Alex Sewell Charges To
His First Career ASCS
National Victory At
Caney Valley Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert
CANEY, Kan. (June 24,
2023) A race
that saw every high and
low imaginable Saturday
night at Caney Valley
Speedway, the highest
moment came as 13th
starting Alex Sewell
stormed into Victory
Lane for the first time
with the American Sprint
Car Series.
The 168th winner with
the American Sprint Car
Series, Sewell is the
second in as many races
to add his name to the
list, joining Jeffrey
Newell, who won Thursday
at Lawton. Drivers from
11 cities in Oklahoma
have won with the
American Sprint Car
Series. Sewell is the
fifth from Broken Arrow.
"This is a dream come
true me. I've been
racing with this series
for, shoot I don't know,
15-years now, and these
wins; they don't come
easy," stated an
ecstatic Alex Sewell.
Wrapped up in a massive
hug by his Father in
Victory Lane,
emotionally, Alex talked
about what that meant to
him.
"It means the world to
get to come out here and
do this with him, and to
be able to pay him back
a little bit with a win.
It feel freaking nice. I
wouldn't want to do this
with anyone else."
After several cautions
throughout the 30-lap
event, Sewell kept his
nose clean and made it
into the top five on Lap
8. Rolling like a shot
on restarts, Sewell
battled past Howard
Moore for second on Lap
13. Out front from the
start, Andrew Deal led
the way by over two
seconds as he worked
into traffic on Lap 15.
Trying to work around a
slower car, that would
be where his night ended
as Fred Mattox went
around and collected the
No. 15d in the process.
Advancing Sewell to the
point, the last
challenge for the No. 8
came with a caution on
Lap 27 for debris off
the fourth turn. Able to
find his marks through
the final three
revolutions, clean air
allowed Alex to pull
away by 1.619-seconds.
Howard Moore, from
ninth, held on for
second as Brandon
Anderson salvaged his
night with a massive run
from the back of the
pack to third after
getting collected and
turned on Lap 2.
Sidelined in his Heat
Race with a failed
engine, Jordon Mallett
had to grid the field
22nd but was able to
march ahead 18 positions
to finish fourth.
Bradley Fezard completed
the top five.
Kyler Johnson made up
six spots, with Matt
Covington, who, like
Anderson, had to salvage
his night, in seventh.
Jace Park crossed
eighth, followed by
Jason Martin, who had to
fight back after tipping
on his side on an early
restart. Joshua Tyre
completed the top ten.
The 24-car field at
Caney Valley Speedway
was topped in The
Drivers Project
Qualifying by Jace Park,
who established a new
track record at
11.743-seconds. A trio
of AR Dyno Specialty
Heat Race wins went to
Sean McClelland, Andrew
Deal, and Jeremy
Campbell. The KSE Hard
Charger was Alex Sewell,
who gained 12 spots from
his scheduled starting
spot.
The next event for the
American Sprint Car
Series is a $4,000 to
win, $400 to start
showdown at Boone County
Raceway on Friday, June
30 at Albion, Neb.,
followed by the next
$5,000 to win, $500 to
start Super Summer
Series event at WaKeeney
Speedway in WaKeeney,
Kan. on Saturday, July
1.
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
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RACE RESULTS:
ASCS National
Caney Valley
Speedway (Caney, Kan.)
Saturday, June
24, 2023
Car Count: 24
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,
11.817[5]; 2. 10-Landon
Britt, 11.876[6]; 3.
1-Sean McClelland,
11.911[8]; 4.
6-Christopher Townsend,
12.074[3]; 5. 8-Alex
Sewell, 12.198[4]; 6.
26M-Fred Mattox,
12.221[1]; 7. 00-Broc
Elliott, 12.594[2]; 8.
(DNS) 1H-Hank Davis,
12.594
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 55B-Brandon Anderson,
11.950[2]; 2. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 11.973[1]; 3.
15D-Andrew Deal,
12.029[7]; 4. 8M-Kade
Morton, 12.053[6]; 5.
938-Bradley Fezard,
12.096[5]; 6. 7C-Chris
Morgan, 12.215[8]; 7.
31-Casey Wills,
12.291[4]; 8. 91-Michael
Day, 23.388[3]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 87J-Jace Park,
11.743[1]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore, 11.854[2]; 3.
10C-Jeremy Campbell,
11.886[3]; 4. 12-Jeffrey
Newell, 11.918[6]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
11.965[7]; 6. 36-Jason
Martin, 12.053[4]; 7.
3X-Noah Harris,
12.132[5]; 8. 1T-Joshua
Tyre, 13.050[8]
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.
10-Landon Britt[3]; 4.
6-Christopher
Townsend[1]; 5. 8-Alex
Sewell[5]; 6. 26M-Fred
Mattox[6]; 7. 1H-Hank
Davis[8]; 8. 00-Broc
Elliott[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 15D-Andrew
Deal[2]; 2. 938-Bradley
Fezard[5]; 3.
55B-Brandon Anderson[4];
4. 8M-Kade Morton[1]; 5.
31-Casey Wills[7]; 6.
7C-Chris Morgan[6]; 7.
91-Michael Day[8]; 8.
14-Jordon Mallett[3]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell[2]; 2.
12-Jeffrey Newell[1]; 3.
87J-Jace Park[4]; 4.
3-Howard Moore[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 6.
36-Jason Martin[6]; 7.
3X-Noah Harris[7]; 8.
1T-Joshua Tyre[8]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (30
Laps): 1. 8-Alex
Sewell[13]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore[9]; 3. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[4]; 4.
14-Jordon Mallett[22];
5. 938-Bradley
Fezard[7]; 6. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[12]; 7. 95-Matt
Covington[6]; 8.
87J-Jace Park[5]; 9.
36-Jason Martin[16]; 10.
1T-Joshua Tyre[21]; 11.
6-Christopher
Townsend[15]; 12.
10C-Jeremy Campbell[3];
13. 26M-Fred Mattox[18];
14. 00-Broc Elliott[23];
15. 15D-Andrew Deal[1];
16. 91-Michael Day[19];
17. 3X-Noah Harris[20];
18. 7C-Chris Morgan[17];
19. 8M-Kade Morton[14];
20. 1-Sean
McClelland[2]; 21.
12-Jeffrey Newell[10];
22. 31-Casey Wills[11];
23. 10-Landon Britt[8];
24. 1H-Hank Davis[24]
Lap Leader(s): Andrew
Deal 1-19; Alex Sewell
20-30
KSE Hard Charger: Alex
Sewell +12
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Jace Park
11.743-seconds (NTR)
High Point Driver: Matt
Covington
Provisional(s): N/A
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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)
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);
Jeffrey Newell 1
(6/22 Lawton
Speedway); Alex
Sewell 1 (6/24
Caney Valley
Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 1,670; 2.
Matt Covington 1,650; 3.
Jordon Mallett 1,551; 4.
Howard Moore 1,542; 5.
Brandon Anderson 1,528;
6. Landon Britt 1,443;
7. Kyler Johnson 1,409;
8. Christopher Townsend
1,300; 9. Michael Day
1,279; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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