It was
one of those nights you didn't expect to turn out the way it did. All day long
the weather was real comfortable with little or no humidity and temps in the
mid 80's and you just had a feeling that it was going to be some great racing
with no problems. Well we had a lot of good racing, one out of two is not bad.
We had
new faces in a lot of classes, and some new faces throughout the pits.
We appreciate all the new racers and race fans.
Our 40
lap Survivor Race was the Sr. Champ class which had a low turn out but was
still a great race. Neil Millington and Phil Thompson had the setup right on
and drove to a one-two victory in this race.
All In
all it was a great night of racing, though some of it was too rough in my
opinion and we are implementing some new guidelines to help insure that
the rough driving is more controlled. Announcements concerning those new
guidelines will be announced in a few days.
We still
had one short of 130 entries and that makes our average this year at 132 per
race. No race has had fewer than 119 nor more than 145. Awesome and it says some
thing for the racers and the fans and the track.
We do
thank everyone who comes out for their support.
Someone
asked about the Hard Charger Awards?
Soon,,,,,,,,real soon!!!
Remember
to "click" on the pics to see full views
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Junior Novice
"A" |
| 1 |
Derek Hagar |
It
was win number two for Derek Hagar driving the #3d to victory in our
Novice "A" feature. Derek Medlock came in second behind
Hagar. We are very proud of our Novice class this year. Congrats to
the #3d kart and crew for this win!
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| 2 |
Derek Medlock |
| 3 |
Phillip Higgs |
| 4 |
Brandon Moore |
| 5 |
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Junior Novice
"B" |
| 1 |
Jason Lambert |
In
his first race at Atoka, driving the #60 kart, Jason Lambert took the
top spot in our Junior Novice "B" feature. Jason beat out a
hard charging Chaney Young and newcomers, Stone Edwards, and Lane
Templeton. Congrats go out to Jason and his crew for this well earned
victory!!
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| 2 |
Chaney Young |
| 3 |
Stone Edwards |
| 4 |
Lane Templeton |
| 5 |
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Junior 1 |
| 1 |
Will Holder |
The
5th feature win of the season came on this night as Will Holder
driving the #76 entry once again took top honors in the Junior 1
class. Will finished in front of Justin Carver in the #24. Way to go
Will for this win!!!
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| 2 |
Justin Carver |
| 3 |
Keith Ainsworth |
| 4 |
Cody Burks |
| 5 |
Garry Boggan |
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Junior 2 |
| 1 |
Mark Pasino |
It
was Mark Pasino, taking the top honors once again on our Junior 2
class. Mark drove to victory over Allan Kirk II to take the win. This
was Mark's fourth feature win of this season at ARP! Congrats go out
to Mark and his crew for this victory.
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| 2 |
Alan Kirk II |
| 3 |
Jake Tucker |
| 4 |
Scott Parker |
| 5 |
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Junior 3 |
| 1 |
Brent Hogue |
In
one of our most competitive classes at ARP, and driving his #32 to his
first feature win this year at ARP, Brent Hogue took the top spot in
our Junior 3 feature race. Brent outlasted a drive from the #11 driven
by Garrett Mack. Lynn Bowman, Ty Young, and Brandon High rounded out
the top five spots. Congrats go out to Brent and his crew for this
victory.
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| 2 |
Garrett Mack |
| 3 |
Lynn Bowman |
| 4 |
Ty Young |
| 5 |
Brandon High |
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Junior Sportsman
Champ [Purple] |
| 1 |
Tony Pollard |
Tony
Pollard continues to dominate this class with his ninth win in a row.
This class is growing and once again congrats go out to Tony and his
crew!
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| 2 |
Troy Dow |
| 3 |
Garrett Carroll |
| 4 |
Cory Chapman |
| 5 |
Kelly Ray |
| 6 |
Nathan Holder |
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Junior Sportsman
Champ [Aqua] |
| 1 |
Lee Thompson |
Driving
the #3 to victory once again is our Junior Sportsman Champ (aqua
division) feature winner Lee Thompson. This makes it two in a row for
Lee in this class. Gary Boggan drove his first time in a champ kart to
finish second. Congrats go out to Lee and his crew.
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| 2 |
Gary Boggan |
| 3 |
Cody Burks |
| 4 |
Zach Hutcherson |
| 5 |
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Junior Champ |
| 1 |
Jake Tucker |
It was once again Jake Tucker
driving the #73 to victory in the Junior Champ feature. We still have
high hope that more karts will join this class soon. Congrats once
again to Jake. Sorry but no pic
available
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| 2 |
Jeffery Keltner |
| 3 |
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Stock Light |
| 1 |
Tim Knight |
It was Tim Knight taking the top spot in
our Stock Light feature. Tim Passed Rusty Stagen and Garrett Gray on
lap 7 to take the lead and drive on to victory. Congrats to Tim and
his crew for this win. Sorry,
no pic available
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| 2 |
Rusty Stagen |
| 3 |
Garrett Gray |
| 4 |
Jeff Howell |
| 5 |
Barry Lessel |
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Stock Medium |
| 1 |
Kenny Lovins |
The
night had its hard knocks on the barrels as evident by the broken side
plates of the Stock Medium feature winner Kenny Lovins. Kenny held off
Tim Knight to take the win. Congrats go out to Kenny and his crew.
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| 2 |
Tim Knight |
| 3 |
Ty Jones |
| 4 |
Rusty Stagen |
| 5 |
Billy Butler |
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Stock Heavy |
| 1 |
John Langley |
Driving
the #2 kart it was John Langley taking the top spot in out Stock Heavy
feature. John held off Chris Smiltneiks and Joey Henderson to take the
victory. Congrats go out to John and his crew.
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| 2 |
Chris Smiltneiks |
| 3 |
Joey Henderson |
| 4 |
Robert Kennedy |
| 5 |
T.O. Valesquez |
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Stock Super Heavy |
| 1 |
Barry Burch |
He
won the very first race of this season and once again in the winners
circle is the #5x kart driven by Barry Burch. Barry took out Super
heavy trophy and held off Rickey Kennedy to take the top spot. Congrats
go out to Barry!!!
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| 2 |
Rickey Kennedy |
| 3 |
Billy Bennett |
| 4 |
Brian Malone |
| 5 |
Shane Hardin |
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Over 35 |
| 1 |
Dan Gairhan |
It
was Dan Gairhan driving the #2 kart to the checkered flag in our Over
35 feature race. Dan beat out a charge from Jeff Ragsdell to take the
top spot. Congrats go out to Dan and his crew.
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| 2 |
Jeff Ragsdell |
| 3 |
William Ivy |
| 4 |
Roger Wilson |
| 5 |
David Martino |
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Mods-Lims-Opens |
| 1 |
Joey Henderson |
It
was Joey Henderson taking his 7th victory in the Modified class
this year. Joey held off Garrett Gray, and Mike Dubert to take
the win. Congrats once again go out to Joey and his crew. Sorry,
no pic available.
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| 2 |
Garrett Gray |
| 3 |
Mike Dubert |
| 4 |
Joe Baker |
| 5 |
Kevin Harvey |
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Senior Champs |
| 1 |
Neil Millington |
The
Sr. Champ Survivor Race was won by Neil Millington driving the #11
entry. Neil dominated this unusually small field for our 40
lapper event. Phil Thompson driving the #3 charged for second place
but ran out of time as Neil won hands down. John Henderson rounded out the top three. Congrats go out to Neil, and his crew, for
his 40 lap victory.
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| 2 |
Phil Thompson |
| 3 |
John Henderson |
| 4 |
Jason Moss |
| 5 |
Richard Henson |
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Star Champs |
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Hard Charger Award |
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We are going to give out a hard charger award
each week to a driver who shows determination and sportsmanship. This
will most likely be a racer who strives to do his best. I have a
winner this week, but we wont announce it until our next race. His or
her picture will be placed here then.
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