Jake Helsel Captures
First ASCS Southwest
Feature Win At Central
Arizona Raceway
Bryan Hulbert -
CASA GRANDE, Ariz.
(March 11, 2023)
Leading it all Saturday
night at Central Arizona
Raceway, Washington’s
Jake Helsel captured his
first career victory
with the ASCS Southwest
Region.
The second ASCS Regional
Tour that Helsel has won
with, the win came in
the Bob Ream owned No.
8.
Going fourth to first in
his Heat Race, then
drawing the pole in the
A-Feature, Helsel
narrowly held on as
California’s Dominic
Scelzi, who started the
race tenth, brought the
difference to
0.207-seconds at the
checkered flag. Scelzi
in second was followed
by Corey Day. Idaho’s
Logan Forler crossed
fourth with D.J. Netto
in fifth.
Nick Parker from 14th
made it to sixth,
followed by Austin
McCarl in seventh.
Eighteenth to eighth for
Sterling Cling with
Brett Becker and Tuesday
Calderwood from 22nd to
make up the top ten.
A note on Friday’s
A-Feature, the race was
cut short after the
ninth lap due to a local
curfew. As the race did
not reach the halfway
point, it was slated to
be contested on
Saturday, however, the
curfew would make that
impossible. After a
discussion with track
and series officials, as
well as the teams, the
race was declared
complete due to
extenuating
circumstances.
D.J. Netto was credited
with the victory. During
the events that led to
hitting that curfew,
Mark Dobmeier was
injured after catching
fire. An update on his
condition was posted to
his Twitter standing he
did suffer second-degree
burns but is going to be
transferred to a regular
room to continue
recovering.
The ASCS Southwest
Region races again on
April 15 at Central
Arizona Raceway.
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 Southwest
Region
Central Arizona
Raceway (Casa Grande,
Ariz.)
Saturday, March
11, 2023
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.
8-Jake Helsel[5]; 2.
96S-Brandon Sampson[2];
3. 2B-Brett Becker[6];
4. 17-Ryan Walter[1]; 5.
11-Shane Smith[3]; 6.
151-Duke Johnson[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
88-Austin McCarl[2]; 2.
14D-Corey Day[5]; 3.
88N-DJ Netto[6]; 4.
42-Caleb Saiz[1]; 5.
116-Vance Wofford[4]; 6.
4-Tuesday Calderwood[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
41X-Dominic Scelzi[1];
2. 14-Cody Sickles[4];
3. 2-Alex Pettas[3]; 4.
75-Chris Bonneau[5]; 5.
27-Perry McMillan[2]; 6.
(DNS) 5K-Patrick Krob
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1.
75X-JT Imperial[2]; 2.
2L-Logan Forler[5]; 3.
41-Colton Hardy[6]; 4.
115-Nick Parker[3]; 5.
34-Sterling Cling[4]; 6.
10-Jess Beckett[1]
A Feature (25 Laps): 1.
8-Jake Helsel[1]; 2.
41X-Dominic Scelzi[10];
3. 14D-Corey Day[2]; 4.
2L-Logan Forler[3]; 5.
88N-DJ Netto[6]; 6.
115-Nick Parker[14]; 7.
88-Austin McCarl[4]; 8.
34-Sterling Cling[18];
9. 2B-Brett Becker[5];
10. 4-Tuesday
Calderwood[22]; 11.
2-Alex Pettas[12]; 12.
11-Shane Smith[19]; 13.
27-Perry McMillan[20];
14. 75-Chris
Bonneau[13]; 15.
151-Duke Johnson[21];
16. 41-Colton Hardy[9];
17. 5K-Patrick Krob[24];
18. 75X-JT Imperial[8];
19. 17-Ryan Walter[15];
20. 14-Cody Sickles[7];
21. 116-Vance
Wofford[17]; 22.
42-Caleb Saiz[16]; 23.
10-Jess Beckett[23]; 24.
(DNS) 96S-Brandon
Sampson
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