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Johnson Sprints to NCRA/ASCS Dodge City Victory!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Dodge City, Kansas – June 28, 2014 - Four-time and defending National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products sprint car champion C.J. Johnson took advantage of early race leader Jake Martens miscue to claim victory as the series joined forces with the American Bank of Oklahoma American Sprint Car Series Sooner Region Saturday night at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas.

Johnson and Martens started on the front row for the twenty-five lap feature with Martens taking the lead as the green flag fell. Seth Bergman, Jeff Stasa and Kevin Ramey were the top five as Martens quickly opened up a half stretch lead by lap two.

While Martens kept his advantage, Johnson and Bergman battled for the runner up position with Johnson holding off the Washington resident throughout the early portion of the feature. Slower cars changed the complexion of the race on lap eight as Martens looked to put a couple of cars a lap down. One lap later was costly as he went to pass one of those slower cars and drifted high exiting turn two and brushed the wall. This allowed Johnson and Bergman to pass the early race leader, dropping him back into the third position.

This set up a two car battle for the top spot as Johnson, aboard his familiar #45x ASI powered, JE chassis, ran the middle portion of the three-eighths mile clay oval. Lap seventeen saw Bergman down low and look to make a bid for the lead coming out of turns three and four, only to have Johnson maintain the lead.    

Two laps later the Bergman’s power plant went up and smoke and he retired into the infield and credited with an 18th place finish.

From then on there was no catching Johnson as he went the rest of the caution free feature unchallenged to claim his first series feature victory of the season and first since May of last year. He also became the tenth different NCRA feature winner in the last ten appearances.

The victory put a positive on what was a trying night for the NCRA sprint car champion as he suffered a blown motor on the last lap and would coast to victory in the first heat race.

Martens rebounded to finish a disappointing second while ninth starting Sean McClelland finished third. Kevin Ramey came home fourth with Jordan Weaver rounding out the top five. Luke Cranston was the races hard charger as he worked the Danny King owned #e85 sprinter from his fifteenth starting position to a sixth place finish.

The three, eight lap heat races for the twenty-five car field were won by Johnson, Martens and Bergman while Cranston led wire to wire the twelve lap “B” feature.

It was not a good night for Oklahoma’s Dustin Morgan, who came into the night leading ASCS Sooner Region points. After blowing a tire during his heat race, Morgan was a victim of circumstance as a couple cars got crossed up on the front stretch. Morgan’s right rear made contact with one of the sprinters and executed several end over end flips from the flag stand, eventually ending up entering turn one. He was uninjured.

The NCRA and ASCS Sooner Region will load up and head to 81 Speedway in Park City for a Sunday night “Harvest of Gold Challenge.”

NCRA/ASCS Sooner Region Sprints
Dodge City Raceway Park/Dodge City, Kansas
June 28, 2014
25 Cars
1st Heat (8 Laps): 1) 45x-C.J. Johnson, 2) 1-Ty Williams, 3) 92-Jordan Weaver, 4) 17x-Josh Baughman, 5) 8-Alex Sewell, 6) E85-Luke Cranston, 7) 17w-Harli White, 8) 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 9) 10c-Jeremy Campbell.  

2nd Heat (8 Laps): 1) 48-Jake Martens, 2) 81-Jon Freeman, 3) 1h-Sean McClelland, 4) 1x-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5) 85-Forrest Sutherland, 6) 98-J.D. Johnson, 7) 74-Zach Merritt, 8) 93-Dustin Morgan.

3rd Heat (8 Laps): 1) 23-Seth Bergman, 2) 91-Jeff Stasa, 3) 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4) 72-Ray Seemann, 5) 33-Kris Miller, 6) 2j-Zach Blurton, 7) 20g-Jake Greider, 8) 27-Andy Shouse.

B Feature (10 Laps): 1) E85-Luke Cranston, 2) 85-Forrest Sutherland, 3) 98-J.D. Johnson, 4) 10c-Jeremy Campbell, 5) 2j-Zach Blurton, 6) 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 7) 17w-Harli White, 8) 74-Zach Merritt, 9) 20g-Jake Greider, 10) 93-Dustin Morgan. DNS: 27-Andy Shouse.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1) 45x-C.J. Johnson, 2) 48-Jake Martens, 3) 1h-Sean McClelland, 4) 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5) 92-Jordan Weaver, 6) E85-Luke Cranston, 7) 91-Jeff Stasa, 8) 17x-Josh Baughman, 9) 1x-Tony Bruce, Jr., 10) 72-Ray Seemann, 11) 8-Alex Sewell, 12) 81-Jon Freeman, 13) 10c-Jeremy Campbell, 14) 17w-Harli White, 15) 98-J.D. Johnson, 16) 33-Kris Miller, 17) 85-Forrest Sutherland, 18) 23-Seth Bergman, 19) 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 20) 2j-Zach Blurton.


Aaron Reutzel Tames 81 Speedway

PARK CITY, Kan. (June 29, 2014) - A Sunday night in Kansas saw Aaron Reutzel victorious in the continuation of the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region vs. National Championship Racing Association showdown with the Harvest of Gold Challenge at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan.

Evening the series challenge after C.J. Johnson grabbed the NCRA victory at Dodge City Raceway Park on Saturday; Reutzel pocketed $2,000 for his sixth overall win of 2014.

Matt Covington moved up one to finish second with eighth starting Jeremy Campbell third. Tony Bruce, Jr. crossed fourth from twelfth with Josh Baughman making up the top-five.

After an overheating engine forced a DNF in his Heat, sending the No. 53 to the B-Feature, Jack Dover clawed his way to sixth after coming from fourteenth in the B-Main to second; gridding Dover sixteenth in the A-Feature. Thirteenth starting Billy Alley was seventh with Jordan Weaver eighth. Jon Freeman crossed ninth with Sean McClelland rounding out the top-ten.

The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is off until July 18 with the region's return to the Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. For continued updates, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region
vs.
National Championship Racing Association
81 Speedway - Park City, Kan.
Sunday, June 19, 2014

Car Count: 29

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 2. 17X-Josh Baughman; 3. 48-Jake Martens; 4. 3-Billy Alley; 5. 35L-Cody Ledger; 6. 72-Raymond Seemann; 7. (DNF) 5-Jason Schroeder; 8. (DNF) 53-Jack Dover

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Forrest Sutherland; 2. E85-Luke Cranston; 3. 1-Sean McClelland; 4. 93-Dustin Morgan; 5. 7M-Kevin Ramey; 6. 17W-Harli White; 7. 8-Alex Sewell

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington; 2. 81-Jon Freeman; 3. 1X-Tony Bruce Jr; 4. 11AM-Mike Goodman; 5. 99-Scott Lehman; 6. 5-Jason Schroeder; 7. 72-Raymond Seemann

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 92-Jordan Weaver; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell; 3. 98-J.D. Johnson; 4. 45X-C.J. Johnson; 5. 33-Kris Miller; 6. 91-Jeff Stasa; DNS 50-Gavin Stout

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 93-Dustin Morgan[2]; 2. 53-Jack Dover[14]; 3. 35L-Cody Ledger[4]; 4. 7M-Kevin Ramey[5]; 5. 33-Kris Miller[3]; 6. 45X-C.J. Johnson[1]; 7. 99-Scott Lehman[6]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa[8]; 9. 20G-Jake Greider[13]; 10. (DNF) 17W-Harli White[9]; 11. (DNF) 72-Raymond Seemann[7]; 12. (DNF) 8-Alex Sewell[12]; 13. (DNF) 5-Jason Schroeder[10]; DNS 5L-Joe Bob Lee

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 3. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[8]; 4. 1X-Tony Bruce Jr[12]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman[5]; 6. 53-Jack Dover[16]; 7. 3-Billy Alley[13]; 8. 92-Jordan Weaver[4]; 9. 81-Jon Freeman[7]; 10. 1-Sean McClelland[11]; 11. 35L-Cody Ledger[17]; 12. 93-Dustin Morgan[15]; 13. 98-J.D. Johnson[9]; 14. 48-Jake Martens[10]; 15. 85-Forrest Sutherland[2]; 16. 33-Kris Miller[19]; 17. 99-Scott Lehman[20]; 18. (DNF) 7M-Kevin Ramey[18]; 19. (DNF) E85-Luke Cranston[6]; 20. (DNF) 11AM-Mike Goodman[14]





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