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Tony Gomes races to Coors Light Big Trophy Night win/ Andy Forsberg claims 10th Placerville title
Placerville, CA…Modesto's Tony Gomes tallied his second Thompson's Winged Sprint Car win of the season on Saturday at Placerville Speedway, while Auburn's Andy Forsberg secured his 10th career track championship. Fellow winners on Coors Light Big Trophy Championship Night included Ray Trimble with the Mountain Democrat Late Models, Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks and Austin Struthers with the Mountain Democrat Mini Trucks. Martinez driver Anthony Slaney locked up the Late Model title, with Baldwin earning his sixth Pure Stock championship. Mike Miller also claimed his third Mini Truck title on Saturday. The 25-lap Sprint Car feature began with Jodie Robinson, Andy Forsberg and Tony Gomes battling up front. Multiple different leaders were seen in the main event, with Forsberg up front until Robinson drove by early on. Several cautions plagued the contest over the first five laps, but in between them the action continued to be hot and heavy. Restarts made things interesting, and Gomes soon found his groove, getting into second on lap nine. He then made the move by Robinson on lap 10 and looked to pull away from the pack. Placerville's Shane Hopkins was also on the charge from his 12th starting spot. Hopkins ran the bottom side to perfection and grabbed second on lap 16. Lapped traffic late in the going made things hectic for Gomes, which allowed Hopkins to close the gap. Gomes hit his marks however and crossed under the Ron Stahl checkered flag for victory over Hopkins, Robinson, Bubba Decaires and Jake Andreotti in the top-five. Forsberg crossed the stripe in sixth and it was good enough to wrap up championship 10 at Placerville. Decaires finished second, just seven markers back, while Gomes missed out on the title by only nine points. Ray Trimble started from the front row in the Mountain Democrat Late Model feature and led every step of the way en route to victory. Dan Brown Jr. came home in second, followed by Matt Micheli, Rod Oliver and Tyler Lightfoot. Anthony Slaney had battled his way towards the front at one point until getting crossed up while making a bid for the lead and ended up eighth. He finished up with five wins this season en route to the title. With the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks, it was Sacramento's Jason Poppert leading the way early on. Poppert has shown immense speed this season and looked to park it in victory lane on Big Trophy Night. Nick Baldwin hounded Poppert though and on lap 10 made a beautiful outside move to grab the point. Baldwin led the remainder for his seventh win of the year to lock up the title. Poppert, Ryan Peter, Tyler Lightfoot and Kevin Jinkerson rounded out the top-five. The final Mountain Democrat Mini Truck race of 2024 was all about Austin Struthers, who picked up his first win of the season. Paige Miller, Luke Costa, Paizlee Miller and Bobby Clark completed the top-five. Mike Miller battled towards the front until encountering issues that left him with a seventh-place result. It was still good enough to win his third track title. Results Placerville Speedway Coors Light Big Trophy Night September 14, 2024 Winged Sprint Cars: 1. 7C-Tony Gomes[4]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[12]; 3. 14W-Jodie Robinson[1]; 4. 94-Greg Decaires V[8]; 5. 7P-Jake Andreotti[10]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 7. 02-Ashton Torgerson[9]; 8. 2A-Austin Wood[3]; 9. 25S-Seth Standley[5]; 10. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[7]; 11. 15-Cody Key[16]; 12. 98-Chris Masters[13]; 13. 25JR-Cody Johnson[19]; 14. 3-Cole Schroeder[14]; 15. 24S-Izaak Sharp[6]; 16. 97-Blaine Craft[15]; 17. 88-Austin Torgerson[17]; 18. 24K-Koa Crane[11]; 19. 85-AJ Alderman[20]; 20. 17-Anthony Snow[18] Ltd. Late Models: 1. 37-Ray Trimble[1]; 2. 15-Dan Brown Jr[3]; 3. 96M-Matt Micheli[4]; 4. 57-Rod Oliver[5]; 5. 23J-Tyler Lightfoot[8]; 6. 28G-Randy Shafer[9]; 7. 22G-Paul Gugliomoni[11]; 8. 4X-Anthony Slaney[7]; 9. 15J-Jay Norton[6]; 10. 7R-Thomas Reynolds[13]; 11. 54-Matt Davis[2]; 12. 98-Kiely Ricardo[10]; 13. 17-Evan Craig[12] Pure Stocks: 1. 17-Nick Baldwin[3]; 2. 87-Jason Poppert[1]; 3. 83-Ryan Peter[6]; 4. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[5]; 5. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[11]; 6. 22K-Jason Palmer[9]; 7. X86-David Silvia[2]; 8. 91-Andrew Brulez[10]; 9. 93-Mel Byers[13]; 10. 16-Tommy Sturgeon[4]; 11. 46-Roy Fulmer[8]; 12. 47-Michael Murphy[7]; 13. 27B-Arnita Bradshaw[12] Mini Trucks: 1. 70-Austin Struthers[3]; 2. 21-Paige Miller[7]; 3. 7-Luke Costa[1]; 4. 26-Paizlee Miller[4]; 5. 03-Bobby Clark[8]; 6. 28-Howard Miller[5]; 7. 16-Mike Miller[2]; 8. 07-Tyler Goggin[6]
Cap Henry earns richest win in history of Fremont Speedwa
FREMONT, Ohio - Cap Henry wrote his name in the Fremont Speedway record books Saturday, Sept. 14, winning the 17th Annual Jim Ford Classic on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Gill Construction Night. Henry's third win of the season at "The Track That Action Built" was worth $20,000. He also added another $10,000 in bonus money by leading all 40-laps. Henry, the track's 2023 Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint track champion, won his eighth total feature of 2024 and his 21st career win at the track. Winning the Jim Ford Classic adds to his incredible list of accomplishments in 2024 including taking the Ohio Sprint Speedweek title and the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series title. "I knew I had to get a good jump at the start. Kalib (Henry) has been so good here this year. Zack and Chad and Chris and Jeff and Gary have worked their tails off all year and gave me a perfect car tonight. I was able to maneuver in traffic. Gary Griff built this engine for us to run Eldora and Knoxville….it's a damn good engine. We've run second in this race so many times and to finally get a Jim Ford Classic win is very special," said Henry beside his Premier Planning Service, Jeff Ward Demolition, Ohio Logistics, Primal Tee Shop, Elliott's Custom Trailers and Carts, FK Rod Ends, Griff's Engines backed #33W. For Kalib Henry second was a disappointment after having won both features at Fremont the previous evening. "We were really good but Cap was just better tonight. Second sucks….I really wanted that race, but it was a good weekend and we will give it a shot next Saturday to wrap up the track championship. Thanks to Doc and Rebecca and all the guys who make this possible," said Henry. Craig Mintz rallied from a crash the previous evening to finish third with Trey Jacobs and Stuart Brubaker rounding out the top five. Cale Thomas charged from 20th starting position to a sixth place run while Darin Naida, TJ Michael (from 15th), Zane DeVault (from 14th) and Larry Kingseed rounding out the top 10. The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints competed in two 20-lap features. In the first current Fremont division point leader Jamie Miller took the lead from Seth Schneider on lap six and drove to his fourth win of the season at Fremont over Dustin Stroup, Dustin Dinan, Jimmy McGrath and Logan Riehl. The win is Miller's 10th overall win of 2024 in 305 sprint car competition to go with three dirt truck wins and a non-wing sprint car victory. It was also Miller's 52nd career win at Fremont. "Thank God for that caution (lap 15). Stroupy sailed it in there between me and a lapped car and got in front but the yellow came out. With no traffic to deal with the car was just really good," said Miller beside his Boca Construction, JLH General Contractors, Kenny Kolb Farms, Tuck Pointing America, Queen of Clean, Smitty's Pizza, Roberts & Sons Contracting, Pizza Wheel, Crown Battery, Reedtown Tavern, Fostoria Mod Shop, Sandy's Dad, Gressman Powersports, Phil Rister, Slade Shock Technology backed #26. In the second 305 feature Jimmy McGrath jumped into the early lead with Stroup taking the lead on lap three only to see McGrath drive back by a lap later with Stroup retaking the lead on lap five. Stroup continued to lead with a few cautions keep McGrath close. A caution with five laps to go gave McGrath a chance and he put the wing back and went after Stroup. The pair sliced and diced back and forth with Stroup continually holding the point at the flag stand. Stroup was able to hold off McGrath's challenges to take his third win of the year at Fremont. It was his fifth overall victory of 2024 and his 12 career win at the track. McGrath, Dinan, Riehl and TJ Michael rounded out the top five. "I made the car very wide those last five laps. Jimmy raced me hard and clean. I can't thank Renee and Jamie enough for giving me the opportunity to drive this car and all the sponsors we couldn't do this without them," said Stroup beside his Sulfur Town Pub, BSE Welding, Meru Safety, Velocity Print, The Pizza House, Sunrise Designs, Momma Dukes from Shelluke's Bar and Grill, GCE LLC, Handy Grafix, Mitten Painting, Myers Racing Engines, Rohr Total Lawn Care, Eye Candy Custom Cycles, DJ Johnson & Family, GWH, Advance Auto Parts, BRS, J&J Auto backed #12x. Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 21 for season championship night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks in action. All events at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction in 2024 will be streamed on DirtVision. Keep up to date with Fremont Speedway by going to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway or follow on My Race Pass at www.myracepass.com About Gill Construction - https://kgcpc.com Owned and operated by Ray Brooks, and headquartered in nearby Port Clinton, Ohio, Gill Construction specializes in an array of land and water services, utilizing over five decades of experience to build an extensive repertoire which includes site excavation, site utilities, demolition, trenching, and marina service. Gill Construction boasts a dynamic, diverse, and experienced workforce, guaranteed to perform and complete any task with the utmost customer satisfaction. About All Pro Heads - www.allproheads.com All Pro Heads is based in Johnstown, Ohio and is owned by Bob and Suzie Williams. All Pro is the industry leader in small block Chevy aluminum cylinder heads, catering to the hard core racer always looking for the perfect design for a specific application. Whether it's Sprints, Super Late Models, Drag Racing, Off-Road, Marine or Road Racing, you can count on All Pro. For engine builders and racers seeking a distinct advantage give All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads a call! Fremont Speedway Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 Jim Ford Classic 410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 3. 09-Craig Mintz[6]; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 6. 23-Cale Thomas[20]; 7. 7N-Darin Naida[8]; 8. 19-TJ Michael[15]; 9. 4D-Zane DeVault[14]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 11. 01-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 12. 16-DJ Foos[19]; 13. 70-Henry Malcuit[9]; 14. 5-Kody Brewer[22]; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[11]; 16. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 18. 14-Sean Rayhall[23]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore[16]; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[24]; 21. 27-Jamie Miller[21]; 22. 47-Todd King[17]; 23. X-Mike Keegan[13]; 24. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[18] B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Todd King[2]; 2. 16-DJ Foos[1]; 3. 27-Jamie Miller[5]; 4. 2+-Brian Smith[3]; 5. 38-Leyton Wagner[4]; 6. 4-Josh Turner[6]; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[7]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[8] B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[1]; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[3]; 3. 5-Kody Brewer[2]; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[4]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[6]; 8. 14-Sean Rayhall[7] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 4. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 5. 47-Todd King[2]; 6. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 7. 15C-Chris Andrews[6]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[8]; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[9] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1]; 3. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 4. 70-Henry Malcuit[5]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 6. 4-Josh Turner[8]; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[9]; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer[2]; 9. 27-Jamie Miller[3] Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[2]; 2. 7N-Darin Naida[4]; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[1]; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[6]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas[7]; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[3]; 7. 4D-Zane DeVault[5]; 8. 14-Sean Rayhall[8] Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 16-DJ Foos[2]; 2. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[3]; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[5]; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[7] Qualifying 1: 1. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.695[24]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.697[20]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.769[31]; 4. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:12.786[33]; 5. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.807[11]; 6. 70-Henry Malcuit, 00:12.927[14]; 7. 4D-Zane DeVault, 00:12.975[3]; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:12.977[13]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.989[19]; 10. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.056[28]; 11. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.059[16]; 12. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.070[29]; 13. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.071[18]; 14. 27-Jamie Miller, 00:13.080[23]; 15. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.106[21]; 16. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.139[8]; 17. 47-Todd King, 00:13.151[12]; 18. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.173[34]; 19. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.224[4]; 20. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.330[30]; 21. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:13.341[7]; 22. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.362[17]; 23. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.376[32]; 24. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 00:13.392[22]; 25. 19H-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.438[27]; 26. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.445[5]; 27. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.487[6]; 28. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.499[26]; 29. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.537[1]; 30. 4-Josh Turner, 00:13.700[25]; 31. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.824[9]; 32. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.890[10]; 33. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:14.440[2]; 34. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:15.179[15] 305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 26-Jamie Miller[1]; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[6]; 3. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[10]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[4]; 5. 9R-Logan Riehl[5]; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[8]; 7. 49I-John Ivy[15]; 8. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[14]; 9. 8M-TJ Michael[19]; 10. 8K-Zack Kramer[13]; 11. 2-Brendan Torok[7]; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold[16]; 13. 51M-Haldon Miller[20]; 14. 78-Austin Black[24]; 15. 63-Randy Ruble[22]; 16. 26S-Lee Sommers[11]; 17. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[23]; 18. 11-Brayden Harrison[12]; 19. 36JR-JJ Henes[17]; 20. 36-Seth Schneider[2]; 21. 1W-Paul Weaver[9]; 22. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3]; 23. 18-Ben Watson[21]; 24. 12-Dylan Watson[18] A Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[1]; 3. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2]; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl[5]; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[9]; 6. 26-Jamie Miller[4]; 7. 2-Brendan Torok[11]; 8. 8K-Zack Kramer[10]; 9. X15-Kasey Ziebold[12]; 10. 19R-Steve Rando[6]; 11. 49I-John Ivy[7]; 12. 36-Seth Schneider[20]; 13. 3X-Blayne Keckler[22]; 14. 78-Austin Black[14]; 15. 26S-Lee Sommers[16]; 16. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[17]; 17. 63-Randy Ruble[15]; 18. 11-Brayden Harrison[18]; 19. 36JR-JJ Henes[19]; 20. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[8]; 21. 12-Dylan Watson[24]; 22. 1W-Paul Weaver[21]; 23. 51M-Haldon Miller[13]; 24. (DNS) 18-Ben Watson B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8M-TJ Michael[1]; 2. 18-Ben Watson[2]; 3. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[4]; 4. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5]; 5. 4X-Bobby Clark[6]; 6. 8-Jim Leaser[3]; 7. 25-Chuck Roelle[8]; 8. 09-Daniel Hoffman[9]; 9. 1S-James Saam[7] B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51M-Haldon Miller[2]; 2. 63-Randy Ruble[1]; 3. 78-Austin Black[4]; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson[6]; 5. 28N-Chris Nagy[7]; 6. 98-Dave Hoppes[5]; 7. 27D-Steven Dolphin[3]; 8. 1X-Xaine Crispen[9]; 9. 38-Butch Latte[8] Qualifying 1 (1 Laps): 1. 26-Jamie Miller, 00:13.653[1]; 2. 36-Seth Schneider, 00:13.815[30]; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:13.851[18]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 00:13.950[9]; 5. 9R-Logan Riehl, 00:14.031[2]; 6. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:14.146[23]; 7. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:14.211[29]; 8. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:14.231[31]; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver, 00:14.247[33]; 10. 5DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:14.262[6]; 11. 26S-Lee Sommers, 00:14.270[10]; 12. 11-Brayden Harrison, 00:14.275[8]; 13. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:14.283[4]; 14. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:14.336[16]; 15. 49I-John Ivy, 00:14.342[19]; 16. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:14.351[21]; 17. 36JR-JJ Henes, 00:14.396[25]; 18. 12-Dylan Watson, 00:14.405[11]; 19. 8M-TJ Michael, 00:14.431[5]; 20. 63-Randy Ruble, 00:14.448[24]; 21. 18-Ben Watson, 00:14.491[27]; 22. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:14.504[13]; 23. 8-Jim Leaser, 00:14.595[20]; 24. 27D-Steven Dolphin, 00:14.627[12]; 25. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:14.627[26]; 26. 78-Austin Black, 00:14.638[34]; 27. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 00:14.706[35]; 28. 98-Dave Hoppes, 00:14.718[15]; 29. 4X-Bobby Clark, 00:14.773[7]; 30. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:14.790[28]; 31. 1S-James Saam, 00:15.008[17]; 32. 28N-Chris Nagy, 00:15.073[3]; 33. 25-Chuck Roelle, 00:15.073[22]; 34. 38-Butch Latte, 00:15.503[32]; 35. 09-Daniel Hoffman, 00:15.969[36]; 36. 1X-Xaine Crispen, 00:20.392[14]
GARRETT ALBERSON GOES BACK-TO-BACK WITH $10,000 "CORN STATE NATIONALS" VICTORY
Davenport, IA (September 14, 2024) - The Hawkeye State officially has a new King of the Cornfields, as Garrett Alberson backed up his thrilling victory on Friday night with another Lucas Oil MLRA victory in the finale of the "Corn State Nationals" at the Davenport Speedway on Saturday night. This time around Alberson had to roll from third on the starting grid for the 40-lap affair behind from row starters Tyler Bruening and last nights runner up Dennis Erb Jr. Bruening grabbed the nights MyRacePass Fast Time award and was able to take advantage of his pole position to lead the opening circuits. The first of two cautions waved on lap 8 when Chad Mahder slowed on the race track with a flat right rear tire. On the restart it was 4th starting Brandon Sheppard moving ahead of Erb Jr. for the runner up spot while Alberson also snuck by to grab third. The final caution of the night was a big one in regards to the championship picture, as Dillon McCowan made contact with Midwest Sheet Metal Point Leader Chad Simpson, resulting in both drivers suffering irreparable damages that would sideline both from the event. Simpson and McCowan would be scored in 23rd and 24th respectively in the final run down. On the ensuing restart Bruening would once again put distance between himself and the field, running the narrow top side cushion of the ¼ mile while Alberson and Sheppard continued to battle for podium position. On lap 23, Alberson was able to pin his Longhorn chassis to the bottom of the speedway and grab the race lead from Bruening exiting turn two. For the second night in a row Alberson had to make all the right moves in a battle with lapped traffic, and was able to hold off a pair of late race advances by Sheppard to score the $10,000 victory. Sheppard had an opportunity late after clearing lapped traffic, but was not able to close to within striking distance and settled for second. Bruening ended his night with an MLRA career best 3rd place finish. Tyler Erb raced his way from 8th on the grid to 4th, while McKay Wenger rounded out the top five in his first MLRA start of the season. Garrett Alberson and team celebrate for the second night in a row after topping the Corn State Nationals at the Davenport Speedway. Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos "I knew early I would have to get up there and burn that top in with them guys and just keep the speed up, that's typically just how it goes it seems like," explained Alberson. "I was hoping I would be the guy that found the bottom at the right time. It looked pretty wet down there when we got going, cautions just kind of fell my way right there with positioning and all." "I think I just fell into the right places at the right time. I knew the lane was probably going to change somewhere in there and you know I was trying to be smart with my tires. They did a great job with the track prep, it was transitioning and moving and dirt was flying it was just awesome. I'm super proud of my guys. I don't know if this is what I expected coming into the weekend, but this is really cool." "It's just such a pleasure to drive for them," noted Alberson of car owners Ken and Beth Roberts. It's cool to come and represent them here well. They have a lot of history in this area and it's just really special. I'm really glad I could finally do a little bit for them at Davenport." The Lucas Oil MLRA will next return to action on October 3rd - 5th for the MLRA "Fall Nationals" at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. Originally slated as a two night affair, the annual fall classic has expanded to now include three nights of racing with complete shows each night. Both Thursday and Friday nights action will pay $5,000 to win, leading up to Saturday nights $10,000 weekend finale. Davenport Speedway Contingencies 9/14/24 Lap Leaders - Tyler Bruening (1 - 22), Garrett Alberson (23 - 40) Cautions - 2 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" - Tyler Bruening (13.449 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - R.C. Whitwell MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Tyler Bruening (22) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Garrett Alberson Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Tyler Erb Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - McKay Wenger Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Clements Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Matt Menzie MD3 Final Finisher: - Chris Simpson Corn State Nationals40 Laps | 00:27:29.311 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 3. 16T-Tyler Bruening[1]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[8]; 5. 99W-Mckay Wenger[9]; 6. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[10]; 7. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[11]; 8. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[13]; 9. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 10. 28JR-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 11. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 12. 15D-Justin Duty[16]; 13. 17SS-Brenden Smith[14]; 14. 11-Jeff Herzog[24]; 15. 1M-Mike Mataragas[19]; 16. 22H-Dustin Hodges[12]; 17. 17-Tim Simpson[17]; 18. 15C-Curt Schroeder[18]; 19. 78S-Steve Stultz[26]; 20. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[25]; 21. 51F-Matt Furman[21]; 22. (DNF) 29D-Spencer Diercks[22]; 23. (DNF) 25-Chad Simpson[6]; 24. (DNF) 8-Dillon McCowan[15]; 25. (DNF) 55C-Chad Mahder[20]; 26. (DNF) 32-Chris Simpson[23] B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:03:43.137 1. 17-Tim Simpson[1]; 2. 1M-Mike Mataragas[2]; 3. 51F-Matt Furman[4]; 4. 41-Matt Menzie[7]; 5. M27-Mike Provenzano[5]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[3]; 7. 99-Sawyer Specht[10]; 8. 4X-Dalon Helm[6]; 9. 26G-Glen Powell[8]; 10. (DNS) 32-Chris Simpson B Feature 2 Wieland10 Laps | 00:04:18.302 1. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 2. 55C-Chad Mahder[2]; 3. 29D-Spencer Diercks[4]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[8]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[6]; 6. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[9]; 7. 42-Johnathan Huston[5]; 8. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 9. (DNS) 1ST-Justin Reed; 10. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:07:23.421 1. 16T-Tyler Bruening[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[2]; 3. 99W-Mckay Wenger[5]; 4. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[3]; 5. 17-Tim Simpson[6]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[9]; 7. M27-Mike Provenzano[7]; 8. (DNF) 41-Matt Menzie[8]; 9. (DNF) 32-Chris Simpson[4] H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:06:00.256 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[5]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 5. 1M-Mike Mataragas[4]; 6. 51F-Matt Furman[6]; 7. 4X-Dalon Helm[7]; 8. 26G-Glen Powell[8]; 9. 99-Sawyer Specht[9] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:01:59.098 1. 28JR-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 5. 50C-Kayden Clatt[5]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 7. 42-Johnathan Huston[7]; 8. 1ST-Justin Reed[8]; 9. (DNS) 1XM-Aaron Marrant H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:06:04.616 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[3]; 4. 15D-Justin Duty[9]; 5. 55C-Chad Mahder[7]; 6. 29D-Spencer Diercks[4]; 7. 11-Jeff Herzog[6]; 8. 33F-Rickey Frankel[5]; 9. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. 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Bubak and Doney the big winners as 14th annual Hockett-McMillin Memorial concludes at Lucas Oil Speedway
WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 14, 2024) - A pair of first-time champions celebrated feature victories Saturday night at the 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway. Jake Bubak emerged from an early three-car battle, wound up leading 24 of 25 laps and held off a late charge from Scott Bogucki to capture the POWRi 410 Sprint feature. Meanwhile, Xavier Doney made the leap from race runner-up a year ago into victory lane in the POWRi WAR Sprint division. "This is really special," Bubak said. "The Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial is a big one, probably the biggest memorial race in sprint cars." The Hockett-McMillin Memorial pays tribute to the legacy of Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo., who was a star in both the winged and non-wing sprint divisions when he lost his life in a shop accident in 2010. His cousin and crew chief, Daniel McMillin, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006. Bubak, of Arvada, Colo., scored his fifth career POWRi 410 feature victory and his first Hockett-Memorial trophy - plus a check for $10,000. He also was the winner in Friday night's preliminary feature, which was worth $3,000. Bubak started on the pole and led the opening laps with Ayrton Gennetten close behind as Aaron Reutzel ran third. Reutzel advanced into second on lap six before Gennetten regained the spot the next time around. With the top three separated by less than a half-second, Reutzel grabbed the lead on lap nine with an outside pass out of turn four, but Bubak took it back a lap later just before the race's first caution came out. "That was pretty fun racing with Ayrton and Aaron," Bubak said. "I appreciate Aaron giving me a lane there. He raced me really clean. That was really cool and a lof of fun." Bubak took off after the restart and needed just two laps to open a 1.8-second advantage over Gennetten with Reutzel third and in Bogucki fourth. Bubak continued to expand his cushion and it was 2.5 seconds by lap 20. "That restart was good timing," Bubak said. "I guess (Reutzel) didn't beat me to the line, so I got to be the leader and choose where I wanted. We restarted and he just showed me I had to run a little harder in (turns) three and four. I started to run really hard up there and the car got better." The aggressive driving paid off as Bubak was able to build a sizeable lead with the laps winding down. "I think I was just being too conservative knowing this place is so hard on tires and I definitely killed these tires ... but I was gonna go for it," Bubak said. "I just ran as hard as I could up there." Bogucki, of Mclaren Vale, South Australia, was on the move and roared into second by lap 21, but was still nearly two seconds behind Bubak with time running out. I turned out that Bogucki needed another lap or two. Bubak was able to hold off the hard-charging Bogucki, winning by .693 seconds at the checkers as fireworks exploded over the infield. "We were a little snug around the top side," Bogucki said. "Ayrton and Aaron could get up there and free up and Jake as well. I just committed to the bottom and I think I made one and two wider and it was making my entry easier. "As long as I was running them down, I wasn't moving. It's great to be here. A great place, great facility and always a good time." Reutzel wound up third with Thursday-night preliminary feature winner Gennetten fourth and Joe B. Miller fifth. Doney prevails for POWRi WAR victory: One year after finishing as the runner-up and with some other near-misses in this race, Xavier Doney of Odessa, Mo., was able to get it done in the wingless portion of the Hockett-McMillin Memorial. Doney took over the lead with 10 laps remaining and held off Jesse Vermillion of Greencastle, Ind., in a three-lap shootout after a late-race restart, to earn the $4,077 victory. "I'll be waking up (Sunday) and pinching myself, making sure this isn't a dream," the 18-year-old Doney said after his seventh win of the season - but undoubtedly the biggest of his young sprint-car career. "It really feels amazing," Doney added. "I guess the fifth time is the charm. It's the fifth race here and finally winning the Hockett, one of the biggest races in Missouri every year. It's a really special one to win." One of a handful of drivers pulling double duty, Doney finished eighth in the 410 feature. In the WAR division, he was the third and final leader of the 25-lapper that saw several contenders suffer misfortune. Chase Howard, starting on the outside of row one, grabbed the early lead. Howard already had a three-second lead over defending race winner Ricky Lewis when a red flag stopped the action on lap two as former Hockett-McMillin race winner Wesley Smith jumped the cushion and rolled his car in turn three and Anthony Nicholson had a rollover in turn two. A strong restart by Howard kept him in the lead, but trouble struck on lap six as Howard's motor went up in flames entering turn one. Kobe Simpson, a half-second behind Howard at that point, inherited the lead with Lewis third and Doney fourth. The third-starting Simpson got away after the restart to open a nearly one-second lead over Lewis by lap 10. Doney moved around Lewis on the low side of turn four and into second on lap 12 and began to pursue Simpson. Just three laps later, the sixth-starting Doney took over the top spot with an inside pass off turn two. Doney said the low groove is one he patiently waited to make work to his advantage. "I kind of scouted (the bottom) out during hot laps," Doney said. "Pretty much everywhere was quick in hot laps, except the bottom because the grease was there. I knew it would come in during this race and I stuck to the bottom and managed to get by the guys who were throwing slide jobs." Vermillion, who started 17th, moved into second on a lap-17 restart and Doney fought him off for the lead over the next several laps. Doney's lead was .375 seconds over Vermillion when a caution flew on lap 22 as eighth-place Riley Kreisel spun in turn two. That set up a three-lap shootout for the win. Before the field could complete a lap, Lewis took a wild flip between turns one and two. Lewis, who had charged back into the top 10 after changing the flat tire earlier, walked away from the wild ride which ended his chance for a repeat. Doney was able to take it home from there as he beat Vermillion by .554 seconds at the finish. Simpson was third with Shawn Westerfield fourth and Kyle Shipley in fifth. "We had the car set-up this time," Vermillion said. "I made up a lot of spots. You have to start top 10 to win these usually and I actually had a shot. I knew (Doney) would have to make a mistake off the bottom for me to get there. "I screwed up on the last restart and he got me a little bit. That kind of sealed the deal." LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 14, 2024) 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial POWRi 410 Winged Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[1]; 2. 1X-Scott Bogucki[6]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 6. 98P-Miles Paulus[9]; 7. 79-Kyle Jones[13]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney[17]; 9. 52-Blake Hahn[21]; 10. 17-Zach Hampton[16]; 11. 21-Gunner Ramey[23]; 12. 45X-Jace Park[5]; 13. 4W-Jamie Ball[8]; 14. 3-Howard Moore[15]; 15. 23-Lance Moss[19]; 16. 44-Chris Martin[11]; 17. 9$-Kyle Clark[20]; 18. 99X-Dalton Stevens[24]; 19. 24-Elijah Gile[22]; 20. 12X-Chase Randall[10]; 21. 23B-Brian Bell[14]; 22. 22M-Rees Moran[12]; 23. 20G-Noah Gass[7]; 24. 91-Riley Kreisel[18] Max Papis Innovations LCQ 1 - 1. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 3. 79-Kyle Jones[4]; 4. 3-Howard Moore[5]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 6. 23-Lance Moss[8]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 8. 21-Gunner Ramey[11]; 9. 14E-Kyle Bellm[10]; 10. 74N-Natalie Doney[9]; 11. (DNS) 77-Jack Wagner; 12. (DNS) 1JR-Steven Russell. Hoosier Racing Tire LCQ 2 - 1. 12X-Chase Randall[1]; 2. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 3. 23B-Brian Bell[5]; 4. 17-Zach Hampton[6]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel[2]; 6. 9$-Kyle Clark[8]; 7. 24-Elijah Gile[9]; 8. 99X-Dalton Stevens[7]; 9. 75X-Glen Saville[11]; 10. 6AU-Brayden Cooley[10]; 11. 44H-Derek Hagar[4]; 12. 75-Tyler Blank[12] POWRI WAR Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 2. 5-Jesse Vermillion[17]; 3. 21K-Kobe Simpson[3]; 4. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[11]; 5. 4U-Kyle Shipley[15]; 6. 6-Mario Clouser[10]; 7. 15-Matt Sherrell[13]; 8. 79X-Kyle Jones[7]; 9. 77-Jack Wagner[9]; 10. 73-Samuel Wagner[18]; 11. 33W-Rece Wommack[16]; 12. 26-Zachary Clark[23]; 13. 24-Casey Shuman[12]; 14. 1-Paul White[22]; 15. 91-Riley Kreisel[4]; 16. 15E-Dakota Earls[20]; 17. 73V-Blake Vermillion[21]; 18. 49-Brian Ruhlman[24]; 19. 41-Ricky Lewis[1]; 20. 11W-Wyatt Burks[5]; 21. 2H-Luke Howard[19]; 22. 13-Chase Howard[2]; 23. 44-Wesley Smith[8]; 24. 16-Anthony Nicholson[14] Max Papis Innovations LCQ 1 - 1. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 2. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[1]; 3. 15-Matt Sherrell[6]; 4. 4U-Kyle Shipley[3]; 5. 5-Jesse Vermillion[5]; 6. 2H-Luke Howard[10]; 7. 73V-Blake Vermillion[8]; 8. 26-Zachary Clark[11]; 9. 10-Bryan Debrick[9]; 10. B52-Blake Bowers[13]; 11. 6X-Frank Rodgers[15]; 12. 21-Caleb Stelzig[4]; 13. 15EX-Jason Earls[16]; 14. 2-Chad Goff[7]; 15. (DNS) 06-Rylan Gray; 16. (DNS) 57-Chase Parson; 17. (DNS) 15B-Quinton Benson Hoosier Racing Tire LCQ 2 - 1. 6-Mario Clouser[1]; 2. 24-Casey Shuman[8]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 4. 33W-Rece Wommack[14]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[2]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[5]; 7. 1-Paul White[7]; 8. 49-Brian Ruhlman[13]; 9. 11X-Tom Curran[4]; 10. 33-Bryson Smith[16]; 11. 27-Justin Johnson[15]; 12. 7S-Wade Seiler[12]; 13. 46M-Dusty Murray[11]; 14. 11WX-Chris Morgan[6]; 15. 21M-Michael Moore[10]; 16. (DNS) 79-Keith Martin Summit USRA Nationals next: The Summit USRA Nationals return to Lucas Oil Speedway next week for the fourth consecutive year, with a test and tune kicking things off on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Pit gates will open at 1 p.m. with practice from 6-9 p.m. The United States Racing Association's annual event will feature USRA Modifieds, American Racer USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stock and USRA Tuners in action. Racing programs are set each night, Sept. 18-21. Pit parking spots are still available. Overflow parking is located near Lake Lucas in the drag boat pit area. Call the USRA office at (515) 832-6000 for more info. For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. 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ALBERSON TOPS ERB JR. -- HOLDS ON TO WIN OPENING NIGHT OF "CORN STATE NATIONALS"
Davenport, IA (September 13, 2024) - The opening night of the inaugural Corn State Nationals at the Davenport Speedway led up to the hype on Friday night, as Garrett Alberson erased a 2.892 second deficit without the help of a caution to score his third career Lucas Oil MLRA victory in a last lap thriller over Dennis Erb Jr. After finishing in the runner-up position one night ago, Alberson came out strong by topping the 34 car field in My Race Pass Qualifying. The driver of the Roberts Motorsports entry would go on to score his respective heat race win, lining him up alongside of Dennis Erb Jr. on the front row for the feature event. Alberson jumped to the lead on the opening lap, only to see it erased as Kayden Clatt spun in turn two and brought out the nights only caution, forcing a complete restart. This time around Erb was ready, and was able to get the jump on Alberson and took the first lead of the race. Alberson mounted a couple of early race charges, but by mid race Erb had managed to build up a near three second advantage as he entered lapped traffic on the exciting ¼ mile. As Erb began making his way through the back side of the field, Alberson slowly started to close ground on the race leader. Erb continued to weave his way through traffic, in an effort to keep multiple cars between himself and a charging Alberson. With just five laps to go Alberson found the back bumper of Erb's XR-1 Rocket Chassis and used a couple of different lines to find a way around Erb for the lead on lap 27. Erb would continue to apply pressure in the closing laps, setting up a dramatic finish. As Alberson exited the low line of turn four on the final lap he found himself caught behind lap traffic, while Erb had a clear shot to the front by virtue of a high side run to the finish line. Alberson would make contact with the back end of the lapped car of Steve Stultz, pushing him across the finish line and scoring the dramatic win by .250 seconds over Erb. For the second night in a row, Frank Heckenast Jr. capped off the podium in third, while Chad Simpson extended his MLRA championship point lead with a strong 4th place run. Dustin Sorensen would round out the top five, as the Rochester, MN driver came from seventh to a career best 5th place finish under the MLRA banner. "It was kind of a different race then I would have expected," Alberson explained in victory lane. "Usually, you would think it would be the other way around, and I would be the one up there burning the top down and Dennis on the bottom. This car was really good and I knew I needed to pace myself and take care of my tires, its real easy to over do your tires. When I felt like I had a really good car I paced myself and kind of let it come to me and I was glad I did as it gave me a lot of options there at the end. It was a close race and got a little wild with the lapped cars there at the end, but everybody did their job and it was awesome." After letting a win slip away the night before he continued, "I just didn't work that lapped traffic well enough last night. Dennis was so good there on the top at first, but I didn't know if he was going to use his tires up or if he was just really that good. Once I started to get close to him that's when I knew it was time to make some stuff happen and I really wanted to win this race. This place has been tough for me, but it's a great track and they did a great job with it tonight. It had multiple grooves, and hats off to them, it was a fun race right there." Racing at the Davenport Speedway will continue on Saturday night with the conclusion of the inaugural "Corn State Nationals". Another complete show is on tap, with $10,000 going home with the winner. Davenport Speedway Contingencies 9/13/24 Lap Leaders - Dennis Erb Jr. (1 - 26), Garrett Alberson (27 - 30) Cautions - 1 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" - Garrett Alberson (13.780 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - R.C. Whitwell MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Dennis Erb Jr. (26) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Garrett Alberson Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Chad Simpson Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Dustin Sorensen Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Clements Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Justin Reed MD3 Final Finisher: - Paul Parker Corn State Nationals30 Laps | 00:13:38.373 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 28JR-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 3. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[4]; 4. 25-Chad Simpson[6]; 5. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 6. 1-Tyler Erb[11]; 7. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 8. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 9. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[8]; 10. 55C-Chad Mahder[13]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 12. 32-Chris Simpson[17]; 13. 22H-Dustin Hodges[10]; 14. 29D-Spencer Diercks[19]; 15. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[15]; 16. 51F-Matt Furman[12]; 17. 11-Jeff Herzog[24]; 18. 99-Sawyer Specht[16]; 19. 78S-Steve Stultz[18]; 20. 33F-Rickey Frankel[21]; 21. 17-Tim Simpson[20]; 22. 50C-Kayden Clatt[22]; 23. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[23]; 24. 10P-Paul Parker[14] B Feature 1| 00:05:44.238 1. 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. 29D-Spencer Diercks[3]; 3. 33F-Rickey Frankel[5]; 4. 11-Jeff Herzog[1]; 5. 1ST-Justin Reed[8]; 6. 4X-Dalon Helm[6]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 8. 42-Johnathan Huston[4]; 9. (DNS) 1XM-Aaron Marrant B Feature 2| 00:03:44.225 1. 78S-Steve Stultz[2]; 2. 17-Tim Simpson[6]; 3. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[8]; 5. 25K-Bryan Klein[7]; 6. M27-Mike Provenzano[3]; 7. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[5]; 8. 26G-Glen Powell[4]; 9. (DNS) 41-Matt Menzie H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:03:08.000 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 55C-Chad Mahder[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 29D-Spencer Diercks[4]; 7. 33F-Rickey Frankel[7]; 8. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[8]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9] H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:08:42.000 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[7]; 5. 32-Chris Simpson[3]; 6. 42-Johnathan Huston[6]; 7. 4X-Dalon Helm[8]; 8. 1ST-Justin Reed[5] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:01:57.000 1. 28JR-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[2]; 4. 10P-Paul Parker[4]; 5. 50C-Kayden Clatt[6]; 6. M27-Mike Provenzano[5]; 7. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[9]; 8. 25K-Bryan Klein[8]; 9. 41-Matt Menzie[7] H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:06:08.553 1. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 3. 51F-Matt Furman[4]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht[7]; 5. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 6. 26G-Glen Powell[8]; 7. (DNF) 17-Tim Simpson[5]; 8. (DNF) 89-Mike Spatola[2] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. 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Kalib Henry sweeps opening night of Jim Ford Classic at Fremont
FREMONT, Ohio - Kalib Henry was unstoppable at Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction Friday, Sept. 13. The Sacramento, Calif. Driver started the 17th Annual Jim Ford Classic weekend out by winning the June Ohio Sprint Speedweek $10,000 feature that had been halted due to rain with 32 laps remaining. He followed up by claiming the regular Ti-22 Performance FAST On Dirt feature on Kistler Engines Night. In the make-up feature Henry took the lead from Tim Shaffer on lap 25, survived contact with a lapped car with just two laps to go to earn the win over Cale Thomas, Shaffer, Cap Henry and Zeth Sabo. It was his fourth win of the year at "The Track That Action Built." "That's two weeks in a row I had to kind of get aggressive with a lapper. Really did not mean to do that but when you're racing for the win and the lapped cars are there…he was kind of all over the place and I needed to get by him. I knew it was going to be a demanding race track. I just needed to hit my marks and wait for a mistake and get a run. Kevin (Osmolski, crew chief) gave me a bad ass race car. Thank you Doc and Rebecca for everything," said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing Company, Valvoline, Triple J Towing, K1, Berryman Racing Shocks, Chalkstix backed #101. In the night's regular 30-lap feature Henry jumped into the lead at the drop of the green from his outside front row starting spot. He built a sizeable lead until Chris Andrews moved into second on lap five and began closing. Andrews stayed right with Henry and actually drove to his inside on a couple of restarts following cautions. But, Henry was just to smooth and drove to his fifth win of the year at Fremont and the night's sweep. Andrews, Cap Henry, Thomas and Shaffer rounded out the top five. "Hats off to the track crew….they gave us a hell of a track all night. I love these big curbs especially when there's two lanes and you can race hard on it. That was a lot of fun. Last week Cap was on the front row and you can't spot a guy that good that spot. I started on the front row next to him and I just needed to get out front and I knew we had a chance. Kevin has given me such a great race car and I'm excited for tomorrow. This is a race we circled on our calendar heavily all year," said Henry. The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks ran double features. In the first Kent Brewer drove to his first win of the year, the eighth of his career at the track over Shawn Valenti, Steve Miller (from 19th), Keith Sorg and Dave Golembiewski. "This is a brand new truck top to bottom and she's a good one. I have to thank all the friends and family that helped me put this here," said Brewer beside his Injector Experts, Kent's Transmissions, B&S Farms backed #8KB. In the second feature Cody Laird led the first three laps before Valenti took control. Brewer pressured Valenti several laps before experiencing mechanical issues with just two laps to go. Valenti drove to his sixth truck win of the year at Fremont over Sorg, Laird, Golembiewski and Todd Warnick. It is Valenti's 80th career win at the track, putting him just one behind Paul Weaver atop the all-time win list. "Looks like Kent will be something to contend with this year. Thanks to all my guys and all the sponsors for providing me the chance to do this," said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Concrete Material Supply, S&S Hauling and Excavating backed #7B. Fremont Speedway will host the biggest paying event in the history of the track Saturday, Sept. 14 for the Jim Ford Classic. The 410 sprint winner will take home $20,000! The 305 sprints will also run two feature events. All events at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction in 2024 will be streamed on DirtVision. 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Fremont Speedway Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 FAST On Dirt Make-up from June A Feature 35 Laps 1. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[6]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer[1]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[15]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[13]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[10]; 9. 19-TJ Michael[19]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[12]; 11. 7N-Darin Naida[17]; 12. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[24]; 13. 47-Todd King[16]; 14. 1-Nate Dussel[23]; 15. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11]; 16. 14-Sean Rayhall[8]; 17. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]; 18. 5AU-Brock Hallett[2]; 19. 15K-Creed Kemenah[9]; 20. 29M-Logan McCandless[14]; 21. 32-Bryce Lucius[22]; 22. 60-Jordyn Charge[20]; 23. 17-Dylan Norris[21]; 24. 2-Ricky Peterson[18] 410 Sprints - Winged 38 Entries A Feature 30 Laps 1. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[1]; 4. 23-Cale Thomas[7]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer[12]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[11]; 8. 19-TJ Michael[18]; 9. 4D-Zane DeVault[5]; 10. 5E-Bobby Elliott[14]; 11. 7M-Brandon Moore[9]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[21]; 13. 47-Todd King[19]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo[24]; 15. 12-Luke Griffith[20]; 16. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 17. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[16]; 18. 01-Bryan Sebetto[15]; 19. 13-Van Gurley Jr[23]; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[13]; 21. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[22]; 22. 27-Jamie Miller[6]; 23. 22-Cole Duncan[17]; 24. (DNS) 14-Sean Rayhall B Feature 12 Laps 1. 1-Nate Dussel[2]; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 3. 13-Van Gurley Jr[6]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[8]; 7. 4-Josh Turner[5]; 8. 38-Leyton Wagner[4]; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[16]; 10. 16-DJ Foos[14]; 11. 98-Robert Robenalt[18]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson[15]; 13. 09-Craig Mintz[10]; 14. X-Mike Keegan[9]; 15. 7N-Darin Naida[11]; 16. 9H-Lance Heinberger[13]; 17. (DNS) 3V-Chris Verda; 18. (DNS) 22M-Dan McCarron Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 27-Jamie Miller[2]; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1]; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[3]; 5. 19-TJ Michael[5]; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6]; 7. 4-Josh Turner[8]; 8. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 9. 9H-Lance Heinberger[9]; 10. (DNS) 22M-Dan McCarron Heat 2 8 Laps 1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall[2]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5]; 4. 01-Bryan Sebetto[3]; 5. 4D-Zane DeVault[4]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 7. 13-Van Gurley Jr[8]; 8. 09-Craig Mintz[7]; 9. 16-DJ Foos[9] Heat 3 8 Laps 1. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[1]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 4. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 5. 47-Todd King[3]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo[6]; 8. 7N-Darin Naida[9]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[8]; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[10] Heat 4 8 Laps 1. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[2]; 3. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[5]; 5. 12-Luke Griffith[3]; 6. 38-Leyton Wagner[7]; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[6]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[8]; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[9] Qualifying 1 1. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.749[12]; 2. 4D-Zane DeVault, 00:12.809[6]; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:12.917[1]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.933[8]; 5. 27-Jamie Miller, 00:12.940[10]; 6. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.011[18]; 7. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:13.019[14]; 8. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.029[15]; 9. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.051[9]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.066[19]; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 00:13.116[16]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.131[17]; 13. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.139[4]; 14. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.268[11]; 15. 4-Josh Turner, 00:13.312[2]; 16. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 00:13.673[5]; 17. 9H-Lance Heinberger, 00:13.780[3]; 18. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.780[13]; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.780[7] Qualifying 2 1. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.638[9]; 2. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 00:12.656[12]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.667[1]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.789[19]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.807[7]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.880[16]; 7. 47-Todd King, 00:12.992[15]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.042[17]; 9. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.068[5]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan, 00:13.111[18]; 11. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.167[11]; 12. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.205[14]; 13. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.310[6]; 14. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:13.385[10]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.476[13]; 16. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.543[2]; 17. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.589[4]; 18. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.660[3]; 19. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:14.818[8] Dirt Trucks 30 Entries A Feature 1 15 Laps 1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[2]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 3. 95-Steve Miller[19]; 4. 8-Keith Sorg[5]; 5. P51-Dave Golembiewski[4]; 6. X-Andy Keegan[7]; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig[3]; 8. 28-Cody Laird[15]; 9. 4M-Jamie Miller[1]; 10. 99H-Art Howey Jr[10]; 11. 1M-Scott Milligan[8]; 12. 34-Todd Warnick[12]; 13. 9S-Tony Parker[16]; 14. 51-Dave Bankey[24]; 15. 7X-Dana Frey[23]; 16. 20-Caleb Shearn[20]; 17. 26-Kyle Lagrou[13]; 18. 35-Ron Miller[11]; 19. 4S-Brian Sorg[22]; 20. 19-Cory McCaughey[14]; 21. 00-Robbie Bohrer[21]; 22. 9-Curt Inks[17]; 23. 99-Eric Potridge[18]; 24. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[9] A Feature 2 15 Laps 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[9]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg[7]; 3. 28-Cody Laird[3]; 4. P51-Dave Golembiewski[6]; 5. 34-Todd Warnick[12]; 6. 1M-Scott Milligan[11]; 7. 9S-Tony Parker[13]; 8. 20-Caleb Shearn[16]; 9. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[24]; 10. 8KB-Kent Brewer[10]; 11. 99-Eric Potridge[23]; 12. 95-Steve Miller[8]; 13. 99H-Art Howey Jr[1]; 14. X-Andy Keegan[5]; 15. 4M-Jamie Miller[2]; 16. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]; 17. 7X-Dana Frey[15]; 18. 51-Dave Bankey[14]; 19. 9-Curt Inks[22]; 20. 35-Ron Miller[18]; 21. 19-Cory McCaughey[20]; 22. (DNS) 26-Kyle Lagrou; 23. (DNS) 4S-Brian Sorg; 24. (DNS) 00-Robbie Bohrer B Feature 1 12 Laps 1. 95-Steve Miller[2]; 2. 20-Caleb Shearn[5]; 3. 00-Robbie Bohrer[1]; 4. 4S-Brian Sorg[4]; 5. 7X-Dana Frey[3]; 6. 51-Dave Bankey[6]; 7. 8S-Brandon Stukey[9]; 8. 19H-Adam Heminger[8]; 9. 7XP-Cyle Poole[12]; 10. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[11]; 11. 11-Brandon Goad[10]; 12. 99PJ-Keith Whaley[7] Qualifying 1 2 Laps 1. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.766[30]; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 00:17.784[1]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig, 00:17.958[17]; 4. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:18.413[3]; 5. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:18.416[26]; 6. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:18.427[9]; 7. X-Andy Keegan, 00:18.515[11]; 8. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:18.526[16]; 9. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:18.543[25]; 10. 99H-Art Howey Jr, 00:18.657[8]; 11. 35-Ron Miller, 00:18.665[20]; 12. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:18.672[29]; 13. 26-Kyle Lagrou, 00:18.766[22]; 14. 19-Cory McCaughey, 00:18.875[15]; 15. 28-Cody Laird, 00:19.102[7]; 16. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:19.123[23]; 17. 9-Curt Inks, 00:19.142[12]; 18. 99-Eric Potridge, 00:19.159[19]; 19. 00-Robbie Bohrer, 00:19.366[4]; 20. 95-Steve Miller, 00:19.401[10]; 21. 7X-Dana Frey, 00:19.401[13]; 22. 4S-Brian Sorg, 00:19.508[27]; 23. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:19.632[24]; 24. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:19.638[5]; 25. 99PJ-Keith Whaley, 00:19.763[2]; 26. 19H-Adam Heminger, 00:19.801[6]; 27. 8S-Brandon Stukey, 00:19.956[18]; 28. 11-Brandon Goad, 00:19.984[28]; 29. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:20.115[14]; 30. 7XP-Cyle Poole, 00:20.187[21]
Bubak and Howard pick up Night 2 Hockett-McMillin Memorial feature victories at Lucas Oil Speedway
WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 13, 2024) - Night 2 of the 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial saw Jake Bubak and Chase Howard both score come-from-behind feature victories at Lucas Oil Speedway. Bubak, of Arvado, Colo., chased down race-long leader Jace Park with two laps remaining to score a thrilling win in the POWRi 410 Sprints. Earlier, Howard took command just past the midpoint and went on to grab the POWRi WAR feature for non-winged sprints. Drivers used the action on Thursday and Friday nights to accumulate points for Saturday night's championship round. The POWRi 410 winged feature winner will collect $10,000 with the WAR drivers chasing a $3,077 prize. The Hockett-McMillin Memorial pays tribute to the legacy of Jesse Hockett, who was a star in both the winged and non-wing sprint divisions when he lost his life in a shop accident in 2010. His cousin and crew chief, Daniel McMillin, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006. If the 410 winged feature on Friday is any indication, the final night ought to be a classic. Park, of Overland Park, Kan., appeared to be a lopsided winner as he built a big lead with only a handful of laps remaining. But Bubak, who started sixth, came charging to steal the $3,000 win. His winning pass after a lap 23 restart and just after a previous pass for the lead was wiped out as a caution flew before the lap was completed. "That was a bummer," Bubak said of having to go back to second and do it all over again. "But I kind of found the top there right before the yellow and knew it was there, so I just committed to it. "I'm happy to be in victory lane. I really wanted to win that one. We're happy to be here and I love this track and this facility." Park was the driver to beat most of the way. He out-sprinted fellow front-row starter Chase Randall for the lead at the start and those two stayed nose-to-tail through eight laps. They were staging a tremendous battle for the lead on lap nine, but as Randall was trying to complete the pass he drifted too high, got into the cushion and flipped his car in turn four. Park quickly opened a 1.7-second lead after the restart over Noah Gass with Bubak lurking in third. But Park kept pouring it on, extending the gap to 3.2 seconds by lap 17, as Bubak got around Gass for the runner-up spot. Bubak started to immediately cut into Park's margin, pulling within .668 seconds with four circuits remaining as the two battled each other and lapped traffic. Bubak made the pass the next time around on the backstretch, but the caution came out for a spinning car in turn four. With scoring reverting to the last completed lap, Park was scored the leader over Bubak with Gass in third for a final restart. Bubak made the winning move on the outside heading down the backstretch on lap 24. "It was big," he said of the momentum preceding his winning pass. "I had it the lap before and he opened his entry up enough that I had to hit the brakes and try it again the next lap." Bubak held on from there to beat Park by .847 seconds. "I knew after that restart that Jake had something going for him when he showed his nose," Park said. "I kind of got saved by the bell when that caution came out." Gass wound up third with Joe B. Miller fourth and Scott Bogucki fifth. Howard roars to POWRi WAR win: Chase Howard roared to the lead after a restart on lap 14 and rolled from there, capturing his second career POWRi WAR victory as he beat Kobe Simpson. Howard, a 20-year-old from Nesbit, Mississippi., scored his sixth overall victory of the season and second in the POWRi WAR Sprints. He earned $2,000 for the victory and set himself up for a prime starting spot for Saturday's feature. "I didn't think I was gonna catch Kobe for a minute, but he chose the outside and the bottom came in," Howard said of the key restart. "I just got lucky, because I sure don't have the motor to be competing on this track." It didn't take long for Howard, who started 10th, to make his way into contention in a race that was filled with cautions the first half of the way. Xavier Doney got the good start from his outside front-row starting spot and took the early lead, a half-second in front of Simpson when the caution flew on lap five. Simpson used the restart to shoot to the lead on lap six with Howard second and Doney shuffled to third before another caution waved. After they rolled to green again, Simpson had a .603-second advantage over Howard when the event's third caution came out on lap 10. Simpson again opted to restart on the outside, which had been the fast line for him, but the start was negated with a red flag for a five-car accident on the backstretch. Simpson opened a race-high one-second lead by lap 13 when another red came out as Keith Martin's car took a wild tumble between turns one and two. He emerged from the damaged car unhurt. This time on the restart, Howard got a great jump and squeezed past Simpson on the inside out of turn four to grab the lead on lap 14. "He was running a really good line the entire time," Howard said. "If he had picked the bottom, he could have probably blocked it. But that's how the choose cone works." Howard was able to extend his lead to 1.2 seconds by lap 20 as the race finally settled into a rhythm after the five previous stoppages. Howard drove away to beat Simpson by 1.9 seconds at the finish. "He kind of outsmarted and all-around got me on that last restart," Simpson said. "But all-around it was a good night. I could have done a few things better throughout the race, but I'll take this down as a good run." Doney settled for third with Shawn Westerfield fourth and Mario Clouser finishing fifth. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 13, 2024) 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial POWRi 410 Winged Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[6]; 2. 45X-Jace Park[2]; 3. 20G-Noah Gass[3]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[9]; 5. 1X-Scott Bogucki[11]; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel[10]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[15]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[22]; 9. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[13]; 10. 21-Gunner Ramey[8]; 11. 98P-Miles Paulus[16]; 12. 3-Howard Moore[17]; 13. 44-Chris Martin[5]; 14. 4W-Jamie Ball[14]; 15. 17-Zach Hampton[18]; 16. 79-Kyle Jones[4]; 17. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 18. 99X-Dalton Stevens[20]; 19. 12X-Chase Randall[1]; 20. 77-Jack Wagner[19]; 21. 23-Lance Moss[12]; 22. 44H-Derek Hagar[21] MPI B Feature - 1. 3-Howard Moore[2]; 2. 17-Zach Hampton[1]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[4]; 4. 99X-Dalton Stevens[6]; 5. 44H-Derek Hagar[9]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[13]; 7. 9$-Kyle Clark[8]; 8. 52-Blake Hahn[14]; 9. 24-Elijah Gile[11]; 10. 75X-Glen Saville[12]; 11. 74N-Natalie Doney[3]; 12. 6AU-Brayden Cooley[5]; 13. 23B-Brian Bell[10]; 14. 14E-Kyle Bellm[7] Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 - 1. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 2. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 4. 3-Howard Moore[1]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens[6]; 7. 44H-Derek Hagar[8]; 8. 52-Blake Hahn[7] Eibach Racing Heat 2 - 1. 20G-Noah Gass[2]; 2. 27B-Jake Bubak[3]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey[5]; 4. 4W-Jamie Ball[6]; 5. 98P-Miles Paulus[7]; 6. 6AU-Brayden Cooley[8]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 8. 23B-Brian Bell[4] Auto Meter Heat 3 - 1. 79-Kyle Jones[2]; 2. 23-Lance Moss[1]; 3. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 5. 17-Zach Hampton[7]; 6. 14E-Kyle Bellm[5]; 7. 75X-Glen Saville[6] Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 - 1. 12X-Chase Randall[4]; 2. 22M-Rees Moran[2]; 3. 1X-Scott Bogucki[3]; 4. 74N-Natalie Doney[1]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney[7]; 6. 9$-Kyle Clark[5]; 7. 24-Elijah Gile[6] Start2Finish Qualifying 1 - 1. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.289[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.316[6]; 3. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.482[3]; 4. 3-Howard Moore, 00:13.535[1]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:13.578[8]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens, 00:13.630[4]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.631[7]; 8. 44H-Derek Hagar, 00:13.868[5] Start2Finish Qualifying 2 - 1. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:13.060[2]; 2. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:13.205[7]; 3. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.288[6]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.296[8]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:13.427[3]; 6. 4W-Jamie Ball, 00:13.518[5]; 7. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:14.066[1]; 8. 6AU-Brayden Cooley, 00:14.401[4] Start2Finish Qualifying 3 - 1. 19-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.235[2]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:13.454[5]; 3. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:13.456[3]; 4. 23-Lance Moss, 00:13.493[1]; 5. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:13.841[6]; 6. 75X-Glen Saville, 00:14.711[4]; 7. 17-Zach Hampton, 00:16.651[7] Start2Finish Qualifying 4 - 1. 12X-Chase Randall, 00:13.236[6]; 2. 1X-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.638[4]; 3. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:13.777[2]; 4. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:13.820[5]; 5. 9$-Kyle Clark, 00:13.891[7]; 6. 24-Elijah Gile, 00:13.899[3]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.955[1] POWRI WAR Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 13-Chase Howard[10]; 2. 21K-Kobe Simpson[1]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 4. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[3]; 5. 6-Mario Clouser[7]; 6. 21-Caleb Stelzig[22]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner[5]; 8. 16-Anthony Nicholson[13]; 9. 11WX-Chris Morgan[17]; 10. 24-Casey Shuman[14]; 11. 5-Jesse Vermillion[4]; 12. 15-Matt Sherrell[6]; 13. 79-Keith Martin[12]; 14. 2H-Luke Howard[15]; 15. 26-Zachary Clark[21]; 16. 57-Chase Parson[19]; 17. 6X-Frank Rodgers[20]; 18. 27-Justin Johnson[18]; 19. 15EX-Jason Earls[9]; 20. 33W-Rece Wommack[11]; 21. 33-Bryson Smith[8]; 22. (DNS) 15B-Quinton Benson Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 - 1. 5-Jesse Vermillion[2]; 2. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[6]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser[5]; 4. 13-Chase Howard[4]; 5. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 6. 24-Casey Shuman[7]; 7. 57-Chase Parson[8]; 8. 26-Zachary Clark[3] Eibach Racing Heat 2 - 1. 73-Samuel Wagner[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 3. 33W-Rece Wommack[1]; 4. 79-Keith Martin[5]; 5. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 6. 11WX-Chris Morgan[6]; 7. 6X-Frank Rodgers[7] Auto Meter Heat 3 - 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson[4]; 2. 15-Matt Sherrell[3]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith[5]; 4. 15EX-Jason Earls[7]; 5. 15B-Quinton Benson[1]; 6. 27-Justin Johnson[6]; 7. (DNS) 21-Caleb Stelzig Start2Finish Qualifying 1 - 1. 13-Chase Howard, 00:15.812[8]; 2. 26-Zachary Clark, 00:15.846[2]; 3. 5-Jesse Vermillion, 00:15.933[5]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard, 00:15.949[6]; 5. 6-Mario Clouser, 00:15.952[7]; 6. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld, 00:16.097[4]; 7. 24-Casey Shuman, 00:16.120[3]; 8. 57-Chase Parson, 00:16.729[1] Start2Finish Qualifying 2 - 1. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:15.490[3]; 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:15.876[7]; 3. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:15.968[5]; 4. 33W-Rece Wommack, 00:15.987[6]; 5. 79-Keith Martin, 00:16.010[2]; 6. 11WX-Chris Morgan, 00:16.187[4]; 7. 6X-Frank Rodgers, 00:17.443[1] Start2Finish Qualifying 3 - 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson, 00:15.325[7]; 2. 15-Matt Sherrell, 00:16.169[5]; 3. 21-Caleb Stelzig, 00:16.235[6]; 4. 15B-Quinton Benson, 00:16.292[1]; 5. 33-Bryson Smith, 00:16.320[4]; 6. 27-Justin Johnson, 00:16.447[3]; 7. 15EX-Jason Earls, 00:17.052[2] Racing concludes on Saturday night: Action concludes on Saturday as pit gates open at 3 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps at 5:30 and racing at 6:35 p.m. Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $32 Adults (13 and up) - $35 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $32 Youth (6 to 12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $80 Pit Pass - $45 For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. 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Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. 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TYLER ERB SWEEPS INAUGURAL "HAWKEYE LAND 40" AT CEDAR COUNTY RACEWAY
Tipton, IA (September 12, 2024) - Tyler Erb kept his Lucas Oil MLRA record perfect on the season Thursday night, by winning the inaugural "Hawkeye Land 40" at the Cedar County Raceway. The win marks his second MLRA win of 2024 in as many starts, with the first coming back on May 5th, at the Adams County Speedway in Quincy, IL. Erb's perfect night started off with him collecting a special $500 bonus for recording the nights overall Fast Time in MyRacePass qualifying thanks to Pit Crew BBQ, which he then followed up with a heat race victory to place him on the pole for the start of the 40 lapper. Garrett Alberson who also locked up a heat race win took the green alongside on the front row. As Erb led the field into the Nutrien Ag Solutions start zone for the initial start, a major pile-up occurred in the middle of turn three as the field bunch up behind the front row starters. The incident which brought the race to a stop involved nearly half of the field, but fortunately all but Jimmy Vanzandt were able to continue on. The opening laps were filled with a number of cautions including a second caution on lap 1 when Matt Ryan came to a stop on the front stretch, ultimately ending his night. After back-to-back cautions on laps 5 and 6 the race would go green until the end. With Erb out front from the drop of the green it appeared that multiple drivers were going to be up to the challenge in the early going, with Garrett Alberson being the first to mount a charge. Alberson was able to race by off the exit of turn two to take the race lead from Erb, but only momentarily, as the driver of the Best Performance # 1 was able to power back by Alberson before the duo returned to the start finish line. With the top two pulling away, action in the top ten stayed hot with charges from Frank Heckenast Jr. as well as Chris Simpson and Tony Jackson Jr. who charged into the top five from their 7th & 8th row starting spots respectively. Alberson was able to reel in Erb a couple of times as the leaders worked into heavy lapped traffic, leaving only nine cars on the lead lap at the conclusion of the main event. As the raced passed halfway, Erb began to distance himself from the field, and drove away in the closing laps to a 2.635 second victory over Alberson. "I'm more of a rhythm guy, the more laps I can make I can see where I make mistakes and can do better the next lap," commented Erb of the long green flag run to end the race. "I like it when it goes all green, especially when you're leading." Frank Heckenast Jr. 3rd (Left), Tyler Erb 1st (Center), Garrett Alberson 2rd (Right) Photo Credit Mike Ruefer Photos Alberson recorded his best MLRA finish of the season with a runner up, while Heckenast Jr. capped off a strong podium run in third. Tony Jackson Jr. once again grabbed the nights Swift Springs Move of the Race, for his late race pass that put him in the fourth spot, while Chris Simpson managed a 5th place run after going to a back up car following his qualifying session. Following the $5,000 victory Erb said of the race, "Garrett was really good. When I got to lapped traffic, I was not running the top as hard as I possibly could have. I seen Garrett underneath me a couple of times and I just knew I had to go and get clear of those lapped cars. It was a good car, I just had to make good decisions in traffic, and I was kind of fortunate they all were on the bottom, so it left the top wide open for me." Following his runner up finish Alberson noted, "I think in clean track I was probably as bout as good as he was. I could run that bottom pretty good and I had good straight-a-way speed when I was down there, but he could maneuver around and carry his speed into his entry around the top a little better to get through that lapped traffic. This was my first time running a super late model here, and it was a good race," he concluded. Heckenast Jr. was making just his second MLRA start of the season and he made it a good one. "We went from 6th to 3rd or 4th there pretty quick, and we could reach out and touch Alberson and Tyler for a moment and then about halfway through they picked up the pace and kept going and we faded. But it's been a little bit since we have been up here with you guys, so this feels pretty good," he commented of the podium finish. Lucas Oil MLRA action continues in Iowa for the next two nights, with racing moving to the Davenport Speedway and the inaugural running of the "Corn State Nationals". Friday nights opener at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds 1/4 mile will pay $5,000 to win, while Saturday nights weekend finale will put $10,000 on the line for the victory. Cedar County Raceway Contingencies 9/12/24 Lap Leaders - Tyler Erb (1 - 40) Cautions - 4 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" - Tyler Erb (13.145 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Cody Karl MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Tyler Erb (40) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Tony Jackson Jr. Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Tony Jackson Jr. Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Chris Simpson Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Clements Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Glen Powell MD3 Final Finisher: - Jimmy Vanzandt Hawkeye Land 40 A Main40 Laps | 00:40:27.333 | 0 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 3. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[15]; 5. 32-Chris Simpson[14]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 7. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 8. 25-Chad Simpson[17]; 9. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[10]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[5]; 11. 11-Jeff Herzog[3]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 13. 29D-Spencer Diercks[7]; 14. 78S-Steve Stultz[13]; 15. 22H-Dustin Hodges[11]; 16. 17-Tim Simpson[24]; 17. 25K-Bryan Klein[21]; 18. 99-Sawyer Specht[16]; 19. (DNF) 42-Johnathan Huston[12]; 20. (DNF) 15C-Curt Schroeder[20]; 21. (DNF) 44W-David Webster[23]; 22. (DNF) 10P-Paul Parker[19]; 23. (DNF) 07-Matt Ryan[18]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[22] B1- FAST Shafts12 Laps | 00:08:47.760 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[1]; 3. 10P-Paul Parker[4]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 5. 25K-Bryan Klein[6]; 6. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[12]; 7. 26G-Glen Powell[11]; 8. 44W-David Webster[5]; 9. 4X-Dalon Helm[10]; 10. 17-Tim Simpson[9]; 11. 41-Matt Menzie[8]; 12. 15K-Justin Kay[7] H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:02:16.000 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[5]; 5. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 6. 44W-David Webster[7]; 7. (DNS) 32X-Jason Rauen; 8. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:02:28.000 1. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 2. 29D-Spencer Diercks[1]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[3]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay[7]; 7. 17-Tim Simpson[6] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:03:54.000 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[7]; 6. 25K-Bryan Klein[4]; 7. 4X-Dalon Helm[6] H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:03:12.000 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 3. 42-Johnathan Huston[3]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht[4]; 5. 10P-Paul Parker[2]; 6. 41-Matt Menzie[6]; 7. 26G-Glen Powell[7] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. 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Gennetten, Lewis earn opening-night wins in 14th annual Hockett-McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway
WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 12, 2024) - Ayrton Gennetten and Ricky Lewis drove to feature victories on Thursday night at Lucas Oil Speedway as the 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial opened its three-night run. Gennetten, of Versailles, Mo., led all 25 laps to beat Aaron Ruezel for the POWRi 410 Sprint victory, worth $3,000. It was the fifth series feature win of the season for the defending POWRi 410 Sprint Series. Lewis, the reigning champ of the event in the POWRi WAR Sprint division, led the final 11 laps to score his victory in the wingless portion as one of the nation's premier open-wheel weekends got underway. The Hockett-McMillin Memorial recognizes the legacy of Jesse Hockett, who was a star in both the winged and non-wing sprint divisions when he lost his life in a shop accident in 2010. His cousin and crew chief, Daniel McMillin, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006. Gennetten was able to overcome three late restarts that wiped out sizable leads to not only win, but collect valuable points toward Saturday night's $10,000-to-win 410 feature starting field. "I've been rolling pretty good here of late and got the opportunity to drive a great piece of machinery here with Ryan and Ashley Heidbreder's car," Gennetten said. "I have a lot of good people who are behind me." Gennetten started up front and opened a 1.5-second lead just three laps into the feature over sixth-starting Reutzel with Kyle Jones third. The top three remained unchanged through 10 laps with Gennetten sitting a half-second in front. As the leaders caught lapped traffic in a caution-free event to that point, Gennetten was able to regain a bit of breathing room over Reutzel and Jones as Joe B. Miller settled into fourth. Gennetten continued to excel in getting around slower cars and his gap jumped to 1.5 seconds by lap 17. One circuit later, the first caution flew as Zach Hampton came to a stop atop turn two. That first yellow wiped away Gennetten's 1.3-second lead and gave new life to Reutzel, Jones, Miller and fifth-running Jamie Ball with seven laps remaining. Gennetten had a flawless restart and rolled to a 1.4-second lead in just a lap. But another yellow on lap 20 as Blake Hahn's car slow in turn two blunted the leader's march. But that proved only temporary as Gennetten again proved dominant over the final five laps. Ball grabbed second on lap 21, but as Gennetten built a race-best 2.8-second lead another caution flew with three to go. It again proved to be no problem for the leader as Gennetten went on to beat Reutzel by 2.1 seconds at the finish. Gennetten, in his victory lane interview, was not particularly happy with the flurry of late cautions. "Luckily we were able to hold on and it sets us up good for tomorrow. We're fast and hopefully we can capitalize the rest of the week," Gennetten said. Reutzel said his car was strong, but not strong enough to stay up with the winner. "They were good," Reutzel said of Gennetten. "We got to second so quick that I was trying to bide my time and not destroy my tires like I did in the heat race. I needed some thick lapped traffic to have a shot at him. It wasn't meant to be tonight." Miller wound up third with Ball fourth and Scott Bogucki fifth. Lewis earns POWRi WAR Sprints win: The defending champ of the POWRi WAR Sprint portion of the Hockett-McMillin Memorial got his weekend off to a rousing start by dominating the second half of the 25-lapper. Ricky Lewis of Camarillo, Calif., grabbed the lead on lap 14 and outdisanced Riley Kreisel for the $2,000 POWRi WAR victory. The non-wing field is split into programs on Thursday and Friday with finishes helping determine the starting lineup for Saturday's finale. Wesley Smith of Nixa, Mo., appeared to be the car to beat for the first half of the race. Smith grabbed the lead at the start and opened up a 1.3-second command by lap five as four cars battled for the runner-up position. A lap later, Jack Wagner moved into second place but stayed there for just one circuit before he rolled to a stop in turn two with a flat right rear tire. On the restart, Wyatt Burks briefly passed Smith in turn two before Smith regained the point down the backstretch. But on lap 14, third-starting Lewis took the top spot away from Smith coming off turn two - just before the race's fifth caution flew for a car that rolled to a stop in turn one. Burks used the restart to move into second in front of Smith as Lewis set the pace up front. Smith rallied back into second on lap 18, but found himself one second behind Lewis with just seven laps to go. Smith sliced the margin to a half second by lap 20 and was within a car length two laps later with Burks also in the mix. But on lap 23, Smith got into turn one too hard and spun. He was able to keep going and the race stayed green. That was all Lewis needed to pull away to finish 3.4 seconds in front of Kreisel at the checkers. Burks finished third with Kyle Jones fourth and Smith fifth. "Me and Wesley had a pretty good battle," Lewis said of the middle portion of the event as he moved to the front. "I know I sent it in pretty deep, but I know I'm racing again really good guys and they can adapt as I would do the same. Shout-out to Wesley, I love racing with him. We don't get to race against each other often, but when we do it's a blast. "The race track was racy so you could race anywhere. That's what you fans like to see." LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 12, 2024) 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial POWRi 410 Winged Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 4. 4W-Jamie Ball[3]; 5. 1X-Scott Bogucki[13]; 6. 27B-Jake Bubak[17]; 7. 12X-Chase Randall[9]; 8. 44H-Derek Hagar[18]; 9. 74-Xavier Doney[5]; 10. 20G-Noah Gass[12]; 11. 45X-Jace Park[16]; 12. 22M-Rees Moran[11]; 13. 44-Chris Martin[14]; 14. 98P-Miles Paulus[19]; 15. 23B-Brian Bell[4]; 16. 79-Kyle Jones[1]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 18. 77-Jack Wagner[10]; 19. 99X-Dalton Stevens[20]; 20. 17-Zach Hampton[21]; 21. 91-Riley Kreisel[22]; 22. 9$-Kyle Clark[15] MPI B Feature - 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[1]; 2. 44H-Derek Hagar[2]; 3. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 4. 99X-Dalton Stevens[6]; 5. 17-Zach Hampton[9]; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel[8]; 7. 23-Lance Moss[4]; 8. 3-Howard Moore[11]; 9. 14E-Kyle Bellm[10]; 10. 74N-Natalie Doney[5]; 11. 24-Elijah Gile[12]; 12. 6AU-Brayden Cooley[14]; 13. 1JR-Steven Russell[13]; 14. (DNS) 21-Gunner Ramey; 15. (DNS) 75-Tyler Blank; 16. (DNS) 75X-Glen Saville Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 - 1. 79-Kyle Jones[5]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 3. 9$-Kyle Clark[1]; 4. 20G-Noah Gass[4]; 5. 27B-Jake Bubak[3]; 6. 21-Gunner Ramey[6]; 7. 17-Zach Hampton[8]; 8. (DNS) 75-Tyler Blank Eibach Racing Heat 2 - 1. 4W-Jamie Ball[2]; 2. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 3. 1X-Scott Bogucki[1]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[5]; 5. 44H-Derek Hagar[3]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens[6]; 7. 14E-Kyle Bellm[7]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[8] Auto Meter Heat 3 - 1. 23B-Brian Bell[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 4. 23-Lance Moss[1]; 5. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 6. 74N-Natalie Doney[8]; 7. 24-Elijah Gile[6]; 8. 6AU-Brayden Cooley[7] Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 - 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 12X-Chase Randall[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 5. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel[5]; 7. 3-Howard Moore[6]; 8. (DNS) 75X-Glen Saville Start2Finish Qualifying 1 - 1. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.402[6]; 2. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:13.421[3]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.722[5]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark, 00:14.016[1]; 5. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:14.026[8]; 6. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:14.033[7]; 7. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:14.381[4]; 8. 17-Zach Hampton, 01:00.000[2] Start2Finish Qualifying 2 - 1. 19-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.499[5]; 2. 44H-Derek Hagar, 00:13.808[1]; 3. 4W-Jamie Ball, 00:13.840[8]; 4. 1X-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.862[4]; 5. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.962[6]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens, 00:13.982[3]; 7. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:14.048[2]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:14.633[7] Start2Finish Qualifying 3 - 1. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.984[6]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:14.128[2]; 3. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:14.371[8]; 4. 23-Lance Moss, 00:14.515[7]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.606[5]; 6. 24-Elijah Gile, 00:14.810[1]; 7. 6AU-Brayden Cooley, 00:15.579[4]; 8. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:16.120[3] Start2Finish Qualifying 4 - 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.859[5]; 2. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:14.306[7]; 3. 12X-Chase Randall, 00:14.515[2]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:14.605[1]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:14.744[3]; 6. 3-Howard Moore, 00:14.749[4]; 7. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:14.993[8]; 8. 75X-Glen Saville, 10:00.000[6] POWRI WAR Sprints TRD A Feature - 1. 41-Ricky Lewis[3]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel[4]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 4. 79X-Kyle Jones[7]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 6. 4U-Kyle Shipley[17]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 8. 11X-Tom Curran[8]; 9. 15E-Dakota Earls[9]; 10. 2-Chad Goff[18]; 11. 1-Paul White[11]; 12. 73V-Blake Vermillion[10]; 13. 10-Bryan Debrick[12]; 14. 46M-Dusty Murray[16]; 15. 21M-Michael Moore[19]; 16. 7S-Wade Seiler[14]; 17. B52-Blake Bowers[13]; 18. 49-Brian Ruhlman[15]; 19. 06-Rylan Gray[6] Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 - 1. 41-Ricky Lewis[2]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 3. 73V-Blake Vermillion[1]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[6]; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5]; 6. 46M-Dusty Murray[7]; 7. 4U-Kyle Shipley[4] Eibach Racing Heat 2 - 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 2. 79X-Kyle Jones[2]; 3. 06-Rylan Gray[4]; 4. 1-Paul White[5]; 5. B52-Blake Bowers[6]; 6. 2-Chad Goff[1] Auto Meter Heat 3 - 1. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 3. 11X-Tom Curran[5]; 4. 10-Bryan Debrick[2]; 5. 7S-Wade Seiler[6]; 6. 21M-Michael Moore[1] Start2Finish Qualifying 1 - 1. 4U-Kyle Shipley, 00:15.430[6]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:15.689[4]; 3. 41-Ricky Lewis, 00:15.738[3]; 4. 73V-Blake Vermillion, 00:15.812[1]; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 00:15.881[2]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls, 00:16.366[5]; 7. 46M-Dusty Murray, 00:16.684[7] Start2Finish Qualifying 2 - 1. 06-Rylan Gray, 00:15.934[4]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 00:15.983[1]; 3. 79X-Kyle Jones, 00:16.065[5]; 4. 2-Chad Goff, 00:16.331[2]; 5. 1-Paul White, 00:16.484[3]; 6. B52-Blake Bowers, 00:16.894[6] Start2Finish Qualifying 3 - 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:15.764[4]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:15.804[1]; 3. 10-Bryan Debrick, 00:16.262[5]; 4. 21M-Michael Moore, 00:16.570[3]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran, 00:16.597[6]; 6. 7S-Wade Seiler, 00:17.461[2] Racing resumes on Friday: Action continues on Friday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 5, hot laps at 6 and racing at 7:05 p.m. On Saturday, pit gates open at 3 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps at 5:30 and racing at 6:35 p.m. Friday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6 to 12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $45 Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $32 Adults (13 and up) - $35 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $32 Youth (6 to 12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $80 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Daily Rates Dry Camping $15/Night (up to 6 people) ($5 additional a night per person) Reserve Dry $25/Night (limited availability) (up to 6 people, $5 additional a night per person) Reserved Electric & Water $40/Night (up to 6 people) ($5 additional a night per person, limited availability) For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.
Jake Bubak Wins the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial
Jake Bubak would lead twenty-four of twenty-five laps in spectacular fashion with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in Championship Night of the 14th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial to notch his second season league victory and land the $10,000 payday in a phenomenal feature event for the ages at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Xavier Doney Drives to Championship Night Win with POWRi WAR in Hockett/McMillin Memorial
Xavier Doney would seem to find another gear of speed mid-point in the Championship Night feature event of the Fourteenth Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League to drive away and capture his seventh career feature victory wrapping up the premier weekend racing event.
Jason Martin Wins Arrowhead Finale for First National Tour Victory of 2024
Reigning American Sprint Car Series National Tour champion Jason Martin's title defense has been nothing short of a nightmare – until Friday night at Arrowhead Speedway.
Goldesberry Wins IRA Feature at 141 Speedway
Jordan Goldesberry won the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association feature Saturday night at 141 Speedway.
Ryan Turner Wins the 2025 Northern Sprint Car Nationals
Ryan Turner became a three time winner of the Northern Sprint Car Nationals following his victory Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway.
Kofoid Cruises to Merced Victory
Buddy Kofoid has quickly established himself as the hottest driver on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour with Roth Motorsports. And he delivered yet another piece of evidence at Saturday's Federated Auto Parts Yosemite Showdown hosted by Merced Speedway.
Thomas Scores Victory at the Haubstadt Hustler
Kevin Thomas Jr. won the "Haubstadt Hustler" Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway.
Cap Henry Earns Richest Win in History of Fremont Speedway
Cap Henry wrote his name in the Fremont Speedway record books Saturday, Sept. 14, winning the 17th Annual Jim Ford Classic on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Gill Construction Night. Henry’s third win of the season at “The Track That Action Built” was worth $20,000. He also added another $10,000 in bonus money by leading all 40-laps.
Lewis takes sprint car victory at Paragon
Ricky Lewis won the sprint car feature on Sept. 7 at Paragon Speedway. Korbyn Haslett was second, followed by Cody Trammell, Aiden Salisbury and Rylan Gray. Zach Sasser won the super stock feature ...
Steven Barsby and Khan Thoroughgood honoured at Maryborough Speedway
Two beloved members of the regional Queensland racing community, both lost to cancer, are being honoured on Saturday at the Maryborough Speedway.
THREE RACES IN TWO CLASSES FOR SEXTON GATLIN RACING THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
(Lakeside, CA, September 11, 2024) After a weekend away from the track, Sexton Gatlin Racing returns to action with a busy 24 hours this Friday and Saturday, contesting three races in two nights at two tracks. On Friday, Grant Sexton will return to the site of one of his biggest wins, the Bakersfield Speedway, to race in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series vs Bay Cities Racing Association Civil War event. Twenty-four hours later, he will be joined by his father, Brent, for the Ultimate Sprint Car Series race presented by Inland Rigging at the Ventura Raceway. Friday's race will be the second time the CLS has teamed with the World of Outlaws at the "Okie Bowl." The race will bring back memories of the then-17-year-old's magnificent triumph in March of 2022. Competing in front of a near-capacity live crowd and thousands more World of Outlaw fans watching from around the world on Dirt Vision, Grant fearlessly banged the Bakersfield boards over the final few laps and took the lead less than a foot before the checkered flag. Sexton's thrilling win that night sent the crowd into a frenzy and earned him a standing ovation. His enthusiastic victory speech afterward charged the crowd up one more time before the CLS turned the track over to the World of Outlaws. For Grant, whose mantel at home already sports the 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Championship hardware, 2019 POWRi Nationals Night #1 winner's trophy, and the 2023 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year award, Friday will only be his second lightning sprint car race of 2024. His first came minutes away from the family's Lakeside, California compound at the Barona Speedway on May 11th. That night, the young driver arrived late at the track and had to start last in each race. In the main event, he started 13th and was up to fourth before the lap five mark. By the end of the 20-lapper, he had advanced another spot to finish third and win the race Hard Charger award. In addition to both of the Sexton's racing in the USCS event at Santa Maria on Saturday, USAC/CRA star AJ Bender of San Diego will step into the team's lightning sprint for the CLS race at Ventura. Bender has been a lethal hired gun for SGR in the past. Last year, in November's Hangtown 100 at Placerville, he won the first two nights and finished second to Grant at the finale. That bookended a season that saw him win the March SWLS opener at Imperial Valley. In 2021, Bender won a round of the Cal Cup in Lemoore and placed second on all three nights at the Hangtown 100 in Placerville in an SGR car. Advance tickets for the World of Outlaws/CLS show at Bakersfield are available now at the following link: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/The track is located at 5001 North Chester Ext. Ave., Bakersfield (93308). The track website is bakersfieldspeedway.com, and the office phone number is (661) 393-3373. Adult tickets for Ventura are $22.00. For seniors 65 and over, it is $18.00. Military and students with id also get in for $18.00. Kids 12 and under are free when they are accompanied by an adult. The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Fans from out of town can catch both of the races streaming live this weekend. Friday's race will be on Dirt Vision and Saturday's show will be on Flo Racing. Grant and Brent were last on track over Labor Day weekend at the Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA race at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway on Saturday and the USCS race at Santa Maria the next night. At Kern, things started off bright enough for Grant when he qualified ninth fastest in the 27-car field. In his heat, he finished fourth, which was one position better than Brent, who earlier in the night qualified 18th. Grant started the main in ninth, with Brent coming from 18th. Unfortunately, Grant's night ended early when he broke a drag link. That stuck him with a 20th-place finish. Brent, who is 52, started 18th in the main event and moved forward to finish 13th. The following night at Santa Maria, Grant was third fastest in his qualifying group and 10th overall with a lap of 14.105. His dad's qualifying time was 14.333. That was the fourth fastest in his group and 15th best of the night. Brent had success in his 10-lap heat race. He started on the pole and steered his white and orange #44 to his first USCS heat victory. Grant was in heat three and moved up one position to place second. When the 30-lap main event pushed through the pit gate, Brent was starting fifth. Grant was a couple of rows behind on the inside of row five in ninth. Unfortunately for Grant, his main event ended early for the second night in a row with another issue. Things went better for Brent, who had his best run in a full-size car this year. However, it was not without a problem. Running in the top five early in the race, he had to go to the back of the pack after going around on the back chute. As the yellow flag came out for his mishap, Brent had to restart at the back. From there, he stayed focused and drove all the way up to ninth. Sexton Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2024 season possible. East County Electric Works, Keys Brothers, BR Motorsports, Maxima Oil, Automated Interiors, Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Troy Dirt. If you or your company are interested in becoming a marketing partner with Sexton Gatlin Racing in 2024, please call (619) 454-6945 or E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Brent Sexton 2024 Results 2/24/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 3/1/24 Imperial Valley Raceway SoCal Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3/2/24 Imperial Valley Raceway SoCal Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 3/8/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 12th A Main 3/9/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 16th A Main 3/16/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 3/23/24 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 4/6/24 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 17th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 25th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main 4/27/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 16th A Main 5/18/24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main 5/25/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 1st A Main 6/1/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 10th A Main 6/8/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 5th A Main 6/22/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 7/13/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 7/20/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 7th B Main 8/10/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 8/31/24 Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 9/1/24 Santa Maria Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 9th A Main Grant Sexton 2024 Results 2/24/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 3/8/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 9th A Main 3/9/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 5th A Main 3/16/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 21st A Main 3/23/24 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 16th A Main 4/6/24 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 11th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 16th A Main 4/27/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 19th A Main 5/11/24 Barona Speedway So Cal Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 5/18/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Car Series 5th A Main 6/1/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 6/22/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 20th A Main 7/20/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 7th A Main 8/10/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 23rd A Main 8/31/24 Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 20th A Main 9/1/24 Santa Maria Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 24th A Main Braydin Collie 2024 Results 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main 8/3/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 5th A Main 8/17/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 9th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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