Blake Hahn wins the 9th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial
from bryan hulbert
September 22, 2019 in Do it in the DIRT
by Bryan Hulbert
WHEATLAND, Mo. ( September 21, 2019) One win deserves another, and Blake Hahn made it one of the biggest of his career; leading start to finish for Saturday's $10,000 score in the 9th annual Hockett/McMillin Memorial with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
Hahn's ninth career SawBlade.com A-Feature victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, the triumph was enough to retake the series point's lead from Sam Hafertepe, Jr. by 20 markers. Hitting the turn-four wall in his Last Chance Qualifier, Hafertepe's night ended one spot shy of a transfer into the A-Feature.
"I want to thank the fans for hanging out for this awesome, long race," stated Hahn of then night's program, which was nearly claimed by Mother Nature following a late afternoon downpour that delayed the Hockett/McMillin Memorial finale over two hours.
Grabbing the cushion from the start, Hahn pulled away from pole sitter, Josh Baughman, before the caution lights blinked on with three laps complete for Brinton Marvel. Keeping pace with Hahn on the restart, Blake tried the bottom through turns three and four, nearly allowing the No. 17 to get a run before finally moving to the top at both ends of the Lucas Oil Speedway.
Getting into traffic with 10 laps complete, Hahn began searching for lines as Derek Hagar closed in to challenge for second.
Getting the run under the No. 17 on Lap 14, Hagar pushed through the fourth turn; tagging Baughman's left front tire and sending him flying up the track. Avoiding the flip and the wall, Baughman recovered in seventh.
Taking advantage of the situation, Dylan Westbrook peddled by Hagar on Lap 17.
Reeling in Hahn numerous times as the pair weaved through traffic, the Sage Fruit, Co. No, 52 was able to keep the No. 47x at bay all the way to Lap 35. Peeling off the cushion to clear a slower car in the third and fourth turns, Hahn pushed up the track and into the path of Westbrook. With no time to react, the two front runners slammed right rear to left rear; sending Hahn over the hood of the No. 47x, who in turn, flipped off the exit of turn four.
"I hate to see anybody turn upside down," stated Hahn. "I was trying to get underneath some lapped cars and got into the slop down on the bottom and just pushed up in front of him. It was my fault."
Able to keep rolling, Hahn was pursued on the restart by Pennsylvania's Mark Smith.
Committed the bottom of the three-eighths-mile oval, Smith tried for the lead but couldn't make it work as Hahn ran away over the final five laps to a 2.271 seconds advantage over the No. M1 with Brady Bacon hard charging through the field from 16th to complete the podium. Derek Hagar would slip to fourth with Seth Bergman making a charge through the field from 10th to complete the top five.
Racing his way in through a B-Feature, Matt Covington made up for two rough nights to open his Hockett/McMillin Memorial with a run from 17th to sixth. Paul Nienhiser crossed seventh, followed by Jonathan Cornell who moved up to eighth from 13th. Ayton Gennetten in ninth was trailed by Roger Crockett in tenth.
Overall, the weekend saw 71 drivers in attendance from 15 states, as well as drivers from Canada and Australia. The combined attendance of both classes put the overall at 132 Sprint Cars.
The next event for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series is the John Christner Trucking Fall Fling Presented by James Hodge Ford at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. on Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12. Opening at 5:30 P.M. followed by Hot Laps at 7:00 P.M. with racing at 7:30 P.M. (CT) both nights, Friday's show with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network will offer up $3,000 to win, $400 to start with Saturday upping the bounty to $4,000 to win, $400 to start.
More information on the John Christner Trucking Fall Fling presented by James Hodge Ford will be posted as the event dates near. Creek County Speedway is located at 18450 West Hwy. 66 between Sapulpa and Kellyville. For more information on Creek County Speedway, including a complete lineup of events and directions, log onto http://www.creekcountyspeedway.co or call (918) 693-RACE (7223) or (918) 838-3777. The track can also be found on social media at https://www.facebook.com/CreekCountySpeedway.
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the nine Regional Tours that make up ASCS Nation in 2019, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).
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9th annual Hockett/McMillin - Night 3
Car Count: 70
Event Count: 71
SCE Gaskets Last Chance Qualifiers (Top 2 in each advance to the A-Feature)
LCQ 1 (12 Laps): 1. M1-Mark Smith, [2]; 2. 29-Clinton Boyles, [5]; 3. 17W-Harli White, [1]; 4. 91T-Tyler Thomas, [4]; 5. 11G-Mike Goodman, [7]; 6. 95-Matt Covington, [8]; 7. 21P-Robbie Price, [6]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [3]; 9. 28-Scott Bogucki, [11]; 10. 5-Kory Bales, [9]; 11. 45-Monty Ferriera, [10]; 12. 24C-Chris Morgan, [12]; 13. 3V-Tyler Utz, [13]; 14. 21C-Carson Short, [14]; 15. 75-Tyler Blank, [15]; 16. 76-Jay Russell, [16]
LCQ 2 (12 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, [1]; 2. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [2]; 3. 21K-Kameron Key, [3]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark, [4]; 5. 21-Miles Paulus, [6]; 6. 39-Brad Bowden, [5]; 7. 21G-Adam Gullion, [7]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III, [12]; 9. 22X-Riley Goodno, [8]; 10. 11F-Colton Fisher, [11]; 11. 11A-Austin O'Neal, [9]; 12. 11X-Avery Goodman, [10]; 13. 95X-Asa Swindell, [15]; 14. 26M-Fred Mattox, [13]; 15. 44-Jared Sewell, [14]; 16. 94-Jeff Swindell, [16]
LCQ 3 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Sean McClelland, [2]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett, [1]; 3. 1X-Tim Crawley, [3]; 4. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, [6]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [8]; 6. 77X-Alex Hill, [4]; 7. 37H-Matthew Howard, [10]; 8. J2-John Carney II, [5]; 9. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [7]; 10. 1-Brad Ryun, [13]; 11. 75E-Broc Elliott, [14]; 12. 12X-Danny Smith, [12]; 13. 18X-Nathan Ryun, [11]; 14. 38-Cody Baker, [9]; 15. 4-Evan Martin, [15]; 16. 3Z-Zach Davis, [16]
LCQ 4 (12 Laps): 1. 5D-Zach Daum, [2]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon, [1]; 3. 7B-Ben Brown, [6]; 4. 47-Dale Howard, [5]; 5. 21X-Brinton Marvel, [7]; 6. 22S-Slater Helt, [10]; 7. 24-Garet Williamson, [9]; 8. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [8]; 9. 84-Brandon Hanks, [4]; 10. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [3]; 11. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [11]; 12. 01-Logan Seavey, [12]; 13. 10-Landon Britt, [13]; 14. 26-Matt Moro, [14]; 15. 14M-Randy Martin, [15]
BMRS B-Feature (Top 2 in each advance to the A-Feature)
B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, [5]; 2. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, [3]; 3. 21-Miles Paulus, [4]; 4. 37H-Matthew Howard, [7]; 5. 84-Brandon Hanks, [10]; 6. 24D-Danny Sams III, [8]; 7. 7B-Ben Brown, [2]; 8. 22S-Slater Helt, [6]; 9. 18X-Nathan Ryun, [13]; 10. 17W-Harli White, [1]; 11. 28-Scott Bogucki, [9]; 12. 2X-Tucker Doughty, [11]; 13. 11X-Avery Goodman, [12]; 14. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [14]
B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 21K-Kameron Key, [1]; 2. 91T-Tyler Thomas, [2]; 3. 21P-Robbie Price, [6]; 4. 47-Dale Howard, [3]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [4]; 6. 39-Brad Bowden, [5]; 7. 24-Garet Williamson, [7]; 8. 22X-Riley Goodno, [9]; 9. 11F-Colton Fisher, [10]; 10. J2-John Carney II, [8]; 11. 11A-Austin O'Neal, [11]; 12. 12X-Danny Smith, [12]; 13. 26M-Fred Mattox, [13]
B Feature 3 (15 Laps): 1. 9$-Kyle Clark, [2]; 2. 21X-Brinton Marvel, [4]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [7]; 4. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [9]; 5. 11G-Mike Goodman, [3]; 6. 77X-Alex Hill, [5]; 7. 1-Brad Ryun, [10]; 8. 95X-Asa Swindell, [12]; 9. 1X-Tim Crawley, [1]; 10. 75E-Broc Elliott, [11]; 11. 21G-Adam Gullion, [6]; 12. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [8]; 13. 38-Cody Baker, [13]
Sawblade.com A-Feature
A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, [2]; 2. M1-Mark Smith, [9]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon, [16]; 4. 9JR-Derek Hagar, [4]; 5. 23-Seth Bergman, [10]; 6. 95-Matt Covington, [17]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [6]; 8. 35M-Jonathan Cornell, [14]; 9. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, [7]; 10. 11-Roger Crockett, [3]; 11. 91T-Tyler Thomas, [21]; 12. 14-Jordon Mallett, [15]; 13. 9$-Kyle Clark, [19]; 14. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, [20]; 15. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [5]; 16. 22-Sean McClelland, [11]; 17. 21-Miles Paulus, [25]; 18. 29-Clinton Boyles, [13]; 19. 21K-Kameron Key, [18]; 20. 81-Jack Dover, [8]; 21. 5D-Zach Daum, [12]; 22. 21X-Brinton Marvel, [22]; 23. 21P-Robbie Price, [24]; 24. 28-Scott Bogucki, [23]; (DQ) 17-Josh Baughman, [1]
Lap Leader(s): Blake Hahn 1-40
Hard Charger: Brady Bacon +13
High Point Driver: N/A
Provisional(s): Robbie Price (Points) / Scott Bogucki (Points) / Miles Paulus (Regional)
2019 National Tour Driver Standings (Top 15): 1. Blake Hahn 3,790; 2. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 3,770; 3. Roger Crockett 3,504; 4. Matt Covington 3,498; 5. Scott Bogucki 3,448; 6. John Carney II 3,414; 7. Robbie Price 3,188; 8. Harli White 3,182; 9. Jordon Mallett 3,103; 10. Tucker Doughty 2,852; 11. Alex Hill 2,835; 12. Seth Bergman 1,487; 13. Jamie Ball 1,163; 14. Dylan Westbrook 1,017; 15. Paul Nienhiser 892;
2019 Race Winners: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 8 (5/17 - I-96 Speedway; 5/18 - I-96 Speedway; 5/25 - Lake Ozark Speedway; 6/5 - Lawton Speedway; 6/8 - Salina Speedway; 7/12 - Gallatin Speedway; 7/19 - Big Sky Speedway; 9/1 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Blake Hahn - 5 (6/20 - Skagit Speedway; 7/20 - Big Sky Speedway; 8/30 - 34 Raceway; 9/19 - Lucas Oil Speedway; 9/21 - Lucas Oil Speedway); Robbie Price - 2 (6/22 - Skagit Speedway; 8/31 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Scott Bogucki - 2 (6/14 - Brown County Speedway; 6/15 - Black Hills Speedway); Thomas Kennedy - 2 (4/25 - Eagle Raceway, 4/26 - U.S. 36 Raceway); James McFadden - 2 (8/2 - Knoxville Raceway; 8/3 - Knoxville Raceway); John Carney II - 1 (5/26 - Lake Ozark Speedway); Travis Rilat - 1 (6/4 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Roger Crockett - 1 (6/21 - Skagit Speedway); Devon Borden - 1 (6/28 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Matt Covington - 1 (6/29 - Grays Harbor Raceway); Ryan Giles - 1 (8/1 - Knoxville Raceway); Wayne Johnson - 1 (8/6 - Southern Iowa Speedway); Josh Baughman - 1 (9/20 - Lucas Oil Speedway);
Weather-Related Cancellations - 10: Devil's Bowl Speedway (3/15 and 3/16); Williams Grove Speedway (5/3); Selinsgrove Speedway (5/4); Lakeside Speedway (5/9); I-30 Speedway (5/11); Route 66 Motor Speedway (6/1); Creek County Speedway (6/6); Gallatin Speedway (7/13); Riverside International Speedway (8/24)
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Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK): http://www.mattcovingtonracing.com
Roger Crockett (Broken Arrow, OK): http://www.rocketdesignsllc.com
Tucker Doughty (Rockwall, TX): https://twitter.com/tuckerdoughty
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX): http://www.sam15.com
Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, OK): http://www.blakehahnracing.com
Alex Hill (Six Nations, Ontario, Can.): https://twitter.com/alexhill77x
Jordon Mallett (Greenbrier, AR): https://www.facebook.com/jordonmallettmotorsports
Chris Martin (Ankeny, IA): https://twitter.com/cmr_44?lang=en
Robbie Price (Cobble Hill, BC, Can.): http://www.bdsmotorsportsllc.com
Harli White (Lindsay, OK): http://www.harliwhiteracing.net