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IT’S PASSMORE ALL THE WAY IN SEASON OPENER
(Former Champion Sweeps
Field Of 32 Cars To Begin 12th OCRS Season)
John
Lemon
OCRS
Public Relations
Tulsa Oklahoma
(April 27, 2012) - The Oil Capital Racing Series along with series partner, Goodyear
Tires of Akron Ohio, kicked off their 2012 racing season at Brill Motor
Speedway and three time former champion Jamie Passmore took no prisoners as the
driver of the G.A.P. Roofing / Eagle/ Wesmar Racing Engines/
Goodyear Eagle shod #4j never left anything on the table and took the season
opener by a half lap over his closest competition. Always modest, Passmore
reflected on his night in victory circle, “It helps a lot when you start up
front. We got a good jump on the start and just took off from there.” When
asked about his season from last year and what the team expects for 2012,
Passmore quipped, “ Last year wasn’t what we had hoped but this year, well, we
will get some more (wins) this year I think.”
The original line up was jostled a bit when Joe Wood Jr. was scheduled
to start on the outside front row in the JD & Jannie Porter “Hog Wagon”
which is also a Eagle / Wesmar Racing Engines package. Wood Jr. was flagged for
being late getting onto the track and OCRS officials directed the talented shoe
to start tail back. This line-up adjustment placed Moore Oklahoma’s Frank
Dittman, who was in the Robert Bailey #83 sprinter, onto the outside on the
front row. While Wood Jr. got to see the rear bumpers of a full field, he and
Dittman would meet again before the night was done. On the start and before a
full lap could get completed, a yellow was tossed for a spin by the 2011 series
runner-up, Whit Gastineau, also of Moore. A complete restart would be in order.
At the end of the first official lap of
action, Passmore was in front with Dittman, Fred Mattox and 2012 rookie of the
year contender Alex Sewell in tow. Almost identically, Passmore and Wood, while
starting in opposite time zones, began to set a torrid pace in their own
continents.While Passmore was
pulling out a multiple car length lead on the field, Wood was blitzing through
the pack like a crazed driver about to engage in an act of road rage. Passmore
had built a ten car length lead by the fourth lap and was encountering lapped
traffic by the seventh lap. Wood was ripping up red clay by the pound and he
sat in the seventh spot by lap ten. The “Hog Wagon” was on a tear. Wood then disposed
of Mattox on the 12th lap.
At the mid-way juncture of the 25-lap affair, Passmore had a half lap lead
on the field. Kenneth Walker, driving the Phil Oakes Icon Pistons / Headman
Headers / POPS Custom Engines / J&J sprinter, Mattox, in the D&J Tank
Trucks / AKL Oilfield Services / Pacer Energy Marketing / XXX mount and Mr. Wood
were waging an exciting battle with positions changing frequently.As Passmore was crossing the line to
start the 17th lap, Jeff Leep spun to a stop in the center of the
backstretch. On the 18th lap, Wood and Jeremy Allen made contact in
two. Both saved their cars from stalling then a yellow came out immediately for
Brent Swift who stalled on the racing surface.
With 17 laps in the books, Passmore had five lapped cars between himself
and second place Dittman, Allen, Mattox and Wood and Kyle Cobb. With four to
go, the “Joe Wood Jr. Show” was getting ready for it’s flaring finish as he had
worked his way to third and set his sights on Dittman while Passmore was
strolling along.On the last lap,
Wood got a solid run on Dittman and over took him for the runner position
behind a long gone Passmore. The triumph was Passmore’s first since an August
2011 take at the formerly named Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha, Oklahoma.
Passmore won the “Pole Dash” to earn the right to start the feature up
front but before doing so, he had a decision to make. The night was the debut
for the “Back Row Challenge” program sponsored by the “Oil Medics”. Passmore
had to decide whether to retain his pole berth or go tail back and win a $1,000
bonus from the Oil Medics if he could win from the rear. With the crowd
cheering the former champion on to start in the back, Passmore citied what he
felt was a tough surface along with a difficult task to make a successful
challenge happen on the red clay track. Thus Passmore declined until another
day.
Heat winners were:
M&W
Aluminum Heat: Jamie Passmore
Bob
Hurley Auto Family Heat: Frank Dittman
Drive
Shafts Inc. Heat: Alex Sewell
Car
& Fleet Parts Heat: Brian Bishop
AmeriFlex
Hose & Accessories “Hard Charger” recipient went to Kyle Cobb
Wesmar
Racing Engines B-Feature winners were Strike Hill & Casey Wills
Grand
Prix Auto, Lightning Wings, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Schoenfeld Mufflers, Brodix
Cylinders and PM-Pro are sponsors who also contribute to the OCRS sprint car
series.
Next up for the OCRS warriors is the
season’s first of three scheduled double-headers. This Friday night will be a
stop at “The Hummer” which is also known as the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt
Kansas. Then on Saturday night, the OCRS sprints will take on the Mid-America
Speedway in South Coffeyville. Oklahoma. Race fans can visit the websites at
these addresses:
Humboldt
Speedway : www.humboldtspeedway.com
Mid-America
Speedway: www.mid-americaspeedway.com
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Oil Capital Racing Series Race Results
Brill Motor Speedway
Race date: 4/27/12 – Event: 1
Starting Position in ( )
Total Cars: 32
M&W Aluminum Heat:
1.Jamie
Passmore (2) 2.Joe Wood Jr. (6) 3. Brandon Jennings (1) 4. Josh Toho (4) 5. Strike
Hill (3) 6. Matt Sherrell (5) 7. Beau Gastineau (7) 8. Colton Brewer DNS
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat:
1. Frank
Dittman (1) 2. Jimmy Taylor (2) 3. Fred Mattox(7) 4. Shayla Waddell (3) 5.
Casey Wills (4) 6. Kyle Clark 7. Will Scribner (6) 8. Michael Bookout (8)
Drive Shafts Inc Heat:
1. Alex Sewell
(1) 2 Danny Smith 3. Whit Gastineau (7) 4. Jeremy Allen (5) 5. Tim Kent (4)
6. Darien Roberts (6) 7. Layne Himebaugh (8) 8. David Stephenson (3)
Car & Fleet Parts Heat:
1. Brian Bishop
(1) 2. Brent Swift (3) 3. Kenneth Walker (6) 4. Jeff Leep (8) 5. Jason Lair
(4) 6. Jeff Garnett (7) 7. Brandon James (2) 8. Kyle Cobb (5)
NOTE: Top 16 in passing points from heat races go directly to
A-Feature
Top 6 in
passing points go to “Pole Dash” event
Pole Dash:
1. Jamie
Passmore (1) 2. Joe Wood Jr (4) 3. Frank Dittman (2) 4. Fred Mattox (3) 5. Brian Bishop
(5) 6. Alex Sewell (6)
Wesmar B-Feature #1: (Top 2 transfer)
1. Strike Hill (1)
2. Layne Himebaugh (6) 3. Tim Kent (2) 4. Colton Brewer (8) 5. Kyle Clark
(4) 6. Michael Bookout (7) 7. Beau Gastineau (5) 8. Jeff
Garnett (3)
Wesmar B-Feature #2: (Top 2 Transfer)
1. Casey Wills
(1) 2. Kyle Cobb (7) 3. Matt Sherrell (3) 4. David Stephenson (8) 5. Will
Scribner (5) 6. Brandon James (6) Jason Lair (2) 7.Darien Roberts (4)
A feature (25-Laps):
1.Jamie
Passmore (1) 2. Joe Wood Jr. (20) 3. Frank Dittman (2) 4. Kyle Cobb (19) 5.
Kenneth Walker (9) 6. Danny Smith (11) 7. Alex Sewell (5) 8. Fred Mattox (3) 9.
Brian Bishop (4) 10. Brandon Jennings (12) 11. Josh Toho (23) 12. Shayla
Waddell: (14) 13. Layne Himebaugh (18) 14. Whit Gastineau (8) 15. Jeremy Allen
(15) 16. Jimmy Taylor (10)17. Casey Wills (17) 18. Strike
Hill (16) 19. Brent Swift (9) 20. Jeff Leep (6)
AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Hard Charger: Kyle Cobb
Next Events:
Friday May 4th
@ Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, Kansas
Saturday May 5th
@ Mid-America Speedway / South Coffeyville Oklahoma.
www.ocrsracing.com
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