Jerrod Wilson Snares $10k Triumph in Second
Annual 600 Nationals
Posted:9/16/2007
Jerrod Wilson Snares $10k
Triumph in Second Annual 600 Nationals
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 15, 2007) – Jerrod Wilson
shook off the bad luck that has plagued him over much of the 2007 season
by scoring a $10,000 triumph in Saturday night's Second Annual 600
Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires at I-30 Speedway.
But after a dominant performance en route to winning Friday night's
preliminary event over 125 competitors, Wilson had to work for the big
bucks on Saturday night.
Running third during the early stages of the race, Wilson emerged from a
torrid, three-way mid-race battle for the point with early pacesetter
Stan Yockey and defending race champion Travis Senter, Jr., to take
command for keeps on the 15th round.
While Wilson pocketed the $10,000 prize in the 600cc Multis, it was
Trent Taylor earning a $1,500 victory to topping the 20-lap Horizon Mini
Sprints Restricted "A" Class feature event.
Wilson's luck appeared to be inauspicious at best when he drew the six
pill for the Sawyer Dash for Cash. But Wilson scratched his way up to
second in the six-lapper to earn a front row outside starting berth for
the feature event alongside Dash winner Yockey of Fresno, CA.
When the green flag flew on the feature, Yockey and Wilson battled for
the lead with Yockey holding a slight edge as the opening round was
completed only to have action interrupted moments later by a caution
flag.
Back under way, fourth-starter Senter surged past Wilson for second and
set his sights on Yockey. Yockey, Senter and Wilson slipped away from
the field as the laps clicked off, with the lead trio reaching lapped
traffic by the tenth round.
By the twelfth circuit, the trio began dicing for the point, swapping
the lead several times along the way. Senter officially led the way
across the stripe on the 14th round, but when the leaders battled in
three-wide formation off of turn two on the 15th lap, it was Wilson
emerged from the scramble with the lead off of turn four.
Still battling through heavy lapped traffic, Wilson found open track
when the caution flew after 18 laps for Jonathan Henrick's turn four
spin and then one final caution two laps later.
Wilson gradually slipped away from Senter over the final rounds and
despite reaching the tail of the field on the final circuit, took the
checkered flag with nearly a half straightaway advantage over Senter.
After setting the pace the opening 14 rounds, Yockey began to fade soon
after the lap 18 caution and pulled pitside with six laps remaining.
Battling past Scott Sawyer in the final rounds, Tyson Hall of Longview,
TX, took the show position behind Wilson and Senter. Oklahoma's Sawyer
settled for fourth, with Illinois' Derek King rounding out the top five.
Texas' Travis Elliott advanced a half dozen positions to finish sixth,
with Pennsylvania's Jake Murphy taking the checkered flag in seventh for
the second time in as many nights. Pennsylvania's Michael Dicely was
eighth, with Illinois' Daniel Robinson advancing from Last Chance race
action to snare ninth in the feature. Tulsa's Riley Adair picked up a
$500 bonus from Clean Racing by earning Hard Charger honors with a drive
from 18th to complete the top ten.
Sprint Car legend Sammy Swindell crossed the stripe eleventh after
starting 14th in the 26-car feature event.
In the Horizon Mini Sprints feature, Taylor was chased to line by Friday
night winner Darien Roberts, Devon Huff, Karley Dobson and Brian Ritter.
A total of 129 drivers from 19 different states as well as Australia
competed in the Multis portion of the Second Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires at I-30 Speedway, with another 26 competing
in the Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted "A" Class.
Second Annual 600 Nationals Saturday Results:
Locked in from Friday Night's Preliminary Feature: 7J-Jerrod Wilson,
29-Scott Sawyer, 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 7x-Stan Yockey, 32k-Derek King,
68-Jonathan Hendrick.
Heat Races – Top 50 in Finishing/Passing Points to Five Inverted
Qualifying Races; Balance of Field to Five Last Chance Races.
First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 5x-Tyson Hall, 2. 57-Jacob Lucas, 3. 6g-Dustin
Gates, 4. 6h-Chris Crull, 5. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 6. 83b-Kurt Blackaby, 7.
88d-Brandon Darlington, 8. 11UT-Tim Sandelovic, 9. 14c-Chris Zabawa, 10.
10x-Steven Parker, 11. k9-Jaysen Baker, 12. 40b-Trevor Berry.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 711-Dusty Young, 2. 75J-Kevin Gigot, 3.
77b-Daniel Butler, 4. 631-Phil Reed, 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. wa1-Ben
Devlin, 7. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 8. 69x-Sam Miller, 9. 23w-Darryl Wills,
10. 07-George Jackson. DNS: 221-Tim Crawley, 10e-Matt Ebarb.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 01-Nick Ivy, 2. 122-Sammy Swindell, 3. 36-Ben
Murphy, 4. 3c-Cody Coggin, 5. 18T-Tyler Devault, 6. 18a-Ray Alsup, 7.
91T-Tay Milton, 8. 76-Josh Ruple, 9. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 10. 23m-Mike
Johnson, 11. 8a-Josh Akers, 12. 81k-Derek Ingalls.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 30-Bean Elliott, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3.
70-Michael Wickham, 4. 47-Rusty Pipes, 5. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 6.
59F-Greg Fritts, 7. 32m-Trey Marcham, 8. 017-Donald Bivens, 9. 67-Marty
Martin, 10. 5k-John Kamm, 11. 11d-Jason Dent, 12. 7n-Nick Bailey.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1.15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 1e-Eric Edwards, 3.
10w-Wayne Ebarb, 4. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 5. 31w-Justin Webb, 6.
39-Brian Nance, 7. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 8. 16F-Nate Fleming, 9. 81p-Page
Summers, 10. 85-John McCord, 11. 92F-Chad Mallett, 12. 116-Chris Berreth.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 2-Riley Adair, 2. 73-Jake Mosley, 3. 51-Terry
Monroe, 4. 60-James McNeil, 5. 1b-Bobby Zaiontz, 6. 22J-Josh Rehm, 7.
131-David Zarski, 8. 1x-Chad Pitts, 9. 88h-Denver Hall, 10. 83w-Jim
Woods, 11. 23a-Matt Covington.
Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1. 80-Michael McNeil, 2. 31d-Joe Dent, 3. 41-Lee
Knowles, 4. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 5. 69r-Clayton Robertson, 6. 1a-Cale
Reigle, 7. 61-Brad Gentry, 8. 28J-Jeff Willingham, 9. 17R-Justin Rapp,
10. 21w-Wade Huisman. DNS: 33b-Butch Ivy.
Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr., 2. 79-Ryan Duke, 3.
8c-Chris Andrews, 4. 11a-Andrew Felker, 5. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 6.
35-Justin Jackson, 7. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 8. 3x-Steve Hall, 9. 23T-James
Tsokatos, 10. 12c-Josh Clark, 11. 9L-Tim Dietz.
Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 18c-Scott Bolden, 2. 1k-Austin Laskey, 3.
9x-Ryan Langston, 4. 22c-John Campbell, 5. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 6.
72-Justin Taylor, 7. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 8. 96x-Zach Gigot, 9. 49-Nathan
Cook. DNS: 10m-Tim McKenzie, 15b-Brody Stewart.
Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 18m-Jake Murphy, 2. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 3.
64-Chad Boone, 4. 44-Michael Dicely, 5. 16x-Michael Davidson, 6.
66r-Roger Rose, 7. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 8. 98-Glenn Heverin, 9. 15a-Andrew
Deal, 10. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 11. 75T-Tony Reeves.
Last Chance Races – Top 4 Finishers to tail of the Five Qualifying
Races.
First Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 69x-Sam
Miller, 3. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 4. 98-Glenn Heverin, 5. 83w-Jim Woods, 6.
22J-Josh Rehm, 7. 8a-Josh Akers, 8. 11UT-Tim Sandelovic, 9. 18a-Ray
Alsup, 10. 75T-Tony Reeves, 11. 10x-Steven Parker. DNS: 88h-Denver Hall,
221-Tim Crawley.
Second Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 2. 1a-Cale
Reigle, 3. 32m-Trey Marcham, 4. 91T-Tay Milton, 5. 11d-Jason Dent, 6.
017-Donald Bivens, 7. 17R-Justin Rapp, 8. 40b-Trevor Berry, 9. 67-Marty
Martin, 10. 07-George Jackson. DNS: 35-Justin Jackson, 21w-Wade Huisman,
10e-Matt Ebarb.
Third Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 2. 24d-Daniel
Robinson, 3. 76-Josh Ruple, 4. 66R-Roger Rose, 5. 23w-Darryl Wills, 6.
23m-Mike Johnson, 7. 16F-Nate Fleming, 8. 23T-James Tsokatos, 9.
14c-Chris Zabawa, 10. 12c-Josh Clark, 11. 81k-Derek Ingalls. DNS:
92F-Chad Mallett, 33b-Butch Ivy.
Fourth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 131-David Zarski, 2. 59F-Greg
Fritts, 3. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 4. 72-Justin Taylor, 5. 1x-Chad Pitts,
6. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 7. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 8. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 9.
3x-Steve Hall, 10. 5k-John Kamm. DNS: 49-Nathan Cook, 23a-Matt
Covington, 7n-Nick Bailey.
Fifth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 2. 96x-Zach
Gigot, 3. 61-Brad Gentry, 4. 116-Chris Berreth, 5. 9L-Tim Dietz, 6.
28J-Jeff Willingham, 7. 39-Brian Nance, 8. 81p-Page Summers, 9. 85-John
McCord, 10. 15a-Andrew Deal, 11. wa1-Ben Devlin, 12. k9-Jaysen Baker.
DNS: 15b-Brody Stewart.
Sawyer Chassis Dash for Cash – Finishing Order Determines Front Three
Rows of "A" Feature
Dash for Cash (6 Laps): 1. 7x-Stan Yockey (1), 2. 7J-Jerrod Wilson (6),
3. 29-Scott Sawyer (2), 4. 22-Travis Senter, Jr. (3), 5. 68-Jonathan
Hendrick (4), 6. 32k-Derek King (5).
Qualifying Races – Top 18 in Combined Points from Heats & Qualifiers to
“A” Feature
First Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 2. 5x-Tyson Hall, 3.
51-Terry Monroe, 4. 8c-Chris Andrews, 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 6. 10w-Wayne
Ebarb, 7. 1e-Eric Edwards, 8. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 9. 01-Nick Ivy, 10.
74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 98-Glenn Heverin, 12. 47-Rusty Pipes, 13.
6h-Chris Crull, 14. 69x-Sam Miller.
Second Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 1b-Bobby Zaiontz, 2. 83k-Karlas Stevens,
3. 83b-Kurt Blackaby, 4. 18m-Jake Murphy, 5. 31w-Justin Webb, 6.
32x-Brad McDaniel, 7. 9x-Ryan Langston, 8. 30-Bean Elliott, 9. 711-Dusty
Young, 10. 32m-Trey Marcham, 11. 73-Jake Mosley, 12. 31d-Joe Dent, 13.
1a-Cale Reigle, 14. 91T-Tay Milton.
Third Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 44-Michael Dicely, 2. 24d-Daniel Robinson,
3. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 4. 15T-Travis Elliott, 5. 36-Ben Murphy, 6.
64-Chad Boone, 7. 60-James McNeil, 8. 66R-Roger Rose, 9. 40r-Rodney
Stealy, 10. 3c-Cody Coggin, 11. 57-Jacob Lucas, 12. 41-Lee Knowles, 13.
69r-Clayton Robertson. DNS: 76-Josh Ruple.
Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 18T-Tyler Devault, 2. 75J-Kevin Gigot, 3.
1k-Austin Laskey, 4. 79-Ryan Duke, 5. 22c-John Campbell, 6. 80-Michael
McNeil, 7. 77b-Daniel Butler, 8. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 9. 70-Michael Wickham,
10. 72-Justin Taylor, 11. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 12. 18c-Scott Bolden, 13.
131-David Zarski, 14. 59F-Greg Fritts.
Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 16x-Michael Davidson, 2. 122-Sammy
Swindell, 3. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 4. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 5. 116-Chris
Berreth, 6. 96x-Zach Gigot, 7. 2-Riley Adair, 8. 61-Brad Gentry, 9.
88d-Brandon Darlington, 10. 19m- Keith McIntyre, Jr., 11. 14x-Jimmy
Bridgeman, 12. 11a-Andrew Felker, 13. 6g-Dustin Gates, 14. 631-Phil
Reed.
Second Annual 600 Nationals $10,000-to-Win “A” Feature
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 3.
5x-Tyson Hall, 4. 29-Scott Sawyer, 5. 32k-Derek King, 6. 15T-Travis
Elliott, 7. 18m-Jake Murphy, 8. 44-Michael Dicely, 9. 24d-Daniel
Robinson, 10. 2-Riley Adair, 11. 122-Sammy Swindell, 12. 1k-Austin
Laskey, 13. 79-Ryan Duke, 14. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 15. 36-Ben Murphy,
16. 16x-Michael Davidson, 17. 1e-Eric Edwards, 18. 18T-Tyler Devault,
19. 1b-Bobby Zaiontz, 20. 51-Terry Monroe, 21. 7x-Stan Yockey, 22.
75J-Kevin Gigot, 23. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 24. 1x-Chad Pitts, 25.
8c-Chris Andrews, 26. 83k-Karlas Stevens.
Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted "A" Class Results:
Pole Dash (6 Laps): 1. 9-Devon Huff (5), 2. 97-Brian Ritter (3), 3.
10-Darien Roberts (4), 4. 99-Shane Fletcher (6), 5. 6s-Shelby Henson
(1), 6. 57-Trent Taylor (2).
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57-Trent Taylor, 2. 10-Darien Roberts, 3.
9-Devon Huff, 4. 28-Karley Dobson, 5. 97-Brian Ritter, 6. 99-Shane
Fletcher, 7. 18-Cole Melby, 8. 19-Dalton Terrel, 9. 14-Jordan Mallett,
10. X-Blake Jenkins, 11. 11J-James Snellgrove, 12. 37-Brunson Behning,
13. 1J-Nic Jenkins, 14. 08-Logan Martin, 15. 43-Matthew Bauldwin, 16.
8-Hunder Adcock, 17. 15J-Jeremy Middleton, 18. 92F-Nick Counts, 19.
47-Bailee Pipes, 20. 07-Jack Currier, 21. 11a-Seth Akers, 22. 6-Shelby
Henson. DNS: 55F-Taylor Ferns.
|
|
