Maier Masters ASCS Midwest Region at McCool Junction
by: Lonnie Wheatley

McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (May 25, 2007) – Garry Lee Maier added yet another American Sprint Car Series feature win to his resume by posting by an impressive victory in Friday night's 25-lap ASCS Midwest Region main event at Junction Motor Speedway.

The first ASCS National champion in 1992, Maier added his second ASCS Midwest Region feature victory to 37 National wins and several other Regional wins with a wire-to-wire drive aboard the Wesmar-powered Lubbock Wreck Service No. 11x Maxim.

Maier gunned into the lead at the outset, opening up a half straightaway lead in the opening three rounds. His pace was not deterred even when he hit lapped traffic after 14 laps, as he sliced through lapped traffic and ultimately took the checkered flag with a straightaway advantage over Brian Brown, who took the runner-up position from Derek Drown at the midway point.

With Brown, the winningest driver in ASCS Midwest Region history, taking second, Drown took show honors. Gregg Bakker crossed the stripe fifth, with Natalie Sather rounding out the top five.

Don Droud, Jr., moved atop the ASCS Midwest Region point standings with a sixth-place run, with Ryan Anderson, 2005 ASCS Midwest Region champion Billy Alley, J.D. Johnson and defending series champion Toby Chapman completing the top ten.

Anderson, Marc Robe, Brown and Maier topped heat race action for the 37-car field, with A.J. Selenke winning the first "B" Main before Chapman charged from the rear of the field to win the second "B" Main.

ASCS Midwest Region Results from Junction Motor Speedway:

First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 71R-Ryan Anderson, 2. 31RB-Derek Drown, 3. 94S-Natalie Sather, 4. 81- Jon Freeman, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 2D-Stu Snyder, 7. 93-Bob Schaeffer, 8. 7-Roger Sundquist, 9. 57-Don Stoutner, 10 9J-Mark Schmidt.

Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 17-Marc Robe, 2. 1X-Don Droud, Jr., 3. 5-Rick Ideus, 4. 98-J.D. Johnson, 5. 1-Nick Haygood, 6. 57X-Allan Unruh, 7. 7C-Chris Morgan, 8. X-Chuck Swenson, 9. 17X-Gage Dorr.

Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 1M-Billy Alley, 3. 14G-Gene Ackland, 4. 40-Clint Garner, 5. 51-Mike Peters, 6. 18-Tim Newman, 7. 19J-Jay Jordan, 8. 9M-Ricky Montgomery, 9. 53-Jack Dover.

Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 11X-Garry Lee Maier, 2. 11-Gregg Bakker, 3. 43-A.J. Selenke, 4. 31-Mark Pace, 5. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 6. 4-Mike Chadd, 7. 45X-C.J. Johnson, 8. 27-Patrick Bourke, 9. 84-Toby Chapman.

First B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 43-A.J. Selenke, 2. 51-Mike Peters, 3. 40-Clint Garner, 4. 4-Mike Chadd, 5. 45X-C.J. Johnson, 6. 57X-Allan Unruh, 7. 93-Bob Schaeffer, 8. 57-Don Stoutner, 9. 7-Roger Sundquist, 10. 18R- Ryan Roberts. DNS: X-Chuck Swenson, 53-Jack Dover, 9J-Mark Schmidt.

Second B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 84-Toby Chapman, 2. 82-Jason Danley, 3. 2D-Stu Snyder, 4. 27-Patrick Bourke, 5. 81-Jon Freeman, 6. 9M-Ricky Montgomery, 7. 19J-Jay Jordan, 8.31-Mark Pace, 9. 18-Tim Newman, 10.17X-Gage Dorr, 11. 1-Nick Haygood. DNS: 7C-Chris Morgan.

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11X-Garry Lee Maier, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 31RB-Derek Drown, 4. 11-Gregg Bakker, 5. 94S-Natalie Sather, 6. 1X-Don Droud, Jr., 7. 71R-Ryan Anderson 8. 1M-Billy Alley, 9. 98-J.D. Johnson, 10. 84-Toby Chapman, 11. 14G-Gene Ackland, 12. 51-Mike Peters, 13. 5-Rick Ideus, 14. 27-Patrick Bourke, 15. 43-A.J.Selenke, 16. 2D-Stu Snyder, 17. 40-Clint Garner, 18. 17-Marc Robe, 19.4-Mike Chadd, 20. 82-Jason Danley.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Don Droud, Jr. 424, 2. Brian Brown 412, 3. Rick Ideus 398, 4. Glint Garner 384, 5. J. D. Johnson 378, 6. Natalie Sather 376, 7. Chuck Swenson 369, 8. (tie) Mike Chadd and Stu Snyder 358, 10. Toby Chapman 340.