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5/11/
On
a warm, clear Friday evening at Deming Speedway, Dustin O’Brien
reminded the large crowd why he is the reigning Hoosier Speedmart 600
division champion, by making a late race pass for the win on EMD
Construction / DK Diesel / Little Caesars night. Other feature winners
included Liam Ryan, Shaun Holtorf and Ashton Dial.
The
600 A Feature was an absolute slobberknocker of a race, with the lead
being contested for 25 laps around the super slick 1/6 mile clay oval.
Liam Ryan set out to the early advantage, with Spud Allen quickly coming
up to challenge. The duo went back and forth, with Ryan catfishing
around the bottom and Allen planting his right rear on the cushion all
the way around. Ryan held the point this way for 16 laps with Allen
right on his rear nerf until contact between the two sent Ryan careening
into the turn three fence, collecting third place running Brock Lemley
in the exchange. Allen would take point on the restart, and lead until
lap 20 when O’Brien, who had been in the top five all race, found his
car handling to perfection and blasted by Spud on the inside to take the
position. With Allen desperately trying to make the top work again,
O’Brien kept his car glued to the bottom to secure the victory, his
second of the year. Allen held on for second and Chase Schmidt was
third. Heat wins went to O’Brien, Brayden Planko, Allen and Barry
Martinez. Jared Peterson was fast time.
Ryan
was looking to score the rare two win night, as prior to his 600
performance, he had just won the feature in the 1200 division, taking
the lead on lap eight and holding it through the rest of the 25 lap
feature. Second was Tyson Cross and third was Eric Turner. Aaron Fell
set quick time. Cross, Eric Drake and Duane Mackey won the heats.
Shaun
Holtorf returned to victory lane at Deming Speedway in the 600
Restricted division, as he substitute drove for Brandee Wood and put the
RAW motorsports #1W in victory lane. Holtorf held off stiff challenges
from the field, including second place finisher Chance Crum. Tristan
Thomas was scored third. Austin Sheridan was fast time and won the first
heat race. Holtorf and Spencer Constance won the other heats.
Ashton
Dial won his second career feature and his first of 2012 in the Kasey
Kahne Junior Sprints, leading Sawyer Sorgenfrei and Jesse Schlotfeldt
for all 15 laps. Schlotfeldt set quick time. Heat wins went to Lynden
Lebedinski and Tyson Lemley.
Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints
Fast Time – Jesse Schlotfeldt 13.149
Heat 1 – Lynden Lebedinski
Heat 2 – Tyson Lemley
Main
– Ashton Dial, Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Lynden Lebedinski,
Bradley Parks, Haley Constance, Peyton Hagen, Tyson Lemley
Lap Leaders – Dial 1-15
600 Restricted
Fast Time – Austin Sheridan 11.307
Heat 1 – Austin Sheridan
Heat 2 – Shaun Holtorf
Heat 3 – Spencer Constance
A
Main – Shaun Holtorf, Chance Crum, Tristan Thomas, Jake Helsel, Spencer
Constance, Isaac Abenroth, Darius Walker-Perkins, Dylan Resch, Kaitlyn
Hammer, Kyle Mitchell, Ian Humphries, Ashleigh Johnson, JJ Thomas, Eli
Schmidt, Tatum Pospical, Ashley Thompson, Rachel Westmoreland, Austin
Sheridan, Riley Watkins
Lap Leaders – Resch 1-8 Holtorf 9-25
1200
Fast Time – Aaron Fell 10.806
Heat 1 – Tyson Cross
Heat 2 – Eric Drake
Heat 3 – Duane Mackey
Main
– Liam Ryan, Tyson Cross, Eric Turner, Clennon Holloway, Duane Mackey,
Aaron Fell, Wade Spreckelmeyer, Eric Drake, Jared Gunderson, Forest
Metcalfe, Spud Allen, DJ Kosa, Brock Lemley, Kyle Kenoyer, Zach Keefe,
Steven Hendrickson, Tony Helsel
Lap Leaders – Gunderson 1-7 Ryan 8-25
600 Open
Fast Time – Jared Peterson 10.731
Heat 1 – Dustin O’Brien
Heat 2 – Brayden Planko
Heat 3 – Spud Allen
Heat 4 – Barry Martinez
B Main – Greg Hamilton, Jacob Brown, Austin Sheridan, Jerrod Saddler, Kevin Wilkinson, Alden Ostrom, Jordan Smith
A
Main – Dustin O’Brien, Spud Allen, Chase Schmidt, Derek Torkelson,
Kelly Mauck, Barry Martinez, Brandon Turner, Bill Mercer, Dougie James,
Alex Gauthier, Greg Hamilton, Jacob Brown, Jerrod Saddler, Nate Vaughn,
Austin Sheridan, Brayden Planko, Hayden Schmidt, Brock Lemley, Liam
Ryan, Jared Peterson
Lap Leaders – Ryan 1-16 Allen 17-19 O’Brien 20-25
