Tommy Bryant was the Sprint feature winner.
By Don Cook
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Heart O Texas Speedway (Elm, Mott, TX)
August 18 (Friday)
The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region returned to Heart O Texas Speedway, in Elm Mott, TX, Friday night! There were twenty-one ASCS Gulf South Region Sprints in the pits along with five classes of cars. The always exciting IMCA Modifieds, Southern SportMods, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, and Factory Stocks. A great crowd was on hand and they were ready for some HOT racing!
Sprint Feature Winner: It did not pay to lead this race! Current Points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek, No. 21t, took the early lead. Sadly twelve laps into the twenty-five lap feature, his car got a flat tire. Caleb Martin, No. 51, took over the lead, but with four laps remaining, his car broke on the from straight-a-way! Tommy Bryant, sawblade.com, No. 28, saw an opening and took the lead and the $2,000 feature win! Coming in second, was Seth Bergman, No. 23, Dalton Stevens, No. 99x, was third, Scottie McDonald, No. 88, was fourth and Jacob Lucas, No. 57, was fifth. M. Melton, D. Gates, J. Jenkins, T. Hall, and Z. Lawrence, rounded out the top ten. Twenty-one cars started the feature.
Caleb Martin, No. 51, had a strong run.
Seth Bergman had a solid second place finish.
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Modified Feature Winner: Last week, John Gober, No. 52, won by default! Friday night, John lead every lap of the IMCA Modified 20-lap feature. Justin Radcliff, No. 11j, was second, Robert McKinney, No. 119, was third, William McGuire, No. 9, was fourth and Chase Allen, No. 930, was fifth. D. Grantham, M. Guillaume, E. Tomlinson, J.McCoy, and R. McSpadden, rounded out the top ten. Eighteen cars started the feature.
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SportMod Feature Winner: It took a while for Chris Florio, No. 21, to get his new engine built. But they must have done a really good job of building it, because Chris lead every lap of the 20-lap feature! James Guyton, No. 68, was second, T.J. Green, No. 5, was third, Brandon Geurin, No. 12, was fourth and Garett Rawls, No. 4g, was fifth. J. Nabors, R. Bell Jr., G. tucker, T. Florio, and J. Shepperd, rounded out the field. Twenty-four cars started the feature.
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Stock Car Feature Winner: "Kaptain" Kirk Martin, No. 69, managed to power past Dillion Smith, No. 03e, on the last lap, for the exciting feature win. Sam Sovey, No. 771, was third, Jerrett Bransom, No. 28, was fourth and Ronnie Warren, No. 34w, was fifth. R. Black, J. Spillman, J. Batt, D. Hammond, and W. White, rounded out the top ten. Nineteen cars started the feature.
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Hobby Stock Feature Winner: In a wild one, current points leader, Shannon Dulock, No. 47, won the feature race! Kevin Smith, No. 57, was second, Wesley Warren, No. 75, was a verey close third, Nathan Sodek, 60, was fourth and Jordan Kornegay, No. 21j, was fifth. H. Wade, J. Hendrix, L. Underwood, S. Robinette, D. Snyder, and J. Williams, rounded out the field. Eleven cars started the feature.
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Factory Stock Feature Winner: Walter Hamilton, No. 1w, had the car to beat! Walter worked his way to the front and took the feature win driving away! Last weeks winner Greg Andrews, No. 12, was second, Chase Neill, No. 416, was third, Jeff Shepperd, No. 17, was fourth and Mike Marusak, No. 45m, was fifth. S. McFarlin, D. Coate, M. Guenat, Ray Kemp Jr., and R. Hopkins, rounded the field. a good field of twenty-three cars started the feature.
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A great crowd was on hand to watch the races!
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