Hahn Rallies For Epic
ASCS Score Over Dover At
Boone County Raceway
Bryan Hulbert –
ALBION, Neb. (June 30,
2023) Making
his fourth start of the
season with the American
Sprint Car Series
presented by
RacinDirt.com on Friday
at Boone County Raceway,
Oklahoma’s Blake Hahn
held off the charge of
Nebraska’s Jack Dover at
the line by
0.008-seconds.
“We had a really good
car, and Jack was fast
there at the end. He
gave it all he had in
that last corner, but we
were able to get by.
Going down the front
stretch dragging, I put
the pedal down as far as
she’d go, and I might
have floated the valves
a little bit, but that
was all she had, and
actually, I wasn’t even
looking straight; I was
looking right to see if
I got him at the line,”
stated Hahn in Victory
Lane.
“It doesn’t get much
better than that, and I
need to thank Jack
[Dover] for racing us so
clean. He had every
opportunity to lean on
us a little bit, but
that’s what good racing
is. To be able to race
that hard and never
touch.”
Hahn’s 21st career win
with the American Sprint
Car Series presented by
RacinDirt.com, Boone
County Raceway is the
14th track that Hahn has
earned a win at, and
second in the state of
Nebraska.
Taking off third in the
DriveWFX.com No. 52, the
opening laps were
commanded by Matt
Covington, who led the
opening revolution, then
Jack Dover, who took
over the point on Lap 2
when the field came back
to green after a spin by
Tim Estenson off the
second turn.
Hahn to second on Lap 4
with an inside, out move
on Covington, the chase
for the lead was on as
traffic came into view.
Working the cushion at
both ends of the
three-eighths-mile oval,
the pair went three wide
in traffic working Lap 8
with Dover holding the
point by 0.009-seconds.
Hahn to the top in the
first and second turns,
Dover stuck low, leaving
the top open into turn
three. Across the track
to take the line, three
wide again for a moment,
Hahn had just enough
room to turn under the
No. 53 and take the
lead.
A scare racing by slower
cars on Lap 11 when Hahn
went to squeeze between
the lapped car and the
wall, the No. 52 found
right side tires and
went air born. Able to
keep the car upright and
rolling, the leaders got
a reprieve from traffic
with a caution on Lap 14
for Joey Danley who
stopped at the bottom of
the second turn.
Blake was able to begin
pacing away for a moment
on the restart, but the
final ten laps again
brought the back of the
pack into play. Starting
to inch up on Hahn, the
No. 53 closed for a shot
on Lap 23. Sliding Hahn
in one and two, Blake
was able to work back
around to hold the lead.
To the white flag, and
Hahn nearly slipped the
cushion in turns three
and four. Giving Dover
one last shot, the No.
53 rolled a diamond off
the second turn.
Shooting under Blake
into three and four, the
slide job from Dover was
met with a crossover and
drag race to the line
with Hahn able to secure
the top of the podium.
Jack Dover in second was
followed by Jason Martin
from eighth. Following
from ninth, Missouri’s
Garrett Williamson
wheeled to fourth with
Don Droud, Jr. earning
the KSE Hard Charger of
the Race with a run from
12th to fifth. Matt
Covington ended up
sixth, with Howard
Moore, Zach Blurton,
Joey Danley, Kyler
Johnson, and Chris
Martin completing the
top ten.
Friday’s show at Boone
County Raceway welcomed
a field of 24 drivers.
The Driver’s Project
Qualifying saw a new
track record set by Jake
Bubak at 13.575-seconds.
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races were won by Chris
Martin, Jordon Mallett,
and Jason Martin.
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Race Results:
ASCS National
Boone County
Raceway (Albion, Neb.)
Friday, June 30,
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,
13.753[3]; 2. 53-Jack
Dover, 14.025[5]; 3.
1M-Don Droud Jr,
14.036[2]; 4. 44-Chris
Martin, 14.045[7]; 5.
14D-Joey Danley,
14.114[4]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
14.164[8]; 7. 14J-Josh
Riggins, 14.209[1]; 8.
6-Christopher Townsend,
14.398[6]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 14T-Tim Estenson,
13.993[3]; 2. 55-Garet
Williamson, 14.193[5];
3. 14-Jordon Mallett,
14.253[8]; 4. 2J-Zach
Blurton, 14.528[7]; 5.
0J-Jeremy McCune,
14.676[6]; 6.
91X-Brandon Stevenson,
14.680[4]; 7. 36X-Rick
Hansen, 15.697[1]; 8.
(DNS) 57B-Boyd Peterson,
NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 27B-Jake Bubak,
13.575[4]; 2. 52-Blake
Hahn, 13.933[7]; 3.
3-Howard Moore,
14.307[8]; 4. 36-Jason
Martin, 14.308[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
14.360[5]; 6. 91-Michael
Day, 14.825[1]; 7.
4X-Jason Danley,
14.845[2]; 8. 1-Brian
Gramm, 15.549[6]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 44-Chris
Martin[1]; 2. 53-Jack
Dover[3]; 3. 95-Matt
Covington[4]; 4. 1M-Don
Droud Jr[2]; 5. 14D-Joey
Danley[5]; 6.
6-Christopher
Townsend[7]; 7.
55B-Brandon Anderson[6];
8. (DNS) 14J-Josh
Riggins
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon
Mallett[2]; 2. 2J-Zach
Blurton[1]; 3. 14T-Tim
Estenson[4]; 4. 55-Garet
Williamson[3]; 5.
91X-Brandon
Stevenson[6]; 6.
0J-Jeremy McCune[5]; 7.
36X-Rick Hansen[7]; 8.
(DNS) 57B-Boyd Peterson
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[1]; 2. 52-Blake
Hahn[3]; 3. 3-Howard
Moore[2]; 4. 27B-Jake
Bubak[4]; 5. 91-Michael
Day[6]; 6. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[5]; 7. 4X-Jason
Danley[7]; 8. 1-Brian
Gramm[8]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (30
Laps): 1. 52-Blake
Hahn[3]; 2. 53-Jack
Dover[4]; 3. 36-Jason
Martin[8]; 4. 55-Garet
Williamson[9]; 5. 1M-Don
Droud Jr[12]; 6. 95-Matt
Covington[1]; 7.
3-Howard Moore[10]; 8.
2J-Zach Blurton[11]; 9.
14D-Joey Danley[15]; 10.
45X-Kyler Johnson[16];
11. 44-Chris Martin[7];
12. 14-Jordon
Mallett[5]; 13. 4X-Jason
Danley[19]; 14.
6-Christopher
Townsend[17]; 15.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[21]; 16.
0J-Jeremy McCune[18];
17. 91-Michael Day[14];
18. 1-Brian Gramm[22];
19. 91X-Brandon
Stevenson[13]; 20.
36X-Rick Hansen[20]; 21.
14T-Tim Estenson[2]; 22.
27B-Jake Bubak[6]; 23.
57B-Boyd Peterson[24];
24. 14J-Josh Riggins[23]
Lap Leader(s): Matt
Covington 1; Jack Dover
2-8; Blake Hahn 9-30
KSE Hard Charger: Don
Droud, Jr. +7
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Jake Bubak
13.575-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); Blake
Hahn – 1 (6/30
– Boone County Raceway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 1,802; 2.
Matt Covington 1,772; 3.
Howard Moore 1,661; 4.
Jordon Mallett 1,657; 5.
Brandon Anderson 1,628;
6. Kyler Johnson 1,519;
7. Landon Britt 1,443;
8. Christopher Townsend
1,402; 9. Michael Day
1,375; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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