SOMERTON, Ariz. (Sept. 25-26) – Two of the young guns in the Shaw Race Cars Western Region raced to notable $1,000 IMCA Modified feature wins at Cocopah Speedway’s season-ending Mike Corning Memorial.
Chaz Baca doubled his 2019 win total on opening night, collecting his 16th checkers of the season. Kollin Hibdon, racing closer to home after a summer spent in the Midwest, won for the sixth occasion in his second full season in the division.
Already on the Fast Shafts Al-Star Invitational ballot, Baca started the Friday feature from the pole and led all 22 laps en route to career win number 49. He caught up with the back of the field twice before cautions cleared the way. Hibdon was second and Ryan Roath third.
On Saturday, Hibdon worked his way to the front from fifth starting to put his name on the 2021 All-Star ballot before the 2020 season ended.
“There was a lot of lapped traffic but we were able to get through it and hold everybody off,” he said.
Baca was second, Russell Allen third.
Kollin Hibdon’s $1,000 IMCA Modified feature victory on night two of Cocopah’s Mike Corning Memorial put him on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. (Photo by Bobby McMorris)
Kent Rosevear was Saturday’s $1,000 IMCA Sunoco Late Model winner, earning the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels bonus as well. Craig Parker and John Cornell rounded out the top three.
Chris Toth won both Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod features and Frank Cordova swept Machi-1 Sport Compact main events.
IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock winners at the Corning Memorial presented by Kactus Kush were Scott Tenney and Joshua Cordova.
Sept. 25 Feature Results
Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca; 2. Kollin Hibdon; 3. Ryan Roath; 4. Tom Smith; 5. Bobby Horton; 6. Russell Allen; 7. Michael Thing; 8. P.J. Dyke; 9. Joe Haresky; 10. Bill Miller; 11. Chris Jaggi; 12. Keith Altig; 13. Jon Walton; 14. Jeff Foster; 15. Duane Rogers; 16. Alyssa Smith; 17. Steve McCollough; 18. Bryan Gray; 19. Kelly Johnson; 20. Doug Rivera; 21. Sean Stacy; 22. Joseph Altig.
Northern SportMods – 1. Chris Toth; 2. Ty Rogers; 3. Miles Morris; 4. Jimmy Davy; 5. Cody Daffern; 6. Greg Mann; 7. Brock Rogers; 8. Frankie Roma; 9. Crystal Hemphill; 10. Allen Webb; 11. Cory Hemphill; 12. Chris Evans.
Hobby Stocks – 1. Scott Tenney; 2. Joshua Cordova; 3. Jim Robinson; 4. Brian Johnson; 5. Charles McDaniel; 6. Chandler Dodge; 7. Lyle Driscoll; 8. Jason Penny; 9. Tomi Duarte; 10. Brendan Bosco; 11. Justin Westbay; 12. Johnny Madrid.
Sport Compacts – 1. Frank Cordova; 2. Francisco Cordova; 3. Miles Morris; 4. Robery Cody; 5. Billy Ayres Jr.; 6. David Hunt; 7. Shawn Rico; 8. Jesse James; 9. Darren Sage; 10. Dylan Whitfield; 11. Matt Schlamann; 12. Enzo Deckers.
Sept. 26 Feature Results
Modifieds – 1. Hibdon; 2. Baca; 3. Allen; 4. Horton; 5. Tom Smith; 6. McCollough; 7. Miller; 8. Stacy; 9. Dyke; 10. Roath; 11. Haresky; 12. Thomas Daffern; 13. Alyssa Smith; 14. Joseph Altig; 15. Ellsworth Connor; 16. Keith Altig; 17. Chad Stevens; 18. Marvin Mueller; 19. Gray; 20. Walton; 21. Thing; 22. Rogers; 23. Andy Papp; 24. Chris Jaggi.
Late Models – 1. Kent Rosevear; 2. Craig Parker; 3. John Cornell; 4. Bud Grossenbacher; 5. Bruce Duckett; 6. Monty Montana; 7. James Laing; 8. Paul Rios.
Northern SportMods – 1. Toth; 2. Davy; 3. Morris; 4. Cory Hemphill; 5. Ty Rogers; 6. Brock Rogers; 7. Crystal Hemphill; 8. Mann; 9. Webb; 10. Steven Luecht; 11. Daffern.
Hobby Stocks – 1. Cordova; 2. Robinson; 3. Tenney; 4. Johnson; 5. Driscoll; 6 McDaniel; 7. Madrid; 8. Westbay; 9. Dodge; 10. Duarte; 11. Bosco; 12. Charley Richardson.
Sport Compacts – 1. Frank Cordova; 2. Francisco Cordova; 3. Cody; 4. Morris; 5. Sage; 6. James; 7. Hunt; 8. Deckers; 9. Mike Duran; 10. Whitfield; 11. Ayres; 12. Schlamann.