Jason Johnson Emerges in Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals Preliminary!

Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (March 25, 2011) – Jason Johnson emerged from a wild battle with Jeff Swindell and Sam Hafertepe, Jr., for his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters win of the season in Friday night’s 38^th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals 25-lap preliminary feature.

 

Fresh off finishing off the World Series Sprintcar owner’s point title for Alan Haynes in Australia, Johnson reached victory lane in his first stateside start to lock into Saturday’s $6,000-to-wini Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals finale along with runner-up Hafertepe and “B” Main transfers Brady Bacon and Danny Lasoski who rallied from deep in the field for third and fourth place finishes, respectively.

 

After swapping the lead with Swindell several times, Johnson assumed the lead for keeps when Swindell popped a left rear tire and looped it in turn four with the white flag in sight.  Instead of a prospective second career ASCS National win, Swindell was credited with a 21^st place finish.

 

Hafertepe was second, Bacon charged from 18^th to third and Lasoski rallied from 20^th to fourth with Michael Dupuy nipping Wayne Johnson at the line for fifth.

 

More to follow….

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

38^th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals Preliminary

Devil’s Bowl Speedway – Mesquite, TX

 

Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to Two "B" Main):

 

Heat One (8 Laps):  1. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 28-Jeff Swindell, 3. 31x-Mark Pace, 4. 1j-Danny Jennings, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 21v-Taylor Velasquez, 7. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 8. 10-George White. DNS: 64J-Johnny Miller.

 

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 54-Evan Pardo, 3. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 4. 38-Wayne Johnson, 5. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 6. 12$-Michelle Decker, 7. 45-Martin Edwards, 8. 2L-Logan Forler, 9. 23x-Darryl Wills.

 

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 81-Danny Wood, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 0-Zach Chappell, 5. 2x-Logan Payne, 6. 33-Danny Lasoski, 7. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr. DNS: 53-Jack Dover.

 

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 95-Matt Covington, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 51-Beau Smith, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 57-Shane Stewart, 8. 15T-Travis Elliott, 9. 9-Brian Parker.

 

Heat Five (8 Laps):  1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 4. 1x-Garry Lee Maier, 5. 2-Dustin Morgan, 6. 15d-Brady Demeree, 7. 5-Brent Swift, 8. 35g-Barry Gifford.

 

Heat Six (8 Laps):  1. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 21-Brian Brown, 4. 8-John Carney II, 5. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 6. 35-Rick Wright, Jr., 7. 01-Gary Wright, 8. 28x-Mitch Runge.

 

"B" Main (Top 3 from Each Advance to "A" Main):

 

First "B" Feature (15 Laps):  1. 8-John Carney II, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 2-Dustin Morgan, 6. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 7. 2L-Logan Forler, 8. 12$-Michelle Decker, 9. 01-Gary Wright, 10. 51-Beau Smith, 11. 28x-Mitch Runge, 12. 35g-Barry Gifford, 13. 35-Rick Wright, Jr., 14. 9-Brian Parker, 15. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 16. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 17. 21-Brian Brown. DNS: 64j-Johnny Miller.

 

Second “B” Feature (15 Laps):  1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 33-Danny Lasoski, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 10-George White, 8. 45-Martin Edwards, 9. 31x-Mark Pace, 10. 21v-Taylor Velasquez, 11. 23x-Darryl Wills, 12. 15d-Brady Demeree, 13. 15T-Travis Elliott, 14. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 15. 2x-Logan Payne, 16. 71-Channin Tankersley, 17. 5-Brent Swift. DNS: 53-Jack Dover.

 

38^th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals Preliminary “A” Main:

 

“A” Feature (25 Laps):  1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 15h-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 33-Danny Lasoski, 5. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 6. 38-Wayne Johnson, 7. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 9. 57-Shane Stewart, 10. 1j-Danny Jennings, 11. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 12. 81-Danny Wood, 13. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 14. 88-Tim Crawley, 15. 95-Matt Covington, 16. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 17. 0-Zach Chappell, 18. 8-John Carney II, 19. 2L-Logan Forler, 20. 1x-Garry Lee Maier, 21. 28-Jeff Swindell, 22. 54-Evan Pardo, 23. 23b-Seth Bergman, 24. 29-Travis Rilat.

 

Lap Leaders: Eric Baldaccini 1-2, Jeff Swindell 3-17, Jason Johnson 18, Jeff Swindell 19-23, Jason Johnson 24-25.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Driver Points (Top 15):  1. Shane Stewart 658, 2. Johnny Herrera 637, 3. Brady Bacon 566, 4. Jeff Swindell 564, 5. Tim Crawley 557, 6. Aaron Reutzel 537, 7. Seth Bergman 535, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 502, 9. Gary Wright 483, 10. Logan Forler 459, 11. Zach Chappell 445, 12. Dustin Morgan 412, 13. (tie) Mason Moore and Trey Starks 391, 15. Zach Zimmerly 371.