Gharst makes first series start of year to finish in second spot

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – Jimmy Hurley exercised some early season MOWA demons in pick up his first series win of 2013, as he checked out and was never really threatened en route to the win.

While Hurley ran away out front, using the highline, he had no idea of the racing that was going on behind him, as Kaley Gharst, A.J. Bruns and later Korey Weyant and Jerrod Hull, put on quite the show battling for second through fifth.

Bruns pressured Gharst on numerous occasions, trying several times in turns one and two to get by the Decatur driver. Weyant, who had won a heat earlier in the night, came on late to make a charge at Bruns. On the final lap in one and two Bruns took a shot at Gharst and lost momentum, leaving the door open for Weyant.

Weyant made one last attempt at the pass in turns three and four but couldn’t get the job done and would have to settle for fourth. Hull rounded out the top five.

Hurley was the fifth different winner in as many races in 2013 on the MOWA Series, while Bruns picked up his fourth podium finish.

Hurley also won the dash, after starting outside the first row and working his way past Gharst midway through the eight lap race to get the win.

Heat Results

Heat 1: 1 – Korey Weyant, 2 – Chris Urish, 3 – Jerrod Hull, 4—Alex Shanks, 5 – Robbie Standridge, 6 – Chris Windom, 7 – Jeremy Standridge, 8 – Ben Wagoner, 9 – Ryan Blakeman, 10 – Bret Tripplett.

Heat 2: 1 – Joey Moughan, 2 – Paul Nienhiser, 3 – Logan Faucon, 4 – Paul Patterson, 5 – Andy Baugh, 6 – Jimmy Davies, 7 – Caleb Wankel, 8 – Derek Rossio, 9 – Matt Harms, 10 – Brett Sammonds.

Heat 3: 1 – Jimmy Hurley, 2—A.J. Bruns, 3 – Ryan Kempin, 4 – Kaley Gharst, 5 – Cory Bruns, 6 – Jim Moughan, 7 – Mike Hess, 8 – J.C. Bland, 9 – John Dines.

Dash Results

1 – Jimmy Hurley, 2 – Kaley Gharst, 3 – Chris Urish, 4 – A.J. Bruns, 5 – Korey Weyant, 6 – Paul Nienhiser, 7 – Joey Moughan, 8 – Jerrod Hull.

B-Main Results

1 – Jeremy Standridge, 2 – Chris Windom, 3 – Andy Baugh, 4 – Bret Tripplett, 5 – Mike Hess, 6 – Jimmy Davies, 7 – Brett Samonds, 8 – J.C. Bland, 9 – Caleb Wankel, 10 – Ben Wagoner, 11 – John Dines, 12 – Ryan Blakeman.

A-Main Results

1 – Jimmy Hurley, 2 – Kaley Gharst, 3 – A.J. Bruns, 4 – Korey Weyant, 5 – Jerrod Hull, 6 – Paul Nienhiser, 7 – Andy Baugh, 8 – Jim Moughan, 9 – Chris Urish, 10 – Robbie Standridge, 11 – Logan Faucon, 12 – Ryan Kempin, 13 – Chris Windom, 14 – Cory Bruns, 15 – Jeremy Standridge, 16 – Paul Patterson, 17 – Joey Moughan, 18 – Alex Shanks.