Herrera, Daum prevail as Hockett/McMillin Memorial opens at Lucas Oil Speedway

 

Wheatland, Missouri (September 23, 2016) – Johnny Herrera made a late-race pass and held off veteran Sammy Swindell to prevail in the main event on Night One of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Herrera, of Albuquerque, N.M., earned $3,000 for his fifth Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour victory of the season as the mega three-night Sprint Car event got underway.

Zach Daum drove to victory in the Boss Chassis Wingless Auto Racing Series feature on a night that 65 ASCS cars and 44 WAR Wingless Sprints checked into the pits.

Swindell, the 60-year-old veteran and three-time World of Outlaws Series champion, led the first 13 laps before Jonathan Cornell took the lead on lap 14 after a restart for the race’s fourth caution.

A red flag flew later that lap when Josh Baughman wound up on his top after jumping the cushion out of turn four. He was not injured and, because the red came out before the lap was official, Cornell was scored behind Swindell.

Swindell took advantage and went on to open up the lead on the restart with Cornell slipping to third behind Herrera.

Herrera tightened the margin and was pressuring Swindell when the sixth caution flew on lap 21. He quickly drove around Swindell on the high side to take his first lead of the race on lap 22 – but another red flag when Blake Hahn wound up on his side – halted things with three laps remaining.

But Herrera pulled away after the final restart to earn the victory.

“I had a really good car,” Herrera said. “Sammy is tough to beat. To out-run him, it’s always great.”

Swindell said he had some brake issues late in the race and had to fight to hang on for second. John Carney wound up third, Brad Loyet was fourth and Cornell took fifth.

A scary situation occurred on lap seven of B-Main 3 when Ray Allen Kulhanek of Danbury, Texas, had his car catch fire going down the back straightaway while leading the race. He spun the car to a stop against the wall near turn four, climbed from the cockpit and rolled, with his driver’s suit ablaze, until fire and safety crews arrived.

Daum earns WAR win: Zach Daum grabbed the lead with an outside pass of Korey Weyant coming to the finish of lap 17 and went on to capture the 25-lap WAR feature and $1,000 prize on night one of the Hockett-McMillin Memorial.

Daum, of Pocahontas, Ill., posted his second win in three WAR visits to Lucas Oil Speedway this season. It was hard-earned as he needed several laps, working both inside and outside, before making the pass of Weyant.

“This is as good as any dirt track is for the feature,” Daum said. “They did an excellent job on the track and for as many cars as are here … they did an excellent job on the surface.”

Weyant, of Springfield, Ill., held on for second and Clinton Boyles of Greenwood, Mo., charged from ninth to finish third.

Driver in both the ASCS and WAR divisions accumulate points the first two nights that go toward starting spots in Saturday’s finale night of action.

Round two Friday: Gates opening at 5, hot laps at 6:45 and racing at 7:30 for Friday’s middle night of the Hockett/McMillin Memorial. A reminder that the action is part of the Free Kids Friday initiative at Lucas Oil Speedway this season with all youngsters 11-and-under admitted free. Kids 5-and-under always are free.

NASCAR legend Bobby Allison will be on hand as part of the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety’s 2016 Designated Drivers Are Legendary campaign, showcasing the importance of sober driving in communities around Missouri.

Allison – inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011 and a winner of 84 Cup races including three Daytona 500s – will sign autographs and post for pictures from 6:45-7:15 p.m. Ticket prices:

Adults (16 and up) $20
Seniors (62 and up)/Military $17
Free kids Friday (11-and-under)
Family Pass $40
Pit Pass $35

Saturday, September 24, 2016
(Gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps at 5:45 and racing at 6:30)
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
Thursday, Sept. 22 results

LUCAS OIL ASCS WINGED SPRINTS
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9JR-Derek Hagar[2]; 2. 45X-Johnny Herrera[4]; 3. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[6]; 4. 2L-Logan Forler[5]; 5. 5J-Jamie Ball[3]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[9]; 7. 71C-Stacey Alexander[1]; 8. 85-Forrest Sutherland[8]; 9. 5D-Zach Daum[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81A-Chris Morgan[2]; 2. 3S-Sammy Swindell[5]; 3. 17-Josh Baughman[3]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[1]; 5. 81W-Danny Wood[6]; 6. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 7. 84-Brandon Hanks[8]; 8. 101-Chuck McGillivray[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 92J-J.R. Topper[1]; 2. 82-Thomas Kennedy[7]; 3. 76-Jay Russell[3]; 4. 72-Ray Seeman[4]; 5. 50Z-Zach Chappell[8]; 6. 75-Tyler Blank[6]; 7. 75E-Broc Elliott[2]; 8. (DNF) 20K-Kevin Ulmer[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[1]; 2. 28-Jonathan Cornell[8]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 4. 21K-Kevin Hinkle[2]; 5. 4-Evan Martin[6]; 6. 20G-Jake Greider[3]; 7. 9M-Ryan Leavitt[5]; 8. (DNF) 14K-Kyle Bellm[4]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-John Carney II[2]; 2. 42-Andy McElhannon[1]; 3. 8Z-Zach Pringle[3]; 4. 17W-Harli White[8]; 5. 53-Jack Dover[7]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh[6]; 7. 8M-Kade Morton[5]; 8. 49B-Ben Brown[4]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson[2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[4]; 3. 23B-Brian Bell[1]; 4. 93-Taylor Walton[5]; 5. 48-Miles Paulus[3]; 6. 44X-Jared Sewell[7]; 7. (DNF) 11M-Jason McDougal[6]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Chance Morton[8]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 2. 38-Cody Baker[1]; 3. 05-Brad Loyet[8]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[6]; 5. 26M-Fred Mattox[4]; 6. 87F-Sean McClelland[7]; 7. 27-Danny Thoman[5]; 8. (DNF) 21B-Brandon Hinkle[3]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Corey Nelson[2]; 2. 14-Randy Martin[3]; 3. 17G-Ray Allen Kulhanek[8]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill[6]; 5. 3-Nate VanHaaften[7]; 6. 7H-Brian Gramm[1]; 7. 24C-Lanny Carpenter[4]; 8. (DNF) 3Z-Zach Davis[5]

 

Hoosier Tire Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined passing points advance to the A-Feature)
Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Johnny Herrera[2]; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar[4]; 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson[3]; 4. 28-Jonathan Cornell[6]; 5. 17-Josh Baughman[9]; 6. 2L-Logan Forler[10]; 7. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 8. 17G-Ray Allen Kulhanek[5]; 9. 14-Randy Martin[7]; 10. 92J-J.R. Topper[1]
Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[2]; 2. 3S-Sammy Swindell[5]; 3. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[1]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 5. 82-Thomas Kennedy[6]; 6. 93-Taylor Walton[10]; 7. 76-Jay Russell[9]; 8. 42-Andy McElhannon[7]; 9. 77X-Alex Hill[8]; 10. (DNF) 81A-Chris Morgan[4]
Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17W-Harli White[1]; 2. 11X-John Carney II[4]; 3. 34-Corey Nelson[3]; 4. 05-Brad Loyet[6]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 6. 8Z-Zach Pringle[9]; 7. 50Z-Zach Chappell[8]; 8. (DNF) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[2]; 9. (DNF) 38-Cody Baker[7]; 10. (DNF) 23B-Brian Bell[10]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 93-Taylor Walton[1]; 2. 76-Jay Russell[2]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[6]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[3]; 5. 5D-Zach Daum[15]; 6. 84-Brandon Hanks[9]; 7. 14K-Kyle Bellm[14]; 8. 7M-Chance Morton[12]; 9. 48-Miles Paulus[8]; 10. 3-Nate VanHaaften[4]; 11. 11M-Jason McDougal[10]; 12. 27-Danny Thoman[11]; 13. (DNF) 20K-Kevin Ulmer[13]; 14. (DNF) 92J-J.R. Topper[5]; 15. (DNF) 44X-Jared Sewell[7]; (DNS) 81A-Chris Morgan; (DNS) 81W-Danny Wood.

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[6]; 3. 8Z-Zach Pringle[1]; 4. 42-Andy McElhannon[3]; 5. 75-Tyler Blank[8]; 6. 4-Evan Martin[5]; 7. 24C-Lanny Carpenter[10]; 8. 20G-Jake Greider[9]; 9. 49B-Ben Brown[13]; 10. 75E-Broc Elliott[11]; 11. (DNF) 87F-Sean McClelland[7]; 12. (DNF) 3Z-Zach Davis[12]; 13. (DNF) 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; (DNS) 38-Cody Baker; (DNS) 23B-Brian Bell; (DNS) 9M-Ryan Leavitt.

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover[5]; 2. 5J-Jamie Ball[9]; 3. 14-Randy Martin[3]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill[4]; 5. 8M-Kade Morton[12]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh[10]; 7. 72-Ray Seeman[6]; 8. 71C-Stacey Alexander[14]; 9. 85-Forrest Sutherland[13]; 10. 50Z-Zach Chappell[2]; 11. 26M-Fred Mattox[8]; 12. 21B-Brandon Hinkle[16]; 13. 7H-Brian Gramm[11]; 14. 101-Chuck McGillivray[15]; 15. 21K-Kevin Hinkle[7]; 16. (DNF) 17G-Ray Allen Kulhanek[1].
Protect the Harvest A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 45X-Johnny Herrera[3]; 2. 3S-Sammy Swindell[1]; 3. 11X-John Carney II[5]; 4. 05-Brad Loyet[7]; 5. 28-Jonathan Cornell[2]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson[10]; 7. 21-Brian Brown[4]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[13]; 9. 23-Seth Bergman[23]; 10. 95-Matt Covington[21]; 11. 53-Jack Dover[19]; 12. 86-Tony Bruce Jr[12]; 13. 44-Chris Martin[18]; 14. 82-Thomas Kennedy[9]; 15. 17W-Harli White[8]; 16. 5J-Jamie Ball[22]; 17. 76-Jay Russell[20]; 18. 34-Corey Nelson[11]; 19. (DNF) 52-Blake Hahn[15]; 20. (DNF) 2L-Logan Forler[16]; 21. (DNF) 17-Josh Baughman[14]; 22. (DNF) 93-Taylor Walton[17]; 23. (DNF) 87-Aaron Reutzel[24]; 24. (DNF) 9JR-Derek Hagar[6]; 25. (DNF) 4-Evan Martin[25]

Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-21; Johnny Herrera 22-25

FSR High Point Driver: Sammy Swindell

Hard Charger: Seth Bergman +14

BOSS CHASSIS WAR SPRINTS
Heat 1 – 1, Zach Daum. 2, Chad Frewaldt. 3, Anthony Nicholson. 4, Vincent Ward. 5, Glen Saville. 6, Kevin Cummings.  7, Michael Tyre. 8, Bailey Elliott. 9, Peter Palazzolo.

Heat 2 – 1, Kyle Clark. 2, Wyatt Burks. 3, Trevor Muths. 4, Craig Carroll. 5, Rob Caho Jr. 6, Rob Hockett. 7, Derek Hagar. 8, Kenny Potter. 9, Ryan Kitchen.

Heat 3 – 1, Terry Babb. 2, Casey Baker. 3, Mitchell Moore. 4, Chris Parkinson. 5, Zach Chappell. 6, Chad Goff. 7, Joshua Tyre. 8, Chris Desselle. 9, Danny Thomas.

Heat 4 – 1, Clinton Boyles. 2, Steve Thomas. 3, Ned Powers. 4, Tyler Shoemaker. 5, David Stephenson. 6, Taylor Walton. 7, Layne Himebaugh. 8, Jeff Wingate. 9, Brett Wilson.

Heat 5 – 1. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[1]; 2. 99-Korey Weyant[5]; 3. 8K-Katlynn Leer[8]; 4. 5$-Danny Smith[6]; 5. 90-Riley Kreisel[4]; 6. 7M-Chance Morton[7]; 7. 2-Bill Shoemaker[3]; 8. 42-Warren Johnson[2]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 75X-Zach Chappell[2]; 2. 78-Rob Caho Jr[1]; 3. 65-Chris Parkinson[4]; 4. 77-Rob Hockett[6]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[9]; 6. 8-Jeff Wingate[5]; 7. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker[12]; 8. 11-Michael Tyre II[8]; 9. 20-Steve Thomas[11]; 10. 97X-Kevin Cummings[7]; 11. 2-Bill Shoemaker[10]; 12. 82-Vincent (Vinny) Ward[3]; 13. 21-Ryan Kitchen[14]; 14. 27-Danny Thoman[13]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 53-Brett Wilson[2]; 2. 24C-Craig Carroll[3]; 3. 7M-Chance Morton[6]; 4. 75K-Derek Hagar[8]; 5. 90-Riley Kreisel[5]; 6. 22-David Stephenson[4]; 7. 65M-Trevor (T.J.) Muths[1]; 8. 2E-Joshua Tyre[9]; 9. 99E-Bailey Elliott[11]; 10. 9-Chad Goff[7]; 11. 21C-Chris Desselle[10]; 12. 42-Warren Johnson[13]; 13. 70-Peter Palazzolo[14]; 14. 1R-Ned Powers[12].

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 5D-Zach Daum[5]; 2. 99-Korey Weyant[2]; 3. 98-Clinton Boyles[9]; 4. 11R-Wyatt Burks[11]; 5. 8D-Terry Babb[6]; 6. 8K-Katlynn Leer[3]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson[4]; 8. 24L-Layne Himebaugh[1]; 9. 24C-Craig Carroll[20]; 10. 93-Taylor Walton[7]; 11. 75X-Zach Chappell[17]; 12. 53-Brett Wilson[18]; 13. 51-Mitchell Moore[12]; 14. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[10]; 15. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[13]; 16. 78-Rob Caho Jr[19]; 17. 9X-Casey Baker[14]; 18. 75-Glen Saville[16]; 19. 9-Kyle Clark[8]; 20. 5-Danny Smith[15]

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