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Derek Hagar Triumphant With The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series At Lake Ozark

Bryan Hulbert – ELDON, Mo. (September 4, 2022) A massive cushion and technical bottom, and the result is “The Guy” Derek Hagar racing his way to the front of the field at Lake Ozark Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.

Derek’s 11th win of the season and 8th with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series since 2014, Lake Ozark Speedway, is the fifth track that Hagar has collected a win at and the fourth trip to Victory Lane in the state of Missouri.

Different from most, Hagar avoided the cushion, and the strategy paid off. Asked about the line choice, Derek said, “I told my guys I wasn’t messing with the top. I’m working middle to bottom, and that’s where we shine. We can float the middle, and these DynoTech Engines, they run good, and I feel I can just about out drag race anyone down the straightaway.”

Battling through the first half of the A-Feature to get into the top five, Hagar put his plan to work, while Dylan Westbrook and Chase Randall battled for the lead. On the point through the opening eight circuits, Westbrook would go on defense as Waco’s Chase Randall raced by for the lead. Trading numerous slide jobs before getting room over the Hills Racing No. 47x, that advantage was dashed on Lap 15 as Randall slammed the Bush’s Chicken No. 9 off the ever-growing cushion.

Having used the Lap 8 restart for Sam Hafertepe, Jr. to his advantage, Hagar, in third, chased the battle and was closing quickly.

On the pair and aiming for the top spot as the red lights displayed on Lap 17 after Randall slipped the cushion and grabbed the wall, the restart saw Hagar roll by the No. 47x, who flew the left side tires through the third and fourth turns.

Slowed working Lap 19, the DHR Suspension No. 9jr continued to trek the gutter of the one-third-mile oval. Growing his lead to over a second, that was all about to change as 18th starting Joe B. Miller ripped on, and at times, over the cushion to grab second on Lap 20.

Fresh off the POWRi 410 win, Miller raced all out to catch Hagar.

Putting himself 0.172-seconds away from the lead at the white flag, the No. 51b took to the cushion one more time, but a small mistake caught and upset the car. Able to stay upright, that was all that was needed to seal the deal for Derek Hagar, who crossed with 1.016-seconds to spare.

Joe B. Miller held on for second, while Sam Hafertepe, Jr. made a wild rebound from 22nd to third in the Hills Racing No. 15h, following his Lap 8 stoppage. Blake Hahn ended up fourth, with Wayne Johnson rebounding from a Saturday crash to complete the top five.

Dale Howard, in sixth, had Jason Martin rolling up 10 spots to grab seventh. A few shots off the cushion through the closing laps moved Dylan Westbrook back to eighth, with Tim Crawley and Matt Covington completing the top ten.

The Sunday field consisted of 34 drivers at Lake Ozark Speedway. SCE Gaskets Heat Race wins went to Dylan Westbrook, Dale Howard, Blake Hahn, and Matt Covington. BMRS B-Features were topped by Jason Martin and Joe B. Miller. Provisionals were used by Brandon Anderson and Gunner Ramey. The night’s quick qualifier was Chase Randall at 12.104-seconds.

The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network races next on Thursday, September 8, at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and Caney Valley Speedway on Saturday, September 10.

The 2022 season will mark the 31st year of competition for the American Sprint Car Series. Spearheaded by the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, the ASCS Nation includes Regional Tours that encompass both wing and non-wing competition.

For fans not able to attend, the series can be seen live on two platforms, with RaceOnTexas.com on FloRacing.com featuring National Tour events in tandem. Both are subscription-based sites. FloRacing.com is $20 per month, billed annually at $150 per year. RaceOnTexas.com All Access is $39.99 per month.

For other news, notes, and information on any of the tours under the ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).

Race Results:

Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
ASCS Warrior Region
Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, Mo.)
Sunday, September 4, 2022

Car Count: 34
Event Count: 39

The Driver's Project Group Qualifying

The Drivers Project Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall, 12.104[4]; 2. 21-Gunner Ramey, 12.220[3]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 12.234[7]; 4. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 12.326[5]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 12.380[1]; 6. 187-Landon Crawley, 12.642[2]; 7. 97-Scotty Milan, 12.676[6]; 8. 1XX-Brad Ryun, 13.071[8]; 9. 32D-Daryn Langford, 14.544[9]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 1X-Tim Crawley, 12.298[9]; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar, 12.512[8]; 3. 47-Dale Howard, 12.595[3]; 4. 10-Landon Britt, 12.598[4]; 5. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 12.650[1]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller, 12.651[2]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner, 12.669[7]; 8. 24-Jeffrey West Jr, 12.833[6]; 9. 1JR-Steven Russell, 13.153[5]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 12.214[7]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, 12.257[1]; 3. 36-Jason Martin, 12.378[8]; 4. 98P-Miles Paulus, 12.587[2]; 5. 86-Timothy Smith, 12.663[4]; 6. 10P-Dylan Postier, 12.685[3]; 7. 31-Casey Wills, 12.934[5]; 8. 12X-Brennon Blair, 13.140[6]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 12.270[6]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, 12.286[8]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett, 12.627[1]; 4. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 12.666[4]; 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 12.755[7]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner, 12.886[5]; 7. 12M-Greg Merritt, 12.937[3]; 8. 00-Broc Elliott, 13.268[2]

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

SCE Gaskets Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson[5]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey[3]; 6. 187-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 8. 32D-Daryn Langford[9]; 9. 1XX-Brad Ryun[8]

SCE Gaskets Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Dale Howard[2]; 2. 10-Landon Britt[1]; 3. 9JR-Derek Hagar[3]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 5. 1X-Tim Crawley[4]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 7. 55B-Brandon Anderson[5]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[9]; 9. 24-Jeffrey West Jr[8]

SCE Gaskets Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 2. 98P-Miles Paulus[1]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[2]; 5. 10P-Dylan Postier[6]; 6. 86-Timothy Smith[5]; 7. 31-Casey Wills[7]; 8. 12X-Brennon Blair[8]

SCE Gaskets Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett[2]; 3. 14E-Kyle Bellm[1]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett[5]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[6]; 7. 12M-Greg Merritt[7]; 8. (DNS) 00-Broc Elliott

BMRS B-Features (Top 3 from each advance)

BMRS B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 36-Jason Martin[1]; 2. 10P-Dylan Postier[2]; 3. 187-Landon Crawley[3]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan[5]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[4]; 7. 12X-Brennon Blair[8]; 8. 12M-Greg Merritt[6]; 9. 1XX-Brad Ryun[9]

BMRS B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett[2]; 3. 86-Timothy Smith[4]; 4. 21-Gunner Ramey[1]; 5. 31-Casey Wills[5]; 6. 55B-Brandon Anderson[6]; 7. 32D-Daryn Langford[7]; 8. 24-Jeffrey West Jr[8]; 9. 00-Broc Elliott[9]

A-Feature

Lucas Oil A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 9JR-Derek Hagar[9]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[18]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[7]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson[14]; 6. 47-Dale Howard[4]; 7. 36-Jason Martin[17]; 8. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 9. 1X-Tim Crawley[16]; 10. 95-Matt Covington[5]; 11. 77-Jack Wagner[12]; 12. 14E-Kyle Bellm[15]; 13. 45X-Kyler Johnson[13]; 14. 10-Landon Britt[11]; 15. 17B-Ryan Bickett[20]; 16. 55B-Brandon Anderson[23]; 17. 10P-Dylan Postier[19]; 18. 187-Landon Crawley[21]; 19. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 20. 9-Chase Randall[3]; 21. 21-Gunner Ramey[24]; 22. 86-Timothy Smith[22]; 23. 98P-Miles Paulus[10]; 24. 14-Jordon Mallett[8]

Lap Leader(s): Dylan Westbrook 1-8, 16-18; Chase Randall 9-15; Derek Hagar 19-25
Hard Charger: Joe B. Miller +16
Quick Time: Chase Randall - 12.104
High Point Driver: Blake Hahn
Provisional(s): Brandon Anderson (Points) / Gunner Ramey (Regional)

Blake Hahn Lands Lake Ozark Victory With The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series!

Bryan Hulbert – ELDON, Mo. (September 3, 2022) Adding Lake Ozark Speedway to his list of winning destinations, Blake Hahn broke into Victory Lane at the one-third-mile oval with flag-to-flag coverage of the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network on Night 1 of the Fall Sprint Car and Midget Nationals.

Winning in the tour’s 19th visit to Lake Ozark Speedway, Hahn’s win is career victory No. 18 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network and his second National Tour score of the season.

“The car was really good tonight. It pretty much went anywhere I wanted it to go, and it just feels good to finally come here and get a win with the National Tour. We’ve had some rough nights here, so this is nice,” commented Hahn of the win.

“Glad to be out here and keeping our momentum going we built during Speedweek. We came out of that, won at Lakeside a month ago, and followed that with some decent runs at Knoxville, and tonight, I feel like we were able to build on that, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow to see if we can do it again.”

Getting the lead at the start after a quick challenge from Landon Crawley, Hahn was able to run away quickly. Working through a few mid-race cautions and stoppages that positioned slower cars in the lineup, Hahn was stalked by Sam Hafertepe, Jr., who shot from eighth to second by Lap 5.

One final caution on Lap 17, the two aligned bumper to bumper with Hafertepe looking to the hub while Hahn shot to the cushion. Pulling away once again, the Hills Racing No. 15h had his hands full with Joe B. Miller in hot pursuit. To third from 13th, Miller worked numerous lines on Hafertepe with the Texas shoe able to fend off the challenges.

Finding traffic with a pair of laps to run, the slower cars did allow Sam to make up some time, but there was not enough with the Sage Fruit Co. No. 52 streaking to the win with 1.461-seconds to spare.

Hafertepe, in second, would be joined by Joe B. Miller in third for his first career podium run with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
Derek Hagar, who ran up to third through the race’s mid-point, ended up fourth, with Matt Covington in fifth.

Miles Paulus from 14th rolled to sixth, followed by Jordon Mallett from 17th. Jason Martin followed from 20th, with Dylan Westbrook recovering from a trip to the work area on Lap 11 to finish ninth. Landon Crawley ended up tenth.

Saturday Lake Ozark prelim event drew a field of 39 with SCE Gaskets Heat Race wins going to Dylan Postier, Joe B. Miller, Kyle Bellm, Tim Crawley, and Landon Crawley. A pair of BMRS B-Features were topped by Jordon Mallett and Jason Martin. Three drivers run under the previous ASCS Track Record (12.073-seconds, set by Dylan Westbrook), with the new record set by Waco’s Chase Randall at 12.027-seconds.

A tip of the cap is due to the track crew at Lake Ozark Speedway for providing an exception surface after Mother Nature drenched the grounds Thursday afternoon. Having to take some time after Qualifying to right the track, the surface worked out nicely, with teams able to work top and bottom in the features.

Racing continues at Lake Ozark Speedway on Sunday, September 4. Times have been moved up an hour for Sunday. Gates open at 4:00 P.M. with cars on track at 5:30 P.M. (CDT). Racing will begin shortly after. Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and military, $10 for youth (6-12), and free for kids five and under. Lake Ozark Speedway is located at 50 Twiggy Lane in Eldon, Mo. Information on the track, including advance ticket sales, can be found at http://www.lakeozarkspeedway.net. On-site camping is available. Call (417) 399-5756 for details.

For other news, notes, and information on any of the tours under the ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).

Race Results:

Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
ASCS Warrior Region
Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, Mo.)
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Car Count: 39

The Driver's Project Group Qualifying

The Drivers Project Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 12.054[3]; 2. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 12.454[4]; 3. 10P-Dylan Postier, 12.523[2]; 4. 1XX-Brad Ryun, 12.594[6]; 5. 4-Evan Martin, 12.603[5]; 6. 86-Timothy Smith, 12.607[1]; 7. 12M-Greg Merritt, 13.022[7]; 8. 18X-Nathan Ryun, 13.876[8]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall, 12.027[7]; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar, 12.489[2]; 3. 10-Landon Britt, 12.521[3]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller, 12.757[4]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner, 13.092[1]; 6. 31-Casey Wills, 13.202[8]; 7. 00-Broc Elliott, 13.361[5]; 8. 12X-Brennon Blair, 13.662[6]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 12.043[4]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, 12.509[1]; 3. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 12.558[7]; 4. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 12.648[2]; 5. 47-Dale Howard, 12.801[8]; 6. 0-Jake Griffin, 13.043[3]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell, 13.485[6]; 8. 32D-Daryn Langford, 14.168[5]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 12.151[7]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, 12.376[5]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey, 12.521[6]; 4. 1X-Tim Crawley, 12.629[4]; 5. 14-Jordon Mallett, 12.772[2]; 6. 77-Jack Wagner, 12.844[3]; 7. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 13.044[1]; 8. 24-Jeffrey West Jr, 13.130[8]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 12.493[7]; 2. 98P-Miles Paulus, 12.702[3]; 3. 187-Landon Crawley, 12.792[5]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan, 12.903[6]; 5. 36-Jason Martin, 12.912[4]; 6. 7C-Chris Morgan, 12.972[2]; 7. 7B-Ben Brown, 12.989[1]

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

SCE Gaskets Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10P-Dylan Postier[2]; 2. 55B-Brandon Anderson[3]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 4. 1XX-Brad Ryun[1]; 5. 86-Timothy Smith[6]; 6. 4-Evan Martin[5]; 7. 12M-Greg Merritt[7]; 8. (DNS) 18X-Nathan Ryun

SCE Gaskets Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar[3]; 3. 10-Landon Britt[2]; 4. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 5. 31-Casey Wills[6]; 6. 00-Broc Elliott[7]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner[5]; 8. 12X-Brennon Blair[8]

SCE Gaskets Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14E-Kyle Bellm[1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[2]; 5. 47-Dale Howard[5]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 7. 0-Jake Griffin[6]; 8. 32D-Daryn Langford[8]

SCE Gaskets Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1X-Tim Crawley[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 4. 14-Jordon Mallett[5]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett[7]; 7. 24-Jeffrey West Jr[8]; 8. 77-Jack Wagner[6]

SCE Gaskets Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 187-Landon Crawley[2]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 3. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[5]; 5. 7B-Ben Brown[6]; 6. 97-Scotty Milan[1]; 7. 7C-Chris Morgan[7]

BMRS B-Features (Top 3 from each advance)

BMRS B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 2. 45X-Kyler Johnson[2]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey[5]; 4. 31-Casey Wills[3]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[8]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[10]; 7. 12M-Greg Merritt[9]; 8. 4-Evan Martin[7]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown[4]; 10. 00-Broc Elliott[6]; 11. 32D-Daryn Langford[11]; 12. 18X-Nathan Ryun[12]

BMRS B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 36-Jason Martin[1]; 2. 47-Dale Howard[4]; 3. 86-Timothy Smith[2]; 4. 1XX-Brad Ryun[3]; 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett[5]; 6. 24-Jeffrey West Jr[7]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell[6]; 8. 0-Jake Griffin[9]; 9. 12X-Brennon Blair[10]; 10. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 11. 7C-Chris Morgan[8]

A-Feature

Lucas Oil A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[13]; 4. 9JR-Derek Hagar[6]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 6. 98P-Miles Paulus[14]; 7. 14-Jordon Mallett[17]; 8. 36-Jason Martin[18]; 9. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[10]; 10. 187-Landon Crawley[2]; 11. 47-Dale Howard[20]; 12. 10P-Dylan Postier[3]; 13. 45X-Kyler Johnson[19]; 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett[23]; 15. 1X-Tim Crawley[11]; 16. 10-Landon Britt[16]; 17. 55B-Brandon Anderson[5]; 18. 2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 19. 23-Seth Bergman[9]; 20. 9-Chase Randall[15]; 21. 21-Gunner Ramey[21]; 22. 14E-Kyle Bellm[12]; 23. 86-Timothy Smith[22]

Lap Leader(s): Blake Hahn 1-25
Hard Charger: Joe B. Miller +10
Quick Time: Chase Randall 12.027-seconds (NTR)
High Point Driver: Wayne Johnson
Provisional(s): Ryan Bickett (Points)

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2022 Race Winners: Wayne Johnson – 4 (3/18 – Devil's Bowl Speedway; 6/18 – Boothill Speedway, 6/25 - I-70 Motorsports Park; 7/23 – I-30 Speedway); Tim Crawley – 2 (7/22 – Batesville Motor Speedway; 7/26 – Tulsa Speedway); Derek Hagar – 2 (3/25 – I-30 Speedway; 6/17 – Texarkana 67 Speedway); Dylan Westbrook – 2 (5/28 – Lake Ozark Speedway; 7/27 – Caney Valley Speedway); Blake Hahn – 2 (8/2 – Lakeside Speedway, 9/2 – Lake Ozark Speedway); Matt Covington – 2 (7/1 – Boone County Raceway; 7/28 – 81-Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. – 1 (5/29 – Thunderbird Speedway; 8/4 – Knoxville Raceway); Seth Bergman – 1 (3/19 – Devil's Bowl Speedway); Aaron Reutzel – 2 (3/26 – I-30 Speedway; 8/6 – Knoxville Raceway); Jake Bubak – 1 (7/2 – WaKeeney Speedway); Zach Blurton – 1 (7/3 – WaKeeney Speedway); Gunner Ramey - 1 (7/15 – U.S. 36 Raceway); Brian Brown – 1 (8/5 – Knoxville Raceway);

2022 Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Blake Hahn 2,561; 2. Wayne Johnson 2,498; 3. Tim Crawley 2,465; 4. Matt Covington 2,430; 5. Jason Martin 2,404; 6. Brandon Anderson 2,315; 7. Landon Britt 2,099; 8. Landon Crawley 2,098; 9. Kyler Johnson 2,076; 10. Ryan Bickett 1,976; 11. Dylan Postier 1,903; 12. Garet Williamson 1,851; 13. Dylan Opdahl 1,685; 14. Dylan Westbrook 1,377; 15. Dale Howard 998;