Inside Line Promotions – GREAT FALLS, Mont. (July 15, 2017) – J.J. Hickle used a late-race pass to score his first career Northwest Challenge Series feature victory on Friday at Electric City Speedway.
Hickle got the call to fill in for championship points leader Travis Rilat in Richard Saumure’s No. 39c and he made the most of the opportunity by maneuvering from sixth to claim the win.
Hickle passed polesitter Sean MacDonell for the top spot on Lap 15 only to see a caution erase the move. However, Hickle regrouped and several laps later made the race-winning pass. Bill Boyce, who started seventh, passed MacDonell in the closing laps to earn the runner-up result. MacDonell rounded out the podium with Trever Kirkland placing fourth and Kelly Miller fifth.
MacDonell and Hickle were the heat race winners.
The Northwest Challenge Series, which was created under the banners of the NSA Series, which is based in Montana and has roots in Western Canada, and the Washington-state based Summer Thunder Sprint Series, returns to action on Saturday at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $14 for seniors, military members and students ages 12-years-old to 17-years-old. Admission is free for children ages 11 and younger. Pit passes are $30 per person.
NSA SERIES RACE REPORT: Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on July 14, 2017 –
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 39C-J.J. Hickle (6); 2. 1-Bill Boyce (7); 3. 9-Sean MacDonell (1); 4. 37-Trever Kirkland (5); 5. 2JR-Kelly Miller (10); 6. 16-David Miller (8); 7. 38B-Brian Brown (9); 8. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (4); 9. 31-Shane Moore (13); 10. 14-Rob Orgar (14); 11. (DNF) 35M-Cody Masse (3); 12. (DNF) 2-Kyle Evans (11); 13. (DNF) 12A-Casey Adams (2); 14. (DNF) 00-Roger Cummings (12).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Sean MacDonell (1); 2. 12A-Casey Adams (5); 3. 1-Bill Boyce (3); 4. 16-David Miller (4); 5. 2-Kyle Evans (6); 6. 2JR-Kelly Miller (7); 7. 14-Rob Orgar (2).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 39C-J.J. Hickle (4); 2. 35M-Cody Masse (2); 3. 37-Trever Kirkland (6); 4. 57C-Chris Schmelzle (7); 5. 38B-Brian Brown (5); 6. 00-Roger Cummings (1); 7. 31-Shane Moore (3).
2017 FEATURE WINNERS –
Travis Rilat – 2 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 20 and BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., on June 17); Casey Adams – 1 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 19) and J.J. Hickle – 1 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on July 14)
UP NEXT –
Saturday at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., with the Northwest Challenge Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.BMPSpeedway.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSASeries
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSASeries
NORTH-AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATION –
The North-American Speed Association is a 360ci winged sprint car series that dates back to the mid-1990s. NSA Founder Mike Quigley, who is a former sprint car driver and the current owner at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., established the series to hold marquee events throughout the West Coast, Western Canada and Montana.
TRACKS –
BMP SPEEDWAY (Billings, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The track hosts weekly racing from the middle of May through late September. For more information, visit http://www.BMPSpeedway.com.
CASTROL RACEWAY (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile track. It showcases weekly racing and special events from May through October. For more information, visit http://www.CastrolRaceway.com.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE FAIR RACEWAY (Yakima, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval located at the Central Washington State Fairgrounds. The track only hosts special events each year.
DRAYTON VALLEY SPEEDWAY (Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile track that was re-opened in 2016. For more information, visit http://www.DVSpeedway.com.
ELECTRIC CITY SPEEDWAY (Great Falls, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile oval that was built in the early 1950s. The facility showcases weekly events from late April until early September. For more information, visit http://www.ElectricCitySpeedway.com.
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY (Alger, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile track that was established in 1954. The oval puts on weekly events from April through September every season. For more information, visit http://www.SkagitSpeedway.com.
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