From Chad Buford
Grain Valley, MO — (July 3, 2015) — Taking the lead from Ryan Kitchen on lap seven, Casey Shuman went on to his third win of the season with the Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps WAR Series presented by Next LED on Friday at Valley Speedway.
Polesitter Kitchen got a good start as he moved in front of Chris Parkinson once the green flag waved. The duo would run this way over the first four laps as Shuman and Chad Goff had a heated battle for third.
On lap five, Shuman would work his way past Parkinson and into second as he quickly moved in on Kitchen. In heavy lapped traffic, Shuman would work his way past Kitchen and quickly extend his lead.
By lap nine, Goff had moved past both Parkinson and Kitchen into the runner-up spot.
With ten laps in the books, the red would come out for a flip involving Kevin Risley. The Oklahoma driver was not injured, but was done for the evening.
The next few laps would see an abundance of yellow flags as Shuman was up to the challenge and stayed in the top spot. Behind Shuman, Goff and Parkinson were wheel to wheel battling for the second spot. Parkinson would take over the spot on lap sixteen for good.
With nineteen laps complete, three cars spun over the bank in between turns three and four. With a huge concern of how much fuel drivers might have left due to the excessive yellow flags and with curfew looming, the decision was made to throw the checkered flag. Shuman picked up his third win in the Hockett Racing/Korte Transportation #75. Parkinson was a strong second in his Ozark Barge and Dock/54th Street Grill and Bar #65. Goff was third in his Kercher Engines/B&D Racing #9. Cody Baker was a solid fourth in the David Long #38 with Rik Forbes rounding out the top five in his #95. Riley Kreisel was sixth with Craig Carroll, John Helm, Kenny Potter, and Casey Baker rounding out the top ten.
Rookie Clyde Knipp took a hard hit in hot laps as he slid off of turn two and smacked the guard rail. He was transported to a local hospital and later released.
The Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps WAR Series presented by Next LED are tentatively scheduled to race at the US 50 Motorsports Park in Warrensburg, MO on Saturday July 25. Please keep up to date with WAR on their Facebook page by joining at https://www.facebook.com/groups/122872191163959/ or go to warsprints.com for the latest information.
WAR Series sprint cars
Valley Speedway
7/3/2015
25 cars
1st Heat- 8 laps
1. 9-Casey Baker, Lone Jack, MO (2); 2. 24C-Craig Carroll, Collinsville, OK (1); 3. 42-Warren Johnson, Overland Park, KS (4); 4. 95-Rik Forbes, Omaha, NE (5); 5. 90-Riley Kreisel, Warsaw, MO (6); 6. 09-Josh Stephens, Buckner, MO (8); 7. 6-Doug Fry, Wheatland, MO (3); 8. 18X-Nathan Ryun, Higginsville, MO (7); 9. 88RR-Ryan Rector, Jasper, MO (9)
2nd Heat- 8 laps
1. 21-Ryan Kitchen, Lincoln, NE (4); 2. 38-Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO (2); 3. 24K-Kevin Risley, Collinsville, OK (6); 4. 65-Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (7); 5. 8X-Brandon Dunham, California, MO (1); 6. 8-Jeff Wingate, Centertown, MO (5); 7. 55-Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, MO (3); 8. 13-Clyde Knipp, California, MO (DNS)
3rd Heat- 8 laps
1. 9X-Chad Goff, Spring Hill, KS (8); 2. 75-Casey Shuman, Rattlesnake Bend, AZ (5); 3. 12-John Helm, Kearney, MO (2); 4. 88-Chad Tye, Independence, MO (1); 5. 69-Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (4); 6. 19-Bradlee Ryun, Higginsville, MO (6); 7. 65M-TJ Muths, Sedalia, MO (7); 8. 77-Jim Cameron, Cameron, MO (3)
A-Main-
1. 75-Casey Shuman (5); 2. 65-Chris Parkinson (2); 3. 9X-Chad Goff (4); 4. 38-Cody Baker (7); 5. 95-Rik Forbes (11); 6. 90-Riley Kreisel (12); 7. 24C-Craig Carroll (8); 8. 12-John Helm (10); 9. 55-Kenny Potter (21); 10. 9-Casey Baker (3); 11. 09-Josh Stephens (13); 12. 8-Jeff Wingate (18); 13. 21-Ryan Kitchen (1); 14. 88-Chad Tye (14); 15. 19-Bradlee Ryun (17); 16. 18X-Nathan Ryun (22); 17. 77-Jim Cameron (24); 18. 88RR-Ryan Rector (23); 19. 65M-TJ Muths (20); 20. 42-Warren Johnson (9); 21. 6-Doug Fry (19); 22. 8X-Brandon Dunham (16); 23. 24K-Kevin Risley (6); 24. 69-Mike Moore (15); DNS-13-Clyde Knipp