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White Scores With Sellout Crowd On Hand
Wraps Up First Ever OCRS Non-Wing Points Title
John Lemon
OCRS Public Relations
Caney Kansas (July
6, 2013) – Harli White scored her fifth main event win of the 2013 Oil
Capital Racing Series season at the Osage Casino – Caney Valley Speedway in
front of a stellar sellout crowd tonight. White’s fifth trip to victory lane
also put the official wrapping on the 2013 OCRS “Non-Wing” championship, a
first time offering by the Tulsa Oklahoma based sprint car series. Miss White
scored from the outside sixth row starting berth for the third time this season
which also netted her the AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories ‘Hard Charger’ award.
“We
just had an unbelievable fast car,” said White. “We had a fast car in the heat
race, had a fast car in the feature and it seemed as the race went on, the car
just got better. Coming into the season, I didn’t realize we would be having a
win, and then two and now we are at five, its just mind blowing. Winning the
non-wing championship is big accomplishment to me because winning a this is a
really big thing to have on my resume. I have to thank my dad and mom for
supporting me and all my sponsors that help us. This win number five is for
Donnie Ray Crawford. Donnie Ray taught me a lot about non-wing racing so this
is for him”.
Harli White and father Charlie in victory lane
Mike Spivey Photo
Local
favorite Andrew Deal would get the jump into turn one at the start to lead the
pack on the 25-lap run. Deal, who wasn’t originally scheduled to make this
event, was piloting an ART chassis that was recently purchased by businessman
Wade Cagle. On the third circuit, pole starter Michael Tyre got a piece of an
infield tire and spun to a stop in turn two in front of a pack of sprinters.
David Dutton would make contact with Tyre but did so without stopping. The
contact however would put a serious bend in Dutton’s drag link, which he would
have to contend with the rest of the race.
Back
under green, Deal continued to lead with Kyle Clark pressuring Deal in the
Getcngnow.com / Same Day Auto Repair / DSO / ART sprinter. As the field
approached the halfway point, third place runner Alex Decamp would clip the
same tire in turn two that earlier victimized Tyre necessitating another
yellow. As with Tyre before him, DeCamp would start tailback. The lap 12 restart
would see Deal up front with Clark, Kade Morton Harli White, Casey Wills and
Danny Smith, Layne Himebaugh and David Dutton next in line.
Morton would fire under Clark in turn two on the restart and would pull
ahead of Clark going down the backstretch. Clark would fight back in turns
three and four to capture the position back. As Deal worked the top cushion
heading into turn one, Clark went for a slide job to snatch the lead from Deal.
Clark cleared Deal as he slipped up the racing surface, but the car would then
break loose at the top of the track. Deal, with nowhere to go, climbed over the
wheels of Clark and went for a nose-tail, nose-tail ride that brought out a red
flag.
Andrew Deal goes for a wild ride as Harli White squeaks by on the outside
Mike Spivey Photo
Trying to avoid the flying Deal, Danny Smith, Casey Wills and Layne
Himebaugh would all get collected and the entire grouping stopped in turn two.
Only Deal would not be able to restart the race. Morton would be a benefactor
of the incident as he was the recipient of the lead for the lap 13 restart. A
bigger recipient from the carnage was White who now sat in the runner-up spot.
Dutton would sit third followed by Johnny Kent (who started 15th),
Tim Kent (who started 11th), Dan Schnackenberg and Michael
Bookout.Alex Sewell would head
for the work area to repair a broken shock mount. He would rejoin the field at
the rear on the restart.
Alex
DeCamp would make major progress in his Morton Excavating / STK Engines / Eagle
the moment the field went back to green. Having restarted ninth, DeCamp began
to pick off cars quickly and on lap 15, DeCamp would overtake J. Kent for the
fifth spot. Coming to complete the 15th lap, White got a solid run
out of turn four and shot by Morton to take the lead a the start/finish line.
It would be a lead she never would relinquish. T. Kent would make some moves of
his own working up to third place in the Risley’s Trash Service / Risley
Engines / Maxim. Dutton would lose a little ground near the completion of the
feature, largely due to the aforementioned bent drag link.
With
two to go, second place running Morton would have problems, as he would make
contact with an infield tire in turns three and four. With no steering control,
Morton would roll to a stop in the infield as White motored the Jerry Tucker Roustabout / Terraco Soil Farming / Crash
Enterprises / All Star Café / Boyd Engines / Maxim to victory. T. Kent would
cross the line second, DeCamp was third after a great recovery form his earlier
skirmish, Smith was fourth, also with a great recovery of his own and not to be
out done on recoveries, Sewell grabbed the fifth spot and in doing so, his come
back netted his team second place in the non-wing points for 2013, just four
points ahead of DeCamp.
Tim Kent reflected on his performance by saying: “We
just ran one other time and it was last week and we got a high point average
and had to start in the back a ways. Its just tough to get around because
everyone’s fast anymore so a guy needs to get a break once in awhile and we
were fortunate to get some tonight. Our car was tight and we were pushing a
little bit but we were to loose to run the top. Kevin and Dena (Risley) hit the
deal (set up) pretty good and it made for a good run at the end.”
Tim Kent had another solid run in the Risley #24
Mike Spivey Photo
From Alex DeCamp: “I was catching the leaders (early
in the race) and wound up looping it and had to go tail back and came back to
third somehow. After the red we restarted ninth and I didn’t know where all the
cars went. We actually got a good restart, I think I picked off three or four
cars in that first lap and just kept reeling them in. I got my brakes too hot
and started to loose them towards the end.”
Andrew Deal was tagged as the Dyno Services of
Oklahoma ‘Hard Luck’ recipient.
Thanks to ALL of the
sponsors who participated in the non-wing portion of the 2013 racing season. Race
fans and race teams alike benefited greatly due to these great supporters.
Everyone of you are very much appreciated. Very special thanks goes out to
these great companies……….
Eagle Motorsports
Grand Prix Auto Center
Allen Competition Engines
Maxwell Oil
Morton Excavating
Racing Optics
R&M Race Trailers
Shock Doc
Smiley’s Racing Products
Superior Auto Salvage
The next event for the OCRS
travelers will be next Saturday night as the grand palace of the Salina
Highbanks Speedway will host OCRS for the second time this season where Harli
White won on May 18th. The Salina event and the remaining races on
the 2013 schedule will be conducted as ‘winged’ sprint car shows.
For more information on the
OCRS sprint car series including updates, stories, photos, complete 2013-point
standings and future schedules, log onto: www.ocrsracing.com
You can also checkout our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/oil.series
David Dutton puts his #23 through its paces. Checkout the dirt shooting from the rear tires
Mike Spivey Photo
OCRS Race
Results / Osage Casino – Caney Valley Speedway
Date of Race:Saturday,
July 06, 2013
Car Count: 16
(Pos-Car-Driver-Start)
AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories Heat
1, 94L-Layne Himebaugh[2]. 2, 31-Casey Wills[1]. 3,
23-David Dutton[4]. 4, 84-Alex DeCamp[8]. 5, 8M-Kade Morton[3]. 6,
11-Michael Tyre[6]. 7, 007-Michael Bookout[5]. 8, 55-Johnny Kent[7].
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat
1, 8-Alex Sewell[2]. 2, 17W-Harli White[4]. 3,
9$-Kyle Clark[1]. 4, 25-Andrew Deal[3]. 5, 5$-Danny Smith[5]. 6, 24-Tim Kent[7].
7, 94-Dan Schnackenberg[6].8, 13-Len Larkin[8].
OCRS A Feature
1, 17W-Harli White[12]. 2, 24-Tim Kent[11]. 3,
84-Alex DeCamp[6]. 4, 5$-Danny Smith[10]. 5, 8-Alex Sewell[9]. 6, 23-David
Dutton[5]. 7, 11-Michael Tyre[1]. 8, 31-Casey Wills[4]. 9, 55-Johnny
Kent[15]. 10, 94L-Layne Himebaugh[7]. 11, 13-Len Larkin[16]. 12, 8M-Kade
Morton[8]. 13, 007-Michael Bookout[13]. 14, 94-Dan Schnackenberg[14].
15, 25-Andrew Deal[2]. 16, 9$-Kyle Clark[3].
AmeriFlex
Hose and Accessories Hard Charger: Harli White
Dyno Services of Oklahoma ‘Hard Luck’ recipient: Andrew Deal
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