Bryan Hulbert – PARK CITY, Kan. (August 13, 2020) On an exceptional racing surface at 81-Speedway, Washington’s Seth Bergman railed the cushion for his fifth overall victory on the 2020 season, and first of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week powered by Smiley’s Racing Products.
On the choice of lines and strategy, Seth stated, “My plan going in was to just pound the top and if someone showed me a nose or I felt threatened, I’d move down. I’d been watching it all night and knew it was coming in, but running 360’s, it’s all about miles-per-hour so I just stayed up top.”
A much-needed win for Seth, the star to Sprint Week has been and up and down ride.
“It’s been a frustrating two nights. We did have a good run at Lakeside, then last night was rubber, so it’s been pretty quiet going up and down the road the last few days. We have high expectations and we haven’t met those, so tonight we were really focused, and it paid off.”
Getting the jump over Harli White on the start, Bergman was quickly joined by fellow Washington shoe, J.J. Hickle. Keeping within a handful of car lengths on the Corridor Electric No. 23, the pair found traffic near the race’s mid-point. Forcing Hickle off the hub, that allowed Seth to begin steadily pull away from the No. 63.
“I was eager to get to lapped traffic. I felt like I made pretty good time through them and luckily, none of them were really leaning on it so it gave me a clean line which really helped,” explained Seth.
Lapping into the top ten in the closing laps, the final trip down the front stretch saw Bergman stretch his lead by 5.155-seconds. J.J. Hickle held on to second as Colton Heath fought over the closing laps with Harli White to hold onto third. White settled for fourth with Oregon’s Tanner Holmes completing the top five.
Riley Goodno crossed sixth with John Carney II picking up 10 spots and $100 as the Tiny's Truck Repair Hard Charger. Michael Faccinto was eighth, Brandon Anderson ninth, and J.D. Johnson in tenth.
With a field of 38 on hand Thursday night, Bush’s Chicken Quick Time and $100 went to J.J. Hickle. Schure Built Suspension, Griffith Truck and Equipment, Brewer Trucking, and Old School Racin' each put up $100 for Heat Race winners. Brandon Anderson, J.D. Johnson, Michael Faccinto, and Seth Bergman each earned wins. Mid-Mo Equipment Dash wins, and $50, went to Seth Bergman and Harli White. The C-Feature was topped by Jeremy Campbell with the B-Feature won by John Carney II.
The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week powered by Smiley's Racing Products continues Friday, August 14, at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. Pits open at 4:00 P.M. with Grandstands opening at 5:00 P.M. Hot Laps at 7:00 P.M. with Qualifying to follow at 7:30 P.M. (CT). Admission is $20 with Kids 10 and under free.
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Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week powered by Smiley's
81-Speedway (Park City, Kan.)
Sprint Week - Round 3
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Car Count: 38
Bush's Chicken Qualifying
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 63-JJ Hickle, 00:14.544[6]; 2. 33-Colton Heath, 00:14.544[7]; 3. 22X-Riley Goodno, 00:14.614[5]; 4. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 00:14.637[9]; 5. 9-Chase Randall, 00:14.682[1]; 6. J2-John Carney II, 00:14.713[3]; 7. 1X-Jake Bubak, 00:14.734[4]; 8. 21P-Robbie Price, 00:14.764[2]; 9. 23-Seth Bergman, 00:14.793[33]; 10. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:14.843[16]; 11. 5H-Michael Faccinto, 00:14.858[22]; 12. 88-Travis Reber, 00:14.879[13]; 13. 17W-Harli White, 00:14.896[36]; 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:14.968[32]; 15. 50Z-Zach Chappell, 00:14.983[8]; 16. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 00:14.986[10]; 17. 47-Avery Goodman, 00:15.001[12]; 18. 95-Matt Covington, 00:15.005[29]; 19. 115-Nick Parker, 00:15.016[24]; 20. 41-Colton Hardy, 00:15.025[37]; 21. 44-Jesse Love, 00:15.032[35]; 22. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:15.081[26]; 23. 17G-Channin Tankersley, 00:15.120[31]; 24. 21R-Gunner Ramey, 00:15.150[34]; 25. 98-JD Johnson, 00:15.165[20]; 26. 21S-Shane Hopkins, 00:15.188[15]; 27. 91-Jeff Stasa, 00:15.194[17]; 28. 6-Jett Carney, 00:15.202[18]; 29. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:15.207[23]; 30. 88T-Terry Easum, 00:15.279[28]; 31. 26M-Fred Mattox, 00:15.300[21]; 32. 23M-Lance Moss, 00:15.324[27]; 33. 22B-Jesse Baker, 00:15.328[14]; 34. 2J-Zach Blurton, 00:15.383[19]; 35. 92J-JR Topper, 00:15.392[38]; 36. 20G-Jake Greider, 00:15.434[30]; 37. 31M-Eric Mathews, 00:15.784[11]; 38. 9M-Glen Saville, 00:16.298[25]
Heat Races (Top 4 in each advance to the A-Feature)
Schure Built Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55B-Brandon Anderson[1]; 2. 22X-Riley Goodno[2]; 3. 63-JJ Hickle[4]; 4. 33-Colton Heath[3]; 5. J2-John Carney II[6]; 6. 9-Chase Randall[5]; 7. 21P-Robbie Price[8]; 8. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[10]; 9. 50Z-Zach Chappell[9]; 10. 1X-Jake Bubak[7]
Griffith Truck & Equip. Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98-JD Johnson[1]; 2. 47-Avery Goodman[2]; 3. 18T-Tanner Holmes[4]; 4. 91-Jeff Stasa[6]; 5. 21S-Shane Hopkins[5]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton[9]; 7. 6-Jett Carney[7]; 8. 31M-Eric Mathews[10]; 9. 22B-Jesse Baker[8]; 10. 88-Travis Reber[3]
Brewer Trucking Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Michael Faccinto[4]; 2. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 4. 23M-Lance Moss[8]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 6. 88T-Terry Easum[6]; 7. 9M-Glen Saville[9]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox[7]; 9. 115-Nick Parker[2]
Old School Racin Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett[2]; 3. 41-Colton Hardy[1]; 4. 17W-Harli White[3]; 5. 17G-Channin Tankersley[6]; 6. 44-Jesse Love[5]; 7. 20G-Jake Greider[9]; 8. 92J-JR Topper[8]; 9. 21R-Gunner Ramey[7]
Mid-Mo Equipment Dashes:
Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 2. 63-JJ Hickle[1]; 3. 22X-Riley Goodno[4]; 4. 5H-Michael Faccinto[3]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[5]
Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 17W-Harli White[1]; 2. 33-Colton Heath[5]; 3. 55B-Brandon Anderson[3]; 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes[2]; 5. 98-JD Johnson[4]
Hoosier Tire C-Features (Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)
C-Main (10 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 2. 50Z-Zach Chappell[5]; 3. 26M-Fred Mattox[2]; 4. 1X-Jake Bubak[9]; 5. 22B-Jesse Baker[8]; 6. 31M-Eric Mathews[4]; 7. 21R-Gunner Ramey[7]; 8. 92J-JR Topper[3]; 9. 115-Nick Parker[6]; 10. 88-Travis Reber[10]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. J2-John Carney II[2]; 2. 21S-Shane Hopkins[4]; 3. 17G-Channin Tankersley[3]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 5. 21P-Robbie Price[9]; 6. 6-Jett Carney[10]; 7. 44-Jesse Love[6]; 8. 20G-Jake Greider[11]; 9. 9-Chase Randall[1]; 10. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[13]; 11. 50Z-Zach Chappell[14]; 12. 1X-Jake Bubak[16]; 13. 26M-Fred Mattox[15]; 14. 9M-Glen Saville[12]; 15. 2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 16. 88T-Terry Easum[7]
SawBlade.com A-Feature
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman[1]; 2. 63-JJ Hickle[3]; 3. 33-Colton Heath[4]; 4. 17W-Harli White[2]; 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 6. 22X-Riley Goodno[5]; 7. J2-John Carney II[17]; 8. 5H-Michael Faccinto[7]; 9. 55B-Brandon Anderson[6]; 10. 98-JD Johnson[10]; 11. 41-Colton Hardy[14]; 12. 17B-Ryan Bickett[11]; 13. 17G-Channin Tankersley[19]; 14. 5T-Ryan Timms[13]; 15. 21S-Shane Hopkins[18]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[20]; 17. 91-Jeff Stasa[15]; 18. 23M-Lance Moss[16]; 19. 47-Avery Goodman[12]; 20. 95-Matt Covington[9]
Lap Leader(s): Seth Bergman 1-25
Tiny's Truck Repair Hard Charger: John Carney II +10
High Point Driver: N/A
Provisional(s): N/A
2020 Sprint Week Winners: - J.J. Hickle – 1 (8/11 – Lakeside Speedway); John Carney II – 1 (8/12 – Caney Valley Speedway); Seth Bergman – 1 (8/13 – 81-Speedway);
2020 Sprint Week Standings (Top 10): 1. J.J. Hickle 427; 2. Seth Bergman 390; 3. John Carney II 375; 4. Colton Heath 370; 5. Harli White 363; 6. Tanner Holmes 346; 7. Michael Faccinto 342; 8. Robbie Price 323; 9. Riley Goodno 322; 10. Channin Tankersley 291;
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