BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (8-20-10) By Brian Liskai – Brandon Wimmer has been very close to victory lane over the summer. The Fairmont, Indiana resident, fresh off a 17th place finish in the Knoxville Nationals, put it all together Friday to drive Rick Ferkel’s famous #0 to a win at the historic Bloomington Speedway in O’Reilly Auto Parts Midwest All Star Series competition.

Wimmer quickly grabbed the lead from his pole-starting position, but the caution would fly for Adam Miller who lost power exiting turn 4. On the restart Wimmer faced a challenge from Ty Deckard, but drove to the high side of the quarter-mile bullring to regain the lead. Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year David Gravel was now on the move, driving from sixth to third by lap 10.Wimmer was now encountering lapped traffic and was carefully picking his way through as current Midwest All Star point leader Jerrod Hull had moved into second and was closing. A caution on lap 16 would put Hull and Gravel right on Wimmer’s rear bumper. With a clear track, Wimmer was able to open up a bit of a lead on the restart as the front trio pulled away. It would continue this way until two laps to go when Hull tried an inside move for the lead, but Wimmer was able to hold him off. As the white flag flew, Hull tried an outside pass, but once again Wimmer was up to the challenge and stormed out of turn four for the victory.

“He (Hull) found the rubber first but luckily as I got into lapped traffic I found the rubber in one and two and after that I just kind of hugged the bottom and stayed in the rubber,” said Wimmer beside his Shorty’s Truck Repair, Smith’s Farms, Kear’s Speed Shop backed machine. “I could hear him coming at the end, but I wasn’t moving out of the rubber. I just had to be smooth and not make any mistakes. It’s great to finally get a win for Rick and Kathy Ferkel. I have to thank Denny Smith from Smith’s Farms, he was here helping us tonight. I have to thank Zeis Development and Shorty’s Truck Repair…without them we couldn’t do this.”“The car was great all night. We adjusted on it as the track changed. The cushion was just so big, you had to be careful not to get the car too tight or when you hit the cushion it could pull you off the track. But Rick did a great job. We’ve had just a great coupld of weeks. We made the A-main at the Knoxville Nationals and then got the win tonight. It’s exciting to win at Bloomington…I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid watching Steve Kinser and the whole Kinser family race here. It’s hard to put into words how it feels to win here,” added Wimmer.

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 4K-Kody Kinser, 10.040; 2. 12-Jerrod Hull, 10.108; 3. 89G-David Gravel, 10.139; 4. 48-Ty Deckard, 10.159; 5. 15-Ethan Barrow, 10.195; 6. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton, 10.236; 7. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 10.331; 8. O4-Cap Henry, 10.356; 9. O-Brandon Wimmer, 10.388; 10. 21X-Dickie Gaines, 10.393; 11. 88-Bobby Stines, 10.408; 12. 9H-Logan Hupp, 10.457; 13. 9T-Jonathan Vennard, 10.549; 14. 5-Chase Briscoe, 10.566; 15. 71C-Jack Helgit, 10.996; 16. 44-Eric Edwards, 11.019; 17. 24M-Adam Miller, 11.029; 18. 17T-Jeff Taylor, 11.304; 19. 7B-Brian Lake, 11.832; 20. 21-David Clark, 99.000; 21. 12X-Tracy Jorgensen, 99.000; 22. 20-Darren Clark, 99.000

Heat 1 - MSD Ignition (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)1. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 2. 48-Ty Deckard; 3. 21X-Dickie Gaines; 4. 4K-Kody Kinser; 5. 9T-Jonathan Vennard; 6. 7B-Brian Lake; 7. 44-Eric Edwards; 8. 20-Darren Clark 

Heat 2 - Kear's Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 15-Ethan Barrow; 3. 12-Jerrod Hull; 4. 88-Bobby Stines; 5. 5-Chase Briscoe; 6. 24M-Adam Miller; 7. 21-David Clark 

Heat 3 - All Pro Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2. 89G-David Gravel; 3. 9H-Logan Hupp; 4. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton; 5. 17T-Jeff Taylor; 6. 71C-Jack Helgit; 7. 12X-Tracy Jorgensen

Dash - Rubbn' Repair (6 Laps - Top 8 Transfer)1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2. 48-Ty Deckard; 3. 12-Jerrod Hull; 4. O4-Cap Henry; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 6. 89g-David Gravel; 7. 4K-Kody Kinser; 8. 15-Ethan Barrow

A-Main - O’Reilly Auto Parts (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position1. O-Brandon Wimmer[1]; 2. 12-Jerrod Hull[3]; 3. 89G-David Gravel[6]; 4. 1X-Randy Hannagan[5]; 5. 48-Ty Deckard[2]; 6. O4-Cap Henry[4]; 7. 15-Ethan Barrow[8]; 8. 88-Bobby Stines[11]; 9. 9H-Logan Hupp[12]; 10. 9T-Jonathan Vennard[13]; 11. 4K-Kody Kinser[7]; 12. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton[9]; 13. 71C-Jack Helgit[15]; 14. 17T-Jeff Taylor[18]; 15. 21X-Dickie Gaines[10]; 16. 5-Chase Briscoe[14]; 17. 44-Eric Edwards[16]; 18. 7B-Brian Lake[19]; 19. 24M-Adam Miller[17] 

QUINCY, IL.– (5-30-10)- By Brian Liskai- All Star Championship Racing Inc. -Jimmy Hurley dominated the Memorial Sunday Sullivan Auctioneers and Budweiser/Rinella Distributing Night at Quincy Raceway, taking the O’Reilly Auto Parts Midwest All Star Sprint victory.
 
Hurley lead all 30 laps, his only challenge a couple of restarts – including a green, white, checkered at the end, as he held off  A.J. Bruns on the smooth, wide and fast track surface. Jerrod Hull, the defending Midwest All Star champion and current point leader, continued his strong early season run with a third while Jimmy Moughan and Jeremy Standridge rounded out the top five.
 
O’Reilly Auto Parts Midwest All Star President Guy Webb expressed his appreciation to drivers Jimmy Hurley, A.J. Bruns, Jerrod Hull, Jeremy Standridge, Robbie Standridge, Kody Kinser, Mike Hess, Jim Davies, Terry Babb and Jim Moughan for their support of the series at Quincy Raceway.
 
“Thanks to their support, we will continue to grow 410 sprint car racing in the area. It was disappointing that only 10 drivers were able to race for $2,000 to win and $200 to start, but more and more racers are seeing we are committed to growing this premiere sport in this region,” said Webb. “We are going to concentrate on making the remaining dates successful and entertaining the fans.”.

Camargo, IL (May 24, 2010) - Jason Shank - All Star Championship Racing Inc. The O’Reilly Midwest All Stars will continue their 2010 season this upcoming Sunday, May 30 as they visit Quincy Raceway in Quincy, IL for the first of two scheduled events at the fast Illinois oval.  

Current O’Reilly Midwest All Stars point leader and past Quincy winner Jerrod Hull leads the pack into Quincy Raceway’s Memorial Day weekend while A.J. Bruns, Jim Moughan who is also a former winner at Quincy, 2010 Rookie of the Year contender Adam Miller, and Cory Bruns look to knock the three-time champion Hull out of the point lead.  

A complete Midwest All Star Series program will be in store for Quincy Raceway including the Kistler Engines Time Trials, MSD Ignition, Kears Speed Shop, All Pro Aluminum Heads, and Outerwear’s Performance Products Heat Races, Rubbn Repair Dash, University of Northwestern Ohio B-Main, and the $2,000 to-win O’Reilly Auto Parts feature event.  

Quincy gates will open at 3 p.m. with Kistler Engines Qualifying starting at 5:30 p.m. followed by a complete program, and the 30-Lap O’Reilly Auto Parts A-Main.  For more information on this event please visit www.quincyraceways.com  

Camargo, IL (5-2-2010) – by Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – For the O’Reilly Midwest All Stars the 2010 season has just begun. Prior to this weekend’s race, Adam Miller signed his intent papers to run for the 2010 Rookie-of-the-Year title with the Midwest All Star Series.

Miller who will be bringing his 24m Miller Racing machine to the Midwest All Star Series was the 2009 Wisconsin Outlaw Series Rookie-of-the-Year. The Plymouth, Wisconsin native began his winged sprint car career in 2005 when he raced in several non-sanctioned events in a 360 in his home state. Since then he has been running with the Midwest Sprint Car Association, IRA Outlaw Sprints and the Wisconsin Outlaw Series. He also competed in two Midwest All Star Series race last season.

For the most up to date on the Midwest All Star Series visit www.midwestallstarseries.com.