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OCRS Sprint Cars Set Dead Aim On Lawton Speedway Saturday Night!
John Lemon
OCRS Public Relations
Tulsa Oklahoma (June 21, 2011)-
As Glen Frey once sang: “The heat is on”. The temps have risen, air
conditioning units are stressed, and the southwestern section of Oklahoma is
hot as the Mojave dessert. With all the heat that is transcending the Sooner
landscape, one specific entity is running hotter than ever: The sprint cars of
the “Oil Capital Racing Series.” This Saturday night, the OCRS sprinters bring
their heat seeking missiles to Lanny and Beverly Edwards’ Lawton Speedway for
their fourth ever appearance at the quarter mile bullring. OCRS began the 2011
season at Lawton on April 16th where Kyle Cobb reigned supreme as he
took down 39 other challengers to earn his first career OCRS victory. In
another first, Cobb wore Goodyear rubber that night which made the Akron, Ohio
tire manufacture’s series debut a successful one right out of the box. In all
the events where teams were allowed to compete with other tire brands to
deplete previous inventory, Goodyear went to victory lane every time.
Packing some serious heat coming into the Lawton event are Whit
Gastineau and Sean McClelland as a fierce rivalry between the two talented
drivers has developed since the 2011 season began. Other than Cobb’s season
opener surprise, Gastineau has triumphed on four occasions while McClelland has
toped the field twice. The ongoing war between these two competitors have left
race fans on their edge of their seats at each tour stop as they have blitzed
around the tracks with remarkable precision. Just seven races into the season,
it remains to be seen as to who will step up and add their name to this battle
of feature winners. Mike Goodman has been close on occasions. At Outlaw Motor
Speedway, Goodman had a radiator hose let loose on the last lap allowing
McClelland to steal the win and last Saturday, he was in position to get his
first win of 2011 when a bleeder valve failed taking him out of contention.
Matt Sherrell has quietly stuck his nose in between the Gastineau and
McClelland battles by sitting second in championship points. Having spent five
of the seven events contested working his way into A feature starts via B
Feature runs, Sherrell has been making a habit of producing results the hard
way. After three runs in a row buried deep in A feature fields, Sherrell broke
that string last weekend by qualifying for the main event straight from heat
race qualifying action. He earned his second runner-up finish (and fourth top
three finish) of 2011. Sherrell is the only driver to have finished in the top
ten in all seven main events. Based on his consistency, Sherrell is expected to
roll into victory lane very soon as he set his sights set on “Lanny’s House”
Some
of Lawton Speedway’s top pilots are expected to defend their home turf against
the OCRS invaders including T.J. Herrell of Wichita Falls, Tx; Joe Bob Lee of
Cache Okla. and Gary Owens of Pauls Valley, Okla. This event will be the last
OCRS tour stop in Lawton for the 2011 racing season. Spectator gates open at
6:00pm with racing getting under way at 8:00pm. Track phone is: (580)
355-6417. The website is: www.lawtonspeedway.com
Track directions:
Take
Interstate 44 to Lee Blvd. Go west on Lee to Sheridan Road. Then turn
south and go 1 1/2 miles to the track.
From the south,
exit Highway 36, Faxon exit. Go North on Sheridan Road approx 5 miles to the
track.
Additional information on the OCRS
series can be viewed at: www.ocrsracing.com
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