(Image Credit: Serena
Dalhamer)
Hafertepe Shines On
Night 1 Of
The
Devil’s Bowl Winter
Nationals!
Bryan Hulbert –
MESQUITE, Texas (October
13, 2023)
Capitalizing on traffic
in the late stages of
the preliminary
A-Feature at the Devil’s
Bowl Winter Nationals,
Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
returned to Victory Lane
with the American Sprint
Car Series presented by
RacinDirt.com.
Win No. 8 in National
Tour competition for
Hafertepe at the famed
half-mile, the victory
was No. 64 with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com, and marks
ten consecutive years
that the Sunnyvale,
Texas native has won at
least one National Tour
event.
Chasing Blake Hahn from
the drop of the green,
traffic began entering
the mix on Lap 16.
Leading by 1.611-seconds
as he began working
around the back markers,
Hahn's advantage
dissipated rapidly. On
the back bumper of the
Smiley’s Racing Products
No. 52 on Lap 18, the
pair raced
wheel-to-wheel the
following lap, with Hahn
holding by
0.015—seconds. Not able
to fend off the Hills
Racing No. 15h any
longer, Hafertepe took
over with six laps to
go.
Caution on the white
flag: the attempt at a
green, white, checkered
ended with Kyler Johnson
bringing out the red
with a wild series of
flips off the top of
turns three and four.
Bringing things to a
one-lap shootout,
Hafertepe darted to a
0.765-second advantage
at the checkered flag.
“When we took the green,
I ran the bottom, and
obviously he [Blake
Hahn] has really good
speed around the top,
but I knew once we got
to traffic, he’d be
skittish to go low, so I
felt it out at the start
of the race to see if
the holes would upset my
car, and it timed out
where he was just in the
wrong place at the wrong
time, but that’s part of
being a veteran in the
sport. Sometimes you
capitalize on people’s
mistakes,” said
Hafertepe of the race
for the win.
Blake Hahn held on for
second with Chase
Randall, who slipped to
eight on the opening lap
from fifth, making the
last lap pass for the
final podium step on
Howard Moore.
Surviving contact early
in the race that saw
Jason Marting going over
Wayne Johnson’s left
front exiting the second
turn, the No. 36 crossed
fifth. Jace Park picked
up six positions to
finish sixth, followed
by Chance Morton,
Brandon Anderson, and
Harli White, who all
advanced seven spots
over the course of the
25-lap affair. Jordon
Mallett completed the
top ten.
The final running of the
Devil’s Bowl Winter
Nationals is Saturday,
October 14, with races
going green at 8:00 P.M.
(CDT). Tickets are $25
for adults, $15 for
seniors, youth (13-15),
and military. Kids 12
and under get in the
stands for free. Pits
are $35 each night.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is
located at 1711 Lawson
Rd. in Mesquite, Texas.
For tickets and
directions, log onto http://www.devilsbowl.com or
call (972) 222-2421.
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mark the 32nd year of
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Race Results:
ASCS National
Devil's Bowl
Speedway (Mesquite,
Texas)
Friday, October
13, 2023
Car Count: 32
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 2J-Zach Blurton,
00:15.308[8]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington, 00:15.426[1];
3. 36-Jason Martin,
00:15.546[4]; 4.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
00:15.639[2]; 5.
87J-Jace Park,
00:15.807[5]; 6. 0-Eric
Baldaccini,
00:15.968[3]; 7.
16-Blake Baccus,
00:16.082[7]; 8. (DNS)
23X-Austin Shores, NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr,
00:15.497[5]; 2.
2C-Wayne Johnson,
00:15.568[2]; 3.
85-Colby Stubblefield,
00:15.598[7]; 4.
1Z-Justin Zimmerman,
00:15.935[8]; 5.
4C-Tuesday Calderwood,
00:16.084[6]; 6.
33C-Casey Carter,
00:16.619[1]; 7.
15-Michael Colaluca,
00:16.704[3]; 8. (DNS)
2X-Tucker Doughty, NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 52-Blake Hahn,
00:15.445[7]; 2.
2-Brekton Crouch,
00:15.522[8]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett,
00:15.690[4]; 4.
12H-Harli White,
00:15.808[3]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
00:15.877[2]; 6.
45-Martin Edwards,
00:16.177[5]; 7. 8M-Kade
Morton, 00:16.186[1]; 8.
91-Michael Day,
00:16.380[6]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps):
1. 3-Howard Moore,
00:15.135[7]; 2.
1J-Danny Jennings,
00:15.382[5]; 3. 9-Chase
Randall, 00:15.502[8];
4. 7M-Chance Morton,
00:15.576[6]; 5.
4-Austin Mundie,
00:15.833[4]; 6.
71-Channin Tankersley,
00:16.111[3]; 7.
6-Christopher Townsend,
00:16.166[2]; 8.
10-Landon Britt,
00:16.737[1]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (Top 16 in
combined Qualifying and
Heat Points advance to
the A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[2]; 2.
55B-Brandon Anderson[1];
3. 95-Matt Covington[3];
4. 87J-Jace Park[5]; 5.
2J-Zach Blurton[4]; 6.
0-Eric Baldaccini[6]; 7.
16-Blake Baccus[7]; 8.
(DNS) 23X-Austin Shores
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne
Johnson[3]; 2. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr[4]; 3.
1Z-Justin Zimmerman[1];
4. 4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[5]; 5.
15-Michael Colaluca[7];
6. 85-Colby
Stubblefield[2]; 7.
33C-Casey Carter[6]; 8.
(DNS) 2X-Tucker Doughty
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon
Mallett[2]; 2. 12H-Harli
White[1]; 3. 52-Blake
Hahn[4]; 4. 2-Brekton
Crouch[3]; 5. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[5]; 6. 45-Martin
Edwards[6]; 7.
91-Michael Day[8]; 8.
8M-Kade Morton[7]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 4
(8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase
Randall[2]; 2. 7M-Chance
Morton[1]; 3. 3-Howard
Moore[4]; 4. 1J-Danny
Jennings[3]; 5. 4-Austin
Mundie[5]; 6. 71-Channin
Tankersley[6]; 7.
6-Christopher
Townsend[7]; 8. (DNS)
10-Landon Britt
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6
advance)
BMRS B-Main (12 Laps):
1. 1Z-Justin
Zimmerman[2]; 2.
45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 3.
4-Austin Mundie[3]; 4.
71-Channin
Tankersley[6]; 5.
91-Michael Day[8]; 6.
2X-Tucker Doughty[15];
7. 8M-Kade Morton[13];
8. 15-Michael
Colaluca[1]; 9.
6-Christopher
Townsend[10]; 10.
16-Blake Baccus[9]; 11.
33C-Casey Carter[12];
12. 45-Martin
Edwards[7]; 13. 0-Eric
Baldaccini[5]; 14.
23X-Austin Shores[16];
15. 10-Landon Britt[14];
16. 85-Colby
Stubblefield[11]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2.
52-Blake Hahn[1]; 3.
9-Chase Randall[5]; 4.
3-Howard Moore[2]; 5.
36-Jason Martin[6]; 6.
87J-Jace Park[12]; 7.
7M-Chance Morton[14]; 8.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[15]; 9.
12H-Harli White[16]; 10.
14-Jordon Mallett[7];
11. 95-Matt
Covington[8]; 12.
91-Michael Day[21]; 13.
2J-Zach Blurton[11]; 14.
6-Christopher
Townsend[24]; 15.
4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[13]; 16.
2-Brekton Crouch[10];
17. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[18]; 18.
71-Channin
Tankersley[20]; 19.
4-Austin Mundie[19]; 20.
1Z-Justin Zimmerman[17];
21. 2X-Tucker
Doughty[22]; 22.
1J-Danny Jennings[9];
23. 2C-Wayne Johnson[3];
24. 10-Landon Britt[23]
Lap Leader(s): Blake
Hahn 1-19; Sam
Hafertepe, Jr. 20-25
Hard Charger: Michael
Day +9
Quick Time: Howard Moore
15.135-seconds
High Point Driver: Sam
Hafertepe, Jr.
Provisional(s):
Christopher Townsend
(Points)
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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 – 9 (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; 8/26 –
Salina Highbanks
Speedway; 9/2 – Longdale
Speedway); Matt
Covington – 3 (6/16
– Humboldt Speedway; 7/8
– Dodge City Raceway
Park; 8/25 – Lakeside
Speedway); Ryan
Timms – 2 (9/14
– Lucas Oil Speedway;
9/17 – Lucas Oil
Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Jake
Bubak – 2 (7/1
– WaKeeney Speedway;
9/15 – Lucas Oil
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); Jeffrey
Newell – 1 (6/22
– Lawton Speedway); Alex
Sewell – 1 (6/24
– Caney Valley
Speedway); Blake
Hahn – 1 (6/30
– Boone County
Raceway); Aaron
Reutzel – 1 (8/3
– Knoxville Raceway); Parker
Price-Miller – 1 (8/4
– Knoxville Raceway); Brian
Brown – 1 (8/5
– Knoxville Raceway); Landon
Britt – 1 (9/1
– Arrowhead Speedway); Terry
McCarl – 1 (9/12
– Clay County Fair
Speedway); Sam
Hafertepe, Jr. – 1 10/13
– Devil’s Bowl
Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 3,458; 2.
Matt Covington 3,374; 3.
Jordon Mallett 3,150; 4.
Howard Moore 3,132; 5.
Brandon Anderson 3,093;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,911;
7. Landon Britt 2,745;
8. Christopher Townsend
2,729; 9. Michael Day
2,440; 10. Chris Morgan
1,505;
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