ASCoT: OKC
Saturday
results
OKLAHOMA CITY,
Okla. --
Racing through
heavy lapped
traffic, Jason
Johnson found
just the
opening he
needed to
charge past
race-long
leader Gary
Wright on the
23rd lap en
route to
completing a
sweep of State
Fair
Speedway's
Spring
Nationals in
Saturday
night's 30-lap
O'Reilly
American
Sprint Cars on
Tour feature
event.
The "Racin'
Cajun" then
survived a
last gasp bid
for the win
from Danny
Lasoski to
score the
weekend double
aboard Lanny
Row's Wesmar-powered
No. 41 Eagle
by a narrow
margin in
front of a
large crowd on
a crisp March
evening,
pocketing
$6,500 for the
weekend sweep.
"Lapped
traffic worked
out in our
favor tonight,
it helped us
get the run on
Gary that we
needed,"
Johnson
explained
after his
twelfth career
ASCS National
Tour victory.
"Then the last
couple of laps
I saw that 57
on the board (Lasoski)
and got a
little nervous
because I know
he always has
some tricks up
his sleeve."
But after
racing from
deep in the
field to
finish a close
second in
Friday night's
prelim,
Lasoski
couldn't pull
a rabbit from
his hat on
this night,
finishing a
close second
in front of
Jesse Hockett
and series
point leader
Wright.
After winning
the Pole Dash,
Wright jumped
into the early
lead as
third-starter
Johnson
quickly moved
into second in
front of
Lasoski and
Zach Chappell,
with front row
outside
starter
Hockett
slipping to
fifth in the
early stages.
As lapped
traffic came
into play
after just
five rounds,
Wright
meticulously
worked his way
through slower
traffic. But
Johnson
matched him
move for move
until the red
flag flew with
eleven laps in
the books for
Darren
Stewart, who
tipped over in
turn three
following
Brian Brown's
tango with an
infield tire.
Stewart was
done for the
night, while
Brown rejoined
the chase.
Leading the
way on the
restart,
Wright once
again found
himself in
lapped traffic
in just a
handful of
laps. Johnson
pulled
alongside to
challenge for
the point on
the 16th
round, only to
have "The
Texan"
successfully
repel the
challenge.
With Wright on
the upper
shelf and
Johnson
working the
middle,
Lasoski put
the low line
to good use
and entered
the mix for
the lead with
just ten laps
to go. Lasoski
edged ahead of
Johnson
briefly on the
21st round,
but Johnson
fought back
and then
powered
underneath
Wright exiting
the fourth
turn on the
23rd lap to
take command.
At the same
time, Hockett
ignited a
charge for the
lead and raced
past Wright to
claim third
just moments
before a lap
27 tangle in
turn three
involving
Steven King
and Kevin
Ramey set up a
four-lap
charge to the
checkered
flag. King
retired to the
pit area with
front end
damage, while
Ramey rejoined
the race.
Lasoski tried
to mount a
charge for his
first career
ASCS National
Tour victory
in the final
laps, but
Johnson was up
to the
challenge and
raced across
the stripe in
front of
Lasoski's Paul
Silva-owned
ProBuilt No.
57. Hockett
took the show
position
aboard the
Wesmar-powered
VKCC
Motorsports
No. 75 DSR,
with Wright
fourth in the
Southwest
Express/The
Shop/Richwood
Construction
No. 9 Maxim.
Chappell
rounded out
the top five
in the Carbone-powered
No. 50z Maxim,
with Jan
Howard
crossing the
stripe sixth.
Nick Smith
turned in the
feature's top
passing
performance by
charging from
20th to
seventh, with
Jason Sides,
19th-starter
Tim Montgomery
and Sean
McClelland
competing the
top ten.
Howard, Aaron
Berryhill,
Brian Brown,
Mike Chadd and
Cody
Branchcomb
topped heat
race action
for the
evening's
55-car field,
with Travis
Rilat, Trey
Robb, Hockett,
Branchcomb and
Jake Martens
earning
qualifying
race wins.
Branchcomb and
Hockett were
the night's
top two point
earners in
passing
points,
joining Friday
night's top
four finishers
in the Pole
Dash.
Rilat beat
Montgomery and
Chuck Swenson
to the stripe
in the first
"B" Main, with
Kevin Ramey
leading Nick
Smith and
Darren Stewart
to the line in
the second "B"
Main.
Mitchell Gosey
flipped in
heat race
action, with
Larry
Neighbors
getting upside
down in turn
four during
qualifying
race
competition.
There were no
injuries.
A total of 59
different
drivers took
in the
weekend's
O'Reilly ASCoT
double at
State Fair
Speedway's
Spring
Nationals.
***
O'Reilly ASCoT
State Fair
Speedway
Spring
Nationals
Finale
Results:
Locked in from
Friday Night's
Preliminary
Feature:
41-Jason
Johnson,
57-Danny
Lasoski,
50z-Zach
Chappell,
9-Gary Wright.
Heats &
Qualifying
Races (Top 12
in combined
points to "A"
Main; balance
to 2 "B"
Mains)
First Heat (8
Laps): 1.
46-Jan Howard,
2. 7s-Jason
Sides, 3.
75-Jesse
Hockett, 4.
15s-Nick
Smith, 5.
29-Travis
Rilat, 6.
01-Tim
Montgomery, 7.
91-Darren
Stewart, 8.
33-Gary Owens,
9. 17b-Ryan
Bickett, 10.
b4-Eric
Baldaccini,
11. 7c-Josh
Close.
Second Heat (8
Laps): 1.
97-Aaron
Berryhill, 2.
29n-Larry
Neighbors, 3.
27-Andy Shouse,
4. 55L-Dustin
Lindquist, 5.
1x-Jake
Martens, 6.
25-Derek
Cottrell, 7.
14-Randy
Martin, 8.
71-Mike Trent,
9. 15R-Robby
Ross, 10.
36-Mitchell
Gosey.
Third Heat (8
Laps): 1.
21-Brian
Brown, 2.
94h-Jerrod
Hull, 3.
88-Steven
King, 4.
12m-James
Mosher, 5.
21c-Joey
Montgomery, 6.
12-Trey Robb,
7. 57x-Jake
Peters, 8.
4am-Travis
Jenkins, 9.
45-J.P.
Bailey, 10.
92w-Waylon
Weaver.
Fourth Heat (8
Laps): 1.
4-Mike Chadd,
2. 85-Dustin
Daggett, 3.
61J-Danny
Jennings, 4.
7m-Kevin
Ramey, 5.
15-Sam
Hafertepe,
Jr., 6.
10-Brian
McClelland, 7.
5d-Gary
Taylor, 8.
20-Koby
Barksdale, 9.
23-Jimmy
Taylor, 10.
50-Stephanie
Chappell.
Fifth Heat (8
Laps): 1.
94-Cody
Branchcomb, 2.
92-Mike
Sitzmann, Jr.,
3. 1-Sean
McClelland, 4.
X-Chuck
Swenson, 5.
64J-Johnny
Miller, 6.
75h-Danny
Horner, 7.
18-Tony Bruce,
Jr., 8.
44J-Abe
Sherwood, 9.
35-Brad Best,
10. d12-Doc
Sloan.
First
Qualifying
Race (8 Laps):
1. 29-Travis
Rilat, 2.
15s-Nick
Smith, 3.
1-Sean
McClelland, 4.
7s-Jason
Sides, 5.
12m-James
Mosher, 6.
57x-Jake
Peters, 7.
17b-Ryan
Bickett, 8.
18-Tony Bruce,
Jr., 9.
b4-Eric
Baldaccini,
10. 7c-Josh
Close, 11.
29n-Larry
Neighbors.
Second
Qualifying
Race (8 Laps):
1. 12-Trey
Robb, 2.
61J-Danny
Jennings, 3.
64J-Johnny
Miller, 4.
46-Jan Howard,
5. 94h-Jerrod
Hull, 6.
5d-Gary
Taylor, 7.
44J-Abe
Sherwood, 8.
15R-Robby
Ross, 9.
4-Mike Chadd.
DNS:
36-Mitchell
Gosey.
Third
Qualifying
Race (8 Laps):
1. 75-Jesse
Hockett, 2.
X-Chuck
Swenson, 3.
7m-Kevin
Ramey, 4.
21-Brian
Brown, 5.
91-Darren
Stewart, 6.
71-Mike Trent,
7. 85-Dustin
Daggett, 8.
45-J.P.
Bailey, 9.
92w-Waylon
Weaver.JDisqualified:
75h-Danny
Horner
(illegal right
rear tire)
Fourth
Qualifying
Race (8 Laps):
1. 94-Cody
Branchcomb, 2.
01-Tim
Montgomery, 3.
27-Andy Shouse,
4. 10-Brian
McClelland, 5.
33-Gary Owens,
6. 92-Mike
Sitzmann, Jr.,
7.
50-Stephanie
Chapppell, 8.
4am-Travisenkins,
9. 23-Jimmy
Taylor, 10.
21c-Joey
Montgomery.
Fifth
Qualifying
Race (8 Laps):
1. 1x-Jake
Martens, 2.
88-Steven
King, 3.
97-Aaron
Berryhill, 4.
25-Derek
Cottrell, 5.
55L-Dustin
Lindquist, 6.
14-Randy
Martin, 7.
15-Sam
Hafertepe,
Jr., 8.
20-Koby
Barksdale, 9.
35-Brad Best,
10. d12-Doc
Sloan.
Pole Dash --
Finishing
Order
Determines
Front Three
Rows of "A"
Feature
Dash (5 Laps):
1. 9-Gary
Wright, 2.
75-Jesse
Hockett, 3.
41-Jasonohnson,
4. 50z-Zach
Chappell, 5.
94-Cody
Branchcomb, 6.
57-Danny
Lasoski.
"B" Mains --
Top 3 from
each advance
to "A" Main
First "B"
Feature (12
Laps): 1.
29-Travis
Rilat, 2.
01-Tim
Montgomery, 3.
X-Chuck
Swenson, 4.
15-Sam
Hafertepe,
Jr., 5.
94h-Jerrod
Hull, 6.
44J-Abe
Sherwood, 7.
85-Dustin
Daggett, 8.
5d-Gary
Taylor, 9.
45-J.P.
Bailey, 10.
35-Brad Best,
11. 17b-Ryan
Bickett, 12.
12m-James
Mosher, 13.
20-Koby
Barksdale, 14.
92w-Waylon
Weaver, 15.
14-Randy
Martin, 16.
50-Stephanie
Chappell, 17.
4-Mike Chadd,
18. 33-Gary
Owens, 19.
7c-Josh Close.
DNS:
36-Mitchell
Gosey.
Second "B"
Feature (12
Laps): 1.
7m-Kevin
Ramey, 2.
15s-Nick
Smith, 3.
91-Darren
Stewart, 4.
57x-Jake
Peters, 5.
64J-Johnny
Miller, 6.
25-Derek
Cottrell, 7.
55L-Dustin
Lindquist, 8.
10-Brian
McClelland, 9.
4am-Travis
Jenkins, 10.
b4-Eric
Baldaccini,
11. 92-Mike
Sitzmann, Jr.,
12. 15R-Robby
Ross, 13.
18-Tony Bruce,
Jr., 14.
71-Mike Trent,
15. 23-Jimmy
Taylor, 16.
75h-Danny
Horner. DNS:
29n-Larry
Neighbors,
21c-Joey
Montgomery,
d12-Doc Sloan.
Oklahoma City
Spring
Nationals "A"
Main Event
"A" Feature
(30 Laps): 1.
41-Jason
Johnson, 2.
57-Danny
Lasoski, 3.
75-Jesse
Hockett, 4.
9-Gary Wright,
5. 50z-Zach
Chappell, 6.
46-Jan Howard,
7. 15s-Nick
Smith, 8.
7s-Jason
Sides, 9.
01-Tim
Montgomery,
10. 1-Sean
McClelland,
11. 21-Brian
Brown, 12.
7m-Kevin
Ramey, 13.
94-Cody
Branchcomb,
14. 61J-Danny
Jennings, 15.
94h-Jerrod
Hull, 16.
X-Chuck
Swenson, 17.
27-Andy Shouse,
18. 4-Mike
Chadd, 19.
29-Travis
Rilat, 20.
88-Steven
King, 21.
12-Trey Robb,
22. 1x-Jake
Martens, 23.
91-Darren
Stewart, 24.
97-Aaron
Berryhill.
Lap Leaders:
Gary Wright
1-22, Jason
Johnson 23-30.
Note: Jerrod
Hull and Mike
Chadd utilized
provisional
starting
positions for
the "A" Main.
O'Reilly ASCoT
Points (Top
Twenty): 1.
Gary Wright
759, 2. Nick
Smith 748, 3.
Travis Rilat
723, 4. Jesse
Hockett 708,
5. Zach
Chappell 707,
6. Tim
Montgomery
691, 7. Darren
Stewart 683,
8. Jerrod Hull
672, 9. Jason
Johnson 665,
10. Sean
McClelland
664, 11. Jan
Howard 653,
12. Mike Chadd
634, 13. (tie)
Sam Hafertepe,
Jr., and Aaron
Berryhill 581,
15. Tony
Bruce, Jr.
577, 16. Jake
Peters 541,
17. Trey Robb
538, 18.
Dustin
Lindquist 526,
19. Dustin
Daggett 512,
20. Kevin
Ramey 508.
Source: ASCS
