Springfield,Mo.-
Tulsa's Brian McClelland broke out of his early season doldrums in convincing fashion by racing to victory lane in Saturday night's 25-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region debut atop the ¼-mile Springfield Raceway clay oval.
The two-time and defending series champion assumed the point on the second round and led the rest of the way for his first win of the season aboard the Wesmar-powered R&B Motorsports/Maxwell Oil No. 87 Triple-X.
And, he survived not only a treacherous turn four cushion that gobbled up initial leader Joe Wood, Jr., but also the challenges of Zach Chappell to collect his sixth career ASCS Sooner Region win.
"I ran off the top of the track there in turn four two different times, I couldn't believe nobody passed me," McClelland explained in victory lane. "And then Zach showed me his nose in one and two, I moved down a little bit and the car really took off after that."
With McClelland starting the feature outside the second row, it was front row outside starter Joe Wood, Jr., who had raced from the tail of the field to win the night's first heat race, outgunning pole sitter and second heat race winner Sherman Davis for the point at the drop of the green.
McClelland immediately moved into second and began the chase for the lead. The chase was short-lived though, as Wood jumped the turn four cushion the second time around and crashed as Matt Covington sailed off the steep turn four embankment as well in the aftermath. Wood's mount was too damaged to continue while Covington rejoined the chase.
With McClelland in the lead, Zach Chappell kept the pressure on much of the way before McClelland began to slip away in the final circuits. Not even a final caution with just three laps to go for New Mexico's Derrik Ortega, who looped it turn two while running fifth, could prevent McClelland from breaking into victory lane.
McClelland hit his marks perfectly over the final three-lap dash to the stripe and jumped from 12th to sixth in the championship points race with the triumph.
Chappell settled for runner-up honors in the familiar family-owned No. 50z Legend's Bar-B-Que & Steak Joint entry, with Donnie Ray Crawford battling into the third position by the third round and holding the spot down the rest of the way in the A&W Motorsports/Tel-Star No. 55.
Kyle Bellm crossed the stripe fourth, with Sherman Davis rounding out the top five.
Sean McClelland scratched for the night after breaking a camshaft in hot laps. Davis overcame early engine issues to celebrate his birthday with a top-five finish, while Matt Covington claimed sixth after swapping out rear ends following hot laps
SupportAction saw a new face in the Winners Circle as Roy Maynard topped the SportMod feature after a hard fought battle with Dairan Hendrix.Maynard racing with a GM 602 Crate Motor in his SportMod took the lead on lap 9 of the 20 lap feature in capturing his first win of the season.Thee opening laps were paced bu young Taylor Huddleston with another young gun Andrew Smith.Hendrix always a front runner took the lead on lap 7 from his 7th starting spot and used the top groove to his advantage.Maynard who started 9th found the low groove to his liking as the duo ran several laps side by side with Maynard getting a 2 car length victory followed by Hendrix, and fast moving Mike Watson,early contender Smith and point leader Billy Street who came charging from the 13th starting spot.
The Bombers provided 2 and 3 wide racing all night long as Greg Cantrell set the early pace for the opening 3 laps.Point runner-up Robert High found the middle lane fast as he took over the top spot on lap 4 with Nathan Gold following him through until the fist caution flew on lap 10.John Coates and Damon Tillman ran door to door and were gaining on the leader High while point leader James Redus was working to the front.High grabbed the win followed closely by Coates,Tillman,Redus and Alan Fugitt at the stripe.
The Pro-4 LateModels made their first visit this season to the Quick-Quarter and provided good solid action as Kory Schudy held off repeated challanges from Pat Schudy and Darin Widener in grabbing the 15 lap feature.Early contender Jeremy Teaver spun late in the race setting up a 1 lap shootout.Kris Schudy and Dustin Bass completed the top 5.
Action will resume Sat night June 27th with action on the Quick-Quarter with the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,Legends,SportMods and LateModels along with round 2 of the popular Spectator Drags.Racing will start at 7PM Sharp.
Results
ASCS Sprints-Sooner Region Race
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Brian McClelland-Tulsa,Okla., 2. 50z-Zach Chappell-Talala,Okla, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford-Tulsa,Okla, 4. 14k-Kyle Bellm-Nixa, 5. 72-Sherman Davis-Sand Spring,Okla, 6. 95-Matt CovingtonGlenpool,Okla, 7. 28-Chris Lloyd, 8. 35-Derrik Ortega-Albuquerque,NM, 9. 19s-Steven Cross-Appleton City, 10. 04-Brad Graham-Strafford, 11. 03-Joe Wood, JrOklahoma City,Okla. DNS: 1-Sean McClelland.-Tulsa,Okla
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 04-Brad Graham, 5. 28-Chris Lloyd. DNS: 1-Sean McClelland.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 72-Sherman Davis, 2. 87-Brian McClelland, 3. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 4. 19s-Steven Cross, 5. 35-Derrik Ortega, 6. 95-Matt Covington
SportMods
A Ft-1)Roy Maynard-Alba 2)Darian Hendrix-Joplin 3)Mike Watson-Springfield 4)Andrew Smith-Willard 5)Billy Street-Joplin 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Mike Hailman-Reedsprings 8)Darrin Crisler-Clever 9)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 10)JC Morton-Springfield 11)Willie wilson-Springfield 12)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 13)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 14)Gary Rodocker-Willard 15)Billy Dalton-Reeds 16)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc 17)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 18)Gary Krebs-Clever 19)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 20)Rich Hert-McDowell 21)Jim VanZandt-Springfield DNS-Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove,Sean Williams-Willard,Randy Belk-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Lankton 2)Tinderholt 3)Morton 4)Crisler 5)Street 6)Rodocker 7)Gerleve 8)Jackson
2nd Ht-1)Hendrix 2)Maynard 3)Scott 4)Huddleston 5)Dalton 6)Belk 7)Williams
3rd Ht-1)VanZandt 2)Smith 3)Watson 4)Hailman 5)Bryant 6)Wilson 7)Jones 8)Krebs 9)Hert
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)John Coats-Joplin 3)Damon Tillman-Branson West 4)James Redus-Springfield 5)Alan Fugitt-Walnut Grove 6)Bryan Tillman-Branson West 7)Bob Maggard Sr-Springfield 8)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Terry Williams-Rogersville 11)Charlie Hart-Springfield 12)Greg Cantrell-Springfield 13)Rick Williams-Springfield DQ-Nathan Gold-Willard,Jeff Brown-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Coates 2)D.Tillman 3)Graybeal 4)B.Tillman 5)Redus 6)T.Williams
2nd Ht-1)High 2)Cantrell 3)Willoughby 4)Fugitt 5)Maggard 6)Hart 7)R.Williams
Pro-4's
A Ft-1)Kort Schudy 2)Pat Schudy 3)Darin Widener 4)Kris Schudy 5)Dustin Bass 6)Cameron Smith 7)Jeremy Teaver 8)Bob Widener 9)Theresa Widener 10)Terry Lacey DNS-Aaron Cornell,Robert Hamblin
1st Ht-1)Teaver 2)Cornell 3)Bass 4)D.Widener 5)Smith 6)T.Widener
2nd Ht-1)K.Schudy 2)P.Schudy 3)K.Schudy 4)B.Widener 5)Lacey 6)Hamblin
Tulsa's Brian McClelland broke out of his early season doldrums in convincing fashion by racing to victory lane in Saturday night's 25-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region debut atop the ¼-mile Springfield Raceway clay oval.
The two-time and defending series champion assumed the point on the second round and led the rest of the way for his first win of the season aboard the Wesmar-powered R&B Motorsports/Maxwell Oil No. 87 Triple-X.
And, he survived not only a treacherous turn four cushion that gobbled up initial leader Joe Wood, Jr., but also the challenges of Zach Chappell to collect his sixth career ASCS Sooner Region win.
"I ran off the top of the track there in turn four two different times, I couldn't believe nobody passed me," McClelland explained in victory lane. "And then Zach showed me his nose in one and two, I moved down a little bit and the car really took off after that."
With McClelland starting the feature outside the second row, it was front row outside starter Joe Wood, Jr., who had raced from the tail of the field to win the night's first heat race, outgunning pole sitter and second heat race winner Sherman Davis for the point at the drop of the green.
McClelland immediately moved into second and began the chase for the lead. The chase was short-lived though, as Wood jumped the turn four cushion the second time around and crashed as Matt Covington sailed off the steep turn four embankment as well in the aftermath. Wood's mount was too damaged to continue while Covington rejoined the chase.
With McClelland in the lead, Zach Chappell kept the pressure on much of the way before McClelland began to slip away in the final circuits. Not even a final caution with just three laps to go for New Mexico's Derrik Ortega, who looped it turn two while running fifth, could prevent McClelland from breaking into victory lane.
McClelland hit his marks perfectly over the final three-lap dash to the stripe and jumped from 12th to sixth in the championship points race with the triumph.
Chappell settled for runner-up honors in the familiar family-owned No. 50z Legend's Bar-B-Que & Steak Joint entry, with Donnie Ray Crawford battling into the third position by the third round and holding the spot down the rest of the way in the A&W Motorsports/Tel-Star No. 55.
Kyle Bellm crossed the stripe fourth, with Sherman Davis rounding out the top five.
Sean McClelland scratched for the night after breaking a camshaft in hot laps. Davis overcame early engine issues to celebrate his birthday with a top-five finish, while Matt Covington claimed sixth after swapping out rear ends following hot laps
SupportAction saw a new face in the Winners Circle as Roy Maynard topped the SportMod feature after a hard fought battle with Dairan Hendrix.Maynard racing with a GM 602 Crate Motor in his SportMod took the lead on lap 9 of the 20 lap feature in capturing his first win of the season.Thee opening laps were paced bu young Taylor Huddleston with another young gun Andrew Smith.Hendrix always a front runner took the lead on lap 7 from his 7th starting spot and used the top groove to his advantage.Maynard who started 9th found the low groove to his liking as the duo ran several laps side by side with Maynard getting a 2 car length victory followed by Hendrix, and fast moving Mike Watson,early contender Smith and point leader Billy Street who came charging from the 13th starting spot.
The Bombers provided 2 and 3 wide racing all night long as Greg Cantrell set the early pace for the opening 3 laps.Point runner-up Robert High found the middle lane fast as he took over the top spot on lap 4 with Nathan Gold following him through until the fist caution flew on lap 10.John Coates and Damon Tillman ran door to door and were gaining on the leader High while point leader James Redus was working to the front.High grabbed the win followed closely by Coates,Tillman,Redus and Alan Fugitt at the stripe.
The Pro-4 LateModels made their first visit this season to the Quick-Quarter and provided good solid action as Kory Schudy held off repeated challanges from Pat Schudy and Darin Widener in grabbing the 15 lap feature.Early contender Jeremy Teaver spun late in the race setting up a 1 lap shootout.Kris Schudy and Dustin Bass completed the top 5.
Action will resume Sat night June 27th with action on the Quick-Quarter with the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,Legends,SportMods and LateModels along with round 2 of the popular Spectator Drags.Racing will start at 7PM Sharp.
Results
ASCS Sprints-Sooner Region Race
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Brian McClelland-Tulsa,Okla., 2. 50z-Zach Chappell-Talala,Okla, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford-Tulsa,Okla, 4. 14k-Kyle Bellm-Nixa, 5. 72-Sherman Davis-Sand Spring,Okla, 6. 95-Matt CovingtonGlenpool,Okla, 7. 28-Chris Lloyd, 8. 35-Derrik Ortega-Albuquerque,NM, 9. 19s-Steven Cross-Appleton City, 10. 04-Brad Graham-Strafford, 11. 03-Joe Wood, JrOklahoma City,Okla. DNS: 1-Sean McClelland.-Tulsa,Okla
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 04-Brad Graham, 5. 28-Chris Lloyd. DNS: 1-Sean McClelland.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 72-Sherman Davis, 2. 87-Brian McClelland, 3. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 4. 19s-Steven Cross, 5. 35-Derrik Ortega, 6. 95-Matt Covington
SportMods
A Ft-1)Roy Maynard-Alba 2)Darian Hendrix-Joplin 3)Mike Watson-Springfield 4)Andrew Smith-Willard 5)Billy Street-Joplin 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Mike Hailman-Reedsprings 8)Darrin Crisler-Clever 9)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 10)JC Morton-Springfield 11)Willie wilson-Springfield 12)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 13)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 14)Gary Rodocker-Willard 15)Billy Dalton-Reeds 16)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc 17)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 18)Gary Krebs-Clever 19)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 20)Rich Hert-McDowell 21)Jim VanZandt-Springfield DNS-Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove,Sean Williams-Willard,Randy Belk-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Lankton 2)Tinderholt 3)Morton 4)Crisler 5)Street 6)Rodocker 7)Gerleve 8)Jackson
2nd Ht-1)Hendrix 2)Maynard 3)Scott 4)Huddleston 5)Dalton 6)Belk 7)Williams
3rd Ht-1)VanZandt 2)Smith 3)Watson 4)Hailman 5)Bryant 6)Wilson 7)Jones 8)Krebs 9)Hert
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)John Coats-Joplin 3)Damon Tillman-Branson West 4)James Redus-Springfield 5)Alan Fugitt-Walnut Grove 6)Bryan Tillman-Branson West 7)Bob Maggard Sr-Springfield 8)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Terry Williams-Rogersville 11)Charlie Hart-Springfield 12)Greg Cantrell-Springfield 13)Rick Williams-Springfield DQ-Nathan Gold-Willard,Jeff Brown-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Coates 2)D.Tillman 3)Graybeal 4)B.Tillman 5)Redus 6)T.Williams
2nd Ht-1)High 2)Cantrell 3)Willoughby 4)Fugitt 5)Maggard 6)Hart 7)R.Williams
Pro-4's
A Ft-1)Kort Schudy 2)Pat Schudy 3)Darin Widener 4)Kris Schudy 5)Dustin Bass 6)Cameron Smith 7)Jeremy Teaver 8)Bob Widener 9)Theresa Widener 10)Terry Lacey DNS-Aaron Cornell,Robert Hamblin
1st Ht-1)Teaver 2)Cornell 3)Bass 4)D.Widener 5)Smith 6)T.Widener
2nd Ht-1)K.Schudy 2)P.Schudy 3)K.Schudy 4)B.Widener 5)Lacey 6)Hamblin
