Shane Stewart Snares $12K ASCS Win in LoneStar Sprint Nationals!

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Kilgore, TX | Oct. 15, 2011 - Shane Stewart picked off his second five-figure dollar amount win of the 2011 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National campaign by topping Saturday night’s 40-lap Inaugural LoneStar Sprint Nationals finale atop the 3/8-mile Lone Star Speedway....

“This is big for us to win a race that pays so well, it’s been a while since I’ve been in this position,” Stewart explained of the triumph aboard Paul Silva’s Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita No. 57 A.R.T.

While Stewart started the feature inside the third row, pole starter Wright outgunned Matt Covington for the lead at the drop of the green flag and paced the initial half of the race with Covington holding down second until the 12th round when Herrera slid by with Stewart following suit for third a lap later.

Stewart slid past Herrera for second on the 15th circuit and then battled past “The Texan” for the point on the 22nd lap with Jason Johnson hot on his heels just one round before the race’s only caution appeared for a Junior Jenkins spin.

Johnson slid past Stewart for the lead on the ensuing restart only to have the 2009 series champion return the favor and then set the pace the rest of the way. Johnson settled for runner-up honors in the Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim, with Friday night preliminary feature winner Daryn Pittman taking the show position in the T-Mac Motorsports No. 24.

Wright was fourth in his No. 9 Maxim, with Jack Dover climbing from 11th to round out the top five in the Shaver-powered Thorpe’s Auto Body No. 53 Eagle.

Herrera was sixth, with Seth Bergman, Travis Rilat, Brian Brown and Danny Wood completing the top ten.

Aaron Reutzel and Jeff Swindell won Saturday night’s B Mains.

LoneStar Nationals “A” Main RESULTS (40 Laps):
1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 24-Daryn Pittman, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 7. 23-Seth Bergman, 8. 29-Travis Rilat, 9. 21-Brian Brown, 10. 81-Danny Wood, 11. 99-Brady Bacon, 12. 88-Tim Crawley, 13. 11g-Mike Goodman, 14. 45k-Kolt Walker, 15. 2dm-Dustin Morgan, 16. 71-Channin Tankersley, 17. 28-Jeff Swindell, 18. 30-Brandon Corn, 19. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 20. 11c-Matt Covington, 21. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 22. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 23. 23j-Junior Jenkins, 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 25. 15b-Curtis Wayne Brown.

Note: Junior Jenkins and Curtis Wayne Brown were added to the feature field via blind draw, while Bruce Griffith, Jr., bought his way into the feature event.  FULL RESULTS