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David Gravel wins Jason Johnson Classic at Lake Ozark Speedway
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STORYBOOK CLASSIC: David Gravel wins Jason Johnson Classic
Gravel wins at Lake Ozark Speedway, his 10th win of the year with Jason Johnson Racing
ELDON, MO – Oct. 19, 2019 – Jason Johnson had a black book of goals he’d like to accomplish. One was to promote a race.
On Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway it was checked off Johnson's list. His widow, Bobbi Johnson, promoted the Jason Johnson Classic with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
The event started with rain but had a storybook ending.
Like a wave rising in the ocean before crashing down, the sea of people filling the grandstands simultaneously rose to their feet and applauded as David Gravel piloted the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 car to Victory Lane.
Family, friends and team members – all with smiles and some with tears – flooded Victory Lane to congratulate Gravel and Johnson on the victory – reminiscent of Gravel’s Knoxville Nationals win in August.
“Just couldn’t have been a better night,” said a jubilated Gravel. “We’ve had two weeks this year that are storybook weeks. To get this done and win tonight… it might look like it’s fixed, but it isn’t. Sheldon (Haudenschild) made me work for that race.”
The Watertown, Conn. driver was fast all night, winning his Drydene Heat race – holding off a hard charging Haudenschild to do so – and finishing fourth in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash – won by Jason Sides, who also held off Haudenschild for the win.
When the 41-lap Feature when green Sides rocketed ahead of the field and threw his King Racing Products No. 7S car to the high side. He committed to the line in his pursuit for the win. If someone was going to pass him the bottom was their only option.
Haudenschild followed in line with Sides, riding the high side, trying to hunt him down. Behind them, Gravel worked his way by Brian Brown for third on Lap two and reeled in the top two every lap.
Sides got loose off turn two on Lap seven, allowing Haudenschild to close to his tail tank and Gravel to charge toward them both.
When the trio reached turn three Gravel slung his Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 41 car to the bottom of the track, sliding by Haudenschild and Sides for the lead. Gravel powered in front of them off turn four to officially take the lead on Lap eight, while Haudenschild also snuck by Sides to take second.
The battle was now Gravel versus Haudenschild. Both favored the cushion around the 1/3-mile speedway. Haudenschild’s NOS Energy Drink No. 17 was utilizing it better, though. He caught Gravel on Lap 14 and dove underneath him in turn three to steal the lead away from him.
Haudenschild led the next 11 laps, with Gravel keeping pressure from behind, before a caution spoiled the Wooster, Ohio driver’s night.
On the restart with 17 laps to go Haudenschild slid over the cushion in turn two and Gravel pounced. He charged underneath Haudenschild down the backstretch and sailed his car into turn three, gapping Haudenschild by two car lengths.
“Being on the outside I kind of pinched him (Haudenschild) a little bit,” Gravel said. “You’ve got to do those things to win races. I think I just had a little bit of an advantage on him on the double-file restart and was able to get the lead.”
Haudenschild kept Gravel in sight for the rest of the race but wasn’t able to put together another strong enough run to catch him.
“I would have liked to have raced in traffic a little bit more,” Haudenschild said. “I think it mixes it up and made a little bit more possibilities. When we were in clean air we were just ripping around there and waiting until we got traffic to get anything.”
Logan Schuchart had his own exciting race, charging from 11th to third – his second podium finish in-a-row.
“There in the beginning it was pretty interesting, we were battling back there with Brad (Sweet) and Donny (Schatz). That’s something you don’t want to get in between,” Schuchart said. “It was a good race. We were able to get up there on some restarts, pass some cars when we needed to.”
Sweet and Schatz – who are first and second, respectively, in the championship points – battled around each other most of the night. Sweet had the better night, racing from 12th to fourth, while Schatz raced from 14th to eighth. Sweet is now 32 points ahead of Schatz with only four races left this season – only two before the World Finals.
Gravel’s win was his 10th of the year – first at Lake Ozark Speedway – and 49th career World of Outlaws win.
With Gravel and Schatz having 10 wins and Sweet having 16, it’s the first time since 2000 that there are at least three drivers with 10 or more wins in the Series.
“To hit double digits this year is great,” Gravel said about his win total. “It’s a hard feat to do on the World of Outlaws tour. For us to do that, it feels awesome.
“This is for Jason’s family. Put a smile on their faces tonight and hopefully for the whole week coming up."
Bobbi Johnson called Gravel and the JJR team a “dream team” with how well they have meshed this year and the success they’ve had. Their victory helped put a period on the storybook ending for the inaugural Jason Johnson Classic – a big goal checked off Jason’s list.
“Tomorrow when you sit back and realize and think about all of the man hours and all of the time and all of the help and preparation, there’s a whole team that put on this deal and stood behind me,” Johnson said. “Just to feel like I checked off one of Jason’s things he always wanted to do… he had a black book and there’s a couple of things in there that’s not checked off, so that’s what I’m trying to do next.”
UP NEXT:
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, will be at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa. for the Nittany Showdown.
As always, if you can’t make it to the race, you can watch all of the action LIVE on www.DIRTVision.com!
Race Results: Lake Ozark Speedway – 10/19/19
NOS Energy Drink Feature (41 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [4][$10,410]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][$5,910]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$3,610]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [12][$3,210]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [8][$2,910]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [1][$2,710]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5][$2,610]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [14][$2,510]; 9. 5-Shane Stewart [19][$2,460]; 10. 19-Brent Marks [15][$2,410]; 11. 2M-Kerry Madsen [18][$1,910]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog [20][$1,610]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [9][$1,510]; 14. 2-Carson Macedo [13][$1,460]; 15. 4-Terry McCarl [10][$1,410]; 16. 91-Cale Thomas [16][$1,310]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][$1,210]; 18. 33M-Mason Daniel [21][$1,210]; 19. 99-Skylar Gee [6][$1,210]; 20. 21-Brian Brown [3][$1,210]; 21. O9-Matt Juhl [17][$1,210]; 22. 14K-Kyle Bellm [22][$1,210]; 23. 2C-Wayne Johnson [24][$1,210]; 24. W20-Greg Wilson [23][$1,210];
Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-7; David Gravel 8-13, 25-41; Sheldon Haudenschild 14-24;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-Shane Stewart[+10]
Qualifying – 1. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.111; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.116; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.189; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.193; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 11.196; 6. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.226; 7. 91-Cale Thomas, 11.238; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.241; 9. 41-David Gravel, 11.26; 10. 99-Skylar Gee, 11.287; 11. 83-Daryn Pittman, 11.29; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.302; 13. 2-Carson Macedo, 11.326; 14. O9-Matt Juhl, 11.346; 15. 19-Brent Marks, 11.374; 16. 4-Terry McCarl, 11.389; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.401; 18. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 11.507; 19. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 11.518; 20. 33M-Mason Daniel, 11.524; 21. 5-Shane Stewart, 11.564; 22. O5-Colin Smith, 11.64; 23. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.652; 24. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 11.665; 25. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 11.67; 26. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.723; 27. 35L-Cody Ledger, 11.878; 28. 7W-Skylar Hunter, 11.901
DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee [4]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 4. 4-Terry McCarl [6]; 5. 2-Carson Macedo [5]; 6. 91-Cale Thomas [3]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [9]; 8. 14K-Kyle Bellm [7]; 9. 7W-Skylar Hunter [10]; 10. O5-Colin Smith [8]
DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 6. O9-Matt Juhl [5]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog [8]
DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [3]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [6]; 7. 5-Shane Stewart [7]; 8. 2C-Wayne Johnson [8]; 9. 35L-Cody Ledger [9]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 4. 41-David Gravel [5]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee [6]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – 1. 5-Shane Stewart [3][]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog [5][]; 3. 33M-Mason Daniel [2][]; 4. 14K-Kyle Bellm [1][]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [8][]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [6][]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [7][$341]; 8. 35L-Cody Ledger [9][$291]; 9. 7W-Skylar Hunter [10][$266]; 10. O5-Colin Smith [4][$241]
J-Mac Masters Haubstadt’s Harvest Cup
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Jason McDougal (#76m) goes wheel-to-wheel with Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#5) for the lead in Saturday night's Harvest Cup at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana.
(David Nearpass Photo)
J-MAC MASTERS HAUBSTADT'S HARVEST CUP
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Haubstadt, Indiana (October 19, 2019).........As friends and former roommates, Jason McDougal and Kevin Thomas, Jr. have a bond that extends further than the racetrack. On the racetrack, though, each are routinely tough customers regularly waging battle against one another, giving no quarter in pursuit of triumph.
Yet even friends have their battles every now and again. Especially when you're among that special breed of individual who climbs behind the wheel of a racecar and is driven to succeed at the highest level.
Nowhere was that more evident than Saturday night's Harvest Cup at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. where the series made its return following a seven-year absence. The stage allowed the two to slug it out for a majority of the 30-lap main event, exchanging the lead seemingly every single lap on both ends of the track, delivering slider after slider until the final bell tolled.
The baton for the lead was passed between Logan Seavey, Thomas, McDougal and Thomas Meseraull officially speaking, six times at the line (26 times unofficially) until McDougal emerged with the lead for good 10 laps from the finish to score his second career series win and the second of the 2019 season.
"Midget racing is a blast here. I don't know why we don't come here more," McDougal exclaimed. "Racing with KTJ like that, you've got to be able to trust someone you know you can go back and forth with."
The feast of sliders began right from the initial green when reigning series champ Logan Seavey bolted to the lead from the pole position into turn one. Fourth-starting Thomas made his initial bid for the lead in turn three on the opening lap before Seavey cut back under off the fourth turn to lead the opening lap.
Meanwhile, back in the pack, Tucker Klaasmeyer endured a Tommy Tipover in turn four that brought out the night's only red flag. Klaasmeyer restarted after changing a flat left rear tire and made an impressive charge from 22nd to a 7th place finish at the checkered.
Following the restart, Seavey commanded the lead up front while Thomas and the emerging McDougal, who started 5th, began swapping the runner-up spot by lap five when McDougal moved into the spot. Two laps later, McDougal steered it deep into turn three, sliding past Seavey on the bottom and riding up over the cushion. That allowed Seavey to drive back by under McDougal while Thomas got past McDougal then took over the spot from Seavey on the eighth lap.
McDougal raced back to 2nd on lap nine, then turned up the wick on Thomas with a run off turn 4 under Thomas that moved him back to the lead by a half-car length on the 10th lap, but only momentarily, as Thomas powered back to the lead with a pair of crossovers of McDougal in turns one and three to sustain his grasp of the top spot.
Back and forth, the two attacked the quarter-mile dirt oval throughout the middle portion of the feature with McDougal repetitively diving to the bottom in turn three to nab the lead, but each time, Thomas answered by driving underneath McDougal exiting four and leading into turn one.
McDougal brought the hammer into the first turn each time, arching his car above the cushion before driving straight as an arrow down off the turn two banking with a run to the inside of Thomas in turn four. A lap 17 caution for Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier and 8th running Gio Scelzi, who slowed to a stop in turn one, put a brief hiatus to the chaos ensuing at the head of the pack.
On the restart with 13 to go, a new contender emerged in 12th starting Thomas Meseraull, himself a 3rd place finisher in the 2011 Hut 100 at Tri-State. Meseraull was in position to capitalize when Thomas slid by McDougal in turn two. McDougal and Thomas made slight bumper to bumper contact, both chocked it up, and Meseraull drove underneath both down the back straightaway and into the lead.
Meseraull withstood McDougal's relentless pursuit over the next few laps, countering each turn three slider delivered to him on laps 18-19-20 to retain the lead at the stripe. On the 21st lap, McDougal went into action with a slider under Meseraull in turn one. This time, Meseraull launched off turn two and entered turn three side-by-side under McDougal. The two aimed to occupy the same piece of ground at the same moment at the top of turn four with Meseraull's right front tire and McDougal's left rear meeting face-to-face, sending Meseraull backwards into the outside wall, thus ending his bid for victory, although he did return to finish 8th after restarting from the tail.
The baton for the lead was passed between Logan Seavey, Thomas, McDougal and Thomas Meseraull officially speaking, six times at the line (26 times unofficially) until McDougal emerged with the lead for good 10 laps from the finish to score his second career series win and the second of the 2019 season.
(Ryan Sellers Photo)
"T-Mez was a little upset with me for how I drove around him in three and four, but I didn't see anything wrong with it. He hit my left rear," McDougal said.
On the lap 21 restart, McDougal was gone, opening up a full-straightaway lead over Thomas and, for all intents and purposes, putting this one on ice as he ran his preferred line in the middle. With a clear track in his sight, McDougal set the fastest lap of the race on the 24th circuit and all was right in his world.
"Entering one is a little tricky, had a little hole getting into it, but once I got to racing with KTJ, every time he slid me, he pulled away and never got to the cushion. So, I pulled down the last few restarts and was actually better right through the middle."
However, a caution on lap 25 involving Karsyn Elledge and Jerry Coons, Jr. erased McDougal's advantage and put him in the position of having to deliver the same restart performance once again and avoid a potential race-changing slider from Thomas and now 3rd running Kyle Cummins who, earlier in the night, wrapped up his undefeated Tri-State season with his 8th sprint car win in as many appearances at the track in 2019.
The next try saw McDougal escape with an eight car length lead on the restart, but only briefly as Elledge spun to a stop on the bottom of turn four on the 26th lap, forcing yet another restart and putting him in a slightly precarious position, but he knew his FMR Racing/Panther Graphics South - TRD - Mobil 1 - FK Rod Ends/Beast/Speedway Toyota was working solidly, giving him the utmost confidence to finish the job.
"(Crew chief) Bob (East) always gives me a good car," McDougal complimented. "It's usually a little tight at the beginning, but we're always pretty hot the last 10-15 laps. I got a little nervous with the yellows we had going there. You always get nervous when you get three yellows like that. You don't want to restart the same like that, but obviously it was working. I switched up the entry on the restart a little bit, but other than that, I felt like I was pretty good."
The final, final restart was just as peachy for McDougal as he pulled away once, twice and third and for all, pulling out to a half-straight advantage on initial lap following the restart and securing the victory by a 2.752 second margin over Thomas, Cummins, point leader Tyler Courtney and Justin Grant.
Of note, Tanner Thorson's time of 2:59.89 set during the night's semi-feature, established a new 12-lap USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget track record at Tri-State, eclipsing the mark set by Jerry Weeks 40 years earlier, in 1979, by nearly 17 seconds.
Contingency award winners Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway were Gio Scelzi (Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier), Jerry Coons, Jr. (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner & Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher), Chris Windom (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Thomas Meseraull (AutoMeter Third Heat Winner), Tanner Thorson (Indy Race Parts Semi Winner), Sam Johnson (Saldana Racing Products First Non-Transfer) & Justin Grant (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger).
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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 19, 2019 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - Harvest Cup - 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval
FATHEADZ EYEWEAR QUALIFYING: 1. Gio Scelzi, 84, Tucker/Boat-13.951; 2. Jason McDougal, 76m, FMR-13.967; 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 5, Petry-13.985; 4. Robert Dalby, 85, Tucker/Boat-14.020; 5. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall-14.148; 6. Logan Seavey, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.177; 7. Kyle Cummins, 71x, RMS-14.207; 8. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-14.226; 9. Karsyn Elledge, 1, Tucker/Boat-14.242; 10. Andrew Layser, 47BC, Clauson/Marshall-14.250; 11. Chris Windom, 17BC, Clauson/Marshall-14.287; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, RMS-14.291; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 25, Petry-14.302; 14. Tanner Carrick, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.307; 15. Critter Malone, 7, Seven-14.342; 16. Justin Grant, 4A, RAMS-14.367; 17. Tanner Thorson, 19, Hayward-14.377; 18. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 27, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.460; 19. Zeb Wise, 39BC, Clauson/Marshall-14.524; 20. Kendall Ruble, 11m, Martin-14.636; 21. Tyler Nelson, 88, Nelson-14.658; 22. Sam Johnson, 72, Johnson-14.770; 23. Dakota Jackson, 43, Arnold-14.864; 24. C.J. Leary, 21KS, Reynolds-14.891; 25. Jake Swanson, 15s, Garrett-15.043; 26. Carson Garrett, 15x, Garrett-15.108; 27. Cody Beard, 7, Beard-16.091.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. Justin Grant, 3. Gio Scelzi, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Robert Dalby, 6. Zeb Wise, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Andrew Layser, 9. Sam Johnson. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Jason McDougal, 3. Tyler Thomas, 4. Tanner Carrick, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. Tanner Thorson, 7. Kendall Ruble, 8. Dakota Jackson, 9. Carson Garrett. 2:22.30
AUTOMETER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4. Critter Malone, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Karsyn Elledge, 8. Tyler Nelson, 9. Cody Beard. 2:24.26
INDY RACE PARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-7 transfer to the feature) 1. Tanner Thorson, 2. Karsyn Elledge, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Zeb Wise, 6. Kendall Ruble, 7. Andrew Layser, 8. Sam Johnson, 9. Tyler Nelson, 10. Carson Garrett, 11. Dakota Jackson. 2:59.89 (New Track Record)
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Jason McDougal (5), 2. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (4), 3. Kyle Cummins (7), 4. Tyler Courtney (2), 5. Justin Grant (16), 6. Logan Seavey (1), 7. Tucker Klaasmeyer (18), 8. Thomas Meseraull (12), 9. Tanner Thorson (17), 10. Zeb Wise (19), 11. Chris Windom (11), 12. Tyler Thomas (8), 13. Jerry Coons, Jr. (13), 14. Robert Dalby (3), 15. Andrew Layser (10), 16. C.J. Leary (21), 17. Tanner Carrick (14), 18. Karsyn Elledge (9), 19. Critter Malone (15), 20. Jake Swanson (22), 21. Gio Scelzi (6), 22. Kendall Ruble (20). NT
**Tucker Klaasmeyer flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Logan Seavey, Laps 8-9 Kevin Thomas, Jr., Lap 10 Jason McDougal, Laps 11-16 Kevin Thomas, Jr., Lap 17 Jason McDougal, Laps 18-20 Thomas Meseraull, Lap 21-30 Jason McDougal.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Justin Grant (16th to 5th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Jerry Coons, Jr.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS FIRST NON-TRANSFER: Sam Johnson
NEW USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Tyler Courtney-1,718, 2-Chris Windom-1,564, 3-Logan Seavey-1,534, 4-Kevin Thomas, Jr.-1,478, 5-Zeb Wise-1,435, 6-Tanner Carrick-1,287, 7-Jerry Coons, Jr.-1,274, 8-Chad Boat-1,255, 9-Jason McDougal-1,229, 10-Tucker Klaasmeyer-1,193.
NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: November 15-16, 2019 - Arizona Speedway - San Tan Valley, Arizona - 52nd Western World Championships - 1/3-Mile Dirt Oval
THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING RESULTS
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THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
KEVIN NAGY WINS MASS SPRINT FEATURE, BRIAN HIRTHLER TAKES SPORTSMAN VICTORY. . . .
JEFF STRUNK POCKETS $5,000, SCORES IMPRESSIVE TRAFFIC JAM WIN IN NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL HALLOWEEN PARTY AT GRANDVIEW
BECHTELSVILLE, PA (October 19, 2019) – The 30th Anniversary season of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series finished in fine fashion on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, with a Triple Thunder Thriller of racing action. Jeff Strunk won the 22nd Annual Modified TRAFFIC JAM in commanding style as Brian Hirthler claimed the Sportsman victory, and Kevin Nagy won the MASS Sprint Car Series 25 lap feature. A super fast racing surface saw track records being established throughout the night. Three of the four ten lap modified heat races inked new track records.
Strunk’s victory in the 22nd Annual Traffic Jam Big-Block vs. Small-Block Modified challenge was his third NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series win of the season.
“We had some great racing tonight,” Strunk said in Grandview Speedway victory lane. “The starting spot helps, and we had a close scare almost getting in an accident – you have to be quick on your toes.”
Strunk started 6th on the twenty-four car field and moved passed Brian Hirthler in lapped traffic on the sixth circuit.
Hirthler chased Strunk for the lead for the first half of the event before Duane Howard moved in the second position. Howard, Grandview’s Modified track champion’s chase for the lead didn’t last long breaking just past the halfway point.
Twentieth-place starter, Mike Gular, charged into the second spot in the closing stages of the event, battling back-and-forth swapping the runner-up spot with Brian Hirthler.
Strunk walked away with the 40-lap win – his 16th Thunder on the Hill win, Gular finished in the second spot, Brian Hirthler finished in third, Richie Pratt Jr. finished in fourth, and Rick Laubach finished in fifth.
Brian Hirthler hopped out of his third-place Modified finishing No. 4* machine and jumped right into his Sportsman car, where he started on the pole of the 25-lap feature event.
Hirthler held off a hard charge from second-place starter Jared Umbenhauer, with duo battling in and out of lapped traffic.
Hirthler dominated to pick up the win, Umbenhauer settled for second-place, Ryan Lilick finished in third, Mike Mammana finished in fourth and Brad Brightbill completed the top five.
Kevin Nagy led flag to flag in the MASS Sprint Car Series feature event, despite a mid-race challenge from second-place starter Eddie Wagner. A single red flag flew just passed the mid-way point, and Nagy checked out on the restart.
Nagy picked up the Mid Atlantic Sprint Car Series win, Tim Tanner rallied from an 11th place starting position to finish second, Eddie Wagner finished in third, Larry McVay finished in fourth, and Jon Haegele finished in the fifth position.
The Halloween Party offered fun for all including a Halloween Parade for the children. Plenty of treats were offered to all and some special prizes.
Plans for the 2020 season of NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill racing season schedule are currently underway. Fans are encouraged to watch online for season plans.
Modified Results 22nd Annual Traffic JAM
Heat 1 (10 Laps) – 1. Richie Pratt, Jr. 2. Bobby Gunther Walsh 3. Rick Laubach 4. Frank Cozze 5. Ryan Watt
Heat 2 (10 Laps) – 1. Brandon Grosso 2. Ryan Lilick 3. Brett Kressley 4. Richie Hitzler 5. Dylan Swinehart
Heat 3 (10 Laps) – 1. Scott Vangorder 2. Craig VonDohren 3. Duane Howard 4. Ron Kline 5. Jesse Leiby
Heat 4 (10 Laps) – 1. Brian Hirthler 2. Doug Manmiller 3. Jeff Strunk 4. Craig Whitmoyer 5. Mike Gular
Consi (10 Laps) – 1. Jared Umbenhauer 2. Kenny Gilmore
Consi 2 (10 Laps) – 1. Eric Beihn 2. Kevin Hirthler
Feature (40 laps) – 1. Jeff Strunk 2. Mike Gular 3. Brian Hirthler 4. Richie Pratt, Jr. 5. Rick Laubach 6. Kevin Hirthler 7. Ryan Watt 8. Craig VonDohren 9. Doug Manmiller 10. Frank Cozze 11. Brandon Grosso 12. Bobby Gunther Walsh 13. Ryan Lilick 14. Duane Howard 15. Scott Vangorder 16. Jesse Leiby 17. Craig Whitmoyer 18. Richie Hitzler 19. Brett Kressley 20. Dylan Swinehart 21. Eric Biehn 22. Kenny Gilmore 23. Jared Umbenhauer 24. Ron Kline
Sportsman
Heat 1 (8 Laps) – 1. Kevin Hirthler 2. Steve Young 3. Wyatt Harra 4. Scott Kohler 5. Tom Miller 6. Shon Elk
Heat 2 (8 Laps) – 1. Jared Umbenhauer 2 Joey Vaccaro 3. Kenny Bock 4. Brian Hirthler 5. Jimmy Leiby 6. Craig Whitmoyer
Heat 3 (8 Laps) – 1. Ryan Lilick 2. Dakota Kohler 3. Brad Brightbill 4. Mike Mammana 5. Lex Shive 6. Nate Brinker
Consi (8 Laps) – 1. Nico Flammer 2. Corey Edelman 3. Doug Snyder 4. Joel Smith 5. BJ Joly 6. Bruce Thomas
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. Brian Hirthler 2. Jared Umbenhauer 3. Ryan Lilick 4. Mike Mammana 5. Brad Brightbill 6. Lex Shive 7. Craig Whitmoyer 8. Joey Vaccaro 9. Dakota Kohler 10. Jimmy Leiby 11. Scott Kohler 12. Steve Young 13. Wyatt Harrar 14. Tom Miller 15. Corey Edelman 16. BJ Joly 17. Shon Elk 18. Doug Snyder 19. Kevin Hirthler 20. Bryce Thomas 21. Nico Flammer 22. Kenny Bock 23. Joel Smith 24. Nate Brinker
MASS Sprint Car Series
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. Kevin Nagy 2. Tim Tanner Jr. 3. Eddie Wagner 4. Larry McVay 5. Jon Haegele 6. Jeff Geiges 7. Dave Brown 8. CJ Faison 9. Tom Carberry 10. Ricky Dieva 11. Scott Frack 12. Floyd Billington 13. Jon Scarborough 14. Keith Anderson 15. Joe Kay 16. Dan Leaper 17. Johnny Yanek 18. Josh Bricker 19. Marie McVay 20. Dave Bonner
WALL STADIUM AUTO RACING RESULTS OCT. 19
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DATE OF EVENT: Oct. 19, 2019
DATE OF RELEASE: Oct. 19, 2019
CONTACT: Jeff Gravatt
KRAUSE WINS WALL STADIUM SPOOKY MODIFIED 75 LAPPER
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ After fighting through tough fortunes during the 2019 regular season Andrew Krause fought off the competition to win the 75 lap All American Auto Group Modified stock car feature race Saturday afternoon at Wall Stadium Speedway. The victory in the “Spooky Spectacular” racing program's main event was Krause's first of the 2019 campaign.
Adam LaCicero of Lavallette was the first leader of the event before Brick's Eric Mauriello took command on lap 10 with an outside lane pass. Krause, who had lined up sixth at the outset, also took the high road two laps later to race into second spot and chase Mauriello. The duo then wrestled, often times in side-by-side fashion, towards the halfway point of the test before Krause drove to the high side of a sliding Mauriello to take the lead near lap 25. The duo then continued their fight past the halfway mark as Derek Hopkinson of Toms River ran a tight third.
Just past the halfway point officials asked Mauriello to go to the rear of the pack because they felt that Mauriello had been warned about jumping on restarts too many times. This gave Hopkinson the chance to go after Krause and he took the lead with just over 25 laps remaining. Krause and Hopkinson then battled side-by-side after a lap 66 caution before Krause slipped back into the lead and raced on to the win in the 75 lap test. Hopkinson, Eddie McCarthy of Pt. Pleasant, who was in contention most of the way, Mauriello and Chris Andretta of Neptune wrapped up the top five.
“That was a real workout,” Krause said after the win. “I really have to thank my family and the crew for all the support they give me and the race team. Thanks to all of them we always come to the track with a car that is capable of winning.”
Bryan O'Shea of Neptune City continued his break through season with his sixth win of the campaign in the 50-lapper for the O'Shea's Auto Repair Factory Stocks. Newly crowned champion Elliot Wohl of Beachwood was the runner-up, while invader Rob McCormick, early leader Scott Riggleman of Manchester and Brick's Kevin Flores wrapped up the top five.
Newly crowned Surfside Collision 4 Cylinder Stock champ Neil Rutt III of Edison topped the 25-lap main event in convincing fashion over Brick's Ronnie Mullen, Jeffrey Loesch of Neptune City, Hazlet's Sal Liguori and Todd Dige.
Young racer Mason Magee of Charlestown, Md. grabbed his third win of the season in the 25-lapper for the Green Flag Driving Experience Legend Cars. Jim Sylvester, Quinn Trimmer, Mike Benton and Art Marrero were second through fifth.
The season-ending “Turkey Derby” is next on the schedule on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. More information on the event is available at wallspeedwayracing.com.
Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.
MODIFIED
FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. ANDREW KRAUSE, HOLMDEL, 2. Derek Hopkinson, 3. Eddie McCarthy, 4. Eric Mauriello, 5. Chris Andretta, 6. Danny Bohn, 7. Adam LaCicero, 8. Ricky Collins, 9. Michael Carr, 10. Joey Jarowicz, 11. Ken Matlach, 12. Nick Baer, 13. Robert French, 14. Tyler Truex, 15. Tommy Martino
FACTORY STOCK
FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. BRYAN O'SHEA, NEPTUNE CITY, 2. Elliot Wohl, 3. Rob McCormick, 4. Scott Riggleman, 5. Kevin Flores, 6. Billy Both, 7. Gary Burton, 8. Nancy Riggleman, 9. Scott Purcell, 10. Jerry Stanzione, 11. Tom Rajkowski, 12. Nick Catone, 13. Eric Bodenschatz
4 CYLINDER
FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. NEIL RUTT III, EDISON, 2. Ronnie Mullen, 3. Jeffrey Loesch, 4. Sal Liguori, 5. Todd Dige, 6. Ryan Maher, 7. Chuck McDonald, 8. Nicole Razzano, 9. Darianne McLaren, 10. Cody Critelli, 11. Marko Vuksanic, 12. Deanna McLaren, 13. Brian DeSarno
LEGEND CARS
FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MASON MAGEE, CHARLESTOWN, MD., 2. Jim Sylvester, 3. Quinn Trimmer, 4. Mike Benton, 5. Art Marrero, 6. Joe Przybylinski, 7. Chris Gall
It’s RACE DAY at Grandview Speedway!!
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IT'S RACE DAY!!
Make the pep talks quick boys, IT'S RACE DAY!!
The Delaware Auto Exchange Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series will be a part of the 'Triple Thunder Thiller' Thunder On The Hill Racing Series event at Grandview Speedway Inc. tonight! Pit gates are scheduled to open at 2:30PM, with grandstands opening for fans at 4PM, racing starting promptly at 6PM!
Tonight will be the fourth night and final night of the Bethman's AutoCenter sponsored Pennsylvania State Championship portion of the "Tri-State Championship Series". Looking to be crowned champion of his home state is TNT Tim Tanner Jr., who currently leads PA Sprint Seriesregular Keith Prutzman by just 12 points!
Lin Bethman & Sons Auto Center is Newtown, PA's premier automotive maintenance center that specializes in your tires, brakes, and suspension needs. They have been family owned and operated since 1952 and have fully certified ASA mechanics on staff. For more information on Lin Bethman & Sons Auto Center, visit their website at www.bethmanauto.com.
Additional contingency awards include $50 cash to each driver who gets the quick time in their **timed warm-up session** presented by Bruce's Auto Body, John W. Kay Electric, and Professional Design Services, a $50 gift certificate to Keizer Sprint Wheels for the worst pill draw of the night, the $50 Bitner Automotive 'Lightning Fast Time of the Night' bonus, 5 gallons of fuel to the winner of tonight's feature and heat races courtesy of Kelly Racing Fuels, a case of oil to the fourth place finisher courtesy of VP Lubricants the Fred's Trailers $50 Hard Charger Award, the “Burning Rubber Bonus” which is a BRAND NEW Hoosier Tire Racesaver Spec Right Rear tire courtesy of Thayer Performance, a $50 Gift Certificate courtesy of Competition Suspension Inc., the CRC Industries Brakleen feature redraw and the Worthington Rigging & Storage Worst Pill Draw $100 cash prize concludes the list of extras up for grabs tonight.
Associate marketing partner Engler Machine and Tool will be sponsoring the front row starters for all the MASS feature events in 2019. The pole sitters each night will be rewarded with two tickets for the fuel injection that is being raffled off at the season end banquet as part of the "Engler Machine and Tool Front Row Challenge" Award.
With just two points championship races remaining on the schedule, Rookie Ricky DiEva must do all he can to finish well in tonights 25 lap feature event to fend off second place standing Tim Tanner Jr. from taking over the lead. Dieva currently leads Tanner by just 6 points with Eddie Wagner lurking not far behind in third by just 19 points.
Larry Mc Vay, Tom Carberry, John Scarborough, Kevin Nagy, Cj Faison, Joe Kay, Jon Haegele, Jeff Geiges, Keith C Andersen, Scott R Frack and possibly some PA Sprint Series invaders maybe making the tow out to battle for the win tonight at Grandview Speedway Inc..
For more information on THIS event, LIVE race day coverage, and exclusive interviews with drivers, visit our Facebook page Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series, our Instagram and Twitter pages @masprints305 and our website www.masprintseries.com!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2:00 Pit Gates Open
4:15 Draw & Drivers meeting
4:30 Sprint Heat in Motors
4:45 Sportsman Warm-ups
Modified Warm-ups
Sprint Timed Warm-up 4 groups/3 laps
Track Prep
6:00 National Anthem
Sportsman Heats 8 laps
Modified Heats 10 laps
Sportsman Consolation 8 laps
Modified Consolation 10 laps
Intermission/Track Prep
Modifieds line-up on homestretch
Modified Traffic Jam 40 Laps
Sportsman 25 laps
Sprints 25 laps
We are also doing timed warm-ups instead of heats tonight, and you will have three laps to set your quickest lap time. There will be 4 sessions, and it will be set up just like how we did at Bridgeport for Pack the house night.. The order that you sign in as, you will be split up into your groups based on that, so please, DONT FORGET TO SIGN IN. Also, sign in as soon as you get to the track, don't lolly gag around.. lol
The fastest from each session will get the $50 cash for the usual heat race win and also the 5 gallons of fuel from Kelly Racing Fuel (please be sure to grab your fuel that you may have won previously this year because Rich will be there tonight) and then the top 3 from each session will be in the 12 car CRC Brakleen Redraw for the feature line up.
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Donny Schatz wins with Ford at Lakeside Speedway, cuts into points lead
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Winner Donny Schatz (DB3 Photo)
VICTORIOUS ONCE AGAIN: Donny Schatz wins with Ford at Lakeside Speedway, cuts into points lead
Schatz puts a Ford powered World of Outlaws Sprint Car back in Victory Lane for the first time in 21 years
KANSAS CITY, KS – Oct. 18, 2019 – When Ford wanted to win Le Mans against the unstoppable Ferrari team it turned to legendary car designer Carroll Shelby, his team and his ace driver Ken Miles to get the job done.
Spoiler: They won.
A similar mentality was used when Ford wanted to return to Sprint Car racing with a new 410 engine, after a more than 20-year absence in the sport. It turned to NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, his team and his ace driver Donny Schatz.
Friday night at Lakeside Speedway, for the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown, Schatz brought a Ford powered World of Outlaws Sprint Car back to Victory Lane for the first time since August 26, 1998 when Jeff Swindell won at Southern Oregon Speedway.
It was the new Ford FPS 410 engine’s third appearance in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series – Schatz finished on the podium in his first two races with it.
“It’s pretty rewarding,” said Schatz about winning with the new Ford engine. “Sometimes you have to do things in life that are off the beaten path. That’s what this whole program is. They got a lot of dedication to it. Tony (Stewart) does. And what Tony asks us to do we do. Here we are.
“Rick (Warner, Schatz’s former crew chief who helped develop the FPS 410) has put a lot of time and blood and sweat and countless sleepless nights on it and to bring it out and to have two podiums at Williams Grove and a win tonight is huge… It’s going to be a live and learn experience. Tonight, it was a live on it. The next night we might be learning. But they did a great job and that’s what we’re here to do, have fun and win races with it.”
Schatz and his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing had to fight for the win all night. He finished second in his Drydene Heat race to Logan Schuchart, who was about half of a second faster than everyone else. Schatz then finished fifth in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash and had to change a motor after.
The motor wasn’t at fault for the change, Schatz said. It wasn’t sealed properly and leaked oil.
With a new FPS 410 installed for the Feature, Schatz put its full potential on display throughout the 30 laps.
The beginning of the race was plagued with multiple cautions for accidents and poor restarts. Brian Brown, in the FVP No. 21 car, led the field through it all. Daryn Pittman, David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz battled amongst themselves for position in the short runs between cautions.
Schatz made his way from fifth to second by Lap 10.
A reg flag for Matt Juhl flipping on Lap 12 brought out an Open Red, allowing teams to fuel their cars and make adjustments.
When the Feature when back green Schatz didn’t waste time testing the limits of his new engine to pass Brown for the lead.
Brown hung on to the high side of the track through turns one and two, while Schatz searched for grip low. What he found allowed him to hammer the throttle and exit the corner side-by-side with Brown.
They drag raced down the backstretch and remained in line through turns three and four. However, Brown couldn’t match the lightspeed launch Schatz got off turn four. The Toco Warranty No. 15 shot to the lead on Lap 13.
Brown, of Grain Valley, Mo., was hungry for another hometown win, though. Continuing to favor the top line, he built momentum off turn two and charged to the outside of Schatz down the backstretch. They again raced side-by-side through turns three and four, but the FPS 410 continued to conjure remarkable speed off the corner.
Schatz took the lead and ran away with it. He found himself more than a second ahead of Brown a few laps after passing him.
Schuchart eventually charged his way to second by Lap 20 and Sweet moved into third by Lap 27. Time was running out to catch Schatz, though. Lap traffic became a factor in the closing laps, but before either driver could try to use it to their advantage a caution came out for Ian Madsen slowing in turn four.
When the green flag flew again, Schatz was gone. The 10-time Series champion sprinted away from the field and had almost a second lead over Schuchart when he crossed the finish line.
“I would’ve liked to see what would have happened if we kept going or had some lap traffic,” Schuchart said. “This is a great team. An awesome year. We would’ve liked to have gotten the win… But still a great night.”
Sweet’s third-place finish allowed Schatz to chip away at his points lead. The Fargo, N.D. driver is now 24 points behind Sweet, of Grass Valley, Calif., with five races left this season – three before the World Finals in November.
“We’re happy with a podium run,” Sweet said. “We were just a little bit off and fighting a few things. We’ll take a podium with the NAPA Auto Parts car and move on to tomorrow night.”
Schatz’s victory was his 10th of the year – 293rd career Series win – and first win in almost a month.
“These guys, it’s incredible what they do,” Schatz said about his team. “The race car was awesome. Yeah, we got to make changes to it for the extra power and a little bit extra weight, but they do an awesome job. It’s great to finally get a win again.”
UP NEXT:
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on Oct. 19 will return to Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. for the Jason Johnson Classic.
As always, if you can’t make it to the race, you can watch all of the action LIVE on www.DIRTVision.com.
Race Results: Lakeside Speedway – 10/18/19
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5][$10,000]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4][$5,500]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$3,200]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [1][$2,800]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [2][$2,500]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [11][$2,300]; 7. 41-David Gravel [3][$2,200]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [13][$2,100]; 9. 19-Brent Marks [22][$2,050]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [21][$2,000]; 11. 91-Cale Thomas [8][$1,500]; 12. 2-Carson Macedo [10][$1,200]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog [14][$1,100]; 14. 2C-Wayne Johnson [23][$1,050]; 15. 4-Terry McCarl [16][$1,000]; 16. 7S-Jason Sides [9][$900]; 17. 99-Skylar Gee [18][$800]; 18. 35L-Cody Ledger [24][$800]; 19. 18-Ian Madsen [7][$800]; 20. O9-Matt Juhl [19][$800]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen [15][$800]; 22. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [20][$800]; 23. 7-Justin Henderson [12][$800]; 24. 5-Shane Stewart [17][$800];
Lap Leaders: Brian Brown 1-12, Donny Schatz 13-30;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+13]
Qualifying – 1. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.911; 2. 41-David Gravel, 13.918; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman, 13.935; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.936; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 13.949; 6. 91-Cale Thomas, 14.008; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.039; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.061; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 14.062; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 14.125; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.131; 12. 4-Terry McCarl, 14.137; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.17; 14. 2-Carson Macedo, 14.176; 15. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 14.18; 16. 7-Justin Henderson, 14.193; 17. 5-Shane Stewart, 14.19; 18. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 14.221; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.229; 20. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey, 14.236; 21. 19-Brent Marks, 14.283; 22. 1X-Don Droud, 14.323; 23. O9-Matt Juhl, 14.33; 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.338; 25. 33M-Mason Daniel, 14.422; 26. 99-Skylar Gee, 14.435; 27. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 14.681; 28. 35L-Cody Ledger, 14.763; 29. 7W-Skylar Hunter, 14.931; 30. 81-Wyatt Burks, 15.029; 31. 22-Dustin Barks, 15.082; 32. O5-Colin Smith, 15.453
DRYDENE Heat #1 (8 Laps) – 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 5. 5-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 8. 7W-Skylar Hunter [8]
DRYDENE Heat #2 (8 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 91-Cale Thomas [2]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [3]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [7]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 7. 1X-Don Droud [6]; 8. 81-Wyatt Burks [8]
DRYDENE Heat #3 (8 Laps) – 1. 83-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 5. O9-Matt Juhl [6]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 7. 14K-Kyle Bellm [7]; 8. 22-Dustin Barks [8]
DRYDENE Heat #4 (8 Laps) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 7-Justin Henderson [4]; 4. 4-Terry McCarl [3]; 5. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [5]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 7. 35L-Cody Ledger [7]; 8. O5-Colin Smith [8]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [3]; 3. 41-David Gravel [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 8. 91-Cale Thomas [2]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2][-]; 2. 19-Brent Marks [3][-]; 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson [1][-]; 4. 35L-Cody Ledger [8][-]; 5. 33M-Mason Daniel [6][$300]; 6. 1X-Don Droud [4][$250]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [5][$225]; 8. 81-Wyatt Burks [10][$200]; 9. 14K-Kyle Bellm [7][$200]; 10. O5-Colin Smith [12][$200]; 11. 7W-Skylar Hunter [9][$200]; 12. 22-Dustin Barks [11][$200]
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Dominates Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals Opener
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Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Dominates Devil's Bowl Winter Nationals Opener
Bryan Hulbert - MESQUITE, Texas (October 18, 2019) A dominating performance for Sam Hafertepe, Jr. at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, the driver of the Heidbreder Foundation/Hills Racing Team No. 15h picked up his 10th SawBlade.com A-Feature win of the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
His 47th career National Tour victory, the win was very emotional for Sam. Fighting back tears in Victory Lane, he dedicated the win to his Grandfather, George Hafertepe, who passed away last week at the age of 90.
Winner Sam Hafertepe Jr (David Campbell Photo)
"All we wanted to do was come out and win tonight for him, and we did it," stated Sam, who will join with family and friends to celebrate his Grandfather's life on Saturday.
Taking off from the right of the front row, Hafertepe chased the lead the opening nine laps as Harli White took off with the top spot. Finding traffic on Lap 7, that allowed the No. 15h to close. Battling with the Dustin's Dream No. 17w through the eighth circuit, Hafertepe snagged the top spot the following lap. Held up by the slower cars, the No. 11 of Roger Crockett took advantage of the situation to take over second on Lap 10.
Trying to run down the No. 15h, the caution lights slowed the field on Lap 11 as Scott Bogucki slowed to a stop in the second turn.
Caution again on the restart for Steven Shebester, the lights around the Devil's Bowl dimmed. Giving a couple of safety laps, officials called off the restart; doing so just, before the lights went completely dark.
Getting the problem fixed and lights restored, the field re-fired with Sam Hafertepe, Jr. absolutely dominating the last half of the A-Feature. Pulling to as much as a seven-second advantage before a caution on Lap 18 for Kevin Ramey, the final result was a lights out performance by the Sunnyvale, Texas shoe with a 3.894 second advantage over Roger Crockett at the drop of the checkered flag.
Diving the bottom of the Devil's Bowl through turns one and two on the Lap 18 restart, Matt Covington went from sixth to third and held on for his 36th career podium finish with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network. John Carney II ended up fourth with Harli White picking up her ninth career National Tour top-five finish.
Blake Hahn picked up a couple of spots to finish sixth with Jack Dover seventh. Chris Martin in eighth was followed by Dylan Westbrook. Picking up 10 positions to earn Hard Charger honors, Colorado's Jake Bubak completed the top ten.
A field of 31 drivers was on hand to open the 46th annual Devil's Bowl Winter Nationals. Four SCE Gaskets Heat Races went to Danny Jennings, Tucker Doughty, Roger Crockett, and Jack Dover. BMRS B-Feature action was topped by Kevin Ramey. Provisionals were used by Alex Hill and Casey Carter.
The 46th annual Devil's Bowl Winter Nationals continues Saturday, October 19 with gates opening at 3:00 P.M. and racing at 8:00 P.M. (CT). Admission is $25 with Seniors, Military, and Kids 13-15 admitted for only $10. Children 12 and under are free into the grandstands. Pit Passes each night are $30. Information and directions to the Devil's Bowl Speedway are available at www.devilsbowl.com.
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the nine Regional Tours that make up ASCS Nation in 2019, log onto www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).
Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV
Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, Texas)
46th Winter Nationals
Friday, October 18, 2019
Car Count: 31
SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1J-Danny Jennings, [1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, [2]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett, [3]; 4. 28-Scott Bogucki, [5]; 5. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [6]; 6. 74B-Jake Bubak, [4]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill, [7]; 8. 99X-Dalton Stevens, [8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, [3]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III, [1]; 4. 79-Kevin Ramey, [4]; 5. 22X-Steven Shebester, [7]; 6. 33C-Casey Carter, [6]; 7. 12W-Dale Wester, [5]; 8. 118-Scott Evans, [8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, [2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [3]; 4. 44M-Chris Martin, [6]; 5. 21P-Robbie Price, [7]; 6. 71-Colby Estes, [4]; 7. 9-Chase Randall, [8]; 8. 71W-Weston Gorham, [1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, [1]; 2. 17W-Harli White, [6]; 3. J2-John Carney II, [7]; 4. 03-Joe Wood Jr, [5]; 5. 33-Mike Merrell, [4]; 6. 1S-Joey Schmidt, [2]; 7. 26M-Fred Mattox, [3]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6 advance to the A-Feature)
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 79-Kevin Ramey, [2]; 2. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [3]; 3. 21P-Robbie Price, [1]; 4. 74B-Jake Bubak, [6]; 5. 12W-Dale Wester, [11]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens, [13]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill, [9]; 8. 71-Colby Estes, [7]; 9. 9-Chase Randall, [10]; 10. 33C-Casey Carter, [5]; 11. 26M-Fred Mattox, [12]; 12. 33-Mike Merrell, [4]; 13. 1S-Joey Schmidt, [8]; 14. 71W-Weston Gorham, [14]; 15. 118-Scott Evans, [15]
Sawblade.com A-Feature
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [2]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett, [6]; 3. 95-Matt Covington, [9]; 4. J2-John Carney II, [1]; 5. 17W-Harli White, [4]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn, [8]; 7. 53-Jack Dover, [5]; 8. 44-Chris Martin, [10]; 9. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [12]; 10. 74B-Jake Bubak, [20]; 11. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [18]; 12. 1J-Danny Jennings, [7]; 13. 14-Jordon Mallett, [11]; 14. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [3]; 15. 21P-Robbie Price, [19]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III, [15]; 17. 12W-Dale Wester, [21]; 18. 79-Kevin Ramey, [17]; 19. 03-Joe Wood Jr, [14]; 20. 22X-Steven Shebester, [16]; 21. 28-Scott Bogucki, [13]; 22. 99X-Dalton Stevens, [22]; 23. 33C-Casey Carter, [24]; 24. 77X-Alex Hill, [23]
Lap Leader(s): Harli White 1-8; Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 9-25
Hard Charger: Jake Bubak +10
High Point Driver: Harli White
Provisional(s): Alex Hill (Points) / Casey Carter (Regional)
2019 National Tour Driver Standings (Top 15): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 4,070; 2. Blake Hahn 4,028; 3. Roger Crockett 3,788; 4. Matt Covington 3,768; 5. John Carney II 3,654; 6. Scott Bogucki 3,643; 7. Harli White 3,409; 8. Robbie Price 3,401; 9. Jordon Mallett 3,332; 10. Tucker Doughty 3,043; 11. Alex Hill 2,965; 12. Seth Bergman 1,606; 13. Dylan Westbrook 1,195; 14. Jamie Ball 1,163; 15. Paul Nienhiser 892;
2019 Race Winners: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 10 (5/17 - I-96 Speedway; 5/18 - I-96 Speedway; 5/25 - Lake Ozark Speedway; 6/5 - Lawton Speedway; 6/8 - Salina Speedway; 7/12 - Gallatin Speedway; 7/19 - Big Sky Speedway; 9/1 - Lake Ozark Speedway; 10/12 - Creek County Speedway; 10/18 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Blake Hahn - 5 (6/20 - Skagit Speedway; 7/20 - Big Sky Speedway; 8/30 - 34 Raceway; 9/19 - Lucas Oil Speedway; 9/21 - Lucas Oil Speedway); Robbie Price - 2 (6/22 - Skagit Speedway; 8/31 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Scott Bogucki - 2 (6/14 - Brown County Speedway; 6/15 - Black Hills Speedway); Thomas Kennedy - 2 (4/25 - Eagle Raceway, 4/26 - U.S. 36 Raceway); James McFadden - 2 (8/2 - Knoxville Raceway; 8/3 - Knoxville Raceway); John Carney II - 1 (5/26 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Travis Rilat - 1 (6/4 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Roger Crockett - 1 (6/21 - Skagit Speedway); Devon Borden - 1 (6/28 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Matt Covington - 1 (6/29 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Ryan Giles - 1 (8/1 - Knoxville Raceway); Wayne Johnson - 1 (8/6 - Southern Iowa Speedway); Josh Baughman - 1 (9/20 - Lucas Oil Speedway);
Weather-Related Cancellations - 11: Devil's Bowl Speedway (3/15 and 3/16); Williams Grove Speedway (5/3); Selinsgrove Speedway (5/4); Lakeside Speedway (5/9); I-30 Speedway (5/11); Route 66 Motor Speedway (6/1); Creek County Speedway (6/6); Gallatin Speedway (7/13); Riverside International Speedway (8/24); Creek County Speedway (10/11);
