(Image Credit: Lonnie
Wheatley)
Sean McClelland Is The
Man At Creek County
Speedway With The
American Sprint Car
Series!
Bryan Hulbert –
SAPULPA, Okla. (June 15,
2023) A return
to Victory Lane that’s
been 17 years, three
months, and four days in
the making, Tulsa’s Sean
McClelland finally put
the D&E Supply/David
Stephenson Special No. 1
back on the front
straightaway at Creek
County Speedway with the
American Sprint Car
Series.
Winning in the tour’s
30th visit since 1993,
Sean, who has several
ASCS Regional wins at
the Oklahoma oval, is
the 23rd driver to top
the National Tour at
Creek County Speedway.
McClelland’s only other
National win came during
his rookie season with
the American Sprint Car
Series at Houston
Raceway Park in March of
2006, in which he bested
Gary Wright for the win.
“I’ve been trying to win
another one of these
National Tour races for
years. I won one a long
time ago, and everyone
said it wasn’t for real.
Well, this one is for
real, and it’s even more
special that it came at
my home track,”
explained McClelland. “I
can’t thank everyone
enough. Every who
supports me they were
here tonight, and it
means a lot.”
Besting the field of 23
on Thursday night at the
quarter-mile-oval,
McClelland took the
green from fourth.
Chasing Jordon Mallett
for the runner-up spot
until Lap 12, McClelland
was finally able to
pressure his way under
the No. 14 off the
fourth turn. Bringing
Seth Bergman with him
into third, the No. 23
would end up slipping up
the track off the second
turn on Lap 16, allowing
several drivers to make
their way by.
Still needing to chase
down the Morton
Excavating No. 7m of
Chance Morton, the
pursuit began with a
2.922-second gap to
undo.
Picking away bit by bit
over the next six laps,
McClelland changed his
line from the top of
three and fourth, bottom
of one and two, to
finally working the
gutter at both ends.
Still working the top of
the third and fourth
turns, Morton’s
advantage waned.
Charing the hub of three
and four with 19-laps
complete, Sean shot to
the point then gaped the
field by 2.369-seconds
over the final ten
revolutions.
On the pass, Sean said,
“I knew I was going to
have to try something to
catch him. I felt it
(rubber) down here a
little bit, and I’d been
sliding myself down here
in three and four, so I
just rolled the bottom
to see how it felt. It
hooked, and that was all
she wrote.”
Chance Morton held on to
second for his first
career National podium
finish. Despite fighting
a flat left front tire
through the last half of
the A-Feature, Jordon
Mallett captured third.
Howard Moore moved up
from ninth to finish
fourth, with Jace Park
making the run from 14th
to fifth.
Sixth went to Brandon
Anderson, followed by
Kade Morton. Hard
Charging in his first
ASCS National A-Feature
start, Lane Goodman made
up 14 positions to
finish eighth. Seth
Bergman slipped to
ninth, and it is the
first time all season
he’s finished off the
podium. Kyler Johnson
completed the top ten.
The Driver’s Project
overall quick qualifier
was Matt Covington at
11.990-seconds. Three AR
Dyno Specialty Heat
Races were won by Sean
McClelland, Jordon
Mallett, and Michael
Day. The KSE Hard
Charger of the night was
Lane Goodman.
The weekend for the
American Sprint Car
Series continues at
Humboldt Speedway on
Friday, June 16, then
81-Speedway in Park
City, Kan. on Saturday,
June 17.
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 at http://www.racindirt.com.
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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
Creek County
Speedway (Sapulpa,
Okla.)
Thursday, June
15, 2023
Car Count: 23
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 95-Matt Covington,
11.990[4]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore, 12.118[2]; 3.
1-Sean McClelland,
12.186[6]; 4. 10-Landon
Britt, 12.373[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
12.418[7]; 6. 3X-Tanner
Conn, 12.456[5]; 7.
25-Kyle Admire,
14.130[8]; 8. 1H-Hank
Davis[1] NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 31-Casey Wills,
12.167[2]; 2. 23-Seth
Bergman, 12.252[3]; 3.
8M-Kade Morton,
12.262[4]; 4. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 12.557[5]; 5.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
12.566[1]; 6. 29-Lane
Goodman, 12.806[8]; 7.
87J-Jace Park,
13.136[7]; 8. 7F-Noah
Harris[6] NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 36-Jason Martin,
12.667[2]; 2. 7M-Chance
Morton, 12.735[7]; 3.
15D-Andrew Deal,
13.227[4]; 4. 91-Michael
Day, 13.298[1]; 5.
938-Bradley Fezard,
13.417[5]; 6. 26M-Fred
Mattox, 13.643[3]; 7.
6-Christopher
Townsend[6] NT
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean
McClelland[2]; 2.
95-Matt Covington[4]; 3.
3X-Tanner Conn[6]; 4.
3-Howard Moore[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 6.
10-Landon Britt[1]; 7.
25-Kyle Admire[7]; 8.
1H-Hank Davis[8]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon
Mallett[1]; 2. 23-Seth
Bergman[3]; 3. 8M-Kade
Morton[2]; 4.
55B-Brandon Anderson[5];
5. 87J-Jace Park[7]; 6.
7F-Noah Harris[8]; 7.
31-Casey Wills[4]; 8.
29-Lane Goodman[6]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 91-Michael
Day[1]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin[4]; 3. 7M-Chance
Morton[3]; 4.
938-Bradley Fezard[5];
5. 6-Christopher
Townsend[7]; 6. 26M-Fred
Mattox[6]; 7. 15D-Andrew
Deal[2]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (30
Laps): 1. 1-Sean
McClelland[4]; 2.
7M-Chance Morton[2]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 4.
3-Howard Moore[9]; 5.
87J-Jace Park[14]; 6.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[11]; 7. 8M-Kade
Morton[10]; 8. 29-Lane
Goodman[22]; 9. 23-Seth
Bergman[3]; 10.
45X-Kyler Johnson[15];
11. 3X-Tanner Conn[8];
12. 31-Casey Wills[17];
13. 95-Matt
Covington[6]; 14.
6-Christopher
Townsend[13]; 15.
10-Landon Britt[23]; 16.
938-Bradley Fezard[12];
17. 91-Michael Day[7];
18. 15D-Andrew Deal[21];
19. 7F-Noah Harris[16];
20. 26M-Fred Mattox[18];
21. 36-Jason Martin[5];
22. (DNS) 25-Kyle
Admire; 23. (DNS)
1H-Hank Davis
Lap Leader(s): Chance
Morton 1-19; Sean
McClelland 20-30
KSE Hard Charger: Lane
Goodman +14
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Matt Covington
11.990-seconds
High Point Driver: Matt
Covington
Provisional(s): N/A
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
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Live-Scoring: My Race
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ASCS Drivers Online:
3 Howard Moore (Memphis,
TN) R
6 Christopher Townsend
(La Porte, TX) R
10 Landon Britt
(Memphis, TN)
14 Jordon Mallett
(Greenbrier, AR)
23 Seth Bergman
(Snohomish, WA)
36 Jason Martin
(Liberal, KS)
45X Kyler Johnson
(Quinter, KS)
55B Brandon Anderson
(Glenpool, OK)
71 Brady Baker
(Alexander, AR) R
91 Michael Day
(Farmersville, TX) R
95 Matt Covington
(Glenpool, OK)
R denotes a driver
running for the Brodix
National Rookie of the
Year
2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 4 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway); Sean
McClelland – 1 (6/15
– Creek County
Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Seth Bergman 1,237; 2.
Jason Martin 1,167; 3.
Matt Covington 1,097; 4.
Brandon Anderson 1,064;
5. Howard Moore 1,049;
6. Landon Britt 1,041;
7. Jordon Mallett 1,032;
8. Kyler Johnson 935; 9.
Michael Day 874; 10.
Christopher Townsend
857;
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