7/27/2022
ASCS
Tim Crawley Tops Tuesday's Lucas Oil ASCS Stop At Tulsa Speedway
(Image Credit: Lonnie Wheatley)
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2022) Adding a second win to his 2022 Speedweek run, Tim Crawley led the distance at Tulsa Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
“Old blind squirrel found two nuts this week,” joked Tim in Victory Lane.
“My health is a little better than it was last year. I had a shoulder surgery where my shoulder is back pretty good and being in a little better shape. These guys were out here racing with, of course, me and Dale [Howard]; we’re old, it takes a lot out of you,” answered Tim about his season and the team’s speed.
“I appreciate all you sitting in the heat and the dust, and I won’t complain about the racetrack. It’s been 110 degrees all day, and they watered their ass off; they worked on it. It was slick, and it was dusty and had a lot of character, and these type deals aren’t anything that you can just stomp and steer; you’ve gotta make good laps, can’t make mistakes, and be patient, and that’s sometimes where experience comes in.
Taking off from the pole the third time was the charm to get the race rolling, with Tim holding the lead over Dale Howard each time. Navigating the very narrow line around the quarter-mile oval, Crawley kept the Ronnie Pitts Motorsports No. 1x out front on each restart.
Navigating traffic through the race’s mid-point, the slower cars brought Howard and Dylan Westbrook into play, but neither found a gap to take advantage of. Pulling the wing back on the No. 1x, Tim eventually gapped the field by 2.137-seconds for his 48th career win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
Dale Howard crossed second with Dylan Westbrook holding third. Moving up from ninth, Landon Britt grabbed fourth, with Jordon Mallett fifth.
Slater Helt, despite damage sustained at the start of the race avoiding a crash, held on for sixth, with Blake Jenkins hard charging from 17th to seventh. Rees Morgan from 14th landed eighth, followed by Blake Hahn from 18th. Rolling from 20th, Brandon Anderson completed the top ten.
The Tuesday field consisted of 27 drivers. SCE Gaskets Heat Races were won by Matt Covington, Wayne Johnson, and Dylan Westbrook. Driver’s Project quick time went to Tim Crawley at 14.172-seconds. The B-Feature was scratched.
Next on the docket is Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on Wednesday, July 27.
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Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
Tulsa Speedway (Tulsa, Okla.)
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Speedweek - Night 3
Car Count: 27
The Driver's Project Group Qualifying
The Drivers Project Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 1X-Tim Crawley, 14.172[7]; 2. 10-Landon Britt, 14.496[4]; 3. 17-Cannon McIntosh, 14.524[8]; 4. 95-Matt Covington, 14.576[5]; 5. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 14.962[1]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn, 15.011[6]; 7. 88-Terry Easum, 15.070[3]; 8. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 15.183[2]; 9. 38-Jimmy Forrester, 15.563[9]
The Drivers Project Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 14.313[6]; 2. 47-Dale Howard, 14.332[3]; 3. 10P-Dylan Postier, 14.874[7]; 4. 187-Landon Crawley, 14.892[9]; 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 15.072[8]; 6. 22M-Rees Moran, 15.303[4]; 7. 97-Kevin Cummings, 15.415[1]; 8. 99-Blake Jenkins, 15.424[5]; 9. 77-Dean Drake Jr, 15.542[2]
The Drivers Project Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 14.315[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 14.462[4]; 3. 22J-Jax Redline, 14.704[2]; 4. 14-Jordon Mallett, 14.801[9]; 5. 22S-Slater Helt, 14.829[3]; 6. 36-Jason Martin, 14.899[5]; 7. 50Z-Zach Chappell, 15.014[7]; 8. 91-Justin Fine, 15.546[6]; 9. 2-Dylan Opdahl, 15.825[8]
SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 16 in Qualifying/Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)
SCE Gaskets Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington[1]; 2. 17-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 3. 1X-Tim Crawley[4]; 4. 10-Landon Britt[3]; 5. 45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 7. 55B-Brandon Anderson[8]; 8. 88-Terry Easum[7]; 9. 38-Jimmy Forrester[9]
SCE Gaskets Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 2. 47-Dale Howard[3]; 3. 187-Landon Crawley[1]; 4. 10P-Dylan Postier[2]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[6]; 6. 99-Blake Jenkins[8]; 7. 77-Dean Drake Jr[9]; 8. 97-Kevin Cummings[7]; 9. 17B-Ryan Bickett[5]
SCE Gaskets Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 3. 36-Jason Martin[6]; 4. 22S-Slater Helt[5]; 5. 50Z-Zach Chappell[7]; 6. 2-Dylan Opdahl[9]; 7. 91-Justin Fine[8]; 8. 22J-Jax Redline[2]; 9. 23-Seth Bergman[4]
A-Feature
Lucas Oil A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 1X-Tim Crawley[1]; 2. 47-Dale Howard[2]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 4. 10-Landon Britt[9]; 5. 14-Jordon Mallett[8]; 6. 22S-Slater Helt[10]; 7. 99-Blake Jenkins[17]; 8. 22M-Rees Moran[14]; 9. 52-Blake Hahn[18]; 10. 55B-Brandon Anderson[20]; 11. 10P-Dylan Postier[12]; 12. 45X-Kyler Johnson[16]; 13. 2C-Wayne Johnson[4]; 14. 17-Cannon McIntosh[7]; 15. 77-Dean Drake Jr[19]; 16. 95-Matt Covington[5]; 17. 22J-Jax Redline[24]; 18. 50Z-Zach Chappell[13]; 19. 88-Terry Easum[22]; 20. 38-Jimmy Forrester[25]; 21. 17B-Ryan Bickett[26]; 22. 91-Justin Fine[21]; 23. 2-Dylan Opdahl[15]; 24. 36-Jason Martin[6]; 25. 187-Landon Crawley[11]; 26. 97-Kevin Cummings[23]
Lap Leader(s): Tim Crawley 1-25
Hard Charger: Blake Jenkins +10
Quick Time: Tim Crawley 14.172-seconds
High Point Driver: Wayne Johnson
Provisional(s): N/A
2022 Race Winners: Wayne Johnson – 4 (3/18 – Devil's Bowl Speedway; 6/18 – Boothill Speedway, 6/25 - I-70 Motorsports Park; 7/23 – I-30 Speedway); Tim Crawley – 2 (7/22 – Batesville Motor Speedway; 7/26 – Tulsa Speedway); Derek Hagar – 2 (3/25 – I-30 Speedway; 6/17 – Texarkana 67 Speedway); Seth Bergman – 1 (3/19 – Devil's Bowl Speedway); Aaron Reutzel – 1 (3/26 – I-30 Speedway); Dylan Westbrook – 1 (5/28 – Lake Ozark Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. – 1 (5/29 – Thunderbird Speedway); Matt Covington – 1 (7/1 – Boone County Raceway); Jake Bubak – 1 (7/2 – WaKeeney Speedway); Zach Blurton – 1 (7/3 – WaKeeney Speedway); Gunner Ramey - 1 (7/15 – U.S. 36 Raceway);
2022 Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Blake Hahn 1,932; 2. Wayne Johnson 1,903; 3. Tim Crawley 1,876; 4. Jason Martin 1,820; 5. Matt Covington 1,783; 6. Garet Williamson 1,751; 7. Brandon Anderson 1,747; 8. Landon Crawley 1,575; 9. Landon Britt 1,558; 10. Kyler Johnson 1,554; 11. Ryan Bickett 1,521; 12. Dylan Postier 1,393; 13. Dylan Opdahl 1,314; 14. Dylan Westbrook 914; 15. Seth Bergman 681;
ASCS National Tour Drivers:
1x - Tim Crawley (Benton, AR)**
2c - Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK)**
2d-Dylan Opdahl (Madison, SD) (R)
10 - Landon Britt (Atoka, TN) (R)
10p - Dylan Postier (Stillwater, OK) (R)
17b - Ryan Bickett (Romona, SD)
24 - Garet Williamson (Columbia, MO)
36 - Jason Martin (Liberal, KS) (R)
45x - Kyler Johnson (Quinter, KS) (R)
52 - Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, OK)**
55b - Brandon Anderson (Glenpool, OK) (R)
95 - Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)
187 - Landon Crawley (Benton, AR) (R)
(R) Signifies Brodix National Rookie
** Signifies past ASCS National Champion.
Sponsors:
The American Sprint Car Series is brought to you by Lucas Oil Products (https://lucasoil.com) and presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network (https://www.mavtv.com). Heat Races are presented by SCE Gaskets (https://www.scegaskets.com), B-Features are sponsored by BMRS (https://www.bmrs.net).
All Champions of the American Sprint Car Series, from National to Regional Tours, will receive a new Superior Steering Wheel (https://superiorsteeringwheel.com). Hard Luck Award provided by Vahlco Wheels.
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert