Ferriera Flies to 305 Nationals Prelim Win at
I-70 Motorsports Park!
Lonnie Wheatley, ODESSA, Mo. (May 27,
2022) – Monty Ferriera broke into
United Rebel Sprint Series victory lane for the
first time by wiring the field in Friday night’s
20-lap I-70 Motorsports Park 305 Sprint Car
Nationals preliminary feature event.
Ferriera gunned into the lead from the pole
position ahead of third-starter Jeremy Huish on
the opening round and then fought off a serious
challenge from Huish on a lap 14 restart to take
the $1,000 victory aboard the Precision Brands
Investments/Wrenched No. 45 Sprint Car.
“He (Huish) tried the same thing on both the
initial start and then that late restart,”
Ferriera explained. “I just
knew I had to hold him off.”
It was also the first win of the year for the
California native turned Nebraska resident.
“I think we’ve been top five out every race this
year, tonight things finally fell in place,”
Ferriera commented. “And I’ve
been trying to win a United Rebel Sprint Series
race for about five years, so it feels good to
finally get that.”
While Ferriera gunned into the early lead, Huish
gave chase all the way. Even
when lapped traffic came into play after eight
laps, Ferriera kept Huish and Jacob Dye at bye
until the race’s only caution flew after 14 laps
when Jay Russell lost power on the frontstretch.
Huish made a bid for the point on the restart in
turns one and two, but Ferriera was up to the
task and pulled back ahead to lead the rest of
the way.
Huish settled for runner-up honors, while a late
move past Stu Snyder netted Luke Cranston the
show position after apparent third-place
finisher Dye fell light at the scales.
Snyder was fourth with Jon Freeman rounding out
the top five as Ty Williams, Trevor
Grossenbacher, Kenny Potter, Curtis Evans and
Jack Potter completed the top ten.
After Dye established the fastest overall lap of
15.559 seconds in qualifying, Cranston, Cash
Beeson and Ferriera each scored 8-lap heat race
wins.
Chad Frewaldt’s night came to an early end after
a wild ride near the end of the frontstetch in
hot laps. Frewaldt appeared
healthy as he shared words with John Webster in
the aftermath.
I-70 Motorsports Park’s 305 Sprint Car Nationals
wraps up with Saturday night’s $3,000-to-win
finale with the USRA B-Modifieds and USRA Stock
Cars both battling it out in $1,000-to-win
tilts. Saturday’s racing
action gets under way at 7:30.
I-70 Motorsports Park 305 Sprint Car Nationals
May 27, 2022 Results:
United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS):
Qualifying Group One: 1. 20-Luke
Cranston 15.846, 2. 911-Ty Williams 15.890, 3.
5-Stu Snyder 19.967, 4. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher
16.284, 5. 17-Connor Atkinson 16.365, 6.
74-Xavier Doney 16.434, 7. 15-Jack Potter NT.
Qualifying Group Two: 1. 20d-Jacob
Dye 15.559, 2. 76-Jay Rusell 15.788, 3. 55-Kenny
Potter 15.988, 4. 75-Cash Beeson 16.217, 5.
9-John Webster 16.330, 6. 74v-Howard Van Dyke
16.704, 7. 01-Chad Frewaldt NT.
Qualifying Group Three: 1.
88J-Jeremy Huish 15.596, 2. 81-Jon Freeman
15.865, 3. 45-Monty Ferriera 15.948, 4.
1p-Curtis Evans 16.079, 5. 17s-Chad Salem
16.332, 6. 1-Greg Murry 16.393, 7. 38-Kevin
Frisbie 16.407.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 20-Luke
Cranston, 2. 5-Stu Snyder, 3. 911-Ty Willliams,
4. 35-Trevor Grossenbach, 5. 17-Connor Atkinson,
6. 15-Jack Potter, 7. 74-Xavier Doney.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 75-Cash
Beeson, 2. 55-Kenny Potter, 3. 76-Jay Russell,
4. 20d-Jacob Dye, 5. 9-John Webster, 6.
74v-Henry Van Dyke, 7. 01-Chad Frewaldt (DNS).
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1.
45-Monty Ferriera, 2. 1p-Curtis Evans, 3.
88J-Jerermy Huish, 4. 81-Jon Freeman, 5.
17s-Chad Salem, 6. 1-Greg Murry, 7. 38-Kevin
Frisbie (DNS).
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1.
45-Monty Ferriera (1), 2. 88J-Jeremy Huish (3),
3. 20-Luke Cranston (5), 4. 5-Stu Snyder (8), 5.
81-Jon Freeman (7), 6. 911-Ty Williams (11), 7.
35-Trevor Grossenbacher (12), 8. 55-Kenny Potter
(9), 9. 1p-Curtis Evans (10), 10. 15-Jack Potter
(16), 11. 9-John Webster (13), 12. 17-Connor
Atkinson (15), 13. 75-Cash Beeson (2), 14.
17s-Chad Salem (14), 15. 76-Jay Russell (6), 16.
74-Xavier Doney (19), 17. 74v-Howard Van Dyke
(17), 18. 38-Kevin Frisbie (18), 19. 20d-Jacob
Dye (DQ – Light at Scales), 20. 1-Greg Murry
(DNS), 21. 01-Chad Frewaldt (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Monty Ferriera
1-20.