By Lonnie Wheatley

July 24, 2010 Dallas, Texas: Kolt Walker prevailed in a last lap three-wide scramble for the lead to win Saturday night’s American Sprint Car Series Gulf South v.s. Lone Star event atop the storied half-mile Devil’s Bowl Speedway clay oval. After starting eighth, the Kermit native outdueled Gary Wright and Andy Shouse on the final circuit to snare his second career ASCS Regional triumph aboard the Jars Inc/Texas Moon ASI-powered Maxim.

Walker and Wright worked forward from the fourth row while Shouse took the lead from fellow ASCS Sooner champion Brian McClelland on lap six and led it all the way to the white flag. Circling the big track without brakes over the last half, Shouse went high in turn one on the final circuit with Walker pulling alongside in the middle of turn two and Wright on the low side. Shouse slipped off the backstretch with Walker then beating The Texan through the final pair of corners. Shouse settled for the show position while Kevin Ramey rallied from 19th to fourth. The current ASCS Lone Star point leader Eric Baldaccini was fifth with Michael Lang and ASCS Gulf South point leader Ray Allen Kulhanek rounding out the Top Seven.

ASCS Gulf South points (after 7/24/2010) Ray Allen Kulhanek 1625 Tommy Bryant 1540, Brandon Berryman 1482, Aaron Reutzel 1457, Scottie McDonald 1397, Travis Elliott 1373, Chris Sweeney 1330, Wes Miller 1225 & Beau Smith 1189

ASCS Lone Star points (after 7/24/2010) Eric Baldaccini 1538, Claud Estes 1448, Justin Melton 1358, Preston Peebles 1333, Martin Edwards 1317, John Ricketts 1287, Brandon Corn 1270, Brian McClelland 1205, Kolt Walker 1152 & Scott Reneau 1122

Heat 1 (8 laps) Claud Estes, Kolt Walker, Martin Edwards, Brian McClelland, Ramey, Joshua Hodges, Aaron Reutzel, Scott Reneau

Heat 2 (8 laps) Eric Baldaccini, Larry Long, Michael Lang, Beau Smith, Logan Payne, Scottie McDonald, Bean Elliott, Colt Treharn

Heat 3 (8 laps) Justin Spoerl, John Ricketts, Justin Melton, Klint Angelette, Larry Howery, Chad Wilson, Griffith Jr, George White

Heat 4 (8 laps) Preston Peebles II, Ray Allen Kulhanek, Andy Shouse, Travis Elliott, Bruce Crockett, Wes Miller, Brandon Berryman, Logan Bledsoe

Heat 5 (8 laps) Gary Wright, Todd Evans, Chris Sweeney, J.P Bailey, Brandon Corn, Tommy Bryant, Chris Coker, Ray Welnack

B1 (12 laps) 1 Martin Edwards, 2 Kevin Ramey, 3 Klint Angelette, 4 Justin Melton. DNQ 5 Tommy Bryant 85, 6 Aaron Reutzel 87, 7 Scott Reneau 1r, 8 Chad Wilson 20, 9 Bean Elliott 30x, 10 Bruce Crockett 8, 11 George White 10. DNS Colt Treharn 77

B2 (12 laps) 1 Chris Sweeney, 2 Beau Smith, 3 Logan Payne, 4 Scottie McDonald. DNQ 5 Brandon Berryman 31, 6 Chris Coker 5c, 7 Joshua Hodges 74x, 8 Brandon Corn 30, 9 Ray Welnack 16, 10 Logan Bledsoe 12b. DNS Bruce Griffith Jr 17, Wes Miller 51w

A-main (25 laps) 1 Kolt Walker 45k, 2 Gary Wright (Brown 9x), 3 Andy Shouse 27, 4 Kevin Ramey (Williams 7m), 5 Eric Baldaccini B4, 6 Mike Lang 14, 7 Ray Allen Kulhanek 21t, 8 Claud Estes 74e, 9 John Ricketts 76, 10 Travis Elliott 15t, 11 Martin Edwards 45, 12 Justin Melton 11, 13 Chris Sweeney 93, 14 Larry Howery 69, 15 Klint Angelette 19, 16 Logan Payne 2L, 17 Justin Spoerl 6, 18 Larry Long 29, 19 J.P Bailey 4, 20 Beau Smith 51s, 21 Preston Peebles 0c, 22 Scottie McDonald 88, 23 Brian McClelland 25, 24 Todd Evans 14e. ASCSr 360w