ENNIS, Texas (October 16, 2022) – Aaron Stanfield and the Stanfield Racing Engines Chevrolet COPO Camaro battled to the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals win Sunday at Texas Motorplex to finish the 2022 season with his first win of the season.
Stanfield, also the No. 1 qualifier of the event, would have a solo in what was his third finals round of the season. The 2021 champion would have a solid clean pass at 7.764-seconds and 165.00 mph to take the win light.
“Well, we didn’t defend the championship, but we ended the season strong,” Stanfield said. “We had some struggles this year and to be able to push through adversity and end it on a high is definitely a good feeling. Hats off to all the guys that work at Stanfield Racing Engines. It’s been a lot of blood sweat and tears. We fought hard, and we had a good weekend this weekend. We have some mojo back and we’re hoping to come out swinging next year.”
In the semifinals, Stanfield took on Conner Statler and the Janac Brother’s Racing Dodge Drag Pak. Stanfield would have a solid 7.733-second pass at 178.34 mph to defeat Statler’s 7.793 at 176.06 despite his 0.010 second reaction time.
Stanfield should have run Bill Skillman and the Ray Skillman Auto Ford Cobra Jet in the final round, but Skillman was unable to make the call. Second in points, Skillman had a bye run into the semifinals where he would take the win on the starting line. Stephen Bell had the Stanfield Racing Engines Chevy go red by 0.028-seconds while Skillman would go 8.055 at 137.61 after hurting the engine mid-track resulting in his inability to make the final round.
“Definitely was a weird feeling running a solo in the finals. As racers we never want to see that. Its’ unfortunate with the quick turnaround today, its hard to change the engines in these cars,” Stanfield said. “I hate it for Mr. Skillman, but we had a fast hot rod that was going to be tough to beat.”
Through the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown Bounty Program Stanfield will carry the $1,000 bounty into the 2023 season.
Constant Aviation Bounty Program
- Gatornationals (Gainesville, FL)
- $1,000 bounty collected by Anthony Troyer, defeated Aaron Stanfield, Las Vegas winner
- Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals (Charlotte, NC)
- $1,000 bounty collected by Stephen Bell, defeated Lenny Lottig, Gatornationals winner
- Virginia Nationals (Richmond, VA)
- Bounty unclaimed, Charlotte winner Bill Skillman undefeated
- Thunder Valley Nationals (Bristol, Tenn.)
- $2,000 bounty collected by Scott Libersher, defeated Bill Skillman, Charlotte Four-Wide and Virginia Nationals winner
- Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals (Norwalk, Ohio)
- $1,000 bounty collected by Bill Skillman, defeated David Barton, Thunder Valley Nationals winner
- Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals (Indianapolis)
- $1,000 collected by David Barton, defeated Bill Skillman Summit Racing Equipment Nationals winner
- Pep Boys NHRA Nationals (Reading, Pa.)
- Bounty unclaimed, Indianapolis winner David Barton undefeated
- Texas NHRA FallNationals (Ennis, Texas)
- $2,000 collected by Lenny Lottig, defeated David Barton, U.S. Nationals and Pep Boys NHRA Nationals winner
2022 Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown Results
- Gainesville – Lenny Lottig, winner; Anthony Troyer, runner-up
- Charlotte – Bill Skillman, winner, David Barton, runner-up
- Richmond – Bill Skillman, winner, Dan Condon, runner-up
- Bristol – David Barton, winner, Stephen Bell, runner-up
- Norwalk – Bill Skillman, winner, David Barton, runner-up
- Indianapolis – David Barton, winner, Aaron Stanfield, runner-up
- Reading – David Barton, winner, Aaron Stanfield, runner-up
- Dallas – Aaron Stanfield, winner, Bill Skillman, runner-up
Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown Top Ten Points Standings:
- David Barton 717
- Bill Skillman 662
- Aaron Stanfield 586
- Lenny Lottig 456
- Mark Pawuk 394
- Dan Condon 382
- David Janac 369
- David Davies III 362
- Anthony Troyer 352
- Stephen Bell 346
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