(Image Credit: DPCmedia)
Jeffrey Newell Lands
First Career ASCS
National Victory At
Lawton Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert –
LAWTON, Okla. (June 22,
2023) Leading
start-to-finish and
going green-to-checkered
at Lawton Speedway,
Tulsa’s Jeffrey Newell
captured his first
career A-Feature victory
Thursday night with the
American Sprint Car
Series.
The 167th different
winner with the American
Sprint Car Series,
Newell is the fifth
driver from Tulsa, Okla.
to do so, and the
seventh different winner
on the 2023 season.
“Man, we’ve had a pretty
tough start to our
season, and I appreciate
Rick and Corinna at
Drywall Systems for
sticking with me. We’ve
been close to winning on
a few really big Micro
races, and this...this
is only our second
Sprint Car outing this
year, so to get a win;
says a lot about this
team. They work their
butts off,” said Newell
in Victory Lane.
Pocketing $4,000 for his
efforts, the 2022 Tulsa
Shootout Stock Non-Wing
Champion shot to the
point through the
opening two turns over
Jason Martin. Finding
traffic by Lap 8 as the
race for second went the
way of Matt Covington,
the T&L Foundry No. 95
rolled up to challenge
for the point on Lap 12.
On Jeffrey's back bumper
off the fourth turn,
Matt took a look but
could not get the run.
Able to pull away as
Traffic intervened, the
No. 95 also started to
develop an engine
stumble. Looking like
Howard Moore, who worked
to third on Lap 18, was
going to be able to take
advantage; traffic this
time played to
Covington’s advantage.
Working low on lapped
traffic through the
final laps, Newell made
it to the checkered flag
with 1.643-seconds to
spare. Matt Covington
held onto second, with
Howard Moore third.
Jason Martin ended up
fourth, with Andrew Deal
fifth.
Jordon Mallett, from
12th, made it to sixth,
followed by Landon Britt
from 13th. Leaving as
the KSE Hard Charger,
Brandon Anderson made up
eight positions to
finish eighth. Joe Wood,
Jr. and Jace Park
completed the top ten.
The 21-car field at
Lawton Speedway was
topped in The Driver’s
Project Qualifying by
Matt Covington, who
established the ASCS
Track Record at
13.281-seconds. A trio
of AR Dyno Specialty
Heat Races went to Joe
Wood, Jr., Christopher
Townsend, and Jason
Martin. The KSE Hard
Charger of the Night was
Brandon Anderson.
The next event for the
American Sprint Car
Series is Saturday, June
24, at Caney Valley
Speedway, paying $5,000
to win, $500 to start.
Gates open at 4:00 P.M.
for the pits and 5:00
P.M. for the
grandstands. Hot Laps
begins at 7:00 P.M.,
with racing at 8:00 P.M.
(CDT). Tickets are $20
for adults, $15 for
seniors, $5 for youth
(6-12), and free for
kids five and under.
Pits are $35.
Caney Valley Speedway is
located just north of
Caney, Kan., at 1324
County Road 1600.
Information on the track
is online at https://www.caneyvalleyspeedway.net.
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.
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RACE RESULTS:
ASCS National
Lawton Speedway
(Lawton, Okla.)
Thursday, June
22, 2023
Car Count: 21
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 14-Jordon Mallett,
13.367[5]; 2. 15D-Andrew
Deal, 13.433[6]; 3.
03-Joe Wood Jr,
13.454[2]; 4. 31-Casey
Wills, 13.580[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
13.650[4]; 6. 8M-Kade
Morton, 14.059[1]; 7.
1-Brian Gramm, 14.125[7]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 95-Matt Covington,
13.281[6]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore, 13.311[3]; 3.
10-Landon Britt,
13.437[1]; 4.
6-Christopher Townsend,
13.795[7]; 5.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
13.877[4]; 6. 10P-Parker
Ezell, 16.100[2]; 7.
(DNS) 91-Michael Day NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 12-Jeffrey Newell,
13.475[2]; 2. 87J-Jace
Park, 13.598[6]; 3.
36-Jason Martin,
13.635[7]; 4. 16S-Steven
Shebester, 13.803[5]; 5.
0J-Jeremy McCune,
13.839[4]; 6. 2B-Brett
Becker, 13.952[3]; 7.
96-Brandon Sampson,
15.009[1]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood
Jr[2]; 2. 31-Casey
Wills[1]; 3. 15D-Andrew
Deal[3]; 4. 8M-Kade
Morton[6]; 5. 1-Brian
Gramm[7]; 6. 14-Jordon
Mallett[4]; 7. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[5]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1.
6-Christopher
Townsend[1]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[4]; 3.
3-Howard Moore[3]; 4.
10-Landon Britt[2]; 5.
55B-Brandon Anderson[5];
6. 91-Michael Day[7]; 7.
10P-Parker Ezell[6]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[2]; 2. 16S-Steven
Shebester[1]; 3.
87J-Jace Park[3]; 4.
12-Jeffrey Newell[4]; 5.
0J-Jeremy McCune[5]; 6.
2B-Brett Becker[6]; 7.
96-Brandon Sampson[7]
A-Feature
A-Main (30 Laps): 1.
12-Jeffrey Newell[1]; 2.
95-Matt Covington[4]; 3.
3-Howard Moore[5]; 4.
36-Jason Martin[2]; 5.
15D-Andrew Deal[6]; 6.
14-Jordon Mallett[12];
7. 10-Landon Britt[13];
8. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[16]; 9. 03-Joe
Wood Jr[3]; 10. 87J-Jace
Park[7]; 11.
6-Christopher
Townsend[8]; 12.
16S-Steven
Shebester[11]; 13.
8M-Kade Morton[9]; 14.
31-Casey Wills[10]; 15.
2B-Brett Becker[17]; 16.
0J-Jeremy McCune[15];
17. 1-Brian Gramm[14];
18. 96-Brandon
Sampson[19]; 19.
45X-Kyler Johnson[20];
20. 91-Michael Day[21];
21. (DNS) 10P-Parker
Ezell
Lap Leader(s): Jeffrey
Newell 1-30
KSE Hard Charger:
Brandon Anderson +8
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Matt Covington
13.281-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]
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Live-Scoring: My Race
Pass App
ASCS Drivers Online:
3 Howard Moore (Memphis,
TN) R
6 Christopher Townsend
(La Porte, TX) R
10 Landon Britt
(Memphis, TN)
13 Elijah Gile (Phoenix,
AZ) R
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 – 5 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway; 6/17 –
81-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); Matt
Covington – 1 (6/16
– Humboldt Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 1,427; 2.
Matt Covington 1,389; 3.
Jordon Mallett 1,299; 4.
Brandon Anderson 1,277;
5. Howard Moore 1,265;
6. Seth Bergman 1,237;
7. Landon Britt 1,27; 8.
Kyler Johnson 1,195; 9.
Michael Day 1,091; 10.
Christopher Townsend
1,084;
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