Jesse Hockett's Double X Speedway ASCS-Warrior Results and Stories

Jesse Hockett's Double X Speedway 7/2/17
 
Jesse Hockett’s Double X Speedway
 
ASCS-Warrior Region
 
26 cars
 
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. John Schulz 99 (1*) 2. Randy Martin 14 (3*) 3. Bradley Ryun 1x (5*) 4. Ben Brown 49B (4*) 5. Broc Elliott 75E (2) 6. Corey Nelson 34 (6) 7. Chris Solomon 83 (7)
 
Schulz led the distance in the 8-lapper.  The top 14 in passing points in the heats, moved on to the feature.  Elliott was riding in third on the bullring before being overtaken by Ryun on lap five after a tight battle.  Brown would pass Elliott for fourth on the last lap, a move that got him into the feature.  C. Solomon exited early.
 
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Danny Thoman 27 (1*) 2. Jonathan Cornell 28 (2*) 3. Cody Baker 38 (6*) 4. Miles Paulus 21 (3) 5. Tyler Blank 75 (5) 6. Ayrton Gennetten 3 (7) 7. Lanny Carpenter 24c (4)
 
Thoman led early over Cornell and Paulus.  Gennetten had worked up to fifth by lap six, but did a 360 spin, bringing a caution.  The restart saw Thoman leading Cornell, Paulus and Baker.  Baker shot by Paul for third when the green fell again and made the redraw for the top eight point getters.  Carpenter retired early.

Ben Brown Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 86 (1*) 2. Kyle Bellm 14K (2*) 3. Chris Morgan 81A (3*) 4. Clinton Boyles 12s (5*) 5. Evan Martin 4 (4) 6. Brian Beebe 37 (6)
 
Bruce jumped a rut that was in turn one, but held the lead early over Bellm, Morgan and Key.  The top four would remain the same, despite a caution after lap one for Beebe, who got over the berm and then retired. 
 
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jack Dover 53 (3*) 2. Paul Solomon 7 (2*) 3. Mike Trent 0 (1*) 4. JR Topper 92J (4) 5. Harold Pohren 50P (5) DNS – Todd McVay 89
 
P. Solomon lead early over Dover, Trent and Topper.  P. Solomon held his lead until Dover shot around the high side of one and two to slingshot by on lap five.
 
B main (started): 1. Paulus (2) 2. Blank (3) 3. Gennetten (6) 4. Topper (1) 5. E. Martin (5) 6. Nelson (8) / 7. Pohren (4) 8. C. Solomon (10) 9. Carpenter (11) 10. Beebe (9) 11. Elliott (7) DNS – McVay
 
Paul led early in the 12-lapper over Topper, Blank and Pohren.  On lap three, E. Martin moved by Pohren into fourth.  A lap later, Elliott came to a stop, bringing out the caution.  Paulus led Topper, Blank, E. Martin, Gennetten and Pohren back to green.  Blank would cruise by Topper into second, while Nelson snagged the sixth and final transfer spot from Pohren.  Elliott brought a second yellow out and retired at the halfway point.  A lap after the restart, E. Martin slowed on the frontstretch.  The yellow was thrown, but he kept the car going.  He restarted in the sixth spot, where he crossed the line when continuing.  Paulus led the final five laps, ahead of Blank.  Gennetten finished off a great drive by passing Topper for third, while E. Martin and Nelson held on to the final transfer spots.

Randy Martin A main (started): 1. R. Martin (2) 2. Cornell (8) 3. Bruce (3) 4. Bellm (9) 5. Morgan (11) 6. Blank (14) 7. Boyles (10) 8. E. Martin (19) 9. Schulz (7) 10. Gennetten (17) 11. Ryun (5) 12. Paulus (15) 13. Dover (1) 14. Baker (4) 15. Nelson (18) 16. Trent (13) 17. Thoman (6) 18. P. Solomon (20) 19. Brown (12) 20. Topper (16)
 
The 25-lapper started with R. Martin hitting the high side to lead over Dover, Baker and Bruce.  The leader entered lapped traffic by lap five.  Bruce worked by Baker for third on lap eight after a good race.  The first yellow flag of the event flew nine laps in when Brown spun.  The restart saw R. Martin ahead of Dover, Bruce, Baker and Cornell.  Cornell shot by Baker for fourth when the green flew.  By lap 11, Morgan was in the top five, battling with Baker.  Brown slowed around lap 14, and took a hard right in turn one to exit the pits.  Dover, who was chasing down R. Martin tagged him with his left rear as he tried to avoid the errant car.  Somehow, he was able to correct the car and keep his pursuit of the leader.  Dover would take a few shots at R. Martin.  Then on lap 22, disaster struck when he tagged the turn four wall and the front end broke at the end of the straightaway sending him hard into the infield wall.  Baker pulled off under caution while running fourth.  Once restarted, R. Martin led the last three laps, while Cornell got by Bruce for second.  Bellm took fourth from Morgan.  E. Martin was the hard-charger.  On Monday, many of the drivers will descend on Lake Ozark Speedway for a $4,000 to win open 360 show.