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Massey Cruises in NCRA Modified Series Opener
By David Smith, Jr. PARK CITY, Kan. (May 3, 2008) - The O'Reilly NCRA Modified Series presented by ICM/Ethanol opened it's eleventh consecutive season Saturday night at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas and it was last years divisions rookie of the year Jeremy Massey taking the lead on lap three, then cruising the rest of the way to win the thirty lap feature event.
Jim Johnson started on the pole with former three-time series champion Johnny Allen along the outside as the pair paced the field before the green flag fell. When the race started, it was a free for all entering turn one as Johnson, Allen and Massey raced three wide exiting turn two before Allen took the lead for good entering turn three and lead the first lap. Johnson would return the favor next time around to lead lap two before Massey drove around Johnson exiting turn two to take the top spot.
Massey would jump out to a quick six car length lead by lap five and by the halfway point, would be out to a comfortable half stretch advantage. The leader would begin to approach the lapped car of Shane Gerber on lap eighteen but his lead would never be in jeopardy as his Bills Built chassis stayed glued atop the three-eighths mile oval and would be never challenged the rest of the distance.
Massey would go unchallenged to take his third career NCRA modified victory in the caution free feature finale.
"I want to say thanks to my brother (Brandon) for the opportunity to drive his car," said a jubilant Massey in victory lane. "I waited to see where those other two were going to go there on the start and then just picked my spot and made my move too the front. I really want to thank my sponsors Corduroy's Bar, Rodriguez Concrete, Ford Sand and Gravel, Inc., BSB Race Parts and, of course, Bills Built chassis for their help or this wouldn't be possible."
Johnson would hold off Allen for the runner up position while Marc Hurd and Jordan Whitehead rounded out the top five.
The six heat races for the 57 car field were won by Allen, Brenden Gemmill, Brian Casey, Jim Pearcy, Massey and Nic Baalman. The "E" feature was won by Brent Burkhart with Mike Bennett taking the "D" main honors. Kenny Sweet would take the ten lap "C" feature while Brian McGowen led the way in the fifteen lap "B" feature.
Local track regular Greg Stephens of Wichita would play the alphabet soup and earned the nights hard charger honors. Problems in his heat race found him lined up tenth in the "E" feature and finished sixth to transfer to the "D" feature. Stephens would transfer from there and make it through the "C" feature and "B" feature to earn himself a twentieth and final starting position. He would then go on to finish the night in fourteenth.
The O'Reilly NCRA presented by ICM/Ethanol modified series will take one week off before heading to Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas on Friday night, May 16th and Enid Speedway Park in Enid, Oklahoma for a Saturday night event.
O'Reilly Finish Line
HEAT 1 - 1, John Allen. 2, Brandon Morton. 3, Jason Teague. 4, Grant Junghans. 5, Tyler Propps. 6, Danny Moss. 7, Tony Foster. 8, Brent Burkhart. 9, Jeremy Green. HEAT 2 - 1, Brendon Gemmill. 2, Brian McGowen. 3, Ryan McAninch. 4, Don Renfro. 5, Kirk Coleman. 6, Tyler Davis. 7, Rodney Dodds. 8, Mark Crough. 9, Mike Miller. HEAT 3 - 1, Brian Casey. 2, Jim Johnson. 3, Brad Johnston. 4, Jason Yager. 5, Patrick McManus. 6, Mike Bennett. 7, Rick Leatherman. 8, Jim Berends. 9, Greg Stephens. HEAT 4 - 1, Jim Pearcy. 2, Jordan Whitehead. 3, Brian Franz. 4, Dan Daniels. 5, Mike Jarvis. 6, Bill Stahl. 7, Clint Smith. 8, Bob Lane. 9, Travis Govern. HEAT 5 - 1, Jeremy Massey. 2, Shane Gerber. 3, Marlin Farr. 4, Troy Gemmill. 5, Kenny Sweet Jr. 6, Brian Powers. 7, Richard Wilson. 8, Cody Gearhart. 9, Cecil Dymond. HEAT 6 - 1, Nic Baalman. 2, Marc Hurd. 3, Casey McClaskey. 4, Ross Shipman. 5, Jimmy Hobbs. 6, Brad Moriarty. 7, Rick Mueller. 8, Rick Trammell. 9, Ryan Whitworth. E FEATURE - 1, Brent Burkhart. 2, Cody Gearhart. 3, Mark Crough. 4, Mike Miller. 5, Rick Mueller. 6, Greg Stephens. 7, Jim Berends. 8, Jason Teague. 9, Ryan Whitworth. 10, Bob Lane. 11, Jeremy Green. 12, Cecil Dymond. 13, Rick Trammell. D FEATURE - 1, Mike Bennett. 2, Brian Powers. 3, Richard Wilson. 4, Brent Burkhart. 5, Bill Stahl. 6, Tony Foster. 7, Mike Miller. 8, Mark Crough. 9, Greg Stephens. 10, Jason Teague. 11, Cody Gearhart. 12, Ryan Whitworth. 13, Clint Smith. 14, Jim Berends. 15, Rodney Dodds. 16, Rick Leatherman. 17, Bob Lane. 18, Rick Mueller. 19, Danny Moss. C FEATURE - 1, Kenny Sweet Jr. 2, Tyler Propps. 3, Don Renfro. 4, Greg Stephens. 5, Ross Shipman. 6, Brent Burkhart. 7, Brian Powers. 8, Kirk Coleman. 9, Patrick McManus. 10, Tyler Davis. 11, Mike Bennett. 12, Richard Wilson. 13, Jason Teague. 14, Mark Crough. 15, Tony Foster. 16, Bill Stahl. 17, Mike Jarvis. 18, Marlin Farr. 19, Mike Miller. 20, Jimmy Hobbs. B FEATURE - 1, Brian McGowen. 2, Jason Yager. 3, Dan Daniels. 4, Brandon Morton. 5, Troy Gemmill. 6, Casey McClaskey. 7, Shane Gerber. 8, Grant Junghans. 9, Kenny Sweet Jr. 10, Greg Stephens. 11, Ryan McAninch. 12, Brad Johnston. 13, Don Renfro. 14, Tyler Propps. 15, Kirk Coleman. 16, Patrick McManus. 17, Tyler Davis. 18, Ross Shipman. 19, Brent Burkhart. 20, Brian Powers. A FEATURE - 1, Jeremy Massey. 2, Jim Johnson. 3, John Allen. 4, Marc Hurd. 5, Jordan Whitehead. 6, Brian Casey. 7, Brian Franz. 8, Brendon Gemmill. 9, Nic Baalman. 10, Brandon Morton. 11, Casey McClaskey. 12, Kenny Sweet Jr. 13, Dan Daniels. 14, Greg Stephens. 15, Troy Gemmill. 16, Jim Pearcy. 17, Shane Gerber. 18, Grant Junghans. 19, Brian McGowen. 20, Jason Yager. |
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