5/21/2017
Inside Line Promotions
Stovall Sweeps MARS DIRTcar Series Action and Reeves, Elliott, Munoz and Scruggs Score Top Gun Series Wins at Longdale Speedway
(Photo by Gary Pigg Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – LONGDALE, Okla. (May 20, 2017) – Jesse Stovall swept the MARS DIRTcar Series portion of the 3rd annual Walleye Rodeo on Saturday evening at Longdale Speedway.
Jimmy Reeves, Robert Elliott, Angel Munoz and Tyler Scruggs were also victorious at the 3/8-mile dirt oval on a night when nearly 100 drivers competed during the first official Top Gun Series event. Friday night’s opener rained out.
Stovall was the driver to beat during the lone visit to the track this season for the MARS DIRTcar Series. He set quick time during qualifying before winning a heat race. Stovall then pulled the No. 2 to start the main event on the outside of the front row and he never looked back en route to the triumph.
MARS DIRTcar Series points leader Tony Jackson finished in the runner-up position with Randy Timms rounding out the podium. Austin Theiss advanced from ninth to fourth and Payton Looney placed fifth.
Jackson and Timms joined Stovall as heat race winners.
Reeves claimed the IMCA modifieds main event with Mike Petersilie finishing second. Tanner Black ended third, Clay Sellard was fourth and Troy Gemmill placed fifth.
McDonald, Cole Traugett and Gemmill each scored a heat race triumph.
Elliott garnered the IMCA sport mods feature win while Joe Adams advanced from eighth to second place and Mike Roach rallied from ninth to third. Jeffrey Kaup scored a fourth-place finish and Kaleb Roach settled for fifth.
Kaup and Mike Roach recorded heat race victories.
Munoz outlasted seventh-starting Jason Rogers to capture the IMCA stock cars main event. Kyle Pfeifer placed third, Travis Baird fourth and Hesston Shaw fifth.
Rogers and Munoz were the heat race winners.
Scruggs produced the victory in the pure stocks division with Marvin Allen maneuvering from ninth to second place. Steve Blunk ended third, Bill Beebe fourth and Donald Kaup fifth.
Kellen Downing and Blunk captured heat race wins.
Longdale Speedway’s next event is a special tractor pull show on June 3.
RACE REPORT: Longdale Speedway in Longdale, Okla., on May 20, 2017 –
MARS DIRTCAR SERIES
A Feature: 1. 00-Jesse Stovall (2); 2. 56-Tony Jackson (3); 3. 5t-Randy Timms (1); 4. 7d-Austin Theiss (9); 5. 15-Payton Looney (4); 6. 81-Mark Harrison (11); 7. 93-Mason Oberkramer (17); 8. 9-Joseph Gorby (10); 9. 99-Gary Gorby (14); 10. 12m-Raymond Merrill (8); 11. 14r-Jeff Roth (13); 12. D11-David Hennan (19); 13. 14g-Joe Godsey (5); 14. ZZ-Sloppy Hog (12); 15. 57-Mark Shipman (18); 16. 20rt-Tanner Mullens (7); 17. 52-Dillon Rupe (15); 18. 27-Brandon Mitchell (16); 19. 4-Shannon Scott (6).
IMCA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 0JR-Jimmy Reeves (2); 2. 25P-Mike Petersilie (4); 3. 44T-Tanner Black (9); 4. 85C-Clay Sellard (5); 5. 721-Troy Gemmill (11); 6. 60G-William Gould (8); 7. 1N-Nick Link (3); 8. A2-Randy Wilson (7); 9. 4-Barry Schievink (18); 10. 05-Milt David (21); 11. 71-Jessie Hoskins (16); 12. 61-Michael Ables (22); 13. 9O-Danton Odell (17); 14. 2L-Tracy Link (20); 15. 4CF-Dustin Schoonover (23); 16. 27-Lance Sessions (19); 17. 7-Jason Hillard (14); 18. 121-Scott Edwards (24); 19. 3-Mark Smith (15); 20. 9K-Kip Hughes (1); 21. 9-Cole Traugett (10); 22. 21-Jeremy Chambers (6); (DNS) 8R-Jesse Richter; DQ. 08-Hunter McDonald (12).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Hunter McDonald (2); 2. 60G-William Gould (5); 3. 1N-Nick Link (1); 4. A2-Randy Wilson (3); 5. 8R-Jesse Richter (4); 6. 71-Jessie Hoskins (6); 7. 27-Lance Sessions (8); 8. 61-Michael Ables (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Cole Traugett (2); 2. 44T-Tanner Black (5); 3. 0JR-Jimmy Reeves (1); 4. 25P-Mike Petersilie (6); 5. 7-Jason Hillard (7); 6. 9O-Danton Odell (3); 7. 2L-Tracy Link (4); 8. 4CF-Dustin Schoonover (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 721-Troy Gemmill (1); 2. 21-Jeremy Chambers (2); 3. 9K-Kip Hughes (7); 4. 85C-Clay Sellard (5); 5. 3-Mark Smith (3); 6. 4-Barry Schievink (4); 7. 05-Milt David (6); 8. 121-Scott Edwards (8).
IMCA SPORT MODS
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 09-Robert Elliott (4); 2. K6-Joe Adams (8); 3. 33R-Mike Roach (9); 4. 92-Jeffrey Kaup (5); 5. 5R-Kaleb Roach (3); 6. 4P-Daylon Bergeron (10); 7. 16-Dustin Donley (2); 8. 33S-Slade Roach (12); 9. 96-Jon Herring Jr (16); 10. 81-Troy Bynum (1); 11. 42C-Courtney McCartney (14); 12. 52-Lynn Poulson (13); 13. 21B-Brandon Kenny (7); 14. 25W-Jimmie Wright (11); 15. 71-Kyle Slader (6); 16. 11H-Denver Howard (15); (DNS) 3-Garrett Donley; (DNS) 08-Hunter McDonald; (DNS) 39-Don Reid; (DNS) 42R-Ross McCartney.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Jeffrey Kaup (5); 2. 71-Kyle Slader (1); 3. K6-Joe Adams (9); 4. 81-Troy Bynum (4); 5. 16-Dustin Donley (6); 6. 25W-Jimmie Wright (2); 7. 52-Lynn Poulson (8); 8. 11H-Denver Howard (3); (DNS) 42R-Ross McCartney; (DQ) 39-Don Reid (10).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33R-Mike Roach (5); 2. 09-Robert Elliott (10); 3. 4P-Daylon Bergeron (2); 4. 21B-Brandon Kenny (1); 5. 5R-Kaleb Roach (7); 6. 33S-Slade Roach (9); 7. 42C-Courtney McCartney (4); 8. 96-Jon Herring Jr. (6); 9. 3-Garrett Donley (8); (DQ) 08-Hunter McDonald (3).
IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 2M-Angel Munoz (1); 2. 37-Jason Rogers (7); 3. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer (3); 4. 52T-Travis Baird (6); 5. 12R-Hesston Shaw (2); 6. 3-Michael Smith (11); 7. 1DT-Mike Wiseman (9); 8. 47-Landon Maddox (16); 9. 3C-Colin Deming (15); 10. 5-Matthew Smith (18); 11. 22S-Shane Stutzman (8); 12. 22T-Tyler Murihead (5); 13. 09-Paul Taylor (13); 14. 6-Tyson Ashlock (14); 15. 52-Larry Baird (17); 16. 9-Kevin Flock (10); 17. 2X-Trevor Schmidt (4); 18. 127-Tommy Fose (12); (DNS) 94B-Brandon Ballard.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Jason Rogers (2); 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer (4); 3. 12R-Hesston Shaw (9); 4. 9-Kevin Flock (5); 5. 2X-Trevor Schmidt (6); 6. 3-Michael Smith (10); 7. 09-Paul Taylor (7); 8. 3C-Colin Deming (3); 9. 52-Larry Baird (1); 10. 94B-Brandon Ballard (8).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Angel Munoz (3); 2. 22T-Tyler Murihead (6); 3. 52T-Travis Baird (4); 4. 22S-Shane Stutzman (2); 5. 1DT-Mike Wiseman (8); 6. 127-Tommy Fose (9); 7. 6-Tyson Ashlock (5); 8. 47-Landon Maddox (7); 9. 5-Matthew Smith (1).
PURE STOCKS
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 81-Tyler Scruggs (4); 2. 71-Marvin Allen (9); 3. 32R-Steve Blunk (1); 4. 17-Bill Beebe (7); 5. 22-Donald Kaup (5); 6. 6-Tommy Bohnstedt (11); 7. 5K-Korey Vendetti (2); 8. 68-Brian Byrd (10); 9. 79-Alex Fennema (13); 10. 81D-Mike Davis (6); 11. 437-Kellen Downing (8); 12. 04W-JR Williams (12); (DQ) 70-Bobby Joe Scott (3).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 437-Kellen Downing (2); 2. 81-Tyler Scruggs (4); 3. 68-Brian Byrd (5); 4. 5K-Korey Vendetti (3); 5. 81D-Mike Davis (1); 6. 6-Tommy Bohnstedt (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32R-Steve Blunk (1); 2. 17-Bill Beebe (2); 3. 71-Marvin Allen (4); 4. 22-Donald Kaup (6); 5. 70-Bobby Joe Scott (7); 6. 04W-JR Williams (3); 7. 79-Alex Fennema (5).
UP NEXT –
June 3 for a special tractor pull event
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.LongdaleSpeedway.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LongdaleSpeedway/?fref=ts
LONGDALE SPEEDWAY –
Longdale Speedway is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval located in Longdale, Okla. Longdale features a gravel pit area off of the backstretch with a concrete viewing area. The pits also include concessions and a full parts store, including tires and fuel. A concrete wall perimeter surrounds the track with an electronic scoreboard, television quality lighting, aluminum grandstand seating 2,000 along with a souvenir shop, sno cone hut, concessions and Herb’s Smoke Shack featuring ribs and turkey legs. All of these features making Longdale Speedway the premier dirt track in Northwest Oklahoma.
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