7.7.18 Enid Speedway Results
By John Rittenoure – ENID, Okla. (July 7, 2018) – Fireworks, vintage race cars, and four new feature winners entertained a near capacity crowd at Enid Speedway on Saturday.
Over a dozen vintage race cars were on display in front of the grandstand with many of them running a hot lap session at intermission. That was followed by a fireworks display celebrating the July 4 weekend.
On the race track, new winners emerged in four classes of feature action.
The Sooner Late Model Series were on hand for the third time this season and the 25-lap feature got underway with defending series champion Jason Redman jumping out to an early lead over Adam Popp. Redman cruised out front for the first 13 laps then suddenly begin slowing. Popp pulled alongside in turn two of lap 14 and took away the lead entering turn three. Redman pulled to the infield and Popp went on to record his first Sooner Series win. Mark Harrison charged into second during the lead change and Kansas driver Chris Kratzer was third.
It was clear sailing for Wichita driver Tanner Mullens in the Sooner Modified division. Mullen started on the pole due to his points average and wasted little time racing to an easy victory. Cole Traugott and Dustin Choate finished a distant second and third.
Brandon Gritz kept ninth starting Mark Smith behind him to win his first Sport Modified feature. Gitz took the early lead with Daniel Riley in second. However, Smith was on the move and drove around Riley for second on lap four. Smith closed in on Gitz but could not mount a challenge and finished second. Seventh starting Trevin King was third.
Brad Costello came from mid-pack of the 23-car starting field to win the Pure Stock main event. Tyson Ashlock raced out front from the second row at the start only to give way to Marvin Allen on lap four. Costello, who started 12th, quickly worked his way toward the front and was in second on lap 4. On lap six Costello challenged for the lead took over for good on lap 7. Costello went on to victory with Allen holding on to second. Justin McBride worked his way to third at the finish.
Racing returns to Enid Speedway on August 11 with Sooner Late Models, Sooner Modifieds, Sport Mods and Pure Stocks racing at 7 p.m.
Sooner Late Model Results
Heat 1 (10 laps)
1, 36-Jason Redman. 2, 10-4-Adam Popp. 3, 81-Mark Harrison. 4, 1-Eddie Tidwell. 5, 9G-Gary Gorby. 6, 55-Chris Kratzer. 7, 99J-Nate Jantz.
Heat 2 (10 laps)
1, 4-Kip Hughes. 2, 9-Cole Traugott. 3, 33-Steve Hawkins. 4, 31-Gary Lowe. 5, 94-Wesley Kreckerberg. 6, 229-Damian Patocka.
A Feature (25 laps)
1, 10-4-Adam Popp. 2, 81-Mark Harrison. 3, 55-Chris Kratzer. 4, 33-Steve Hawkins. 5, 1-Eddie Tidwell. 6, 229-Damian Patocka. 7, 9G-Gary Gorby. 8, 9-Cole Traugott. 9, 4-Kip Hughes. 10, 99J-Nate Jantz. 11, 94-Wesley Kreckerberg. 12, 31-Gary Lowe. 13, 36-Jason Redman.
Lap Leaders: Jason Redman 1-13, Adam Popp 14-25.
Sooner Modified Results
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1, 66-Greg Burt. 2, 29-Dustin Choate. 3, 10C-Chris Cary. 4, 23-Bryon Root. 5, 3-Logan Macy. 6, 121-Scott Edwards. 7, 7C-J.D. Choate.
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1, 02-Tanner Mullen. 2, G3-Brendon Gemmill. 3, 9-Cole Traugott. 4, 11-Dustin Allen. 5, 86J-Travis Johnson. 6, 3J-Jake Nightingale.
A Feature (20 laps)
1, 02-Tanner Mullen. 2, 9-Cole Traugott. 3, 29-Dustin Choate. 4, 7C-J.D. Choate. 5, 66-Greg Burt. 6, 86J-Travis Johnson. 7, G3-Brendon Gemmill. 8, 10C-Chris Cary. 9, 3J-Jake Nightingale. 10, 3-Logan Macy. 11, 23-Bryon Root. 12, 121-Scott Edwards. 13, 11-Dustin Allen. (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Tanner Mullen 1-20.
Sport Modified Results
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1, 5-Matthew Smith. 2, 9K-Trevin King. 3, 30-Brad Savoie. 4, 55-Zach Nickell. 5, 68-Brian Byrd. 6, 95-Mark Smith. 7, 2-Daniel Riley. 8, 19J-Jimmy Manharth. 9, 130-Colby Johnson.
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1, 81H-Mark Harrison. 2, 33M-Jonathan Morgan. 3, 42C-Courtney McCartney. 4, K6-Joe Adam. 5, 4-Freddy McCoy. 6, 33K-Kyle Choate. 7, 14-Brandon Gritz. 8, 11H-Denver Howard. 9, 25P-Paul Blocker.
A Feature (20 laps)
1, 14-Brandon Gritz. 2, 95-Mark Smith. 3, 9K-Trevin King. 4, 5-Matthew Smith. 5, 81H-Mark Harrison. 6, 33M-Jonathan Morgan. 7, 2-Daniel Riley. 8, 4-Freddy McCoy. 9, 11H-Denver Howard. 10, 68-Brian Byrd. 11, 42C-Courtney McCartney. 12, 25P-Paul Blocker. 13, 19J-Jimmy Manharth. 14, 30-Brad Savoie. 15, K6-Joe Adam. 16, 55-Zach Nickell. 17, 33K-Kyle Choate. 18, 130-Colby Johnson. (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Brandon Gitz 1-20.
Pure Stock Results
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1, 06-Tommy Bohnstedt. 2, 0Z-Zeke Boyer. 3, 6TJ-Travis Jordan. 4, 00-Harley Weidner. 5, 52-Alan Crawford. 6, 5K-Korey Vindetti. 7, 77-Daniel Wymore. 8, 21-Wes Mackey. 9, 213-Dustin Schechter.
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1, 71-Marvin Allen. 2, 51S-Garrett Donnell. 3, 88K-Andrew Kunkel. 4, 070-Justin McBride. 5, 21K-Ross Dawson. 6, 4CF-Dustin Schoonover. 7, 69-Scott Donnell. 8, 13K-Harley Knouse. 9, 41-Jesse Skaggs. (DNS).
Heat 3 (8 laps)
1, 16-Skylar McCall. 2, 12R-Hesston Shaw. 3, R2-Brad Costello. 4, 33-Leighton Clift. 5, 11-Cory Strong. 6, 6T-Tyson Ashlock. 7, 43-Terry Gerhard. 8, 112C-Jaun Diaz. 9, 169-Jason Schechter.
A Feature (15 laps)
1, R2-Brad Costello. 2, 71-Marvin Allen. 3, 070-Justin McBride. 4, 16-Skylar McCall. 5, 06-Tommy Bohnstedt. 6, 12R-Hesston Shaw. 7, 51S-Garrett Donnell. 8, 33-Leighton Clift. 9, 4CF-Dustin Schoonover. 10, 52-Alan Crawford. 11, 213-Dustin Schechter. 12, 11-Cory Strong. 13, 21K-Ross Dawson. 14, 69-Scott Donnell. 15, 13K-Harley Knouse. 16, 6TJ-Travis Jordan. 17, 0Z-Zeke Boyer. 18, 88K-Andrew Kunkel. 19, 6T-Tyson Ashlock. 20, 77-Daniel Wymore. 21, 00-Harley Weidner. 22, 41-Jesse Skaggs. 23, 5K-Korey Vindetti.
Lap Leaders: Tyson Ashlock 1-3, Marvin Allen 4-5, Brad Costello 6-15.