(LDS) Race 7 - Smash Beer One for the Road 100

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 93 M. Perry-Jones (R) 112.164 mph 84.443 35 19 X 125 0 Running
2 2 0 006 Keegan Mallory 111.472 mph -13.89 35 10 60 0 Running
3 8 5 194 Mariano Zavala 110.186 mph -19.43 35 6 75 0 Running
4 16 12 18 Jim Kidd 108.569 mph -19.69 35 0 60 0 Running
5 26 21 17 Hunter Blaize 105.189 mph -22.28 35 0 X 50 0 Running
6 9 3 64 Kerry Fenton (R) 109.501 mph -22.93 35 0 48 0 Running
7 18 11 46 Chuck Johnson 108.246 mph -25.73 35 0 46 0 Running
8 24 16 228 Ben McClellan (R) 107.167 mph -27.62 35 0 44 0 Running
9 13 4 86 Grant Carsons (R) 109.139 mph -31.17 35 0 42 0 Running
10 10 0 2 Harry S. Enola 109.207 mph -32.25 35 0 40 0 Running
11 15 4 212 Timothy Ruiz 108.992 mph -35.57 35 0 38 0 Running
12 7 -5 10 Daniel Leckliter 110.220 mph -41.84 35 0 36 0 Running
13 23 10 077 Jacob Kard (R) 107.186 mph -41.92 35 0 34 0 Running
14 22 8 52 Megan Gallagher 107.202 mph -1:00.4 35 0 32 0 Running
15 11 -4 66 Todd Stater 109.170 mph -6L 29 0 30 0 Accident
16 6 -10 083 Thomas Culler (R) 110.428 mph -13L 22 0 29 0 Accident
17 4 -13 38 Riley Durbin 110.778 mph -14L 21 0 28 0 Retired
18 12 -6 82 Sergei Yakovski (R) 109.162 mph -18L 17 0 27 0 Clutch
19 14 -5 22 Monica Rook 109.102 mph -20L 15 0 26 0 Accident
20 21 1 71 Packer Carroll 107.580 mph -25L 10 0 25 0 Retired
21 5 -16 7 Anthony Griffith 110.674 mph -26L 9 0 24 0 Accident
22 25 3 26 Alexa Lake 106.148 mph -27L 8 0 23 0 Accident
23 3 -20 42 BR Smith-Thompson 111.378 mph -29L 6 0 22 0 Accident
24 17 -7 630 Brandon Chrasta 108.522 mph -32L 3 0 21 0 Header
25 19 -6 53 Manny Greene (R) 108.030 mph -33L 2 0 20 0 Header
26 20 -6 63 Noah Dalitz (R) 107.627 mph -35L 0 0 19 0 Accident
27 0 -27 84 Winston Orwell 0 0 18 0 Eliminated
28 0 -28 05 Jeffer Jackson (R) 0 0 17 0 Eliminated
29 0 -29 95 Alex McDowell 0 0 16 0 Eliminated
30 0 -30 909 Donnie Ashcroft (R) 0 0 15 0 Eliminated
31 0 -31 96 Kelly Splison 0 0 14 0 Eliminated
32 0 -32 90 Neil Miller 0 0 13 0 Eliminated
33 0 -33 16 Rip Tyler 0 0 12 0 Eliminated
34 0 -34 13 Aaron Colltier 0 0 11 0 Eliminated
35 0 -35 48 Liam O'Connor 0 0 10 0 Eliminated
36 0 -36 98 Mark Thompson 0 0 9 0 Eliminated
37 0 0 41 Zack Webster 0 0 5 0 Dash P1
38 0 0 99 Karl Hampton (R) 0 0 4 0 Dash P2
39 0 0 14 Mo Lester 0 0 3 0 Dash P3
40 0 0 45 Ruslan Bashimow (R) 0 0 2 0 Dash P4
41 0 0 04 Eddie Vero 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 380 0 0 7 0 4 5 2 0 483 110
2 46 Chuck Johnson 348 32 32 7 0 3 5 3 1 526 5
3 7 Anthony Griffith 342 38 6 7 0 3 4 1 0 577 44
4 42 BR Smith-Thompson 331 49 11 7 2 2 2 2 0 488 84
5 18 Jim Kidd 291 89 40 7 0 3 3 3 0 486 29
6 71 Packer Carroll 272 108 19 7 0 1 3 1 0 582 44
7 93 M. Perry-Jones (R) 250 130 22 4 1 2 3 1 1 265 19
8 2 Harry S. Enola 235 145 15 7 0 0 4 3 0 527 0
9 086 Joshua Pacer 229 151 6 4 1 1 3 1 0 396 57
10 03 Trueman Ellison 221 159 8 4 1 1 2 0 0 405 8
11 41 Zack Webster 220 160 1 7 0 1 2 3 1 424 20
12 66 Todd Stater 220 160 0 7 0 2 2 3 0 542 7
13 10 Daniel Leckliter 217 163 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 578 54
14 16 Rip Tyler 216 164 1 7 0 0 3 2 0 508 2
15 64 Kerry Fenton (R) 205 175 11 7 0 0 1 3 1 528 0
16 17 Hunter Blaize 193 187 12 5 0 2 3 1 0 341 25
17 5 Mike Malone 182 198 11 3 1 1 2 1 2 203 44
18 99 Karl Hampton (R) 168 212 14 7 0 0 1 3 0 447 18
19 909 Donnie Ashcroft (R) 166 214 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 478 0
20 212 Timothy Ruiz 162 218 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 390 0
21 63 Noah Dalitz (R) 155 225 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 463 0
22 22 Monica Rook 146 234 9 5 0 0 2 2 0 327 0
23 8 Rick Forest 142 238 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 327 10
24 13 Aaron Colltier 141 239 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 364 0
25 82 Sergei Yakovski (R) 126 254 15 7 0 0 0 4 0 354 0
26 26 Alexa Lake 121 259 5 5 0 1 1 3 0 242 0
27 177 Ryan Matthews 119 261 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 295 0
28 303 Ryan Bolden (R) 119 261 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 235 7
29 51 Tony Long (R) 116 264 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 309 0
30 228 Ben McClellan (R) 115 265 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 232 0
31 25 Danica Holifield 112 268 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 304 0
32 006 Keegan Mallory 111 269 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 198 10
33 083 Thomas Culler (R) 107 273 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 190 0
34 86 Grant Carsons (R) 105 275 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 150 0
35 098 Kurt Walker 105 275 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 108 1
36 38 Riley Durbin 96 284 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 295 0
37 630 Brandon Chrasta 90 290 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 231 0
38 60 Ryan Forest 89 291 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 262 0
39 50 Kenny George 84 296 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 201 0
40 045 Vitaly Tsolikov (R) 79 301 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 165 5
41 194 Mariano Zavala 75 305 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 35 6
42 53 Manny Greene (R) 75 305 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 158 1
43 45 Ruslan Bashimow (R) 69 311 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 195 0
44 077 Jacob Kard (R) 68 312 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 142 0
45 14 Mo Lester 66 314 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 162 0
46 79 Silas White 63 317 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 199 0
47 96 Kelly Splison 61 319 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 175 0
48 78 Andrea Kinasa 54 326 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 177 0
49 77 Daniel Sharp (R) 53 327 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 114 0
50 9 Marisa Raines 50 330 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 145 0
51 1 Donnie Olsen (R) 48 332 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 162 0
52 05 Jeffer Jackson (R) 44 336 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 97 0
53 376 Mason Yokoyama (R) 41 339 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 144 0
54 44 Harve Henry 38 342 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 102 0
55 94 Xander Massey 38 342 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 119 0
56 52 Megan Gallagher 37 343 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 35 0
57 74 Dan Meyato 35 345 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 130 0
58 700 Dalton Carter (R) 33 347 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 66 0
59 83 Todd Lacy 33 347 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 66 0
60 01 Flash Bolton (R) 31 349 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 122 0
61 24 Lou Singer, Jr. (R) 29 351 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 138 0
62 500 Tom Brayton 28 352 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 124 0
63 777 Rich Roy (R) 27 353 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 93 0
64 477 Dylan Fehr (R) 27 353 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 0
65 61 Jeff Little 24 356 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 65 0
66 90 Neil Miller 24 356 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 35 0
67 224 Carson Crompton (R) 22 358 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 0
68 27 Richard Scott 19 361 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
69 84 Winston Orwell 18 362 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
70 95 Alex McDowell 16 364 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
71 145 Yevgeny Kuznetsov 14 366 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
72 015 Archer Helms 13 367 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
73 48 Liam O'Connor 10 370 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
74 40 Dalton Johnson 8 372 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 0
75 666 Marco DeBeiste 8 372 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
76 54 John Burr 7 373 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
77 4 Ferrell Burgundy 6 374 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
78 872 Jeff Moynahan (R) 5 375 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
79 094 Lawrence Burr 4 376 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
80 719 Terry Gab 3 377 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
81 72 Bobby Dwyer 2 378 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
82 69 David Bloom 2 378 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
83 882 Darrell Quick 2 378 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
84 06 Luther Austin (R) 2 378 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
85 04 Eddie Vero 1 379 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
86 55 Barry Spengler 1 379 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Kidd Apologizes... Sort of

This season-- but his past two races in particular-- announcers, pundits, and social media have described Jim Kidd as "being on a rampage."

"I'm sorry everyone feels that way but I'm trying to win a championship here."


After finishing 4th at Nelson Ledges, Kidd currently sits in 5th place in the 2018 FARC Lowe Dollar Series overall points standings-- a whopping 89 points behind leader Mark Thompson. Kidd seems to think that over aggressive driving by other drivers is the main reason.

"Hey man, Rip (Tyler) and I were discussing it the other day-- it's crazy out there. No one is willing to settle into a race anymore. No one is willing to be patient and see how things shake out anymore. No one is willing to make their move strategically anymore. Slow cars won't move out of the way. It's balls to the wall and pedal to the metal out there! No one backs off the throttle and they will run you off the track without a second thought. I have no choice to match the aggressiveness of the rest of the field."

Kidd continued, "It's gotten to the point that you either run over people or you will GET run over yourself-- it's dog eat dog-- more like kill or be killed! I'm afraid that what may happen if we don't figure this out soon. I have to match this over-aggression that is running rampant out there or I'll be sent spinning into the wall or the infield. I didn't complain early on when I was getting wrecked out of races, but there seems to be an awful lot of vitriol directed at me lately for doing what has been done to me. You got people whining about me and wanting to fight and whatnot when they are hypocrites themselves-- and I'm looking at you, Timothy Ruiz. See what that guy did in the pits to Packer Carroll? Who's the donkey now?!"

Perry-Jones Wins Chaotic Race at Nelson Ledges


Jasper, Indiana native Michaela Perry-Jones has become the latest first-time winner in the FARC Lowe Dollar Series.

After qualifying on the pole position for the Smash Beer One for the Road 100, she showed that the #93 Q-Trim Lenard had the race pace to make use of the good run in qualifying, leading the most laps and even recovering from a flat tire that sent her to the rear of the field for the final restart, which came with only 13 laps to go. The race was only the fourth of her FARC tenure, and not even the 40th of her short auto racing career which began in late models only two years ago.

All the more impressive is the fact that this race took place at the Nelson Ledges Road Course. Prior to this weekend, Perry-Jones had never competed at a circuit that is not a short track, much less one that is not an oval.

The flat tire during the final caution, however, would not be the only incident of her race. While working her way back towards the front during the closing stages, she made contact with the Desert Star Motorsports car of Thomas Culler and sent him into the tire wall outside of the Carousel. Perry-Jones was distraught over her radio concerning the incident, with her crew chief attempting to calm her and keep her focused on the race.

Her victory is the second for the Durbin Sport, Ltd. team so far this season, as Joshua Pacer managed to win the race at Sayre Speedway.

"This is... I can't believe this. I can't believe that I'm here, that we won a race" said Perry-Jones to reporters after climbing out of her car. "I'd never have dreamed that I'd be here so soon but it's crazy and I need to thank Ike Durbin and my entire team because they gave me this chance and gave me a great car. Seriously, this car was amazing. I've never felt that comfortable in a race car. I wish I would have won it cleanly, I really didn't want to get into any trouble, but... it was still a great race. And I think I really love road courses now!"

Perry-Jones now ranks seventh in the overall championship standings, the highest among drivers who have not started each of the seven races that have been contested thus far. Her next race, and the next appearance for the DSR car #93 will be at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan.

After a horrible start to the season, T. Ruiz manage to put a good run and is currently in the top 20 in points. However, this is the last race we'll see of Timothy Ruiz till Race 10 in Illinois State Fairground. When talked about his run, Timothy said this. "He's, for the most part, okay with the performance as of late." He also mention the he still hope to run more races in the future. When ask on how his brother is doing, Timothy remained quiet with his brother's business but did mention that both have buried that hatched of the past events.

While the hatchet has been buried, another question arises. With T. Ruiz remained quiet on X. Ruiz's business, rumors are swirling that Reality Network really wants out on Xavier's contract. They do have an opt out after the season and more and more reports suggest that's the case. Xavier had failed to make both of the races and with also reports indicate that Xavier's team [Ruiz Autosports] is going to either merge with Timothy's team [Ruiz-Paul Motorsports], stay independent and find new sponsors, or fold and leave the sport for the time being. There's no clear cut way on which is true, but Xavier is shown to be more open on a merger than folding. We can only wait and see.