(Image Credit: Lonnie
Wheatley)
Victory For Jason Martin
At The Salina Highbanks
Speedway!
Bryan Hulbert
PRYOR, Okla. (August 26,
2023) Five
different leaders over
25 laps at the Salina
Highbanks Speedway
Saturday night, and it
was Jason Martin who led
the one that counts with
the American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com at the
Oklahoma oval.
A bit of a bounce back
point-wise for Martin
following a ninth-place
finish Friday to Matt
Covington's win; the two
are now separated by
49-points.
"It's a long schedule.
Right now, it's hot, and
everyone's intensity is
pretty high, but you
just have to keep going
as hard as you can every
night. Last night, we
didn't have the best of
nights. Just didn't have
some things go our way,
but I woke up this
morning to a new day."
Taking the green from
fourth, Martin chased
until Lap 19. Jeremy
Campbell went to the
point on the opening
lap, with the second
revolution going the way
of Jordon Mallett.
Holding through Lap 4,
Chance Morton was able
to charge to the point
on Lap 5.
Using a restart to his
advantage, Blake Hahn
shot fourth to second in
an instant, and began
his pursuit of the No.
7m. Taking over on Lap
14, Hahn looked to be on
his way to victory, but
a rare mistake saw the
No. 52 slide through the
cushion in the third and
fourth turns, resulting
in Blake sliding off the
backside of the fourth
turn and into the grass.
Keeping the car upright
and rolling, Blake was
able to continue.
Having worked to second
a lap earlier, Jason
Martin took over the
point. Caution with two
laps to run, Martin was
able to keep pace for
his eighth victory of
the season with the
National Tour, and 11th
overall this year
between ASCS and
Nebraska 360s.
Chance Morton crossed
second but,
unfortunately, bypassed
the scales and was
disqualified. That moved
Jordon Mallett to
second, and Wayne
Johnson to third. Matt
Covington picked up
three spots to fourth,
with Jeremy Campbell
ending up fifth.
Landon Britt, Kyler
Johnson, Chistopher
Townsend, Jeffrey
Newell, and Blake Hahn
completed the top ten.
The field Saturday
consisted of 22 drivers
with Blake Hahn topping
The Drivers Project
Qualifying at
13.353-seconds. The
first time the tour has
qualified at the Salina
Highbanks, Hahns time
is the 360cid track
record. AR Dyno
Specialty Heat Race wins
went to Jeremy Campbell,
Wayne Johnson, and Jason
Martin. Fighting a
fueling issue that
relegated him to last in
the A-Feature lineup,
Howard Moore picked up
nine spots to earn the
KSE Hard Charger.
The American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com is back in
Oklahoma for Labor Day
Weekend, the series will
debut at Arrowhead
Speedway on Colcord,
Okla. on Friday,
September 1 for $4,000
to win, then return to
Longdale Speedway on
Saturday, September 2
for $5,000 to win.
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
Salina Highbanks
Speedway (Pryor, Okla.)
Saturday, August
26, 2023
Car Count: 22
The Driver's Project
Group Qualifying
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 52-Blake Hahn,
13.353[7]; 2. 95-Matt
Covington, 13.528[6]; 3.
10-Landon Britt,
13.584[4]; 4. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell, 13.629[5]; 5.
2-Whit Gastineau,
13.712[1]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson,
13.735[2]; 7. 26M-Fred
Mattox, 13.919[3]; 8.
97-Kevin Cummings, NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 2C-Wayne Johnson,
13.464[3]; 2.
6-Christopher Townsend,
13.745[6]; 3. 14-Jordon
Mallett, 13.770[2]; 4.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
13.821[5]; 5. 50Z-Zach
Chappell, 13.944[7]; 6.
1H-Hank Davis,
14.189[4]; 7. (DNS)
8M-Kade Morton, NT
The Drivers Project
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 7M-Chance Morton,
13.413[6]; 2. 36-Jason
Martin, 13.515[2]; 3.
938-Bradley Fezard,
14.013[3]; 4. 12-Jeffrey
Newell, 14.175[1]; 5.
90-Lance Norick,
14.475[5]; 6. 91-Michael
Day, 14.648[7]; 7. (DNS)
3-Howard Moore, NT
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (All drivers
advance to the
A-Feature)
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy
Campbell[1]; 2. 52-Blake
Hahn[4]; 3. 10-Landon
Britt[2]; 4. 95-Matt
Covington[3]; 5. 2-Whit
Gastineau[5]; 6.
55B-Brandon Anderson[6];
7. 26M-Fred Mattox[7];
8. 97-Kevin Cummings[8]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne
Johnson[4]; 2. 14-Jordon
Mallett[2]; 3. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[1]; 4.
6-Christopher
Townsend[3]; 5. 50Z-Zach
Chappell[5]; 6. 1H-Hank
Davis[6]; 7. (DNS)
8M-Kade Morton
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[3]; 2. 12-Jeffrey
Newell[1]; 3. 7M-Chance
Morton[4]; 4.
938-Bradley Fezard[2];
5. 91-Michael Day[6]; 6.
90-Lance Norick[5]; 7.
(DNS) 3-Howard Moore
A-Feature
RacinDirt A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[4]; 2. 14-Jordon
Mallett[2]; 3. 2C-Wayne
Johnson[6]; 4. 95-Matt
Covington[7]; 5.
10C-Jeremy Campbell[1];
6. 10-Landon Britt[9];
7. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[13]; 8.
6-Christopher
Townsend[8]; 9.
12-Jeffrey Newell[10];
10. 52-Blake Hahn[5];
11. 938-Bradley
Fezard[11]; 12.
55B-Brandon
Anderson[16]; 13.
3-Howard Moore[22]; 14.
2-Whit Gastineau[14];
15. 26M-Fred Mattox[19];
16. 90-Lance Norick[18];
17. 50Z-Zach
Chappell[15]; 18.
91-Michael Day[12]; 19.
97-Kevin Cummings[20];
20. 1H-Hank Davis[17];
21. 8M-Kade Morton[21];
22. (DQ) 7M-Chance
Morton[3]
Morton was disqualified
for bypassing the
scales.
Lap Leader(s): Jeremy
Campbell 1; Jordon
Mallett 2-4; Chance
Morton 5-13; Blake Hahn
14-18; Jason Martin
19-25
Hard Charger: Howard
Moore +9
Quick Time: Blake Hahn -
13.353-seconds (Record)
High Point Driver: Wayne
Johnson
Provisional(s): N/A
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/americansprintcarseries
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
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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 8 (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); Matt
Covington 3 (6/16
Humboldt Speedway; 7/8
Dodge City Raceway
Park; 8/25 Lakeside
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); 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); Aaron
Reutzel 1 (8/3
Knoxville Raceway); *Parker
Price-Miller 1 (8/4
Knoxville Raceway); Brian
Brown 1 (8/5
Knoxville Raceway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 2,831; 2.
Matt Covington 2,782; 3.
Jordon Mallett 2,618; 4.
Howard Moore 2,539; 5.
Brandon Anderson 2,512;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,388;
7. Christopher Townsend
2,241; 8. Landon Britt
2,240; 9. Michael Day
1,934; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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