(Image Credit:
Don Holbrook)
Matt Covington Wins The
Steve King Memorial At
Dodge City Raceway Park!
Bryan Hulbert –
DODGE CITY, Kan. (July
8, 2023) Adding
his name to the list of
winners at Dodge City
Raceway Park, Matt
Covington captured the
$5,088 to win Steve King
Memorial with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com.
Covington’s second win
of the season with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com, the
victory is his 18th
overall in 368 A-Feature
starts, and first at the
Dodge City Raceway Park.
“We had a really good
car, and I’ll admit, I
had some lucky breaks
with Wayne and Bubak
dropping out, but that
No. 36 has been kicking
my butt all year, so I
can’t be talking too
much trash, but we got
him this time,” said
Covington. “With Jason
restarting behind me, I
knew I had to be perfect
because he’s good here.
We saw that last night,
so I didn’t want to give
him any chances.”
The third leader of the
30-lap affair, the first
17 laps were commanded
by Wayne Johnson. A
couple of close calls in
traffic that allowed
Jason Martin and Jake
Bubak to close the gap
on the Outlaw Wings No.
2c, disaster struck
Johnson working the 18th
circuit, as the car
coasted in the infield
off the backstretch.
Having worked by Martin
for the runner-up spot
at the same time Wayne’s
night came to a close,
Jake Bubak took command
in the Ochs Racing No.
1x, but the lead was
short-lived as
mechanical failure
struck as Jake competed
Lap 19. Nearly
eighth-tenths of a
second ahead of the race
for second when the car
began to slow into the
first and second turns,
that battle went the way
of Matt Covington as the
caution lights blinked
on.
In clean air on the
restart, Covington
pulled away quickly,
with his advantage
growing to over two
seconds before caution
lights came on one last
time on Lap 26. Setting
up a four laps dash to
the finish, Martin
stayed with the No. 95
on the start but would
not keep pace as
Covington sped away by
1.255-seconds.
Jason Martin crossed
second for his 25th
career podium finish,
with Jordon Mallett
taking the final podium
step. Landon Britt moved
up spot spots to fourth,
with Christopher
Townsend advancing eight
positions to complete
the top five. Kyler
Johnson, sixth, was
chased by Howard Moore
in seventh. Jeremy
Campbell, Whit
Gastineau, and Brandon
Anderson, who also made
up eight spots, rounded
out the top ten.
The night started with
The Driver’s Project
Qualifying, which saw
Wayne Johnson and Jordon
Mallett tie for the new
record at
14.215-seconds, only to
have Jason Martin retake
the record with a
14.104-second lap. AR
Dyno Specialty Heat Race
wins went the way of
Kansas, with Kyler
Johnson, Jordan Knight,
and Jeremy Campbell
earning wins. The KSE
Hard Charger of the
night was Christopher
Townsend.
The next events for the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
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Friday, July 14, at
Thunderbird Speedway in
Muskogee, Okla., and
Saturday, July 15, at
Batesville Motor
Speedway in Batesville,
Ark. Both nights pay
$4,000 to win, $400 to
start.
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Race Results:
ASCS National
Dodge City
Raceway Park (Dodge
City, Kan.)
Steve King
Memorial - Night 2
Saturday, July
8, 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,
14.215[4]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore, 14.383[7]; 3.
10-Landon Britt,
14.425[1]; 4. 45X-Kyler
Johnson, 14.568[3]; 5.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
14.747[5]; 6.
6-Christopher Townsend,
14.828[6]; 7. 72-Ray
Seemann, 15.034[2]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 2C-Wayne Johnson,
14.215[2]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington, 14.429[7]; 3.
2J-Zach Blurton,
14.521[6]; 4. 88-Jordan
Knight, 14.586[4]; 5.
88J-Jeremy Huish,
14.721[5]; 6. 6T-Kaden
Taylor, 14.729[3]; 7.
10T-Tyler Knight,
15.162[1]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 36-Jason Martin,
14.104[4]; 2. 1X-Jake
Bubak, 14.347[7]; 3.
2-Whit Gastineau,
14.388[6]; 4. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell, 14.577[1]; 5.
7C-Chris Morgan,
14.851[3]; 6.
938-Bradley Fezard,
14.900[2]; 7. 91-Michael
Day, 15.056[5]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All Drivers
advance to the
A-Feature):
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[1]; 2. 10-Landon
Britt[2]; 3. 14-Jordon
Mallett[4]; 4. 3-Howard
Moore[3]; 5.
6-Christopher
Townsend[6]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson[5];
7. 72-Ray Seemann[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 88-Jordan
Knight[1]; 2. 2J-Zach
Blurton[2]; 3. 95-Matt
Covington[3]; 4.
2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 5.
88J-Jeremy Huish[5]; 6.
6T-Kaden Taylor[6]; 7.
10T-Tyler Knight[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell[1]; 2. 1X-Jake
Bubak[3]; 3. 2-Whit
Gastineau[2]; 4.
36-Jason Martin[4]; 5.
7C-Chris Morgan[5]; 6.
938-Bradley Fezard[6];
7. 91-Michael Day[7]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (30
Laps): 1. 95-Matt
Covington[5]; 2.
36-Jason Martin[2]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett[4]; 4.
10-Landon Britt[6]; 5.
6-Christopher
Townsend[13]; 6.
45X-Kyler Johnson[8]; 7.
3-Howard Moore[11]; 8.
10C-Jeremy Campbell[9];
9. 2-Whit Gastineau[12];
10. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[18]; 11.
2J-Zach Blurton[7]; 12.
7C-Chris Morgan[15]; 13.
88J-Jeremy Huish[14];
14. 88-Jordan
Knight[10]; 15.
938-Bradley Fezard[17];
16. 1X-Jake Bubak[3];
17. 2C-Wayne Johnson[1];
18. 91-Michael Day[20];
19. 10T-Tyler
Knight[21]; 20. 72-Ray
Seemann[19]; 21.
6T-Kaden Taylor[16]
Lap Leader(s): Wayne
Johnson 1-17; Jake Bubak
18-19; Matt Covington
20-30
KSE Hard Charger:
Christopher Townsend +8
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Jason Martin
14.104-seconds (NTR)
High Point Driver:
Jordon Mallett
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 – 6 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway; 6/17 –
81-Speedway; 7/7 – Dodge
City Raceway Park); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Matt
Covington – 2 (6/16
– Humboldt Speedway; 7/8
– Dodge City Raceway
Park); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway); Sean
McClelland – 1 (6/15
– Creek County
Speedway); Jeffrey
Newell – 1 (6/22
– Lawton Speedway); Alex
Sewell – 1 (6/24
– Caney Valley
Speedway); Blake
Hahn – 1 (6/30
– Boone County
Raceway); Jake
Bubak – 1 (7/1
– WaKeeney Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 2,232; 2.
Matt Covington 2,174; 3.
Howard Moore 2,030; 4.
Jordon Mallett 2,030; 5.
Brandon Anderson 1,976;
6. Kyler Johnson 1,867;
7. Christopher Townsend
1,721; 8. Landon Britt
1,654; 9. Michael Day
1,654; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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