Wilson Rocks to 600 Nationals Prelim Victory
Posted:9/15/2007
Wilson Rocks to 600
Nationals Prelim Victory
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 14, 2007) – Skiatook,
Oklahoma's Jerrod Wilson was the class of the field as the Second Annual
600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires kicked off at I-30 Speedway on
Friday night.
Wilson wired the field in the non-stop 25-lap preliminary feature,
besting a total of 125 entries from 19 different states as well as
Australia to lock himself into Saturday night's $10,000-to-win 600
Nationals finale.
Also locked into Saturday's finale were the balance of the top six
finishers, which included Oklahoma's Scott Sawyer, defending race winner
Travis Senter, Jr., of Osceola, AR, California's Stan Yockey, Illini
shoe Derek King and Indiana's Jonathan Hendrick.
Making it a Sooner State sweep of victory lane was Broken Arrow, OK,
shoe Darien Roberts, who won the 15-lap Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted
"A" Class main event.
While Wilson led Friday's preliminary feature in wire-to-wire fashion,
he passed virtually everything in sight during the evening's qualifying
action. Starting 12th in the second of ten heat races, Wilson charged
all the way up to second and ranked second in passing points to Chris
Andrews following heat race action.
Gridding the second of five qualifying races in tenth, Wilson blasted
through the pack in short order and took the win to earn the pole
position for the feature event.
Oklahoma City's Jason Lair was slated to start alongside Wilson in the
feature event, but Senter moved up to the front row outside when Lair's
engine gave way in the staging area moments before the field aligned.
Wilson outgunned Senter for the point at the drop of the green flag and
never looked back. Reaching lapped traffic by the ninth circuit on the
high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval, Wilson never faltered while slicing
through traffic the rest of the way. "One down, one to go," Wilson
commented in victory lane.
With Wilson out front, Sawyer took advantage of a Senter's progressively
tightening machine to take the runner-up slot in the final laps. Senter
held on for third in the non-stop affair, with Yockey a close fourth as
King held off Hendrick for fifth.
Pennsylvania's Jake Murphy just missed an assured starting spot by
finishing seventh, while Chris Berreth advanced from 15th to eighth.
Aaron Reutzel raced from 20th to ninth, with 17th-starter Travis Elliott
completing the top ten.
In the Horizon Mini Sprints feature event, Roberts outdueled Shane
Fletcher over the middle portion of the race en route to capturing the
checkered flag. Roberts and Fletcher are locked into Saturday night's
$1,000 to win feature along with Shelby Henson, Brian Ritter, Devon Huff
and Trent Taylor.
Twenty-five Horizon Mini Sprints brought the total number of cars in
competition at I-30 Speedway on Friday night to 50.
Second Annual 600 Nationals Friday Results:
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. 3c-Cody Coggin, 2. 8c-Chris Andrews, 3.
1k-Austin Laskey, 4. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 5. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 6.
k9-Jaysen Baker, 7. 96x-Zach Gigot, 8. 11d-Jason Dent, 9. 31d-Joe Dent,
10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 12. 22c-John
Campbell, 13. 711-Dusty Young.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9L-Tim Dietz, 2. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 3.
18c-Scott Bolden, 4. 79-Ryan Duke, 5. 51-Terry Monroe, 6. 41-Lee
Knowles, 7. 75J-Kevin Gigot, 8. 23w-Tim Elkins, 9. 83k-Karlas Stevens,
10. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 11. 81-Page Summers, 12. 39-Brian Nance, 13.
6h-Chris Crull.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 30-Bean Elliott, 2. 36-Ben Murphy, 3. 1h-Darryl
Wills, 4. 35-Justin Jackson, 5. 16x-Michael Davidson, 6. 221-Tim
Crawley, 7. 3x-Steve Hall, 8. 70-Michael Wickham, 9. 1x-Chad Pitts, 10.
9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 61-Brad Gentry, 12. 72-Justin Taylor. DNS:
83b-Kurt Blackaby.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 2-Riley Adair, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3. 64-Chad
Boone, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 15a-Andrew Deal, 6. 33b-Butch ivy, 7.
31z-Brent Zimmerman, 8. 631-Phil Reed, 9. 8a-Josh Akers, 10. 92F-Chad
Mallett, 11. 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 12. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 13. 5k-John
Kamm.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 01-Nick Ivy, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3. 23a-Matt
Covington, 4. 40b-Trevor Berry, 5. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 6. 66r-Roger
Rose, 7. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 8. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 9. 98-Glenn Heverin, 10.
31w-Justin Webb, 11. 23m-Mike Johnson, 12. 10x-Steven Parker, 13.
11ut-Tim Sandelczech.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 44-Michael Dicely, 2. 23L-Jason Lair, 3.
18m-Jake Murphy, 4. 83w-Jim Woods, 5. 77b-Daniel Butler, 6. 10e-Matt
Ebarb, 7. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 8. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 9. 1a-Cale Reigle, 10.
8z-Frederic Fezard, 11. 91T-Tay Milton, 12. 28J-Jeff Willingham.
Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1. 1e-Eric Edwards, 2. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 3.
57-Jacob Lucas, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. wa1-Ben Devlin, 6. 17r-Justin
Rapp, 7. 14-Chris Zabawa, 8. 67-Marty Martin, 9. 017-Donald Bivens, 10.
88h-Denver Hall, 11. 16F-Nate Fleming. DNS: 5x-Tyson Hall.
Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 131-David Zarski, 2. 11a-Andrew Felker, 3.
116-Chris Berreth, 4. 32k-Derek King, 5. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 6.
82-Steven Shebester, 7. 47-Rusty Pipes, 8. 59F-Greg Fritts, 9. 42-Dean
Franklin, 10. 10w-Wayne Ebarb. DNS: 7k-Chad Quarternick, 122-Sammy
Swindell.
Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr.,
3. 91k-Kevin Bayer, 4. 23T-James Tsokatos, 5. 80-Michael McNeil, 6.
69r-Clayton Robertson, 7. 18T-Tyler Devault, 8. 22J-Josh Rehm, 9.
12c-Josh Clark, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr. DNS:
21w-Wade Huisman.
Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 2. 32m-Trey Marcham, 3.
69x-Sam Miller, 4. 85-John McCord, 5. 71-Ryan Greth, 6. 6g-Dustin Gates,
7. 07-George Jackson, 8. 76-Josh Ruple, 9. 18a-Ray Alsup, 10. 60-James
McNeil. Disqualified: 73-Jake Mosley (rough driving) and 49-Nathan Cook
(failed to report to scales).
Last Chance Races – Top 4 Finishers to tail of the Five Qualifying
Races.
First Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 73-Jake Mosley, 2. 16x-Michael
Davidson, 3. 47-Rusty Pipes, 4. k9-Jaysen Baker, 5. 1a-Cale Reigle, 6.
72-Justin Taylor, 7. 23m-Mike Johnson, 8. 8a-Josh Akers, 9. 18a-Ray
Alsup, 10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 67-Marty Martin, 12. 82-Steven
Shebester, 13. 75J-Kevin Gigot. DNS: 91T-Tay Milton, 11UT-Tim
Sandelczech.
Second Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 6g-Dustin Gates, 2. 5x-Tyson Hall,
3. 80-Michael McNeil, 4. 9x-Ryan Langston, 5. 98-Glenn Heverin, 6.
8z-Frederic Fezard, 7. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 8. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 9.
3x-Steve Hall, 10. 15a-Andrew Deal, 11. 59F-Greg Fritts, 12. 711-Dusty
Young, 13. 16F-Nate Fleming. Disqualified: 23w-Tim Elkins (failed to
report to scales after finishing fourth). DNS: 07-George Jackson.
Third Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 2. 24d-Daniel
Robinson, 3. 70-Michael Wickham, 4. 11d-Jason Dent, 5. 19m-Keith
McIntyre, Jr., 6. 76-Josh Ruple, 7. 22J-Josh Rehm, 8. 6h-Chris Crull, 9.
017-Donald Bivens, 10. 81-Page Summers. DNS: 71-Ryan Greth, 92F-Chad
Mallett, 88h-Denver Hall, 10x-Steven Parker, 7k-Chad Quarternick.
Fourth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 221-Tim Crawley, 2. 1z-Bobby
Zaiontz, 3. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 4. 31w-Justin Webb, 5. 96x-Zach Gigot,
6. 61-Brad Gentry, 7. 22c-John Campbell, 8. 28J-Jeff Willingham, 9.
59x-Billy Lawhead, 10. 1x-Chad Pitts, 11. 66r-Roger Rose. DNS: 42-Dean
Franklin, 10w-Wayne Ebarb, 83b-Kurt Blackaby, 122-Sammy Swindell.
Fifth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 2. 18T-Tyler
Devault, 3. 31d-Joe Dent, 4. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 5. 631-Phil Reed, 6.
60-James McNeil, 7. 12c-Josh Clark, 8. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 9. 10m-Tim
McKenzie, 10. 14-Chris Zabawa, 11. 39-Brian Nance, 12. 5k-John Kamm, 13.
49-Nathan Cook. DNS: 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 21w-Wade Huisman.
Qualifying Races – Top 24 in Combined Points from Heats & Qualifiers to
“A” Feature
First Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 32k-Derek King, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr.,
3. 36-Ben Murphy, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. 8c-Chris Andrews, 6.
16x-Michael Davidson, 7. 73-Jake Mosley, 8. 10e-Matt Ebarb, 9. 66s-J.J.
Simmons, 10. 47-Rusty Pipes, 11. 3c-Cody Coggin, 12. k9-Jaysen Baker,
13. 41-Lee Knowles, 14. 40b-Trevor Berry.
Second Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 35-Justin Jackson,
3. 116-Chris Berreth, 4. wa1-Ben Devlin, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6.
6g-Dustin Gates, 7. 5x-Tyson Hall, 8. 80-Michael McNeil, 9. 01-Nick Ivy,
10. 9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 12. 9L-Tim Dietz, 13.
69x-Sam Miller, 14. 77b-Daniel Butler.
Third Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 33b-Butch Ivy, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3.
29-Scott Sawyer, 4. 11a-Andrew Felker, 5. 18m-Jake Murphy, 6. 24d-Daniel
Robinson, 7. 30-Bean Elliott, 8. 1k-Austin Laskey, 9. 1h-Darryl Wills,
10. 17r-Justin Rapp, 11. 11d-Jason Dent, 12. 70-Michael Wickham, 13.
28b-B.J. Wilson. Disqualified: 57-Jacob Lucas (rough driving).
Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 23L-Jason Lair, 2. 18c-Scott Bolden, 3.
69r-Clayton Robertson, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 1e-Eric Edwards, 6.
2-Riley Adair, 7. 31w-Justin Webb, 8. 83w-Jim Woods, 9. 221-Tim Crawley,
10. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 11. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 12. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz,
13. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 14. 91k-Kevin Bayer.
Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 51-Terry Monroe, 2. 64-Chad Boone, 3.
79-Ryan Duke, 4. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 5. 23a-Matt Covington, 6.
23T-James Tsokatos, 7. 131-David Zarski, 8. 32m-Trey Marcham, 9.
14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 10. 44-Michael Dicely, 11. 31d-Joe Dent, 12.
18T-Tyler Devault, 13. 85-John McCord, 14. 83k-Karlas Stephens.
“A” Feature – Top 6 Finishers Locked into Saturday night’s $10,000 to
win 600 Nationals Finale.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3.
22-Travis Senter, Jr., 4. 7x-Stan Yockey, 5. 32k-Derek King, 6.
68-Jonathan Hendrick, 7. 18m-Jake Murphy, 8. 116-Chris Berreth, 9.
87-Aaron Reutzel, 10. 15T-Travis Elliott, 11. 1e-Eric Edwards, 12.
11a-Andrew Felker, 13. 64-Chad Boone, 14. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 15. 79-Ryan
Duke, 16. 51-Terry Monroe, 17. wa1-Ben Devlin, 18. 2-Riley Adair, 19.
8c-Chris Andrews, 20. 36-Ben Murphy, 21. 33b-Butch Ivy, 22. 18c-Scott
Bolden, 23. 35-Justin Jackson. 24. 23L-Jason Lair (DNS).
Horizon Mini-Sprint Restricted "A" Class Results:
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10-Darien Roberts, 2. 99-Shane Fletcher, 3.
6-Shelby Henson, 4. 97-Brian Ritter, 5. 9-Devon Huff, 6. 57-Trent
Taylor, 7. X-Blake Jenkins, 8. 18-Cole Melby, 9. 28-Karley Dobson, 10.
11J-James Snellgrove, 11. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 12. 14-Jordan Mallett, 13.
08-Logan Martin, 14. 19-Dalton Terrel, 15. 1J-Nic Jenkins, 16. 15-Jeremy
Middleton, 17. 20b-Adam Law, 18. 37-Brunson Behning, 19. 07-Jack
Currier, 20. 43-Matthew Bauldwin.
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