Flag-to-Flag Victory for Aaron Pierce at New Paris
NEW PARIS, Ind. (July 8, 2017) – Aaron Pierce earned his third victory of the 2017 season with the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil on Saturday, July 8 at New Paris (Ind.) Speedway.
Pierce led all 30 laps en route to his 11th series victory.
Chris Neuenschwander crossed the finish line in second spot with Jason Blonde in third position. Jeff Bloom and Doug Stepke filled out the top-five finishers.
In preliminary action, Pierce won Dowker Engines Heat Race #1 with Geoff Kaiser earning the victory in Royal Purple Synthetic Oil Heat # 2. Bloom posted the best lap in qualifying with an official clocking of 11.867 seconds at 75.841 mph.
The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil is back in action on Thursday, July 20 at Kalamazoo Speedway as part of the Royal Purple Synthetic Oil King of the Wing presented by Auto Value Bumper to Bumper. Following the event at Kalamazoo the series heads to Toledo (Ohio) Speedway on Friday, July 21 and Auto City (Mich.) Speedway on Saturday, July 22.
| A MAIN RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 30 | |
| 2 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 30 | |
| 3 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 30 | |
| 4 | 26b | Jeff Bloom | 30 | |
| 5 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 29 | |
| 6 | 11g | Tom Geren | 28 | |
| 7 | 11p | Tom Paterson | 28 | |
| 8 | 100 | Jim Payne | 28 | |
| 9 | 43 | Chris Leming | 25 | |
| 10 | 1x | Ron Koehler | 1 | |
| DNS | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 0 | |
| DNS | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | 0 | |
| HEAT RACE #1 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 8 | |
| 2 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 8 | |
| 3 | 100 | Jim Payne | 8 | |
| 4 | 26b | Jeff Bloom | 8 | |
| 5 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 8 | |
| 6 | 43 | Chris Leming | 7 | |
| HEAT RACE #2 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | 8 | |
| 2 | 11g | Tom Geren | 8 | |
| 3 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 8 | |
| 4 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 8 | |
| 5 | 11p | Tom Paterson | 3 | |
| 6 | 1x | Ron Koehler | 3 | |
| QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | TIME | DIFF | MPH | |||
| 1 | 26b | Jeff Bloom | 11.867 | – | 75.841 | |||
| 2 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 11.914 | 0.047 | 75.541 | |||
| 3 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 11.946 | 0.079 | 75.339 | |||
| 4 | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | 12.027 | 0.160 | 74.832 | |||
| 5 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 12.272 | 0.405 | 73.338 | |||
| 6 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 12.290 | 0.423 | 73.230 | |||
| 7 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 12.300 | 0.433 | 73.171 | |||
| 8 | 11g | Tom Geren | 12.760 | 0.893 | 70.533 | |||
| 9 | 100 | Jim Payne | 12.956 | 1.089 | 69.466 | |||
| 10 | 11p | Tom Paterson | 13.123 | 1.256 | 68.582 | |||
| 11 | 43 | Chris Leming | 13.573 | 1.706 | 66.308 | |||
| 12 | 1x | Ron Koehler | 15.423 | 3.556 | 58.354 | |||
