2008 STATISTICS
|
Winner |
|
Justen Yeager |
TOP 20 CANDIDATES:
|
Car # |
Driver |
Hometown |
|
WW1 |
Ricky Alvarado |
Delta, Colorado |
|
00 |
Cory Sample |
Winnemucca, Nevada |
|
02 |
Jeff Cooper |
Riverton, Wyoming |
|
8 |
Wade Taylor |
Spring Creek, Nevada |
|
11 |
Robert Gallegos |
Cory, Colorado |
|
12RM |
Cory Simoneau |
Bullhead City, Arizona |
|
18D |
Richard Anderson |
Shelley, Idaho |
|
20C |
Chase Hansen |
Myton, Utah |
|
22D |
Ryan Dimick |
Price, Utah |
|
27 |
Chase Ruble |
Hotchkiss, Colorado |
|
28 |
Colten Vanderherp |
Ferron, Utah |
|
29S |
Don Baisch |
Rigby, Idaho |
|
33Y |
Justen Yeager |
Green River, Wyoming |
|
37 |
Joe Hood |
Spring Creek, Nevada |
|
57M |
Troy McElroy |
Grand Junction, Colorado |
|
96M |
Mickey Stubbings |
Helper, Utah |
|
99B |
Chuck Buchanan |
Helper, Utah |
|
99BS |
Dusty Safley |
Helper, Utah |
|
404 |
Troy Sweeten |
Green River, Utah |
|
511 |
Derek Kopp |
Montrose, Colorado |
TOP
20 SHOWDOWN STORY:
Justen
Yeager from Green River, Wyoming went on to win the second annual
Top 20 Showdown at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas,
Nevada. Justen Yeager started on the pole and Wade Taylor beside
him. The green flag flew but, the race was restarted immediately
because of a false start. Justen Yeager immediately jumped up on the
cushion and left the rest of the field on the restart. The first lap
seen Justen Yeager in first then, Wade Taylor, Derek Kopp, Cory
Simoneau, and Don Baisch. Chase Hansen and Ricky Alvarado both
jumped to the cushion as well as they tried to work their way to the
front in the early stages of the 20 lap showdown. On lap 5, Ricky
Alvarado, Chase Hansen, Cory Simoneau, and Colten Vanderherp went
four wide in turns three and four. Then on lap 6, The “Colorado
Kid” Derek Kopp lost his motor while running in the third
position. Then Chuck Buchanan was seen stopped in turn two which
would bring out the caution on lap number 6. Yeager still held the
race lead over Alvarado, Taylor, Hansen, Vanderherp, & Simoneau
as they were still under the yellow flag. The restart was then
restarted because of two cars stopped in turn 3. The restart was
seen on lap 7 as Hansen held the fourth position until Chase Hansen
jumped the cushion in turns one and two allowing the “Ferron
Flyer” Colten Vanderherp underneath for the fourth spot.
Vanderherp then had his sights on Spring Creek, Nevada's and Engine
drawing winner, Wade Taylor for the third spot. By lap 10 the field
was lined out with Ricky Alvarado trying to get by Justen Yeager for
the race lead. By lap 15, Don Baisch was seen backwards in turn one.
Yeager, Alvarado, Taylor, Vanderherp, & Hansen held the top 5
spots before the next restart. Just after the restart, Wade Taylor
allowed Vanderherp to get under him for the third spot. Eveything
lined out until the last lap when Cory Simoneau nicked the tire on
the bottom of turn number one forcing him to fall out of the top 10.
Then coming out of turn number four, Justen Yeager beat Ricky
Alvarado by a car length to win the Top 20 Showdown. Hansen got by
Wade Taylor for the fourth position at the line. Ricky Alvarado
moved up 12 positions and Troy Sweeten
gained 10 positions. Ryan
Dimick and Jeff Cooper did not start the showdown due to losing a
motor in the qualifying races for the Duel the same night.
RESULTS
|
Pos. |
Start |
Car # |
Name |
|
1 |
1 |
33Y |
Justen Yeager |
|
2 |
14 |
WW1 |
Ricky Alvarado |
|
3 |
6 |
28 |
Colten Vanderherp |
|
4 |
8 |
20C |
Chase Hansen |
|
5 |
2 |
8 |
Wade Taylor |
|
6 |
15 |
57M |
Troy McElroy |
|
7 |
13 |
11 |
Robert Gallegos |
|
8 |
17 |
96M |
Mickey Stubbings |
|
9 |
18 |
18D |
Richard Anderson |
|
10 |
20 |
404 |
Troy Sweeten |
|
11 |
19 |
27 |
Chase Ruble |
|
12 |
11 |
37 |
Joe Hood |
|
13 |
12 |
00 |
Cory Sample |
|
14 |
4 |
12RM |
Cory Simoneau |
|
15 |
9 |
99BS |
Dusty Safley |
|
16 |
10 |
99B |
Chuck Buchanan |
|
17 |
3 |
29S |
Don Baisch |
|
18 |
7 |
511 |
Derek Kopp |
|
19 |
5 |
22D |
Ryan Dimick |
|
20 |
16 |
02 |
Jeff Cooper |
|
Pole Winner |
|
Justen Yeager |
|
Lap Leaders |
|
Justen Yeager 20 |
|
Cautions |
|
3 |
|
Cars Finished |
|
16 |
GAINED/LOST
|
Pos. |
+/- |
Car # |
Name |
|
1 |
+12 |
WW1 |
Ricky Alvarado |
|
2 |
+10 |
404 |
Troy Sweeten |
|
3 |
+9 |
57M |
Troy McElroy |
|
4 |
+9 |
96M |
Mickey Stubbings |
|
5 |
+9 |
18D |
Richard Anderson |
|
6 |
+8 |
27 |
Chase Ruble |
|
7 |
+6 |
11 |
Robert Gallegos |
|
8 |
+4 |
20C |
Chase Hansen |
|
9 |
+3 |
28 |
Colten Vanderherp |
|
10 |
0 |
33Y |
Justen Yeager |
|
11 |
-1 |
37 |
Joe Hood |
|
12 |
-1 |
00 |
Cory Sample |
|
13 |
-3 |
8 |
Wade Taylor |
|
14 |
-4 |
02 |
Jeff Cooper |
|
15 |
-6 |
99BS |
Dusty Safley |
|
16 |
-6 |
99B |
Chuck Buchanan |
|
17 |
-10 |
12RM |
Cory Simoneau |
|
18 |
-11 |
511 |
Derek Kopp |
|
19 |
-14 |
29S |
Don Baisch |
|
20 |
-14 |
22D |
Ryan Dimick |