Rain Claims ASCS
A-Feature at Thunderbird
Speedway
Bryan Hulbert -
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (July
14, 2023)
Making every effort to
get Friday's program in
with the American Sprint
Car Series presented by
RacinDirt.com at
Thunderbird Speedway,
Mother Nature swooped in
and ended the 25-lap
affair with 11 Laps
officially completed.
Under caution for a
stalled car, the wind,
which had started to
intensify a few laps
earlier, finally
increased to an unsafe
level and forced the
field to the Pits. It
wasn't long before
lightning flashed over
the track, and heavy
rain began to fall.
To that point, Wayne
Johnson had led every
lap and was on track to
land his 60th career
win.
As the race fell short
of the halfway mark, and
a checked flag was not
thrown, all prize money
will be paid evenly
($770) to each A-Feature
starter, and 86-points
awarded.
Eligible National Tour
teams will also receive
full appearance money.
The Driver's Project
Qualifying and AR Dyno
Specialty Heat Races
were completed. Kade
Morton established a new
ASCS Track Record with a
time of 17.331-seconds.
Heat Race wins went to
Jeffrey Newell, Brandon
Anderson, and Wayne
Johnson.
The American Sprint Car
Series presented by
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again on Saturday, July
15, at Batesville Motor
Speedway. Gates opens at
5:00 P.M. with racing at
8:00 P.M. (CDT).
Admission is $20 for
adults, $5 for youth
(7-14), and free for
kids six and under.
Batesville Motor
Speedway is located at
5090 Heber Springs Rd.
in Locust Grove, Ark.
Information on the track
is online at http://batesvillemotorspeedway.com.
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Race Results:
ASCS National /
ASCS Sooner
Thunderbird
Speedway (Muskogee,
Okla.)
Friday, July 14,
2023
Car Count: 25
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 8M-Kade Morton,
17.331[2]; 2. 7M-Chance
Morton, 17.481[8]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett,
17.504[1]; 4. 12-Jeffrey
Newell, 17.518[3]; 5.
36-Jason Martin,
17.632[4]; 6. 2-Whit
Gastineau, 17.794[6]; 7.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
17.992[7]; 8. 25B-Blaine
Baxter, 18.061[9]; 9.
6-Christopher Townsend,
18.123[5]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 10-Landon Britt,
17.829[2]; 2. 87J-Jace
Park, 18.019[1]; 3.
3-Howard Moore,
18.100[4]; 4.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
18.107[3]; 5. 71-Channin
Tankersley, 18.166[5];
6. 1H-Hank Davis,
18.549[6]; 7. 90-Lance
Norick, 18.556[7]; 8.
17-Wout Hoffmans,
18.999[8]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 2C-Wayne Johnson,
18.240[2]; 2. 47K-Kaylee
Bryson, 18.427[4]; 3.
95-Matt Covington,
18.517[8]; 4. 13-Elijah
Gile, 18.694[3]; 5.
50Z-Zach Chappell,
18.767[6]; 6. 91-Michael
Day, 19.216[5]; 7.
26M-Fred Mattox,
19.228[7]; 8. 3X-Tanner
Conn, 19.537[1]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All Drivers
advance to the
A-Feature):
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 12-Jeffrey
Newell[1]; 2. 14-Jordon
Mallett[2]; 3. 7M-Chance
Morton[3]; 4. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[7]; 5.
25B-Blaine Baxter[8]; 6.
6-Christopher
Townsend[9]; 7. 36-Jason
Martin[5]; 8. 8M-Kade
Morton[4]; 9. 2-Whit
Gastineau[6]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[1]; 2. 3-Howard
Moore[2]; 3. 87J-Jace
Park[3]; 4. 10-Landon
Britt[4]; 5. 71-Channin
Tankersley[5]; 6.
1H-Hank Davis[6]; 7.
90-Lance Norick[7]; 8.
17-Wout Hoffmans[8]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne
Johnson[4]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[2]; 3.
50Z-Zach Chappell[5]; 4.
47K-Kaylee Bryson[3]; 5.
26M-Fred Mattox[7]; 6.
91-Michael Day[6]; 7.
13-Elijah Gile[1]; 8.
3X-Tanner Conn[8]
A-Feature incomplete due
to rain
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Kade Morton
17.331-seconds (NTR)
High Point
Driver: Wayne Johnson
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