American Sprint Car Series

Neither the summer heat nor the American Sprint Car Series’ (ASCS) best regional racers could extinguish Sam Hafertepe Jr.’s hot streak Friday night.

The five-time Series champion from Sunnyvale, TX, garnered his ninth Feature win of the season — sixth in the past seven events — with the national 360 Sprint Car circuit, making the pass for the lead on polesitter Jake Bubak after the halfway point and holding off a final-lap challenge to bank his 86th career Series win and first-ever at WaKeeney Speedway.

A sample of Kansas and Colorado’s regional competition — multiple of whom compete with the ASCS Western Plains Region and ASCS Northern Plains Region — joined the roster for the co-sanctioned event and challenged the national Series regulars throughout the night. Bubak — a native of Arveda, CO — led the charge, turning the fastest lap in his Qualifying group, which ranked second overall behind only Hafertepe’s fastest lap.