PWBA Tour champion Lindsay Boomershine and NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger capped off the inaugural PBA All-Star Weekend by successful the Go Bowling PBA NASCAR Invitational at Phoenix Raceway.
4 doubles groups that includes one skilled bowler and one NASCAR driver took to a pair of lanes put in inside The Barn at Phoenix Raceway.
Competing within the baker doubles format, Boomershine and Allmendinger first defeated Daria Pajak and Daniel Hemric, then defending champions Kyle Troup and Aric Almirola to win the occasion.
PBA Corridor of Famer Mike Aulby, who ranks ninth all-time with 29 profession PBA Tour titles, returned to the lanes in dramatic vogue. Aulby received the Checkered Flag Conflict, a one-ball roll-off competitors, towards eight NASCAR drivers and FOX expertise.
Aulby outlasted former Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne and FOX NASCAR analyst Phil Parsons within the last rounds.
Boomershine and Allmendinger’s victory spoiled a Troup sweep of All-Star Weekend.
On Friday, Troup, Darren Tang and Sean Rash of Staff Storm received the PBA All-Star Expertise Showdown.
Troup then led his staff of legend Walter Ray Williams Jr. and rising star Cortez Schenck to the PBA Legacy Cup: Legends and Rising Stars title on Saturday.
Troup, who’s the one participant to have received a number of PBA Tour titles up to now this season, additionally threw the successful strike in Saturday’s Battle of the Ages match, which pitted 5 present all-stars towards 5 PBA Corridor of Famers.
Despite the fact that Sunday’s occasion wasn’t a PBA Tour title occasion, the previous PBA Participant of the 12 months sought to defend a PBA win for the primary time in his profession. Troup could have one other alternative to take action later this season on the PBA Tour Finals.
With the first-ever PBA All-Star Weekend within the books the PBA Tour is about to renew the 2024 marketing campaign.
The PBA Jr. Nationwide Championships, that includes finalists Kayla Starr, Gianna Brandolino, Dmitri Richardson and Ernesto Reynoso, airs Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Jap on FS1. Boomershine will compete in that occasion in addition to a part of a youth-pro doubles match.
The USBC Masters, the third main of the 2024 PBA Tour, begins subsequent week in Las Vegas. Qualifying will get underway Monday, March 25 with the finals happening Sunday, March 31 at 1:30 p.m. ET on FOX. Anthony Simonsen will purpose for his third consecutive Masters crown.
Spherical 10 of the PBA Elite League introduced by Snickers will even happen in Las Vegas, airing Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. ET on FS1. The New Jersey KingPins, who simply added Schenck to the squad, will tackle the Go Bowling Dallas Strikers, whereas Las Vegas’ personal Excessive Rollers will face off towards the defending champion Waco Wonders.
Go Bowling PBA NASCAR Invitational at Phoenix Raceway Outcomes
Match 1: Kyle Troup and Aric Almirola def. Darren Tang and Chase Briscoe
Match 2: Lindsay Boomershine and AJ Allmendinger def. Daria Pajak and Daniel Hemric
Championship: Lindsay Boomershine and AJ Allmendinger def. Kyle Troup and Aric Almirola
Checkered Flag Conflict Outcomes
1. Mike Aulby
2. Phil Parsons
3. Trevor Bayne
4. Ryan Preece
5. Cole Custer
6. Jamie Little
7. Leland Honeyman Jr.
8. Jesse Iwuji
9. Sheldon Creed
MARCH 17, 2024 NOLAN HUGHES