(Image Credit: Charles
Young)
It's Jason Martin At The
Line With The American
Sprint Car Series At
Jackson Motor Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert –
BYRAM, Miss. (April 20,
2023) - Winner in
the final race of the
2022 season to winning
the 2023 season opener
for the American Sprint
Car Series, Thursday's
showdown at Jackson
Motor Speedway came down
to the line for Jason
Martin, who held off
Seth Bergman at the by
0.049-seconds.
“I’m pretty excited.
That was a hell of a
finish,” stated Martin.
“Definitely wish I was
better there towards the
end. That restart with
fifteen to go, I already
had the wing in the
trunk, so I was holding
on for dear life the
last half of that.”
Fending off the last-lap
charge of Seth Bergman,
the No. 23 pounded the
cushion at both ends of
the Jackson Motor
Speedway through the
final six-lap run.
Chasing Landon Britt for
silver the first 15
laps, the No. 10 put the
left-side tires to the
sky momentarily and left
the door open.
Stalking Martin into
traffic numerous times,
only to have a caution
clear the way for the
No. 36; the final
caution came on Lap 24.
Rushing the top on the
restart in one and two,
Martin switched low in
three and four. Varying
his approach to the
cushion, Bergman found
the run with two to go.
Putting the Hoosiers on
the curb off the final
turn, the pair shot the
line in a photo finish.
Landon Britt held on for
third, with Howard Moore
earning the KSE Hard
Charger Award with an
eight-spot run to
fourth. Brandon Anderson
completed the top five.
Dale Howard, Jordon
Mallett, Kyler Johnson,
Matt Covington, and
Chase Howard made up the
top ten.
The Thursday field
included 21 drivers. AR
Dyno Specialty Heat Race
wins went to Landon
Britt, Jason Martin, and
Jordon Mallett. The
high-point driver of the
night was Matt
Covington. All drivers
advanced to the
A-Feature. A track
record was established
by Koty Adams in the
Dustin Gates owned No. 6
at 14.154-seconds.
The next outing for the
American Sprint Car
Series is Saturday,
April 22 at Boothill
Speedway in Greenwood,
La.
The 2023 season will
mark the 32nd year of
competition for the
American Sprint Car
Series. Spearheaded by
the American Sprint Car
Series National Tour,
the ASCS Nation includes
Regional Tours that
encompass both wing and
non-wing competition.
When making it to the
track is not an option,
the series can be found
on http://www.floracing.com,
and is included in the
platform’s $150 a year
subscription plan.
For other news, notes,
and information on any
of the tours under the
ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com,
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(@ASCSRacing).
Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS
National Tour
Jackson Motor
Speedway (Jackson,
Miss.)
Thursday, April
20, 2023
Car Count: 21
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1: 1. 23-Seth
Bergman, 14.437[2]; 2.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
14.467[3]; 3. 71-Bradyn
Baker, 14.484[6]; 4.
10-Landon Britt,
14.486[1]; 5. 3-Howard
Moore, 14.521[7]; 6.
91-Michael Day,
14.532[5]; 7. 28S-Rusty
Sanford, 15.125[4]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2: 1. 6G-Koty
Adams, 14.154[3]; 2.
71T-Channin Tankersley,
14.314[6]; 3. 13-Chase
Howard, 14.524[1]; 4.
36-Jason Martin,
14.534[7]; 5. 13X-Todd
Fayard, 14.953[5]; 6.
6-Christopher Townsend,
15.026[2]; 7. 44-Ronny
Howard, 15.065[4]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3: 1. 95-Matt
Covington, 14.397[3]; 2.
47-Dale Howard,
14.446[1]; 3. 45X-Kyler
Johnson, 14.544[2]; 4.
14-Jordon Mallett,
14.599[5]; 5. 187-Landon
Crawley, 14.726[6]; 6.
10K-Dewayne White,
15.017[7]; 7. (DNS)
B52-Bill Mason, NT
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 10-Landon
Britt[1]; 2. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[3]; 3. 23-Seth
Bergman[4]; 4. 3-Howard
Moore[5]; 5. 91-Michael
Day[6]; 6. 71-Bradyn
Baker[2]; 7. 28S-Rusty
Sanford[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[1]; 2. 13-Chase
Howard[2]; 3. 13X-Todd
Fayard[5]; 4.
6-Christopher
Townsend[6]; 5. 44-Ronny
Howard[7]; 6.
71T-Channin
Tankersley[3]; 7.
6G-Koty Adams[4]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon
Mallett[1]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[4]; 3.
45X-Kyler Johnson[2]; 4.
47-Dale Howard[3]; 5.
187-Landon Crawley[5];
6. 10K-Dewayne White[6];
7. B52-Bill Mason[7]
A-Feature
FloRacing A-Main (30
Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[1]; 2. 23-Seth
Bergman[5]; 3. 10-Landon
Britt[2]; 4. 3-Howard
Moore[12]; 5.
55B-Brandon Anderson[4];
6. 47-Dale Howard[9]; 7.
14-Jordon Mallett[7]; 8.
45X-Kyler Johnson[11];
9. 95-Matt Covington[6];
10. 13-Chase Howard[3];
11. 6G-Koty Adams[16];
12. 187-Landon
Crawley[15]; 13.
91-Michael Day[14]; 14.
10K-Dewayne White[18];
15. 28S-Rusty
Sanford[19]; 16.
13X-Todd Fayard[8]; 17.
6-Christopher
Townsend[10]; 18.
44-Ronny Howard[13]; 19.
71T-Channin
Tankersley[17]; 20.
71-Bradyn Baker[20]; 21.
(DNS) B52-Bill Mason
Lap Leader(s): Jason
Martin
KSE Hard Charger: Howard
Moore +8
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Koty Adams -
14.154-seconds (NTR)
High Point Driver: Matt
Covington
Provisional(s): N/A
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/americansprintcarseries
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
Broadcast: FloRacing.com
Live-Scoring: My Race
Pass App
2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 1 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 150; 2.
Seth Bergman 142; 3.
Landon Britt 135; 4.
Howard Moore 130; 5.
Brandon Anderson 125; 6.
Dale Howard 122; 7.
Jordon Mallett 119; 8.
Kyler Johnson 116; 9.
Matt Covington 113; 10.
Chase Howard 110;
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