FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jetmore, Kansas – May 28, 2011 - As stated by track announcers at all race events, “all results are unofficial until post race inspection.” This was such the case on Saturday night as Amarillo, Texas driver Derek Drown saw the chance for his sixth career series victory taken away allowing Jack Dover to take the victory in the first night of the $3000 to win Steve King Memorial at the Great American Dirt Track in Jetmore, Kansas. The race was a co-sanctioned event with the Oklahoma based American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner region.
Jason Martin of Liberal, Kansas started on the pole for the 30 lap feature with Drown eventually taking the lead several laps later. Seventh starting Dover had also begun to make his move towards the front and also got around Martin for the third position and set his sights on the leader.
Drown and Dover battled for several laps with Dover, aboard the familiar #53 Thorpe’s Body Shop/Home pride Roofing sponsored sprinter powered his Eagle chassis passed Drown entering turns one and two on lap ten to take the lead.
Dover would open up a commanding lead but would see it all slip away as a pair of caution flags the final ten laps slowed the pace, allowing Drown to restart on his rear bumper. But after racing action resumed, a misunderstanding from his RACEceiver caused Dover to get out of the throttle allowing Drown to go by.
Drown, a former Hutchinson Grand Nationals champion, would hold on the final three laps to take the apparent victory in just his second 360 appearance on the 2011 race season. But post race inspection found his front nose wing too forward causing a disqualification, thus giving the victory to Dover, his third career with the NCRA.
Former series champion Mike Peters of Wichita, Kansas would officially come home second while C.J. Johnson, who came into the night as the series points leader came home third. Defending series champion Jeremy Campbell brought home the Danny King owned #E85 ICM/Ethanol sprinter home fourth while Danny Wood rounded out the top five.
The five, ten lap heat races for the 43 car field were won by Brady Bacon, Drown, Brian Brown, Campbell and Dover. The twin “B” features went to Tony Bruce, Jr. and Colt Treharn.
Racing action will continue at the Great American Dirt Track on Sunday night with the finale of the Steve King Memorial and another separate show that will once again pay $3000 to the nights feature winner.
The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their partnership during the 2011 race season:
Park City, Kansas, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, The Brake Man and Saldana Racing Products.
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 1x-Garry Lee Maier, 4. 76J-Justin Schwien, 5. 7-Michelle Decker, 6. 33-Kris Miller, 7. 91-Jeff Stasa, 8. 35g-Barry Gifford, 9. 74-Zach Merritt.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 74b-Derek Drown, 2. 21T-Taylor Velasquez, 3. 45x-C.J. Johnson, 4. 19-Patrick Stasa, 5. 81x-Jon Freeman, 6. 110-Cameron Hagin, 7. 85-Forest Sutherland, 8. 18r-Ryan Roberts. DNS: 21tx-Brandon Schure.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 36x-Jason Martin, 4. 22-Koby Barksdale, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 8w-Jordan Whitehead, 7. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 8. 165-Haley Arnold, 9. 11-Jeffrey Newell.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. E85-Jeremy Campbell, 2. 100-Zach Chappell, 3. 21c-Justyn Cox, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 1-Ty Williams, 6. 0-Steven Richardson, 7. 31L-Lee Little. DNS: 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 51-Mike Peters, 3. 77-Colt Treharn, 4. 11c-Matt Covington, 5. 20-Luke Cranston, 6. 36-Andy Shouse, 7. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 8. 77y-Russ Yeager.
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 1x-Garry Lee Maier, 3. 81au-Gavin Punch, 4. 20-Luke Cranston, 5. 22-Koby Barksdale, 6. 81x-Jon Freeman, 7. 36-Andy Shouse, 8. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 9. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 10. 0-Steven Richardson, 11. 165-Haley Arnold, 12. 74-Zach Merritt, 13. 110-Cameron Hagin. DNS: 11-Jeffrey Newell, 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 77-Colt Treharn, 2. 19-Patrick Stasa, 3. 7-Michelle Decker, 4. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 5. 33-Kris Miller, 6. 85-Forest Sutherland, 7. 77y-Russ Yeager, 8. 91-Jeff Stasa, 9. 31L-Lee Little, 10. 11c-Matt Covington, 11. 1-Ty Williams, 12. 8w-Jordan Whitehead. DNS: 35g-Barry Gifford, 21tx-Brandon Schure.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 51-Mike Peters, 3. 45x-C.J. Johnson, 4. E85-Jeremy Campbell, 5. 81-Danny Wood, 6. 21-Brian Brown, 7. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 8. 1x-Garry Lee Maier, 9. 21c-Justyn Cox, 10. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 11. 7-Michelle Decker, 12. 21t-Taylor Velasquez, 13. 81au-Gavin Punch, 14. 20-Luke Cranston, 15. 19-Patrick Stasa, 16. 36x-Jason Martin, 17. 77-Colt Treharn, 18. 99-Brady Bacon, 19. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 20. 76j-Justin Schwien, 21. 100-Zach Chappell, 22. 74b-Derek Drown (Disqualified; nose wing too far forward after finishing first).