Wilson Rocks to 600 Nationals Prelim Victory

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Wilson Rocks to 600 Nationals Prelim Victory

 

 

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 14, 2007) – Skiatook, Oklahoma's Jerrod Wilson was the class of the field as the Second Annual 600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires kicked off at I-30 Speedway on Friday night.

 

 

 

Wilson wired the field in the non-stop 25-lap preliminary feature, besting a total of 125 entries from 19 different states as well as Australia to lock himself into Saturday night's $10,000-to-win 600 Nationals finale.

 

 

 

Also locked into Saturday's finale were the balance of the top six finishers, which included Oklahoma's Scott Sawyer, defending race winner Travis Senter, Jr., of Osceola, AR, California's Stan Yockey, Illini shoe Derek King and Indiana's Jonathan Hendrick.

 

 

 

Making it a Sooner State sweep of victory lane was Broken Arrow, OK, shoe Darien Roberts, who won the 15-lap Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted "A" Class main event.

 

 

 

While Wilson led Friday's preliminary feature in wire-to-wire fashion, he passed virtually everything in sight during the evening's qualifying action. Starting 12th in the second of ten heat races, Wilson charged all the way up to second and ranked second in passing points to Chris Andrews following heat race action.

 

 

 

Gridding the second of five qualifying races in tenth, Wilson blasted through the pack in short order and took the win to earn the pole position for the feature event.

 

 

 

Oklahoma City's Jason Lair was slated to start alongside Wilson in the feature event, but Senter moved up to the front row outside when Lair's engine gave way in the staging area moments before the field aligned.

 

 

 

Wilson outgunned Senter for the point at the drop of the green flag and never looked back. Reaching lapped traffic by the ninth circuit on the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval, Wilson never faltered while slicing through traffic the rest of the way. "One down, one to go," Wilson commented in victory lane.

 

 

 

With Wilson out front, Sawyer took advantage of a Senter's progressively tightening machine to take the runner-up slot in the final laps. Senter held on for third in the non-stop affair, with Yockey a close fourth as King held off Hendrick for fifth.

 

 

 

Pennsylvania's Jake Murphy just missed an assured starting spot by finishing seventh, while Chris Berreth advanced from 15th to eighth. Aaron Reutzel raced from 20th to ninth, with 17th-starter Travis Elliott completing the top ten.

 

 

 

In the Horizon Mini Sprints feature event, Roberts outdueled Shane Fletcher over the middle portion of the race en route to capturing the checkered flag. Roberts and Fletcher are locked into Saturday night's $1,000 to win feature along with Shelby Henson, Brian Ritter, Devon Huff and Trent Taylor.

 

 

 

Twenty-five Horizon Mini Sprints brought the total number of cars in competition at I-30 Speedway on Friday night to 50.

 

 

 

Second Annual 600 Nationals Friday Results:

 

 

 

Heat Races – Top 50 in Finishing/Passing Points to Five Inverted Qualifying Races; Balance of Field to Five Last Chance Races.

 

 

 

First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 3c-Cody Coggin, 2. 8c-Chris Andrews, 3. 1k-Austin Laskey, 4. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 5. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 6. k9-Jaysen Baker, 7. 96x-Zach Gigot, 8. 11d-Jason Dent, 9. 31d-Joe Dent, 10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 12. 22c-John Campbell, 13. 711-Dusty Young.

 

 

 

Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9L-Tim Dietz, 2. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 3. 18c-Scott Bolden, 4. 79-Ryan Duke, 5. 51-Terry Monroe, 6. 41-Lee Knowles, 7. 75J-Kevin Gigot, 8. 23w-Tim Elkins, 9. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 10. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 11. 81-Page Summers, 12. 39-Brian Nance, 13. 6h-Chris Crull.

 

 

 

Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 30-Bean Elliott, 2. 36-Ben Murphy, 3. 1h-Darryl Wills, 4. 35-Justin Jackson, 5. 16x-Michael Davidson, 6. 221-Tim Crawley, 7. 3x-Steve Hall, 8. 70-Michael Wickham, 9. 1x-Chad Pitts, 10. 9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 61-Brad Gentry, 12. 72-Justin Taylor. DNS: 83b-Kurt Blackaby.

 

 

 

Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 2-Riley Adair, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3. 64-Chad Boone, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 15a-Andrew Deal, 6. 33b-Butch ivy, 7. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 8. 631-Phil Reed, 9. 8a-Josh Akers, 10. 92F-Chad Mallett, 11. 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 12. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 13. 5k-John Kamm.

 

 

 

Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 01-Nick Ivy, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3. 23a-Matt Covington, 4. 40b-Trevor Berry, 5. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 6. 66r-Roger Rose, 7. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 8. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 9. 98-Glenn Heverin, 10. 31w-Justin Webb, 11. 23m-Mike Johnson, 12. 10x-Steven Parker, 13. 11ut-Tim Sandelczech.

 

 

 

Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 44-Michael Dicely, 2. 23L-Jason Lair, 3. 18m-Jake Murphy, 4. 83w-Jim Woods, 5. 77b-Daniel Butler, 6. 10e-Matt Ebarb, 7. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 8. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 9. 1a-Cale Reigle, 10. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 11. 91T-Tay Milton, 12. 28J-Jeff Willingham.

 

 

 

Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1. 1e-Eric Edwards, 2. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 3. 57-Jacob Lucas, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. wa1-Ben Devlin, 6. 17r-Justin Rapp, 7. 14-Chris Zabawa, 8. 67-Marty Martin, 9. 017-Donald Bivens, 10. 88h-Denver Hall, 11. 16F-Nate Fleming. DNS: 5x-Tyson Hall.

 

 

 

Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 131-David Zarski, 2. 11a-Andrew Felker, 3. 116-Chris Berreth, 4. 32k-Derek King, 5. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 6. 82-Steven Shebester, 7. 47-Rusty Pipes, 8. 59F-Greg Fritts, 9. 42-Dean Franklin, 10. 10w-Wayne Ebarb. DNS: 7k-Chad Quarternick, 122-Sammy Swindell.

 

 

 

Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 3. 91k-Kevin Bayer, 4. 23T-James Tsokatos, 5. 80-Michael McNeil, 6. 69r-Clayton Robertson, 7. 18T-Tyler Devault, 8. 22J-Josh Rehm, 9. 12c-Josh Clark, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr. DNS: 21w-Wade Huisman.

 

 

 

Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 2. 32m-Trey Marcham, 3. 69x-Sam Miller, 4. 85-John McCord, 5. 71-Ryan Greth, 6. 6g-Dustin Gates, 7. 07-George Jackson, 8. 76-Josh Ruple, 9. 18a-Ray Alsup, 10. 60-James McNeil. Disqualified: 73-Jake Mosley (rough driving) and 49-Nathan Cook (failed to report to scales).

 

 

 

Last Chance Races – Top 4 Finishers to tail of the Five Qualifying Races.

 

 

 

First Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 73-Jake Mosley, 2. 16x-Michael Davidson, 3. 47-Rusty Pipes, 4. k9-Jaysen Baker, 5. 1a-Cale Reigle, 6. 72-Justin Taylor, 7. 23m-Mike Johnson, 8. 8a-Josh Akers, 9. 18a-Ray Alsup, 10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 67-Marty Martin, 12. 82-Steven Shebester, 13. 75J-Kevin Gigot. DNS: 91T-Tay Milton, 11UT-Tim Sandelczech.

 

 

 

Second Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 6g-Dustin Gates, 2. 5x-Tyson Hall, 3. 80-Michael McNeil, 4. 9x-Ryan Langston, 5. 98-Glenn Heverin, 6. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 7. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 8. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 9. 3x-Steve Hall, 10. 15a-Andrew Deal, 11. 59F-Greg Fritts, 12. 711-Dusty Young, 13. 16F-Nate Fleming. Disqualified: 23w-Tim Elkins (failed to report to scales after finishing fourth). DNS: 07-George Jackson.

 

 

 

Third Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 2. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 3. 70-Michael Wickham, 4. 11d-Jason Dent, 5. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr., 6. 76-Josh Ruple, 7. 22J-Josh Rehm, 8. 6h-Chris Crull, 9. 017-Donald Bivens, 10. 81-Page Summers. DNS: 71-Ryan Greth, 92F-Chad Mallett, 88h-Denver Hall, 10x-Steven Parker, 7k-Chad Quarternick.

 

 

 

Fourth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 221-Tim Crawley, 2. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 3. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 4. 31w-Justin Webb, 5. 96x-Zach Gigot, 6. 61-Brad Gentry, 7. 22c-John Campbell, 8. 28J-Jeff Willingham, 9. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 10. 1x-Chad Pitts, 11. 66r-Roger Rose. DNS: 42-Dean Franklin, 10w-Wayne Ebarb, 83b-Kurt Blackaby, 122-Sammy Swindell.

 

 

 

Fifth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 2. 18T-Tyler Devault, 3. 31d-Joe Dent, 4. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 5. 631-Phil Reed, 6. 60-James McNeil, 7. 12c-Josh Clark, 8. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 9. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 10. 14-Chris Zabawa, 11. 39-Brian Nance, 12. 5k-John Kamm, 13. 49-Nathan Cook. DNS: 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 21w-Wade Huisman.

 

 

 

Qualifying Races – Top 24 in Combined Points from Heats & Qualifiers to “A” Feature

 

 

First Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 32k-Derek King, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 3. 36-Ben Murphy, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. 8c-Chris Andrews, 6. 16x-Michael Davidson, 7. 73-Jake Mosley, 8. 10e-Matt Ebarb, 9. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 10. 47-Rusty Pipes, 11. 3c-Cody Coggin, 12. k9-Jaysen Baker, 13. 41-Lee Knowles, 14. 40b-Trevor Berry.

 

 

 

Second Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 35-Justin Jackson, 3. 116-Chris Berreth, 4. wa1-Ben Devlin, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6. 6g-Dustin Gates, 7. 5x-Tyson Hall, 8. 80-Michael McNeil, 9. 01-Nick Ivy, 10. 9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 12. 9L-Tim Dietz, 13. 69x-Sam Miller, 14. 77b-Daniel Butler.

 

 

 

Third Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 33b-Butch Ivy, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3. 29-Scott Sawyer, 4. 11a-Andrew Felker, 5. 18m-Jake Murphy, 6. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 7. 30-Bean Elliott, 8. 1k-Austin Laskey, 9. 1h-Darryl Wills, 10. 17r-Justin Rapp, 11. 11d-Jason Dent, 12. 70-Michael Wickham, 13. 28b-B.J. Wilson. Disqualified: 57-Jacob Lucas (rough driving).

 

 

 

Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 23L-Jason Lair, 2. 18c-Scott Bolden, 3. 69r-Clayton Robertson, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 1e-Eric Edwards, 6. 2-Riley Adair, 7. 31w-Justin Webb, 8. 83w-Jim Woods, 9. 221-Tim Crawley, 10. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 11. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 12. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 13. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 14. 91k-Kevin Bayer.

 

 

 

Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 51-Terry Monroe, 2. 64-Chad Boone, 3. 79-Ryan Duke, 4. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 5. 23a-Matt Covington, 6. 23T-James Tsokatos, 7. 131-David Zarski, 8. 32m-Trey Marcham, 9. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 10. 44-Michael Dicely, 11. 31d-Joe Dent, 12. 18T-Tyler Devault, 13. 85-John McCord, 14. 83k-Karlas Stephens.

 

 

 

“A” Feature – Top 6 Finishers Locked into Saturday night’s $10,000 to win 600 Nationals Finale.

 

 

 

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 4. 7x-Stan Yockey, 5. 32k-Derek King, 6. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 7. 18m-Jake Murphy, 8. 116-Chris Berreth, 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10. 15T-Travis Elliott, 11. 1e-Eric Edwards, 12. 11a-Andrew Felker, 13. 64-Chad Boone, 14. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 15. 79-Ryan Duke, 16. 51-Terry Monroe, 17. wa1-Ben Devlin, 18. 2-Riley Adair, 19. 8c-Chris Andrews, 20. 36-Ben Murphy, 21. 33b-Butch Ivy, 22. 18c-Scott Bolden, 23. 35-Justin Jackson. 24. 23L-Jason Lair (DNS).

 

 

 

Horizon Mini-Sprint Restricted "A" Class Results:

 

 

 

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10-Darien Roberts, 2. 99-Shane Fletcher, 3. 6-Shelby Henson, 4. 97-Brian Ritter, 5. 9-Devon Huff, 6. 57-Trent Taylor, 7. X-Blake Jenkins, 8. 18-Cole Melby, 9. 28-Karley Dobson, 10. 11J-James Snellgrove, 11. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 12. 14-Jordan Mallett, 13. 08-Logan Martin, 14. 19-Dalton Terrel, 15. 1J-Nic Jenkins, 16. 15-Jeremy Middleton, 17. 20b-Adam Law, 18. 37-Brunson Behning, 19. 07-Jack Currier, 20. 43-Matthew Bauldwin.