WILMOT, Wis. (May 13, 2023) - Two-time and defending All Star champion, Tyler Courtney, made it look easy on Saturday night at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wisconsin, cruising home by a margin of six seconds to score round one of the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and IRA Outlaw Sprint Series challenge. The triumph, a $6,000 occasion for the Indianapolis, Indiana, native, was accomplished from the outside of row one, forced to outduel Friday night Jacksonville Speedway winner Hunter Schuerenberg.
Courtney, now a 19-time winner with “America’s Series” with two occurring at Wilmot Raceway, took command officially on lap ten, scooting by “Hunter Percent” in turns one and two after a drag race down the front straightaway. From that point forward, it was the Tyler Courtney show, maneuvering through heavy traffic with ease before stretching his advantage to the six second mark; the 30-lap program went non-stop.
Chris Windom, who raced by Schuerenberg for the runner-up spot on lap 12, finished second for the second time in as many tries, followed by Schuerenberg, Scotty Thiel, and Tim Shaffer.
“I’ve lost a lot of races in lapped traffic, so I wanted to make sure I was able to pick them up and put them down here tonight,” Tyler Courtney said. “I felt our car was really good the last time we were here, but I think our car was even better here tonight. We were in a bad spot after qualifying, but my guys never gave up on me. It’s a long season, but we’ve been on the right pace to contend for a third consecutive championship.”
“I’m happy with two seconds on the weekend, but we want that first All Star win,” Windom expressed. “A little frustrated, but in all, happy with our results. You have to be on your game all thirty laps or you’re going to be second, especially with a guy like Tyler [Courtney]. You could race anywhere tonight. Tyler was just a little better than me getting through the slower cars.”
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The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will continue their 2023 campaign with a tripleheader through the Empire State, set to invade Outlaw Speedway, Fonda Speedway, and Weedsport Speedway on Friday through Sunday, May 19-21. A full New York slate equals big money for “America’s Series,” as each night will offer an increased purse with $8,000 up for grabs on Friday, $10,000 on Saturday, and $8,000 again on Sunday.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Wilmot Raceway | May 13, 2023:
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 44
Macri Concrete Hot Laps: Tyler Courtney | 12.259
Hercules Tires Fast Qualifier: Tim Shaffer | 12.397
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Conner Morrell
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Scotty Thiel
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg
Kistler Racing Products Heat #4 Winner: Tyler Courtney
Mobil 1 Heat #5 Winner: Chris Windom
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Chris Windom
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting and Embroidery B-Main Winner: Parker Price-Miller
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Contingency Award: Scotty Neitzel
Tezos A-Main Winner: Tyler Courtney
Tezos A-Main Hard Charger: JJ Hickle (+12)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Preston Rue
Tezos A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 4-Chris Windom[3]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[1]; 4. 70-Scotty Thiel[5]; 5. 45-Tim Shaffer[6]; 6. 29-Sye Lynch[4]; 7. 51B-Joe B Miller[15]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 9. 96-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 10. 26-Parker Price Miller[21]; 11. 23B-Russel Borland[8]; 12. 28M-Conner Morrell[10]; 13. 97-JJ Hickle[25]; 14. 25T-Travis Arenz[18]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee[17]; 16. 1-Brenham Crouch[23]; 17. 9K-Kyle Schuett[12]; 18. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[22]; 19. 25-Danny Schlafer[16]; 20. 87A-Austin Hartmann[13]; 21. 10W-Mike Reinke[9]; 22. 23-Zeth Sabo[24]; 23. 70K-Chris Klemko[19]; 24. (DNF) 49-Josh Schneiderman[14]; 25. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh[20]; 26. (DNF) 2W-Scott Neitzel[26] Lap Leaders: Hunter Schuerenberg (1-9), Tyler Courtney (10-30)
Classic Ink USA B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 26-Parker Price Miller[1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 4. 23-Zeth Sabo[2]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[8]; 6. 55T-McKenna Haase[7]; 7. 97-JJ Hickle[15]; 8. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz[12]; 11. 19CW-Ion Stear[10]; 12. 3B-Shelby Bosie[16]; 13. 24-Scott Conger[9]; 14. 19T-Todd Daun[13]; 15. 10V-Kurt Davis[19]; 16. 4P-Jordan Paulsen[21]; 17. 34-Kevin Hinich[11]; 18. 88-Christopher Flick[20]; 19. (DNF) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf[17]; 20. (DNF) 55D-Austin Deblauw[18]; 21. (DNF) 39V-William Huck[14]; 22. (DNS) 29C-Hunter Custer; 23. (DNS) 68-Dave Uttech; 24. (DNS) 70K-Chris Klemko; 25. (DNS) 55S-Ryan Sawusch
Elliotts Custom Trailers and Carts Dash (4 Laps): 1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 4-Chris Windom[2]; 4. 29-Sye Lynch[6]; 5. 70-Scotty Thiel[7]; 6. 45-Tim Shaffer[8]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 8. 23B-Russel Borland[5]; 9. 10W-Mike Reinke[9]
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 3. 45-Tim Shaffer[4]; 4. 70K-Chris Klemko[8]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 6. 24-Scott Conger[5]; 7. 29C-Hunter Custer[6]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 9. 4P-Jordan Paulsen[9]
CSI Shocks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 29-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 25T-Travis Arenz[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 6. 19CW-Ion Stear[7]; 7. 19T-Todd Daun[6]; 8. 55D-Austin Deblauw[9]; 9. 88-Christopher Flick[8]
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 2. 23B-Russel Borland[1]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 5. 1-Brenham Crouch[7]; 6. 55T-McKenna Haase[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 8. 23-Zeth Sabo[4]; 9. (DNS) 55S-Ryan Sawusch
Kistler Racing Products Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[1]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 5. 26-Parker Price Miller[4]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 7. 97-JJ Hickle[9]; 8. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf[8]; 9. 10V-Kurt Davis[7]
Mobil 1 Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Chris Windom[4]; 2. 9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 3. 49-Josh Schneiderman[1]; 4. 26R-Preston Ruh[5]; 5. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]; 6. 34-Kevin Hinich[7]; 7. 39V-William Huck[8]; 8. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie[3]
Hercules Tire Qualifying: 1. 45-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.398[1]; 2. 29-Sye Lynch, 00:12.469[11]; 3. 70-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.501[17]; 4. 26-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.564[29]; 5. 4-Chris Windom, 00:12.578[38]; 6. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.589[32]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.619[4]; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.625[6]; 9. 23-Zeth Sabo, 00:12.644[25]; 10. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.650[20]; 11. 23B-Russel Borland, 00:12.650[26]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.661[30]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.670[10]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.725[24]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.758[33]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.761[23]; 17. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.790[40]; 18. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.801[15]; 19. 55T-McKenna Haase, 00:12.812[27]; 20. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.826[21]; 21. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.838[36]; 22. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.846[43]; 23. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.886[14]; 24. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.891[5]; 25. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.919[19]; 26. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:12.929[37]; 27. 24-Scott Conger, 00:12.981[3]; 28. 19T-Todd Daun, 00:13.007[16]; 29. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.019[28]; 30. 29C-Hunter Custer, 00:13.088[9]; 31. 10V-Kurt Davis, 00:13.220[34]; 32. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.258[7]; 33. 70K-Chris Klemko, 00:13.264[8]; 34. 19CW-Ion Stear, 00:13.291[18]; 35. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.314[42]; 36. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.444[31]; 37. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:13.469[13]; 38. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:13.483[44]; 39. 55D-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.490[12]; 40. 34-Kevin Hinich, 00:13.515[41]; 41. 4P-Jordan Paulsen, 00:13.560[2]; 42. 39V-William Huck, 00:13.647[39]; 43. (DNS) 97-JJ Hickle, 00:13.264; 44. (DNS) 55S-Ryan Sawusch, 00:13.264
2023 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (As of 5/13):
Tyler Courtney - 720
Hunter Schuerenberg - 678
Parker Price-Miller - 678
Chris Windom - 672
J.J. Hickle - 640
Tim Shaffer - 630
Scotty Thiel - 594
Conner Morrell - 574
Zeth Sabo - 542
Brent Marks - 430
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