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Photos:
Top photo shows the
three-abreast salute to the fans prior to the start
of the main event. Next photo catches Beau Gastineau
taking a ride off turn 3 and lower photo shows the
dash cars stopped on the front stretch for some
interaction with the kids during intermission.
Top and lower photos by Mike Spivey. Gastineau photo
by Mike Howard.
Passmore Collects Sixth Win of 2012 at
Southern Oklahoma Speedway
John
Lemon
OCRS Public Relations
Tulsa
Oklahoma (June 30 2012) –
Jamie Passmore took another step towards his fourth
OCRS championship when he led wire-wire in tonight’s
A Feature besting 2012 OCRS “Rookie of the Year”
points leader Alex Sewell while not one, but two
potential top five finishers were waved off as their
cars were found to be to light at the scales.
On a track that drivers knew passing would be
challenging at best, the front row starters
consisting of Pole Dash winner Tim Kent and Passmore
were set for a dirt track drag race to the first
turn. At the drop of flag master JD Etter’s green
cloth, Passmore immediately set sail to be the early
leader and he was able to accomplish his first goal
of the race with Kent tucking in right behind in his
Kent Construction / XXX Chassis mount.
Sewell,
driving the Action Auto Collision / Dyno Services of
Oklahoma / Sewell Mechanical machine, worked his way
past Kent for second from his outside second row
spot and by the time the leaders would complete a
lap, Lindsay Oklahoma’s Harli White would spin to a
stop in turns 1-2 while Shayla Waddell went to take
evasive action and in doing so, clipped an infield
tire which resulted in suspension damage to her left
front and thus the popular driver went to the pits
for the night. White would rejoin the field at the
tail but would be heard from again.
Passmore
caught lapped traffic at the halfway mark. Sewell
continued to hold second with Kent, Danny Jennings
and Danny Smith next in line. The latter three would
be tightly bound together as the laps unfolded. On
the 15th lap, Joe Wood Jr. would slow to
a stop with issues on the front straight, he would
be pushed off the track and would not return. While
under yellow, Fred Mattox would duck into the pits
with a problem and he also would not make it back
out. The restart would see Passmore up front,
Sewell, Kent, Jennings, Smith, Kyle Clark, Colton
Brewer, Casey Wills and White who was now beginning
to pick up the pace after her early spin.
On the restart, Smith began to apply heavy pressure
to Jennings for the fourth spot then Wills would
execute a full 360 degree spin in turn two and also
add a 180 degree loop to that. He would stall the
car and bring out a yellow. On the restart, White
began her charge forward. First she passed
Clark, then
she swept by Smith in turn four of the 18th
lap and Jennings was her next target. White executed
a pass on Jennings for the fourth spot in turns
three and four. However, post race inspection found
the 17w sprinter was too light at the scales and her
results were deleted from the record books as a DQ.
Officials radioed to the pits for the Brewer car to
report to the scales as White’s DQ would move Brewer
to fifth in the final results. Brewer’s car was also
to light and he was also omitted from the results.
Passmore’s victory was his 6th of the
season with all triumphs coming at different venues
in his GAP Roofing / Wesmar Racing Engines / Eagle
chassis. “ Ya know, there are some really good cars
here and sometimes you just got to be lucky and we
were tonight” said a modest Passmore. In relation to
Sewell being right behind him Passmore said “ You
really have no idea (they are there) until you see
them. When your out front, you just have to work
your line while the guy behind you can try different
lines to see what works better. I found some places
where there was some rubber on the track and that
helped us a lot” explained the winner. As for
Sewell, he had this to say about his run: “The tire
started to really shake about lap 8 or 9 and I just
wanted to conserve (the tire) and just not shred it.
I just wanted to keep him (Passmore) in front of me
in case something happened to him so we could take
advantage. He is really fast and it’s a pleasure to
run second to him and maybe one day we will get to
out run him.”
The next stop on the 2012 OCRS tour will be at the
historic Thunderbird Speedway where Stanley and
Dennis Slader will host OCRS for the second time
this year. Passmore was victorious at T-Bird on May
25th.
Southern Oklahoma Speedway
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Race date:
June 30, 2012 - Event
10
21 Cars
M&W Aluminum Heat:
1- Jamie Passmore (6), 2- Whit Gastineau (2), 3-
Danny Smith (4), 4- Harli White (7), 5- Colton
Brewer (3), 6- David Lambert (1), 7- Beau Gastineau
(5)
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat:
1- Tim Kent (1), 2- Rafe Essary (3), 3- Fred Mattox
(5), 4- Joe Wood Jr (6), 5- Kyle Clark (7), 6- Casey
Wills (2), 7- Chuck Bellefeuille (4)
Drive Shafts Inc. Heat:
1- Alex Sewell (4), 2- Danny Jennings (5), 3- Terry
DeVeny (6), 4- Shayla Waddell (1), 5- Michael
Bookout (3), 6- Gary Owens (2), 7- Johnny Kent (7)
Pole Dash:
1- Tim Kent (1), 2- Jamie Passmore (2), 3- Danny
Jennings (4), 4- Alex Sewell (5), 5- Terry DeVeny
(6), 6- Rafe Essary (3)
OCRS A Feature:
1- Jamie Passmore (2), 2- Alex Sewell (4), 3- Tim
Kent (1), 4- Danny Jennings (3), 5- Danny Smith
(10), 6- Kyle Clark (12), 7- Gary Owens (18), 8-
Johnny Kent (20), 9- Casey Wills (17), 10- David
Lambert (16), 11- Michael Bookout (15), 12- Chuck
Bellefeuille (19), 13- Fred Mattox (9), 14- Joe Wood
Jr, (11), 15- Whit Gastineau (7), 16- Terry DeVeny
(5), 17- Rafe Essary (6), 18- Shayla Waddell (13),
19- Beau Gastineau (DNS), 20- Colton Brewer DQ, 21-
Harli White (DQ)
AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories “Hard Charger”: Johnny
Kent +12
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