Frankoski Leads Large Field of Focus to the Win at Hickory

USAC Developmental · 3/25/10, 10:17 AM

Great night of Ford Focus Racing at Hickory with over 20 cars signed in. Below is the link to video from the 30 Lap Feature which featured side by side racing through out.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5691242

Hickory, NC…….Jeremy Frankoski of Newark Valley. N.Y. emerged the winner of Wednesday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest/Carolina Ford Focus feature event at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Frankoski officially led the last 21 laps of the race in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil Beast. Scott Hunter, who led the first nine laps, finished second, ahead of Adam Wilsdon, Mike Ward and Andy Nock. The car driven by fast qualifier Bradley Riethmeyer failed to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing first. Cody Acton of Denver, N.C. won the 12-lap Young Guns Exhibition race over Gage Walker and Ross Rankine.

USAC MIDWEST/CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS 1. Bradley Riethmeyer, 11, Trotter-15.114; 2. Jeremy Frankoski, 96, Noffsinger/Brown-15.267; 3. Justin Hommel, 97, Noffsinger/Brown-15.277; 4. Eric Coomes, 45, MacMillan-15.331; 5. Chris Lamb, 19L, Lamb-15.363; 6. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-15.380; 7. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 4x, Wuerdeman-15.438; 8. Andy Nock, 14x, Rankine-15.515; 9. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-15.531; 10. Tim Craver, 27, Craver-15.559; 11. Adam Wilsdon, 9, Wilsdon-15.586; 12. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-15.599; 13. Shane MacMillan, 43, Fedrizzi-15.612; 14. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.708; 15. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-15.765; 16. 16. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.814; 17. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.831; 18. Jack Roush Jr., 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.900; 19. Kyle O’Gara, 4, Beast-15.903; 20. Amanda Quinones, 00, Quinones-16.054; 21. Tim Perry, 39, Moore-16.183;.22. Billy Gaule, 22x, Gaule-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Craver, 2. Riethmeyer, 3. Coomes, 4. Wuerdeman, 5. Liguori, 6. O’Gara, 7. MacMillan. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wilsdon, 2. Frankoski, 3. Lamb, 4. Nock, 5. Corriher, 6. Quinones, 7. Cottongim. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Drake, 3. Hommel, 4. Hunter, 5. Blackhurst, 6. Roush, 7. Perry. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeremy Frankoski, 2. Scott Hunter, 3. Adam Wilsdon, 4. Mike Ward, 5. Andy Nock, 6. Joe Liguori, 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Jake Blackhurst, 9. Tim Craver, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Jack Roush Jr., 12. Tyler Cottongim, 13. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 14. Tim Perry, 15. Tyler Corriher, 16. Kyle O’Gara, 17. Justin Hommel, 18. Amanda Quinones, 19. Shane MacMillan, 20. Eric Coomes. NT

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AlkyMadness · 3/25/10, 1:41 PM

What exactly was wrong with Riethmeyer's car?

3/26/10, 6:48 PM

Still no answer on this? Curious to know what someone would be DQed for in a spec engine series. Tires? Broken seals? etc. Not good to see a car owned by one of the series sponsors DQed.

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Originally Posted by AlkyMadness

What exactly was wrong with Riethmeyer's car?

AlkyMadness · 3/26/10, 7:27 PM

I was told at the track last night that the car was DQ'ed for the fuel.

3/26/10, 7:27 PM	#4 Re: Frankoski Leads Large Field of Focus to the Win at Hickory
AlkyMadness Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 233	I was told at the track last night that the car was DQ'ed for the fuel. _________________________________________________ Last edited by AlkyMadness; 3/26/10 at 7:29 PM.

3/25/10, 1:41 PM	#2 Re: Frankoski Leads Large Field of Focus to the Win at Hickory
AlkyMadness Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 233	What exactly was wrong with Riethmeyer's car?