6/20/15
Salina Speedway
Salina, KS
ASCS
26 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (3*) 2. Forrest Sutherland 85 (1*) 3. Brian Brown 21 (6*) 4. Luke Cranston 20 (2*) 5. Matt Covington 95 (5*) 6. CJ Johnson 45 (7) 7. Wayne Johnson 77x (9) 8. Kyle Bellm 14K (4) 9. Chance Morton 7m (8)
Sutherland led early over Cranston and Bruce in the 8-lapper. Bruce moved into second on lap two and passed Sutherland for the lead a lap later. On lap five, Brown passed Cranston for third.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Seth Bergman 23 (4*) 2. Jordan Weaver 92 (1*) 3. Johnny Herrera 45x (3*) 4. Jeremy Campbell 10c (5*) 5. Danny Lasoski 1m (7*) 6. Blake Hahn 52 (8*) 7. Kade Morton 8m (2) 8. Kris Miller 33 (9) 9. Jon Freeman 81 (6)
Weaver led Bergman and Campbell early. Herrera found his way around Campbell for third on lap four after a good battle. Lasoski finished fifth to Campbell by a few feet after a late charge.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kevin Ramey 1A (2*) 2. Aaron Reutzel 87 (7*) 3. Jeff Swindell 94 (6*) 4. Alex Sewell 8 (3*) 5. Tyler Thomas 86 (5) 6. Logan Forler 2L (8*) 7. Brandon Hanks 84 (4) 8. Andy McElhannon 42 (1)
Ramey led Sewell and McElhannon early. Hanks took third from McElhannon on lap two. Reutzel shot over the edge in turn two losing several spots, but that was negated when McElhannon tipped over in heavy traffic on lap three. The restart saw Ramey leading Sewell, Hanks, Reutzel and Swindell. Reutzel moved to third on the restart. Forler spun a lap later. Hanks spun out of fifth on the restart. Reutzel grabbed second on lap six, and Swindell followed him by Sewell into third on lap seven.
B main (started): 1. Thomas (1) 2. CJ Johnson (2) 3. W. Johnson (3) 4. Miller (4) 5. McElhannon (9) 6. Freeman (10) / 7. Bellm (7) 8. K. Morton (6) 9. Hanks (5) 10. C. Morton (8)
The 12-lapper took to the top six to the feature. Thomas led CJ Johnson and W. Johnson for the distance. McElhannon moved into a transfer spot right away from the tail, but Bellm grabbed it back on lap two. With eight laps in the books, Freeman spun. Thomas led CJ Johnson, W. Johnson, Miller, Bellm and Hanks back to green. McElhannon had another good restart and moved into the transfer spot. C. Morton spun with nine lap sin, setting up another restart. McElhannon slid in front of Miller in turn two. Bellm got into the back of Miller and Hanks tagged him as well, sending Bellm down the backstretch berm. He would return, while Hanks would go pitside and take a provisional for the feature. Bellm fought back from the tail the last three laps, just missing on getting the final transfer from Freeman.
A main (started): 1. Reutzel (7) 2. Bergman (2) 3. Swindell (5) 4. CJ Johnson (18) 5. Ramey (1) 6. Bruce (3) 7. Hahn (14) 8. Brown (6) 9. Thomas (17) 10. W. Johnson (19) 11. Covington (16) 12. Forler (15) 13. Campbell (10) 14. Cranston (13) 15. Hanks (23, prov.) 16. Miller (20) 17. Herrera (9) 18. McElhannon (21) 19. Lasoski (11) 20. Freeman (22) 21. Weaver (8) 22. Sutherland (4) 23. Sewell (12)
Sutherland spun in turn four of the opening lap and collected Weaver, Forler, Covington, Sewell and Miller. Sutherland and Sewell were taken off on the hook, and Weaver retired after another lap. Ramey led early in the 30-lapper over Bruce and Bergman. On lap two, Bergman shot by Bruce for second. Lasoski came to a stop with four laps in the books. He would not return. Ramey led Bergman, Bruce, Reutzel and Swindell back to green flag racing. Reutzel quickl shot into third. Bergman was right on Ramey’s tail and got by him for the lead around lap 12. Reutzel and Ramey traded second three consecutive laps, before Reutzel moved in for good on lap 18. On lap 23, Hahn ran over Herrera on the frontstretch, sending the #45x careening to the infield with a broken front end. Bergman, who had a sizable lead before the caution, lost it to Reutzel who slid under him on the restart. On lap 25, Swindell moved by Ramey to clai third. The last caution of the race came when Cranston spun. Reutzel held on for the win ahead of Bergman and Swindell. CJ Johnson was the hard-charger, coming from 18th to grab fourth on the last lap.