1-30 Page 7

Lucas Rodin was victorious again on the final night of the Ernie Mincy Early Thaw at Central Arizona Raceway. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

Rodin & Bluhm best finale night fields at Central Arizona Speedway Saturday

From All The Dirt! Racing News and DirtonDirt.com Staff Reports

CASA GRANDE, AZ (January 27) - The WISSOTA wheelmen in action down in Arizona got it done again Saturday night, as Dustin Bluhm and Lucas Rodin were victorious during the final night of the Ernie Mincy Early Thaw at Central Arizona Raceway.

Bluhm, of Kindred, ND, led all 35 laps from the pole to win Saturday's $3,000 feature. Bluhm captured his first career Early Thaw victory and said it was the biggest triumph of his career.

Ricky Weiss, who won the fifth round just one day prior, trailed Bluhm for the entire distance, finishing 1.094 seconds. It gave the Weiss-designed Sniper Chassis a 1-2 back-to-back finish, and Weiss earned the most points throughout the six-race miniseries. Shane Edginton held third for all 35 laps, rounding out the podium finishers. East Grand Forks, Minnesota’s Dustin Strand was fourth, and Collen Winebarger was fifth.

Dustin Bluhm put his #45 Late Model in victory lane at CAR on January 27. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

In the Limited Mods, Rodin found his way back into victory lane for the fifth win of the miniseries. He was followed to the checkered flag by North Dakota’s Jess Brekke, Minnesota’s Jake Smith, Hector Barraza, and Minnesota’s Travis Saurer in the top five.

In Central Arizona Raceway’s other classes, Boddie Parker, Troy Morris III, and Brock Beeter made their way to victory lane to close out the weekend.

SUMMARY

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 45-Dustin Bluhm[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 3. 5E-Shane Edginton[4]; 4. 71-Dustin Strand[3]; 5. 22S-Collen Winebarger[7]; 6. 42S-Billy Moyer Sr[8]; 7. 15-Clayton Stuckey[14]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 73-Zach Johnson[12]; 10. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[9]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker[11]; 12. 13-Bricen James[18]; 13. E85-Jason Strand[17]; 14. 5-Josh Zimpel[24]; 15. C4-Ryan Corbett[22]; 16. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[15]; 17. 11-Matt Aukland[25]; 18. 11B-Blaine Dopler[20]; 19. 6T-Terry Carter[26]; 20. 2-Rusty Kollman[23]; 21. 00C-Brandon Corbett[21]; 22. 44*-Cole Schill[10]; 23. 7A-Shane Sabraski[16]; 24. 37-Scott Ward[5]; 25. 22T-Karl Tipton[13]; 26. 81B-Bud Grossenbacher[19]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 07X-Troy Morris III[12]; 2. 2C-Jordan Tocci[3]; 3. 75JR-Chaz Baca[17]; 4. 5-Jeff Taylor[10]; 5. 75-Spencer Wilson[18]; 6. 20+-Ryan Peery[20]; 7. 77X-Austin Kuehl[8]; 8. 99X-John Gaynor[15]; 9. 12-Ty Clemens[16]; 10. 13B-Jess Brekke[9]; 11. 97TB-Tyson Blood[26]; 12. 15-Devin Fouquette[4]; 13. 82-Ian Whisler[24]; 14. 413-Tate Johnson[25]; 15. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[2]; 16. 09W-Mike Wedelstadt[7]; 17. 23-Derek Hanson[22]; 18. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[5]; 19. 16S-Collen Winebarger[6]; 20. 44-Jason Noll[19]; 21. 13-Jerry Flippo[13]; 22. 101-Luke Silber[23]; 23. 19-Lucas Rodin[11]; 24. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[14]; 25. (DNS) 12T-Jeff Larson; 26. (DQ) 33BY-Braxton Yeager[1]

Limited Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[1]; 2. 13B-Jess Brekke[4]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 4. 23H-Hector Barraza[7]; 5. 1S-Travis Saurer[3]; 6. 73-Zach Johnson[5]; 7. 40D-Blake Adams[8]; 8. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[9]; 9. 95-Ted Doell[6]; 10. BO-Jory Berg[11]; 11. 5C-Preston Carr[10]; 12. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[14]; 13. 3T-Jon Tribble[15]; 14. 21R-Ryan McCleary[19]; 15. 1SX-Ron Saurer[13]; 16. 65-Cory Wilder[17]; 17. 16OZ-CR Eisenzimer[12]; 18. 3X-Dana Young[18]; 19. 8-Tyler Doell[16]

Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 48-Brock Beeter[2]; 2. 34-Jordan Zillmer[1]; 3. 75C-Bo Partain[4]; 4. 3-Ken Schrader[3]; 5. 3J-Josh Cain[14]; 6. 02X-Larry Brigner[8]; 7. 88-Kevin Roberts[9]; 8. 90-Tommy Fain[13]; 9. 980-Kaden Woodie[7]; 10. 21MF-Mitchell Ferguson[15]; 11. 15-Dennis Losing[18]; 12. 5M-Anthony Madrid[12]; 13. 71-Trent Grager[5]; 14. 55AK-Scott Sluka[10]; 15. 11R-Seth Gaston[16]; 16. 69X-Marcos Bojorquez[11]; 17. 37-Jason Rogers[17]; 18. (DNS) 82P-John Parmeley; 19. (DQ) 16-Jason Storbakken[6]

Sport Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 115-Boddie Parker[2]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[1]; 3. 75J-Tyler Johnson[4]; 4. 96E-Clay Erickson[5]; 5. 44-Eric Winemiller[11]; 6. 75-Scott Francour[14]; 7. 7X-Casey Murdoch[12]; 8. 34-James Meile[6]; 9. 22R-Frankie Romo[22]; 10. 9BH-Jordan Huesman[10]; 11. 22H-Dwayne Hogan[15]; 12. 27CD-Skyler Posey[19]; 13. 68K-Kevin Souligne[18]; 14. 94-Matt Rice[20]; 15. 03-Kevin Risacher[21]; 16. 54-Jerry Elliott[13]; 17. 11TAZ-Tanner Sartor[23]; 18. 16-Derek Morrow[24]; 19. 85-Carlos Barraza[16]; 20. 49Z-Zackery Law[25]; 21. 28-Jacob Mabbitt[17]; 22. 48-Brock Beeter[9]; 23. 42-Mark Martini[7]; 24. 7-Jesse Johnson[8]; 25. (DQ) 980-Kaden Woodie[3]