Lewis Starts From The Pole For 20th Annual Coors Light Montana 200
Three-time Coors Light Montana 200 champion, Gary Lewis, will lead the field to the green flag for the 20th running of the famed event. David Garber, the defending INSSA champion, lines up 18th. The race will be streamed live on montanaracewaypark.com with audio and video beginning at 5 p.m. PST on Saturday night.
For Immediate Release: Montana Raceway Park Media Relations KALISPELL, Mont. (July 16, 2010)-When the dust settled Mike Longton had nabbed the top qualifying in time trails while Gary Lewis used his top-3 finish and a top-6 qualifying effort to earn the top spot when the green flag flies on Saturday, July 17 for the 20th Annual Coors Light Montana 200. Longton was the only car to qualifying under 13 seconds as the driver of CLS Farms Chevrolet blazed to a 12.983-sec. lap. With a strong run in the Fast-12 Heat the Moxee, Wash. native will start third in the finale. Lewis was nervous when qualifying began as the field of 42 cars were all within .5-seconds of each other in the final practice session. With a sixth place run in qualifying and a runner-up run in the Fast-12 the three-time Montana 200 champion will have the best seat on the track when the race begins as he'll lead the field to the green. Once racing got underway for transfer positions into the Montana 200 it was Spokane's David Garber and the Pend Oreille Mechanical Pontiac that had one of the strongest runs of the evening as he won the C-Main then ran to sixth place in the B-Main to lock down the final position offered in Friday's racing. Bodie Morton and his Carlson Law Office Chevrolet picked up the win in the B-Main and will start 13th on the field, exactly the same position he nailed down in qualifying. Yakima's Owen Riddle was the only driver unable to answer the qualifying bell as the driver of the Don Riddle Excavating Ford lost a motor in the final practice leading into qualifying and had to withdraw. Several drivers had damage in the transfer races with Agni Howell, Jared Vorse, Jim White, Kevin Richards and Mark Sundberg all working throughout the evening to make their car ready and able to do battle for the final six positions in the Montana 200. Those positions will be contested at 6 p.m. MST in a Last Chance Qualifiers Race. In the Westward Bound Construction/Keller-Williams Realty Legends Series, Tim Corbett and Tyler Corpron battled throughout the main event for the win with Corpron getting shuffled back to second place late then making contact with Joe Bisset sending both drivers to the rear of the field. Dave Daughtry managed to avoid the spinning pair and rode home to a runner-up finish with Jake Grossweiler rounding out the top-3. The finale of the 20th Anniversary celebration of Montana Raceway Park and the famed Montana 200 concludes Saturday, July 17 beginning at 6 p.m. with a Last Chance Main Event, opening ceremonies at 7 p.m., a Legend main event with the Montana 200 set to take the green flag at 9 p.m. MST. The race will be broadcast on Montana Country 106.3 The Bear, streamed on their website and MRP's website and up-to-date information on RacingWest. Tickets are available for advanced purchase on the track's website or at the door. To learn more call (406) 257- RACE (7223), log onto www.montanaracewaypark.com or text MTRACE to 91011. 20th Annual Coors Light Montana 200 B-Main Unofficial Results Bodie Morton Wrango West John Nesmith Cory Wolfe Erick Hargraves David Garber Mike Obrist Blake Williams Tim Elliott Ryan Wells Kelly Mann Greg Vangool Billy Salmonsen Chris Skelton Dan Obrist Jay Sauls Troy Schweigert Jared Vorse C-Main Unofficial Results David Garber Tim Elliott Blake Williams Mike Obrist Kelly Mann Ryan Wells Dan Garber Greg Funk Grant Brown Braeden Havens Chuck Dills Mark Sundberg Joey Tanner Agni Howell Brent Harris Jim White Kevin Richards Amanda MacDonald 20th Annual Coors Light Montana 200 Starting Positions 1-18 1) Gary Lewis 2) Shane Mitchell 3) Mike Longton 4) Alex Lessor 5) Jeff Jefferson 6) Jason Fraser 7) Eric Schmidt 8) Mark Owens 9) Trevor Emond 10) Chris Hart 11) Ronnie Hults 12) Brian Levant 13) Bodie Morton 14) Wrango West 15) John Nesmith 16) Cory Wolfe 17) Erick Hargraves 18) David Garber Qualifying Results Mike Longton - 12.983 Eric Schmidt - 13.039 Alex Lessor - 13.049 Shane Mitchell - 13.064 Jeff Jefferson - 13.069 Gary Lewis - 13.082 Ronnie Hults - 13.093 Mark Owens - 13.097 Jason Fraser - 13.102 Chris Hart - 13.104 Brian Levant - 13.113 Trevor Emond 13/138 Bodie Morton - 13.150 John Nesmith - 13.163 Wrango West - 13.196 Erick Hargraves - 13.200 Chris Skelton - 13.202 Cory Wolfe - 13.211 Troy Schweigert - 13.219 Billy Salmonsen - 13.220 Greg Vangool - 13.225 Jay Sauls - 13.233 Dan Obrist - 13.238 Jared Vorse - 13.243 David Garber - 13.248 Blake Williams - 13.253 Tim Elliott - 13.255 Dan Garber - 13.272 Mike Obrist - 13.272 Ryan Wells - 13.299 Kelly Mann - 13.302 Agni Howell - 13.302 Mark Sunberg - 13.322 Jim White - 13.386 Joey Tanner - 13.401 Kevin Richards - 13.414 Brent Harris - 13.481 Chuck Dills - 13.514 Grant Brown - 13.535 Greg Funk - 13.545 Braeden Havens - 13.678 Amanda MacDonald - 17.776 Westward Bound Construction/Keller-Williams Realty Legends Series Tim Corbett Dave Daughtry Jake Grossweiler Giles Thornton Scott Moore Dylan Walker Jake Bisset Dalton Halden Devin Clayton Hal Rogers Tyler Corpron Joey Bisset Josh Timmons Michael Karper David Cannon
