(Image Credit: Pat
Grant)
Joe B. Miller Breaks
Through With ASCS
National At Lake Ozark
Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert –
ELDON, Mo. (May 27,
2023) So many
laps led over the years.
Finally, Missouri’s Joe
B. Miller led the last
one Saturday night at
Lake Ozark Speedway for
his first career victory
with the National Tour
of the American Sprint
Car Series.
The 166th different
winner with the American
Sprint Car Series, Joe
became the 13th
Missourian to win with
the National Tour,
joining names like Brian
Brown, Danny Lasoski,
and Jesse Hockett to
name a few.
Almost a spectator, Joe
B. Miller borrowed an
engine from Scotty
Milan, as his is still
getting worked on. “I
have to thank Scotty
Milan. We didn’t have an
engine for this weekend,
and he wasn’t able to
come in, so I called and
asked if I could use
his, and he said go for
it.”
Adding to his success
across numerous
divisions at Lake Ozark,
Joe said, “We got the
regional win, but we’ve
been working on getting
this National Tour win
for a little bit. We’ve
been hit and miss, so
this is pretty cool.
It’s a relief really. We
were talking this week
that we’ve been pretty
good here in just about
everything. We were just
lacking the National
Tour win.”
Getting the lead from
the start, Miller had to
fend of Seth Bergman
with five laps to go.
Moving just off the
cushion, the Corridor
Electric No. 23 was
quick to Miller’s back
bumper. Pulling under
the No. 51b off the
fourth turn, Seth got
next to Joe, but could
not clear into the first
turn. Going on the
defense, Miller adjusted
and held on for the win.
Slipping by for second
on Lap 22, Jason Martin
posted his 20th career
ASCS National podium
finish. Pushing his
podium streak to six on
the season, Seth Bergman
grabbed third. Moving up
from 11th, Landon Britt
crossed fourth, with
Howard Moore fifth.
Kyle Bellm, in sixth,
was chased by Miles
Paulus, who was the
night’s KSE Hard
Charger, after gaining
11 positions. Matt
Covington was eighth,
with Brandon Anderson
ninth. Moving up ten
spots, Michael Day
completed the top ten.
Night 1 of the Spring
Sprint Showdown included
a 32-car field with
Blake Hahn, the overall
quick qualifier at
12.389-seconds. Four AR
Dyno Specialty Heat
Races went to Matt
Covington, Howard Moore,
Seth Bergman, and Joe B.
Miller. The BMRS
B-Feature was won by
Gunner Ramey.
The Spring Sprint
Showdown at Lake Ozark
Speedway continues on
Sunday, May 28. Hot Laps
are at 6:30 P.M. and
Racing at 7:30 P.M.
(CDT). Tickets are $25
for adults, $22 for
seniors, $10 for youth
(6-12), and $40 for the
Pits.
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,
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(@ASCSRacing).
Race Results:
ASCS
National/ASCS Warrior
Lake Ozark
Speedway (Eldon, Mo.)
Saturday, May
27, 2023
Car Count: 32
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 13-Elijah Gile,
12.517[6]; 2. 45X-Kyler
Johnson, 12.550[7]; 3.
7C-Chris Morgan,
12.626[1]; 4. 95-Matt
Covington, 12.626[5]; 5.
14E-Kyle Bellm,
12.667[4]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
12.757[3]; 7. 88-Terry
Easum, 12.839[2]; 8.
7JR-JD Black, 13.196[8]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 87J-Jace Park,
12.466[8]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore, 12.549[5]; 3.
22S-Slater Helt,
12.588[7]; 4. 8M-Kade
Morton, 12.787[1]; 5.
1JR-Steven Russell,
12.799[2]; 6. 91-Michael
Day, 12.806[4]; 7.
1X-Brad Ryun, 13.008[6];
8. 9M-Dale McCarty,
14.597[3]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 52-Blake Hahn,
12.389[5]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin, 12.427[6]; 3.
23-Seth Bergman,
12.490[2]; 4. 0-Chase
Porter, 12.577[8]; 5.
71-Bradyn Baker,
12.673[4]; 6. 98P-Miles
Paulus, 12.783[1]; 7.
21-Gunner Ramey,
12.783[7]; 8. 31-Casey
Wills, 13.050[3]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps):
1. 51B-Joe B Miller,
12.748[8]; 2.
6-Christopher Townsend,
12.839[5]; 3. 77-Jack
Wagner, 12.931[6]; 4.
14-Jordon Mallett,
12.979[2]; 5. 73-Samuel
Wagner, 13.066[1]; 6.
10-Landon Britt,
13.128[4]; 7. 32D-Daryn
Langford, 13.543[3]; 8.
9C-Tony Crank, 13.797[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (Top 16 in
Qualifying/Passing
Points advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt
Covington[1]; 2.
7C-Chris Morgan[2]; 3.
14E-Kyle Bellm[5]; 4.
55B-Brandon Anderson[6];
5. 45X-Kyler Johnson[3];
6. 7JR-JD Black[8]; 7.
13-Elijah Gile[4]; 8.
88-Terry Easum[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 3-Howard
Moore[3]; 2. 8M-Kade
Morton[1]; 3. 22S-Slater
Helt[2]; 4. 1JR-Steven
Russell[5]; 5. 87J-Jace
Park[4]; 6. 91-Michael
Day[6]; 7. 1X-Brad
Ryun[7]; 8. (DNS)
9M-Dale McCarty
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth
Bergman[2]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin[3]; 3. 52-Blake
Hahn[4]; 4. 0-Chase
Porter[1]; 5. 98P-Miles
Paulus[6]; 6. 71-Bradyn
Baker[5]; 7. 31-Casey
Wills[8]; 8. 21-Gunner
Ramey[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 4
(8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B
Miller[4]; 2. 14-Jordon
Mallett[1]; 3. 77-Jack
Wagner[2]; 4. 10-Landon
Britt[6]; 5. 73-Samuel
Wagner[5]; 6.
6-Christopher
Townsend[3]; 7. 9C-Tony
Crank[8]; 8. 32D-Daryn
Langford[7]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6
advance to the
A-Feature)
BMRS B-Main (12 Laps):
1. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1];
2. 98P-Miles Paulus[2];
3. 6-Christopher
Townsend[6]; 4.
91-Michael Day[8]; 5.
71-Bradyn Baker[9]; 6.
21-Gunner Ramey[13]; 7.
0-Chase Porter[7]; 8.
31-Casey Wills[10]; 9.
73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 10.
1X-Brad Ryun[12]; 11.
13-Elijah Gile[5]; 12.
9C-Tony Crank[11]; 13.
7JR-JD Black[4]; 14.
32D-Daryn Langford[15];
15. 88-Terry Easum[14];
16. 9M-Dale McCarty[16]
A-Feature
RacinDirtTV A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B
Miller[1]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin[4]; 3. 23-Seth
Bergman[5]; 4. 10-Landon
Britt[11]; 5. 3-Howard
Moore[2]; 6. 14E-Kyle
Bellm[8]; 7. 98P-Miles
Paulus[18]; 8. 95-Matt
Covington[7]; 9.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[10]; 10.
91-Michael Day[20]; 11.
22S-Slater Helt[12]; 12.
1JR-Steven Russell[14];
13. 71-Bradyn Baker[21];
14. 87J-Jace Park[9];
15. 6-Christopher
Townsend[19]; 16.
8M-Kade Morton[15]; 17.
7C-Chris Morgan[6]; 18.
45X-Kyler Johnson[17];
19. 14-Jordon
Mallett[16]; 20.
21-Gunner Ramey[22]; 21.
52-Blake Hahn[3]; 22.
77-Jack Wagner[13]
Lap Leader(s): Joe B.
Miller 1-25
KSE Hard Charger: Miles
Paulus +11
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Blake Hahn -
12.389-seconds
High Point Driver: Joe
B. Miller
Provisional(s): N/A
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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); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Seth Bergman 839; 2.
Jason Martin 803; 3.
Matt Covington 745; 4.
Landon Britt 731; 5.
Howard Moore 693; 6.
Brandon Anderson 691; 7.
Jordon Mallett 662; 8.
Kyler Johnson 651;
Christopher Townsend
598; 10. Brady Baker
588;
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