By John Rittenoure , OCRS PR (Humboldt, KS) -- Whit Gastineau almost had victory in his grasp Friday night at Humboldt Speedway. But Zach Chappell made a dramatic pass off the final turn and beat Gastineau to the finish line to win his first Ameri-Flex / OCRS Sprint Car main event of the season.

PHOTO: Zach Chappell in victory lane--CREDIT: Dayton Sutterby

Gastineau drove off the outside front row and opened up a good early lead, but in the closing laps, Gastineau appeared to be slowing some and Chappell reeled him in quickly in the final laps. Gastineau was able to hold Chappell off until the final turn, but still finished second.

"He was getting through turns 1-2 real bad there on top," Chappell said of Gastineau. "Then once I started getting closer to him in lapped traffic I started gaining on him real hard then. I was glad we ran 30 laps tonight or I would have come up short."

When the green flag dropped to start the race Chappell was running fifth behind Job Bob Lee, Avery Goodman, and Casey Wills. On lap two Chappel moved into fourth, was third behind Goodman on lap three then chased after Lee. On lap 16 Chappell battled his way around Lee for second and started chasing Gastineau.

"The car got better all night," Chappell said. "Hard work pays off for you. You just have to keep racing till the checkered flag falls."

Lee held on to finish third with Casey Wills and Terry Easum rounding out the top five.

Sheldon Barksdale, who won at Humboldt earlier this year and was looking to repeat, got caught up in a crash while trying to race three-wide toward the front on the opening lap and flipped hard into the infield. Barksdale was not hurt, however, the car suffered heavy damage. The crash earned Barksdale the M&W Aluminum Hard Luck Award. Terry Easum was the York plumbing Hard Charger after advancing eight positions to finish fifth.

Ameri-Flex OCRS Results

Humboldt Speedway

June 14, 2019

Car count: 16

Drive Shafts, Inc. Heat 1 (8 Laps)

1, 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[1]. 2, 5-Joe Bob Lee[3]. 3, 31-Casey Wills[5]. 4, 2W-Whit Gastineau[7]. 5, 15D-Andrew Deal[4]. 6, 62-James Shoun[6]. 7, 53-Michael Longacre[8]. 8, 39-Kimberly Tyre[2].

Bravado Wireless Heat 2 (8 Laps)

1, 15-Jase Randolph[8]. 2, 4PM-Travis Jenkins[3]. 3, 50Z-Zach Chappell[4]. 4, 22T-Frank Taft[2]. 5, 11-Avery Goodman[6]. 6, 88-Terry Easum[7]. 7, 1-Casey Buechler[5]. 8, 9-Kinzer Edwards[1]. (DQ).

Ameriflex Hose and Accessories A FEATURE (30 Laps)

1, 50Z-Zach Chappell[5]. 2, 2W-Whit Gastineau[2]. 3, 5-Joe Bob Lee[3]. 4, 31-Casey Wills[8]. 5, 88-Terry Easum[13]. 6, 62-James Shoun[11]. 7, 22T-Frank Taft[9]. 8, 15D-Andrew Deal[10]. 9, 4PM-Travis Jenkins[1]. 10, 11-Avery Goodman[4]. 11, 15-Jase

Randolph[7]. 12, 1-Casey Buechler[15]. 13, 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[6]. 14, 39-Kimberly Tyre[16]. 15, 53-Michael Longacre[12]. 16, 9-Kinzer Edwards[14]. (DQ).

Lap Leaders: Whit Gastineau 1-29, Zach Chappell 30.
Margin of victory: 0.236 seconds.

Contingency Award Recipients:

Ameri-Flex Hose A Feature Winner: Zach Chappell.

Drive Shafts Inc. Heat Award Recipient: Sheldon Barksdale.

Bravado Wireless Heat Award Recipient: Jase Randolph.

York Plumbing Hard Charger Award: Terry Easum +8.

M&W Aluminum Hard Luck Award: Sheldon Barksdale.
Amsoil High Point Driver Award: Jase Randolph.

Rod End Supply Recipients: Jase Randolph, Casey Buechler, Sheldon Barksdale.
Wesmar Racing Engines Recipient: Avery Goodman.

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BRYANT PICKS UP NUMBER 6

By Jeff Fehr (Humboldt, KS) -- In Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stocks, Jon Westhoff rolled the bottom of the speedway and made his move on Lap 9, passing Pole Sitter Wayne Johnson on his way to the A Feature win. Logan Boone and Wayne Johnson rounded out the top three. Heat Race wins went to Wayne Johnson and Logan Boone.

Tumbleweed Music Festival Street Stocks saw Nathan Vaughn from Sedalia, Missouri set a torrid pace on a lightning fast Humboldt Speedway in the opening stages of the A Feature.. Vaughn opened up a sizeable lead before disaster struck giving the lead to Collinsville, Oklahoma’s Dalton Garrison. Garrison went on to secure the win with Nick Fritch and Devin Irvin completing the top three., Heat Race win went to Nathan Vaughn

In Ray’s Metal Depot NASCAR B Mods Ft. Scott’s Andy Bryant squeezed by Matthew Kay on lap 5 and held off last weeks winner Tyler Kidwell to pick up his sixth win on the year. Bryant, used multiple lanes to keep the lead and secure the win. Kidwell and Kay rounded out the top three. Heat Race wins went to Dennis Bishop and Tyler Kidwell.

In the nights final feature, O’ Reilly Auto Parts Sports Compacts, Brandon Vink grabbed an opening hole shot and outdueled Allen Jesseph to pick up the nights final A Feature. Heat Race wins went to Allen Jesseph and Brandon Vink.

In Ameriflex Hose & Accessories OCRS Sprint Cars action a Last lap pass for the win propelled Zach Chappel to the victory. For a complete recap visit http://www.ocrsracing.net.

Racing returns to Humboldt Speedway on June 21st, competing that evening will be Ray’s Metal Depot NASCAR B Modifieds, Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stocks, O’Reilly Auto Part Sport Compacts, Love’s Travel Stops Midwest Mods and Late Models racing for $1000. For more information make sure to check out http://www.humboldtspeedway.com for all the up to the minute news about Humboldt Speedway.

Rays Metal Depot NASCAR B-Mods
A Feature 1: 1. 28-Andy Bryant, [5]; 2. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [3]; 3. 16-Matthew Kay, [2]; 4. 37V-Tim Van Gotten, [10]; 5. 1-Dennis Bishop, [1]; 6. 98K-Kenton Allen, [4]; 7. 22-Brian McGowen, [8]; 8. 7-Tyler James, [6]; 9. 21J-Jeremy Bennett, [11]; 10. D86-Donald McIntosh, [9]; 11. 31-Luke Phillips, [12]; 12. 181-Luke Nieman, [14]; 13. 8-Mike Letterman, [15]; 14. 68-Craig Mintz, [7]; 15. B52-Dan Herman, [13]; (DNS) 16H-Jake Hereford,

Heat 1: 1. 1-Dennis Bishop, [2]; 2. 16-Matthew Kay, [5]; 3. 7-Tyler James, [3]; 4. 68-Craig Mintz, [1]; 5. D86-Donald McIntosh, [7]; 6. 31-Luke Phillips, [6]; 7. B52-Dan Herman, [4]; 8. 8-Mike Letterman, [8]

Heat 2: 1. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [1]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant, [4]; 3. 98K-Kenton Allen, [8]; 4. 22-Brian McGowen, [2]; 5. 37V-Tim Van Gotten, [6]; 6. 21J-Jeremy Bennett, [7]; 7. 181-Luke Nieman, [3]; 8. (DNF) 16H-Jake Hereford, [5]

Tumbleweed Music Festival NASCAR Street Stocks
A Feature 1: 1. X99-Dalton Garrison, [3]; 2. 85-Nick Fritch, [5]; 3. 67-Devin Irvin, [4]; 4. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel, [2]; 5. J31-Hunter Oswald, [8]; 6. 99-Scott Lucke, [6]; 7. (DNF) 26-Russ Moyer, [7]; 8. (DNF) 12V-Nathan Vaughn, [1]

Heat 1: 1. 12V-Nathan Vaughn, [5]; 2. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel, [4]; 3. X99-Dalton Garrison, [7]; 4. 85-Nick Fritch, [1]; 5. 67-Devin Irvin, [8]; 6. 99-Scott Lucke, [3]; 7. 26-Russ Moyer, [6]; 8. J31-Hunter Oswald, [2]

Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stocks
A Feature 1: 1. 9-Jon Westhoff, [3]; 2. 12-Logan Boone, [4]; 3. 114-Wayne Johnson, [1]; 4. 28W-Krew Walburn, [6]; 5. 18-Scott Collins, [10]; 6. 62-David Matlock, [8]; 7. 8-Rick Aiello, [7]; 8. Z63-Zach Long, [12]; 9. 73-Aiden Johnson, [9]; 10. (DNF) 21-Jacob Ellison, [2]; 11. (DNF) 30W-Jared Willard, [11]; 12. (DNF) 3-Derrek Wilson, [5]

Heat 1: 1. 114-Wayne Johnson, [4]; 2. 21-Jacob Ellison, [5]; 3. 28W-Krew Walburn, [1]; 4. 8-Rick Aiello, [2]; 5. 73-Aiden Johnson, [6]; 6. 30W-Jared Willard, [3]

Heat 2: 1. 12-Logan Boone, [1]; 2. 9-Jon Westhoff, [5]; 3. 3-Derrek Wilson, [6]; 4. 62-David Matlock, [3]; 5. 18-Scott Collins, [2]; 6. Z63-Zach Long, [4]

O'Reilly Auto Parts Sport Compacts
A Feature 1: 1. 7V-Brandon Vink, [2]; 2. 18BA-Allen Jesseph, [1]; 3. 9BK-Rick Andres, [6]; 4. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [7]; 5. 16W-Kyle Ward, [8]; 6. 56-Caleb McDonald, [5]; 7. 21-Chance Aiello, [9]; 8. (DNF) 66-Barry Luthi, [3]; 9. (DNF) 249-Robert Moore, [4]; 10. (DNF) 17H-Clint Haigler, [10]; (DNS) 01-Marcus Neal,

Heat 1: 1. 18BA-Allen Jesseph, [2]; 2. 66-Barry Luthi, [4]; 3. 56-Caleb McDonald, [5]; 4. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [3]; 5. 21-Chance Aiello, [1]

Heat 2: 1. 7V-Brandon Vink, [1]; 2. 249-Robert Moore, [3]; 3. 9BK-Rick Andres, [2]; 4. 16W-Kyle Ward, [4]; 5. 17H-Clint Haigler, [5]; 6. 01-Marcus Neal, [6]