The 2022 season kicked off in a big way here at 81 Speedway. A total of 95 cars signed in for action, and in the words of Tony Bokhoven, fans were treated to a “Jim Dandy” of an event all evening long.
Sapulpa, OK’s Blake Hahn outdueled young gun Ryan Timms during American Bank of Oklahoma American Sprint Car Series Sooner Region feature action. Hahn chased Timms for the first 18 laps of the event, before pulling the trigger on a slider on lap 19 in turn three. Timms chased the No. 52 back down in traffic, attempting a last lap slider of his own to no avail. Dylan Westbrook, Jeremy Campbell, and Sean McClelland completed the top 5. For a complete race recap and rundown of the ASCS portion of the event, visit the ASCS website here: https://www.ascsracing.com/news/?i=107273
In Alternative Pest Management USRA Modified action, Tyler Davis continued his red-hot start for 2022. Showing no signs of “injury” after and late race melee ended his top-10 King of America run just one week earlier, Davis quickly went to work dominating his heat race early in the evening. In A-feature action, Davis once again made quick work of the field, jumping out to the lead from his 3rd place starting spot on lap one.
Andy Bryant raised eyebrows during the Modified portion of the event, running second to Davis before the engine expired under the hood of the No. 49 with just a handful of laps to go. A late race restart set up tussle between Brendong Gemmill and Josh Lanterman, both trying to sneak by Davis’ Gerber Collision and Glass No. 65. Gemmill drove hard to the bottom of turn one with Lanterman just ahead. When Lanterman came down track the resulting contact sent both the No. 4A and No. G3 into a spin. No caution waved as both cars were able to keep rolling, allowing Davis to streak away over the course of the final two laps. Finishing in the runner up spot was the night’s hard charger Bryce Schniepp, while Paden Phillips, Brandon Givens, and Dalton Kirk completed the top five. Heat race wins went to Bryant, Givens, and Davis.
Prior to his night going sour with the Modified division, Andy Bryant put on a show during BSB Manufacturing USRA B-Mod competition. Starting sixth, Bryant methodically picked his way through the top five, putting himself in the runner up spot by lap 8. Over the next 8 laps of the event, Bryant tracked down early race leader Gabriel Hodges and completed the pass for the win with just four laps to go. At the checkers Hodges, Shadren Turner, Seth Schroer, and Travis Johnson completed the top five. Richard Wilson was the night’s hard charger going 23rd to 8th, with Schroer, Johnson, and Hodges all recording heat race wins.
After predicting himself the favorite to win the 2022 Autotech Service Super Stock Championship, Chris Purkey enjoyed a solid podium run during the Super Stock portion of the event, but it was all Rick Dunsworth’s night behind the wheel of the No. 4 machine. Dunsworth dominated the night’s A-feature event while David Blocher, Purkey, James Weve, and stock car regular Joey Richmond completed the top 5. Richmond also nabbed hard charger honors, while D. Blocher and Weve picked up the pair of heat race wins.
Up next at 81 Speedway the traveling Super Late Models of the Lucas Oil MLRA series open their 2022 campaign on April 8th and 9th. The first ever double header event at 81 Speedway under FOE Enterprises ownership has been dubbed the Heartland Hustle 40 presented by Strickland Road Service. A stout field of over 30 Super Late Model drivers are expected to be on hand for both nights of action. JLR Property Management Rookie Modifieds, Autotech Service Super Stocks and Midwest Wrap Co. IMCA Mod Lites join the Late Models on Friday night. The Midwest Wrap Co. IMCA Mod Lites and Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models return for night two along with the Alternative Pest Management USRA Modifieds and HeyGlassman.com Stock Cars. For complete ticket and raceday information follow along on our Facebook page or find us online at www.81Speedway.com.
"4/2/2022 at 81 Speedway"
"Alternative Pest Management USRA Modifieds"
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 2. 21B-Bryce Schniepp[14]; 3. 127-Paden Phillips[2]; 4. 10BG-Brandon Givens[4]; 5. 30-Dalton Kirk[13]; 6. 20G-Jake Greider[6]; 7. 7-Treyton Gann[15]; 8. 7J-Jerry Eveland[20]; 9. 65B-Brett Davis[10]; 10. 1000-Ethyn Hafner[8]; 11. 429-Shelby Stucky[17]; 12. 4A-Josh Lanterman[1]; 13. 99T-TJ Tolan[18]; 14. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[23]; 15. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[26]; 16. (DNF) G3-Brendon Gemmill[9]; 17. (DNF) 49-Andy Bryant[5]; 18. (DNF) 21C-Cody Schniepp[7]; 19. (DNF) 40-Jason Yager[24]; 20. (DNF) 32R-Daniel Richey[11]; 21. (DNF) 42-Darren Moses[16]; 22. (DNF) 96-Logan Johnson[12]; 23. (DNF) 75-Tad Davis[19]; 24. (DNS) 37D-Dakota Dale; 25. (DNS) 69-Cecil Dymond; 26. (DNS) 171-Edward Leecy; 27. (DNS) A2-Randy Wilson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Andy Bryant[2]; 2. 4A-Josh Lanterman[5]; 3. 1000-Ethyn Hafner[4]; 4. 65B-Brett Davis[6]; 5. 30-Dalton Kirk[7]; 6. 429-Shelby Stucky[3]; 7. 75-Tad Davis[9]; 8. A2-Randy Wilson[1]; 9. 171-Edward Leecy[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10BG-Brandon Givens[2]; 2. 127-Paden Phillips[6]; 3. 21C-Cody Schniepp[5]; 4. 96-Logan Johnson[1]; 5. 7-Treyton Gann[3]; 6. 42-Darren Moses[8]; 7. 7J-Jerry Eveland[7]; 8. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[4]; 9. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 2. 20G-Jake Greider[2]; 3. G3-Brendon Gemmill[1]; 4. 32R-Daniel Richey[5]; 5. 21B-Bryce Schniepp[7]; 6. 99T-TJ Tolan[3]; 7. 37D-Dakota Dale[6]; 8. 40-Jason Yager[8]; 9. (DNS) 69-Cecil Dymond
"ASCS Sprints"
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 2. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[7]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[2]; 5. 1-Sean McClelland[6]; 6. 45X-Kyler Johnson[18]; 7. 2-Chase Porter[3]; 8. 50Z-Zach Chappell[15]; 9. 2W-Whit Gastineau[12]; 10. 1J-Danny Jennings[11]; 11. 12-Jeffrey Newell[17]; 12. 10P-Dylan Postier[8]; 13. 91-Jeff Stasa[13]; 14. 88J-Jeremy Huish[16]; 15. 10-Jordan Knight[19]; 16. 2J-Zach Blurton[20]; 17. 95-Matt Covington[9]; 18. 22M-Rees Moran[14]; 19. 03-Joe Wood Jr[5]; 20. 55B-Brandon Anderson[10]
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 50Z-Zach Chappell[2]; 2. 88J-Jeremy Huish[4]; 3. 12-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[11]; 5. 10-Jordan Knight[1]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton[6]; 7. 71-Bradyn Baker[5]; 8. 2B-Brett Becker[8]; 9. 22S-Slater Helt[7]; 10. 90-Lance Norick[9]; 11. 96S-Brandon Sampson[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 3. 1J-Danny Jennings[1]; 4. 91-Jeff Stasa[3]; 5. 50Z-Zach Chappell[5]; 6. 2W-Whit Gastineau[9]; 7. 88J-Jeremy Huish[8]; 8. 90-Lance Norick[6]; 9. 45X-Kyler Johnson[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 2. 10P-Dylan Postier[2]; 3. 03-Joe Wood Jr[5]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[8]; 6. 12-Jeffrey Newell[6]; 7. 2J-Zach Blurton[7]; 8. 96S-Brandon Sampson[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Chase Porter[1]; 2. 1-Sean McClelland[3]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 4. 10-Jordan Knight[2]; 5. 55B-Brandon Anderson[8]; 6. 71-Bradyn Baker[4]; 7. 22S-Slater Helt[6]; 8. 2B-Brett Becker[7]
"BSB Manufacturing USRA B-Mods"
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 28-Andy Bryant[6]; 2. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[1]; 3. 56-Shadren Turner[7]; 4. 555-Seth Schroer[4]; 5. 86J-Travis Johnson[2]; 6. 98-Kenton Allen[3]; 7. 2C-Matthew Crowell[12]; 8. 2W-Richard Wilson[23]; 9. 21-Mark Smith[8]; 10. 06-Andrew Wallace[13]; 11. 3C-Jacob Crowell[17]; 12. 9-Slade Mohr[20]; 13. 35-Tim Echevarria[15]; 14. 13-Peyton Burkhart[14]; 15. 70P-Tanner Prochnow[19]; 16. 2L-Bryan Lariviere[24]; 17. 24-Brandon Miller[22]; 18. (DNF) 17C-HENRY CHAMBERS[11]; 19. (DNF) 5-Reece Solander[10]; 20. (DNF) 01-Kason Carroll[9]; 21. (DNF) 2-Rustin Wilson[18]; 22. (DNF) 7D-Davis Givens[5]; 23. (DNF) 28K-Krew Walburn[16]; 24. (DNS) 4B-Timothy Burkholder; 25. (DNS) 28X-Shawn Langhover; 26. (DNS) 71-Patrick McManus; 27. (DNS) 626-Khristian Staggs
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 555-Seth Schroer[2]; 2. 7D-Davis Givens[1]; 3. 01-Kason Carroll[3]; 4. 21-Mark Smith[8]; 5. 13-Peyton Burkhart[6]; 6. 3C-Jacob Crowell[5]; 7. 9-Slade Mohr[7]; 8. (DNF) 2W-Richard Wilson[9]; 9. (DNS) 4B-Timothy Burkholder
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Travis Johnson[8]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[4]; 3. 5-Reece Solander[3]; 4. 17C-HENRY CHAMBERS[2]; 5. 06-Andrew Wallace[7]; 6. 2-Rustin Wilson[9]; 7. 71-Patrick McManus[6]; 8. 24-Brandon Miller[1]; 9. (DNS) 28X-Shawn Langhover
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[3]; 2. 98-Kenton Allen[2]; 3. 56-Shadren Turner[5]; 4. 2C-Matthew Crowell[1]; 5. 35-Tim Echevarria[4]; 6. 28K-Krew Walburn[7]; 7. 70P-Tanner Prochnow[8]; 8. (DNF) 2L-Bryan Lariviere[6]; 9. (DNS) 626-Khristian Staggs
"AutoTech Service Super Stocks"
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4-Rick Dunsworth[2]; 2. 24B-David Blocher[5]; 3. 36-Chris Purkey[4]; 4. 164-James Weve[6]; 5. 82-Joey Richmond[10]; 6. 12C-Clint Smith[7]; 7. 67-Austin Ramey[1]; 8. 35-Jay Purkey[9]; 9. 41J-Brady Lanphier[8]; 10. 21-Ron Creech[12]; 11. 09B-Kyle Blocher[13]; 12. (DNF) 54-Mike McIlvain[11]; 13. (DNF) 32-Jeff Richey[3]; 14. (DNF) 42-Tim Ozbun[15]; 15. (DNS) 3X-Raymond Ketner; 16. (DNS) 84T-Mark Courtright
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 24B-David Blocher[2]; 2. 4-Rick Dunsworth[7]; 3. 36-Chris Purkey[4]; 4. 35-Jay Purkey[1]; 5. 82-Joey Richmond[3]; 6. 54-Mike McIlvain[5]; 7. (DNF) 09B-Kyle Blocher[6]; 8. (DNS) 42-Tim Ozbun
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 164-James Weve[1]; 2. 32-Jeff Richey[2]; 3. 67-Austin Ramey[4]; 4. 12C-Clint Smith[6]; 5. 41J-Brady Lanphier[8]; 6. 21-Ron Creech[5]; 7. (DNF) 84T-Mark Courtright[7]; 8. (DNS) 3X-Raymond Ketner