|
63
|
Chris
Williams
|
87.0
|
50
|
137.0
|
18
|
48
|
Caden
McCreary (Terrell, TX)
|
70.5
|
64
|
134.5
|
19
|
16
|
Anthony
Nicholson (Millinngton, TN)
|
58.0
|
73
|
131.0
|
20
|
13
|
Chase
Howard (Nesbit, MS)
|
77.5
|
52
|
129.5
|
21
|
15J
|
Jeremy
Middleton
|
82.0
|
36
|
118.0
|
22
|
52
|
J.D. Fry
(Arlington, TX)
|
59.0
|
48
|
107.0
|
23
|
38
|
Rick
Pringle (Benton, AR)
|
55.0
|
46
|
101.0
|
24
|
80
|
Josh
Hawkins (Whitehouse, TX)
|
57.5
|
38
|
95.5
|
25
|
72
|
Jason
Howell
|
58.0
|
34
|
92.0
|
26
|
57
|
Chase
Parson (Abilene, TX)
|
57.5
|
32
|
89.5
|
27
|
21k
|
Kevin
Hinkle (Cabot, AR)
|
48.0
|
40
|
88.0
|
28
|
73
|
Josh
Baker
|
40.5
|
42
|
82.5
|
29
|
91k
|
Riley
Kreisel (Warsaw, MO)
|
36.5
|
44
|
80.5
|
30
|
9jr
|
Derek
Hagar (Marion, AR)
|
46.5
|
30
|
76.5
|
31
|
7h
|
Brett
Holland
|
38.0
|
28
|
66.0
|