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Credit: Pat Grant)
Austin McCarl
Unstoppable With
American Sprint Car
Series At Lakeside
Speedway!
Bryan Hubert –
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (May
26, 2023)
Getting his second
career victory with the
American Sprint Car
Series Friday night,
Iowa’s Austin McCarl ran
to the lead on Lap 16
and never looked back at
Lakeside Speedway.
“I felt like I was just
as good as Seth early,
but we just couldn’t get
to traffic or get off
the cushion; then Dover
came and schooled us all
there on the bottom for
a while, and just had to
wait for traffic,” said
McCarl of the race.
“Really happy to get
one, you know I started
to get tight, and you
never know how good of a
lead you have, so I was
just trying to go as
hard as I could.”
Charing forward from the
fifth spot, the Country
Builders No. 88 raced to
second through a pair of
starts as Seth Bergman
took off with the lead.
Both working topside
around the
four-tenths-mile oval,
Austin fell to third on
Lap 7 as Jack Dover
rolled by on the inside.
Taking the point from
Seth on Lap 9, the No.
23 tried to shoot under
Dover into the third
turn a few laps later
but found the door
slammed. A wild save by
the Bryant Paver
Motorsports No. 23; that
allowed McCarl to move
into the runner-up spot.
Building his momentum on
Dover, the race for the
point came on Lap 15,
with McCarl nearly
taking the spot. Able to
carry the momentum
through on Lap 16,
Austin took over the
lead and began pulling
away.
Working through several
cautions during the
race, the final stoppage
came on Lap 20 as the
field had to go under an
open red for fuel.
Wasting no time at the
drop of the green,
McCarl was a blur the
closing five laps, with
a 2.210-second advantage
at the drop of the
checkered flag. Jack
Dover crossed second in
his first race of the
season in his Certified
Transmission No. 53,
with Seth Bergman
keeping his podium steak
alive in third. Blake
Hahn crossed fourth in
his first ASCS National
start of the season,
with Colton Hardy moving
ahead four spots to
fifth.
Earning the KSE Hard
Charger of the night,
Matt Covington tore
through the field 13
positions to sixth. Jace
Park was seventh from
14th, with Joe B.
Miller, Jordon Mallett,
and Sawyer Phillips
completing the top ten,
Friday’s field included
28 drivers. The Driver’s
Project quick qualifier
was Jace Park at
15.446-seconds. A trio
of AR Dyno Specialty
Heat Races went to
Austin McCarl, Jack
Dover, and Landon Britt.
The BMRS B-Feature was
topped by Gunner Ramey.
One provisional was used
by Michael Day.
The next event for the
American Sprint Car
Series is Lake Ozark
Speedway in Eldon, Mo.
on Saturday, May 27, and
Sunday, May 28.
Saturday, May 27, and
Sunday, May 28, at Lake
Ozark Speedway open each
day at 5:00 P.M. with
Hot Laps at 6:30 P.M.
and Racing at 7:30 P.M.
(CDT). Tickets per day
are $25 for adults, $22
for seniors, $10 for
youth (6-12), and $40
for the Pits. The event
is being promoted by
Lake Ozark Speedway. The
track is located at 50
Twiggy Lane in Eldon,
Mo. Information on the
track, including advance
ticket sales, can be
found at http://www.lakeozarkspeedway.net.
On-site camping is
available. Call (417)
267-4944 for details.
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.
Live coverage of the
American Sprint Car
Series can be found on http://www.racindirt.com.
For other news, notes,
and information on any
of the tours under the
ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com,
follow on Facebook,
Instagram, and Twitter
(@ASCSRacing).
Race Results:
ASCS
National/ASCS Warrior
Lakeside
Speedway (Kansas City,
Kan.)
Friday, May 26,
2023
Car Count: 28
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 87J-Jace Park,
15.446[1]; 2. 41-Colton
Hardy, 15.453[4]; 3.
88-Austin McCarl,
15.511[10]; 4. 51B-Joe B
Miller, 15.610[3]; 5.
8M-Kade Morton,
15.787[2]; 6. 21B-Brian
Brown, 15.820[5]; 7.
36-Jason Martin,
15.830[8]; 8. 14T-Tim
Estenson, 15.889[6]; 9.
14-Jordon Mallett,
16.096[7]; 10.
22S-Slater Helt[9] NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 3P-Sawyer Phillips,
15.615[3]; 2. 23-Seth
Bergman, 15.619[5]; 3.
53-Jack Dover,
15.820[4]; 4. 45X-Kyler
Johnson, 15.840[8]; 5.
21-Gunner Ramey,
15.942[7]; 6. 95-Matt
Covington, 16.063[6]; 7.
7C-Chris Morgan,
16.193[1]; 8. 98P-Miles
Paulus, 16.254[9]; 9.
13-Elijah Gile,
16.424[2]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 52-Blake Hahn,
15.692[4]; 2.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
16.023[2]; 3. 3-Howard
Moore, 16.141[9]; 4.
10-Landon Britt,
16.218[5]; 5. 0-Chase
Porter, 16.343[8]; 6.
71-Bradyn Baker,
16.516[7]; 7.
6-Christopher Townsend,
16.784[3]; 8. 91-Michael
Day[6] NT; 9. 66M-Chad
Frewaldt[1] NT
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (Top 16 in
Qualifying/Passing
Points advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 88-Austin
McCarl[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B
Miller[1]; 3. 21B-Brian
Brown[6]; 4. 41-Colton
Hardy[3]; 5. 14-Jordon
Mallett[9]; 6. 87J-Jace
Park[4]; 7. 36-Jason
Martin[7]; 8. 8M-Kade
Morton[5]; 9. 14T-Tim
Estenson[8]; 10.
22S-Slater Helt[10]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack
Dover[2]; 2. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[1]; 3. 23-Seth
Bergman[3]; 4. 3P-Sawyer
Phillips[4]; 5.
98P-Miles Paulus[8]; 6.
21-Gunner Ramey[5]; 7.
95-Matt Covington[6]; 8.
7C-Chris Morgan[7]; 9.
13-Elijah Gile[9]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 10-Landon
Britt[1]; 2. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[3]; 3. 52-Blake
Hahn[4]; 4. 3-Howard
Moore[2]; 5.
6-Christopher
Townsend[7]; 6. 0-Chase
Porter[5]; 7. 71-Bradyn
Baker[6]; 8. (DNS)
91-Michael Day; 9. (DNS)
66M-Chad Frewaldt
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6
advance to the
A-Feature)
BMRS B-Main 1 (12 Laps):
1. 21-Gunner Ramey[1];
2. 36-Jason Martin[3];
3. 95-Matt Covington[4];
4. 0-Chase Porter[2]; 5.
71-Bradyn Baker[5]; 6.
7C-Chris Morgan[6]; 7.
14T-Tim Estenson[9]; 8.
8M-Kade Morton[7]; 9.
13-Elijah Gile[8]; 10.
22S-Slater Helt[10]; 11.
91-Michael Day[11]; 12.
66M-Chad Frewaldt[12]
A-Feature
RacinDirtTV A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 88-Austin
McCarl[5]; 2. 53-Jack
Dover[4]; 3. 23-Seth
Bergman[1]; 4. 52-Blake
Hahn[6]; 5. 41-Colton
Hardy[9]; 6. 95-Matt
Covington[19]; 7.
87J-Jace Park[14]; 8.
51B-Joe B Miller[10]; 9.
14-Jordon Mallett[12];
10. 3P-Sawyer
Phillips[2]; 11.
21B-Brian Brown[8]; 12.
98P-Miles Paulus[13];
13. 6-Christopher
Townsend[16]; 14.
71-Bradyn Baker[21]; 15.
3-Howard Moore[15]; 16.
36-Jason Martin[18]; 17.
45X-Kyler Johnson[11];
18. 21-Gunner Ramey[17];
19. 10-Landon Britt[7];
20. 91-Michael Day[23];
21. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[3]; 22. 0-Chase
Porter[20]; 23. 7C-Chris
Morgan[22]
Lap Leader(s): Seth
Bergman 1-8; Jack Dover
9-15; Austin McCarl
16-25
KSE Hard Charger: Matt
Covington +13
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Jace Park
15.446-seconds
High Point Driver: Blake
Hahn
Provisional(s): Michael
Day
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Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
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Broadcast: RacinDirt.com
Live-Scoring: My Race
Pass App
2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 3 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 1 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway)
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Seth Bergman 704; 2.
Jason Martin 661; 3.
Matt Covington 629; 4.
Landon Britt 601; 5.
Brandon Anderson 578; 6.
Jordon Mallett 570; 7.
Howard Moore 568; 8.
Kyler Johnson 557;
Christopher Townsend
498; 10. Brady Baker
484;
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