By Lonnie Wheatley

July 23, 2010 Waco, Texas: The current American Sprint Car Series Gulf South point leader Ray Allen Kulhanek represented his series well by winning Friday night’s ASCS Gulf South v.s. ASCS Lone Star event at Heart O’Texas Speedway. The 2005 ASCS Gulf South champ raced from the front row outside to his first win of the year and tenth Gulf South score of his career in the opening leg of the Gulf South v.s. Lone Star Showdown. Kulhanek raced to the stripe in David Miller’s Miller’s RV Park/Smiley’s Racing Products 105 Machine & Custom-powered J&J ahead of Skip Wilson with Gary Wright claiming the show position. Claud Estes crossed fourth with Kolt Walker rounding the Top Five. Preston Peebles II was sixth with Joshua Hodges, 18th starter Tommy Bryant and 20th starter Brandon Corn completing the Top Nine.

ASCS Gulf South points (Top Ten) Ray Allen Kulhanek 1495, Tommy Bryant 1434, Brandon Berryman 1376, Aaron Reutzel 1355, Scottie McDonald 1289, Travis Elliott 1251, Chris Sweeney 1211, Wes Miller 1160, Beau Smith 1079 & Logan Bledsoe 1067

ASCS Lone Star points (Top 10) Eric Baldaccini 1403, Claud Estes 1323, Justin Melton 1242, Preston Peebles 1229, Martin Edwards 1198, Brandon Corn 1178, John Ricketts 1165, Brian McClelland 1103, Scott Reneau 1026 & Kolt Walker 1002

Heat 1 (8 laps) Joshua Hodges, Charlie McDonald, Andy Shouse, John Ricketts, Larry Howery, Aaron Reutzel, Dustin Welch

Heat 2 (8 laps) Gary Wright, Beau Smith, Brandon Corn, Chad Wilson, Brian McClelland, Dalton Steed, Scottie McDonald

Heat 3 (8 laps) Martin Edwards, Skip Wilson, Preston Peebles II, Logan Bledsoe, Bean Elliott, Bruce Griffith Jr, Chris Coker

Heat 4 (8 laps) Ray Allen Kulhanek, Claud Estes, Michael Lang, Scott Reneau, Rodney Henderson, Travis Elliott, James Cooper

Heat 5 (8 laps) Kolt Walker, Tommy Bryant, Justin Melton, Bruce Crockett, Wes Miller, Klint Angelette, John Pate

Heat 6 (8 laps) Chris Sweeney, Gary Watson, Brandon Berryman, Eric Baldaccini, Colt Treharn, Brandie Jass, Shane Thompson

B1 (12 laps) 1 Justin Melton, 2 Brandon Berryman, 3 Bruce Crockett. DNQ 4 Gary Watson 3, 5 Brian McClelland 25, 6 Logan Bledsoe 12b, 7 Larry Howery 69h, 8 Klint Angelette 19, 9 Colt Treharn 77, 10 Aaron Reutzel 87, 11 Dusitn Welch 7w. DNS Bruce Griffith 17, John Pate 36, Shane Thompson 71t

B2 (12 laps) 1 Eric Baldaccini, 2 Tommy Bryant, 3 Brandon Corn. DNQ 4 John Ricketts 76, 5 Travis Elliott 15t, 6 Scottie McDonald 88, 7 Wes Miller 51w, 8 Chris Coker 5c, 9 Brandie Jass 24, 10 Scott Reneau 1r, 11 Bean Elliott 30x, 12 Rodney Henderson 67, 13 Dalton Steed 26, 14 James Cooper 28

A-main (25 laps) 1 Ray Allen Kulhanek 21t, 2 Skip Wilson (Cook 65), 3 Gary Wright (Brown 9x), 4 Claud Estes 74e, 5 Kolt Walker 45k, 6 Preston Peebles 0c, 7 Joshua Hodges 74x, 8 Tommy Bryant (Bell 85), 9 Brandon Corn 30, 10 Martin Edwards 45, 11 Brandon Berryman 31, 12 Chris Sweeney 93, 13 Justin Melton 11, 14 Beau Smith 51s, 15 Charlie McDonald 79, 16 Andy Shouse 27, 17 Eric Baldaccini B4, 18 Mike Lang 14, 19 Chad Wilson 20, 20 Bruce Crockett 8. ASCSr 360w