Brad Loyet Rolls Top Shelf To Lucas Oil ASCS Score At Lawton Speedway

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Brad Loyet Mike Howard photo

 

By Bryan Hulbert

LAWTON, Okla. (June 15, 2016) Picking up his first victory of the 2016 season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, Missouri’s Brad Loyet became the eighth different winner in 10 races aboard the Buddy Loyet Motorsports No. 05 at the Lawton Speedway.
(ASCS/Mike Howard Photo)
Round two of the ASCS Sizzin’ Summer Speedweek, the win is Loyet’s fifth overall on the season, and eighth with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network since 2012.
Rolling past Brandon Hanks on the cushion on the fourth round, third starting Loyet was uncontested the remainder of the night’s 30 lap A-Feature event.
“I was following those guys on the bottom the first two or three laps and the car; it was good there, but I wasn’t going to them there so I put it up on the top,” said Loyet of the move to the high side. “The car was rotating good all night.”
Thanking his crew, father, and most importantly is expecting wife, Loyet continued with, “Overall it’s been a tough year with ASCS with just bad luck from breaking wheels to getting involved in stuff that wasn’t our fault, so to come out here and win, you know, we earned this one all by ourselves tonight and I’ve just gotta thank by guys for sticking with me and hopefully, this is just the first of many.”
Caution on Lap 6, the restart saw Johnny Herrera and Sam Hafertepe on the move as Herrera from seventh, and Hafertepe from 10th, trailed each other through the pack.
Back at it following a Lap 7 red that saw John Carney II and Channin Tankersley walk away from going upside down, Loyet took off with New York’s Jason Barney on his back bumper. Unable to make the run, the No. 87b would have to fend off Brandon Hanks as both finally fell to the charge of Johnny Herrera.
Working through slower traffic, the race’s final caution fell on Lap 25. Having worked the bottom the entire race, Herrera stuck low only to have Sam Hafertepe, Jr. charge around on the top for the runner-up spot.
“We were just terrible early. We needed to be good early and take advantage of it before it laid rubber but we got better at the end; but we just missed it tonight. To run second, really to come back there like we did at the end of the race, I shouldn’t be complaining. When you run second you shouldn’t be complaining about missing it, but that’s how good our team’s been lately. We’ve expected to run this good every night.”
Taking over the point’s lead by seven markers, and extending his Speedweek lead to 20, Hafertepe was trailed to the line by Herrera.
Asked about the final race restart, Herrera replied, “I didn’t know the rubber was there, I didn’t do anything different there I hadn’t done the last 25 laps. We got the second and was running the leader down just on that restart there, I just didn’t know it was there. I didn’t want to see it come out for sure. I really think Brad would have won and we would have run second and that would have been the end of it, but we still had a good car. Just fell short there at the end, but we’ll take a podium and go on.”
Making the drive from Brewerton, N.Y. Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint point’s leader, Jason Barney, bounced around the top-five the entire race with the No. 87b ultimately crossing fourth. Blake Hahn from the 9th starting spot came out with a fifth place finish.
From 11th, Aaron Reutzel brought his No. 87 machine home sixth with Logan Forler seventh. After leading early on, Tennessee’s Brandon Hanks slipped to finish eight with Josh Baughman gaining ten spots to finish ninth. Seth Bergman advanced from 15th to complete the top-ten.
A field of 37 drivers from 13 states took part in Wednesday’s presentation of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network at Lawton Speedway. Five Heat Race wins went to Blake Hahn, Logan Forler, Johnny Herrera, Danny Wood, and Brandon Long. The night’s B-Features were topped by Channin Tankersley and Ray Allen Kulhanek. Provisional starts were utilized by Wayne Johnson, who suffered mechanical issues during the A-Feature, and Steven Russell, who charged to 14th from 24th.
The 24th ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek continues at the Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. on Thursday, June 16 with races getting underway at 8:00 P.M. (CDT). For more information on the Oklahoma oval, log onto http://www.creekcountyspeedway.co.
For continued updates on the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.

Race Results:
ASCS National
Lawton Speedway – Lawton, Okla.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
24th Speedweek – Round 2
Car Count: 37
ButlerBuilt Heat Races (8 Laps, Top 16 in Passing Points to the A-Feature.)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 2. 85-Forrest Sutherland[2]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[6]; 4. 31B-Channin Tankersley[4]; 5. 66-Ray Allen Kulhanek[7]; 6. 17G-Jason McDougal[3]; 7. 20G-Jake Greider[8]; 8. (DNF) 26M-Fred Mattox[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler[2]; 2. 84-Brandon Hanks[4]; 3. 05-Brad Loyet[8]; 4. 5-Joe Bob Lee[6]; 5. 171-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[1]; 6. 10K-Kyle Ezell[3]; 7. 2-Mickey Walker[7]; 8. 40-Howard Moore[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Johnny Herrera[1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 3. 87B-Jason Barney[6]; 4. 42-Andy McElhannon[4]; 5. 91-Steven Russell[7]; 6. 02-Brandon Long[2]; 7. 8M-Kade Morton[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81W-Danny Wood[2]; 2. 4J-John Carney II[3]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 4. 17-Josh Baughman[1]; 5. 28-Tommy Bryant[7]; 6. 12-James Mosher[5]; 7. 88M-Keith Meyer[4]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Brandon Long; 2. 117-Bryan Clauson[2]; 3. 03-Joe Wood Jr[3]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 5. 14K-Kyle Bellm[6]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson[5]; 7. 17W-Harli White[7]; 8. 98-Ryan Padgett[1]
BMRS B-Features (12 laps, Top 3 advance into A-Feature.)
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 31B-Channin Tankersley[3]; 2. 17-Josh Baughman[4]; 3. 14K-Kyle Bellm[1]; 4. 02-Brandon Long[8]; 5. 17W-Harli White[5]; 6. 91-Steven Russell[2]; 7. 8M-Kade Morton[9]; 8. 40-Howard Moore[11]; 9. 17G-Jason McDougal[7]; 10. 98-Ryan Padgett[10]; 11. 12-James Mosher[6]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 66-Ray Allen Kulhanek[1]; 2. 28-Tommy Bryant[2]; 3. 171-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[5]; 4. 2-Mickey Walker[8]; 5. 42-Andy McElhannon[3]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 7. 10K-Kyle Ezell[7]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox[10]; 9. 20G-Jake Greider[6]; 10. 88M-Keith Meyer[9]
Protect the Harvest A-Feature (30 Laps)
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet[3]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[7]; 3. 45X-Johnny Herrera[10]; 4. 87B-Jason Barney[4]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[9]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[11]; 7. 2L-Logan Forler[8]; 8. 84-Brandon Hanks[2]; 9. 17-Josh Baughman[19]; 10. 23-Seth Bergman[15]; 11. 28-Tommy Bryant[20]; 12. 03-Joe Wood Jr[13]; 13. 66-Ray Allen Kulhanek[18]; 14. 91-Steven Russell[24]; 15. 171-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[22]; 16. 85-Forrest Sutherland[14]; 17. 95-Matt Covington[1]; 18. 14K-Kyle Bellm[21]; 19. (DNF) 117-Bryan Clauson[5]; 20. (DNF) 5-Joe Bob Lee[16]; 21. (DNF) 4J-John Carney II[12]; 22. (DNF) 31B-Channin Tankersley[17]; 23. (DNF) 2C-Wayne Johnson[23]; 24. (DNF) 81W-Danny Wood[6]
Lap Leader(s): Brandon Hanks 1-3; Brad Loyet 4-30
FSR High Point Driver: Brad Loyet
Hard Charger: Josh Baughman +10
Provisional(s): Wayne Johnson / Steve Russell
2016 ASCS National Driver Standings (Top 10): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1,309; 2. Johnny Herrera 1,302; 3. Logan Forler 1,196; 4. Matt Covington 1,182; 5. Aaron Reutzel 1,179; 6. Blake Hahn 1,167; 7. Brad Loyet 1,141; 8. Wayne Johnson 1,132; 9. Seth Bergman 1,113; 10. Josh Baughman 1,097;
2016 Speedweek Standings (Top 10): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 150; 2. Brad Loyet 272; 3. Aaron Reutzel 264; 4. Johnny Herrera 243; 5. Blake Hahn 241; 6. Josh Baughman 238; 7. Logan Forler 238; 8. Danny Wood 223; 9. Seth Bergman 220; 10. Brandon Hanks 206;
2016 ASCS National Winner(s): Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 2 (5/13 – Texas Motor Speedway; 6/12 – Rt. 66 Motor Speedway); Johnny Herrera 2 (3/17-Heart O’ Texas Speedway; 6/3-Hartford Speedway); Aaron Reutzel 1 (5/14 – Texas Motor Speedway); Wayne Johnson 1 (3/19-Devil’s Bowl Speedway); Brandon Hanks 1 (3/25-Cotton Bowl Speedway); Josh Baughman 1 (3/26 – Bronco Raceway Park); Brian Brown 1(5/5-Lakeside Speedway); Brad Loyet 1 (6/15 – Lawton Speedway)
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