Lake Ozark ASCS and POWRi Midgets Results and Stories

Lake Ozark Speedway 9/1/18

Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO

LOS 360 Nationals and POWRi Midgets

51 ASCS Sprints
27 POWRi Midgets

ASCS

Heat one (started): 1. Blake Hahn 52 (1) 2. Derek Hagar 9JR (6) 3. Sean McClelland 22s (3) 4. Brian Brown 21B (2) 5. Travis Rilat 1 (5) 6. Tony Bruce Jr. 86 (4) 7. Tim Crawley 1x (7) 8. Ben Brown 49B (9) 9. Bailey Elliott 99B (8)

8-lap heats took the top 30 to three qualifiers.  This was a tough heat to start with as the track hadn’t widened out yet.  Hahn led the distance from the pole after a motor change during hot laps.  McClelland moved up into second early, ahead of Br. Brown.  Hagar was on the move from row three, however, and took that spot on lap two and then passed McClelland for second at the halfway point.  From there it was single-file around the bottom, relegating drivers like Bruce and Crawley straight to the B.

Heat two (started): 1. Kyle Bellm 14K (2) 2. Miles Paulus 21 (4) 3. Wayne Johnson 2c (6) 4. Jonathan Cornell 28c (5) 5. John Schulz 99x (3) 6. Harli White 17w (9) 7. Taylor Walton 0 (8) 8. TJ Muths 65 (1) 9. Brandon Barker 007 (7)

Bellm shot out and led the distance over Paulus and W. Johnson, who grabbed third on the first lap.  Cornell made a big pass of Schulz for fourth coming for the white flag.

Heat three (started): 1. Dustin Barks 22 (2) 2. Mason Daniel 33m (3) 3. Danny Thoman 27 (1) 4. Matt Covington 95 (7) 5. Nick Howard 37H (5) 6. Wyatt Burks 9m (4) 7. Evan Martin 4 (6) 8. Jeff Wingate 8 (8) DNS – Broc Elliott 75E

Barks led wire to wire.  Thoman held down second until Daniel banged his way by coming for the white flag lap.  Covington moved into fourth on the second lap.

Heat four (started): 1. Rusty Potter 3P (2) 2. Jamie Ball 5J (3) 3. Tyler Thomas 91T (8) 4. Paul Nienhiser 9x (7) 5. Skylar Gee 99 (6) 6. Brad Ryun 1xx (4) 7. Scott Bogucki 28 (5) 8. Chris Martin 44 (1)

C. Martin led early over Bogucki, up from row three early, and Potter.  Potter would take second from Bogucki on the second lap.  Potter would then shoot under C. Martin to lead lap three.  Ball would gain third and Nienhiser fourth on the fifth lap.  C. Martin’s car started smoking early and finally led go with seven laps down.  T. Thomas would come on lap to finish third from the tail.

Heat five (started): 1. Roger Crockett 11 (1) 2. Seth Bergman 23 (3) 3. Sammy Swindell 3s (6) 4. Ayrton Gennetten 3 (4) 5. Billy Butler 57 (2) 6. Tyler Utz 3V (8) 7. Frank Brown 43 (5) 8. Curtis Evans 1P (7)

Crockett led the distance with Bergman in tow.  Swindell went from fifth to third on the second lap.  Evans retired early.

Heat six (started): 1. Alex Hill 77x (2) 2. Randy Martin 14 (3) 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (6) 4. Johnny Herrera 45x (4) 5. Tyler Blank 75 (8) 6. Aidan Roosevans 6A (1) 7. Nathan Ryun 18x (5) 8. Forrest Sutherland 85 (7)

Sutherland was done with a flat right front tire before a lap could be completed.  Hill led the distance, holding off R. Martin in a good race.  Herrera ran third until Hafertepe moved up from sixth to take the spot on lap three.  Hill bounced back after banging the wall in hot laps.

Qualifier one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. R. Martin (1*) 2. Hafertepe (3*) 3. Hagar (6*) 4. Daniel (2*) 5. Herrera (9*) 6. Paulus (4*) 7. Utz (10) 8. Blank (7) 9. Thoman (8) 10. Barks (5)

8-lap Qualifiers took the top 16 in combined passing points from heats and qualifiers to the feature.  The qualifiers had an invert of six, putting the high passing point getters from the heats outside row three.  R. Martin led the distance from the pole, holding off Hafertepe.  Hagar slid by Paulus to take fourth on lap three, and then did the same to get by Daniel for third with two to go.

Qualifier two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Covington (1*) 2. T. Thomas (6*) 3. Hahn (3*) 4. W. Johnson (4*) 5. Ball (2*) 6. McClelland (7) 7. Rilat (10) 8. Gee (9) 9. White (8) 10. Potter (5)

Covington too, the early lead over W. Johnson and Ball.  T. Thomas was fourth by lap three, and then jumped up to second on lap four.  Hahn shot under W. Johnson for third on lap five.  T. Thomas’s run gave him the pole for the feature.

Qualifier three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Swindell (4*) 2. Nienhiser (1*) 3. Bergman (2*) 4. Bellm (6*) 5. Crockett (3*) 6. Gennetten (8) 7. Howard (10) 8. Hill (5) 9. Cornell (7) 10. Br. Brown (9)


Brown hopped over Cornell’s rear tire at the start.  They were both done.  Swindell shot around the front row starters and won going away.  Bellm moved up to fourth on lap four.

Tyler Utz B main one (started): 1. Blank (3) 2. McClelland (1) / 3. Gee (4) 4. Bogucki (9) 5. Utz (2) 6. Roosevans (8) 7. White (5) 8. Burks (7) 9. C. Martin (12) 10. Butler (6) 11. Wingate (10) 12. Ba. Elliott (11)

McClelland led the 12-lapper early with Utz and Blank in tow.  Ba. Elliott spun in turn four three laps in.  Blank would work the cushion and ride around Utz for the second a final transfer on lap five.  The following go-around, Gee followed him into third.  Coming for the white flag, Blank would shoot around McClelland to take the win in exciting fashion.

B main two (started): 1. Rilat (2) 2. Gennetten (1) / 3. Br. Brown (5) 4. Walton (6) 5. Barks (3) 6. Thoman (4) 7. E. Martin (8) 8. Evans (10) 9. F. Brown (9) 10. Barker (11) 11. B. Ryun (7) DNS – Br. Elliott

Gennetten was penalized a row from the pole for jumping.  Rilat led early, while Gennetten moved into the second transfer spot, followed by Br. Brown.  Gennetten took the lead on the low side on lap two, but Rilat reclaimed it a lap later.  Br. Brown would fall one spot short of a transfer.

B main three (started): 1. Howard (2) 2. Cornell (4) / 3. Crawley (7) 4. Bruce (6) 5. Potter (3) 6. N. Ryun (9) 7. Muths (10) 8. Schulz (5) 9. Hill (1) 10. Be. Brown (8) DNS – Sutherland

Hill spun in turn one, collecting, Cornell, who kept going, and Be. Brown, who pulled to the pits.  Potter led early over Howard and Schulz.  Schulz was moving outside of Howard going into turn one, when Howard moved up the track and sent him into the wall hard.  He was uninjured.  The restart saw Potter ahead of Howard, Crawley, Cornell and Bruce.  Howard would shot to the point on the restart, while Cornell went from fourth to second to claim the final transfer.  Crawley slid by Potter into third on lap four, but couldn’t run down the lead pair.

A main (started): 1. Swindell (2) 2. Hagar (3) 3. Bellm (6) 4. T. Thomas (1) 5. Bergman (10) 6. McClelland (20) 7. R. Martin (5) 8. W. Johnson (11) 9. Herrera (13) 10. Nienhiser (9) 11. Hahn (8) 12. Paulus (16) 13. Rilat (18) 14. Bogucki (24, prov.) 15. Covington (7) 16. Blank (17) 17. Crockett (14) 18. Daniel (12) 19. Gee (23, prov.) 20. Gennetten (21) 21. Howard (19) 22. Be. Brown (27, prov.) 23. Hafertepe (4) 24. Cornell (22) 25. E. Martin (25, prov.) 26. Ball (15) 27. Walton (26, prov.)


Five provisionals made for a bit of a mess in the 25-lapper.  Walton got upside down one lap in.  T. Thomas led Hafertepe, Swindell, Hagar and R. Martin back to green.  Hafertepe shot around Thomas into the point, while R. Martin moved up to fourth.  Hafertepe looked good on the cushion, until slowing to a stop five laps in.  Swindell assume the lead ahead of Thomas, R. Martin, Hagar and Bellm.  Hagar would move into third on the restart.  Swindell would hit lapped traffic on lap 10, and check out.  Behind him, Hagar would battle with Thomas before taking second with four to go.  Bellm battled hard with R. Martin for fourth for several laps before claiming third with three to go.  Sammy’s win was by a half lap.  McClelland was the hard-charger.

Hank Davis POWRi Midgets

Heat one (started): 1. Tyler Thomas 91T (3) 2. Tucker Klaasmeyer 27 (6) 3. Jake Neuman 3N (2) 4. Ryan Robinson 71 (7) 5. Kory Schudy 28 (8) 6. Karter Sarff 21KS (9) 7. Karsyn Elledge 83 (4) 8. Tyler Vantoll 30T (1) 9. JD Black 7JR (5)

With two scratches come feature time, all drivers made the feature.  Neuman led Thomas and Vantoll early in the 8-lapper.  It became a made scramble, with Thomas taking the lead on lap two, and Klaasmeyer moving into third.  Klaasmeyer would work around Neuman to nail down second.

Heat two (started): 1. Kyle Craker 85 (4) 2. Hank Davis 42 (1) 3. Zach Daum 5D (7) 4. Logan Seavey 67 (8) 5. Maria Cofer 57 (5) 6. Holley Hollan 14JR (2) 7. Hannah Adair 23 (6) 8. Chase Porter 81 (3) DNS – Mark Chisholm 56x

Chisholm had motor issues in hot laps.  Thirteen-year-old Davis led early over Hollan and Craker.  Cofer would shoot from fourth to second on the second lap.  On the third go-around, Craker moved into second, whith Daum in tow.  On lap four, Seavey continued the wild racing by going from fourth to second.  Daum would battle back by him and Craker for second with two to go.  The last lap was set up for Craker, who hit the cushion to go from third to an exciting win.

Heat three (started): 1. Tanner Carrick 71K (2) 2. Chance Morton 7MF (6) 3. Holly Shelton 67K (1) 4. Austin Brown 7F (3) 5. Sam Johnson 72 (8) 6. Blake Carrick 79 (4) 7. Michelle Decker 4m (5) 8. Brendan Wiseley 721 (7) DNS – Presley Truedson 5T


T. Carrick led the distance.  Shelton was second early, ahead of B. Carrick.  Morton did well to move up to third from the third row by lap three.  He took second from Shelton with two to go.

Logan Seavey A main (started): 1. Seavey (7) 2. Klaasmeyer (3) 3. T. Carrick (4) 4. Schudy (11) 5. Johnson (9) 6. Shelton (13) 7. Sarff (12) 8. B. Carrick (17) 9. Neuman (10) 10. Craker (1) 11. Decker (19) 12. Davis (8) 13. Cofer (14) 14. Porter (20) 15. Elledge (18) 16. Brown (15) 17. Vantoll (23) 18. Hollan (16) 19. Black (22) 20. Wiseley (21) 21. Robinson (6) 22. Thomas (5) 23. Daum (2) 24. Chisholm (24) DNS – Morton, Adair, Truedson


Klaasmeyer led Craker and T. Carrick early in the 25-lapper.  A Carrick pass of Craker for second was negated when Chisholm flipped two laps in.  He was unhurt.  T. Carrick would again make a move on Craker when the green fell, but an oil line problem slowed Craker and brought another caution.  Klaasmeyer now led T. Carrick, Thomas, Daum and Davis.  A T. Carrick pass for the lead was negated this time when Daum flipped hard in turn four.  He was o.k.  Hollan and Elledge were also involved, but restarted.  T. Carrick would find the lead this time, and Davis moved into third.  Seavey moved by Davis into third on lap six, but Davis returned the favor a circuit later.  Then Seavey had his hands full with a challenging Thomas.  The leaders entered lapped traffic on lap 13.  On lap 14, Elledge would spin.  Thomas exited from the top five at the same time.  It was then announced that T. Carrick had been penalized from the previous restart for not being in line.  That handed the lead back to Klaasmeyer, ahead of T. Carrick, Davis, Seavey and Robinson.  Under caution, Seavey pulled up beside the 13-year-old Davis several times.  When he slid under him going into turn one under green, Davis tried to cut back under him and spun, collecting the fifth place Robinson.  Klaasmeyer took off again, while Seavey got by T. Carrick for second with six to go.  He then made his winning pass with three to go.  Klaasmeyer stayed close, but settled for second.  B. Carrick was the hard-charger.