By Lonnie Wheatley
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (May 7, 2010) – Louisiana’s Jason Johnson added another notch to the victory column by topping Friday night’s 25-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region debut at Outlaw Motor Speedway.
The Lucas Oil ASCS National title contender tuned up for the upcoming June 4 National event atop the 3/8-mile clay oval by racing from four rows deep in just three laps to take his third Regional score of the year aboard the Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim.
After starting seventh, “The Ragin’ Cajun” disposed of pole starter Robert Sellers on the third round and then motored on to his 75th career overall ASCS checkered flag in front of Lucas Oil National nemesis Tony Bruce, Jr., who advanced from eleventh for runner-up honors.
Danny Wood claimed the show position, with Aaron Berryhill in fourth. Sean McClelland charged from 14th to round out the top five, with Sherman Davis the final car on the lead lap in sixth.
Nick Smith raced from 15th to seventh, with Mike Peters, Whit Gastineau and reigning Sooner champ Joe Wood, Jr., completing the top ten.
Johnson, Berryhill, Peters and Sellers topped heat race action for Friday night’s 33-car field, with Smith and Gastineau winning the twin “B” Mains.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Results from Creek County Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 81au-Gavin Punch, 3. 91x-Taylor Milton, 4. 94-Danny Wood, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 26-Rafe Essary, 7. 87-Brian McClelland, 8. 90-Lance Norick, 9. 61-Earnest Jennings.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 2. 72-Sherman Davis, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 4j-Jamie Passmore, 5. 27-Andy Shouse, 6. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 7. 5$-Danny Smith, 8. 21$-Michelle Decker.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Peters, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 7-Don Young, 4. 15s-Nick Smith, 5. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 6. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 7. 31L-Lee Little, 8. 1j-Danny Jennings.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7s-Robert Sellers, 2. 2-Kenneth Walker, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 15b-Michael Brown, 7. 40-Junior Jenkins, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala.
First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 15s-Nick Smith, 2. 93-Dustin Morgan, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 7-Don Young, 5. 26-Rafe Essary, 6. 5$-Danny Smith, 7. 21$-Michelle Decker, 8. 15b-Michael Brown, 9. 61-Earnest Jennings. DNS: 1j-Danny Jennings.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 2. 4j-Jamie Passmore, 3. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 4. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 5. 40-Junior Jenkins, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 31L-Lee Little, 8. 87-Brian McClelland, 9. 15k-Kerry McAlister.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 97b-Aaron Berryhill, 5. 1-Sean McClelland, 6. 72-Sherman Davis, 7. 15s-Nick Smith, 8. 51-Mike Peters, 9. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 10. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 11. 91x-Taylor Milton, 12. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 13. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 14. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 15. 2-Kenneth Walker, 16. 93-Dustin Morgan, 17. 4j-Jamie Passmore, 18. 27-Andy Shouse, 19. 81au-Gavin Punch, 20. 7s-Robert Sellers.
American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Tony Bruce, Jr. 277, 2. Nick Smith 261, 3. Joe Wood, Jr. 260, 4. Sean McClelland 241, 5. Kenneth Walker 230, 6. Sherman Davis 228, 7. Donnie Ray Crawford 223, 8. Andy Shouse 219, 9. Whit Gastineau 178, 10. Danny Jennings 173.