JANUARY 19, 2010

The Heckenast Racing team has recently returned home from the 4th Annual 'Wild West Shootout' at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. Frank Heckenast, Jr. entered his first six Dirt Late Model events of the season in Arizona from January 9-17. The Frankfort, Illinois driver debuted a brand-new racecar from Mars Racing during his stint out west.

In all, Frankie advanced into five of the six feature events and landed a pair of top ten finishes against the stiff competition. He ran seventh in the $3,000 to win miniseries opener on January 9 and eighth in the $10,000 to win finale on January 17. In addition, Frankie also collected three heat race wins at the Tucson speedplant during the 'Wild West Shootout.' You can read stories from each of the six shows at the USA Raceway by accessing www.latemodelracer.com.

JANUARY 9-17, 2010

January 17, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: UMP DIRTcar Series - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $10,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 1st
Consolation Race Finish: Did Not Run Consy
40-Lap A-Main Finish: (1) Jimmy Mars (2) Jeremy Payne (3) Billy Moyer, Jr. (4) John Anderson (5) Randy Korte (6) Steve Drake (7) Billy Moyer (8) Frank Heckenast, Jr. (9) Eddie Kirchoff (10) Mike Balcaen (11) Dean Moore (12) Chris Shannon (13) Rylan Long (14) Brad Williams (15) A.J. Kirkpatrick (16) Clay Daly (17) Will Vaught (18) Lance Matthees (19) Darrell Nelson (20) Pat Doar (21) Mike Kirby (22) Jack Sullivan (23) Paul Mueller (24) Rob Mayea

January 16, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: UMP DIRTcar Series - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $3,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 3rd
Consolation Race Finish: 2nd
30-Lap A-Main Finish: (1) Billy Moyer (2) Jimmy Mars (3) Will Vaught (4) Lance Matthees (5) Chris Shannon (6) Jack Sullivan (7) Pat Doar (8) Kelly Boen (9) Terry Phillips (10) Randy Korte (11) Jeremy Payne (12) Darrell Nelson (13) Robert Sanders (14) Billy Moyer, Jr. (15) John Anderson (16) John Lowrey (17) Brad Seng (18) Mike Balcaen (19) Dean Moore (20) Steve Drake (21) Frank Heckenast, Jr. (22) Tyler Reddick (23) Blaine Dopplar (24) A.J. Kirkpatrick

January 15, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: UMP DIRTcar Series - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $3,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 6th
Consolation Race Finish: 5th
30-Lap A-Main Finish: Did Not Start

January 13, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: UMP DIRTcar Series - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $3,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 1st
Consolation Race Finish: Did Not Run Consy
30-Lap A-Main Finish: (1) Terry Phillips (2) Billy Moyer (3) Jimmy Mars (4) Chris Shannon (5) Jack Sullivan (6) Rylan Long (7) Randy Korte (8) John Lowrey (9) Mike Balcaen (10) Steve Drake (11) John Anderson (12) Lance Matthees (13) Rob Sanders (14) Frank Heckenast, Jr. (15) Jeremy Payne (16) Clay Daly (17) Pat Doar (18) Kelly Boen (19) Don Shaw (20) Paul Mueller (21) Brad Looney (22) Mark Carroll (23) Will Vaught (24) Bo Gordon

January 10, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: Unsanctioned - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $5,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 2nd
Consolation Race Finish: Did Not Run Consy
30-Lap A-Main Finish: (1) Billy Moyer (2) Jimmy Mars (3) Terry Phillips (4) Kelly Boen (5) Don Shaw (6) Chris Shannon (7) Will Vaught (8) Steve Drake (9) Jack Sullivan (10) Pat Doar (11) Mike Kirby (12) Jeremy Payne (13) Rylan Long (14) Billy Moyer, Jr. (15) Frank Heckenast, Jr. (16) Clay Daly (17) John Lowrey (18) Lonnie Parker, Jr. (19) Lance Matthees (20) Jeremy Thornton (21) Joey Moriarty (22) John Anderson (23) Brad Looney (24) Brad Seng

January 9, 2010
Track: USA Raceway - Tucson, Arizona (www.usaraceway.net)
Sanction: Unsanctioned - 'Wild West Shootout'
Purse: $3,000 to win

Qualifying: No Qualifying - Passing Points Format
Heat Race Finish: 1st
Consolation Race Finish: Did Not Run Consy
30-Lap A-Main Finish: (1) Jimmy Mars (2) Randy Korte (3) Kelly Boen (4) Billy Moyer (5) John Anderson (6) Terry Phillips (7) Frank Heckenast, Jr. (8) Lonnie Parker, Jr. (9) Pat Doar (10) Rob Mayea (11) Eric Turner (12) Matt Aukland (13) Chris Shannon (14) Clay Daly (15) Brad Williams (16) Don Shaw (17) John Lowrey (18) Brad Looney (19) Lance Matthees (20) Andrew McKay (21) Joey Moriarty (22) Jeremy Payne (23) Mike Balcaen (24) Mike Kirby

JANUARY 7, 2010

Frank Heckenast, Jr. and the Heckenast Racing team will kick off their 2010 campaign from January 9-17 at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona! The 4th Annual 'Wild West Shootout' will take place at the USA Raceway and six Dirt Late Model special events will be held ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 to win. Frankie will debut a new racecar from Mars Racing during the next week-and-a-half out west in Arizona. You can view Frankie's early season schedule on the SCHEDULE page of the website!