7/27/2019
Inside Line Promotions
McFadden and Amdahl Capitalize on Late-Race Passes to Win at Jackson Motorplex During Tony Stewart Night presented by C&B Operations
Inside Line Promotions – JACKSON, Minn. (July 26, 2019) – A late-race pass from a hard charging driver secured victory in both divisions competing on Friday night at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted Tony Stewart Night presented by C&B Operations.
James McFadden led the final five laps of the $10,000-to-win Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions feature and Elliot Amdahl powered to his third consecutive Heartland Steel RaceSaver sprint cars presented by Wyffels Hybrids triumph after taking the lead with two laps remaining.
McFadden maneuvered from fifth into second place by the midpoint of the 30-lap All Star feature. He stalked Josh Baughman for the top spot before executing the race-winning pass on the bottom of turns three and four with only five laps remaining.
“I was getting really annoyed at the cautions,” he said after becoming the 24th different feature winner at Jackson Motorplex this season. “Every time we’d get to traffic we’d have a caution. It’s one of those deals if you didn’t get it done he’d probably step up the pace.”
Brian Brown led the first dozen laps before he spun as the caution was waved on Lap 13 – a lap after entering traffic. Baughman inherited the lead and just as he reached traffic a caution came out on Lap 20. McFadden stayed within striking distance before pouncing in the closing laps for his second straight All Star triumph and the fourth of his career.
Cory Eliason passed Baughman for the runner-up result with two laps remaining and he finished 2.255 seconds behind McFadden.
“Any time you can have more than one groove of racing it’s awesome,” Eliason said.
Baughman rounded out the podium.
“That last caution a tire sealed over and we were a sitting duck,” he said. “To come out here and race with these guys and compete says a lot.”
Kerry Madsen was the Hard Charger Award winner for maneuvering from 18th to fourth and Justin Henderson garnered a fifth-place finish.
Aaron Reutzel set quick time of the 33 drivers in qualifying. Brown, Henderson, Justin Peck and Baughman were the heat race winners. Brown and Eliason each won a dash and Tony Stewart claimed the B Main.
Amdahl continued his recent domination during the Heartland Steel RaceSaver sprint cars presented by Wyffels Hybrids main event. He moved up to the high groove in the waning laps and took over second place with five laps remaining before running down Ryan Voss for the top spot.
Amdahl, who started eighth, used a slide job in turn one to take the lead with two laps remaining en route to his division-best third triumph.
“I didn’t even know how I did that,” he said. “I got a run on him with that lapped car and slid him.”
Voss posted a runner-up result after leading 16 of the 20 laps. Javen Ostermann placed third with Sam Henderson fourth and 12th-starting Bill Johnson fifth.
Henderson, Amdahl and Johnny Sullivan each won a heat race.
Jackson Motorplex will be dormant the next two weekends before resuming action on Aug. 17 for First Responders Night featuring the DeKalb/Asgrow presents the Midwest Power Series and Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 sprint cars, Heartland Steel RaceSaver sprint cars presented by Wyffels Hybrids and NSL non-wing sprint cars presented by HitchDoc.
RACE REPORT: JACKSON MOTORPLEX IN JACKSON, MINN. (July 26, 2019) –
OLLIE’S BARGAIN OUTLETS ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9-James McFadden (5); 2. 26-Cory Eliason (2); 3. 17-Josh Baughman (3); 4. 2M-Kerry Madsen (18); 5. 7X-Justin Henderson (4); 6. 44-Trey Starks (11); 7. 13-Paul McMahan (8); 8. 70-Brock Zearfoss (7); 9. 21K-Thomas Kennedy (20); 10. 55-Brooke Tatnell (15); 11. 11-Dale Blaney (9); 12. 2KS-Austin McCarl (14); 13. W20-Greg Wilson (23); 14. 70X-Justin Peck (10); 15. 17W-Shane Golobic (22); 16. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (12); 17. 21-Brian Brown (1); 18. 83-Lynton Jeffrey (19); 19. 35-Skylar Prochaska (13); 20. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr (25); 21. 14M-Marcus Dumesny (17); 22. 99-Skylar Gee (24); 23. 2C-Wayne Johnson (16); 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel (6); 25. 14-Tony Stewart (21).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14-Tony Stewart (1); 2. 17W-Shane Golobic (2); 3. W20-Greg Wilson (6); 4. 99-Skylar Gee (5); 5. 16-Travis Whitney (4); 6. 09-Matt Juhl (3); 7. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr (9); 8. 23W-Scott Winters (12); 9. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle (7); 10. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (8); 11. 40-George Hobaugh Jr. (10); 12. 1AJ-Trevor Mell (11).
Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown (1); 2. 17-Josh Baughman (2); 3. 9-James McFadden (3); 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss (4); 5. 11-Dale Blaney (5).
Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 26-Cory Eliason (1); 2. 7X-Justin Henderson (2); 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel (3); 4. 13-Paul McMahan (5); 5. 70X-Justin Peck (4).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown (1); 2. 70-Brock Zearfoss (2); 3. 9-James McFadden (4); 4. 2KS-Austin McCarl (5); 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen (3); 6. 09-Matt Juhl (6); 7. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle (8); 8. 40-George Hobaugh Jr. (9); (DNS) 23W-Scott Winters.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Justin Henderson (1); 2. 13-Paul McMahan (2); 3. 44-Trey Starks (5); 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 5. 21K-Thomas Kennedy (6); 6. 17W-Shane Golobic (3); 7. 99-Skylar Gee (7); 8. 1AJ-Trevor Mell (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 70X-Justin Peck (2); 2. 26-Cory Eliason (5); 3. 35-Skylar Prochaska (1); 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson (6); 5. 14M-Marcus Dumesny (3); 6. 14-Tony Stewart (4); 7. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (7); (DNS) 05-Colin Smith.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Josh Baughman (2); 2. 11-Dale Blaney (1); 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (3); 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell (5); 5. 83-Lynton Jeffrey (4); 6. 16-Travis Whitney (7); 7. W20-Greg Wilson (6); 8. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr (8).
Qualifying: 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.770 (11); 2. 9-James McFadden, 00:12.779 (9); 3. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.781 (23); 4. 14M-Marcus Dumesny, 00:12.791 (24); 5. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:12.851 (10); 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.867 (7); 7. 13-Paul McMahan, 00:12.871 (17); 8. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:12.877 (32); 9. 70X-Justin Peck, 00:12.889 (18); 10. 7X-Justin Henderson, 00:12.913 (16); 11. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 00:12.926 (1); 12. 21-Brian Brown, 00:12.942 (6); 13. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 00:12.943 (8); 14. 44-Trey Starks, 00:12.965 (15); 15. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, 00:12.980 (12); 16. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:12.998 (3); 17. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.032 (33); 18. 17-Josh Baughman, 00:13.035 (27); 19. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.038 (19); 20. 26-Cory Eliason, 00:13.051 (20); 21. 11-Dale Blaney, 00:13.055 (30); 22. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.059 (29); 23. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.073 (14); 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.111 (31); 25. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:13.119 (28); 26. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:13.170 (26); 27. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 00:13.188 (25); 28. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:13.213 (4); 29. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle, 00:13.297 (2); 30. 40-George Hobaugh Jr., 00:13.608 (5); 31. 1AJ-Trevor Mell, 00:13.689 (13); 32. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, 00:14.042 (22); 33. 05-Colin Smith, 00:59.999 (21).
HEARTLAND STEEL RACESAVER SPRINT CARS
PRESENTED BY WYFFELS HYBRIDS
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 51A-Elliot Amdahl (8); 2. 1S-Ryan Voss (6); 3. 5J-Javen Ostermann (5); 4. 83-Sam Henderson (1); 5. 56-Bill Johnson (12); 6. 7L-Jesse Lindberg (14); 7. 22-Kaleb Johnson (18); 8. 12L-John Lambertz (10); 9. 24-Christopher Thram (16); 10. 2H-Bill Boles (17); 11. (DNF) 7-Johnny Sullivan (3); 12. (DNF) 33S-Jeremy Schultz (15); 13. (DNF) 23-Brandon Bosma (11); 14. (DNF) 4S-Michael Stien (13); 15. (DNF) 27-Rick Schroeder (4); 16. (DNF) 8-Micah Slendy (2); 17. (DNF) 05-Colin Smith (9); 18. (DNF) 1CC-Clayton Christensen (7).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Sam Henderson (1); 2. 5J-Javen Ostermann (2); 3. 12L-John Lambertz (5); 4. 1CC-Clayton Christensen (3); 5. 4S-Michael Stien (4); 6. 24-Christopher Thram (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51A-Elliot Amdahl (3); 2. 27-Rick Schroeder (2); 3. 8-Micah Slendy (1); 4. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 5. 7L-Jesse Lindberg (4); 6. 2H-Bill Boles (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Johnny Sullivan (1); 2. 1S-Ryan Voss (2); 3. 05-Colin Smith (4); 4. 56-Bill Johnson (5); 5. 33S-Jeremy Schultz (6); (DNS) 22-Kaleb Johnson.
UP NEXT –
Aug. 17 for First Responders Night featuring the DeKalb/Asgrow presents the Midwest Power Series and Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 sprint cars, Heartland Steel RaceSaver sprint cars presented by Wyffels Hybrids and NSL non-wing sprint cars presented by HitchDoc
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com
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JACKSON MOTORPLEX –
Jackson Motorplex is a recently renovated 4/10-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts weekly races on most Fridays from May through September with Outlaw Sprints Fueled by Casey’s General Stores 410 winged sprint cars, 360 winged sprint cars, Heartland Steel RaceSaver sprint cars presented by Wyffels Hybrids and NSL non-wing sprint cars presented by HitchDoc among the featured classes. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com.
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