(Image Credit: Gary
Cornelison)
Jason Martin Wins
Weather Delayed
A-Feature At 81
Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert –
PARK CITY, Kan. (July
22, 2023)
Getting the show in just
before the rains came
the last time the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com was at
81-Speedway, Mother
Nature got a little bit
of revenge on Saturday
night with a pop-up
shower causing around a
three-hour delay before
Jason Martin rolled back
into Victory Lane at the
three-eighths-mile oval.
“First of all, thank you
to all these people who
sat it out in that rain.
It was pretty cool to
look out while it was
still raining and see
people sitting in the
stands. Kudos to you
guys. The fans are what
pay our bills, and
hopefully, you all
enjoyed it,” stated
Martin to the applause
of the fans. “Also, to
the staff. They could
have just checked out
and said, we’re done,
but instead, it was an
awesome racetrack.”
Leading from start to
finish, the start was
crucial to Martin’s
success. Taking the
green to the right of
the front row, Jason and
Covington swapped lines
into the first turn,
with the No. 36 able to
escape with the lead.
Gone in clean air,
traffic brought
Covington into the mix,
and at one point, the
top four were nose to
tail. Rubbing up on
Martin’s left rear
trying to shoot the
bottom off the fourth
turn as Jason worked a
slower car on Lap 12,
Matt was able to calm
the right side tires of
the No. 95 back to the
racing surface and
missed taking the point
by 0.098-seconds.
Slowed thrice during the
25-lap affair, the final
one came on Lap 19.
First and second
unchanged, Martin would
roll away by
1.064-seconds at the
checkered flag.
Covington in second, the
race behind him saw
several shifts through
the last six laps as
Jordon Mallett grabbed
third away from Jake
Bubak while Howard Moore
snuck into the top five.
Getting shuffled back to
eighth at one point,
Brandon Anderson made it
back to sixth, with Don
Droud, Jr. slipping back
on the final restart
from fifth to seventh.
Making up seven
positions for the night
KSE Hard Charger Award,
Christopher Townsend
crossed eighth, followed
by Tim Estenson ninth
and Whit Gastineau in
tenth.
The field numbered 24 on
Saturday, with Tim
Estenson, the overall
quickest driver in The
Driver’s Project
Qualifying at
14.348-seconds. AR Dyno
Specialty Heat Race wins
went to Don Droud, Jr.,
Landon Britt, and Jason
Martin.
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Race Results:
ASCS National /
ASCS Sooner
81 Speedway
(Park City, Kan.)
Saturday, July
22, 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. 14T-Tim Estenson,
14.348[7]; 2. 2-Chase
Porter, 14.455[1]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett,
14.457[5]; 4. 1M-Don
Droud Jr, 14.463[3]; 5.
13-Elijah Gile,
14.593[6]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
14.722[8]; 7. 10X-Jordan
Knight, 15.082[4]; 8.
23K-Mike Kleymann,
15.082[2]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 3-Howard Moore,
14.479[4]; 2. 1X-Jake
Bubak, 14.533[8]; 3.
2W-Whit Gastineau,
14.572[5]; 4. 10-Landon
Britt, 14.583[2]; 5.
12-Jeffrey Newell,
14.654[3]; 6. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell, 14.676[7]; 7.
9$-Kyle Clark,
14.723[1]; 8. 31-Casey
Wills, 15.297[6]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 95-Matt Covington,
14.548[7]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin, 14.634[5]; 3.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
14.756[3]; 4. 7C-Chris
Morgan, 14.867[6]; 5.
26M-Fred Mattox,
14.996[8]; 6.
6-Christopher Townsend,
15.005[2]; 7. 97-Kevin
Cummings, 16.095[4]; 8.
31M-Eric Matthews,
16.125[1]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All Drivers
advance to the
A-Feature):
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 1M-Don
Droud Jr[1]; 2.
14-Jordon Mallett[2]; 3.
55B-Brandon Anderson[6];
4. 2-Chase Porter[3]; 5.
14T-Tim Estenson[4]; 6.
10X-Jordan Knight[7]; 7.
13-Elijah Gile[5]; 8.
(DNS) 23K-Mike Kleymann
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 10-Landon
Britt[1]; 2. 1X-Jake
Bubak[3]; 3. 2W-Whit
Gastineau[2]; 4.
12-Jeffrey Newell[5]; 5.
3-Howard Moore[4]; 6.
10C-Jeremy Campbell[6];
7. 9$-Kyle Clark[7]; 8.
31-Casey Wills[8]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[3]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[4]; 3.
45X-Kyler Johnson[2]; 4.
26M-Fred Mattox[5]; 5.
6-Christopher
Townsend[6]; 6. 31M-Eric
Matthews[8]; 7. 97-Kevin
Cummings[7]; 8. 7C-Chris
Morgan[1]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[2]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[1]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett[4]; 4.
1X-Jake Bubak[3]; 5.
3-Howard Moore[10]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson[7];
7. 1M-Don Droud Jr[5];
8. 6-Christopher
Townsend[15]; 9. 14T-Tim
Estenson[9]; 10. 2W-Whit
Gastineau[11]; 11.
45X-Kyler Johnson[12];
12. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell[18]; 13.
10-Landon Britt[6]; 14.
9$-Kyle Clark[19]; 15.
2-Chase Porter[8]; 16.
7C-Chris Morgan[23]; 17.
31-Casey Wills[22]; 18.
31M-Eric Matthews[16];
19. 10X-Jordan
Knight[17]; 20. 97-Kevin
Cummings[20]; 21.
23K-Mike Kleymann[24];
22. 26M-Fred Mattox[14];
23. 12-Jeffrey
Newell[13]; 24.
13-Elijah Gile[21]
Lap Leader(s): Jason
Martin 1-25
KSE Hard Charger:
Christopher Townsend +7
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Tim Estenson
14.348-seconds
High Point Driver: Matt
Covington
Provisional(s): N/A
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Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
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Live-Scoring: My Race
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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 – 7 (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; 7/22
– 81 Speedway); 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 2,468; 2.
Matt Covington 2,402; 3.
Jordon Mallett 2,251; 4.
Howard Moore 2,241; 5.
Brandon Anderson 2,184;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,061;
7. Christopher Townsend
1,923; 8. Landon Britt
1,888; 9. Michael Day
1,740; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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