Ausitn McCarl
5/26/23
Lakeside Speedway
Kansas City, KS
ASCS National/Warrior
28 cars
Drivers timed in their heat groups. Jace Park set quick time at 15.446 seconds in the first group, which was quick time overall. Sawyer Phillips (15.615) and Blake Hahn (15.692) set the standard in their groups. The track lacked moisture with dust kicked up as soon as stock cars hit the track for warm-ups. It was reworked in three and four after time trials.
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Austin McCarl 88 (2*) 2. Joe B. Miller 51B (1*) 3. Brian Brown 21B (6*) 4. Colton Hardy 41 (3*) 5. Jordon Mallett 14 (9*) 6. Jace Park 87J (4*) 7. Jason Martin 36 (7) 8. Kade Morton 8m (5) 9. Tim Estenson 14T (8) 10. Slater Helt 22s (10)
8-lap heats added passing/finishing points to qualifying points. Miller led A. McCarl, Hardy and Park early. Brown moved into fourth on lap two and then passed Hardy for third with three to go. A. McCarl was all over the leader until passing him low on lap seven for the win.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jack Dover 53 (2*) 2. Kyler Johnson 45x (1*) 3. Seth Bergman 23 (3*) 4. Phillips 3P (4*) 5. Miles Paulus 98P (8*) 6. Gunner Ramey 21 (5) 7. Matt Covington 95 (6) 8. Chris Morgan 7c (7) 9. Elijah Gile 13 (9)
Johnson led Dover and Bergman early. Dover had the cushion rocking and shot around Johnson on lap two. He mentioned afterwards that rubber was developing on the high side of one and two. Covington was running fifth when he suffered issues on the white flag lap.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Landon Britt 10 (1*) 2. Brandon Anderson 55B (3*) 3. Hahn 52 (4*) 4. Howard Moore 3 (2*) 5. Christopher Townsend 6 (7*) 6. Chase Porter 0 (5) 7. Bradyn Baker 71 (6) DNS – Michael Day 91, Chad Frewaldt 66M
Britt led the distance in a mostly single-file affair.
B main (started): 1. Ramey (1) 2. Martin (3) 3. Covington (4) 4. Porter (2) 5. Baker (5) 6. Morgan (6) / 7. Estenson (9) 8. Morton (7) 9. Gile (8) DNS – Helt, Day, Frewaldt
The 12-lapper took the top six to the feature. After more track work, the cushion was the fast way around and Ramey led the parade.
A main (started): 1. A. McCarl (5) 2. Dover (4) 3. Bergman (1) 4. Hahn (6) 5. Hardy (9) 6. Covington (19) 7. Park (14) 8. Miller (10) 9. Mallett (12) 10. Phillips (2) 11. Brown (8) 12. Paulus (13) 13. Townsend (16) 14. Day (21) 15. Moore (15) 16. Martin (18) 17. Johnson (11) 18. Ramey (17) 19. Britt (7) 20. Day (23, prov.) 21. Anderson (3) 22. Porter (20) 23. Morgan (22)
The race was cut to 25 laps. Before a lap could be completed, Morgan suffered issues and esxited. Once underway, Bergman led A McCarl, Anderson, Dover and Britt. Porter stopped to bring caution two laps in. Paulus hit the cone on the ensuing restart and was sent to the tail while running tenth. Brown spun four laps in. Bergman led McCarl, Dover, Anderson and Britt back to green. The fourth place Anderson was the next to come to a stop five laps in. Park took fifth after the green fell again. Dover was working on McCarl for second and used the low side of four to take second on lap seven. He used the low line again to grab the lead from Bergman on lap nine. Britt was running fifth when he lost his right front wheel. The restart had Dover leading Bergman, McCarl, Hardy and Park back to green. On lap 12, McCarl shot around Bergman for second and challenged for the lead. Four laps later, he found the momentum on the cushion to shoot by Dover and take the point. Martin stopped late, and Brown suffered a flat left rear tire after climbing from the tail after his spin to sixth. The five lap dash following an open red, saw A. McCarl pull away to win over Dover and Bergman. Hahn closed late for fourth. Hardy was fifth ahead of the hard-charging Covington.