Southwest Region Manzanita results 2008-09-27

Gregg Back in ASCS Southwest Victory Lane

PHOENIX, Ariz. (September 27, 2008) -- Ben Gregg captured his first career feature win atop Manzanita Speedway's 0x00bd-mile clay oval by topping the American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region portion of the track's ASCS Arizona Fall Classic on Saturday night.

Gregg took his seventh ASCS Southwest Region win of the season in front of current series points leader Rick Ziehl, who charged from 12th to claim runner-up honors, with Brian O'Donnell, Joshua Williams and John Gaston rounding out the top five.

Gregg, Mike Rux, Jr., and O'Donnell topped heat race action.

ASCS Arizona Fall Classic Southwest Region Results from Manzanita Speedway:

Heat One: 1. 22b-Ben Gregg, 2. 34-Josh Pelkey, 3. 41-Joshua Williams, 4. 20-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 94T-Cody Cambensy, 6. 11T-Steve Lohn.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 2. 22J-John Gaston, 3. 48-Shawn Sander, 4. 33-Rick Ziehl, 5. 2-Alex Pettas.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 2. 4c-Billy Chester III, 3. 94-Ronnie Clark, 4. 66-Jessica Van Dyke, 5. 00-Davey Johnson.

"A" Feature: 1. 22b-Ben Gregg, 2. 33-Rick Ziehl, 3. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 4. 41-Joshua Williams, 5. 22J-John Gaston, 6. 66-Jessica Van Dyke, 7. 20-Andrew Reinbold, 8. 94T-Cody Cambensy, 9. 94-Ronnie Clark, 10. 11T-Steve Lohn, 11. 48-Shawn Sander, 12. 34-Josh Pelkey, 13. 00-Davey Johnson, 14. 4c-Billy Chester III, 15. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 16. 2-Alex Pettas.

ASCS Southwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Rick Ziehl 1,408, 2. Shawn Sander 1,388, 3. Cody Cambensy 1,358, 4. Ronnie Clark 1,346, 5. Ben Gregg 1,332, 6. Joshua Williams 1,312, 7. Mike Rux, Jr. 1,276, 8. Jessica Van Dyke 1,239, 9. John Gaston 1,182, 10. Steve Martin 1,171.

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