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By Bryan Hulbert
WACO, Texas (August 18, 2017) Three leaders later at the Heart O’ Texas Speedway, and the one on the point when the checkered flag dropped was Tommy Bryant, as the driver of the SawBlade.com No. 28 picked up his second victory of the 2017 season with the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region.
Career win No. 13 for Bryant with the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region, Friday’s A-Feature began from the fifth position as Ray Allen Kulhanek took off with the race lead. Collected by a lapped car with 14 laps complete, the race resumed with Caleb Martin at the front of the pack.
Working down to the closing laps, Martin would see his first win of the season ripped from his grasp as the right rear on his No. 51 expired on Lap 21 to leave Bryant the final five laps to get the job done.
Washington’s Seth Bergman crossed second with Dalton Stevens coming from eighth to grab the final podium step. Scottie McDonald fourth was trailed by Jacob Lucas to complete the top-five. Michelle Melton advanced six positions to sixth with Dustin Gates seventh. Moving forward 10 spots, Tyson Hall crossed ninth. Zane Lawrence finished 10th.
For Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region races next at South Texas Speedway in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday, August 19.
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Race Results:
ASCS Gulf South
Heart O’ Texas Speedway – Waco, Texas
Friday, August 18, 2017
Car Count: 21
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gates, [4]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman, [3]; 3. 51-Caleb Martin, [7]; 4. 10-Bryan Debrick, [6]; 5. 24-Brandie Jass, [2]; 6. 4-Austin Mundie, [1]; 7. 5X-Tyson Hall, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Zane Lawrence, [1]; 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, [3]; 3. 99X-Dalton Stevens, [5]; 4. 57-Jacob Lucas, [7]; 5. 58-Gary Floyd, [4]; 6. 17G-Casey Burkham, [6]; 7. 48-Cody Stacy, [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Bryant, [6]; 2. 88-Scottie McDonald, [5]; 3. 21-Michelle Melton, [3]; 4. 23X-Junior Jenkins, [2]; 5. 02-Harry Yerrington, [7]; 6. 11-Jerry Cox, [4]; 7. 72-David Bauser, [1]
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Bryant, [5]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman, [3]; 3. 99X-Dalton Stevens, [8]; 4. 88-Scottie McDonald, [7]; 5. 57-Jacob Lucas, [9]; 6. 21-Michelle Melton, [12]; 7. 6-Dustin Gates, [1]; 8. 23X-Junior Jenkins, [11]; 9. 5X-Tyson Hall, [19]; 10. 76-Zane Lawrence, [6]; 11. 17G-Casey Burkham, [16]; 12. 10-Bryan Debrick, [10]; 13. 51-Caleb Martin, [4]; 14. 4-Austin Mundie, [18]; 15. 48-Cody Stacy, [20]; 16. 24-Brandie Jass, [14]; 17. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, [2]; 18. 11-Jerry Cox, [15]; 19. 58-Gary Floyd, [13]; 20. 02-Harry Yerrington, [17]; 21. 72-David Bauser, [21]