Grant Sharp Breaks Into Victory Lane at I-44 Speedway; Tyler Scott's Winning Streak Ends - St. Louis Racing

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(LEBANON, Missouri . . . by Zack Morgan) Saturday, July 23 was a great night of ASA stock car racing for the fans at Lebanon I-44 Speedway. While Tyler Scott’s winning streak in the Modifieds was stopped as Richland’s Jason Otto took home the checkers, young Grant Sharp took his first trip to Monster Energy Victory Lane this year in the Late Model classs, with veteran Kenny Dickenson coming home second and leaving the track with the championship points lead. Michel Deschenes, Toby Harden, Larry Hunter, and Dustin Reeves also visited Monster Energy Victory Lane in an action packed ‘Kickin’ Asphalt’ show that concluded by 10:10 pm.

In the feature division Late Model class, track points leader Chrissy Wallace started ‘tailback’ on the field, and would have a tough time making her way through the field. Conway’s Grant Sharp led the pack all night long as the 19-year-old driver showed the crowd how it’s done on the 3/8-mile, high banked asphalt oval. Camdenton’s Dickenson had a great run and finished second in the race and emerged the track points leader after Wallace finished a hard-fought 4^th on the night. Fair Grove campaigner Dale Roper, Jr. was third, while ‘Gentleman’ Jim Reeves of Strafford rounded out the top five.

The mighty Modifieds lived up to the pre-event hype, as ‘The Nixa Nightmare’ Tyler Scott was looking to make it six feature wins in a row. Fair Grove native Terry Taylor would grab the early lead, and it was all side by side racing behind him until lap 5 when Taylor and Stephen Counterman made contact, sending Taylor spinning and Peyton Lucas into the turn 4 wall. That would set up Jason Otto to take the lead, and he wouldn’t relinquish it for the rest of the way as he ended Scott’s streak and collected the $100 ‘Bounty’. Scott would finish a disappointing fifth after cutting a right rear tire and struggling with handling as the air slowly left the hapless Hoosier tire.

OMSRA Outlaw Mini Stocks were on hand and, as usual, delighted the fans with close and competitive racing in their 12 lap dash. Joe Bunkers was the early leader, but lost a power plant coming out of turn 4. That paved the way for the Deschenes – Michael and Ashley of Lee Summit – to take their place at the front of the field, and they went for broke. Ashley rode the track’s top side in her potent Ford Pinto, with husband Michael on the low groove in his familiar yellow Saab. Micheal would get a great bite coming out of turn 4, and take yet another trip to Monster Energy Victory Lane.

Sportsman were next on the calling card, as last week’s winner Rick Sharp of Fair Grove ended the night early with mechanical problems in his #10 Chevrolet. That set the stage for Lebanon’s Aaron Douglas and Marshfield’s Toby Harden to do battle with Harden up top and Douglas down low. Harden would get the slight edge as the laps crept downward and would eventually win after Douglas took the lead but spun the car coming out of turn 2.

In the Road Warriors class, no one could contend with Camdenton’s Dustin Reeves, as he would take his third trip to Monster Energy Victory Lane in 2011. There was a very scary moment for Rogersville native Kristyn Scott, however, as she hit the turn 4 wall head on and totaled her car. She had some bruises, but walked away under her own power.

Wrapping the racing events up for the evening was the ever-popular four-cylinder subcompact Charger class. It was a great three-car battle from green to checkered, with Larry Hunter, Seth Jacobs, and Caston Jones all doing battle in the 12 lap Charger feature. Coming to the checkers it was almost too close to call, but Hunter took the victory by a front bumper, followed by Jacobs and Jones.

Next Saturday night’s ‘Kickin’ Asphalt’ show at Lebanon I-44 Speedway will include a special feature race for the Road Warriors, with $250 posted to win and a $100 bonus to the highest finishing dirt ‘pure stock’ car, plus a special on-track autograph session for fans during intermission. All five ASA-sanctioned stock car racing classes will also be in action. Additional information about I-44 Speedway’s 2011 racing schedule, racecar construction specifications and general rules may be found on the track’s official website, www.i44speedway.com.

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			LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS FOR JULY 23, 2011



				ASA LATE MODELS

HEAT 1	1)	#67	Jim Vandzandt		HEAT 2	1)	#21	Ken Dickinson
	2)	#02	Brian Brown			2)	#45	Crispen Beaver
	3)	#10	Dale Roper Jr.			3)	#9	Phil Harris
	4)	#93	Chrissy Wallace			4)	#18	Jim Reeves
	5)	#2	Grant Sharp			5)	#69	Caleb Hall
	6)	#7 DNS	Jeremy Manes			6)	#20	Austin Fullerton


FEATURE	1)	#2	Grant Sharp	Conway
	2)	#21	Ken Dickinson	Camdenton
	3)	#10	Dale Roper Jr.	Fair Grove
	4)	#93	Chrissy Wallace	Concord, NC
	5)	#18	Jim Reeves	Strafford
	6)	#67	Jimmy Vandzandt	Springfield
	7)	#02	Brian Brown	Springfield
	8)	#45	Crispen Beaver	Neosho
	9)	#9	Phil Harris	Springfield
	10)	#69	Caleb Hall	Lee Summitt
	11)	#20	Austin Fullerton DNF*	Claremore, OK
	12)	#7	Jeremy Maines DNS*	Nixa


				MODIFIEDS

HEAT 1	1)	#5	Mike Coryell		HEAT 2	1)	#57	Tyler Scott
	2)	#26	Payton Lucas			2)	#91	David Bates
	3)	#8	Jason Otto			3)	#9	Phil Harris
	4)	#25	Stephen Counterman			4)	#66	Terry Taylor
	5)	#44	Kevin Blackburn


FEATURE	1)	#8	Jason Otto	Richland
	2)	#91	David Bates	Fair Grove
	3)	#5	Mike Coryell	Lebanon
	4)	#25	Stephen Counterman	Fair Grove
	5)	#57	Tyler Scott	Nixa
	6)	#44	Kevin Blackburn	Lebanon
	7)	#9	Phil Harris	Springfield
	8)	#66	Terry Taylor DNF*	Fair Grove
	9)	#26	Payton Lucas DNF*	Strafford


				SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1	1)	#7	Aaron Douglas
	2)	#83	JC Newell
	3)	#10	Rick Sharp
	4)	#63	Chuck Higdon
	5)	#1 DNF	Toby Harden


FEATURE	1)	#1	Toby Harden	Marshfield
	2)	#83	JC Newell	Stoutland
	3)	#7	Aaron Douglas DNF*	Lebanon
	4)	#63	Chuck Higdon DNF*	Strafford
	5)	#10	Rick Sharp DNF *	Fair Grove



				ROAD WARRIOR

HEAT 1	1)	#98	Sam Shaw
	2)	#6	Dustin Reeves
	3)	#33	Mike Scott
	4)	#35	Gary Ball
	5)	#34	Kristyn Scott

FEATURE	1)	#6	Dustin Reeves	Camdenton
	2)	#98	Sam Shaw	Rogersville
	3)	#35	Gary Ball	Lebanon
	4)	#33 DNF	Mike Scott DNF*	Rogersville
	5)	#34 DNF	Kristyn Scott DNF*	Rogersville


				CHARGERS

HEAT 1	1)	#25	Seth Jacobs		HEAT 2	1)	#74	Larry Hunter
	2)	#34	Caston Jones			2)	#10	Gary Davenport
	3)	#7	Shawn Jones			3)	#14	Ben Kramer
	4)	#0 DNF	Austin Hunter			4)	#27	Nick Cherry


FEATURE	1)	#74	Larry Hunter	Laquey
	2)	#25	Seth Jacobs	Seth Jacobs
	3)	#34	Caston Jones	Belle
	4)	#7	Shawn Jones	Belle
	5)	#14	Ben Kramer	Richland
	6)	#10	Gary Davenport	Marshfield
	7)	#27	Nick Cherry	Springfield
	8)	#0	Autin Hunter	Laquey

			OMSRA OUTLAW MINI STOCKS

Heat 1	1)	#86	Michael Deschenes
	2)	#26	Kevin Hunt
	3)	#12	Ashley Deschenes
	4)	#27	Tyler Berry
	5)	#4 DNF	Joe Bunkers


Feature	1)	#86	Michael Deschenes	Lee Summitt
	2)	#12	Ashley Deschenes	Lee Summitt
	3)	#27	Tyler Berry	Spring Hills, KS
	4)	#26	Kevin Hunt DNF*	Spring Hills, KS
	5)	#4	Joe Bunkers DNF*	Harrisonville

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Grant Sharp Breaks Into Victory Lane at I-44 Speedway; Tyler Scott’s Winning Streak Ends

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