Lone Star Speedzone-TexasHighDef Spotlight on Bobby Chaffee and 360 Motorsports
October 30, 2010
TexasHighDef’s Duke O’Connor and Lone Star Speedzone’s Nick Holt caught up with a very busy Bobby Chaffee at Houston Motorsports Park recently and got him to stand still if front of the video camera and mic long enough to get a pretty good interview.
Bobby was driving the Terry’s Body Shop-360 Motorsports “High 5″ Mini Stock with the HMP Eco Stocks that night and was also filling in for Uncle Bob, the popular HMP announcer who has been a bit under the weather lately. But Bobby wanted to let folks know about the 360 Motorsports Grand Opening and give a shout out to Jim Beasley, the man behind 360 Motorsports and the NASCAR 360 Trucks, so he made time for us.
LSS - TexasHighDef video of NASCAR 360 Truck race at HMP, 10/16/2010
October 29, 2010
TexasHighDef’s Duke O’Connor caught all the racing action in the 360 Truck feature event at Houston Motorsports Park on October 16, 2010. Some good clean racing in this one. Finally someone gave Cary Stapp a run for the money - Jason Marshall in the #42 NASCAR 360 Truck - but in the end the black #99 prevailed.
Click below to watch the entire race. Thanks for the great video once again, Duke!
Lone Star Speedzone-TexasHighDef Spotlight on Bobby Teer, Jr.
October 27, 2010
Duke O’Connor (TexasHighDef) and Nick Holt (Lone Star Speedzone) had a chance to chat with 2010 Texas Super Racing Series Late Model Champion Bobby Teer, Jr., recently. Here’s what this worthy champ had to say. And Duke included a few racing clips in this video as well - including sequence that features some contact between Bobby and 2009 TSRS LM Champion Jake Kruger.
Enjoy!
Dover Does It in Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals for 1st Lucas Oil ASCS Win of 2010
October 17, 2010
Jack Dover, the lanky 20-year-old from Springfield, NE, had been tantalizingly close to Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters victory lane on several occasions in 2010, only to be denied before the checkered flag flew.
He changed that on Saturday night, though, rallying into the lead on the 14th round in heavy traffic and then fending off a late charge from Jason Johnson in the 30-lapper to etch his name into the record books as the winner of the 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals.
Jack Dover and crew in victory lane after topping Saturday night's 37th Annual Devil's Bowl Winter Nationals finale (Tim Aylwin photo)
“I was waiting for this moment, I knew we were gonna get it real soon,” the 6’-5” driver of the Shaver-powered 3D Auto Transport/Home Pride No. 53 Eagle explained after the $6,000 triumph. “Hopefully it continues for the rest of the year.”
Dover's 3D Auto Transport No. 53 Eagle ASCS Sprint car in action. (Tim Aylwin photo)
After locking into the Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals finale with a third-place finish in Friday night’s preliminary feature event behind Johnson and Johnny Herrera, Dover started Saturday’s finale inside the second row with Friday’s fourth-place finisher Brady Bacon leading the way to the green flag.
Bacon gunned into the lead at the outset with Saturday’s top passing points earner Brian Brown charging past Herrera for second on the opening circuit before a quick caution flew for Ricky Logan, who came to a stop off the top of turn two.
With Bacon running the low line in Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X, Brown pressured on the high side for several laps until Johnson took over second on the fifth circuit.
Reaching the tail of the field on the eighth round, Bacon held a slight edge over a lead pack that soon numbered eight with the likes of Johnson, Brown, Dover, Herrera, Wayne Johnson, Shane Stewart and defending Winter Nationals champion Kevin Ramey all in the mix.
After shuffling Brown back to fourth on the eleventh lap, Dover executed what proved to be the race winning pass two laps later when he moved to the low side exiting turn four and made it a three-wide race for the lead with Bacon and Johnson down the frontstretch upon the completion of the 13th lap.
Dover won the race into turn one and powered off of turn two with the lead over Johnson and Bacon, who lost two positions in the flurry of action. Two laps later, the red lights lit up when Stewart and Ramey got together entering turn three with Ramey getting upside down. Ramey was uninjured but done for the night while the reigning Lucas Oil ASCS National champion rejoined the chase at the rear.
Back under way, Dover was flawless on the low side as 2007 Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals champion Jason Johnson gave chase in the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim.
While Dover held a lead of several car-lengths, lapped traffic came into play once again in the final circuits. Dover timed traffic adeptly and was able to repel one last Johnson charge off the top of turns three and four on the final circuit to take his third career ASCS National triumph and first since May of 2009 by four car-lengths.
“I was trying to time the lapped cars and set up the pass on the high side of three and four, it worked out,” Dover explained.
Current Lucas Oil ASCS National points leader Johnson settled for runner-up honors, with Bacon taking the show position. Herrera crossed the stripe fourth in the JHR No. 45x Maxim, with Wayne Johnson’s first weekend back in action since a July injuring culminating with a fifth-place finish aboard the Fisher-powered No. 77x entry.
Brown crossed the stripe in sixth, with Tim Crawley racing from 16th to seventh. Brodix Rookie of the Year contenders Matt Covington and Kyle Hirst were eighth and ninth, respectively, with Michael Dupuy advancing from 19th to complete the top ten. Stewart rebounded from the mid-race incident with Ramey to salvage an eleventh-place finish.
Stewart, Don Young, Covington, Claud Estes, Crawley and Brown topped Saturday night’s heat race action, with Eric Baldaccini, Logan and Dupuy winning the “B” Mains.
Sammy Swindell got into Brandon Berryman’s left rear tire entering turn three on the opening lap of the night’s first heat race and flipped. Swindell was uninjured, but scratched for the rest of the night.
A total of 57 different Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National competitors took part in the 37th edition of the Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals Championship Finale Results:
Locked in from Friday Night’s Preliminary Feature:
41-Jason Johnson, 45x-Johnny Herrera, 53-Jack Dover, 99-Brady Bacon.
Heat Races (Top 12 in Passing Points to “A” Main; Balance to 3 “B” Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 45k-Kolt Walker, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 14-Michael Lang, 6. 22-Koby Barksdale, 7. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 8. 31-Brandon Berryman, 9. 1-Sammy Swindell.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 7-Don Young, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 10a-Ricky Logan, 4. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 5. 20s-Sheldon Barksdale, 6. 58-Gary Floyd, 7. 5c-Chris Coker, 8. 6s-Justin Spoerl, 9. 3s-John Carney II.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 1j-Danny Jennings, 3. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 165-Haley Arnold, 6. 45-Martin Edwards, 7. 22k-Kevin Barksdale, 8. 24-David Gailley. DNS: 74x-Joshua Hodges.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 10-George White, 5. 51s-Beau Smith, 6. 87x-Strike Hill, 7. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 8. 22a-Dan Adkins.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 4. 9x-Gary Wright, 5. 29-Larry Long, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 30-Brandon Corn, 8. 51w-Wes Miller.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 3g-Darren Long, 7. 45p-J.P. Bailey, 8. 5-Jerod Roller.
“B” Mains (Top 2 From Each Advance to “A” Main):
First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 45-Martin Edwards, 5. 3g-Darren Long, 6. 29-Larry Long, 7. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 8. 20s-Sheldon Barksdale, 9. 5-Jerod Roller, 10. 165-Haley Arnold, 11. 5c-Chris Coker. DNS: 6s-Justin Spoerl, 1-Sammy Swindell.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 50z-Zach Chappell, 5. 22-Koby Barksdale, 6. 45p-J.P. Bailey, 7. 30-Brandon Corn, 8. 24-David Gailley, 9. 58-Gary Floyd, 10. 51w-Wes Miller, 11. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 12. 9x-Gary Wright. DNS: 3s-John Carney II.
Third “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 2. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 87x-Strike Hill, 7. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 8. 51s-Beau Smith, 9. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 10. 10-George White, 11. 31-Brandon Berryman, 12. 22a-Dan Adkins, 13. 22k-Kevin Barksdale.
37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals Championship “A” Main:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 5. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 6. 21-Brian Brown, 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 95-Matt Covington, 9. 6-Kyle Hirst, 10. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 11. 57-Shane Stewart, 12. 94-Danny Wood, 13. 50z-Zach Chappell, 14. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 15. 27-Andy Shouse, 16. 1j-Danny Jennings, 17. 10a-Ricky Logan, 18. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 19. 74e-Claud Estes, 20. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 21. 71-Channin Tankersley, 22. 7-Don Young, 23. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 24. 45k-Kolt Walker.
Lap Leaders: Brady Bacon 1-13, Jack Dover 14-30.
Note: Zach Chappell and Danny Wood both utilized their fourth and final provisionals of the year to start the main event.
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 2,919, 2. Brady Bacon 2,847, 3. Shane Stewart 2,780, 4. Tim Crawley 2,643, 5. Jack Dover 2,622, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. 2,573, 7. Zach Chappell 2,504, 8. Kyle Hirst 2,397, 9. Danny Wood 2,379, 10. Ricky Logan 2,364, 11. Matt Covington 2,268, 12. Darren Long 2,103, 13. Dustin Morgan 2,095, 14. Channin Tankersley 2,019, 15. Gary Wright 1,690, 16. Justyn Cox 1,513, 17. Austen Wheatley 1,344, 18. Brian Brown 1,290, 19. Travis Rilat 1,152, 20. Johnny Herrera 873.
by Lonnie Wheatley
Photos by Tim Aylwin
Live Interactive Updates from Houston Motorsports Park, 10/16/10
October 14, 2010
Lone Star Speedzone’s Nick Holt will be bringing you all the action from Houston Motorsports Park this Saturday, October, 16, 2010. This is the last race of the season at HMP and the action is bound to be fast and furious.
I will be firing up the CoverItLive blogging software around 5:00 p.m, so join us here if you can’t make it to the track.
There will be a delay between the time you post your question or comment because I have to approve all posts before they are displayed. Sometimes I am really busy and don’t get to the comments right away, so please be patient.
Thanks.
Live Interactive Updates from Corpus Christi Speedway, 10/9/2010
October 7, 2010
Lone Star Speedzone will be heading to Corpus Christi Speedway this Saturday to cover the 1st Annual Speedfest at the tight, quarter-mile, asphalt oval. Cars are coming from all over the state and LSS will be there to bring you Live Interactive Updates starting around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
You will be able to ask questions and make comments during the blogcast, but there will be a delay between the time you post and when your post shows up in the blog window. This is because I have to approve all posts and sometimes I am very busy trying to keep up with the racing action or getting information for race control, scoring, etc.
To get started, just click on the icon below.
Nick
Crashfest 2010 highlights at Thunderhill Raceway
October 6, 2010
Duke O’Connor (TexasHighDef) caught the action at Thunderhill Raceway’s Crashfest this past Saturday. Flames, racers dressed in drag, school bus wreck, boat races…. you get the idea.
Live Interactive Updates from Houston Motorsports Park, 10/02/2010
October 1, 2010
Lone Star Speedzone will be bringing you Live Interactive Updates from Houston Motorsports Park this Saturday, October 2, 2010.
The “Fiesta Fall Festival” will feature the NASCAR Fiesta Late Models in the “Fiesta Mart 50,” the NASCAR 360 Trucks in the KM Services 40″ and the NASCAR Cricket Modifieds in the “Cricket Wireless 40″ along with the Pro Stocks, Eco Stocks, NasKarts and Bandoleros.
I will be firing up the CoverItLive interactive software around 5 pm on Saturday. Plan on joining us then for up-to-the-minute coverage of the entire evening’s racing action.
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