Springfield,Mo.-
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Nick Smith snared his first American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region win of the season by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at Springfield Raceway.
Smith reeled in early pacesetter Donnie Ray Crawford on the seventh round and paced the field the rest of the way aboard the Wesmar-powered Sooner Network Solutions No. 15s Maxim for his 14th career ASCS Sooner triumph, taking over the series points lead in the process.
Smith found lapped traffic a handful during the long green flag runs as McClelland and Crawford both started to close up the gap only to find themselves running out of laps as Smith pulled away with 5 laps to g
nly 2 caution flags waved during the action on the Quick-Quarter as the Sprints were providing plenty of side by side early action.
Smith was chased to the line by 2005 ASCS Sooner champ Sean McClelland, with Crawford, Tony Bruce, Jr., and Jonathan Beason rounding out the top five.
Brian McClelland was sixth, with Kenneth Walker, Eric Todd, Dustin Morgan and reigning Sooner king Joe Wood, Jr., completing the top ten.
Morgan, Crawford, Sean McClelland and Walker topped heat race action for the 31-car field, with Wood, Jr., winning the “B” Main.
In support class action Sean Williams set a blistering pace in the SportMod class over taking pole setter Mike Hailman and never looked back in taking his second feature win of the season.Springfield's JC Morton was looking for his third straight Southwest Missouri win as the second generation driver had won last Sunday night at Monett and Friday Night at LebanonMidway finished a strong second with roy Maynard,pole setter Hailman and Bobby Maggard Jr rounded out the top 5.The feature went with only 1 yellow on lap 1 as the back part of the field got together with Ryan Stacye coming to a stop before crossing the flagstand forcing an original restart.After that the feature went a solid 20 laps caution free.Maynard was the top GM Performance/Reliable Chevrolet Crate Motor finisher earning an extra $150 to his winnings.Billy Dalton and Ryan Stacye also competed with the GM 602 Crate motor and also recieved extra money as there is $300 available every points Race in the SportMod class.18 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap despite Williams dominating performance.
The StreetStock feature saw Shawn Strong take advantage of hid front row pole spot to lead all 15 laps of an action packed feature event.Defending champion Robert High gave chance by moving into second place on lap 7 but couldn't make a winning move as Strong held a fast groove all night long.The battle for third featured currentl point leader Jack Hamer,Kolt Barker,Dan Wood,Tyrel Jones and Randy High.Jones got croosed in turn 3 early and was charging hard until spinning coming for the checkered flag on the last lap.Hamer moved around Wood and Barker both on the final circuit to secure third followed by Barker and Wood.
The Legend Car feature saw some strange deals tonight as Park Jones took the early lead with Dave comer in tow.With Jones strong early,Comer,opening night winner Jay Reynolds, Justin Comer, Chuck Comer and last weeks winner Rob Watson all got together in turn 2 sending all to the rear of the field. On the restart Jones pulled away with Dave Bauer now charging hard moving quickly along with Bill Cottrill.Jones would retire to the pits on lap 4 moving Bauer into the lead with Cottrill looking for his first win.A slow leaking tire moved Cottrill backwards after a restart as Bauer who had nothing but problems early this season was pulling away.Justin Comer used a couple of cautions to charge back into the runner-up spot with Chuck Comer also moving up quickly as was Dave Comer.Bauer was able to withstand the late race charges to secure his first win this season with Justin Comer a close second followed Dave Comer,Chuck Comer and Rob Watson.
The MidWest Modz class continues to grow as Jeremy Manes grabbed the opening lead for 4 laps before looping the car in turn 3 right in front of Kaleb Copher.Copher was able to pull away as point leader 14 year old JC Newell started closing the gap in the middle stages of the feature with Manes recovering quickly and moving forward.Copher held on to grab his second straight win followed by Newell,Manes,Midway winner Tim Ballinger Jr and David Lynch.
Action continues Sat night May 15th with a regular points event featuring A-Mods,Sportmods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and PureStocks with racing at 7PM.
Results-ASCS Sooner/WOW WingedSprints
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Results from Springfield Raceway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 93-Dustin Morgan, 2. 72-Sherman Davis, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 88-J. Kinder, 5. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 6. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 7. 04-Brad Graham, 8. 93w-Taylor Walton.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 2. 15s-Nick Smith, 3. 36-Jonathan Beason, 4. 51-Mike Peters, 5. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 6. 75-Tyler Blank, 7. 1x-Chad Pitts. DNS: 22-Dustin Barks.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 21T-Eric Todd, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 91x-Taylor Milton, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 87b-Kent Buckley, 7. 19s-Steven Cross. DNS: 14-Tyler Huddleston.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 2w-Kenneth Walker, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 5. 15b-Michael Brown, 6. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 7. 87a-Andrew Marshala.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 2. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 3. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 4. 87b-Kent Buckley, 5. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 6. 04-Brad Graham, 7. 1x-Chad Pitts, 8. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 9. 19s-Steven Cross, 10. 93w-Taylor Walton, 11. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 12. 75-Tyler Blank. DNS: 15b-Michael Brown, 14-Tyler Huddleston, 22-Dustin Barks.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15s-Nick Smith, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 36-Jonathan Beason, 6. 87-Brian McClelland, 7. 2w-Kenneth Walker, 8. 21T-Eric Todd, 9. 93-Dustin Morgan, 10. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 11. 87b-Kent Buckley, 12. 51-Mike Peters, 13. 91x-Taylor Milton, 14. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 15. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 16. 88-J. Kinder, 17. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 18. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 19. 27-Andy Shouse, 20. 72-Sherman Davis.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Nick Smith 411, 2. Tony Bruce, Jr. 407, 3. Sean McClelland 383, 4. Joe Wood, Jr. 370, 5. Donnie Ray Crawford 358, 6. Kenneth Walker 349, 7. Sherman Davis 318, 8. Andy Shouse 311, 9. Taylor Velasquez 269, 10. Brian McClelland 252.
SportMods
A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)JC Morton-Springfield 3)Roy Maynard-Alba 4)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 5)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 6)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 7)Shawn Strong-Republic 8)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 9)Gary Rodocker-Willard 10)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 11)Wes Long-Springfield 12)Billy Dalton-Reeds 13)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 14)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 15)Willie Wilson-Springfield 16)Brad Moad-Springfield 17)Ryan Stacye-Springfield 18)Mike Watson-Springfield 19)Brandon Pister-Rogersville 20)Dallas Scott-Springfield
B Ft(Top 4 To A) 1)Long 2)Beauchamp 3)Moad 4)Gentile 5)Brad Burks-Springfield 6)Nathan Evans-Springfield 7)Aaron Speck-Republic 8)Andrew Smith-Willard 9)Blake Ellis-Springfield 10)Mike Barnett-Springfield DQ-Ryan Edde-Urbana
1st Ht-1)Pister 2)Yeoman Jr 3)Tinderholt 4)Watson 5)Smith 6)Gentile 7)Speck
2nd Ht-1)Morton 2)Hailman 3)Wilson 4)Strong 5)Ellis 6)Beauchamp 7)Barnett
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)Dalton 3)Rodocker 4)Scott 5)Moad 6)Burks 7)Evans
4th Ht-1)Williams 2)Maggard Jr 3)Stacye 4)Graybeal 5)Long 6)Edde
StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Robert High-Springfield 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)Randy High-Springfield 7)Jesse Barton-Springfield 8)Josh Rupp-Sparta 9)Danny Caffey-Conway 10)Monk Barker-Lebanon 11)Josh Pinkley-Oak Grove,Ark. 12)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 13)Joey Long-Mansfield 14)Jeremiah Danner 15)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 16)Jerry Tindle-Springfield 17)Kory Barker-Lebanon 18)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon DNS-Richard Sanders-Bolivar
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Randy High 3)Kolt Barker 4)Pinkley 5)Keeth 6)Kory Barker 7)Barton
2nd Ht-1)Wood 2)Jones 3)Robert High 4)Caffey 5)Sanders 6)Cheever
3rd Ht-1)Strong 2)M.Barker 3)Tindle 4)Long 5)Danner DQ-Rupp
Legends
A Ft-1)David Bauer-Webb City 2)Justin Comer-Joplin 3)Dave Comer-Joplin 4)Chuck Comer-Joplin 5)Rob Watson-Billings 6)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 7)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 8)Tyler Horton-Joplin 9)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 10)Gary Hockman-Rolla 11)Rick Nichols-Cassville 12)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 13)Caleb Smith-Springdale,Ark 14)Matt Gruenberg-Joplin 15)Brian Boucher-Joplin 16)Park Jones-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)D.Comer 3)Bauer 4)Reynolds 5)Hockman 6)Billy Cottrill 7)Nichols 8)Boucher
2nd Ht-1)Jones 2)C.Comer 3)Bill Cottrill 4)Watson 5)Baird 6)Smith 7)Gruenburg DNS-Horton
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 2)JC Newell-Stoutland 3)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 4)Kelly Gough-Joplin 5)Tim Ballinger Jr-Fair Grove 6)David Lynch-Webb City 7)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 8)Terry Williams-Rogersville
1st Ht-1)Manes 2)Copher 3)Newell 4)Gough 5)Williams 6)Lynch 7)Ballinger 8)Muilenburg
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Nick Smith snared his first American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region win of the season by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at Springfield Raceway.
Smith reeled in early pacesetter Donnie Ray Crawford on the seventh round and paced the field the rest of the way aboard the Wesmar-powered Sooner Network Solutions No. 15s Maxim for his 14th career ASCS Sooner triumph, taking over the series points lead in the process.
Smith found lapped traffic a handful during the long green flag runs as McClelland and Crawford both started to close up the gap only to find themselves running out of laps as Smith pulled away with 5 laps to g
nly 2 caution flags waved during the action on the Quick-Quarter as the Sprints were providing plenty of side by side early action.Smith was chased to the line by 2005 ASCS Sooner champ Sean McClelland, with Crawford, Tony Bruce, Jr., and Jonathan Beason rounding out the top five.
Brian McClelland was sixth, with Kenneth Walker, Eric Todd, Dustin Morgan and reigning Sooner king Joe Wood, Jr., completing the top ten.
Morgan, Crawford, Sean McClelland and Walker topped heat race action for the 31-car field, with Wood, Jr., winning the “B” Main.
In support class action Sean Williams set a blistering pace in the SportMod class over taking pole setter Mike Hailman and never looked back in taking his second feature win of the season.Springfield's JC Morton was looking for his third straight Southwest Missouri win as the second generation driver had won last Sunday night at Monett and Friday Night at LebanonMidway finished a strong second with roy Maynard,pole setter Hailman and Bobby Maggard Jr rounded out the top 5.The feature went with only 1 yellow on lap 1 as the back part of the field got together with Ryan Stacye coming to a stop before crossing the flagstand forcing an original restart.After that the feature went a solid 20 laps caution free.Maynard was the top GM Performance/Reliable Chevrolet Crate Motor finisher earning an extra $150 to his winnings.Billy Dalton and Ryan Stacye also competed with the GM 602 Crate motor and also recieved extra money as there is $300 available every points Race in the SportMod class.18 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap despite Williams dominating performance.
The StreetStock feature saw Shawn Strong take advantage of hid front row pole spot to lead all 15 laps of an action packed feature event.Defending champion Robert High gave chance by moving into second place on lap 7 but couldn't make a winning move as Strong held a fast groove all night long.The battle for third featured currentl point leader Jack Hamer,Kolt Barker,Dan Wood,Tyrel Jones and Randy High.Jones got croosed in turn 3 early and was charging hard until spinning coming for the checkered flag on the last lap.Hamer moved around Wood and Barker both on the final circuit to secure third followed by Barker and Wood.
The Legend Car feature saw some strange deals tonight as Park Jones took the early lead with Dave comer in tow.With Jones strong early,Comer,opening night winner Jay Reynolds, Justin Comer, Chuck Comer and last weeks winner Rob Watson all got together in turn 2 sending all to the rear of the field. On the restart Jones pulled away with Dave Bauer now charging hard moving quickly along with Bill Cottrill.Jones would retire to the pits on lap 4 moving Bauer into the lead with Cottrill looking for his first win.A slow leaking tire moved Cottrill backwards after a restart as Bauer who had nothing but problems early this season was pulling away.Justin Comer used a couple of cautions to charge back into the runner-up spot with Chuck Comer also moving up quickly as was Dave Comer.Bauer was able to withstand the late race charges to secure his first win this season with Justin Comer a close second followed Dave Comer,Chuck Comer and Rob Watson.
The MidWest Modz class continues to grow as Jeremy Manes grabbed the opening lead for 4 laps before looping the car in turn 3 right in front of Kaleb Copher.Copher was able to pull away as point leader 14 year old JC Newell started closing the gap in the middle stages of the feature with Manes recovering quickly and moving forward.Copher held on to grab his second straight win followed by Newell,Manes,Midway winner Tim Ballinger Jr and David Lynch.
Action continues Sat night May 15th with a regular points event featuring A-Mods,Sportmods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and PureStocks with racing at 7PM.
Results-ASCS Sooner/WOW WingedSprints
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Results from Springfield Raceway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 93-Dustin Morgan, 2. 72-Sherman Davis, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 88-J. Kinder, 5. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 6. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 7. 04-Brad Graham, 8. 93w-Taylor Walton.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 2. 15s-Nick Smith, 3. 36-Jonathan Beason, 4. 51-Mike Peters, 5. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 6. 75-Tyler Blank, 7. 1x-Chad Pitts. DNS: 22-Dustin Barks.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 21T-Eric Todd, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 91x-Taylor Milton, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 87b-Kent Buckley, 7. 19s-Steven Cross. DNS: 14-Tyler Huddleston.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 2w-Kenneth Walker, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 5. 15b-Michael Brown, 6. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 7. 87a-Andrew Marshala.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 2. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 3. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 4. 87b-Kent Buckley, 5. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 6. 04-Brad Graham, 7. 1x-Chad Pitts, 8. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 9. 19s-Steven Cross, 10. 93w-Taylor Walton, 11. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 12. 75-Tyler Blank. DNS: 15b-Michael Brown, 14-Tyler Huddleston, 22-Dustin Barks.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15s-Nick Smith, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 36-Jonathan Beason, 6. 87-Brian McClelland, 7. 2w-Kenneth Walker, 8. 21T-Eric Todd, 9. 93-Dustin Morgan, 10. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 11. 87b-Kent Buckley, 12. 51-Mike Peters, 13. 91x-Taylor Milton, 14. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 15. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 16. 88-J. Kinder, 17. 72c-Curtis Boyer, 18. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 19. 27-Andy Shouse, 20. 72-Sherman Davis.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Nick Smith 411, 2. Tony Bruce, Jr. 407, 3. Sean McClelland 383, 4. Joe Wood, Jr. 370, 5. Donnie Ray Crawford 358, 6. Kenneth Walker 349, 7. Sherman Davis 318, 8. Andy Shouse 311, 9. Taylor Velasquez 269, 10. Brian McClelland 252.
SportMods
A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)JC Morton-Springfield 3)Roy Maynard-Alba 4)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 5)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 6)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 7)Shawn Strong-Republic 8)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 9)Gary Rodocker-Willard 10)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 11)Wes Long-Springfield 12)Billy Dalton-Reeds 13)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 14)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 15)Willie Wilson-Springfield 16)Brad Moad-Springfield 17)Ryan Stacye-Springfield 18)Mike Watson-Springfield 19)Brandon Pister-Rogersville 20)Dallas Scott-Springfield
B Ft(Top 4 To A) 1)Long 2)Beauchamp 3)Moad 4)Gentile 5)Brad Burks-Springfield 6)Nathan Evans-Springfield 7)Aaron Speck-Republic 8)Andrew Smith-Willard 9)Blake Ellis-Springfield 10)Mike Barnett-Springfield DQ-Ryan Edde-Urbana
1st Ht-1)Pister 2)Yeoman Jr 3)Tinderholt 4)Watson 5)Smith 6)Gentile 7)Speck
2nd Ht-1)Morton 2)Hailman 3)Wilson 4)Strong 5)Ellis 6)Beauchamp 7)Barnett
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)Dalton 3)Rodocker 4)Scott 5)Moad 6)Burks 7)Evans
4th Ht-1)Williams 2)Maggard Jr 3)Stacye 4)Graybeal 5)Long 6)Edde
StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Robert High-Springfield 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)Randy High-Springfield 7)Jesse Barton-Springfield 8)Josh Rupp-Sparta 9)Danny Caffey-Conway 10)Monk Barker-Lebanon 11)Josh Pinkley-Oak Grove,Ark. 12)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 13)Joey Long-Mansfield 14)Jeremiah Danner 15)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 16)Jerry Tindle-Springfield 17)Kory Barker-Lebanon 18)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon DNS-Richard Sanders-Bolivar
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Randy High 3)Kolt Barker 4)Pinkley 5)Keeth 6)Kory Barker 7)Barton
2nd Ht-1)Wood 2)Jones 3)Robert High 4)Caffey 5)Sanders 6)Cheever
3rd Ht-1)Strong 2)M.Barker 3)Tindle 4)Long 5)Danner DQ-Rupp
Legends
A Ft-1)David Bauer-Webb City 2)Justin Comer-Joplin 3)Dave Comer-Joplin 4)Chuck Comer-Joplin 5)Rob Watson-Billings 6)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 7)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 8)Tyler Horton-Joplin 9)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 10)Gary Hockman-Rolla 11)Rick Nichols-Cassville 12)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 13)Caleb Smith-Springdale,Ark 14)Matt Gruenberg-Joplin 15)Brian Boucher-Joplin 16)Park Jones-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)D.Comer 3)Bauer 4)Reynolds 5)Hockman 6)Billy Cottrill 7)Nichols 8)Boucher
2nd Ht-1)Jones 2)C.Comer 3)Bill Cottrill 4)Watson 5)Baird 6)Smith 7)Gruenburg DNS-Horton
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 2)JC Newell-Stoutland 3)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 4)Kelly Gough-Joplin 5)Tim Ballinger Jr-Fair Grove 6)David Lynch-Webb City 7)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 8)Terry Williams-Rogersville
1st Ht-1)Manes 2)Copher 3)Newell 4)Gough 5)Williams 6)Lynch 7)Ballinger 8)Muilenburg
