Tony Bruce, Jr. Grabs Lonestar Speedway Victory In ASCS Gulf South/Lone Star Matchup

Bryan Hulbert - KILGORE, Texas (May 26, 2019) Adding his 38th overall ASCS Victory to his resume', Tony Bruce, Jr. wheeled the Ostermiller Construction No. 12h from fifth to make the race-winning pass at the race's halfway point Sunday night at Lone Star Speedway.

The second round of the weekend's showdown between the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region and ASCS Lone Star Region, Bruce had to work past Caleb Martin who had led the opening 10 laps. Taking over on Lap 11, Bruce led the remainder of the A-Feature event.

Caleb Martin held on for second with Chad Wilson third. Moving up from ninth, Channin Tankersley was fourth with Louisiana's Dustin Gates making up the top five. Crossing sixth was Marcus Thomas with Dale Wester advancing from 13th to seventh. Picking up 10 positions, Chance McCrary was eighth, followed by Cody Stacy and 15th starting Cody Tankersley.

The next outing for the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region is June 8 at Chatham Speedway in Chatham, La. The ASCS Lone Star Region heads for the Heart O' Texas Speedway on June 14.

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Race Results:

ASCS Gulf South Region
ASCS Lone Star Region
Lonestar Speedway (Kilgore, Texas)
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Car Count: 20

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Caleb Martin, [1]; 2. 20-Chad Wilson, [6]; 3. 85-Forest Sutherland, [2]; 4. 4-Austin Mundie, [4]; 5. 12W-Dale Wester, [5]; 6. 33C-Casey Carter, [3]; 7. 118-Scott Evans, [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [1]; 2. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [2]; 3. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, [5]; 4. 17G-Channin Tankersley, [6]; 5. 48-Cody Stacy, [4]; 6. 13M-Chance McCrary, [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15T-Marcus Thomas, [2]; 2. 80-Brad Hawkins, [4]; 3. 6-Dustin Gates, [5]; 4. 92-Jordan Weaver, [1]; 5. 17-Cody Tankersley, [3]; 6. 23K-Kimberly Tyre, [6]

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [5]; 2. 51-Caleb Martin, [3]; 3. 20-Chad Wilson, [2]; 4. 17G-Channin Tankersley, [9]; 5. 6-Dustin Gates, [6]; 6. 15T-Marcus Thomas, [4]; 7. 12W-Dale Wester, [13]; 8. 13M-Chance McCrary, [18]; 9. 48-Cody Stacy, [14]; 10. 17-Cody Tankersley, [15]; 11. 23K-Kimberly Tyre, [16]; 12. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [7]; 13. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, [8]; 14. 0-Mike Vaculik, [19]; 15. 92-Jordan Weaver, [12]; 16. 4-Austin Mundie, [11]; 17. 33C-Casey Carter, [17]; 18. 80-Brad Hawkins, [1]; 19. 85-Forest Sutherland, [10]; 20. 118-Scott Evans, [20]

Kyle Shipley Tops San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Cars At Canyon Speedway Park

Bryan Hulbert - PEORIA, Ariz. (May 26, 2019) Keeping victory in the family, the Shipley name was the one to beat this past weekend with the San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Cars At Canyon Speedway Park. With Joshua Shipley topping action on Saturday night, it was Kyle Shipley Sunday night to make it a family sweep of the Memorial Day Weekend event.

Taking off from the third positions, Kyle trailed the first seven laps. Back and forth with Joshua Shipley for the runner-up spot, the No. 0g secured second on Lap 7 and wasted no time working around race-long leader, Bruce St. James the following rotation.

Keeping pace over the field the rest of the way, Shipley crossed 1.237 seconds ahead of Bruce St. James, who posted his best finish of the 2019 season. Joey Scheopner was third with R.J. Johnson screaming through the field from 14th to grab fourth. Joshua Shipley slipped back to finish fifth.

Ryan Murphy, Asa Kesterson, Stevie Sussex, Daylin Perreira, and Ronald Webster completed the top ten. The San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Cars are back on track on June 15 at Arizona Speedway.

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Race Results:

San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, Ariz.)
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7K-Bruce St. James, [2]; 2. 2-Joshua Shipley, [4]; 3. 25AZ-Rick Shuman, [1]; 4. 7X-Ryan Murphy, [6]; 5. 7-Wayne Siddle, [3]; 6. 51-Ronald Webster, [8]; 7. 3-Tyler Most, [7]; 8. 3Y-Pete Yerkovich, [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0G-Kyle Shipley, [5]; 2. 25-Stevie Sussex, [2]; 3. 21-Daylin Perreira, [3]; 4. 17-Joe Scheopner, [7]; 5. 18-Asa Kesterson, [4]; 6. 65X-John Romero, [1]; 7. 34-R.J. Johnson, [6]

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 0G-Kyle Shipley, [3]; 2. 7K-Bruce St. James, [1]; 3. 17-Joe Scheopner, [4]; 4. 34-R.J. Johnson, [14]; 5. 2-Joshua Shipley, [2]; 6. 7X-Ryan Murphy, [8]; 7. 18-Asa Kesterson, [10]; 8. 25-Stevie Sussex, [6]; 9. 21-Daylin Perreira, [7]; 10. 51-Ronald Webster, [9]; 11. 3-Tyler Most, [12]; 12. 65X-John Romero, [13]; 13. 7-Wayne Siddle, [11]; 14. 25AZ-Rick Shuman, [5]; (DNS) 3Y-Pete Yerkovich,

John Carney II Victorious In Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series Thriller At Lake Ozark Speedway

Bryan Hulbert - ELDON, Mo. (May 26, 2019) In a thriller that had everyone guessing who would take the win at Lake Ozark Speedway, El Paso's John Carney II held off the hard-charging duo of Jonathan Cornell and Matt Covington for his first victory of the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network on Sunday night.

"Man this feels good. We've been working hard, and we've had a fast car. Just haven't caught any breaks and I guess we did catch at least one tonight, but this car was great. Every who helps me, South Plains Auto Transport, Danny Sander Construction, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Jackson Compaction....just everyone it means a lot. It takes lots of help to operate up and down the road, and without them, I couldn't be here racing. It's a lot of fun to get to come out here and do this," stated Carney in Victory Lane.

Carney's fourth career victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, the battle between he and early race leader, Matt Covington, saw the duo trade the lead nearly a dozen times with each answering the other's slide job over the course of the $5,000 to win feature event.

Taking the point after a second attempt at the start, Covington led the way with the race halted on Lap 6 when Sam Hafertepe, Jr. and Kyle Bellm came together battling for third; sending the pair flipping violently into the third and fourth turns. Both drivers were unharmed but unable to continue. Restarting with Jamie Ball and John Carney II in tow, Covington held the point as Carney worked to second on a Lap 7 restart for a stopped No. 28 of Scott Bogucki.

Working the low side of the Lake Ozark Speedway, Carney advanced to the point on Lap 10 with the pair exchanging the position several times before Carney was able to get some breathing room. Short-lived as the pair hit traffic, Carney found his line blocked; allowing the Triple X Race Co. No. 95 to make the high line pass working Lap 20, but the caution would bring the field back to Lap 19, and the Danny Sander Construction No. J2 back to the lead.

Keeping pace on the field at the restart, Carney continued to work the hub as Covington railed the cushion. Going after the lead with five to go, the pair were joined by Jonathan Cornell with the No. 35m looking anywhere they weren't. Slide for slide, Carney, and Covington exchanged the lead with Cornell nearly taking it away several times as the laps clicked by. To the white flag, and still anyone's race, Carney made his car as wide as possible as the trio dove into the final two turns. A drag race to the checkered flag, Carney snagged the win by 0.194 seconds with Jonathan Cornell getting the last lap pass for the runner-up spot. Matt Covington in a close, and badly needed third after flipping on Saturday night, trailed by a mere 0.911 seconds. Running inside the top five nearly the entire race, Paul Nienhiser held on to fourth with Jamie Ball making a nice rebound run to fifth.

Advancing 14 positions after having to race his way in through the second B-Feature, Blake Hahn was the night's hard charger in sixth. Terry McCarl was seventh with Sean McClelland eighth. Retaking the point's lead, Roger Crockett rallied from 14th to ninth for a pair of top tens on the weekend. Finishing 10th for the second night in a row was Jordon Mallett.

Seeing several weekly competitors for Knoxville Raceway make the trip on Sunday, 38 drivers broke down into five Heat Races that went to Kyle Bellm, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Matt Covington, Jamie Ball, and Carson McCarl. A pair of B-Features were topped by Chris Martin and Scott Bogucki. Three drivers utilized provisionals with Harli White using a National Owner Point's Provisional. Miles Paulus entered on the ASCS Warrior Region Provisional with Aryton Gennetten gifted a Promoter's Provisional.

The next event for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network is Saturday, June 1 at Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas. Fans not able to attend can find the weekend broadcast live at http://www.racinboys.com.

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Race Results:

Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV
ASCS Warrior Region
Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, Mo.)
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Car Count: 38
Event Count: 41

SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Kyle Bellm, [2]; 2. 4X-Terry McCarl, [4]; 3. 6-Bryan Grimes, [3]; 4. 84-Brandon Hanks, [1]; 5. 33M-Mason Daniel, [6]; 6. 17W-Harli White, [8]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill, [7]; 8. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [5]; 2. J2-John Carney II, [1]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett, [4]; 4. 0-Steven Russell, [6]; 5. 44M-Chris Martin, [7]; 6. 99-John Schulz, [2]; 7. (DNF) 49B-Ben Brown, [3]; (DNS) 44-Jared Sewell,

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, [2]; 2. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [1]; 3. 21H-Brian Brown, [4]; 4. 28-Scott Bogucki, [3]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, [7]; 6. 78-Kaley Gharst, [6]; 7. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [5]; 8. 21-Miles Paulus, [8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5J-Jamie Ball, [3]; 2. 37H-Nicholas Howard, [1]; 3. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [6]; 4. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [4]; 5. 21P-Robbie Price, [2]; 6. 1K-Kelby Watt, [7]; 7. 3P-Rusty Potter, [5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Carson McCarl, [1]; 2. 22-Sean McClelland, [3]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett, [4]; 4. 22X-Riley Goodno, [2]; 5. 5-Kory Bales, [6]; 6. 4-Evan Martin, [7]; 7. 6X-Frank Rogers, [5]

BMRS B-Features (Top 3 from each advance to the A-Feature)

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 44M-Chris Martin, [1]; 2. 77X-Alex Hill, [8]; 3. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [2]; 4. 84-Brandon Hanks, [5]; 5. 33M-Mason Daniel, [3]; 6. 4-Evan Martin, [6]; 7. 3P-Rusty Potter, [9]; 8. 22X-Riley Goodno, [4]; 9. (DNF) 78-Kaley Gharst, [7]; 10. (DNF) 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [10]; (DNS) 49B-Ben Brown,

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Scott Bogucki, [2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, [1]; 3. 21P-Robbie Price, [6]; 4. 17W-Harli White, [4]; 5. 21-Miles Paulus, [10]; 6. 1K-Kelby Watt, [5]; 7. 5-Kory Bales, [3]; 8. 99-John Schulz, [7]; 9. (DNF) 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [8]; 10. (DNF) 44-Jared Sewell, [11]; 11. (DNF) 6X-Frank Rogers, [9]

A-Feature

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. J2-John Carney II, [6]; 2. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [5]; 3. 95-Matt Covington, [2]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [7]; 5. 5J-Jamie Ball, [4]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn, [20]; 7. 4X-Terry McCarl, [9]; 8. 22-Sean McClelland, [8]; 9. 11-Roger Crockett, [14]; 10. 14-Jordon Mallett, [12]; 11. 27-Carson McCarl, [10]; 12. 6-Bryan Grimes, [16]; 13. 21H-Brian Brown, [13]; 14. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [25]; 15. 21P-Robbie Price, [22]; 16. 77X-Alex Hill, [19]; 17. 17W-Harli White, [23]; 18. 44M-Chris Martin, [17]; 19. (DNF) 2X-Tucker Doughty, [21]; 20. (DNF) 21-Miles Paulus, [24]; 21. (DNF) 0-Steven Russell, [15]; 22. (DNF) 28-Scott Bogucki, [18]; 23. (DNF) 37H-Nicholas Howard, [11]; 24. (DNF) 86-Kyle Bellm, [1]; 25. (DNF) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [3]

Lap Leader(s): Matt Covington 1-10; John Carney II 11-30
Hard Charger: Blake Hahn +14
High Point Driver: Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
Provisional(s): Harli White (Points) / Miles Paulus (Regional) / Ayrton Gennetten (Promoter)

2019 National Tour Driver Standings (Top 15): 1. 2. Roger Crockett 903; 2. Matt Covington 893; 3. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 892; 4. Blake Hahn 883; 5. John Carney II 863; 6. Scott Bogucki 845; 7. Jamie Ball 794; 8. Harli White 776; 9. Robbie Price 729; 10. Jordon Mallett 726; 11. Alex Hill 703; 12. Tucker Doughty 638; 13. Dylan Westbrook 545; 14. Brandon Hanks 326; 15. Thomas Kennedy 300;

2019 Race Winners: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 3 (5/17 - I-96 Speedway; 5/18 - I-96 Speedway; 5/25 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Thomas Kennedy - 2 (4/25 - Eagle Raceway, 4/26 - U.S. 36 Raceway); John Carney II - 1 (5/26 - Lake Ozark Speedway);

Weather Related Cancellations: Devil's Bowl Speedway (3/15 and 3/16); Williams Grove Speedway (5/3); Selinsgrove Speedway (5/4); Lakeside Speedway (5/9); I-30 Speedway (5/11)

ASCS Elite Non-Wing Win Goes To Justin Melton At Heart O' Texas Speedway

Bryan Hulbert - WACO, Texas (May 26, 2019) Making his second career trip to Victory Lane with the ASCS Elite Non-Wing Series presented by Abilene Powder Coating, Justin Melton was the cream of the crop on Sunday night at the Heart O' Texas Speedway.

His fourth overall ASCS Regional triumph, with wins, also coming in ASCS Lone Star and Sooner Region competition, Melton moved to the lead from the fourth starting spot. Following from seventh, Wyatt Burks crossed runner-up for this second podium run of the weekend. Justin Fifield was third with Paul White and Gary Floyd inside the top five.

Nathan Moore, from ninth, came up to sixth with Jeb Sessums from 13th to seventh. Michelle Melton made good moves as well from 11th to eighth. Chase Parson in ninth had Kenny Taylor come from 19th to 10th.

The next outing for the ASCS Elite Non-Wing Series presented by Abilene Powder Coating is June 1 at Big O Speedway in Ennis, Texas.

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Race Results:

ASCS Elite Non-Wing
Heart O' Texas Speedway (Waco, Texas)
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Colby Estes, [3]; 2. 12-Jason Tyer, [2]; 3. 91-Craig Oakes, [1]; 4. 48-Nathan Moore, [7]; 5. 11W-Wyatt Burks, [6]; 6. 54-David Sherry, [4]; 7. 114-Todd Lovett, [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Dillon Burks, [1]; 2. 1-Paul White, [3]; 3. 01J-Jeb Sessums, [2]; 4. 10-Bryan Debrick, [7]; 5. 15-Johnny Miller, [6]; 6. 44-Kenny Taylor, [4]; 7. 52-J.D. Fry, [5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 48D-Gary Floyd, [3]; 2. 49-Justin Fifield, [5]; 3. 11-Justin Melton, [7]; 4. 21-Michelle Melton, [6]; 5. 98J-Jarrod Jennings, [1]; 6. 36-Kevin Reed, [2]; 7. 82-Joshua Hanna, [4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Mike Merrell, [5]; 2. 57-Chase Parson, [7]; 3. 07-Chris Clark, [1]; 4. 6-Christian Moore, [6]; 5. 48N-Bubba McEachern, [3]; 6. 7-Shon Deskins, [4]; 7. 3S-Stephen Smith, [2]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 98J-Jarrod Jennings, [4]; 2. 7-Shon Deskins, [7]; 3. 44-Kenny Taylor, [6]; 4. 36-Kevin Reed, [8]; 5. 54-David Sherry, [2]; 6. 82-Joshua Hanna, [11]; 7. 15-Johnny Miller, [1]; 8. 3S-Stephen Smith, [12]; 9. 02-Dillon Burks, [5]; 10. 114-Todd Lovett, [10]; 11. 52-J.D. Fry, [9]; 12. 48N-Bubba McEachern, [3]

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, [4]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks, [7]; 3. 49-Justin Fifield, [3]; 4. 1-Paul White, [8]; 5. 48D-Gary Floyd, [6]; 6. 48-Nathan Moore, [9]; 7. 01J-Jeb Sessums, [13]; 8. 21-Michelle Melton, [11]; 9. 57-Chase Parson, [2]; 10. 44-Kenny Taylor, [19]; 11. 6-Christian Moore, [12]; 12. 98J-Jarrod Jennings, [17]; 13. 12-Jason Tyer, [10]; 14. 91-Craig Oakes, [15]; 15. 33-Mike Merrell, [1]; 16. 7-Shon Deskins, [18]; 17. 36-Kevin Reed, [20]; 18. 71-Colby Estes, [5]; 19. 07-Chris Clark, [16]; 20. 10-Bryan Debrick, [14]