Inside Line Promotions – GREAT FALLS, Mont. (Sept. 4, 2017) – Parity was the theme of the weekend at Electric City Speedway, which hosted the 23rd annual Montana Round Up.
J.J. Hickle, Chance Crum and Logan Forler were the feature winners of the NSA Series and ASCS Frontier Region tripleheader with Forler accumulating the most overall points to be crowned the event champion out of more than 30 competitors. Crum placed second in points and Hickle third as the top three earned bonus money.
Not only was there a new face in Victory Lane each night, most races showcased fresh winners. Nine different drivers were victorious during the dozen heat races on the weekend and a different driver picked up the win in the four B Mains at the event. Additionally, only six of the 19 total races – 12 heat races, four B Mains and three A Mains – on the weekend were won by the polesitter and seven races were claimed by drivers starting on the third row or further back.
The action began on Friday when Trever Kirkland, NSA Series points leader Casey Adams, David Miller and Forler each recorded a heat race triumph before Jeremy McCune won the B Main.
Hickle then maneuvered from sixth to record his fourth NSA Series feature victory of the season with eighth-starting Sean MacDonell placing second. ASCS Frontier Region points leader David Hoiness ended third with Forler powering from 11th to fourth and Kelly Miller rounding out the top five.
The bullring hosted Round 2 on Saturday with Kirkland, Crum, Mindy McCord and Adams registering heat race wins before Bill Boyce and Nick Tresmaker posted B Main triumphs.
Crum charged from eighth to earn his second career NSA Series feature win with Forler ending in the runner-up position. McCord placed third with Kelly Miller fourth and 11th-starting Chris Schmelzle fifth.
The event concluded on Sunday when Hoiness, David Miller, Steve Reeves and Hickle captured heat race victories and Tom Watts garnered the B Main win after starting 10th.
Forler rallied from his seventh starting position to wrap up the weekend with a trip to the Winner’s Circle during the A Main. Crum finished second with Kelly Miller charging from 18th to third. Bill Boyce placed fourth and Hickle was fifth.
The NSA Series will return to action on Sept. 15-16 at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., for the Dan Laber Memorial. The event will be co-sanctioned with the ASCS Frontier Region.
NSA SERIES RACE REPORT: Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on Sept. 1, 2017 –
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3-J.J. Hickle (6); 2. 9-Sean MacDonell (8); 3. 27DD-David Hoiness (3); 4. 2L-Logan Forler (11); 5. 2JR-Kelly Miller (7); 6. 23N-Chance Crum (5); 7. 12A-Casey Adams (10); 8. 37-Trever Kirkland (4); 9. 12-Jerry Brey (15); 10. 1-Bill Boyce (13); 11. 35M-Cody Masse (20); 12. 33-Robert DeHaan (14); 13. 22M-Brett McGhie (19); 14. 4J-Jeremy McCune (17); 15. 2-James Setters (16); 16. 38B-Brian Brown (9); 17. 5R-Steve Reeves (12); 18. (DNF) 3M-Jordan Milne (18); 19. (DNF) 23-Nick Tresmaker (2); 20. (DNF) 16-David Miller (1).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4J-Jeremy McCune (5); 2. 3M-Jordan Milne (1); 3. 22M-Brett McGhie (2); 4. 35M-Cody Masse (6); 5. 31-Shane Moore (7); 6. 14-Rob Orgar (4); 7. 25-Jason Cote (3); 8. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (11); 9. 3A-Shane Ainscough (8); 10. (DNF) 24-Ivan Irwin (14); 11. (DNF) 00-Roger Cummings (10); 12. (DNF) 6-Tom Watts (9); 13. (DNF) 4P-Cliff Jr Nelson (12); (DNS) 81-Daren Smith.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Trever Kirkland (2); 2. 12-Jerry Brey (1); 3. 2JR-Kelly Miller (5); 4. 5R-Steve Reeves (6); 5. 1-Bill Boyce (8); 6. 31-Shane Moore (4); 7. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (3); 8. 3A-Shane Ainscough (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12A-Casey Adams (1); 2. 9-Sean MacDonell (3); 3. 23N-Chance Crum (8); 4. 38B-Brian Brown (7); 5. 22M-Brett McGhie (5); 6. 35M-Cody Masse (6); 7. 6-Tom Watts (4); 8. 4P-Cliff Jr Nelson (2).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16-David Miller (2); 2. 2-James Setters (1); 3. 23-Nick Tresmaker (6); 4. 33-Robert DeHaan (5); 5. 14-Rob Orgar (4); 6. 25-Jason Cote (7); (DNS) 81-Daren Smith.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler (1); 2. 3-J.J. Hickle (5); 3. 27DD-David Hoiness (6); 4. 3M-Jordan Milne (3); 5. 4J-Jeremy McCune (4); 6. 00-Roger Cummings (2); 7. (DNF) 24-Ivan Irwin (7).
NSA SERIES RACE REPORT: Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on Sept. 2, 2017 –
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 23N-Chance Crum (8); 2. 2L-Logan Forler (3); 3. 11-Mindy McCord (1); 4. 2JR-Kelly Miller (6); 5. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (11); 6. 3-J.J. Hickle (13); 7. 1-Bill Boyce (17); 8. 12A-Casey Adams (5); 9. 16-David Miller (2); 10. 12H-Jerry Brey (12); 11. 37-Trever Kirkland (7); 12. 5R-Steve Reeves (16); 13. 81-Daren Smith (20); 14. 9-Sean MacDonell (4); 15. 33-Robert DeHaan (10); 16. 97-Matthew Dusseault (9); 17. 00-Roger Cummings (15); 18. 3M-Jordan Milne (19); 19. (DNF) 27DD-David Hoiness (14); 20. (DNF) 23-Nick Tresmaker (18).
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1-Bill Boyce (2); 2. 3M-Jordan Milne (4); 3. 2-James Setters (5); 4. 6-Tom Watts (7); 5. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (8); 6. 25-Jason Cote (1); 7. (DNF) 14-Rob Orgar (6); 8. (DNF) 4J-Cliff Jr Nelson (3); (DNS) 3A-Shane Ainscough.
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 23-Nick Tresmaker (3); 2. 81-Daren Smith (2); 3. 35M-Cody Masse (1); 4. 22M-Brett McGhie (6); 5. 38B-Bryan Brown (4); 6. 54-Chris Ochs (7); 7. 24-Ivan Irwin (8); 8. 31-Shane Moore (5); 9. 77-Damon McCune (9).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Trever Kirkland (1); 2. 2JR-Kelly Miller (5); 3. 16-David Miller (8); 4. 81-Daren Smith (2); 5. 4J-Cliff Jr Nelson (3); 6. 25-Jason Cote (7); 7. 2-James Setters (6); 8. (DNF) 31-Shane Moore (9); 9. (DNF) 77-Damon McCune (4).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23N-Chance Crum (1); 2. 2L-Logan Forler (6); 3. 27DD-David Hoiness (2); 4. 12H-Jerry Brey (4); 5. 3M-Jordan Milne (3); 6. 1-Bill Boyce (7); 7. 22M-Brett McGhie (5); 8. 6-Tom Watts (8); 9. 54-Chris Ochs (9).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Mindy McCord (8); 2. 33-Robert DeHaan (2); 3. 00-Roger Cummings (1); 4. 97-Matthew Dusseault (6); 5. 23-Nick Tresmaker (3); 6. 35M-Cody Masse (7); 7. 14-Rob Orgar (5); 8. 3A-Shane Ainscough (4).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 12A-Casey Adams (2); 2. 9-Sean MacDonell (8); 3. 5R-Steve Reeves (1); 4. 3-J.J. Hickle (4); 5. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (7); 6. 38B-Bryan Brown (5); 7. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (3); 8. 24-Ivan Irwin (6).
NSA SERIES RACE REPORT: Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on Sept. 3, 2017 –
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler (7); 2. 23N-Chance Crum (5); 3. 2JR-Kelly Miller (18); 4. 1B-Bill Boyce (4); 5. 3-J.J. Hickle (6); 6. 12H-Jerry Brey (2); 7. 27DD-David Hoiness (9); 8. 38B-Bryan Brown (14); 9. 16-David Miller (10); 10. 23-Nick Tresmaker (16); 11. 12A-Casey Adams (1); 12. 3M-Jordan Milne (20); 13. 81-Daren Smith (8); 14. 9-Sean MacDonell (11); 15. 5R-Steve Reeves (3); 16. 31-Shane Moore (13); 17. 37-Trever Kirkland (15); 18. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (12); 19. 6-Tom Watts (17); 20. (DNF) 77-Damon McCune (19).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 6-Tom Watts (10); 2. 2JR-Kelly Miller (5); 3. 77-Damon McCune (8); 4. 3M-Jordan Milne (1); 5. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (6); 6. 97-Matthew Dusseault (2); 7. 2-James Setters (7); 8. 22M-Brett McGhie (4); 9. 54-Chris Ochs (11); 10. 11-Mindy McCord (3); 11. 35M-Cody Masse (9); 12. 25-Jason Cote (12); 13. 14-Rob Orgar (13); (DNS) 3A-Shane Ainscough.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27DD-David Hoiness (1); 2. 2L-Logan Forler (3); 3. 23N-Chance Crum (8); 4. 97-Matthew Dusseault (2); 5. 11-Mindy McCord (4); 6. 22M-Brett McGhie (5); 7. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (7); 8. 54-Chris Ochs (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-David Miller (1); 2. 12A-Casey Adams (7); 3. 31-Shane Moore (3); 4. 1B-Bill Boyce (8); 5. 23-Nick Tresmaker (5); 6. 35M-Cody Masse (2); 7. 6-Tom Watts (4); 8. 25-Jason Cote (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5R-Steve Reeves (7); 2. 81-Daren Smith (3); 3. 9-Sean MacDonell (4); 4. 4N-Leroy Brush JR (6); 5. 2-James Setters (2); 6. 14-Rob Orgar (1); (DNS) 3A-Shane Ainscough.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3-J.J. Hickle (3); 2. 12H-Jerry Brey (4); 3. 38B-Bryan Brown (2); 4. 2JR-Kelly Miller (1); 5. 37-Trever Kirkland (6); 6. 3M-Jordan Milne (7); 7. 77-Damon McCune (5).
2017 FEATURE WINNERS –
J.J. Hickle – 4 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on July 14 and Sept. 1; BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., on July 15 and Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 22); Casey Adams – 2 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 19 and Aug. 11); Chance Crum – 2 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on Aug. 12 and Sept. 2); Travis Rilat – 2 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 20 and BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., on June 17); and Logan Forler – 1 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on Sept. 3).
UP NEXT –
Sept. 15-16 at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., for the Dan Laber Memorial
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.BMPSpeedway.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSASeries
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSASeries
NORTH-AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATION –
The North-American Speed Association is a 360ci winged sprint car series that dates back to the mid-1990s. NSA Founder Mike Quigley, who is a former sprint car driver and the current owner at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., established the series to hold marquee events throughout the West Coast, Western Canada and Montana.
TRACKS –
BMP SPEEDWAY (Billings, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The track hosts weekly racing from the middle of May through late September. For more information, visit http://www.BMPSpeedway.com.
CASTROL RACEWAY (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile track. It showcases weekly racing and special events from May through October. For more information, visit http://www.CastrolRaceway.com.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE FAIR RACEWAY (Yakima, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval located at the Central Washington State Fairgrounds. The track only hosts special events each year.
ELECTRIC CITY SPEEDWAY (Great Falls, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile oval that was built in the early 1950s. The facility showcases weekly events from late April until early September. For more information, visit http://www.ElectricCitySpeedway.com.
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY (Alger, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile track that was established in 1954. The oval puts on weekly events from April through September every season. For more information, visit http://www.SkagitSpeedway.com.
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