Derek Thorn Grabs K&N Pro Series West Win At Sonoma

Derek Thorn flashes under the checkered flag to score the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series win Saturday at Sonoma Raceway. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Derek Thorn charged to the lead late in the event and pulled away in a green-white-checkered finish to win the Carneros 200 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday.

The victory on the 1.99-mile, 10-turn track marked the second win this season, fourth career victory and first road course win for the driver from Lakeport, CA.

Thorn, who finished second at Sonoma a year ago, appeared content to ride in third and save his tires through much of the race as front runners Michael Self and Cameron Hayley battled for the lead.

“I think they burned up their rear tires,” Thorn said. “It wasn’t on purpose. When I finally got behind Hayley and Self, they were leaving black marks for 50 feet after they got back to the gas up off the corners and I was just kind of biding my time. It worked out for the best, them two being together. I’m glad the two have a rivalry, because it made it easier for me.”

Although he seemed to have his No. 6 Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford in command of the event through the final laps, Thorn said he was not sure of getting the win until the finish.

“I was going into (turn) 11 and I was like ‘please don’t wheel hop’,’’ he said. “It was nerve wracking when you’re out front like that. It doesn’t take much. This track was pretty hot and your back tires don’t have a lot of grip and your whole car is doing things it hasn’t done all day.”

Thorn became the sixth different leader of the day when he charged past Self on lap 53. He pulled away in a late-race restart and then charged away again after the seventh caution of the day extended the race for a green-white-checkered finish. He crossed the finish line with a winning margin of 1.493 seconds.

Hayley slipped by Self on the final lap to take second.

“I definitely got as much as I could out of those tires at the end there,” said Hayley, who had won his third pole of the season earlier in qualifying and led 17 laps of the race.

Self, who was trying to extend his three-race win streak, expressed disappointment in finishing third after leading a race high 21 laps.

“We led a lot of laps,” he said. “We had an awesome car. I don’t know if I just got greedy or what it was. We just didn’t have any rear tires left. We burned them off after those last restarts. These guys ran hard. I thought Cameron had used his stuff up early. So I was kind of laughing. Well now he’s laughing.”

David Mayhew followed the trio in fourth, with Paulie Harraka finishing fifth. Completing the top 10 were Travis Milburn, Kelly Admiraal, Dylan Lypton, Eric Holmes and Dave Smith.

With the victory, Thorn regained the lead in the championship standings. He leads with 258 points over Self, with 255. Hayley is third with 247. Greg Pursley, who faded to finish 21st after running up front at Sonoma, is fourth in points at 225. Lupton is fifth at 218. Rounding out the top 10 are Carl Harr at 195, Taylor Cuzick at 185, Dylan Hutchison at 182, Brett Thompson at 182 and Daryl Harr at 178.

This was the sixth of 15 races on this year’s series schedule and the second of three road course events on tap in 2013.

The Carneros 200 is scheduled to air on SPEED on Thursday, July 18 at 3 pm ET.

The next event on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule is at Colorado National Speedway in Dacono, CO, on July 27.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, CA
Carneros 200 – June 22, 2013

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	3	6	Derek Thorn	Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford	66	47	4	Running
2	1	24	Cameron Hayley	Cabinets by Hayley/GPM Ford	66	43	1	Running
3	5	21	Michael Self	Golden Gate Meat/iON/Bay Bio Chevrolet	66	43	2	Running
4	8	17	David Mayhew	Madoron/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet	66	41	1	Running
5	4	20	Paulie Harraka	Crackle Toyota	66	39		Running
6	17	14	Travis Milburn	Cooks Collision Toyota	66	38		Running
7	12	83	Kelly Admiraal *	Western Camp Services Chevrolet	66	38	1	Running
8	6	9	Dylan Lupton *	Vadio/Lupton Excavating/Sunrise Ford Ford	66	36		Running
9	7	16	Eric Holmes	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	66	35		Running
10	15	88	Dave Smith	iON Camera/Sonoma Harvest Chevrolet	66	34		Running
11	19	86	Tim Spurgeon *	Kleen Blast/Abrasive Warehouse Ford	66	33		Running
12	28	2	Carl Harr	West World Computers Chevrolet	66	32		Running
13	22	1	Jim Inglebright	Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet	66	31		Running
14	11	71	Daryl Harr	i World Connect Chevrolet	66	30		Running
15	20	5	Dylan Hutchison	Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet	66	29		Running
16	21	10	Austin Cameron	AC Motorsports Chevrolet	66	28		Running
17	26	61	Brett Thompson	RTTI /VaCom Technologies Chevrolet	65	27		Running
18	32	30	Wes Banks	Valvoline/Holleran’s Performance Dodge	65	26		Running
19	34	38	John Wood	Holleran’s/Adan Automotive Ford	65	25		Running
20	31	25	Tom Klauer *	Naake-Klauer Motorsports Chevrolet	64	24		Running
21	2	26	Greg Pursley	GPM/Star Nursery/ Real Water Ford	63	24	1	Running
22	18	31	Bobby Runyan, Jr. *	Raging Bull Mtrspts Chevrolet	63	22		Running
23	14	42	Taylor Cuzick	Freightliner of Arizona Ford	61	21		Accident
24	25	12	Giles Thornton *	TTC Racing Toyota	60	20		Running
25	29	56	Davide Amaduzzi *	Biancko Design Ford	57	19		Shocks
26	35	15	Jack Sellers	Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet	54	18		Electrical
27	33	07	Brady Flaherty *	Entisys Solutions Ford	52	17		Transmission
28	16	32	Dale Quarterley	Van Dyk Baler Ford	50	16		Accident
29	23	8	Johnny Borneman	Twisted X Boots/Red Line Oil Chevrolet	46	15		Rear End
30	13	29	Brennan Newberry	Qore-24.com Chevrolet	41	14		Overheating
31	27	47	Scott Ivie	MSI Development Inc Ford	35	13		Engine
32	30	51	Carlos Vieira *	51 FIFTY Energy Drink Toyota	31	12		Rear End
33	9	48	Chris Cook	SNT Mtrspts Development Chevrolet	22	11		Engine
34	24	40	Ryan Reed *	American Diebetes Association Chevrolet	18	10		Engine
35	10	19	Kyle Heckman *	MMI Services/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet	3	9		Transmission

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