(LDS) Race 3 - Zing Energy Left Turns @ ABQ 100

F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 13 700 D Carter -R- 85.183 20 14* 185 Running
2 15 25 D Holifield -7.34 20 0 170 Running
3 17 82 S Yakovski -R- -8.10 20 0 165 Running
4 18 882 D Quick -8.31 20 0 160 Running
5 16 61 J Little -8.47 20 0 155 Running
6 14 1 D Olsen -R- -8.79 20 0 150 Running
7 7 54 J Burr -15.31 20 0 146 Running
8 4 501 H Johnson -1L 19 0 142 Running
9 8 11 A Singer -1L 19 0 138 Running
10 11 777 R Roy -R- -1L 19 0 134 Running
11 1 69 D Bloom -1L 19 6 135 Running
12 10 06 L Austin -R- -1L 19 0 127 Running
13 2 30 K Pitts -1L 19 0 124 Running
14 3 33 H Patrick -R- -1L 19 0 121 Running
15 6 500 T Brayton -1L 19 0 118 Running
16 9 221 X Ruiz -1L 19 0 115 Running
17 5 72 B Dwyer -1L 19 0 112 Running
18 12 4 F Burgundy -15L 5 0 109 Valve

Finish Pos Qual Pos Moved Car # Driver Qualifying Speed Finish Interval Laps Comp Laps Led Led Most Led @ Half Hard Chrgr Points Earnings Status
1 1 0 5 Mike Malone 115.635 mph 62.736 100 44 X 125 0 Running
2 7 5 46 Chuck Johnson 114.078 mph -3.84 100 1 85 0 Running
3 16 13 93 M. Perry-Jones (R) 112.709 mph -5.41 100 0 70 0 Running
4 13 9 083 Thomas Culler (R) 112.953 mph -5.77 100 0 60 0 Running
5 11 6 66 Todd Stater 113.467 mph -6.50 100 0 50 0 Running
6 10 4 16 Rip Tyler 113.594 mph -6.79 100 0 48 0 Running
7 20 13 13 Aaron Colltier 111.488 mph -1L 99 0 46 0 Running
8 30 22 086 Joshua Pacer 108.255 mph -1L 99 0 X 44 0 Running
9 27 18 77 Daniel Sharp (R) 109.781 mph -1L 99 0 42 0 Running
10 2 -8 99 Karl Hampton (R) 115.628 mph -1L 99 11 45 0 Running
11 3 -8 41 Zack Webster 114.956 mph -1L 99 0 38 0 Running
12 12 0 71 Packer Carroll 113.432 mph -1L 99 44 41 0 Running
13 8 -5 2 Harry S. Enola 113.957 mph -1L 99 0 34 0 Running
14 36 22 51 Tony Long (R) 105.999 mph -1L 99 0 32 0 Running
15 14 -1 7 Anthony Griffith 112.946 mph -1L 99 0 30 0 Running
16 29 13 03 Trueman Ellison 108.493 mph -1L 99 0 29 0 Running
17 17 0 909 Donnie Ashcroft (R) 112.389 mph -1L 99 0 28 0 Running
18 37 19 74 Dan Meyato 105.919 mph -1L 99 0 27 0 Running
19 22 3 630 Brandon Chrasta 110.938 mph -1L 99 0 26 0 Running
20 32 12 9 Marisa Raines 108.011 mph -2L 98 0 25 0 Running
21 25 4 045 Vitaly Tsolikov (R) 110.534 mph -2L 98 0 24 0 Running
22 6 -16 8 Rick Forest 114.142 mph -2L 98 0 23 0 Running
23 21 -2 63 Noah Dalitz (R) 111.426 mph -2L 98 0 22 0 Running
24 23 -1 17 Hunter Blaize 110.884 mph -3L 97 0 21 0 Running
25 38 13 26 Alexa Lake 103.659 mph -4L 96 0 20 0 Running
26 19 -7 10 Daniel Leckliter 111.727 mph -4L 96 0 19 0 Running
27 34 7 42 BR Smith-Thompson 106.595 mph -14L 86 0 18 0 Running
28 35 7 96 Kelly Splison 106.557 mph -23L 77 0 17 0 Running
29 40 11 24 Lou Singer, Jr. (R) 99.308 mph -25L 75 0 16 0 Running
30 24 -6 376 Mason Yokoyama (R) 110.823 mph -36L 64 0 15 0 Engine
31 9 -22 303 Ryan Bolden (R) 113.814 mph -39L 61 0 14 0 Overheat
32 28 -4 224 Carson Crompton (R) 108.648 mph -39L 61 0 13 0 Accident
33 4 -29 64 Kerry Fenton (R) 114.588 mph -41L 59 0 12 0 Accident
34 33 -1 60 Ryan Forest 107.153 mph -41L 59 0 11 0 Retired
35 15 -20 86 Grant Carsons (R) 112.730 mph -52L 48 0 10 0 Retired
36 5 -31 212 Timothy Ruiz 114.293 mph -59L 41 0 9 0 Accident
37 39 2 40 Dalton Johnson 103.547 mph -75L 25 0 8 0 Retired
38 31 -7 94 Xander Massey 108.177 mph -90L 10 0 7 0 Accident
39 26 -13 98 Mark Thompson 110.100 mph -90L 10 0 6 0 Accident
40 18 -22 18 Jim Kidd 111.803 mph -94L 6 0 5 0 Header
41 0 0 700 Dalton Carter (R) 0 0 5 0 Dash P1
42 0 0 25 Danica Holifield 0 0 4 0 Dash P2
43 0 0 82 Sergei Yakovski (R) 0 0 3 0 Dash P3
44 0 0 882 Darrell Quick 0 0 2 0 Dash P4
45 0 0 61 Jeff Little 0 0 1 0 Dash P5

Position Car # Driver Points To Lead To Next Races Wins T5 T10 DNF Poles Laps Laps Led
1 98 Mark Thompson 196 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 218 104
2 46 Chuck Johnson 153 43 43 3 0 2 2 2 0 289 1
3 086 Joshua Pacer 149 47 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 199 34
4 7 Anthony Griffith 148 48 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 307 0
5 18 Jim Kidd 140 56 8 3 0 2 2 2 0 214 29
6 16 Rip Tyler 139 57 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 308 2
7 5 Mike Malone 125 71 14 1 1 1 1 0 1 100 44
8 71 Packer Carroll 123 73 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 307 44
9 41 Zack Webster 115 81 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 306 15
10 098 Kurt Walker 105 91 10 1 1 1 1 0 0 108 1
11 99 Karl Hampton (R) 96 100 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 278 11
12 2 Harry S. Enola 95 101 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 287 0
13 8 Rick Forest 86 110 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 205 10
14 13 Aaron Colltier 84 112 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 206 0
15 64 Kerry Fenton (R) 81 115 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 249 0
16 03 Trueman Ellison 80 116 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 207 6
17 22 Monica Rook 80 116 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 208 0
18 51 Tony Long (R) 80 116 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 205 0
19 93 M. Perry-Jones (R) 79 117 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 131 0
20 66 Todd Stater 73 123 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 272 7
21 10 Daniel Leckliter 72 124 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 299 0
22 17 Hunter Blaize 69 127 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 205 0
23 909 Donnie Ashcroft (R) 67 129 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 230 0
24 63 Noah Dalitz (R) 66 130 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 205 0
25 42 BR Smith-Thompson 63 133 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 218 0
26 177 Ryan Matthews 60 136 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 100 0
27 083 Thomas Culler (R) 60 136 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 100 0
28 25 Danica Holifield 57 139 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 107 0
29 60 Ryan Forest 52 144 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 163 0
30 228 Ben McClellan (R) 46 150 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 0
31 96 Kelly Splison 46 150 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 175 0
32 303 Ryan Bolden (R) 44 152 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 168 0
33 77 Daniel Sharp (R) 42 154 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 99 0
34 376 Mason Yokoyama (R) 41 155 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 144 0
35 79 Silas White 39 157 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 105 0
36 9 Marisa Raines 38 158 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 134 0
37 44 Harve Henry 38 158 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 102 0
38 74 Dan Meyato 35 161 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 130 0
39 077 Jacob Kard (R) 34 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 107 0
40 630 Brandon Chrasta 32 164 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 101 0
41 212 Timothy Ruiz 32 164 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 94 0
42 82 Sergei Yakovski (R) 32 164 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 98 0
43 26 Alexa Lake 32 164 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 130 0
44 477 Dylan Fehr (R) 27 169 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 0
45 50 Kenny George 25 171 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 97 0
46 38 Riley Durbin 24 172 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 104 0
47 045 Vitaly Tsolikov (R) 24 172 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 0
48 53 Manny Greene (R) 20 176 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 90 0
49 27 Richard Scott 19 177 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
50 14 Mo Lester 17 179 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
51 24 Lou Singer, Jr. (R) 16 180 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
52 86 Grant Carsons (R) 15 181 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 48 0
53 145 Yevgeny Kuznetsov 14 182 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
54 224 Carson Crompton (R) 13 183 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 61 0
55 015 Archer Helms 13 183 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
56 40 Dalton Johnson 8 188 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 0
57 78 Andrea Kinasa 7 189 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
58 94 Xander Massey 7 189 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
59 1 Donnie Olsen (R) 5 191 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
60 872 Jeff Moynahan (R) 5 191 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
61 700 Dalton Carter (R) 5 191 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
62 83 Todd Lacy 4 192 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
63 777 Rich Roy (R) 4 192 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
64 54 John Burr 3 193 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
65 69 David Bloom 2 194 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
66 4 Ferrell Burgundy 2 194 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
67 882 Darrell Quick 2 194 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
68 61 Jeff Little 1 195 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
69 55 Barry Spengler 1 195 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Malone endures Albuquerque slugfest for first LDS victory

In 2013, Mike "Knuckles" Malone brought home his first racing victory in an ARLA Street Stocks event at the ABQ Speedbowl; in 2014, he made his FARC Lowe Dollar Series debut at the track; and in 2016, he won his first Lowe Dollar series pole. This year, the L.A. restaurant's career came full circle as he brought his #5 Knuckles' Sandwiches to victory lane for the first time in the FARC Lowe Dollar Series.

The Super Series regular, making his first of two planned LDS attempts in 2018, quickly made a statement by again winning the pole, the third of his LDS career. The feature race did not begin as positively for Malone, as he found himself unable to hold off his more experienced and well-funded competitors, falling to the tail of the top ten in the running order, and soon finding himself swept up in several pileups as he tried to race back through heavy traffic. But Malone was far from finished.

Standing beside the hoodless and dented #5 in victory lane, the ever-confident and imposing Malone explained: "Everyone in the garage was countin' us out! They didn't think I have the car or the money to beat 'em! But fallin' back through the field, gettin' in those wrecks, only made me and the boys hungry! And where I come from, ya know what they say?! Hungry dogs run faster!"

"Speakin' of hungry. If yer hungry, and yer in L.A., get down to Knuckles' Sammiches! When I win, ya get 5 subs fer 5 bucks 5 days a week!"

Malone remained resilient on the race track, and used pit strategy to his advantage, putting a long line of lapped cars between himself and his challengers late in the race, to cruise to the checkered flag. While still scheduled to run the full season in the Super Series, Malone's victory and the new ten-race championship format in the Lowe Dollar Series led to reporters asking Malone if he might attempt to compete in additional races in the flagship series.

"I know what yer sayin', I'd love to see if I can get this team to more Lowe Dolla races and see how far we can go. It's all just a matta of gettin' the bucks togetha. But I just want ya punks to know you ain't seen the last of Knuckles! And that's not a message; That's a warnin'!!"

Tony Long Takes a Quiet 14th After Dismal Qualifying

The lone qualifier for the feature race in Albuquerque for SWH Racing was Tony Long as he managed to barely squeak in qualifying a dismal 36th.

"It is difficult, I'm not gonna lie" Tony stated. "I struggled in qualifying to get in the feature but I was still able to make it. Short tracks have never been my cup of tea but it is a good thing to make the features to get as many laps in as possible."

Even though Tony was involved in 2 yellows during the feature, he was able to slowly crawl his way forward. He was able to climb through the running order to take a respectable 14th even with a severely damaged car with no hood.

"There were a couple of good hits I took in the car but we were able to still recover" Tony said. "These guys at SWH work their tails off everyday and I am happy with this hard fought result for the team. Given my lack of a short track background with a team that believes in me and my ability, results happen."

"Texas will definitely be a better race for me" Tony continued. "NAAC is going to Texas in the season so I can use this race as practice for NAAC. I hope we get a good result at a track that better suits my driving background so we can get the team some momentum to build on for the rest of the season."

When asked about the Trophy Dash crash between his teammates Danica Holifield and Rich Roy, Tony said "I don't think it will harm anyone. It seemed like a racing incident, that just happens sometimes so I think Danica and Rich will be able to move on about it and not hold any grudges."

The weekend didn't pan out exactly like Alexa Lake thought or wanted as during practice runs, her Kanako-mobile seemed to be lacking speed and even breaking down for no reason. This was after practice - "I am dumbfounded how a car can become so awful to drive after only two laps. This car is too tight and I'm already feeling vibrations, y'all. I felt these same vibrations at the open'r and it cost me a good run. I talked to Manny after the race and he said similar things. I will not succumb to Kanako. I sure do miss my Calton-Morel..but I will be tryin' my best here too."

Qualifying proved to be an ordeal as Alexa Lake's car would very quickly lose pace and she'd only get in a really slow, but quick enough lap before her car would give out on her. She was the slowest on time and qualified 40th.

"Drat. These vibrations caught up to me again and my vehicle began to slow coming out of turn 4. I'm lucky I got a lap in before my car died on me. I'm not liking this vibrating, y'all, and I sure hope it stops soon. Otherwise, my season's going to be plagued with mechanical failures of sorts."

Come race time, Alexa Lake started out well in her #26 Binco Kanako, but nearly immediately she reported some more vibrations taking place and it was causing her to be very wide. Not even ten laps in, Alexa Lake would pit to have the car checked out and diagnosed, losing her a lap and a bit. She returned to track and in the process of being lapped, the vibration got worse and it knocked out a cylinder, which made Alexa Lake run even slower..

She also got herself into several wrecks, all which she continued on from. She clipped a poorly car and sent herself around and collected others as well, which brought out another caution in the wreckfest of a race it already was.

Later on, a four wide situation with multiple lap down cars and lead lap leaders saw Alexa Lake and many more spin and crunch into the outside wall in turn 3, sending Alexa Lake and another on their sides, and Alexa Lake would even roll the car.
TOUGH AMERICAN METAL as Alexa Lake would surprisingly continue on after rolling.

Coming to the close, Alexa Lake would cross the line 25th, four laps down with significant damage from a very mechanically battered car and a very beaten up car. A quick study shows that car was mere laps from losing its engine. It is already a miracle the car didn't fail.

"Well folks, that isn't how I expected my run to go in ABQ, but I am mere shocked this trashed up clunker didn't die out on me. I'm told the engine was givin' up a ghost, 'er, close to it. I am not a fan of this Kanako brand - but, here's to hopin' this car won't be the death of me."

"In other news, my move to Ft. Worth, Texas has occurred. I am finally moved in back home and getting things ready for a portion of Master Sport Racing's details ready as I believe we're going ahead and moving the headquarters to Texas - a few miles from where I just moved back.
"I am also gettin' ready for my junebug to be born. I was actually born here in Ft. Worth, Texas but when I was 20, I moved to Jacksonville, Florida to help pursue a career in racin' and that is where I gained ownership of Master Sport Racing. About my baby boo, when he is born, I am not sure if I will miss a race or not..."

Roy Speaks About Spin
Rich Roy had this to say after his spin in the trophy dash. "My team and Danica's didn't do anything wrong. It was people not using their head." When asked if his relationship with the team was damaged, he replied "What Tony said was right."

Malone added to Texas entry list with new sponsor

Coming off his first FARC Lowe Dollar Series victory at the ABQ Speedbowl, Mike Malone announced that he had added at least one additional race to his LDS schedule. The #5 Knuckles Racing team will attempt to score a second straight victory in the Patriot Cola Star Spangled Flavor 100 at Texas Motor Speedway, with new sponsorship from Milton's Mustard.

"Milton's gave us a call the mornin' after the race and asked if I wanted to do bidness", explained Malone in a Facebook video. Startin' today, we're servin' Milton's Die-john Mustard right here at Knuckles' Sandwiches, and they're gonna be on a brand new Saar that I'm gonna drive in the next race at Texas!"

"I was so proud of me and the boys after we brought home the trophy this week, and dis deal makes things even betta. We're gonna go out there and try to make it two inna row, and I'm gonna keep making calls and see how far we can go in the Lowe Dollah Series this year."