Healy Dominates at 4 Wheel Parts Glen Helen Grand Prix
Photo by Lorna Mildice
GLEN HELEN, CA – JULY 12th, 2014: Over 115 race teams descended upon Glen Helen Raceway the weekend of July 11th for the 4th annual 4 Wheel Parts Glen Helen Grand Prix. With nearly triple the car count of the inaugural 2011 race, the competition was fast and fierce for all classes. However, one driver stayed at the front of the pack all weekend and that was the current King, Loren Healy. Healy couldn’t get too far in front though, as Levi Shirley was close on his tail at every turn.
ATX Wheels and Nitto Tire driver Healy had the fastest qualifying time on Friday in his brand new Jimmy’s 4×4 Independent Front Suspension (IFS) car. Healy started on the pole in the first prelim and stayed at the front of the pack all day Saturday. The only time Healy wasn’t in the lead was when he stopped for fuel, and even then he had re-gained the lead from Levi Shirley before the start of his next lap. Levi Shirley, who has raced four ULTRA4 races on two continents in the last five weeks, including a first ULTRA4 win in Italy, won his prelim Saturday morning and started the main event just behind Healy. Shirley maintained a fast and consistent 2nd place throughout all 20 laps of the main event.
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The battle for 3rd was the tightest podium battle in the main with Jake Hallenbeck starting off in 3rd and maintaining his position for most of the first half of the race. On the 10th lap, Hallenbeck was overtaken and fell back to 4th and a few laps later to 5th behind Kevin Sacalas and Wayland Campbell. Wayland Campbell was in 3rd going into the final lap, however Hallenbeck was able to charge hard and overtake Wayland in the final minutes of the race and clinch the 3rd place podium for the second time in two races.
In addition to the unlimited 4400 class, Glen Helen was also the largest regional race to date with more than 40 for the limited class registered. All classes competed at Glen Helen including the 4500, 4600, 4700, 4800 cars as well as UTVs. In the 4700 spec class, Red Bull rider, Wes Agee took the win, with Jessi Combs following up her Stampede win with a 2nd place finish with Chris Ridgway finishing in 3rd. With more than 15 4500 cars registered, this was the largest regional race to date for the Rubicon Express Modified class. 4580 Jordan Townsend lead in both prelims and the main event for the class and repeated his Stampede performance with another win over 2nd place John Currie in the 88 car, with 3rd place going to 4531 Shawn Rants. For the 4600 ProComp Stock Class, 4612 Ben Varozza also claimed his 2nd win in as many races, followed by 4648 Brian Behrend and 4696 Sean McNamara. Richie Carter won for the 4800 legends class in his first regional event for this class with Richard fenton coming in 2nd and Hans Oswald claiming 3rd place on the podium.
The next ULTRA4 race will be King of The Valleys in Wales, UK the weekend of August 8th – 10th. The final race in the Trail-Gear Western Regional Series will be August 22nd and 23rd in Tooele, UT and the final race in the 4WD Hardware Eastern Regional Series will be the Sturgis Off Road Blowout in Sturgis, KY on September 12th and 13th. The Nitto National Championship will be held October 17th and 18th..
Results below:
4400 Class
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
KOH Qual
1
Loren Healy
67
19:40:10.30
20
2
Levi Shirely
81
19:42:16.10
20
3
Jake Hallenbeck
4775
19:42:31.10
20
4
Wayland Campbell
3
19:42:38.50
20
5
Jon Cagliero
27
19:42:55.10
19
6
Jason Blanton
966
19:42:58.40
19
7
Alex Hardaway
4481
19:45:09.40
19
8
Mike Bou
54
19:42:47.60
18
9
Todd Mccullen
4422
19:46:04.70
18
KOH
10
Andrew Mclaughlin
4493
19:43:29.10
17
11
Airen Patrick
602
19:44:38.10
17
KOH
12
Randy Rodd
4407
19:45:12.30
17
KOH
13
Bailey Campbell
35
19:45:21.90
17
14
Jake Yeoman*
1977
19:35:55.20
16
KOH
15
Matt Nieman
4427
19:40:25.90
16
KOH
16
Doug Evans
4457
19:40:30.60
16
KOH
17
Mike Klensin
4431
19:41:12.40
16
KOH
18
Michael Trebino
4449
19:41:53.40
16
KOH
19
Chris Midkiff
23
19:42:12.10
16
KOH
20
Jeremy Hammer
97
19:45:47.50
16
KOH
21
Jason Scherer
76
19:11:56.80
15
22
Kevin Sacalas
4435
19:17:33.90
15
KOH
23
Jackson Stephens
4454
19:19:11.70
15
24
Tim Cameron
4111
19:16:12.50
14
25
Jason Bunch
927
19:40:46.50
14
26
Andy Brown
4455
18:58:38.40
11
27
Kevin Yoder
4434
19:13:42.80
11
28
Kenneth Goodall
7779
19:44:53.70
11
29
Tom Wayes
321
19:00:16.00
10
30
Paul Horschel
19
18:43:19.00
9
31
Steve Bray
902
18:48:16.20
9
32
Hal Deschamp
4445
18:51:08.20
9
33
Bill Baird
5252
18:36:36.20
8
34
Rocco Baldassarre
308
18:26:22.80
6
35
Greg Adler
10
18:28:05.90
6
36
Shannon Campbell
5
18:18:45.50
5
37
David Buchberger
911
18:24:27.90
4
38
Rick Mooneyham
554
18:09:42.60
3
39
Gary Ferravanti Jr.
64
18:03:43.90
2
40
Widodo Teguh
8168
17:55:04.10
1
* 1 lap added due to intermittent transponder
4500 Class
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
1
Jordan Townsend
4580
16:51:01.10
15
2
John Currie
88
16:53:23.40
15
3
Shawn Rants
4531
16:56:06.60
15
4
George Evans
457
16:49:30.70
14
5
Jason Wilkins
4596
16:54:16.70
14
6
Mike Bedwell
4540
16:55:44.10
14
7
Brandon Heyes
4558
16:56:04.60
14
8
Doug Faloni
713
16:52:42.20
13
9
Adam Arsenault
4503
16:52:50.10
13
10
David Shields
4524
16:56:55.20
13
11
Jimmy Jack
63
16:50:41.40
12
12
Alan Johnson
4511
16:50:29.60
10
13
Jordan Pellegrino
4585
16:52:08.50
9
14
Joey Simeone
21
16:29:45.30
8
15
Mike Johnson
4588
16:50:51.80
8
4600 Class
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
1
Ben Varozza
4612
16:55:47.70
14
2
Brian Behrend
4648
16:56:16.30
14
3
Sean Mcnamara
4696
16:39:39.40
10
4
Melvin Wade Iii
4651
16:55:30.80
10
5
Cole Bailey
4654
16:06:46.50
6
6
Richard Gauthier
4643
15:48:26.80
4
7
Kevin Adler
4602
15:52:57.30
3
4700 Class
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
1
Wes Agee
4706
16:50:27.70
16
2
Jessi Combs
4703
16:54:20.50
11
3
Chris Ridgway
4705
16:23:26.20
6
4
Joanthan Brenthell
4702
15:38:42.40
4
4800 Class
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
1
Richie Carter
4474
16:50:50.50
11
2
Richard Fenton
4852
16:51:45.20
9
3
Hans Oswald
4884
16:21:25.40
8
4
Jim Brown
104
15:45:58.30
4
5
Dave Schneider
4871
15:32:22.50
2
UTV Sportsman
Name
Nbr
Time
Laps
1
David Harvick
1927
13:53:19.64
10
2
Darren Mitchell
3
13:53:26.91
10
3
Jon Nelson
1902
13:54:48.26
10
4
Brian Hogue
1915
13:55:54.98
9
5
Andrew Gorman
1958
13:27:17.76
6
6
Kelly Lee
1966
13:20:48.57
5
7
Melvin Wade Iv
1951
13:57:22.10
5