6/20/2023
I-70 Speedway
BUBAK & GASTINEAU WIN BIG AT I-70
ODESSA, MO. (June 20, 2023) – Jake Bubak and Whit Gastineau stood in I-70 Speedway victory lane Friday night, June 16 at the POWRi Double event. 20 POWRi 410 Winged Sprints and 26 POWRi/OCRS 305 Winged Sprints signed in for competition at the inaugural event hosted on the I-70 Motorsports Park property.
Jake Bubak would wheel his way to a dominating win in the fifth event for the 2023 season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series to notch his first career series feature victory.
Cruising onto the well-maintained track would witness Garet Williamson set a quick time with a 13.907/second lap time. Jake Bubak and Jace Park would each earn an early heat racing victory with Brian Brown gaining the event high point qualifier award and pole starting position for the twenty-five-lap feature event.
Going into the initial green flag start would witness outside front-row starter Jake Bubak blast to the early racing advantage as Brian Brown, Garet Williamson, Don Droud Jr, and Tasker Phillips battled within the top five.
Leading twenty-four of the twenty-five feature laps Jake Bubak would not be denied in his first POWRi 410 BOSS feature victory of the season after grabbing the lead and holding off all challenges. A very speedy Brian Brown would finish runner-up with Roger Crockett placing in the final podium placement.
“My crew guys got a little excited celebrating and clocked me in the nose to give me a bloody nose but man what a race.” said an elated Jake Bubak in the I-70 Motorsports Park award ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I was in complete tire conservation mode there at the end, I threw a slider after losing the lead and it stuck.”
Fourth-starting Don Droud Jr would finish fourth as eighth-starting Ayrton Gennetten rounded out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series.
Whit Gastineau became the 7th different OCRS Sprint Car winner of the season Friday night at I-70 Speedway. Gastineau, the career wins leader, won for the 34th time with the series.
Veteran Danny Wood led the first four laps of the main then gave the lead up to 5th starting Gastineau. Wood held on to second over the remaining 15 laps and moved into the series points lead displacing Johnny Kent who has led since the season began. Kent did not finish and was credited with 22nd. Fourth starting Gage Laney was third over two-time winner Zach Blurton in fourth. Fellow Kansas competitor Jon Freeman was fifth.
Up next on the schedule at I-70 Motorsports Park will be the Firecracker 40 on Saturday, July 1 featuring the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models along with Show Me Vintage Racing Cars followed by an epic fireworks show.
Pre-sale General Admission (GA), Individual Suite tickets, and GA+Party Deck tickets for the Firecracker 40 are available for purchase at https://tinyurl.com/mr23s6kb.
Kids ages 3 and under receive free entry. General Camping is free with purchase of event ticket or pit pass. There are 68 spots available and will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. 6 Premium Trackside Camping spots are available to reserve at https://tinyurl.com/mr23s6kb.
Valuable sponsor opportunities are available for this event. Contact Ryan Haas for more information here: ryanhaas@forwardsportsmarketing.com.
Stay up to date with everything at I-70 Motorsports Park by following @i70msp on Instagram and Twitter and I-70 Motorsports Park on Facebook.
POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series Results | June 16, 2023:
410 Qualifying: 1. 24-Garet Williamson, 00:13.907[2]; 2. 21X-Brian Brown, 00:14.029[16]; 3. 1M-Don Droud Jr, 00:14.096[7]; 4. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:14.176[6]; 5. 1X-Jake Bubak, 00:14.204[8]; 6. 19-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:14.314[18]; 7. 7T-Tasker Phillips, 00:14.544[12]; 8. 87J-Jace Park, 00:14.596[15]; 9. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:14.624[19]; 10. 15-Jack Potter, 00:14.651[1]; 11. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:14.722[20]; 12. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:14.792[5]; 13. 22S-Slater Helt, 00:14.846[17]; 14. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:15.021[13]; 15. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:15.267[10]; 16. 111-Chad Frewaldt, 00:15.431[9]; 17. 122-Lane Warner, 00:16.584[3]; 18. (DNS) 5-Joe Bob Lee, 00:16.585; 19. (DNS) 1S-Joey Schmidt, 00:16.586; 20. (DNS) 2-Whit Gastineau, 00:16.587.
410 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1X-Jake Bubak[2]; 2. 7T-Tasker Phillips[1]; 3. 1M-Don Droud Jr[3]; 4. 24-Garet Williamson[4]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 6. 22S-Slater Helt[7]; 7. 23B-Brian Bell[5]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 9. 122-Lane Warner[9]; 10. (DNS) 1S-Joey Schmidt.
410 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87J-Jace Park[1]; 2. 21X-Brian Brown[4]; 3. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 4. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 6. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 7. 15-Jack Potter[5]; 8. 111-Chad Frewaldt[8]; 9. 2-Whit Gastineau[10]; 10. 5-Joe Bob Lee[9].
410 A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1X-Jake Bubak[2]; 2. 21X-Brian Brown[1]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett[7]; 4. 1M-Don Droud Jr[4]; 5. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[8]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[9]; 7. 23B-Brian Bell[13]; 8. 24-Garet Williamson[3]; 9. 74-Xavier Doney[10]; 10. 15-Jack Potter[14]; 11. 7T-Tasker Phillips[6]; 12. 77-Jack Wagner[12]; 13. 73-Samuel Wagner[15]; 14. 22S-Slater Helt[11]; 15. 111-Chad Frewaldt[16]; 16. 2-Whit Gastineau[18]; 17. 1S-Joey Schmidt[20]; 18. 122-Lane Warner[17]; 19. 5-Joe Bob Lee[19]; 20. 87J-Jace Park[5].
OCRS Sprint Car Results | June 16, 2023:
305 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Jon Freeman[1]; 2. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[2]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton[3]; 4. 2-Whit Gastineau[8]; 5. 17E-Blake Edwards[9]; 6. 74-Natalie Doney[4]; 7. 20C-Randy Corpening[6]; 8. 2L-Brandon Leland[7]; 9. 22C-Alex DeCamp[5]
305 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 122-Lane Warner[1]; 2. 50Z-Zach Chappell[4]; 3. 22RL-Gage Laney[5]; 4. 1T-Joshua Tyre[2]; 5. 55-Johnny Kent[7]; 6. 8R-Ryker Pace[8]; 7. 61A-Doug Fry[3]; 8. 1-Greg Murry[6]; 9. 9X-Abigayle Lett[9]
305 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55W-Danny Wood[1]; 2. 5-Joe Bob Lee[2]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson[5]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 6. 9-Emilio Hoover[4]; 7. 4-Brett Combs[6]; 8. 12M-Mitchell Barros[8]
305 A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau[5]; 2. 55W-Danny Wood[1]; 3. 22RL-Gage Laney[4]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[11]; 5. 81-Jon Freeman[7]; 6. 88-Terry Easum[12]; 7. 7T-Landon Thompson[13]; 8. 17E-Blake Edwards[10]; 9. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[3]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran[15]; 11. 4-Brett Combs[20]; 12. 122-Lane Warner[6]; 13. 1T-Joshua Tyre[9]; 14. 74-Natalie Doney[17]; 15. 61A-Doug Fry[21]; 16. 1-Greg Murry[23]; 17. (DNF) 5-Joe Bob Lee[8]; 18. (DNF) 50Z-Zach Chappell[2]; 19. (DNF) 9-Emilio Hoover[18]; 20. (DNF) 2L-Brandon Leland[22]; 21. (DNF) 8R-Ryker Pace[16]; 22. (DNF) 55-Johnny Kent[14]; 23. (DNF) 20C-Randy Corpening[19]; 24. (DNF) 9X-Abigayle Lett[24]; 25. (DNF) 12M-Mitchell Barros[26]; 26. (DQ) 22C-Alex DeCamp[25]
Article Credit: POWRi & OCRS Racing
Photo Credit: High Fly'N Photos
Article Credit: Brooke Shuman
