Carney Collects Belleville 305 Sprint Car
Nationals Preliminary Win!
Lonnie Wheatley, BELLEVILLE, Kan.
(August 5, 2022) – John Carney II
etched his name into the history books as a
feature winner atop the storied ˝-mile
Belleville High Banks clay oval by topping
Friday night’s 20-lap Fifth Annual Belleville
Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals
preliminary feature.
Carney swept into the lead
on the high-side of
the track on the 12th round and kept
the dicing trio of Luke Cranston, Zach Blurton
and Steven Richardson at bay the rest of the way
to snare the $2,500 winner’s share aboard the
Coyote Candle Company No. 74b Sprint Car.
Carney was holding down the third position on a
lap ten restart precipitated by a red flag for
Boyd Peterson’s ride along and then up-and-over
the turn three and four guardrail.
Carney made quick work of the lead duo as action
resumed and went on to secure the United Rebel
Sprint Series-sanctioned win.
“We didn’t make any adjustments under the red
flag,” Carney explained afterward.
“I felt like we were just starting to get
really good right before the red.
The track really didn’t change, the car
just kept getting better as the race went on, we
were just a little too tight to begin with.”
Defending Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals
champion Cranston led the field to the green
flag with Carney alongside.
But it was third-starter Richardson racing into
the lead in the opening pair of corners and
setting the pace ahead of Cranston and Carney in
the early going.
Cranston began to move in to challenge after a
handful of laps and slid past Richardson in turn
two for the point on the tenth round with
Richardson making a counter-move only to have
the red flag appear.
Richardson led just two more laps before Carney
raced past both he and Cranston en route to
victory lane.
Cranston settled for runner-up honors,
explaining that, “I don’t think we had anything
for him (Carney), he found the top before I did
and it was too late then.”
Blurton picked off a pair of positions after the
red-flag stoppage to fill out the podium third
as Richardson settled for fourth with Stu Snyder
advancing a handful of positions to round out
the top five.
Ty Williams earned Hard Chargers honors by
racing from 14th to sixth with Jeremy
Huish, Todd Plemons, 17th-starter
Tyler Drueke and Jordan Knight completing the
top ten.
After Jeff Stasa established the quickest
overall lap of 17.584 seconds in qualifying,
Cranston, Huish, Plemons and Blurton topped heat
race action with Drueke and Jon Freeman winning
the twin “B” Mains.
The Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car
Nationals wraps up with Saturday night’s
$7,500-to-win and $1,000-to-start championship
finale.
Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals
August 5, 2022, Results:
United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS):
Qualifying Group One: 1. 91-Jeff
Stasa 17.584, 2. 20-Luke Cranston 17.611, 3.
50-Jed Werner 17.970, 4. 2d-Dusty Ballenger
18.028, 5. 53-Joe Miller 18.106, 6. 14J-Josh
Riggins 18.314, 7. 98w-Mike Woodruff 18.335, 8.
7T-Landon Thompson NT, 9. 57b-Boyd Peterson NT.
Qualifying Group Two: 1. 2b-Brett
Becker 17.638, 2. 911-Ty Williams 17.749, 3.
88J-Jeremy Huish 17.876, 4. 9-Chad Koch 18.183,
5. 11-Toby Chapman 18.231, 6. 23-Brandon Bosma
18.252, 7. 17x-Jake Martens 18.376, 8. 11c-Cole
Cloud 22.055, 9. 26-Dalton Steed NT.
Qualifying Group Three: 1. 8J-Steven
Richardson 17.634, 2. 10-Jordan Knight 17.641,
3. 5-Stu Snyder 17.704, 4. 17p-Todd Plemons
17.806, 5. 12-Tyler Drueke 17.822, 6. 81-Jon
Freeman 17.849, 7. 17-Connor Atkinson 17.858, 8.
33k-Aaron Ploussard 18.856, 9. 25g-Gunnar Pike
NT.
Qualifying Group Four: 1. 74b-John
Carney II 17.946, 2. 25-Chase Brewer 18.165, 3.
2J-Zach Blurton 18.181, 4. 11k-Tyler Knight
18.338, 5. 43-Jake Greenwood 18.408, 6.
22-Justin Lasiter 18.742, 7. 1ha-Caleb Saiz
18.820, 8. 24-Cody Hays 19.159, 9. 28-Madison
Miller NT.
Heat One (8 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 20-Luke Cranston (3), 2. 2d-Dusty
Ballenger (1), 3. 50-Jed Werner (2), 4. 91-Jeff
Stasa (4), 5. 14J-Josh Rigginsn (6), 6. 53-Joe
Miller (5), 7. 98w-Mike Woodruff (7), 8.
57b-Boyd Peterson (8), 9. 7T-Landon Thompson
(DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 88J-Jeremy Huish (2), 2. 9-Chad Koch
(1), 3. 911-Ty Williams (3),
4. 2b-Brett Becker (4), 5. 23-Brandon Bosma (6),
6. 11-Toby Chapman (5), 7. 11c-Cole Cloud (7),
8. 17x-Jake Martens (DNS), 9. 26-Dalton Steed
(DNS).
Heat Three (8 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 17p-Todd Plemons (1), 2. 10-Jordan
Knight (3), 3. 8J-Steven Richardson (4), 4.
5-Stu Snyder (2), 5. 17-Connor Atkinson (7), 6.
81-Jon Freeman (6), 7. 25g-Gunnar Pike (9), 8.
12-Tyler Drueke (5), 9. 33k-Aaron Ploussard (8).
Heat Four (8 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 2J-Zach Blurton (2), 2. 11k-Tyler
Knight (2), 3. 74b-John Carney II (4), 4.
25-Chase Brewer (3), 5. 22-Justin Lasiter (6),
6. 1ha-Caleb Saiz (7), 7. 43-Jake Greenwood 95),
8. 24-Cody Hays (8), 9. 28-Madison Miller (9).
First “B” Main (10 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 12-Tyler Drueke (1), 2 17-Connor
Atkinson (2), 3. 57b-Boyd Peterson (8), 4.
1ha-Caleb Saiz (5), 5. 14J-Josh Riggins (3), 6.
53-Joe Miller (4), 7. 43-Jake Greenwood (6), 8.
25g-Gunnar Pike (7). DNS: 17x-Jake Martens,
26-Dalton Steed.
Second “B” Main (10 Laps – Top Four Transfer):
1. 81-Jon Freeman (1), 2. 23-Brandon
Bosma (2), 3. 11-Toby Chapman (4), 4. 22-Justin
Lasiter (3), 5. 98w-Mike Woodruff (5), 6.
24-Cody Hays (7), 7. 33k-Aaron Ploussard, 8.
11c-Cole Cloud (6), 9. 28-Madison Miller (9).
DNS: 7T-Landon Thompson.
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1.
74b-John Carney (2), 2. 20-Luke Cranston (1), 3.
2J-Zach Blurton (5), 4. 8J-Steven Richardson
(3), 5. 5-Stu Snyder (10), 6. 911-Ty Williams
(14), 7. 88J-Jeremy Huish (8), 8. 17p-Todd
Plemons (4), 9. 12-Tyler Drueke (17), 10.
10-Jordan Knight (9), 11. 50-Jed Werner (15),
12. 91-Jeff Stasa (6), 13. 81-Jon Freeman (18),
14. 23-Brandon Bosma (20), 15. 2d-Dusty
Ballenger (11), 16. 25-Chase Brewer (16), 17.
9-Chad Koch (12), 18. 22-Justin Lasiter (24),
19. 11k-Tyler Knight (13), 20. 1ha-Caleb Saiz
(23), 21. 11-Toby Chapman (22), 22. 17-Connor
Atkinson (19), 23. 2b-Brett Becker (7), 24.
57b-Boyd Peterson (21).
Lap Leaders: Steven
Richardson 1-11, John Carney II 12-20.