Lake Ozark LOS 360 Nationals and POWRi Results and Stories

LOS 360 Nationals 9/2/18

Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO

LOS 360 Nationals

51 ASCS sprint cars
26 POWRi Midgets

ASCS

Sammy Swindell, Derek Hagar, Kyle Bellm and Tyler Thomas locked into the night’s $10,000 to win finale after finishing in the top four on Saturday night.

Heat one (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 2c (6) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. 86 (1) 3. Jonathan Cornell 28c (7) 4. Blake Hahn 52 (4) 5. Miles Paulus 21 (8) 6. Mason Daniel 33m (5) 7. Bailey Elliott 99B (2) 8. Brandon Barker 007 (3)

8-lap heats used passing points.  The top 30 in points from the heats locked into the Qualifiers.  The first start was called back.  On the backstretch, Barker got over Daniel’s wheel and flipped.  He was o.k.  Daniel replaced his tire.  Ba. Elliott was penalized to the back for not having a radio hooked up.  Bruce shot into the lead once the race went green.  W. Johnson dogged him until sliding in front of him at the halfway point.

Heat two (started): 1. Seth Bergman 23 (6) 2. Harli White 17w (2) 3. Cody Baker 38 (1) 4. Tyler Blank 75 (5) 5. Ben Brown 49B (8) 6. Tyler Utz 3V (7) 7. Lanny Carpenter 43 (3) 8. Rusty Potter 3P (4)

White led early over Baker and Carpenter.  Bergman shot from fifth to third on the second lap, and then took second from Baker with two to go.  White slowed on the last lap, and Bergman shot by for the win.  White would change motors.

Heat three (started): 1. Tim Crawley 1x (1) 2. Travis Rilat 1 (4) 3. Sean McClelland 22s (3) 4. Matt Covington 95 (6) 5. Chris Martin 44 (5) 6. Randy Martin 14 (7) 7. Danny Thoman 27 (2) 8. Wyatt Burks 9m (8)

Crawley led the distance in a mostly single-file affair.

Heat four (started): 1. Scott Bogucki 28 (1) 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (3) 3. Brian Brown 21B (5) 4. Ayrton Gennetten 3 (2) 5. Billy Butler 57 (6) 6. Alex Hill 77x (4) 7. Dustin Barks 22 (7) 8. Aidan Roosevans 6A (8)

Bogucki led the distance from the pole.  Hafertepe took second from Gennetten on lap two.  Brown moved by for third at the halfway point.  Hafertepe dogged Bogucki for the win late, but fell just short.

Heat five (started): 1. Jamie Ball 5J (3) 2. Nick Howard 37H (4) 3. Paul Nienhiser 9x (8) 4. Evan Martin 4 (6) 5. Brad Ryun 1xx (5) 6. Curtis Evans 1P (2) 7. Forrest Sutherland 85 (7) 8. Jeff Wingate 8 (1)

Ball led the distance over Howard.  Nienhiser had to battle to get by E. Martin in a good race, and almost ran down Howard late for second.

Heat six (started): 1. Johnny Herrera 45x (1) 2. Nathan Ryun 18x (2) 3. Roger Crockett 11 (3) 4. Skylar Gee 99 (5) 5. Taylor Walton 0 (6) 6. Matt Close 5 (4) DNS – Broc Elliott 75E

Herrera shot out early and won going away.  Crockett closed on N. Ryan late but came up short.

Qualifier one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Covington (1*) 2. White (2*) 3. W. Johnson (6*) 4. Ball (5*) 5. Hahn (9) 6. Herrera (3) 7. Blank (8) 8. Howard (4) 9. Gennetten (10) 10. Be. Brown (7)

8-lap Qualifiers were inverted by six depending on passing points in the heats.  Passing points were again used, with the two races added together.  The top 12 in points locked into the feature.  Covington dominated out front from the pole.  W. Johnson, the high point getter in the heats, shot from fifth to third on the third lap, but couldn’t climb any higher.

Qualifier two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Hafertepe (3*) 2. E. Martin (1*) 3. Cornell (5*) 4. Bergman (6*) 5. Crawley (4) 6. McClelland (7) 7. Gee (8) 8. C. Martin (10) 9. N. Ryun (2) 10. Butler (9)

Hafertepe shot by the front row starters and led every lap.  The race was for second.  Cornell moved up into the spot on lap three, but E. Martin would shoot back around on the high side with three to go.  The two battled for several laps, with Cornell low and E. Martin up top.

Qualifier three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brown (3*) 2. Paulus (1*) 3. Rilat (5*) 4. Bruce (2) 5. Nienhiser (6*) 6. Baker (8) 7. Bogucki (4) 8. Crockett (7) 9. Walton (9) 10. B. Ryun (10)


Paulus led early over Bruce and Bogucki.  Rilat shot from fourth to second on lap two.  The action didn’t stop there, as Br. Brown passed Bruce for third on lap three and Rilat for second, a lap later.  Brown would shoot by Paulus for the lead coming to the white flag.

Tyler Thomas B main one (started): 1. Hahn (1) 2. Herrera (2) / 3. Bogucki (3) 4. Gee (4) 5. Be. Brown (6) 6. Utz (7) 7. Barks (9) 8. N. Ryun (5) 9. Hill (8) 10. Wingate (12) 11. Burks (10) 12. Thoman (11)

Hahn led the 12-lap distance.  He entered lapped traffic on the eighth circuit.  The leaders were mostly single-file on the cushion.

B main two (started): 1. Crawley (1) 2. Howard (3) / 3. Gennetten (5) 4. Crockett (4) 5. R. Martin (7) 6. Sutherland (9) 7. Baker (2) 8. Roosevans (10) 9. Close (8) 10. Butler (6) 11. Potter (11) DNS – Br. Elliott

Crawley and Howard cruised to the transfer spots to the main, while Gennetten was right there, but fell short.

B main three (started): 1. McClelland (2) 2. Blank (3) / 3. C. Martin (4) 4. Bruce (1) 5. B. Ryun (6) 6. Carpenter (7) 7. Ba. Brown (9) 8. Evans (8) 9. Daniel (5) DNS – Walton, Barker

Daniel flipped wildly into turn one after contact with B. Ryun.  He was o.k.  Early in the race, it was a three-way battle for the lead between McClelland, Blank and Bruce.  McClelland and Blank would prevail.  C. Martin also got Bruce for third on lap five.

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


Swindell shot around the front row to take the lead right away in the 41-lapper in honor of Jason Johnson.  Hagar took second from Bellm on lap two before Utz stopped to bring out a caution.  Swindell led Hagar, Bellm, Bergman and Thomas back to green.  Most were running the low side of the speedway, which had been reworked prior to staging.  Swindell was into lapped traffic by lap eight.  Bergman took third from Bellm on lap 13.  By the halfway point, Swindell was slicing through traffic and had nearly a half lap lead on Hagar.  Nienhiser was running 11th when he spun 25 laps in.  Swindell had seven lapped cars between himself and Hagar on the restart, leaving little doubt about the outcome even though there were 16 laps remaining.  Cornell and Br. Brown were the biggest benefits of the restart.  Cornell jumped from sixth to fourth, while Brown went from eighth to fifth.  Three laps later, Brown would shoot under Bergman and Cornell into third.  Bellm would bring one more caution when he stopped while running seventh with nine to go.  Sammy pulled away for the $!0,000 payday.  Bogucki, who was one of four provisionals, was the hard-charger.

POWRi Midgets

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Ryan Robinson 71 (1*) 2. Logan Seavey 67 (2*) 3. Zach Daum 5D (5*) 4. Blake Carrick 79 (4*) 5. Kory Schudy 28 (6*) 6. Karter Sarff 21KS (3) 7. Karsyn Elledge 83 (8*) 8. Hank Davis 42 (7) 9. Brendon Wiseley 721 (9)

8-lap heats worked the passing points system, taking the top 16 to the feature.  Robinson led Seavey for the distance on the cushion.  Daum worked by Sarff for third on lap three.  Wiseley retired early.

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tucker Klaasmeyer 27 (3*) 2. Tanner Carrick 71K (5*) 3. Jake Neuman 3N (4*) 4. Holly Shelton 67K (8*) 5. Andrew Felker 56x (2*) 6. Holley Hollan 14JR (1) 7. Austin Brown 7F (6) 8. Sam Johnson 72 (9) 9. Presley Truedson 5T (7)

Felker led Klaasmeyer and Neuman early.  Brown stopped with a lap down.  Klaasmeyer jumped into the lead on the restart, while T. Carrick moved into fourth.  At the halfway mark.  T. Carrick shot from fourth to second using the low side.

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kyle Craker 85 (5*) 2. Tyler Thomas 91T (4*) 3. Michelle Decker 4m (2*) 4. Maria Cofer 57 (1*) 5. JD Black 7JR (8*) 6. Chase Porter 81 (3) 7. Chance Morton 7m (7) 8. Tyler Vantoll 30T (6)


Thomas led early ahead of Craker and Porter.  Porter got sideways going into one on the second lap.  Morton jumped his wheel and flipped.  He was o.k.  Vantoll was also involved as well.  Thomas led Craker, Decker, Cofer and Black back to green.  Craker shot into the lead and held it the rest of the way.  Cofer had grabbed third but took a detour through the infield with two to go, losing a spot.

Kyle Craker POWRi Midgets

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Ryan Robinson 71 (1*) 2. Logan Seavey 67 (2*) 3. Zach Daum 5D (5*) 4. Blake Carrick 79 (4*) 5. Kory Schudy 28 (6*) 6. Karter Sarff 21KS (3) 7. Karsyn Elledge 83 (8*) 8. Hank Davis 42 (7) 9. Brendon Wiseley 721 (9)

8-lap heats worked the passing points system, taking the top 16 to the feature.  Robinson led Seavey for the distance on the cushion.  Daum worked by Sarff for third on lap three.  Wiseley retired early.

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tucker Klaasmeyer 27 (3*) 2. Tanner Carrick 71K (5*) 3. Jake Neuman 3N (4*) 4. Holly Shelton 67K (8*) 5. Andrew Felker 56x (2*) 6. Holley Hollan 14JR (1) 7. Austin Brown 7F (6) 8. Sam Johnson 72 (9) 9. Presley Truedson 5T (7)

Felker led Klaasmeyer and Neuman early.  Brown stopped with a lap down.  Klaasmeyer jumped into the lead on the restart, while T. Carrick moved into fourth.  At the halfway mark.  T. Carrick shot from fourth to second using the low side.

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kyle Craker 85 (5*) 2. Tyler Thomas 91T (4*) 3. Michelle Decker 4m (2*) 4. Maria Cofer 57 (1*) 5. JD Black 7JR (8*) 6. Chase Porter 81 (3) 7. Chance Morton 7m (7) 8. Tyler Vantoll 30T (6)


Thomas led early ahead of Craker and Porter.  Porter got sideways going into one on the second lap.  Morton jumped his wheel and flipped.  He was o.k.  Vantoll was also involved as well.  Thomas led Craker, Decker, Cofer and Black back to green.  Craker shot into the lead and held it the rest of the way.  Cofer had grabbed third but took a detour through the infield with two to go, losing a spot.

Tucker Klaasmeyer B main (started): 1. Morton (7) 2. Sarff (1) 3. Davis (4) 4. S. Johnson (5) 5. Hollan (2) 6. Brown (3) / 7. Truedson (8) 8. Vantoll (6) DNS – Porter, Wiseley

The 10-lap B took the top six to the A.  Davis led Sarff and Brown early.  Sarff would get by Davis in a good battle for the lead.  Meanwhile, Morton was shooting forward from the tail.  He was third by the halfway point, took second on lap six, and the lead on lap seven.  It was a great rebound after getting upside down in the heat.

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

Klaasmeyer led Craker and T. Carrick early in the 25-lapper.  A mad scramble up front saw T. Carrick move into second and Thomas into third.  Four laps in, Craker would get over the turn one cushion and crash.  He was uninjured.  Klaasmeyer again led T. Carrick, Thomas, Robinson and Seavey back to green.  Seavey, who won Friday, moved into fourth on the rstart.  15 laps in, Sarff stopped bringing another caution.  Seavey used that restart to gain third.  The final yellow flew for a spun Elledge, the granddaughter of Dale Earnhardt Sr.  Klaasmeyer would hold his lead, while Seavey snagged second from T. Carrick on the last lap.  S. Johnson was the hard-charger.