By Bryan Hulbert
JACKSON, Minn. (August 31, 2013) The 35th annual Jackson Nationals ended with the 2013 Jackson Spring Nationals Champion back in victory lane at the Jackson Speedway, as Brian Brown earned his third Protect the Harvest A-Feature win of the season.
“I was kind of disappointed last night. I felt like I really let my team down and didn’t get the jump on the start, but that’s one good thing about our team; we win together, we lose together. Nobody on the team was negative,” commented Brian Brown of his Jackson Nationals victory.
Brown’s ninth overall Lucas Oil ASCS victory, the Casey’s General Store No. 21 drew the pole in the night’s Protect the Harvest A-Feature; jumping to the point from the start.
Stopping on Lap 3 with the No. 82 of Scott Winters going upside down, Robby Wolfgang and Tyler Drueke were both caught in the accident. All drivers were ok. On the restart, Brown would be challenged briefly for the lead by Tony Bruce, Jr. but would quickly move away.
Slowing on Lap 9 for Seth Bergman who stalled the No. 23 in turn three, Bruce again took a shot for the lead but was again denied.
Racing hard for fourth on Lap 12, the red flag was the end result between Jason Johnson and Jeff Swindell as contact by the No. 41 sent Swindell flipping into the fence. Swindell emerged unscathed with official allowing an open red.
Brian Brown again began to pull away with the battle to be in the top five shaping up with Danny Lasoski charging from seventeenth to challenge Jason Johnson as the caution flew for the final time on Lap 21 for Gregg Bakker.
Going unchallenged on the restart, Brian Brown ran to victory ahead of Tony Bruce, Jr.
“I’m glad all these came out to enjoy this race and hopefully they have the National Tour back next year,” commented Bruce. “I really thought we were good through the center of turns one, and two, but I didn’t have very much tire left so I couldn’t really chance it. We’ll take a second place and go on.”
Brad Loyet crossed third with Logan Forler taking full advantage of the open red to charge from eighteenth to fourth. Danny Lasoski followed suit from seventeenth to fifth. Jack Dover, Johnny Herrera, Jason Johnson, Cole Wood, and Dustin Morgan completed the top ten.
Four Heat Races set the night’s field with Dusty Zomer, Tony Bruce, Jr., Bill Boles, and Dustin Morgan earning wins. Danny Lasoski and Logan Forler each won B-Features.
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Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real
Speedway Motors Midwest Region
Jackson Speedway – Jackson, Minn.
35th annual Jackson Nationals
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Car Count: 38
Event Count: 41
Wesmar Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Dusty Zomer[1]; 2. 05-Brad Loyet[8]; 3. 82-Scott Winters[4]; 4. 53-Jack Dover[7]; 5. 75-Tommy Barber[3]; 6. 12-Tyler Drueke[5]; 7. 4-Jordan Boston[6]; 8. 7K-Dustin Selvage[2]; DNF 29X-Nate Eakin[9]
Ti22 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[6]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 3. 29-Brandon Hahn[1]; 4. 4W-Matt Wasmund[4]; 5. 2L-Logan Forler[5]; 6. 7-Kaley Gharst[3]; 7. 93L-Derrik Lusk[9]; 8. 2D-Dusty Ballenger[8]; 9. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[7]
Rod End Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 05B-Bill Boles[2]; 2. 45X-Johnny Herrera[5]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier[8]; 4. 09-Matt Juhl[6]; 5. 35-Skyler Prochaska[4]; 6. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson[3]; 7. 64-Bruce Anderson[7]; 8. 6-Terry McCarl[1]
BMRS Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Dustin Morgan[1]; 2. 1B-Robby Wolfgang[3]; 3. 17W-Cole Wood[2]; 4. 5H-Justyn Cox[4]; 5. 1M-Danny Lasoski[7]; 6. 21V-Justin Henderson[6]; 7. 75C-Casey Heser[5]; 8. 32-Jason Eckard[8]
The Joie of Seating B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1M-Danny Lasoski[2]; 2. 12-Tyler Drueke[6]; 3. 17W-Cole Wood[1]; 4. 5H-Justyn Cox[3]; 5. 75C-Casey Heser[9]; 6. 93L-Derrik Lusk[5]; 7. 35-Skyler Prochaska[4]; 8. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson[7]; 9. 4-Jordan Boston[8]; DNF 32-Jason Eckard[10]; DNF 7K-Dustin Selvage[11]
DMI B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler[3]; 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger[9]; 3. 29-Brandon Hahn[1]; 4. 21V-Justin Henderson[5]; 5. 4W-Matt Wasmund[2]; 6. 29X-Nate Eakin[8]; 7. 7-Kaley Gharst[6]; 8. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[10]; 9. 64-Bruce Anderson[7]; DNF 75-Tommy Barber[4]; DNS 6-Terry McCarl
Protect the Harvest A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[2]; 3. 05-Brad Loyet[4]; 4. 2L-Logan Forler[18]; 5. 1M-Danny Lasoski[17]; 6. 53-Jack Dover[13]; 7. 45X-Johnny Herrera[8]; 8. 41-Jason Johnson[6]; 9. 17W-Cole Wood[21]; 10. 93-Dustin Morgan[11]; 11. 91-Dusty Zomer[10]; 12. 35-Skyler Prochaska[23]; 13. 05B-Bill Boles[9]; 14. 2D-Dusty Ballenger[20]; 15. 23-Seth Bergman[14]; 16. 09-Matt Juhl[16]; DNF 11X-Gregg Bakker[5]; DNF 13MJ-Brandon Halverson[24]; DNF 94-Jeff Swindell[3]; DNF 13-Mark Dobmeier[7]; DNF 82-Scott Winters[15]; DNF 1B-Robby Wolfgang[12]; DNF 12-Tyler Drueke[19]; DNF 29-Brandon Hahn[22]
Valentine Dash (8 Laps): 1. 75C-Casey Heser[3]; 2. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[8]; 3. 5H-Justyn Cox[1]; 4. 4W-Matt Wasmund[4]; 5. 4-Jordan Boston[7]; 6. 29X-Nate Eakin[6]; DNF 21V-Justin Henderson[2]; DNF 93L-Derrik Lusk[5]
Lap Leader(s): Brian Brown (1-30)
PitstopUSA.com Hard Charger: Logan Forler +14
FSR High Points of the Night: Tony Bruce, Jr.
Hawk Performance Products Fastest Lap of the Night: Jack Dover – 18.908 seconds
Provisionals: Skyler Prochaska (Promoter), Brandon Halverson (Promoter)
2013 “A” Feature Winners: Jason Johnson-7, Jeff Swindell-5, Johnny Herrera-3, Roger Crockett-3, Brian Brown-3, Logan Forler-2, Brad Loyet-2, Danny Lasoski-2, Kyle Bellm, Jack Dover, Seth Bergman, Jonathan Cornell, Tony Bruce, Jr., Travis Rilat, Justin Henderson, Shane Stewart, Tim Crawley
Lucas Oil ASCS Driver Standings (Top 10): 1. Jason Johnson 4,307; 2. Johnny Herrera 4,270; 3. Jeff Swindell 4,133; 4. Brad Loyet 4,088; 5. Tony Bruce, Jr. 3,972; 6. Logan Forler 3,950; 7. Seth Bergman 3,777; 8. Dustin Morgan 3,619; 9. Cole Wood 3,457; 10. Brandon Hahn 2,725;
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