I-30 Speedway
9/29/22
I-30 Speedway
Benton, AR
Ralph Henson Memorial
ASCS-Mid South
74 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Chad Jones 29 (1*) 2. Landon Britt 10 (2) 3. Seth Bergman 23 (3) 4. Cody Gardner G6 (6) 5. Chase Porter 2 (5) 6. Justin Sanderson 39 (8) 7. Todd Bradford 2T (7) 8. Dusty Young 5L (9) 9. Chad Frewaldt 17F (10) 10. Gary Floyd 72P (4)
8-lap heats took the winner and the top four in passing points over the eight heats, locking 12 cars into the feature. Jones led the distance in a mostly single-file affair. The track was juiced early.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Michael Day 91 (2*) 2. Riley Goodno 22 (4*) 3. Aaron Reutzel 8 (7*) 4. Brandon Anderson 55B (5) 5. Ryan Timms 5T (8) 6. Steven Howell 16 (3) 7. Preston Perlmutter 42P (9) 8. Rick Pringle 38 (5) 9. Josh McCord 85 (10) 10. Jamie Manley 132 (1)
Day led throughout. Goodno took second early. Anderson claimed third from Howell on lap three, while Reutzel moved up to fourth from the fourth row. Timms was fifth by lap four. Reutzel passed Anderson for third low in turn two on lap six. That would be enough to lock him in the feature.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jordon Mallett 14 (2*) 2. Blake Hahn 52 (4) 3. Tucker Boulton 74 (1) 4. Matt Covington 95 (8) 5. Lewis Jenkins Jr. 99L (3) 6. Mark Smith 43M (9) 7. Ronny Howard 44 (6) 8. Kade Morton 8M (7) 9. Bradley Fezard 938 (5)
Mallett led flag to flag.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Ryan Bickett 17B (1*) 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (6*) 3. Dylan Postier 10P (1) 4. Tylar Rankin 16c (5) 5. Jack Wagner 77 (4) 6. Slater Helt 22s (7) 7. Zach Pringle 91z (9) 8. Dewayne White 10K (3) 9. Chase Howard 13 (8)
Bickett led Postier and J. Wagner early. Hafertepe was on the move, taking third from Wagner with a move on the low side of two on lap two. On lap three, he slid in front of Postier in turn four to take second. He ran down Bickett, but fell just short of getting by for the win. Still, it was enough to start up front in the feature.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jace Park 87J (2*) 2. Colton Hardy 41 (3) 3. Jeffrey West Jr. 24 (1) 4. Greg Merritt 12M (4) 5. Joey Schmidt 1s (6) 6. Jason Long 19 (5) 7. Scotty Milan 97 (7) 8. Kevin Hinkle 21K (8) DNS – Gunner Ramey 21R
Milan spun before a lap was completed. Park led the distance after beating West to the punch. Hardy quickly moved into second.
Heat six (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kyler Johnson 45x (2*) 2. Garet Williamson 24w (3) 3. Dylan Westbrook 47x (6) 4. Tony Bruce Jr. 12H (4) 5. Marshall Skinner 26 (1) 6. Joseph Miller 30 (5) 7. Blake Jenkins 99 (8) 8. Sam Wagner 73 (9) 9. Bradyn Baker 71 (7)
K. Johnson led the distance. Williamson nabbed third early ahead of Skinner. Westbrook used the low side of turn four to move past Skinner for third on lap two. Baker exited after damage from contact with what looked like Skinner.
Heat seven (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Wayne Johnson 2c (3*) 2. Derek Hagar 9JR (5*) 3. Steven Russell JR1 (1) 4. Tim Crawley 87 (7) 5. Jason Martin 36 (4) 6. Ernie Ainsworth 91A (9) 7. Alex Lyles 17A (2) 8. Chance McCrary 13M (8) 9. Wade Buttrey 48 (6)
This was undoubtedly the stoutest heat of the night. Russell led early over W. Johnson, Hagar and Lyles. Martin claimed fourth on lap two and Crawley worked up to fifth. W. Johnson passed Russell for the lead on lap three. Crawley shot low in turn two to passe Martin for fourth on lap four. Buttrey broke his front end with three to go, bringing a caution. Hagar was able to get by Russell on the restart for second, while Crawley was held off by Russell for third.
Heat eight (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brad Bowden 4x (2*) 2. Dale Howard 47 (3) 3. Howard Moore 3 (6) 4. Hayden Martin 67 (1) 5. Joe B. Miller 51B (9) 6. Landon Crawley 187 (8) 7. Brandon Hanks 84 (5) 8. Jeremy Middleton 15J (7) 9. Joseph Poe Jr. 27J (4)
Bowden led throughout. Moore was fourth by lap two, and passed H. Martin for third on lap five. D. Howard was all over Bowden, but couldn’t make a winning pass.
B main #1 (started): 1. Timms (4) 2. Sanders (7) / 3. J. Wagner (8) 4. Hahn (1) 5. Hardy (2) 6. Britt (3) 7. Morton (13) 8. Milan (11) 9. Buttrey (15) 10. Manley (16) 11. Hanks (12) 12. Miller (10) 13. Ainsworth (6) 14. R. Pringle (14) 15. Boulton (5) 16. Perlmutter (9)
12-lap heats took the top two to the feature. A four-car incident at the start eliminated Boulton and Perlmutter, with Milan and Morton restarting at the tail. On the restart, Hahn and Hardy got together, flattening Hahn’s left rear, and ripping off Hardy’s nose wing. Hahn would restart at the tail, while Hardy kept his spot. Once green, Timms led Sanders and Hardy. R. Pringle would slow and exit with a flat of his own. Ainsworth snatched third on the restart, but would retire after stopping himself at the halfway point.
B main #2 (started): 1. Westbrook (1) 2. Williamson (2) / 3. Joe B. Miller (3) 4. West (5) 5. J. Martin (6) 6. L. Crawley (7) 7. Z. Pringle (9) 8. B. Jenkins (8) 9. Middleton (13) 10. Merritt (4) 11. Fezard (15) 12. Hinkle (10) 13. R. Howard (11) 14. White (12) 15. Ramey (14) DNS – Bergman
R. Howard tangled with another car and flipped at the outset. It collected Fezard and Ramey, who was done. Westbrook and Williamson ran one, two, but Joe B. was right there the whole way.
B main #3 (started): 1. Moore (1) 2. D. Howard (2) / 3. Russell (5) 4. Postier (4) 5. Skinner (7) 6. Frewaldt (11) 7. McCrary (12) 8. Bruce (6) 9. Young (9) 10. C. Howard (14) 11. Howell (10) 12. Poe (13) 13. Gardner (3) 14. Helt (8) DNS – H. Martin
Moore led early over D. Howard and Gardner. On lap three, Gardner, who was fighting for another I-30 track title, flipped hard on the cushion in turn two. He was ok. A fifth running Bruce spun after tangling with another car four laps in.
B main #4 (started): 1. T. Crawley (2) 2. Smith (5) / 3. Porter (7) 4. Baker (14) 5. Bradford (10) 6. S. Wagner (11) 7. Lyles (12) 8. Long (9) 9. L. Jenkins (8) 10. Covington (1) 11. Anderson (3) 12. McCord (13) 13. Rankin (4) 14. Schmidt (6) DNS – Floyd
Covington led T. Crawley and Anderson early. A lap in, Rankin flipped hard down the banking over the top of turn two. He was ok. Long got over the top of turn three on lap three to bring another caution. At the halfway point, Covington spun while leading and collected the third running Anderson. T. Crawley assumed the lead, and Smith chased him home for the second transfer.
A main (started): 1. Reutzel (2) 2. Hafertepe (3) 3. Mallett (6) 4. W. Johnson (1) 5. Timms (13) 6. Hagar (4) 7. Bowden (9) 8. Williamson (18) 9. K. Johnson (7) 10. Westbrook (14) 11. Goodno (10) 12. Jones (11) 13. Park (8) 14. Bickett (12) 15. Day (5) 16. D. Howard (19) 17. T. Crawley (16) 18. Moore (15) 19. Sanders (17) 20. Smith (20)
Sanders and Smith tipped over and were done before a lap could be completed. They were both uninjured. Moore retired as well. Reutzel led from the outset of the 25-lapper, ahead of W. Johnson and Hafertepe. Reutzel was in traffic by lap eight. Timms was up to fifth by lap 10. Hafertepe slid by W. Johnson for second on lap 14, before Day came to a stop a lap later. Reutzel restarted with three lapped cars between himself and Hafertepe and W. Johnson. Mallett restarted sixth, but entered the top five on the restart, getting by Timms. He would grab fourth from Hagar on lap 18. While Reutzel cruised up front, ahead of Hafertepe, Timms grabbed fifth from Hagar late. Mallet dropped to fifth at the white flag, but rallied back past Timms and W. Johnson to land on the podium. Williamson was the hard-charger. Reutzel earned $5,646 for his win.