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Complete race story later this afternoon NCRA Oklahoma Modifieds Elk Citys I-40 Speedway 43 Cars A Feature: 1) Gene Weaver 2) Kip Hughes 3) Casey McClaskey 4) Micky Lassiter 5) Chris Roach 6) Robert Mayfield 7) Greg Burt 8) Jaymon Gregory 9) Logan Cabbell 10) Thomas Nunley 11) Cam Case 12) Pat McVicker 13) Dusty Robbins 14) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 15) Brad Worley 16) Bobby Smith, Jr. 17) C.A. Nix 18) Nathan Bechsel 19) Alan Oliva DNS: Shawn Jorski B Feature: 1) Shawn Jorski 2) Bobby Smith, Jr. 3) Jaymon Gregory 4) Pat McVicker 5) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 6) Thomas Nunley 7) Robert Mayfield 8) Brad Worley 9) Chris Roach 10) Cam Case 11) Kerry Davis 12) Travis Penrod 13) Kelly King 14) Ron Gould, Jr. 15) Jim Johnson 16) Chad Austin 17) Chadd Howell 18) Mike Stroud 19) Rick Lovelady 20) Jeff DeCocq C Feature: 1) Pat McVicker 2) Robert Mayfield 3) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 4) Kerry Davis 5) Chris Roach 6) Chad Austin 7) Travis Penrod 8) Chadd Howell 9) Kelly King 10) Ron Gould, Jr. 11) James Neighbors 12) John Herring 13) Kevin Cuebas 14) Aaron Shannon 15) Kendall Holt 16) Jason Hilliard 17) Calvin Bonner 18) Brian Wolfe 19) Kenneth Bonner, Jr. 20) Jason Hammond 21) Kyle Sweeney DNS: Ricky Raush, Ed Dunn, Harold Hudner 1st Heat: 1) Logan Cabbell 2) Jim Johnson 3) Bobby Smith, Jr. 4) Shawn Jorski 5) Jason Hammond 6) Pat McVicker 7) James Neighbors 8) Kelly King 2nd Heat: 1) Greg Burrt 2) Alan Oliva 3) Nathan Bechsel 4) Jeff DeCocq 5) Robert Mayfield 6) Chris Roach 7) John Herring 8) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 9) Ricky Raush 3rd Heat: 1) Casey McClaskey 2) Jaymon Gregory 3) Dusty Robbins 4) Brad Worley 5) Jason Hilliard 6) Brian Wolfe 7) Ron Gould, Jr. 8) Harold Hudnell 9) Ed Dunn 10) Travis Penrod 4th Heat: 1) Kip Hughes 2) Mike Stroud 3) Mickey Lassiter 4) Cam Case 5) Kerry Davis 6) Kendall Holt 7) Kyle Sweeney 8) Aaron Shannon 9) Kevin Cuebas 5th Heat: 1) Gene Weaver 2) C.A. Nix 3) Thomas Nunley 4) Rick Lovelady 5) Chad Austin 6) Calvin Bonner 7) Kenneth Bonner 8) Chadd Howell Laps Lead: McClaskey 1-9, 11-3; Weaver 10, 14-25
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David Smith, Jr. NCRA Press (405) 740-4769 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Elk City, Oklahoma - March 21, 2009 - Gene Weaver of Amarillo, Texas took control near the races midway point and never looked back to win the caution plagued O'Reilly/ NCRA Oklahoma modified inaugural event at Elk Citys I-40 Speedway in Elk City, Oklahoma on Saturday night. The event was the first ever sanctioned event for the West Oklahoma dirt track and the first race in the new NCRA Oklahoma modified division. Enid, Oklahoma's Kip Hughes and Casey McClaskey of Ponca City started on the front row for the twenty-five lap Cherokee Casino-Resort feature finale with McClaskey taking the lead as the green flag fell. Hughes and Weaver battled the leader for the top spot after lap one before Weaver got around Hughes one lap later for the runner up position. The the first caution would quickly wave moments later when Alan Oliva came to a stop on the front stretch. The restart saw McClaskey lead the field down the front stretch followed by Weaver, Hughes and Bobby Smith, Jr., who had quickly moved his way up from his twelfth place starting position. Smith was not done with his fourth position as he quickly disposed of Hughes and Weaver to take over the second spot before the next caution would come out on lap four for Greg Burts stop in turn two. When racing action resumed, Weaver retook the runner up position and began to set his sights on the leader while Hughes and Smith battled for the third spot. Sixteenth starting Thomas Nunley of Marlow began making his way towards the front and making his presence felt, taking over the third position on lap five. But back up front the battle for the top spot was heating up as Weaver and his Yeoman powered D&M chassis began pressuring the leader on lap seven. Weaver tried several pass attempts at the leader but could not make a clean pass to take the lead. On lap ten it would all change as McClaskey, who was running the top of the three-eights mile clay oval, bobbled enough to allow Weaver to drive underneath him exiting turn two to take the lead. It would be short lived, however, as McClaskey would retake the lead one lap later with his own move down low coming out of turn two. When racing resumed after a caution to bunch up the field on lap eleven, Nunley made it a three car battle for the lead as McClaskey and Weaver continued to battle for the top spot. Lap thirteen saw Weaver get a run on McClaskey down low in turns three and four and with a little bobble from the leader, Weaver took the lead with ease. Once out front, Weaver was never seriously challenged the rest of the distance, surviving several cautions in the final laps to pick up the Cherokee Casino-Resort feature victory. Hughes, who exited the track on lap four to change a flat tire, worked his way up during the waning moments of the race, took over the runner up position with two laps to go from McClaskey to finish second. Micky Lassiter finished fourth while Chris Roach, driving the Candlewood Automotive sponsored GRT chassis, came from his nineteenth starting position to round out the top five. The eight lap heat races for the forty-three car field were won by Logan Cabbell, Burt, McClaskey, Hughes and Weaver. Pat McVicker took the ten lap "B" feature honors while Mustangs Shawn Jorski topped the twelve lap "B" feature. Jorski worked his way up from his thirteen starting position to take the victory and a eleventh place starting position in the Cherokee Casino-Resort feature. However, on the cool down lap following the race, Jorski lost an engine ending his evening. The next stop for the NCRA Oklahoma modified division will be at Brill Motor Speedway in Meeker, Oklahoma on Wednesday night, April 8. The O'Reilly/National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their support for the 2009 race season: SPONSORS: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Cherokee Casino-Resort CONTINGENCY: Design 500, Hoffman Race Cars, Billsbuilt Chassis, Racing Optics, BSB Manufacturing, Belleville Motor Sports, Schoenfeld Headers, Hatfield Racing Engines, Taylor Cable Products, Bassett Wheels, Pro Shocks, Ultra Shield, Pro Motor Sports, AFCO Race Products, The Brake Man and Arizona Sport Shirts Elk City, Oklahoma
March 21, 2009HEAT 1 - 1, Logan Cabbell. 2, Jim Johnson. 3, Bobby Smith, Jr.. 4, Shawn Jorski. 5, Jasen Hammond. 6, Pat McVicker. 7, James Neighbors. 8, Kelly King.
HEAT 2 - 1, Greg Burt. 2, Alan Oliva. 3, Nathan Bichsel. 4, Jeff Decocg. 5, Robert Mayfield. 6, Chris Roach. 7, Jon Herring. 8, Thomas Tillson, Jr.. 9, Ricky Roush.
HEAT 3 - 1, Casey McClaskey. 2, Jayman Gregory. 3, Dusty Robbins. 4, Brad Worley. 5, Jason Hilliard. 6, Brian Wolfe. 7, Herald Hudnell. 8, Ed Dunn. 9, Travis Penrod 10, Ron Gould
HEAT 4 - 1, Kip Hughes. 2, Mike Stroud. 3, C.A. Nix. 4, Cam Case. 5, Kerry Davis. 6, Kendall Holt. 7, Kyle Sweeney. 8, Aaron Shannon. 9, Kevin Cuevas.
HEAT 5 - 1, Gene Weaver. 2, Mickey Lassiter. 3, Thomas Dunley. 4, Rick Lovelady. 5, Chad Austin. 6, Calvin Bonner. 7, Kenneth Bonnes, Jr.. 8, Chadd Howell.
C FEATURE - 1, Pat McVicker. 2, Robert Mayhfield. 3, Thomas Tillson, Jr.. 4, Kerry Davis. 5, Chris Roach. 6, Chad Austin. 7, Travis Penrod. 8, Chadd Howell. 9, Kelly King. 10, Ron Gould. 11, James Neighbors. 12, Jon Herring. 13, Kevin Cuevas. 14, Aaron Shannon. 15, Kendall Holt. 16, Jason Hilliard. 17, Calvin Bonner. 18, Cam Case. 19, Kenneth Bonnes, Jr. 20, Jasen Hammond. 21, Kyle Sweeney. DNS: Ed Dunn, Herald Hudnell, Ricky Roush.
B FEATURE - 1, Shawn Jorski. 2, Bobby Smith, Jr.. 3, Jayman Gregory. 4, Pat McVicker. 5, Thomas Tillson, Jr.. 6, Thomas Dunley. 7, Robert Mayfield. 8, Brad Worley. 9, Chris Roach. 10, Cam Case. 11, Kerry Davis. 12, Travis Penrod. 13, Kelly King. 14, Ron Gould. 15, Jim Johnson. 16, Chad Austin. 17, Chadd Howell. 18, Mike Stroud. 19, Rick Lovelady. 20, Jeff Decocg.
A FEATURE - 1, Gene Weaver. 2, Kip Hughes. 3, Casey McClaskey. 4, C.A. Nix. 5, Chris Roach. 6, Robert Mayfield. 7, Greg Burt. 8, Jayman Gregory. 9, Logan Cabbell. 10, Thomas Dunley. 11, Cam Case. 12, Pat McVicker. 13, Dusty Robbins. 14, Thomas Tillson, Jr.. 15, Brad Worley. 16, Bobby Smith, Jr. 17, Mickey Lassiter. 18, Nathan Bichsel. 19, Alan Oliva. DNS: Shawn Jorski.
Current Point Standings: 1) Chris Roach and Robert Mayfield 305 3) Gene Weaver 300 4) Casey McClaskey 5) Jaymon Gregory 285 6) Pat McVicker 270 7) Logan Cabbell 260 8) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 250 9) Brad Worley and Bobby Smith, Jr. 240
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