Johnson, Weyant capture Night Two Hockett/McMillin Memorial wins at Lucas Oil Speedway

 

Wheatland, Missouri (September 24, 2016) – It didn’t take long – just under seven minutes to be exact – for Wayne Johnson to score a wire-to-wire 25-lap victory Friday in Night Two of the 6th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Johnson captured his third Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour victory of the season and first since May with the lightning-quick performance in a caution-free event. Johnson, of Knoxville, Iowa, earned $3,000.

Korey Weyant grabbed the win in the Boss Wingless Auto Racing Series feature. It was another big car count, with 63 ASCS and 45 WAR entries in the pits.
The big finale on Saturday feature sees the ASCS drivers chasing a $10,000 feature prize and the WAR group gunning for a $1,200 winner’s check.

Johnson said the win was sweet and one he’s wanted for a long time because Hockett, the Missouri open-wheel ace, was “a good friend of mine.

“We’ll just keep working on this thing,” Johnson said, looking ahead to Saturday. “I think we can make it even better.”

Aaron Reutzel, who chased Johnson in heavy lapped traffic over the final laps, settled for second ahead of veteran Sammy Swindell who grabbed third after a runner-up finish on Thursday. Those two exchanged some words and gestures after the race.

Johnson said things got hairy late in the race when he had to navigate slower traffic as Reutzel, who started fifth, and Swindell, advancing from seventh, gave hot pursuit.

“I felt I picked the wrong line with about three to go,” Johnson said. “I got trapped behind a lapped car. But I figured if I can’t pass him, they can’t pass me either.”

Johnson was able to quickly solve the dilemma, find an opening and celebrated the win.

Tony Bruce finished fourth and Jack Dover took fifth. Johnny Herrera, the Night One feature winner, salvaged 10th after starting the feature 20th.

Weyant takes control: Korey Weyant, after a runner-up feature finish on Thursday, sailed into the lead on lap nine and went on to win the 25-lap WAR feature and earn $1,000. It was his fifth series victory of the season.

“We messed up in the beginning,” the Springfield, Ill., driver said in a victory lane interview, noting he slipped from a front-row starting spot back to fourth in the early laps.

“The track was so good. I knew once everybody got back in line we could pick them off one at a time. We had the right combination tonight,” Weyant added.

Weyant pulled away to a comfortable lead after making an outside pass of Ron Caho Jr. for the lead in turn two. He was never threatened as the race went caution free after a red flat on lap two when Ryan Kitchen of Lincoln, Neb., flipped for the second straight night. He was not injured.

Pole-sitter Derek Hagar wound up second. Meanwhile, Thursday feature winner Zach Daum was involved in a heat-race crash and did not make the feature.

Ryan Kitchen of Lincoln, Neb., got upside down for the second night in a row to bring out a red flag after one lap of the feature. He walked away uninjured.

Earlier start Saturday: A reminder that final-night action begins an hour earlier than the first two programs. Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 5:45 and racing at 6:30. Ticket prices are:

Adults (16 and up) $25
Seniors (62 and up)/Military $22
Youth (6 – 15) $10
Kids (5 and under) FREE
Family Pass $50
Pit Pass $40

Action will be filmed for broadcast on MAVTV and will be shown live on LucasOilRacing.tv. Live coverage can also be found at racinboys.com.

6th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial
Friday, Sept. 23 results
LUCAS OIL ASCS WINGED SPRINTS
ButlerBuilt Heat Races (Top 30 in Passing Points advance to Qualifiers)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7M-Chance Morton[2]; 2. 53-Jack Dover[4]; 3. 5J-Jamie Ball[1]; 4. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 5. 82-Thomas Kennedy[8]; 6. 17-Josh Baughman[6]; 7. 26M-Fred Mattox[7]; 8. 20G-Jake Greider[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Cody Baker[2]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[6]; 3. 23B-Brian Bell[1]; 4. 81A-Chris Morgan[8]; 5. 23-Seth Bergman[3]; 6. 8M-Kade Morton[5]; 7. 20K-Kevin Ulmer[7]; 8. (DNF) 75E-Broc Elliott[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5D-Zach Daum[2]; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 4. 87F-Sean McClelland[4]; 5. 45X-Johnny Herrera[5]; 6. 14K-Kyle Bellm[8]; 7. 48-Miles Paulus[6]; 8. 3Z-Zach Davis[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler[1]; 2. 11X-John Carney II[3]; 3. 3S-Sammy Swindell[7]; 4. 72-Ray Seeman[4]; 5. 17W-Harli White[6]; 6. 05-Brad Loyet[5]; 7. 42-Andy McElhannon[8]; 8. (DNF) 44X-Jared Sewell[2]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Randy Martin[2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 3. 84-Brandon Hanks[6]; 4. 81W-Danny Wood[3]; 5. 33-Austin Alumbaugh[4]; 6. 8Z-Zach Pringle[8]; 7. 3-Nate VanHaaften[5]; 8. 49B-Ben Brown[7]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Corey Nelson[2]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson[6]; 3. 11M-Jason McDougal[5]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill[4]; 5. 75-Tyler Blank[8]; 6. 7H-Brian Gramm[3]; (DQ) 15S-Scott Comstock[1]; (DQ) 50Z-Zach Chappell[7]
Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Forrest Sutherland[2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[3]; 3. 76-Jay Russell[4]; 4. 9JR-Derek Hagar[5]; 5. 24C-Lanny Carpenter[1]; 6. 71C-Stacey Alexander[7]; 7. 27-Danny Thoman[6]
Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[2]; 2. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[4]; 3. 28-Jonathan Cornell[7]; 4. 101-Chuck McGillivray[1]; 5. 93-Taylor Walton[3]; 6. 21B-Brandon Hinkle[5]; 7. 92J-J.R. Topper[6]
Hoosier Tire Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined passing points advance to the A-Feature)
Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson[6]; 4. 11X-John Carney II[1]; 5. 7M-Chance Morton[5]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[9]; 7. 81A-Chris Morgan[8]; 8. 5J-Jamie Ball[10]; 9. 14-Randy Martin[4]; 10. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[7]
Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Brandon Hanks[2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[1]; 3. 53-Jack Dover[3]; 4. 3S-Sammy Swindell[6]; 5. 34-Corey Nelson[4]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 7. 82-Thomas Kennedy[8]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[9]; 9. 38-Cody Baker[5]; 10. 23B-Brian Bell[10]
Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Jason McDougal[1]; 2. 2L-Logan Forler[2]; 3. 28-Jonathan Cornell[6]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 5. 5D-Zach Daum[5]; 6. 85-Forrest Sutherland[4]; 7. 76-Jay Russell[7]; 8. 9JR-Derek Hagar[9]; 9. 87F-Sean McClelland[10]; 10. 75-Tyler Blank[8]
BMRS B-Features (Top 2 finishers transfer to the tail of the A-Feature)
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 45X-Johnny Herrera[8]; 3. 82-Thomas Kennedy[4]; 4. 81A-Chris Morgan[2]; 5. 17-Josh Baughman[10]; 6. 77X-Alex Hill[6]; 7. 38-Cody Baker[3]; 8. 23-Seth Bergman[9]; 9. 75-Tyler Blank[5]; 10. 14K-Kyle Bellm[7]; 11. 27-Danny Thoman[13]; 12. 3Z-Zach Davis[14]; 13. 15S-Scott Comstock[15]; 14. (DNF) 26M-Fred Mattox[12]; 15. (DNF) 21B-Brandon Hinkle[11]; (DNS) 44X-Jared Sewell
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 2. 76-Jay Russell[2]; 3. 23B-Brian Bell[5]; 4. 87F-Sean McClelland[4]; 5. 81W-Danny Wood[6]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh[7]; 7. 8M-Kade Morton[9]; 8. 42-Andy McElhannon[10]; 9. 20K-Kevin Ulmer[11]; 10. 14-Randy Martin[3]; 11. 93-Taylor Walton[8]; 12. 49B-Ben Brown[13]; 13. (DNF) 92J-J.R. Topper[12]; 14. (DNF) 75E-Broc Elliott[14]; (DNS) 8Z-Zach Pringle
B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar[3]; 3. 17W-Harli White[6]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[4]; 5. 05-Brad Loyet[10]; 6. 5J-Jamie Ball[2]; 7. 50Z-Zach Chappell[14]; 8. 101-Chuck McGillivray[7]; 9. 72-Ray Seeman[5]; 10. 71C-Stacey Alexander[8]; 11. 3-Nate VanHaaften[13]; 12. 20G-Jake Greider[15]; 13. 7H-Brian Gramm[11]; 14. 24C-Lanny Carpenter[9]; 15. 48-Miles Paulus[12]
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson[1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 3. 3S-Sammy Swindell[7]; 4. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[2]; 5. 53-Jack Dover[10]; 6. 95-Matt Covington[11]; 7. 28-Jonathan Cornell[3]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 9. 84-Brandon Hanks[4]; 10. 45X-Johnny Herrera[20]; 11. 21-Brian Brown[19]; 12. 11M-Jason McDougal[6]; 13. 2L-Logan Forler[8]; 14. 52-Blake Hahn[18]; 15. 5D-Zach Daum[13]; 16. 9JR-Derek Hagar[22]; 17. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 18. 11X-John Carney II[15]; 19. 85-Forrest Sutherland[16]; 20. 14K-Kyle Bellm[24]; 21. 34-Corey Nelson[14]; 22. 76-Jay Russell[21]; 23. (DNF) 7M-Chance Morton[12]; 24. (DNF) 27-Danny Thoman[25]; 25. (DNF) 23-Seth Bergman[23]

BOSS CHASSIS WAR SPRINTS
Hinchman Racewear Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[2]; 2. 24C-Craig Carroll[3]; 3. 21-Ryan Kitchen[9]; 4. 8D-Terry Babb[4]; 5. 22-David Stephenson[5]; 6. 16-Anthony Nicholson[8]; 7. 75-Glen Saville[1]; 8. 70-Peter Palazzolo[6]; 9. 2E-Joshua Tyre[7]
Wilwood Disc Brakes Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Clinton Boyles[1]; 2. 24L-Layne Himebaugh[4]; 3. 65-Chris Parkinson[5]; 4. 11R-Wyatt Burks[9]; 5. 53-Brett Wilson[3]; 6. 7M-Chance Morton[7]; 7. 9-Chad Goff[6]; 8. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker[2]; 9. 21C-Chris Desselle[8]
Bell Helmets Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Rob Caho Jr[6]; 2. 75K-Derek Hagar[7]; 3. 20-Steve Thomas[1]; 4. 51-Mitchell Moore[9]; 5. 77X-Rob Hockett[4]; 6. 55-Kenny Potter[5]; 7. 8-Jeff Wingate[8]; 8. 11-Michael Tyre II[2]; 9. 90-Riley Kreisel[3]
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9$-Kyle Clark[9]; 2. 5$-Danny Smith[3]; 3. 7JR-JD Black[8]; 4. 82-Vincent (Vinny) Ward[1]; 5. 27-Danny Thoman[7]; 6. 65M-Trevor (T.J.) Muths[5]; 7. 97X-Kevin Cummings[6]; 8. 7-Michelle Decker[2]; 9. 5D-Zach Daum[4]
Rod End Supply Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Korey Weyant[5]; 2. 75X-Zach Chappell[2]; 3. 93-Taylor Walton[1]; 4. 9X-Casey Baker[6]; 5. 21M-Michael Moore[3]; 6. 4M-Morgan Frewaldt[9]; 7. 8K-Katlynn Leer[4]; 8. 2-Bill Shoemaker[7]; 9. 99E-Bailey Elliott[8]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8D-Terry Babb[3]; 2. 53-Brett Wilson[6]; 3. 90-Riley Kreisel[15]; 4. 20-Steve Thomas[1]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[7]; 6. 77X-Rob Hockett[5]; 7. 70-Peter Palazzolo[11]; 8. 27-Danny Thoman[2]; 9. 8-Jeff Wingate[8]; 10. 97X-Kevin Cummings[9]; 11. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker[13]; 12. 82-Vincent (Vinny) Ward[4]; 13. 2-Bill Shoemaker[10]; 14. 21C-Chris Desselle[12]; 15. 7-Michelle Decker[14]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 2. 93-Taylor Walton[1]; 3. 7M-Chance Morton[5]; 4. 65M-Trevor (T.J.) Muths[7]; 5. 11-Michael Tyre II[11]; 6. 2E-Joshua Tyre[14]; 7. 21M-Michael Moore[6]; 8. 75-Glen Saville[10]; 9. 8K-Katlynn Leer[9]; 10. 4M-Morgan Frewaldt[2]; 11. 99E-Bailey Elliott[12]; 12. 22-David Stephenson[4]; 13. 9-Chad Goff[8]; 14. 5D-Zach Daum[13]
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 99-Korey Weyant[2]; 2. 75K-Derek Hagar[1]; 3. 77-Clinton Boyles[11]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark[4]; 5. 24C-Craig Carroll[12]; 6. 78-Rob Caho Jr[3]; 7. 8D-Terry Babb[17]; 8. 7JR-JD Black[5]; 9. 24L-Layne Himebaugh[10]; 10. 11R-Wyatt Burks[8]; 11. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[7]; 12. 93-Taylor Walton[20]; 13. 9X-Casey Baker[16]; 14. 65-Chris Parkinson[14]; 15. 5$-Danny Smith[13]; 16. 53-Brett Wilson[19]; 17. 16-Anthony Nicholson[18]; 18. 75X-Zach Chappell[15]; 19. 51-Mitchell Moore[9]; 20. 21-Ryan Kitchen[6]

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