Hillock Leads RMCS Back to Rocky Mountain Raceways

BOISE, IDAHO (July 8, 2011) The CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series presented by Century Boatland returns to Rocky Mountain Raceways Saturday night July 9 for round six of the championship series and their third of four races slated at the 3/8-mile ultra-fast paved oval this season. The series known for its full field invert will stage the 27th series event at the racetrack located outside Salt Lake City, Utah that has seen 14 different series winner's in the previous 26 races.

Jeff Hillock (Cedar Hills, UT), driver of the JH Hillock Electric Chevrolet, leads the point standings on the strength of one win, three top five and five top ten performances this season. In his last race at RMR he scored his first career RMCS victory. In his RMCS career, he has started 22 races with one win, four top five and 12 top ten finishes. Hillock is coming off a ninth place performance at Meridian Speedway two weeks ago.



Steve Jones (Meridian, ID) drives the NC Enterprises Chevrolet and is the defending series champion. Jones has one win, three top five and three top finishes so far this season and sits second in the point standings just 23-points behind Hillock. Jones finished second in the last event at RMR and all three of his series wins have come at RMR. In his RMCS career, Jones has started 29 races with three wins, 13 top five and 19 top ten finishes along with 4 Sharp Powder Coating Fast Time Awards. Jones is coming off a 12th place finish at Meridian Speedway two weeks ago.



Zan Sharp (Wellsville, UT). Sharp is sponsored by Sharp Transportation and drives a Chevrolet. So far this season, Sharp has started four races with one win and four top ten performances. He is currently third in the standings just 27-points behind Jones. He has three wins at RMR and finished second at RMR back in May. Sharp finished 7th at Meridian two weeks ago and in his RMCS career he has started 57 races with seven wins, 28 top five, 38 top ten performances along with eight Sharp Powder Coating Fast Time awards.



Bruce Quale (Twin Falls, ID) is sponsored by Dish Network. Through five races this season, Quale has two top five and three top ten performances and is coming off a 6th place effort at Meridian. In his last event at RMR, Quale finished 4th and is currently 4th in the standings 42-points behind Sharp. Quale has started 41 races with one win, 17 top five and 26 top ten finishes along with two Sharp Powder Coating Fast Time Awards.



Lynn Hardy (West Valley, UT) rounds out the top five in the point standings in his Qivana/Metaboliq Chevrolet. Hardy has one top five and four top ten finishes this season and is coming off a 15th place finish at Meridian. Hardy has started 37 RMCS races with two wins (both at RMR) ten top five and 18 top ten performances along with eight career Sharp Powder Coating Fast Time Awards. Hardy finished third at RMR back in May.



Eric Rhead (West Jordan, UT) is sponsored by ITT and drives a Chevrolet. Rhead has scored two RMCS victories in his career, both coming at RMR. This season he has two top five and four top ten finishes and is currently 6th in the point standings 46-points behind Hardy. Rhead has started 18 career races with two wins, 5 top five and 12 top ten finishes. Rhead finished 8th at Meridian and 6th the last time the series was at RMR back in May. Rhead is also the defending winner of this event.



John Wong (Parma, ID) sits 7th in the standings in his Champion Produce Chevrolet. Wongs has two top five and four top ten finishes this season and was unable to compete in the last series event after a practice crash leading up to the race. In his last visit to RMR, Wong finished in 8th place. In his RMCS career, he has started 20 races with two top five and and nine top ten performances.



Thane Alderman (Las Vegas, NV) drives a Chevrolet sponsored by Western General Inc. and currently sits in the eighth position in the standings. Alderman is coming off his best finish of the season at Meridian Speedway where his finished second. He has started 41 RMCS races with three wins, 14 top five and 25 top 10 performances. He has one win at RMR (2008) and finished 18th back in May.



Jim Wulfenstein (Pahrump, NV) drives the Desert Promotions Chevrolet. "Wulfy" has started 24 RMCS races with three top five and 15 top ten finishes. He finished 7th at RMR back in May and missed the last series event at Meridian. Wulfenstein is currently ninth in the point standings 86-points out of 8th place.



Lonnie Lowder (Twin Falls, ID) is sponsored by Rob Green GMC. Lowder rounds out the top ten in the standings despite missing the last event due to a scheduling conflict. Lowder has three top ten finishes this season and finished 9th at RMR back in May. In his RMCS career, Lowder has started 12 races with one top five and five top ten finishes.



Leading the A-1 Heating and Air Conditioning Rookie of the the Year standings is Devin LaHorgue (Redding, CA). Devin is sponsored by the I-5 Tire Factory in Red Bluff. He has one top ten finish so far this season in three starts and looked to have his best career finish in the last event at Meridian two weeks ago when he was running in the second position on the final lap only to have the rear axle on his Chevrolet fail a half a lap from the finish. In his last start at RMR he finished 14th. LaHorgue is currently 13th in the point standings 102-points out of tenth place.



Brian Levant (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is the track record holder at RMR with a quick lap of 14.906 seconds/90.568 MPH set 5/31/2010. In 26 previous races there have been 14 different winners with James Eaton (4 wins), Zan Sharp (3 wins), Steve Jones (3 wins) leading all winners. Dave Minegar, John Dillon, Eric Rhead, and Lynn Hardy each have two wins apiece.



The event on Saturday is a 125-lap contest with racing action getting underway 4:45 PM MT with qualifying and a whole slate of local racing action. Log onto www.rmrracing.com for complete details.







The RMCS utilizes a racing format not found in ANY other regional touring series around the country. The RMCS inverts the full starting field putting the fast qualifiers at the back to start the race. This format ensures race fans see what they paid for and that is passing. Each driver is awarded three points per position gained in the event. Points are also awarded for qualifying and heat race finishes. Through the history of the series, the winning driver has averaged a 15th place starting position. To ensure competition, the RMCS pays it purse based on total point accumulation for the event and provides several special performance awards at each race. Century Boatland in Twin Falls is a major sponsor to the series providing significant support to the series all season.



The CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series is a regional touring series that allows all competitors to race and gain experience on different types of racetracks. It is a high-quality professional racing series that offers maximum opportunity at an affordable price serving the intermountain West. The motto of the series is to “Race Hard and Have Fun!” For all the latest news and information regarding the CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series log on to our website at www.rmcsracing.com .