(Image Credit: Serena Dalhamer)<\/p>\n
Bryan Hulbert \u2013 MESQUITE, Texas (October 14, 2023) Fastest in Qualifying, won his Heat Race, earned the Pole in the A-Feature, and never looked back. That\u2019s the way it went Saturday night for Sam Hafertepe, Jr., who etched his name in the record books as the winner of the final A-Feature with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com at the Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had an awesome racecar tonight,\u201d said Hafertepe. \u201cI was amazed at how good we were, and honestly, on the restarts, I kind of wasn\u2019t going as hard because we\u2019d catch lapped traffic so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hafertepe\u2019s ninth win at the half-mile with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com, the victory is his 65th with the tour.<\/p>\n
Giving a tip of the cap to the track crew on getting the surface ironed out and providing multiple grooves of racing, Sam then stated, \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see this place go. I\u2019ve spent a lot of my life racing here. I started when I was sixteen years old, and that was 20 years ago, but it\u2019s neat to be a part of this place. It\u2019s impressive for a facility like this to last as long as it has, and it takes people like the Edwards running to make it last all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Never a challenge over the course of 30 laps, Hafertepe was quick into lapped traffic several times. Slowed for the final time with nine laps to run, Traffic over the final two laps at one point looked like it was going to give Matt Covington a chance at the Hills Racin No. 15h with Hafertepe nearly brought to a standstill in the first and second turns.<\/p>\n
Stripping nearly two seconds off of his advantage at the wave of the white flag, Sam found smoothing sailing through the final sets of turns and captured the win by 2.542-seconds.<\/p>\n
Matt Covington crossed second, with Howard Moore third.<\/p>\n
Trading fourth with Harli White during the feature, Jace Park was able to retake the spot, with White able to go tenth to fifth. Blake Hahn, from ninth, made it to sixth, followed by Saturday\u2019s KSE Hard Charger, Channin Tankersley, who picked up ten positions to finish eighth. Chase Randall was ninth with Tucker Doughty, who won the BMRS B-Feature, climbing to a top-ten finish.<\/p>\n
The final running of the Devil\u2019s Bowl Winter Nationals included 29 drivers for the tour\u2019s 107th event.<\/p>\n
The final full points race of the season, Jason Martin secured his first career ASCS National Tour Championship and the $50,000 that goes with it. Jason\u2019s record included Nine wins on the season, 18 top-five, and 24 top-ten finishes. He secured the title by 46 over Matt Covington.<\/p>\n
One weekend of racing remains for the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com at the COMP Cams Short Track Nationals, happening October 26-28 at Texarkana 67 Speedway. The rescheduled event is show-up points event. That event will be shown on http:\/\/www.floracing.com.<\/p>\n
The 2023 season will mark the 32nd year of competition for the American Sprint Car Series. Spearheaded by the American Sprint Car Series National Tour, the ASCS Nation includes Regional Tours that encompass both wing and non-wing competition.<\/p>\n
For other news, notes, and information on any of the tours under the ASCS banner, log onto http:\/\/www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@ascsracing).<\/p>\n
Race Results:<\/p>\n
ASCS National
\nDevil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, Texas)
\nSaturday, October 14, 2023<\/p>\n
Car Count: 29<\/p>\n
The Driver’s Project Group Qualifying<\/p>\n
The Drivers Project Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 3-Howard Moore, 00:16.079[6]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:16.114[10]; 3. 8M-Kade Morton, 00:16.136[7]; 4. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 00:16.380[9]; 5. 2-Brekton Crouch, 00:16.393[1]; 6. 0-Eric Baldaccini, 00:16.714[5]; 7. 71-Channin Tankersley, 00:16.721[4]; 8. 2J-Zach Blurton, 00:16.810[2]; 9. 10-Landon Britt, 00:16.872[3]; 10. 16-Blake Baccus, 00:17.128[8]<\/p>\n
The Drivers Project Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 00:15.718[7]; 2. 36-Jason Martin, 00:15.916[8]; 3. 87J-Jace Park, 00:15.997[4]; 4. 9-Chase Randall, 00:16.033[6]; 5. 7M-Chance Morton, 00:16.154[1]; 6. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood, 00:16.393[10]; 7. 1J-Danny Jennings, 00:16.449[3]; 8. 45-Martin Edwards, 00:16.548[9]; 9. 2X-Tucker Doughty, 00:16.714[5]; 10. 33C-Casey Carter, 00:18.411[2]<\/p>\n
The Drivers Project Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:15.442[9]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett, 00:15.634[5]; 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 00:15.648[8]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 00:15.785[6]; 5. 12H-Harli White, 00:15.793[2]; 6. 6-Christopher Townsend, 00:16.029[4]; 7. 91-Michael Day, 00:16.066[7]; 8. 4-Austin Mundie, 00:16.370[1]; 9. 15-Michael Colaluca, 00:16.996[3]<\/p>\n
AR Dyno Specialty Heat Races (Top 16 in combined Qualifying and Heat Points advance to the A-Feature)<\/p>\n
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8M-Kade Morton[2]; 2. 55B-Brandon Anderson[1]; 3. 3-Howard Moore[4]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 5. 0-Eric Baldaccini[6]; 6. 10-Landon Britt[9]; 7. 71-Channin Tankersley[7]; 8. 2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 9. 2-Brekton Crouch[5]; 10. 16-Blake Baccus[10]<\/p>\n
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87J-Jace Park[2]; 2. 9-Chase Randall[1]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[4]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[3]; 5. 7M-Chance Morton[5]; 6. 45-Martin Edwards[8]; 7. 2X-Tucker Doughty[9]; 8. 1J-Danny Jennings[7]; 9. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood[6]; 10. 33C-Casey Carter[10]<\/p>\n
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson[2]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett[3]; 4. 12H-Harli White[5]; 5. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 6. 6-Christopher Townsend[6]; 7. 91-Michael Day[7]; 8. 4-Austin Mundie[8]; 9. 15-Michael Colaluca[9]<\/p>\n
BMRS B-Feature (Top 6 advance)<\/p>\n
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 2X-Tucker Doughty[2]; 2. 71-Channin Tankersley[4]; 3. 6-Christopher Townsend[1]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[7]; 5. 4-Austin Mundie[6]; 6. 1J-Danny Jennings[8]; 7. 2-Brekton Crouch[11]; 8. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood[10]; 9. 15-Michael Colaluca[9]; 10. 45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 11. 16-Blake Baccus[12]; 12. 91-Michael Day[3]; 13. (DNS) 33C-Casey Carter<\/p>\n
A-Feature<\/p>\n
A-Main (30 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[2]; 3. 3-Howard Moore[3]; 4. 87J-Jace Park[4]; 5. 12H-Harli White[10]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[9]; 7. 14-Jordon Mallett[6]; 8. 71-Channin Tankersley[18]; 9. 9-Chase Randall[11]; 10. 55B-Brandon Anderson[16]; 11. 2X-Tucker Doughty[17]; 12. 0-Eric Baldaccini[12]; 13. 36-Jason Martin[8]; 14. 7M-Chance Morton[13]; 15. 2J-Zach Blurton[20]; 16. 6-Christopher Townsend[19]; 17. 45-Martin Edwards[15]; 18. 1J-Danny Jennings[22]; 19. 10-Landon Britt[14]; 20. 8M-Kade Morton[5]; 21. 2C-Wayne Johnson[7]; 22. 4-Austin Mundie[21]; 23. 45X-Kyler Johnson[23]; 24. 91-Michael Day[24]<\/p>\n
Lap Leader(s): Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1-30
\nHard Charger: Channin Tankersley +10
\nQuick Time: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. – 15.442-seconds
\nHigh Point Driver: Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
\nProvisional(s): Kyler Johnson (Points) \/ Michael Day (Points)<\/p>\n
ASCS Online:<\/p>\n
American Sprint Car Series: http:\/\/www.ascsracing.com
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\nBroadcast: http:\/\/www.racindirt.com
\nLive-Scoring: My Race Pass App<\/p>\n
ASCS Drivers Online:<\/p>\n
3 Howard Moore (Memphis, TN) R
\n6 Christopher Townsend (La Porte, TX) R
\n10 Landon Britt (Memphis, TN)
\n13 Elijah Gile (Phoenix, AZ) R
\n14 Jordon Mallett (Greenbrier, AR)
\n23 Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA)
\n36 Jason Martin (Liberal, KS)
\n45X Kyler Johnson (Quinter, KS)
\n55B Brandon Anderson (Glenpool, OK)
\n71 Brady Baker (Alexander, AR) R
\n91 Michael Day (Farmersville, TX) R
\n95 Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)<\/p>\n
R denotes a driver running for the Brodix National Rookie of the Year<\/p>\n
2023 Race Winners: Jason Martin \u2013 9 (4\/20 \u2013 Jackson Motor Speedway; 4\/22 \u2013 Boothill Speedway; 5\/20 \u2013 Longdale Speedway; 5\/28 \u2013 Lake Ozark Speedway; 6\/17 \u2013 81 Speedway; 7\/7 \u2013 Dodge City Raceway Park; 7\/22 \u2013 81 Speedway; 8\/26 \u2013 Salina Highbanks Speedway; 9\/2 \u2013 Longdale Speedway); Matt Covington \u2013 3 (6\/16 \u2013 Humboldt Speedway; 7\/8 \u2013 Dodge City Raceway Park; 8\/25 \u2013 Lakeside Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. \u2013 2 10\/13 \u2013 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway; 10\/14 \u2013 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway); Ryan Timms \u2013 2 (9\/14 \u2013 Lucas Oil Speedway; 9\/17 \u2013 Lucas Oil Speedway); Seth Bergman \u2013 2 (4\/21 \u2013 Longdale Speedway; 6\/2 \u2013 Outlaw Motor Speedway); Jake Bubak \u2013 2 (7\/1 \u2013 WaKeeney Speedway; 9\/15 \u2013 Lucas Oil Speedway); Austin McCarl \u2013 1 (5\/26 \u2013 Lakeside Speedway); Joe B. Miller \u2013 1 (5\/17 \u2013 Lake Ozark Speedway); Sean McClelland \u2013 1 (6\/15 \u2013 Creek County Speedway); Jeffrey Newell \u2013 1 (6\/22 \u2013 Lawton Speedway); Alex Sewell \u2013 1 (6\/24 \u2013 Caney Valley Speedway); Blake Hahn \u2013 1 (6\/30 \u2013 Boone County Raceway); Aaron Reutzel \u2013 1 (8\/3 \u2013 Knoxville Raceway); Parker Price-Miller \u2013 1 (8\/4 \u2013 Knoxville Raceway); Brian Brown \u2013 1 (8\/5 \u2013 Knoxville Raceway); Landon Britt \u2013 1 (9\/1 \u2013 Arrowhead Speedway); Terry McCarl \u2013 1 (9\/12 \u2013 Clay County Fair Speedway);<\/p>\n
2023 Driver Points (Top 10): 1. Jason Martin 3,562; 2. Matt Covington 3,516; 3. Jordon Mallett 3,269; 4. Howard Moore 3,267; 5. Brandon Anderson 3,203; 6. Kyler Johnson 2,976; 7. Landon Britt 2,837; 8. Christopher Townsend 2,827; 9. Michael Day 2,505; 10. Chris Morgan 1,505;<\/p>\n
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