Midwest vs. Northern Plains Denison results 2009-07-31

Maeschen Masters ASCS Challenge at Crawford County

DENISON, Iowa (July 31, 2009) -- Bronson Maeschen snared his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by topping Friday night's 25-lap Midwest vs. Northern Plains Regional Challenge feature atop the 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway.

After sliding up to the first starting position after scheduled pole starter Kaley Gharst coasted to a stop with race-ending woes on the pace lap, Maeschen gunned into the lead at the outset and led all the way to claim the victory.

Maeschen was chased to the line by Jack Dover, who took advantage of a late caution that set up a green-white-checkered run to take runner-up honors away from Rager Phillips. Phillips settled for show honors with Chad Meyer in fourth.

Jason Danley, also atop the ASCS Midwest point charts, put the clamps on the ASCS Northern Plains title by rounding out the top five, with 13th-starter Brad Foster, Ryan Anderson, Chad Humston, Dave Glennon and Casey Friedrichsen completing the top ten.

Phillips and Dover topped Friday night's heat races.

ASCS Midwest vs. Northern Plains Results from Crawford County Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rager Phillips, 2. 1w-Chad Meyer, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 4j-Lee Grosz, 5. 1m-Chad Humston, 6. 5x-Dave Glennon, 7. 00-Brad Foster. DNS: 22-Billy Alley.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 24a-Jack Dover, 2. 82-Jason Danley, 3. 7k-Kaley Gharst, 4. 5-Eric Lutz, 5. 10-Bryan Dobesh, 6. 71r-Ryan Anderson, 7. 20-Casey Friedrichsen, 8. 78-Joe Miller.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 2. 24a-Jack Dover, 3. 7-Rager Philips, 4. 1w-Chad Meyer, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 00-Brad Foster, 7. 71r-Ryan Anderson, 8. 1m-Chad Humston, 9. 5x-Dave Glennon, 10. 20-Casey Friedrichsen, 11. 4j-Lee Grosz, 12. 5-Eric Lutz, 13. 78-Joe Miller, 14. 10-Bryan Dobesh, 15. 7k-Kaley Gharst. DNS: Billy Alley.

ASCS Midwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Jason Danley 1,324, 2. Chad Humston 1,214, 3. Eric Lutz 1,179, 4. Lee Grosz 1,033, 5. Jack Dover 972, 6. Mike Boston 879, 7. Brian Brown 846, 8. Don Droud, Jr., 826, 9. Jonathan Cornell 804, 10. Ryan Anderson 713.

ASCS Northern Plains Points (Top Ten): 1. Jason Danley 806, 2. Eric Lutz 773, 3. Chad Humston 664, 4. Lee Grosz 617, 5. Robby Wolfgang 564, 6. Jody Rosenboom 488, 7. Ryan Bickett 480, 8. Jack Dover 430, 9. Lou Kennedy, Jr. 412, 10. Donovan Peterson 402.

-credit: ascs