3/15/08
Devil's Bowl Speedway
Mesquite, TX
ASCoT 360s
51 cars
Tony Bruce Jr., Gary Wright, Jason Sides and Wayne Johnson locked themselves into the feature by finishing in the top four in Friday's prelim.
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kevin Ramey 7m (4*) 2. Aaron Berryhill 97 (1) 3. Shawn Sander 48 (3) 4. Eric Baldaccini B4 (7) 5. Dustin Morgan 8h (6) 6. Skip Wilson 65 (2) 7. Don Droud Jr. 91 (5) 8. Kathryne Minter 13 (8)
Berryhill led early in the 8 lapper. Ramey asserted himself early, moved into second at the halfway point and passed Berryhill for the lead with two to go.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kenneth Walker 2 (1*) 2. Natalie Sather 94s (4*) 3. Chris Williams 8x (3) 4. Garry Lee Maier 11x (7) 5. Gavin Punch 81AU (8) 6. Billy Melton 87 (6) 7. Koby Barksdale 41x (5) 8. George White 1w (2)
Walker led flag to flag. White was running second on lap seven when he appeared to have a stuck throttle, slid over the turn three and four berm. He retired from the event. Sather did well to work to second and earn a transfer into the A.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (1*) 2. Scott Winters 23w (2) 3. Brandon Erwin 5E (4) 4. Mike Chadd 4 (7) 5. Tyler Thompson 11 (3) 6. Greg Rilat 35 (5) 7. Lorne Wofford 18x (6) 8. Jake Peters 57x (8)
Before a lap could be completed, G. Rilat and Wofford contacted with Wofford getting upside down. He and Peters, who was collected in the fray, retired. Hafertepe led the duration with Winters in tow. The two were in their own world.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Ryan Roberts 18R (1*) 2. Josh Higday 2x (4*) 3. Travis Rilat 29 (6*) 4. Whit Gastineau 2w (4) 5. Billy Alley 22 (3) 6. Cody Branchcomb 94x (7) 7. Eric Lutz 1 (5) 8. Brandon Moseley 11m (8)
Roberts led the distance, with Higday moving up to second and holding off T. Rilat at the line.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Trey Robb 1s (2*) 2. Brian Brown 21 (3*) 3. Don Young 75 (4) 4. Matt Clevenger 31 (7) 5. Kerry McAllister 15K (1) 6. Colt Treharn 77 (6) 7. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (5) 8. Chris Tarrant 71 (8)
Robb led throughout, as he and Brown left the rest of the field behind. Wood Jr. dropped out on lap five with mechanical problems while running fifth.
Heat six (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Matt Covington 95 (2*) 2. Zach Chappell 50z (4*) 3. Nick Smith 15s (6*) 4. Jason Johnson 41 (5) 5. Jack Dover 53 (3) 6. Kolt Walker 45K (1) 7. Foster Landon 51 (7)
In the stoutest heat field of the night, Covington held off a fast Chappell.
B main one (started): 1. Young (3) 2. Maier (2) / 3. Berryhill (1) 4. Gastineau (5) 5. Alley (6) 6. Droud Jr. (9) 7. G. Rilat (8) 8. Minter (11) 9. Williams (4) 10. Branchcomb (7) 11. Lutz (10) 12. Moseley (12)
Maier led early in the 10 lapper, but it was brief. Young stormed to the fore on the third go-around and the 19 year old won by a straightaway.
B main two (started): 1. Winters (1) 2. Erwin (2) / 3. Morgan (5) 4. Punch (4) 5. Wood Jr. (10) 6. Treharn (8) 7. Wilson (7) 8. Barksdale (9) 9. White (11) 10. McAllister (6) 11. Tarrant (12) 12. Clevenger (3)
Winters checked out on the rest of the field.
B main three (started): 1. J. Johnson (4) 2. Baldaccini (1) / 3. Chadd (2) 4. Dover (6) 5. Ko. Walker (8) 6. Sander (3) 7. Melton (7) 8. Wofford (9) 9. Peters (10) 10. Thompson (5) DNS - Landon
Baldaccini held the lead early. J. Johnson moved into second on lap three and took the lead on lap four.
A main (started): 1. Gary Wright 9 (6) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (1) 3. Jason Sides 7s (4) 4. Wayne Johnson 94 (3) 5. Chappell (13) 6. Hafertepe Jr. (10) 7. J. Johnson (19) 8. Ramey (5) 9. T. Rilat (14) 10. Ke. Walker (8) 11. Winters (18) 12. N. Smith (16) 13. Sather (9) 14. Droud Jr. (23, pr.) 15. Maier (20) 16. Roberts (11) 17. Higday (12) 18. Young (17) 19. Erwin (21) 20. Baldaccini (22) 21. Brown (15) 22. Robb (2) 23. Covington (7)
Before a lap could be completed, Maier spun in turn one. Covington performed a 360 in turns three and four and then came to a stop on the frontstretch. He retired. Bruce grabbed the lead early in the nonstop 25 lapper with Robb, Sides and Ramey in tow. Robb hit the high side of the speedway and began to gain on Bruce. The 15 year old took the point on lap ten and began to pull away in traffic. Hopes of a win were shattered when he lost power and dropped out on lap twelve. Meanwhile, Wright had moved around W. Johnson and Ramey into third. He worked by Sides, but was still a half a straightaway behind the leader, Bruce. Brown dropped out on lap 16. W. Johnson shot under Ramey and tried to get by Sides with five to go. Sides crowded him to the low side on the front stretch and held onto third after being passed by Wright. Wright gained on Bruce in the late stages, and won in dramatic fashion with a pass on the low side of turn four on the final lap. Chappell moved up to third in impressive fashion.