John
Lemon
OCRS
Public Relations
Humboldt Kansas (May 4,
2012) –
There comes a time when you know someone other than you has a really hot hand
and after the second round of the 2012 Oil Capital Racing Series run to the “Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Championship”, nobody has a hotter hand than that of Rose
Oklahoma’s Jamie Passmore. In 2 events, Passmore has been in six races since
the first green flag fell. In two heats, two “pole dashes” and two A-Features,
Passmore has won them all in his GAP Roofing / Eagle / Wesmar Engines sprinter.
In this edition, the first event of a weekend doubleheader, Passmore began the
feature race from the pole position, took charge from the outset and never was
seriously threatened the entire distance.
Rafe Essary followed Passmore for
the first few circuits from his outside front row starting spot then the race
was stopped a few short laps into the race for a spin by Alex Sewell in turn
two. Ironically, Sewell had just saved the car moments earlier when executed a
360 degree spin in turn four and kept the Action Auto Collision special from parking.
It was after a restart and eight laps into the affair when Will Scribner went
for a tumble in turn four in the Alan Lemmons mount to bring out the red flag.
Scribner was OK but done early. With the moon as full as it could be, it didn’t take long for
the full moon curse to strike once more. When the track went green, Whit “The
Gasman” Gastineau, an 11th place starter who was maneuvering his way
towards the front, started to spin the Shell Rapid Lube / DW’s Video / Larry
Allen Engines / Eagle #2w but instead of coming to a halt, the Gasman produced
a 360 spin and kept going. For the field behind him, this was not good as
Gastineau lost speed with his spinning ways and cars began to check up behind
him. One innocent victim in all the commotion was Josh “The Hammer” Toho. The
pilot of the BnK Automotive #41 climbed a wheel and went for a wild ride
turning over with fierce thrusts. Toho would walk away from the carnage.
One driver that was on a move but
was being restricted by all the stoppages was Jeremy Allen in the Four
Generations number 87 mount. For the second week in a row, Allen found himself
with the dubious task of having to pass multiple machines to salvage a tough
starting position. Unlike last week when contact with another competitor would
sideline him, Allen would pass eleven other missiles to bring it home in the
seventh position where he would earn the AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories “Hard
Charger” award.After a couple of
other interruptions due to spins, OCRS officials elected to make a run to 20 of
the scheduled 25 laps. Passmore would take the checkers by two full corners ahead
of Gastineau who had fought valiantly with Essary for the runner-up position. After
Essary, it was Shayla “The Princess” Waddell who tied her OCRS best with a
fourth place finish from her ninth starting spot in her Eagle Chassis /
Production Engine / Shores-Sentry / Red Rock Distributing car and rounding out
the top five was Casey Wills who had one of his best OCRS runs ever in the
A.R.T. / Dyno Services Of Oklahoma / Oil
Express Trucking / Fleet Services #31. Rounding out the top ten were: Glen Passmore, Allen, Fred
Mattox, Danny Smith and Tim Kent.
Heat winners were:
A&W Aluminum Products Heat: Jamie Passmore
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat: Layne Himebaugh
Drive Shafts Inc. Heat: Alex Sewell.
The OCRS warriors now move on to
the Mid-America Speedway for round number three of the 2012 OCRS tour to
complete the weekend doubleheader. OCRS would like to thank all of their
additional sponsors for their continued support of the OCRS sprint car series:
Grand
Prix Auto, Lightning Wings, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Brodix
Cylinders, PM-Pro, Carter-Maxwell, Car & Fleet Parts and Same Day Auto
Repair.
Oil Capital
Racing Series
Race Results
Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt
Kansas
Race date: 5/4/12 –
Event: 2
Starting
Position in ( )
Total
Cars: 20
M&W Aluminum Heat:
1.Jamie Passmore (1) 2.Kenneth Walker (2) 3. Shayla Waddell
(3) 4. Whit Gastineau (4) 5. David Stephenson (5) 6. Will Scribner (7) 7.
Jeremy Allen (6)
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat:
1.Layne Himebaugh (2) 2. Colton Brewer
(1) 3. Rafe Essary (6) 4. Glen Passmore (5) 5. Danny Smith (4) 6. Michael
Bookout (7) 7. Kyle Clark (3)
Drive Shafts Inc Heat:
1. Alex Sewell (2) 2. Casey Wills (1) 3. Tim Kent (5) 4.
Fred Mattox (4)
5. Josh Toho (3)
6. Beau Gastineau DNS
Pole Dash:
1. Jamie
Passmore (3) 2. Rafe Essary (2) 3. Layne Himebaugh (2) 4. Alex Sewell (5)
5. Fred Mattox
(1) 6. Colton Brewer (6)
OCRS A Feature:
1.Jamie
Passmore (1) 2. Whit Gastineau (11) 3, Rafe Essary (2) 4, Shayla Waddell (9)
5, Casey Wills (7) 6, Glen P:assmore
(10) 7, Jeremy Allen (18) 8, Fred Mattox (12) 9, Danny Smith (14) 10, Tim Kent
(8) 11, Kenneth Walker (5) 12, Alex Sewell (4) 13, Beau Gastineau. (19) Michael
Bookout (17) 15, David Stephenson (13) 16, Josh Toho (15) 17, Colton Brewer (6)
18, Will Scribner (16) 19, Layne Himebaugh (3) 20, Kyle Clark (DNS).
AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Hard Charger: Jeremy Allen
Next Event: Saturday May 5th @ Mid-America Speedway / South Coffeyville Oklahoma
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