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Two more in Texas - RPM Speedway and Kennedale Speedway Park - for ASCS Lone Star Region this weekend

The North Texas Sprint Car racing scene fires back to life this weekend as the American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region takes to a pair of DFW Metroplex ovals.

On Friday night, the series breaks new ground at Crandall’s RPM Speedway. Then, on Saturday night, the series travels west to Kennedale Speedway Park near Fort Worth.

Friday’s card atop the cozy confines of RPM Speedway marks the series debut atop the newly-built oval in its first year of operation. The series’ originally scheduled RPM debut on May 15 was rained out.

Saturday’s event at Kennedale Speedway Park marks the first of two events at the track just across the parking lot from series fixture Cowtown Speedway. Oklahoma City’s Joe Wood, Jr., topped both Regional events at Kennedale Speedway Park last year.

In the inaugural season of ASCS Lone Star competition, Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey is out to the lead in championship points chase with a 66-point advantage over Princeton’s Brad Welborn. Two-time and reigning Sooner Region champion Brian McClelland of Tulsa, OK, is third in points, with the Flower Mound duo of Matt Clevenger and Justin Melton rounding out the current top five.

The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Lone Star points includes Michael Lang (Mesquite), Claud Estes (Godley), Kolt Walker (Graham), J.P. Bailey (Fort Worth) and Eric Baldaccini (Keller).

With the initial seven events of the season in the books, Ramey is the series only repeat winner by topping both events at Cowtown. Other event winners include Skip Wilson, Nick Smith, Gary Wright, Jerry Bell and Baldaccini.

Friday’s racing action at RPM Speedway is slated to go green at 8:30 p.m., with Saturday’s card at Kennedale Speedway Park firing off at 7:00 p.m.

The semi-banked, ¼-mile RPM Speedway dirt oval is located southeast of Crandall, TX, on US 175 to CR 4106 (Bud Story Road exit) to the intersection of CR 4104. For more information, contact the track at 972-427-6822.

The semi-banked, ¼-mile Kennedale Speedway Park dirt oval is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.6 miles southwest on New Hope Road, then 0.3 miles east on Hudson Village Creek Road. For more information, contact the track at 817-478-7223 or 817-229-0287.

The inaugural slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 18 events at nine different tracks throughout North Texas in addition to one venture north of the Red River to Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at RPM Speedway:
None – First Sprint Car event in track history

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Kennedale Speedway Park:
7/25/08 – Joe Wood, Jr.
6/27/08 – Joe Wood, Jr.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Kevin Ramey ropes ASCS Lone Star trophy at Cowtown

Kevin Ramey became the first repeat winner in American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region competition by winning Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway clay oval.

Advancing from the third row, Ramey took the point away from race-long leader George White on the 18th round en route to the $2,000 triumph aboard the Williams Motorsports Wells-powered City Vending/Melray Oil & Gas No. 7m entry.

The two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion padded his points lead in the inaugural Lone Star title chase by taking the checkered flag in front of White, with Memphis shoe Don Young, Justin Melton and Brad Welborn rounding out the top five.

Skip Wilson was sixth, with Robert Sellers, Brandon Berryman, Claud Estes and Scott Reneau completing the top ten.

Kris Miller, Estes, Ramey and Melton topped heat race action for the 30-car field, with Michael Lang winning the “B” Main.

ASCS Lone Star Region Results from Cowtown Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 33-Kris Miller, 2. 17w-Brad Welborn, 3. 10-George White, 4. 5m-Glenn Martin, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 7. 40-Junior Jenkins, 8. 45-J.P. Bailey.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 87x-Billy Melton, 3. 76-John Ricketts, 4. 67-Rodney Henderson, 5. 26-Dalton Steed, 6. 79-Ryan Hall, 7. 17-Channin Tankersley. DNS: 20-Chad Wilson.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 75-Don Young, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 5. 14-Michael Lang, 6. 45k-Kolt Walker, 7. 1r-Scott Reneau.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 31-Brandon Berryman, 3. 65-Skip Wilson, 4. 25-Robert Sellers, 5. 9-Brian Parker, 6. 88r-Andy Rea, 7. 14b-Robert Byrom.

“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14-Michael Lang, 2. 5m-Glenn Martin, 3. 1r-Scott Reneau, 4. 20-Chad Wilson, 5. 40-Junior Jenkins, 6. 14b-Robert Byrom, 7. 9-Brian Parker, 8. 88r-Andy Rea, 9. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 10. 45k-Kolt Walker, 11. 45-J.P. Bailey. DNS: 79-Ryan Hall, 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 17-Channin Tankersley.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 10-George White, 3. 75-Don Young, 4. 11-Justin Melton, 5. 17w-Brad Welborn, 6. 65-Skip Wilson, 7. 25-Robert Sellers, 8. 31-Brandon Berryman, 9. 74e-Claud Estes, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 14-Michael Lang, 12. 87x-Billy Melton, 13. 20-Chad Wilson, 14. 33-Kris Miller, 15. 5m-Glenn Martin, 16. 26-Dalton Steed, 17. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 18. 76-John Ricketts, 19. 67-Rodney Henderson, 20. 87-Brian McClelland.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 994, 2. Brad Welborn 928, 3. Brian McClelland 896, 4. Matt Clevenger 878, 5. Justin Melton 862, 6. Michael Lang 847, 7. Claud Estes 829, 8. Kolt Walker 825, 9. J.P. Bailey 786, 10. Eric Baldaccini 773.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Eric Baldaccini bags ASCS Lone Star Region sprint car feature at Boyd Raceway

Baldaccini Bags ASCS Lone Star Win at Boyd

Lonnie Wheatley, BOYD, Texas (June 26, 2009) – Eric Baldaccini became the sixth different winner in as many American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region events by topping Friday night’s 25-lap feature at Boyd Raceway.

The 21-year-old overtook early pace setter Robert Sellers en route to capturing his second triumph of the year aboard Harry Baldaccini’s Smiley’s Racing Products No. 4 Maxim after posting his first career ASCS victory in Gulf South action just six weeks earlier.

Taking the point before a lap 18 red flag for Kolt Walker’s tip over, Baldaccini took the checkered flag in front of current ASCS Lone Star point leader Kevin Ramey, who took the runner-up slot away from Sellers in the final handful of circuits.

Sellers settled for the show position, with Matt Clevenger and Tennessee’s Don Young rounding out the top five. Billy Melton was sixth, with J.P. Bailey in seventh. Brian McClelland picked up Hard Charger honors by racing from 17th to eighth, with Michael Lang and Scott Reneau completing the top ten.

Two-time ASCS Gulf South champion Brandon Berryman, Melton, Brad Welborn and Sellers topped heat race action for the 28-car field, with McClelland winning the “B” Main.

ASCS Lone Star Region Results from Boyd Raceway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 31-Brandon Berryman, 2. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 20-Chad Wilson, 5. 40-Junior Jenkins, 6. 26-Dalton Steed, 7. 5m-Glenn Martin.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 87x-Billy Melton, 2. 74e-Claud Estes, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 11-Justin Melton, 5. 87-Brian McClelland, 6. 33-Kris Miller, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 17w-Brad Welborn, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 45k-Kolt Walker, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 45x-Martin Edwards, 7. 10-George White.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 25-Robert Sellers, 2. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 3. 75-Don Young, 4. 45-J.P. Bailey, 5. 14b-Robert Byrom, 6. 9-Brian Parker, 7. 69-Larry Howery.

“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 87-Brian McClelland, 2. 1r-Scott Reneau, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 45x-Martin Edwards, 5. 10-George White, 6. 33-Kris Miller, 7. 76-John Ricketts, 8. 26-Dalton Steed, 9. 5m-Glenn Martin, 10. 69-Larry Howery, 11. 9-Brian Parker, 12. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 25-Robert Sellers, 4. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 5. 75-Don Young, 6. 87x-Billy Melton, 7. 45-J.P. Bailey, 8. 87-Brian McClelland, 9. 14-Michael Lang, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 11-Justin Melton, 12. 45k-Kolt Walker, 13. 20-Chad Wilson, 14. 31-Brandon Berryman, 15. 17w-Brad Welborn, 16. 65-Skip Wilson, 17. 45x-Martin Edwards, 18. 40-Junior Jenkins, 19. 74e-Claud Estes, 20. 14b-Robert Byrom.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 844, 2. Brad Welborn 788, 3. Brian McClelland 786, 4. Matt Clevenger 762, 5. Kolt Walker 750, 6. Justin Melton 720, 7. Michael Lang 719, 8. J.P. Bailey 711, 9. Eric Baldaccini 698, 10. Claud Estes 697.

by Lonnie Wheatley
Photo by Tim Aylwin

Bell tolls for Jerry Bell at Lone Star Speedway’s ASCS Lone Star Region Sprint show

Garland’s Jerry Bell used early patience and let the track and field come to him in winning the 25-lap ASCS Lone Star Region A-main at Lone Star Speedway Saturday night.

Bell, who started eighth, ran in top five through the beginning and caught race leader Brad Welborn in traffic after halfway. Using the high side, Bell blasted by Welborn for the lead on lap 18. Two late-race restarts gave Welborn a second and third chance to regain the lead, but Bell held off the challenges for the win.

The ASCS Lone Star Region Sprint Cars made their inaugural visit to Abilene’s semi-banked quarter-mile track with 24 of the region’s cars and stars signing in for their chance to capture the first ever ASCS feature win on the red clay oval.

Despite a broken leg, current ASCS Lone Star Region point leader Kevin Ramey presented the colors during the driver introduction on the front straightaway.

Sprint Car heats would determine the top eight spots through a redraw. Originally scheduled to be a 20-car A-main with a B-main completing the field, all 22 car started after two cars were eliminated after flipping in the third heat race.

As green waved on the 22-car field of winged-warriors, pole-sitter Michael Lang and Welborn banged wheels coming out of turn four. Lang recovered first to lead as the field entered the first turn and he led at the end of the first circuit. However, Welborn sailed by on the top for the lead only to have yellow wave after Marty Stanford spun to stack up Andy Rea and Greg Floyd who spun behind him. Stanford would make it to turn 4 before he spun.

The restart didn’t make it to green when Brian Parker spun in turn four.

The next restart was green until turn one when current Lone Star Region point leader, Kevin Ramey, clipped an infield tire and slowed with a broken front suspension, ending his night.

Finally back under green, Welborn took a look high in turn one, but couldn’t make it work. Welborn then ducked low in turn three getting by Lang for the point on the third lap.

Claud Estes spun from his top ten spot but was able to keep the fire lit. He continued on but fell to the tail of the field.

In the pack, Bell had worked his way up and was looking low on Lang for second. Lang fought off the challenge and closed in on Welborn who got loose off turn two on the seventh circuit. Dalton Steed looped his mount on lap seven to bring out a yellow.

Once back to green, Welborn got a good jump while Bell got inside Lang for second. After a short battle, Matt Clevenger got around John Ricketts for fourth on lap eleven with Ricketts losing another spot to Scott Reneau a lap later.

At halfway it was Welborn, who had Bell closing quickly, Lang, Clevenger and Reneau in the top five. The lead duo made some contact on lap 13 with both able to motor on but Bell lost some ground in the exchange.

Welborn caught slower traffic on lap 15 allowing Bell to reel him back in. Bell jumped up top and got around Welborn for the top spot on lap 18, while Clevenger took third from Lang. Bell had a slight scare on lap 21 when Parker did a 360 in front of him. Clevenger’s top 5 run ended on lap 22 when he spun to the infield after an encounter with a track tire.

Bell got a huge jump on green while Ricketts retook the spot from Reneau. Parker and Stanford had separate spins on opposite ends of the track to bring the yellow out on lap 23.

Bell again got clear of Welborn, but Robert Byrom spun in turn 2 to set up a one lap shootout to the checkers. This time Welborn hung with Bell on green but lost ground in turn 2 giving Bell some breathing room on his way to the victory in the Bells Conversions, Smiley’s Racing Products, Select Coatings, ARP Wings, Pro Shocks, Circle Wheels, Eckley Race Engines, Eagle Chassis.

“My crew chief, Timmy Jones, told me the car was set up for midway and out,” said Bell. “From about midway on my car really got fast on the outside. The outside came in for me, that’s about all I can say about it.

“I just tried to watch lapped cars once I caught Brad (Welborn). There was that that one time when I got a good run on him going into the corner and ran over his right rear. I thought that was the end of it right then. When I got some air I just hit the brakes and hoped nothing on the front of the car was broke.”

ASCS Lone Star Sprint Cars A-Main
1. 85 Jerry Bell, Garland
2. 17w Brad Welborn, Princeton
3. 14 Michael Lang, Mesquite
4. 1R Scott Reneau, Kemp
5. 76 John Ricketts, Burleson
6. 87 Brian McClelland, Tulsa, Okla
7. 45K Kolt Walker, Graham
8. 20 Chad Wilson, N. Richland Hills
9. 12m Jerry Graves, Lubbock
10. 26 Dalton Steed, Kennedale
11. 5m Glen Martin, South Lake
12. 12 Shawn Mize, Crowley
13. 58 Greg Floyd, San Angelo
14. 14b Robert Byrom, Ft. Worth
15. 74E Claud Estes, Godley
16. 88 Andy Rea, Crowley
17. 91 Marty Stanford, McKinney
18. 31m Matt Clevenger, Flower Mound
19. 9 Brain Parker, Midlothian
20. 67 Rodney Henderson Gun Barrel City
21. 7m Kevin Ramey, Ft. Worth
22. 11 Justin Melton, Flower Mound

ASCS heats(Top 8 in passing points redraw)

Heat 1

After several yellows for spins, Jerry Bell grabbed the lead, pulled out to a big advantage and went flag to flag unchallenged.

1. 85 Jerry Bell
2. 17w Brad Welborn
3. 91 Marty Stanford
4. 87 Brian McClelland
5. 45K Kolt Walker
6. 12 Shawn Mize
7. 20 Chad Wilson
8. 12w Jerry Graves

Heat 2

Michael Land lead wire-to-wire while Justin Melton, Robert Byrom and Scott Reneau battled for positions.

1. 14 Michael Lang
2. 11 Justin Melton
3. 1R Scott Reneau
4. 14b Robert Byrom
5. 31m Matt Clevenger
6. 67 Rodney Henderson
7. 5m Glen Martin
8. 58 Gary Floyd

Heat 3

Kevin Ramey grabbed the early lead on the first lap. Eric Baldacinni and JP Bailey tangled with both flipping over in turn one. Bailey then had “words” with Baldacinni as they exchange insurance cards. Ramey pulled away while John Ricketts and Claud Estes swapped second. Ramey won by a half track over Ricketts and Estes.

1. 7m Kevin Ramey
2. 76 John Ricketts
3. 74E Claud Estes
4. 26 Dalton Steed
5. 88 Andy Rea
6. 9 Brian Parker
7. 45 JP Bailey
8. B4 Eric Baldacinni

by J.M. Hallas

ASCS File Photo

Abilene Speedway to host ASCS Lone Star Sprint Cars this weekend

Abilene Speedway in Abilene, Texas, is gearing up for its first dose of big-time Sprint Car racing as the ASCS Lone Star Region invades the ¼-mile semi-banked clay oval this Saturday night.

Saturday’s stop at Abilene marks the fifth round in the ASCS Lone Star championship points chase after the series most recent pair of events were washed out on May 15-16.

Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey, a two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion, is out to the early lead as he vies for the inaugural Lone Star title. After a runner-up run in the inaugural Lone Star feature at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway on April 3, Ramey rallied from eight rows deep the next night at Cowtown Speedway to snare the win.

Then, broken leg and all, Ramey added a pair of top-ten feature runs during the ASCS Red River Shootout that pitted the Lone Star Region against the ASCS Sooner Region to extend his points lead 68 markers over Princeton, TX, shoe Brad Welborn.

Two-time and defending Sooner Region champion Brian McClelland of Tulsa, OK, enters Saturday’s action third in points, just eight markers behind Welborn, with Flower Mound’s Matt Clevenger and Fort Worth’s J.P. Bailey rounding out the current top five.

The balance of the top ten in ASCS Lone Star points entering Saturday’s action includes Kolt Walker (Graham, TX), Justin Melton (Flower Mound, TX), Eric Baldaccini (Keller, TX), Claud Estes (Godley, TX) and Michael Lang (Mesquite, TX).

Saturday’s card is slated to go green at 8:00 p.m.

Abilene Speedway is located in Abilene, TX, off westbound I-20 Exit 278, then south over I-20, then back east on I-20 to Exit 279, then 1.1 mile east on Business I-20. For more information, contact the track at 325-692-8800 or 325-537-4494.

The inaugural slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 18 events at nine different tracks throughout North Texas in addition to one venture north of the Red River to Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Kevin Ramey - broken leg and all - set for Cowtown ASCS Lone Star Region Sprint Car race on Saturday

It was supposed to be a Texas Double for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Lone Star Region Sprint Cars, but RMP Speedway’s Friday show has been rained out leaving only the Cowtown Speedway portion to be contested.

Not even a broken leg can keep Kevin Ramey down, as the Fort Worth shoe leads the ASCS Lone Star Region into the Cowtown Speedway event this Saturday.

Friday’s card at RPM Speedway in Crandall, TX, - had it not been called off due to weather - would have marked the first Sprint Car event at the new facility, while Saturday’s $2,000 to win event takes place at Kennedale’s Cowtown Speedway, a Sprint Car racing haven.

After fracturing his left leg just below the knee in an April 25 crash at Cowtown Speedway, a hobbled Ramey climbed back into his rebuilt Sprint Car for this past weekend’s ASCS Lone Star vs. Sooner Region Shootout despite medical orders to the contrary.

And, the two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion responded with a pair of solid top-ten feature runs, including an eighth-place showing among Friday night’s 56-car field at Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway and then a fourth-place run among 44 entries Saturday night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway near Dallas.

Those finishes, combined with a runner-up showing at Waco and a Cowtown win during the inaugural weekend of ASCS Lone Star competition, have allowed Ramey to open up a 68-point advantage over Princeton, Texas’ Brad Welborn in the Lone Star title chase.

While Welborn enters the weekend as Ramey’s closest chaser, the firefighter is just eight markers ahead of Oklahoma shoe Brian McClelland. McClelland is pursuing both the ASCS Sooner and Lone Star championships in 2009 after posting back-to-back Sooner titles in 2007 and 2008.

Flower Mound’s Matt Clevenger enters the weekend ranked fourth, with Fort Worth’s J.P. Bailey rounding out the current top five. The balance of the top ten includes Kolt Walker (Graham, TX), Justin Melton (Flower Mound, TX), Eric Baldaccini (Keller, TX), Claud Estes (Godley, TX) and Michael Lang (Mesquite, TX).

Cowtown Speedway has had nine different winners in the last nine ASCS Regional events atop the high-speed, high-banked dirt oval. Ramey is the series most recent winner at Cowtown with his April 4 triumph snapping a victory drought in ASCS competition of 41 nights.

With three overall ASCS wins at Cowtown, Ramey is just one of three drivers to post multiple series victories at the facility. Matching Ramey, Travis Rilat has posted three Cowtown wins while Sam Hafertepe, Jr., has topped two features. Last year’s Cowtown ASCS winners included Rilat, Gary Taylor, Brad Welborn, Kolt Walker, Gavin Punch and Brian Brown.

Saturday’s card at Cowtown Speedway is firing off at 7:00 p.m.

The high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway dirt oval is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.4 miles southwest on New Hope Road. For more information, contact the track at 817-478-9952.

The inaugural season of ASCS Lone Star Region competition will consist of 18 events at nine different tracks throughout North Texas along with one venture north of the Red River to Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Cowtown Speedway:
4/4/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)
10/11/08 – Brian Brown (National vs. Sooner)
10/10/08 – Gavin Punch (National vs. Sooner)
8/23/08 – Kolt Walker (Gulf South)
7/26/08 – Brad Welborn (Sooner)
5/17/08 – Gary Taylor (Sooner)
4/5/08 – Travis Rilat (Sooner)
9/15/07 - Nick Smith (Sooner)
7/7/07 - Brian McClelland (Sooner)
4/14/07 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)
9/23/06 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/10/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
4/8/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
9/24/05 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/25/05 - Jason Martin (National vs. Sooner)
4/9/05 - Sean McClelland (Sooner)
9/25/04 - Andy Shouse (Sooner)
5/29/04 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

By Lonnie Wheatley

Kevin Ramey prevails for ASCS Lone Star Region Win at Cowtown

Kevin Ramey broke back into American Sprint Car Series victory lane in grand fashion with some last lap heroics to win Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Lone Star feature event atop Cowtown Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval.

Ramey took command at the midway point after surging from the 15th starting position and then survived a slugfest for the top spot with Sam Hafertepe, Jr., over the final rounds to post the win aboard the Williams Motorsports Wells-powered City Vending No. 7m Maxim.

After Ramey won the night’s first “B” Main with a last lap pass of Rodney Henderson, he wasted little time moving forward in the night’s finale as pole starter Ryan Hall and Marvin Lough swapped the point over the first half of the race. Hall paced the opening two circuits and then regained the lead on the eighth round after Lough led the way for a handful of laps.

By the time Hall had regained the lead, Ramey had battled his way up to fourth. A lap later, the two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion shot around both Matt Covington and Lough to capture second.

Ramey then raced into the lead on the 13th round and appeared briefly to have the field covered. But Sam Hafertepe, Jr., had other ideas.

Hafertepe had been up to second and pressuring the leader when he bicycled and nearly flipped on the eighth lap, slipping back to fifth in the process. Hafertepe worked back towards the front though and took second away from Covington with just five laps to go.

As Ramey had his hands full with traffic, Hafertepe closed the gap and began challenging for the lead with just two laps to go. After racing down the backstretch in wheel-to-wheel fashion, Hafertepe edged into the lead as the white flag flew.

Ramey fought back through turns one and two and then held off one last Hafertepe bid in the final corner to capture his 33rd career overall ASCS feature win and first since a Sooner Region score at Waco in September 2007.

Hafertepe settled for second, with Covington in the show position. Lough took the checkered flag in fourth, while Brady Bacon raced from 16th to round out the top five.

Brad Welborn climbed from 20th to sixth, with Dustin Morgan, Matt Clevenger, Chad Wilson and Justin Melton completing the top ten.

Covington, Hafertepe, Hall, Eric Baldaccini and Kolt Walker topped heat race action for the 39-car field, with both Ramey and Bacon making last-lap moves to win the twin “B” Mains. After leading during the early portion of the feature, Hall fell to twelfth in the final rundown with a stuck bleeder valve in the right rear.

Baldaccini’s night ended with a turn one flip nine laps into the main event. Baldaccini was just one of several flip victims on the night, with others including J.P. Bailey on the opening lap of the feature, Michael Lang, Colt Treharn, Jerry Bell and Bruce Griffith, Jr., in “B” Main action and Nick Clinkenbeard in heat race competition. There were no injuries.

ASCS Lone Star Region Results from Cowtown Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 85-Jerry Bell, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 69h-Larry Howery, 6. 74-Brandon Corn, 7. 74e-Claud Estes, 8. 88r-Andy Rea.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 20x-Chad Wilson, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 66-Nick Clinkenbeard, 7. 87x-Billy Melton, 8. 25-Robert Sellers (Disqualified; failed to report directly to scales after finishing first).

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 79-Ryan Hall, 2. 20-Terry Monroe, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 14-Michael Lang, 5. 26-Dalton Steed, 6. 11m-Brandon Moseley, 7. 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 8. 65-Skip Wilson.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 39-Marvin Lough, 3. 45-J.P. Bailey, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 17w-Brad Welborn, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 14b-Robert Byrom, 8. 9-Brian Parker.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 5m-Glenn Martin, 3. 67-Rodney Henderson, 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 76-John Ricketts, 7. 77-Colt Treharn.

First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 67-Rodney Henderson, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 65-Skip Wilson, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 11m-Brandon Moseley, 7. 9-Brian Parker, 8. 69h-Larry Howery, 9. 77-Colt Treharn, 10. 87x-Billy Melton, 11. 88r-Andy Rea, 12. 14-Michael Lang. DNS: 66-Nick Clinkenbeard.

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 20x-Chad Wilson, 3. 17w-Brad Welborn, 4. 74-Brandon Corn, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 74e-Claud Estes, 7. 25-Robert Sellers, 8. 14b-Robert Byrom, 9. 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 10. 26-Dalton Steed, 11. 85-Jerry Bell, 12. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 39-Marvin Lough, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 17w-Brad Welborn, 7. 93-Dustin Morgan, 8. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 9. 20x-Chad Wilson, 10. 11-Justin Melton, 11. 87-Brian McClelland, 12. 79-Ryan Hall, 13. 5m-Glenn Martin, 14. 1r-Scott Reneau, 15. 67-Rodney Henderson, 16. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 17. 71-Channin Tankersley, 18. 45k-Kolt Walker, 19. 45-J.P. Bailey, 20. 20-Terry Monroe.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 296, 2. Brad Welborn 276, 3. Matt Clevenger 274, 4. Brian McClelland 272, 5. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 256, 6. Eric Baldaccini 252, 7. Channin Tankersley 248, 8. Justin Melton 244, 9. J.P. Bailey 238, 10. Kolt Walker 230.

by Lonnie Wheatley
Photos courtesy of ASCS

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