(Image Credit: Serena
Dalhamer)
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Wins
The
50th
Annual Devil’s Bowl
Winter Nationals!
Bryan Hulbert –
MESQUITE, Texas (October
14, 2023)
Fastest in Qualifying,
won his Heat Race,
earned the Pole in the
A-Feature, and never
looked back. That’s the
way it went Saturday
night for Sam Hafertepe,
Jr., who etched his name
in the record books as
the winner of the final
A-Feature with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com at the
Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
“We had an awesome
racecar tonight,” said
Hafertepe. “I was amazed
at how good we were, and
honestly, on the
restarts, I kind of
wasn’t going as hard
because we’d catch
lapped traffic so fast.”
Hafertepe’s ninth win at
the half-mile with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com, the
victory is his 65th with
the tour.
Giving a tip of the cap
to the track crew on
getting the surface
ironed out and providing
multiple grooves of
racing, Sam then stated,
“It’s sad to see this
place go. I’ve spent a
lot of my life racing
here. I started when I
was sixteen years old,
and that was 20 years
ago, but it’s neat to be
a part of this place.
It’s impressive for a
facility like this to
last as long as it has,
and it takes people like
the Edwards running to
make it last all these
years.”
Never a challenge over
the course of 30 laps,
Hafertepe was quick into
lapped traffic several
times. Slowed for the
final time with nine
laps to run, Traffic
over the final two laps
at one point looked like
it was going to give
Matt Covington a chance
at the Hills Racin No.
15h with Hafertepe
nearly brought to a
standstill in the first
and second turns.
Stripping nearly two
seconds off of his
advantage at the wave of
the white flag, Sam
found smoothing sailing
through the final sets
of turns and captured
the win by
2.542-seconds.
Matt Covington crossed
second, with Howard
Moore third.
Trading fourth with
Harli White during the
feature, Jace Park was
able to retake the spot,
with White able to go
tenth to fifth. Blake
Hahn, from ninth, made
it to sixth, followed by
Saturday’s KSE Hard
Charger, Channin
Tankersley, who picked
up ten positions to
finish eighth. Chase
Randall was ninth with
Tucker Doughty, who won
the BMRS B-Feature,
climbing to a top-ten
finish.
The final running of the
Devil’s Bowl Winter
Nationals included 29
drivers for the tour’s
107th event.
The final full points
race of the season,
Jason Martin secured his
first career ASCS
National Tour
Championship and the
$50,000 that goes with
it. Jason’s record
included Nine wins on
the season, 18 top-five,
and 24 top-ten finishes.
He secured the title by
46 over Matt Covington.
One weekend of racing
remains for the American
Sprint Car Series
presented by
RacinDirt.com at the
COMP Cams Short Track
Nationals, happening
October 26-28 at
Texarkana 67 Speedway.
The rescheduled event is
show-up points event.
That event will be shown
on http://www.floracing.com.
The 2023 season will
mark the 32nd year of
competition for the
American Sprint Car
Series. Spearheaded by
the American Sprint Car
Series National Tour,
the ASCS Nation includes
Regional Tours that
encompass both wing and
non-wing competition.
For other news, notes,
and information on any
of the tours under the
ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com,
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(@ascsracing).
Race Results:
ASCS National
Devil's Bowl
Speedway (Mesquite,
Texas)
Saturday,
October 14, 2023
Car Count: 29
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 3-Howard Moore,
00:16.079[6]; 2.
52-Blake Hahn,
00:16.114[10]; 3.
8M-Kade Morton,
00:16.136[7]; 4.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
00:16.380[9]; 5.
2-Brekton Crouch,
00:16.393[1]; 6. 0-Eric
Baldaccini,
00:16.714[5]; 7.
71-Channin Tankersley,
00:16.721[4]; 8. 2J-Zach
Blurton, 00:16.810[2];
9. 10-Landon Britt,
00:16.872[3]; 10.
16-Blake Baccus,
00:17.128[8]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 95-Matt Covington,
00:15.718[7]; 2.
36-Jason Martin,
00:15.916[8]; 3.
87J-Jace Park,
00:15.997[4]; 4. 9-Chase
Randall, 00:16.033[6];
5. 7M-Chance Morton,
00:16.154[1]; 6.
4C-Tuesday Calderwood,
00:16.393[10]; 7.
1J-Danny Jennings,
00:16.449[3]; 8.
45-Martin Edwards,
00:16.548[9]; 9.
2X-Tucker Doughty,
00:16.714[5]; 10.
33C-Casey Carter,
00:18.411[2]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr,
00:15.442[9]; 2.
14-Jordon Mallett,
00:15.634[5]; 3.
2C-Wayne Johnson,
00:15.648[8]; 4.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
00:15.785[6]; 5.
12H-Harli White,
00:15.793[2]; 6.
6-Christopher Townsend,
00:16.029[4]; 7.
91-Michael Day,
00:16.066[7]; 8.
4-Austin Mundie,
00:16.370[1]; 9.
15-Michael Colaluca,
00:16.996[3]
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. 8M-Kade
Morton[2]; 2.
55B-Brandon Anderson[1];
3. 3-Howard Moore[4]; 4.
52-Blake Hahn[3]; 5.
0-Eric Baldaccini[6]; 6.
10-Landon Britt[9]; 7.
71-Channin
Tankersley[7]; 8.
2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 9.
2-Brekton Crouch[5]; 10.
16-Blake Baccus[10]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 87J-Jace
Park[2]; 2. 9-Chase
Randall[1]; 3. 95-Matt
Covington[4]; 4.
36-Jason Martin[3]; 5.
7M-Chance Morton[5]; 6.
45-Martin Edwards[8]; 7.
2X-Tucker Doughty[9]; 8.
1J-Danny Jennings[7]; 9.
4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[6]; 10.
33C-Casey Carter[10]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2.
2C-Wayne Johnson[2]; 3.
14-Jordon Mallett[3]; 4.
12H-Harli White[5]; 5.
45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 6.
6-Christopher
Townsend[6]; 7.
91-Michael Day[7]; 8.
4-Austin Mundie[8]; 9.
15-Michael Colaluca[9]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6
advance)
B-Main (12 Laps): 1.
2X-Tucker Doughty[2]; 2.
71-Channin
Tankersley[4]; 3.
6-Christopher
Townsend[1]; 4. 2J-Zach
Blurton[7]; 5. 4-Austin
Mundie[6]; 6. 1J-Danny
Jennings[8]; 7.
2-Brekton Crouch[11]; 8.
4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[10]; 9.
15-Michael Colaluca[9];
10. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[5]; 11. 16-Blake
Baccus[12]; 12.
91-Michael Day[3]; 13.
(DNS) 33C-Casey Carter
A-Feature
A-Main (30 Laps): 1.
15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1];
2. 95-Matt Covington[2];
3. 3-Howard Moore[3]; 4.
87J-Jace Park[4]; 5.
12H-Harli White[10]; 6.
52-Blake Hahn[9]; 7.
14-Jordon Mallett[6]; 8.
71-Channin
Tankersley[18]; 9.
9-Chase Randall[11]; 10.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[16]; 11.
2X-Tucker Doughty[17];
12. 0-Eric
Baldaccini[12]; 13.
36-Jason Martin[8]; 14.
7M-Chance Morton[13];
15. 2J-Zach Blurton[20];
16. 6-Christopher
Townsend[19]; 17.
45-Martin Edwards[15];
18. 1J-Danny
Jennings[22]; 19.
10-Landon Britt[14]; 20.
8M-Kade Morton[5]; 21.
2C-Wayne Johnson[7]; 22.
4-Austin Mundie[21]; 23.
45X-Kyler Johnson[23];
24. 91-Michael Day[24]
Lap Leader(s): Sam
Hafertepe, Jr. 1-30
Hard Charger: Channin
Tankersley +10
Quick Time: Sam
Hafertepe, Jr. -
15.442-seconds
High Point Driver: Sam
Hafertepe, Jr.
Provisional(s): Kyler
Johnson (Points) /
Michael Day (Points)
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/americansprintcarseries
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
Broadcast: http://www.racindirt.com
Live-Scoring: My Race
Pass App
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); Sam
Hafertepe, Jr. – 2 10/13
– Devil’s Bowl Speedway;
10/14 – Devil’s Bowl
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);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 3,562; 2.
Matt Covington 3,516; 3.
Jordon Mallett 3,269; 4.
Howard Moore 3,267; 5.
Brandon Anderson 3,203;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,976;
7. Landon Britt 2,837;
8. Christopher Townsend
2,827; 9. Michael Day
2,505; 10. Chris Morgan
1,505;
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