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Hafertepe Conquers ASCS Field In Lake Ozark Speedway 360 Nationals Finale

Bryan Hulbert - ELDON, Mo. (September 1, 2019) Leaving only four drivers on the lead lap Sunday night, Sam Hafertepe's run in the 10th annual Lake Ozark Speedway 360 Nationals presented by Champion Racing Oil could only be described as utter domination, with Hafertepe leading 40 non-stop laps for his eighth SawBlade.com A-Feature score of the season.

Pocketing $5,000 and taking home a custom championship belt for the win, Hafertepe felt a sense of vindication, after a shot, at victory over the Memorial Day weekend ended with an early trip to the trailer.

"We had that DNF here in the spring and I felt like we had the car to beat that night and just had misfortune so to come back tonight at the get the win is really sweet; especially in front of all these people. This state has badass fans. I feel like you're not going to get a better following for 360 Sprint Cars than these Missouri fans.

Even with the dominant performance, Hafertepe was still focused on how the car could have been better, "We actually started fading there towards the end of the race. It probably didn't look like it because we were still lapping a lot of guys, but I drove the shit out of that thing for 40 laps and that's all she had."

Getting the lead over Roger Crockett going into the first two turns, Hafertepe stayed glued to the cushion as he found the back of the field on Lap 5. Picking through the back markers, Hafertepe disappeared into slower traffic as Scott Bogucki went to work on Roger Crockett for the runner-up spot. Taking over second on Lap 10, the pair used traffic as picks. Keeping the spot through Lap 15, Crockett worked around Bogucki with both trailing the Heidbreder Foundation No. 15h by over a straightaway.

Keeping between five and seven slower cars between himself and the Rt. 66 Chevrolet of Tulsa No. 11, Crockett was able to close some distance through the mid-point of the feature event, but still was not able to close under three seconds at any given time.

Working into the top ten as the race neared the final ten laps, Hafertepe found the top five on Lap 37 but was unable to catch the No. 52 of Blake Hahn before the checkered flag dropped. Crossing with almost 10 lapped cars between himself and Roger Crockett, the margin was 6.857 seconds. Scott Bogucki held on for third as John Carney II, who at one point as next in line to go a lap down, was able to pull away from the No. 15h and work to a fourth-place run after starting 16th. Working up from 11th, Blake Hahn completed the top five.

Ayrton Gennetten was the first driver a lap down in sixth with Jonathan Cornell in seventh. Slipping back from third, Kyle Bellm ended up eighth with Matt Covington in ninth. Kory Bales improved two spots to complete the top ten.

With an overall field of 50 drivers on hand between the two nights of racing, 47 teams were on hand for Sunday's finale. SCE Gaskets Heat Race wins went to Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Paul Nienhiser, Matt Covington, Tony Bruce, Jr., Robbie Price, and Roger Crockett. Hoosier Tire Qualifiers went to Scott Bogucki, Tyler Blank, and Tim Crawley. BMRS B-Features were topped by Jordon Mallett and Evan Martin. Three Provisionals were used by Tucker Doughty (ASCS Owner Points), Ben Brown (Regional), and Bryan Grimes (Promoter).

Back in Missouri on September 19, 20, and 21, the series will take on the 9th annual, $10,000 to win, General Tire Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.lucasoilspeedway.com.

For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the nine Regional Tours that make up ASCS Nation in 2019, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).

Race Results:

Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV
Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region
Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, Mo.)
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Car Count: 47
Event Count: 50

SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 30 in Passing Points advance to Qualifiers)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [6]; 2. 28-Scott Bogucki, [1]; 3. 5-Kory Bales, [4]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [5]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, [7]; 6. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [2]; 7. 24C-Lanny Carpenter, [3]; 8. 76-Jay Russell, [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [3]; 2. 21-Miles Paulus, [2]; 3. 77X-Alex Hill, [4]; 4. 24-Garet Williamson, [1]; 5. J2-John Carney II, [5]; 6. 6-Bryan Grimes, [6]; 7. 14M-Randy Martin, [7]; 8. 23-Seth Bergman, [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, [2]; 2. 75-Tyler Blank, [1]; 3. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [4]; 4. 14-Jordon Mallett, [7]; 5. 7B-Ben Brown, [3]; 6. 84-Brandon Hanks, [6]; 7. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, [5]; 8. 47-Tanner Carrick, [8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Tony Bruce Jr, [1]; 2. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [8]; 3. 1X-Tim Crawley, [4]; 4. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [2]; 5. 17W-Harli White, [6]; 6. 86T-Timothy Smith, [7]; 7. 38-Cody Baker, [3]; 8. 37H-Matthew Howard, [5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 21P-Robbie Price, [1]; 2. 81A-Chris Morgan, [5]; 3. 4-Evan Martin, [6]; 4. 15-Christian Bowman, [2]; 5. 3V-Tyler Utz, [7]; 6. 18X-Nathan Ryun, [4]; 7. 22B-Dustin Barks, [8]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III, [3]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, [4]; 2. 11A-Austin O'Neal, [6]; 3. 22X-Riley Goodno, [3]; 4. 44-Jared Sewell, [2]; 5. 78-Kaley Gharst, [1]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [5]; 7. 24H-Aidan Homan, [7]

Hoosier Tire Qualifiers (Top 16 in Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)

Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Scott Bogucki, [2]; 2. 77X-Alex Hill, [1]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [6]; 4. 95-Matt Covington, [4]; 5. J2-John Carney II, [9]; 6. 21P-Robbie Price, [3]; 7. 11A-Austin O'Neal, [5]; 8. 22X-Riley Goodno, [7]; 9. 3V-Tyler Utz, [8]; 10. 15-Christian Bowman, [10]

Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Tyler Blank, [2]; 2. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [1]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [7]; 4. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [6]; 5. 17W-Harli White, [8]; 6. 4-Evan Martin, [4]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [5]; 8. 14-Jordon Mallett, [3]; 9. 44-Jared Sewell, [9]; 10. 86T-Timothy Smith, [10]

Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1X-Tim Crawley, [1]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett, [6]; 3. 5-Kory Bales, [2]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn, [7]; 5. 21-Miles Paulus, [3]; 6. 81A-Chris Morgan, [5]; 7. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [8]; 8. 86-Tony Bruce Jr, [4]; 9. 24-Garet Williamson, [9]; 10. 7B-Ben Brown, [10]

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

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett, [4]; 2. 21-Miles Paulus, [2]; 3. 17W-Harli White, [1]; 4. 86-Tony Bruce Jr, [3]; 5. 24-Garet Williamson, [6]; 6. 84-Brandon Hanks, [9]; 7. 7B-Ben Brown, [7]; 8. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [11]; 9. 24C-Lanny Carpenter, [13]; 10. 76-Jay Russell, [14]; 11. 78-Kaley Gharst, [8]; 12. 47-Tanner Carrick, [15]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III, [16]; 14. 3V-Tyler Utz, [5]; 15. 24H-Aidan Homan, [12]; 16. (DNF) 22B-Dustin Barks, [10]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 4-Evan Martin, [1]; 2. 22X-Riley Goodno, [4]; 3. 21P-Robbie Price, [2]; 4. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [3]; 5. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [9]; 6. 6-Bryan Grimes, [8]; 7. 14M-Randy Martin, [11]; 8. 38-Cody Baker, [13]; 9. 23-Seth Bergman, [14]; 10. 18X-Nathan Ryun, [10]; 11. 86T-Timothy Smith, [6]; 12. 44-Jared Sewell, [5]; 13. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, [12]; 14. 37H-Matthew Howard, [15]; 15. (DNF) 15-Christian Bowman, [7]

Sawblade.com A-Feature

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [2]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett, [1]; 3. 28-Scott Bogucki, [4]; 4. J2-John Carney II, [16]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, [11]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [7]; 7. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [10]; 8. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [3]; 9. 95-Matt Covington, [8]; 10. 5-Kory Bales, [12]; 11. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [15]; 12. 75-Tyler Blank, [5]; 13. 14-Jordon Mallett, [17]; 14. 4-Evan Martin, [18]; 15. 77X-Alex Hill, [9]; 16. 81A-Chris Morgan, [13]; 17. 22X-Riley Goodno, [20]; 18. 6-Bryan Grimes, [25]; 19. 11A-Austin O'Neal, [14]; 20. 21P-Robbie Price, [22]; 21. 7B-Ben Brown, [24]; 22. 1X-Tim Crawley, [6]; 23. 21-Miles Paulus, [19]; 24. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [23]; 25. 17W-Harli White, [21]

Lap Leader(s): Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1-40
Hard Charger: John Carney II +12
High Point Driver: Roger Crockett
Provisional(s): Tucker Doughty (Points) / Ben Brown (Regional) / Bryan Grimes (Promoter)

2019 National Tour Driver Standings (Top 15): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 3,519; 2. Blake Hahn 3,371; 3. Scott Bogucki 3,253; 4. Matt Covington 3,246; 5. John Carney II 3,182; 6. Roger Crockett 3,137; 7. Robbie Price 2,954; 8. Harli White 2,903; 9. Jordon Mallett 2,789; 10. Tucker Doughty 2,616; 11. Alex Hill 2,605; 12. Jamie Ball 1,163; 13. Seth Bergman 1,115; 14. Wayne Johnson 762; 15. Tony Bruce, Jr. 744;

2019 Race Winners: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 8 (5/17 - I-96 Speedway; 5/18 - I-96 Speedway; 5/25 - Lake Ozark Speedway; 6/5 - Lawton Speedway; 6/8 - Salina Speedway; 7/12 - Gallatin Speedway; 7/19 - Big Sky Speedway; 9/1 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Blake Hahn - 3 (6/20 - Skagit Speedway; 7/20 - Big Sky Speedway; 8/30 - 34 Raceway); Robbie Price - 2 (6/22 - Skagit Speedway; 8/31 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Scott Bogucki - 2 (6/14 - Brown County Speedway; 6/15 - Black Hills Speedway); Thomas Kennedy - 2 (4/25 - Eagle Raceway, 4/26 - U.S. 36 Raceway); James McFadden - 2 (8/2 - Knoxville Raceway; 8/3 - Knoxville Raceway); John Carney II - 1 (5/26 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Travis Rilat - 1 (6/4 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Roger Crockett - 1 (6/21 - Skagit Speedway); Devon Borden - 1 (6/28 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Matt Covington - 1 (6/29 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Ryan Giles - 1 (8/1 - Knoxville Raceway); Wayne Johnson - 1 (8/6 - Southern Iowa Speedway);

Kyle McCutcheon Sweeps ASCS Southwest Weekend At Vado Speedway Park

Bryan Hulbert - VADO, N.M. (September 1, 2019) Breaking out the Broom on the ASCS Southwest Region over the Labor Day Weekend, Alamogordo's Kyle McCutcheon swept the series inaugural Border Tour at Vado Speedway Park.

Racing ninth to first on Saturday night, the Sunday edition saw McCutcheon taking the field to the checkered flag from the fifth starting spot. Bettering his run from Saturday by one, Rick Ziehl traded steps on the podium with Lorne Wofford who had finished fourth before a disqualification due to illegal stacks in post race tech for Billy Chester, who was not in his equipment. Fourth went to Jesse Baker with Colton Hardy tearing a path through the field from 17th to complete the top five.

Brandon Schure was sixth with Robert Herrera making a big run from 21st to seventh. Vance Wofford, Caleb Saiz, and Alex Pettas completed the top ten.

The ASCS Southwest Region is back in action on September 14 at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz.

Race Results:

ASCS Southwest Region
Vado Speedway Park (Vado, N.M.)
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Baker, [2]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, [3]; 3. 115-Nick Parker, [6]; 4. 2-Alex Pettas, [7]; 5. 15H-Ricky Holden, [4]; 6. 7D-Landon Denton, [5]; 7. (DNF) 22L-Justin Lasiter, [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Lorne Wofford, [1]; 2. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, [4]; 3. 131-Royal Jones, [2]; 4. 8-Eric Wilkins, [5]; 5. 7-J.T. Imperial, [6]; 6. 74-Colton Hardy, [7]; 7. 9-Robert Herrera, [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Billy Chester III, [2]; 2. 116-Vance Wofford, [5]; 3. 77-C.J. Hulsey, [4]; 4. 15-Chris Bonneau, [6]; 5. X-Jerry Gonzalez, [1]; 6. 39-Dylan Harris, [7]; 7. 56-Mike Wells, [3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21TX-Brandon Schure, [2]; 2. 148-Don Grable, [3]; 3. 19-Wes Wofford, [1]; 4. 99-Caleb Saiz, [4]; 5. 12-Jason Tanner, [5]; 6. M-Richard Wilbee, [7]; 7. 36DD-Matt Ziehl, [6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 74-Colton Hardy, [4]; 2. 7-J.T. Imperial, [1]; 3. 39-Dylan Harris, [5]; 4. 12-Jason Tanner, [2]; 5. 9-Robert Herrera, [10]; 6. 15H-Ricky Holden, [3]; 7. M-Richard Wilbee, [6]; 8. 56-Mike Wells, [11]; 9. 36DD-Matt Ziehl, [9]; 10. 7D-Landon Denton, [8]; 11. (DNF) X-Jerry Gonzalez, [7]; (DNS) 22L-Justin Lasiter,

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, [5]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl, [6]; 3. 18-Lorne Wofford, [7]; 4. 22-Jesse Baker, [2]; 5. 74-Colton Hardy, [17]; 6. 21TX-Brandon Schure, [4]; 7. 9-Robert Herrera, [21]; 8. 116-Vance Wofford, [3]; 9. 99-Caleb Saiz, [16]; 10. 2-Alex Pettas, [10]; 11. 131-Royal Jones, [13]; 12. 7-J.T. Imperial, [18]; 13. 15H-Ricky Holden, [22]; 14. 39-Dylan Harris, [19]; 15. (DNF) 148-Don Grable, [9]; 16. (DNF) 115-Nick Parker, [8]; 17. (DNF) 19-Wes Wofford, [15]; 18. (DNF) 15-Chris Bonneau, [12]; 19. (DNF) 12-Jason Tanner, [20]; 20. (DNF) 8-Eric Wilkins, [14]; 21. (DNF) 77-C.J. Hulsey, [11]; (DQ) 41-Billy Chester III, [1]