9/13/2020
RacinBoys
Hafertepe holds off Crockett at I-80 Speedway
By Bryan Hulbert (Greenwood, NE) -- Landing his fifth victory of the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, and first of the year with the Nebraska 360 Sprint Cars, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. topped an intense battle with Roger Crockett for his second career victory in the Casey's General Store Midwest Fall Brawl and Bobby Parker Memorial at I-80 Speedway.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe Orth
Taking off with the race lead through the first four laps, Hafertepe worked the cushion of the four-tenths mile oval while Roger Crockett rode the hub in the Tracker Native Tabaco No. 11. Advancing to the point on Lap 5, Crockett and Hafertepe traded the top spot several times before Roger started to pull away steadily. Pulling to nearly 3.500-seconds on the field before heavy slower traffic came into play, the race stayed green until Lap 21.
Restarting with a pair of slower cars between the top two drivers, the lapped traffic did little to stop Hafertepe as the Hills Racing Team No. 15h shot to the lead on Lap 26. Trading lines the following four laps, Crockett reclaimed the point on Lap 30. Only holding through the next revolution, the pair's run to the finish came after a Lap 33 restart.
Trading lines again through the final two trips around I-80 Speedway, the last lap saw Crockett with a run to the back straightaway. Carrying that run to the hub as Hafertepe railed the cushion, the final dash to the finish put the two in a dead heat with Hafertepe getting the win by 0.093-seconds.
With the event paying out Lap Money, along with other bonuses, Hafertepe's win was worth $5,280. Crockett picked up an extra $1,810 for an overall score of $4,810.
Moving through the field from seventh, the final restart allowed Austin McCarl to advance to the final podium step. Using the cushion, and at times the wall, Scott Bogucki rode third until Lap 34 before the No. 99 was able to slip by. The night's Hard Charger, Matt Covington, picked up nine positions and collected an extra $500 from KnoxVegas Campground and $250 from Speedway Motors.
Jack Dover was sixth with Dylan Westbrook seventh. Carson McCarl, Terry McCarl, and Blake Hahn completed the top ten.
With a field of 41 on hand for the Casey's General Store Midwest Fall Brawl and Bobby Parker Memorial, five SCE Gaskets Heat Race wins went to Jordon Mallett, Dylan Westbrook, Jack Dover, Roger Crockett, and Garet Williamson. Hoosier Tire Qualifiers went to Austin McCarl, Terry McCarl, and Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Cody Ledger and Seth Brahmer topped BMRS B-Features. Point Based Provisionals were used by Chase Randall, Travis Reber. The Nebraska 360's put Rick Cerveny in the show with a Promoter's Provisional used to put Colby Thornhill in the show.
The next event for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network is the 10th annual Hockett/McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The event takes place September 17-19, 2020. Tickets are on sale at http://www.lucasoilspeedway.com
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up ASCS Nation in 2020, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).
Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV | Nebraska 360s
I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, Neb.)
Casey's Fall Brawl and Parker Memorial
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Car Count: 41
SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 30 in Passing Points advance to Qualifiers)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett[2]; 2. 88K-Kyle Offill[1]; 3. 44-Jesse Love[3]; 4. 81-Terry McCarl[5]; 5. 03-Shayle Bade[7]; 6. 77X-Alex Hill[4]; 7. 40-Clint Garner[8]; 8. 11B-Ben Woods[6]; 9. 83A-Austin Miller[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[7]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 3. 17B-Ryan Bickett[1]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 5. 27-Carson McCarl[6]; 6. 83-Lynton Jeffrey[8]; 7. 28X-Rick Cerveny[5]; 8. 1A-John Anderson[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover[4]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]; 3. 28-Scott Bogucki[5]; 4. 35L-Cody Ledger[6]; 5. 24BH-Joey Danley[2]; 6. 1B-Tyler Drueke[3]; 7. 24N-Nathan Mills[1]; 8. 14T-Trent Roth[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 2. 17W-Harli White[1]; 3. 99-Austin McCarl[2]; 4. 21P-Robbie Price[4]; 5. 09-Matt Juhl[6]; 6. 82-Jason Martin[8]; 7. 9-Chase Randall[5]; 8. 1K-Kelby Watt[7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Garet Williamson[6]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[1]; 3. 23S-Stuart Snyder[4]; 4. 77-John Klabunde[7]; 5. 13V-Seth Brahmer[3]; 6. 8-Devon Borden[8]; 7. 19-Colby Thornhill[2]; 8. 88-Travis Reber[5]
Hoosier Tire Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined Heat & Qualifier Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)
Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Austin McCarl[1]; 2. 53-Jack Dover[5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]; 4. 88K-Kyle Offill[3]; 5. 09-Matt Juhl[8]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 7. 82-Jason Martin[9]; 8. 03-Shayle Bade[7]; 9. 23S-Stuart Snyder[2]; 10. 24BH-Joey Danley[10]
Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Terry McCarl[1]; 2. 28-Scott Bogucki[4]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett[5]; 4. 17W-Harli White[3]; 5. 35L-Cody Ledger[2]; 6. 24-Garet Williamson[6]; 7. 40-Clint Garner[10]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 9. 21P-Robbie Price[7]; 10. 8-Devon Borden[9]
Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett[1]; 3. 27-Carson McCarl[7]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 5. 14-Jordon Mallett[5]; 6. 44-Jesse Love[2]; 7. 77-John Klabunde[4]; 8. 13V-Seth Brahmer[9]; 9. 83-Lynton Jeffrey[8]; 10. 77X-Alex Hill[10]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 3 from each advance to the A-Feature)
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 35L-Cody Ledger[1]; 2. 40-Clint Garner[3]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 4. 44-Jesse Love[2]; 5. 9-Chase Randall[9]; 6. 83-Lynton Jeffrey[6]; 7. 1B-Tyler Drueke[8]; 8. 23S-Stuart Snyder[5]; 9. 24N-Nathan Mills[11]; 10. 88-Travis Reber[12]; 11. 14T-Trent Roth[10]; 12. 83A-Austin Miller[13]; 13. (DNF) 24BH-Joey Danley[7] Randall docked two spots for passing before the cone..
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 13V-Seth Brahmer[4]; 2. 82-Jason Martin[2]; 3. 8-Devon Borden[6]; 4. 21P-Robbie Price[5]; 5. 03-Shayle Bade[3]; 6. 77-John Klabunde[1]; 7. 19-Colby Thornhill[8]; 8. 28X-Rick Cerveny[7]; 9. 11B-Ben Woods[9]; 10. 1A-John Anderson[10]; 11. (DNS) 77X-Alex Hill; 12. (DNS) 1K-Kelby Watt
Sawblade.com A-Feature
A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[4]; 3. 99-Austin McCarl[7]; 4. 28-Scott Bogucki[5]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[14]; 6. 53-Jack Dover[3]; 7. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 8. 27-Carson McCarl[9]; 9. 81-Terry McCarl[8]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[16]; 11. 35L-Cody Ledger[17]; 12. 24-Garet Williamson[6]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III[21]; 14. 17W-Harli White[13]; 15. 40-Clint Garner[19]; 16. 14-Jordon Mallett[10]; 17. 19-Colby Thornhill[26]; 18. 9-Chase Randall[23]; 19. 13V-Seth Brahmer[18]; 20. 88-Travis Reber[24]; 21. 17B-Ryan Bickett[11]; 22. 28X-Rick Cerveny[25]; 23. 88K-Kyle Offill[12]; 24. 09-Matt Juhl[15]; 25. 82-Jason Martin[20]; 26. 8-Devon Borden[22]
Lap Leader(s): Sam Hafertepe, Jr, 1-4, 26-29, 32-35; Roger Crockett 5-25, 30-31;
Hard Charger: Matt Covington +9
High Point Driver: Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
Provisional(s): Chase Randall (Points); Travis Reber (Points); Rich Cerveny (Neb. 360); Colby Thornhill (Promoter)
2020 Driver Standings (Top 15): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1,527; 2. Roger Crockett 1,389; 3. Harli White 1,333; 4. Blake Hahn 1,262; 5. Matt Covington 1,251; 6. Scott Bogucki 1,251; 7. Jordon Mallett 1,195; 8. Dylan Westbrook 1,163; 9. Garet Williamson 1,096; 10. Danny Sams 1,060; 11. Alex Hill 1,031; 12. Chase Randall 994; 13. Ryan Bickett 938; 14. Travis Reber 912; 15. Dominic Scelzi 610;
2020 A-Feature Winner(s): Sam Hafertepe, Jr. – 5 (2/29 – Canyon Speedway Park; 6/25 – Caney Valley Speedway; 6/27 – I-30 Speedway; 7/17 – U.S. 36 Raceway; 9/13 – I-80 Speedway); Matt Covington - 1 (2/28 - Canyon Speedway Park); Brad Sweet – 1 (3/6 – Merced Speedway); Andy Forsberg – 1 (3/8 – Petaluma Speedway); Harli White – 1 (7/11 – Riverside International Speedway); Austin McCarl – 1 (8/6 – Knoxville Raceway); Lynton Jeffrey – 1 (8/7 – Knoxville Raceway); Kerry Madsen – 1 (8/8 – Knoxville Raceway); Brian Brown – 1 (8/9 – Southern Iowa Speedway);
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John Carney II (El Paso, TX): https://www.facebook.com/JohnCarneyRacing
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Roger Crockett (Broken Arrow, OK): http://www.rocketdesignsllc.com
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Danny Sams III (North Port, Fla.): https://www.samslamtnracing.com
Harli White (Lindsay, OK): http://www.harliwhiteracing.net
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LUCKY #7 FOR POSPISIL AFTER MIDWEST FALL BRAWL TRIUMPH
By Anthony Ainslie (Greenwood, NE) -- It was a return to the home track for the Malvern Bank Super Late Models West Series as the tour returned to I-80 Speedway Saturday night.
Round 13 for the West Series in 2020 was the tour’s fourth visit to the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska. A field of 29 cars made the trip to the Cornhusker State for the 8th annual Casey’s General Stores Midwest Fall Brawl.
The night started late as the track crew worked to get the pit area packed and cleaned after the previous four days had overcast and off and on rainfall.
Corey Zeitner sat on the pole for Saturday’s 30-lap main event. Zeitner led the opening lap before points leader Tad Pospisil passed him for the lead as they came off turn two on the second lap.
A couple of yellow flags came out for a pair of multiple-car spins in turn one on lap 7 and on the front stretch on lap 12. Pospisil hit his marks on the restarts and proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field.
The best racing happened throughout the rest of the top five as Andrew Kosiski and Jason Rauen dualed it out for the second position. Corey Zeitner had company from Cory Dumpert and Bill Leighton Jr. as they trio battled for the fifth position.
When the dust settled, Tad Pospisil seeled the deal on his seventh win of the 2020 season, his second at I-80 Speedway on the year, and his 24th Malvern Bank/Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models feature win.
Andrew Kosiski took second while Tyler Bruening worked his way to third. Jason Rauen took fourth, and Bill Leighton Jr. charged from the 17th starting position to round out the top five.
The Malvern Bank West series will return to the I-80 Speedway in just seven days-time as the tour will be part of the final night of the Al Belt Custom Homes I-80 Nationals on September 19th. After that, the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series will return to action for their third and final visit to the Davenport
Speedway in Davenport, Iowa.
RESULTS
A Feature 1
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 3 Tad Pospisil Norfolk, NE #04
2 7 Andrew Kosiski Lavista, NE #53
3 14 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA #16
4 6 Jason Rauen Farley, IA #98R
5 17 Bill Leighton Lavista, NE #24
6 4 Cory Dumpert York, NE #77
7 18 John Anderson Omaha, NE #21X
8 2 Kyle Berck Marquette, NE #14
9 1 Corey Zeitner Omaha, NE #26JR
10 15 Charlie McKenna Ames, IA #22
11 8 Chris Spieker Massena, IA #56S
12 13 Ben Schaller Omaha, NE #98
13 16 Darrel DeFrance Marshalltown, IA #99D
14 19 Josh Krug Omaha, NE #4K
15 9 Curt Schroeder Newton, IA #15C
16 12 Zach Zeitner Bellevue, NE #76
17 11 Jim Johnson Plainview, NE #36
18 22 Troy Daly Omaha, NE #44
19 20 Alex Humphrey Giltner, NE #1
20 0 Jacob Brown Omaha, NE #92
21 10 Dylan Schmer Aurora, NE #5S
22 5 Rece Vaught Aurora, NE #20V
23 21 Brian Kosiski Papillion, NE #52
B Feature 1
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 2 Bill Leighton Lavista, NE #24
2 3 John Anderson Omaha, NE #21X
3 1 Josh Krug Omaha, NE #4K
4 6 Alex Humphrey Giltner, NE #1
5 9 Jacob Brown Omaha, NE #92
6 7 Sterling Perkins Lamoni, IA #3P
7 4 Troy Daly Omaha, NE #44
8 12 Dan Jackson Ceresco, NE #3
9 5 Brian Kosiski Papillion, NE #52
10 11 Brian Barrett Bellevue, NE #28T
11 8 Robbie Jorgensen Elkhorn, NE #1J
12 10 Dan Battaglia Gretna, NE #45D
13 13 JC Wyman Griswold, IA #4
Heat #1
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 2 Tad Pospisil Norfolk, NE #04
2 1 Curt Schroeder Newton, IA #15C
3 4 Jim Johnson Plainview, NE #36
4 6 Ben Schaller Omaha, NE #98
5 7 Josh Krug Omaha, NE #4K
6 5 Sterling Perkins Lamoni, IA #3P
7 3 Brian Barrett Bellevue, NE #28T
8 8 JC Wyman Griswold, IA #4
Heat #2
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 1 Kyle Berck Marquette, NE #14
2 3 Andrew Kosiski Lavista, NE #53
3 2 Zach Zeitner Bellevue, NE #76
4 5 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA #16
5 6 John Anderson Omaha, NE #21X
6 7 Brian Kosiski Papillion, NE #52
7 4 Dan Battaglia Gretna, NE #45D
Heat #3
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 3 Cory Dumpert York, NE #77
2 4 Jason Rauen Farley, IA #98R
3 6 Chris Spieker Massena, IA #56S
4 1 Darrel DeFrance Marshalltown, IA #99D
5 7 Bill Leighton Lavista, NE #24
6 2 Robbie Jorgensen Elkhorn, NE #1J
7 5 Jacob Brown Omaha, NE #92
Heat #4
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 3 Rece Vaught Aurora, NE #20V
2 4 Corey Zeitner Omaha, NE #26JR
3 5 Dylan Schmer Aurora, NE #5S
4 2 Charlie McKenna Ames, IA #22
5 6 Troy Daly Omaha, NE #44
6 7 Alex Humphrey Giltner, NE #1
7 1 Dan Jackson Ceresco, NE #3
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
