(Image Credit: Danny
Clum)
Seth Bergman Triumphant
On Opening Night Of The
Mickey Walker Classic At
Outlaw Motor Speedway
Bryan Hulbert –
OKTAHA, Okla. (June 2,
2023) Capturing
his second win of the
season with the American
Sprint Car Series
National Tour,
Washington’s Seth
Bergman held off the
last lap charge of Matt
Covington to win Night 1
of the Mickey Walker
Classic at Outlaw Motor
Speedway.
Seth’s 18th career
victory in ASCS National
competition, the No. 23,
has not finished off the
podium all season.
“What a race. I wasn’t
sure what was going to
happen there when we
rolled out. I saw it was
cleaning off, and the
track hadn’t really been
touching tires all
night, but this was a
badass racetrack, to be
honest. You had to be
brave and get up on the
wheel and really send it
around here,” stated
Bergman.
Starting third, the
Stagg
Insurance/Evergreen
Coffee, Co. No. 23
chased in third the
opening five rotations.
Taking over second from
Matt Covington, the
challenge was reeling in
Brandon Anderson.
Getting drive on the
field following a Lap 8
restart, Brandon put
over a half-second on
Seth.
Gaining and falling on
the Permastone
Countertop Solutions No.
55b through Lap 14, Seth
found a run off the
second turn the
following lap. Shooting
under Anderson into the
third turn, Seth slid
across the nose of the
No. 55b to take over the
top spot.
On the pass for the
lead, Seth said, “I was
stalking Brandon, and
every time I’d get close
to him, the car would
get tight, so I started
really studying over
here in three and four
how much speed he would
lose to the apex, and I
just told myself if I
could get within a
certain distance, I
could pull the trigger
and beat him to it and
got about as good as I
was probably going to
get, pulled the wing
back, and drove it
across there as hard as
I could to clear him.”
Looking to have the win
well in hand as the race
entered the final laps,
red lights came on with
two laps to run for Rees
Moran. Caution on the
restart as Covington
worked into second, the
No, 95 would get another
chance as caution lights
came on for a pair of
cars stopping atop the
second turn. Pulling
around Anderson, the
white flag lap saw the
Reece Construction Co.
No. 95 mount a huge
charge off the second
turn. Nearly into the
back of Bergman entering
the third turn,
Covington shot the
bottom as Seth banked
cushion to wall. Pulling
even through the final
turn, Seth held off the
No. 95 by 0.282-seconds.
Matt Covington, in
second, for the 14th
time with the ASCS
National Tour, was
chased by Brandon
Anderson for his second
career podium
appearance.
Working the hub of the
three-eights-mile oval,
Fred Mattox rolled to
fourth with Jason Martin
fifth. Alex Sewell was
sixth, followed by
Bradley Fezard with a
run from 17th to
seventh. Howard Moore,
eighth, was followed by
Kyler Johnson. Jordan
Mallett from 15th made
up the top ten.
The opening night of the
Mickey Walker Classic
welcomed a field of 25
ASCS drivers to Outlaw
Motor Speedway. Seth
Bergman established the
ASCS Track Record at
16.460-seconds. A trio
of AR Dyno, Specialty
Heat Races, was won by
Matt Covington, Brandon
Anderson, and Alex
Sewell. The KSE Hard
Charger was Michael Day
who advanced 14
positions.
The Friday affair
included Champ/305
Sprint Cars which was
topped by Tanner Conn.
Sooner Late Models saw
Kip Hughes in Victory
Lane, while Grant Davis
won the USRA Factory
Stock feature. Michael
Hornback was the victor
with the USRA Modifieds.
The Mickey Walker
Classic shifts to Caney
Valley Speedway in
Caney, Kan., for Night 2
on Saturday, June 3,
2023. Gates open at 5:00
P.M., with racing at
7:30 P.M. (CDT). Tickets
are $20 for adults, $15
for seniors, and free
for kids 12 and under.
Pits are $40. Caney
Valley Speedway is
located just north of
Caney, Kan., at 1324
County Road 1600.
The 2023 season will
mark the 32nd year of
competition for the
American Sprint Car
Series. Spearheaded by
the American Sprint Car
Series National Tour,
the ASCS Nation includes
Regional Tours that
encompass both wing and
non-wing competition.
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Race Results:
ASCS
National/ASCS Sooner
Outlaw Motor
Speedway (Oktaha, Okla.)
Friday, June 2,
2023
Car Count: 25
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying (Top 4
in each group invert
into Heat Races)
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 2-Whit Gastineau,
16.832[5]; 2.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
17.054[9]; 3. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 17.125[7]; 4.
26M-Fred Mattox,
17.131[4]; 5. 45X-Kyler
Johnson, 17.176[8]; 6.
22M-Rees Moran,
17.278[2]; 7. 13-Elijah
Gile, 17.610[6]; 8.
91-Michael Day,
17.818[1]; 9. 71-Brady
Baker, 17.890[3]
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 23-Seth Bergman,
16.460[2]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington, 17.126[3]; 3.
6-Christopher Townsend,
17.479[4]; 4. 9$-Kyle
Clark, 17.540[1]; 5.
3-Howard Moore,
17.624[7]; 6. 8M-Kade
Morton, 18.451[5]; 7.
8R-Ryker Pace[6 NT]; 8.
2B-Brett Becker[8] NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 36-Jason Martin,
17.072[6]; 2. 7M-Chance
Morton, 17.246[8]; 3.
87J-Jace Park,
17.392[5]; 4. 8-Alex
Sewell, 17.418[1]; 5.
10-Landon Britt,
17.499[2]; 6.
938-Bradley Fezard,
17.635[7]; 7. 1H-Hank
Davis, 17.701[3]; 8.
90-Lance Norick,
18.139[4]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[3]; 2. 26M-Fred
Mattox[1]; 3. 2-Whit
Gastineau[4]; 4.
45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 5.
14-Jordon Mallett[2]; 6.
13-Elijah Gile[7]; 7.
22M-Rees Moran[6]; 8.
71-Brady Baker[9]; 9.
(DNS) 91-Michael Day
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt
Covington[3]; 2. 23-Seth
Bergman[4]; 3. 9$-Kyle
Clark[1]; 4. 3-Howard
Moore[5]; 5. 8M-Kade
Morton[6]; 6.
6-Christopher
Townsend[2]; 7. 2B-Brett
Becker[8]; 8. (DNS)
8R-Ryker Pace
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 8-Alex
Sewell[1]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin[4]; 3. 87J-Jace
Park[2]; 4. 7M-Chance
Morton[3]; 5. 10-Landon
Britt[5]; 6. 938-Bradley
Fezard[6]; 7. 1H-Hank
Davis[7]; 8. 90-Lance
Norick[8]
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (27
Laps): 1. 23-Seth
Bergman[3]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington[2]; 3.
55B-Brandon Anderson[1];
4. 26M-Fred Mattox[7];
5. 36-Jason Martin[4];
6. 8-Alex Sewell[6]; 7.
938-Bradley Fezard[17];
8. 3-Howard Moore[12];
9. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[10]; 10.
14-Jordon Mallett[15];
11. 91-Michael Day[25];
12. 10-Landon Britt[14];
13. 7M-Chance Morton[9];
14. 87J-Jace Park[8];
15. 2-Whit Gastineau[5];
16. 8M-Kade Morton[13];
17. 90-Lance Norick[23];
18. 13-Elijah Gile[16];
19. 6-Christopher
Townsend[18]; 20.
1H-Hank Davis[20]; 21.
22M-Rees Moran[21]; 22.
9$-Kyle Clark[11]; 23.
2B-Brett Becker[19]; 24.
71-Brady Baker[22]; 25.
8R-Ryker Pace[24]
Lap Leader(s): Brandon
Anderson 1-14; Seth
Bergman 15-27
KSE Hard Charger:
Michael Day +14
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Seth Bergman
16.460 (NTR)
High Point Driver:
Brandon Anderson
Provisional(s): N/A
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2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 4 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Seth Bergman 1,124; 2.
Jason Martin 1,078; 3.
Matt Covington 993; 4.
Brandon Anderson 942; 5.
Landon Britt 941; 6.
Howard Moore 919; 7.
Jordon Mallett 897; 8.
Kyler Johnson 829; 9.
Michael Day 778; 10.
Brady Baker 764;
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