(Video Highlights from DirtVision.com)
9/7/25
Eagle Raceway
Stewart Alley Memorial
ASCS
IMCA Racesavers
58 360’s
25 305’s
ASCS 360’s
Tyler Perry does a great job spearheading the promotions of this event. Many incentives are thrown in throughout the field for both classes.
The field was divided into five heat groups, qualifying amongst themselves. Tony Rost set quick time in the first group and overall with a lap of 11.551 seconds on the 1/3-mile banked oval. That also earned him a $1500 bonus. Other qualifiers that led their groups were Carson McCarl (11.579), Austin McCarl (11.790), Riley Goodno (11.990) and Blake Hahn (11.956).
Heat one (started): 1. 40-Clint Garner (1); 2. 63-JJ Hickle (2); 3. 2J-Zach Blurton (5); 4. 17B-Ryan Bickett (3) / 5. 938-Bradley Fezard (8); 6. 55-Chase Brown (10); 7. 10-Landon Britt (11); 8. 13V-Seth Brahmer (6); 9. 25-Gunnar Pike (9); 10. 11H-Rodney Huband (12); 11. 71-Brady Baker (7); 12. 99-Tony Rost (4)
8-lap heats took the winner and the fastest qualifier who finished in the top four to the Dash. The top four finishers transferred to the A main. Heat winners also pocketed $250. Garner led Hickle, Bickett, Rost and Blurton early. Blurton went by a bobbling Rost for the fourth and final transfer on lap four. Baker followed hi into fifth on lap five. On lap seven, Rost got into the back of Baker, spun to the stop, and exited. Baker was also done after stopping. Blurton claimed third from Bickett on the restart.
Heat two (started): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (1); 2. 11-Roger Crockett (2); 3. 27-Carson McCarl (4); 4. 6K-Dustin Selvage (3) / 5. 16G-Austyn Gossel (6); 6. 3Z-Cole Vanderheiden (7); 7. 63J-Jack Thomas (9); 8. 17W-Jeffrey Newell (5); 9. 100-Clint Benson (11); 10. 7C-Chris Morgan (8); 11. 2E-Dylan Opdahl (10); 12. 8B-Jake Galusha (12)
Morgan got sideways, collecting Galusha and Opdahl, who got upside down. No one was injured. Hafertepe led the distance. C. McCarl shot by Selvage for third on lap two.
Heat three (started): 1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon (1); 2. 11A-Billy Alley (2); 3. 88W-Austin McCarl (4); 4. 27B-Jake Bubak (3) / 5. 36-Jason Martin (5); 6. 55H-Sam Henderson (7); 7. 35W-Gaige Weldon (6); 8. 2-Chase Porter (9); 9. 77-John Klabunde (8); 10. 23S-Stuart Snyder (11); 11. 2C-Brekton Crouch (10); 12. 3D-Jake Diehl (12)
Fourteen year-old McCutcheon led the distance and pulled away. Alley made the main event in his first 360 start at Eagle in many years, a special moment in his father’s Memorial race.
Heat four (started): 1. 4M-Cameron Martin (2); 2. 2B-Garrett Benson (3); 3. 1-Sean McClelland (6); 4. 22-Riley Goodno (4) / 5. 23M-Lance Moss (1); 6. 44-Chris Martin (5); 7. 45X-Kyler Johnson (8); 8. 11F-Colton Fisher (9); 9. 91-Scotty Thiel (10); 10. 88R-Ryder Laplante (7); 11. 88C-Brogan Carder (11)
Cam Martin led throughout. Moss was running third on the first lap, but pulled a big wheelie down the frontstretch, allowing McClelland to get by from row three into a transfer spot.
Heat five (started): 1. 52-Blake Hahn (4); 2. 47-Brant O'Banion (5); 3. 23-Seth Bergman (3); 4. 6-Cody Gardner (1) / 5. 14-Joey Danley (11); 6. 11D-Dominic White (7); 7. 95-Matt Covington (6); 8. 88-Terry Easum (9); 9. 42-Caleb Saiz (8); 10. 59-Evan Semerad (10); 11. 57-Cam Sorrels (2)
Sorrels got over the cushion in one to start with a got a bit sideways. Covington tried to thread the needle between Sorrels and someone else, and spun out. Sorrels front end was knocked out. Hahn led Bergman, Gardner, White and O’Banion early. O’Banion shot from fifth to third on lap two and then took second from Bergman on the next lap, crediting Danny Lasoski later for his setup. A caution for debris flew on lap three, but the top four were unchanged. Danley advanced from the tail to fifth.
C-Main (started): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (6); 2. 42-Caleb Saiz (3) / 3. 77-John Klabunde (2); 4. 25-Gunnar Pike (1); 5. 23S-Stuart Snyder (7); 6. 88C-Brogan Carder (10); 7. 59-Evan Semerad (8); 8. 2C-Brekton Crouch (9); 9. 100-Clint Benson (4); 10. 11H-Rodney Huband (5); 11. 3D-Jake Diehl (11); DNS - 91-Scotty Thiel, 7C-Chris Morgan, 71-Brady Baker, 57-Cam Sorrels, 2E-Dylan Opdahl, 8B-Jake Galusha
The 10-lapper took the top two to the B. Pike was penalized and moved back a row from the pole at the start. Huband spun before a lap could be completed. Saiz inherited the pole and led early over Klabunde, Pike and Snyder. Snyder snagged third from Pike on lap three, but Laplante was on the move, high on the cushion. He passed Snyder for third on lap six, and then took the second transfer from Klabunde coming for the white flag. Another spin by Huband ended his night, and set up a green, white, checker finish. Laplante circled Saiz for the win.
Dash (started): 1. 4M-Cameron Martin (2); 2. 63-JJ Hickle (4); 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (3); 4. 5-Ryder McCutcheon (1); 5. 88W-Austin McCarl (6); 6. 52-Blake Hahn (7); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (8); 8. 27-Carson McCarl (9); 9. 40-Clint Garner (5)
The Dash set up the first nine starting spots in the A main. Cam Martin led Hickle throughout. Hafertepe passed McCutcheon for third on lap two.
B main (started): 1. 99-Tony Rost (1); 2. 938-Bradley Fezard (3); 3. 23M-Lance Moss (4); 4. 44-Chris Martin (8) / 5. 14-Joey Danley (7); 6. 36-Jason Martin (6); 7. 3Z-Cole Vanderheiden (10); 8. 88R-Ryder Laplante (20) 9. 11D-Dominic White (11); 10. 63J-Jack Thomas (15); 11. 17W-Jeffrey Newell (17); 12. 55-Chase Brown (9); 13. 10-Landon Britt (13); 14. 45X-Kyler Johnson (16); 15. 88-Terry Easum (19); 16. 2-Chase Porter (18); 17. 42-Caleb Saiz (21) 18. 55H-Sam Henderson (12); 19. 13V-Seth Brahmer (2); 20. 16G-Austyn Gossel (5); 21. 35W-Gaige Weldon (14); DNS - 95-Matt Covington, 11F-Colton Fisher
The 12-lapper took the top four to the A main. Two wicked accidents happened simultaneously on the start. After contact with J Martin, Gossel flipped hard down the frontstretch, landing on Weldon, who was already getting upside down after getting into Henderson, who didn’t take off how he’d like. Both were ok. Laplante replaced a right rear in the work area, and Brahmer retired. Rost led Fezard, Moss, Chr Martin and Danley early. J martin would get by Danley for fifth on lap three. Henderson would stop and exit on lap seven. J Martin grabbed the final transfer spot from Ch Martin on that restart, but Ch Martin would come back with a slider on lap nine to reclaim the spot for good. Danley would retake fifth as well, in a good back and forth with J Martin.
A main (started): 1. 4M-Cameron Martin (1); 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (3); 3. 63-JJ Hickle (2); 4. 88W-Austin McCarl (5); 5. 22-Riley Goodno (7); 6. 23-Seth Bergman (16); 7. 95-Matt Covington (25, prov.); 8. 2B-Garrett Benson (12); 9. 11-Roger Crockett (10); 10. 36-Jason Martin (26, prov.); 11. 44-Chris Martin (24); 12. 11A-Billy Alley (11); 13. 40-Clint Garner (9); 14. 1-Sean McClelland (15); 15. 2J-Zach Blurton (14); 16. 938-Bradley Fezard (22); 17. 17B-Ryan Bickett (17); 18. 99-Tony Rost (21); 19. 23M-Lance Moss (23); 20. 5-Ryder McCutcheon (4); 21. 27-Carson McCarl (8); 22. 27B-Jake Bubak (18); 23. 6-Cody Gardner (19); 24. 6K-Dustin Selvage (20); 25. 55-Chase Brown (27, prov.); 26. 52-Blake Hahn (6); 27. 47-Brant O'Banion (13)
The 35-lapper paid over $11,000 to win. Hafertepe snared the early advantage over Cam Martin, Hickle and McCutcheon. Hahn took fourth from McCutcheon on lap two. McCutcheon came back on the high side to reclaim the spot. As Hafertepe was approaching traffic eight laps in, O’Banion hit the turn four wall hard. He was uninjured. Hafertepe led Cam, Hickle and McCutcheon back to green. Hahn had to exit from fifth with mechanical issues under the caution. One lap back, C. McCarl spun, bringing another restart. Cam would put a slider on Hafertepe in turn four on the restart to take the point. Gardner spun eleven laps in, negating a pass Hafertepe made back for the lead. Now Cam led Hafertepe, Hickle, McCutcheon and Goodno. A great race for the lead ensued, but that was negated by a Selvage spin on lap 13. On lap 17, Hafertepe worked by Cam, who was searching around on the track, for the lead. Cam stuck to the cushion and rode around the low riding Hafertepe as they got back into traffic on lap 20. C. McCarl spun again with eight to go, ending his night. Cam led Hafertepe, Hickle, McCutcheon, A McCarl and Goodno back to green. A McCarl worked the low side the rest of the way, picking off fourth. He moved up on Hickle, pulled to his inside with six to go, surprised Hickle, who got a bit sideways. McCutcheon swerved to avoid and sheared his right front wheel off on the wall, ending his good run. With eight to go, Cam led Hafertepe, A McCarl, Hickle, Goodno and Bergman. Cam went on to win his first ASCS show, while Hickle got A McCarl back for third with two to go. Covington received Hard-charger after climbing from his provisional.