Lakeside ASCS/WAR Results and Stories

Lakeside Speedway 5/5/16
 
Lakeside Speedway
Kansas City, KS
KC Klassic
 
ASCS National/Warrior
WAR Non-wing sprints
 
35 ASCS cars
18 WAR cars
 
ASCS
 
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Blake Hahn 52 (3*) 2. Ian Madsen 18 (4*) 3. Johnny Herrera 45x (7*) 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (8*) 5. Chris Morgan 81A (1) 6. Jon Agan 4A (6) 7. Jonathan Cornell 28 (9) 8. JD Johnson 98 (5) 9. Cody Ledger 35L (2)
 
Ledger was penalized a row at the start for jumping.  Hahn led early in the 8-lapper over Morgan, Madsen and Herrera, who shot into fourth on the first lap from seventh.  Madsen took second from Morgan on the third lap and Herrera followed him into third on the next circuit.
 
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Matt Covington 95 (3*) 2. Jack Dover 53 (4*) 3. Danny Lasoski 33L (2*) 4. Josh Baughman 17 (7*) 5. Logan Forler 2L (9*) 6. Cody Baker 38 (6) 7. Austin Alumbaugh 33 (8) 8. Zach Clark 3z (1) 9. Dalton Parsons 42 (5)
 
Covington led the distance.  Dover shot under Lasoski on the opening lap and held down second the rest of the way.  Baughman gained fourth and a trip to the feature in the last corner.  Clark and Parson retired early.
 
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kyle Bellm 14K (1*) 2. Brian Brown 21 (4*) 3. Seth Bergman 23 (2*) 4. Aaron Reutzel 87 (9*) 5. Brad Loyet o5 (5) 6. Tyler Thomas 86 (6) 7. Chris Parkinson 9m (3) 8. Lee Lengel 7L (7) 9. Broc Elliott 75 (8)
 
Bellm held off Brown for the win riding a heavy cushion. 
 
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brandon Hanks 84 (1*) 2. Wayne Johnson 2c (6*) 3. Jay Russell 76 (5*) 4. Evan Martin 4 (3) 5. Jake Greider 20G (7) 6. Danny Thoman 27 (4) 7. Steven Russell 91 (2) DNS – JR Topper 92J
 
Hanks led Martin and Johnson early.  Johnson took second on lap three, and Russell followed him into third on the same lap.

Pits at Lakeside B main (started): 1. Loyet (3) 2. Greider (1) 3. Agan (6) 4. Cornell (4) 5. Thomas (8) 6. Morgan (5) / 7. Alumbaugh (7) 8. Ledger (14) 9. Martin (2) 10. JD Johnson (12) 11. Parkinson (9) 12. Thoman (10) 13. Lengel (11) 14. Elliott (13) DNS – Baker, Clark, S. Russell, Parsons, Topper
 
Greider led the first three laps ahead of Loyet, while Morgan and Agan traded third in the 12-lapper.  Loyet shot to the point using the cushion on lap four.  Greider was faithful to the bottom on a well prepared track, and held off Agan in traffic.  Morgan held onto the last transfer by the skin of his teeth.
 
A main (started): 1. Brown (2) 2. Hahn (1) 3. Herrera (8) 4. Madsen (3) 5. Lasoski (15) 6. Bergman (16) 7. Reutzel (7) 8. Covington (6) 9. Hafertepe Jr. (11) 10. W. Johnson (4) 11. Forler (14) 12. Hanks (10) 13. Dover (5) 14. Cornell (20) 15. Thomas (21) 16. J. Russell (12) 17. Martin (23, prov.) 18. Greider (18) 19. Morgan (22) 20. Loyet (17) 21. Bellm (9) 22. Baughman (13) 23. Agan (19)
 
Hahn led the 30-lapper early over Brown and Madsen.  The leaders were in lapped traffic by lap six.  The cushion was steep and close to the wall, especially in one and two.  Reutzel surged and took third from Madsen on lap nine.  He ran down Brown and passed him for second on lap 15.  Brown got his elbows up and dove back under Reutzel on the next lap.  He then reeled in Hahn and passed him, but it was negated when the caution was brought out for Baughman with 17 laps down.  Though the leaders passed the finish line, ASCS rules require all cars to complete a lap.  It's also one of the last series to include lapped cars in the lineup and J. Russell was placed between Hahn and Brown.  Hahn led Brown, Reutzel, Madsen and a charging Herrera back to green.  Reutzel’s bid for a slidejob fell short, and Herrera surged from fifth to third.  With 21 laps down, Loyet got into the turn two wall and flipped.  The accident collected Bellm.  Both drivers were o.k.  Hahn led Brown, Herrera, Madsen and Reutzel back to green with nine laps to go.  Brown hounded the leader before performing a slide job to take the point on lap 24.  Hahn held second over Herrera and Madsen.  Lasoski claimed fifth on the last lap ahead of Bergman, who joined him as hard-chargers from row eight.  The win was Brown’s first ever at Lakeside.

Jesse Hockett Racing 77 driven by Clinton Boyles WAR
 
Heat one (started): 1. Aaron Reutzel 7JR (1) 2. Ryan Kitchen 21 (2) 3. Terry Babb 8D (4) 4. TJ Muths 65M (5) 5. Danny Thoman 12 (7) 6. Warren Johnson 42 (3) 7. Zach Clark 2 (6) 8. Chris Desselle 21c (8) DNS – Wyatt Burks 11R
 
Burks spun and backed into the wall staging for the heat.  He would return for the feature.  Reutzel would lead all 8 laps using the low side of the speedway.  Babb passed Muths with two to go for third.  Reutzel, Thoman, Clark and Chris Parkinson were the drivers doing double duty.
 
Heat two (started): 1. Riley Kreisel 90 (3) 2. Mitchell Moore 51 (7) 3. Katlynn Leer 8K (1) 4. Zach Daum 75K (8) 5. Clinton Boyles 77 (4) 6. JD Black 7L (6) 7. Kenny Potter 55 (9) 8. Chris Parkinson 65 (5) 9. Michael Ell 99 (2)
 
Kreigel shot under the front row to the lead the distance.  Moore was the prime mover, coming from seventh to second on the first lap.
 
A main (started): 1. Boyles (10) 2. Kreisel (5) 3. Reutzel (4) 4. Thoman (9) 5. Daum (3) 6. Moore (6) 7. Parkinson (16) 8. Black (12) 9. Clark (14) 10. Potter (11) 11. Ell (17) 12. Leer (8) 13. Desselle (15) 14. Babb (1) 15. Johnson (13) 16. Muths (7) 17. Burks (18) DQ (Weight) Kitchen (2) (crossed third)
 
Babb led early over Kitchen and Daum in the 25-lapper.  Kreigel used the cushon to pass Daum and move into the top three on lap three.  Kitchen took the lead from Babb on lap four as the pair fought for the point.  Illinois veteran Babb took the lead back on lap six, and Moore moved by Kitchen for second on lap seven in a feature with plenty of close racing.  The pair battled for the runner-up spot and Kitchen took it back on lap 13.  A lap later, Muths would flip on the front stretch, bringing out the red flag.  He was unhurt.  The restart saw Babb leading Kitchen, Moore, Boyles and Kreigel.  Before another lap could get completed, Burks would come to a stop and exit on the hook.  Boyles shot into third when the green fell again.  He would then take second from Kitchen on lap 19.  Johnson would flip hard in turn three on lap 21.  He was uninjured as well.  Babb led Boyles, Kitchen, Kreigel and Reutzel back to green.  Kreigel passed Kitchen for third on the restart right before disaster struck the leader Babb, who had a right rear wheel break.  Boyles assumed the lead and would not relinquish it.  Kreigel finished second ahead of Kitchen, who was later DQed for being light at the scales.  Reutzel inherited third ahead of Thoman and Daum.