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Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (September 8, 2018) Battling rain and mist throughout the Iron Man 66, presented by D&E Supply and Same Day Auto Repair, Mother Nature finally got the best of everyone as the checkered flag was forced to fall on Lap 45 with Coweta, Oklahoma’s Chance Morton declared the winner and picked up $3,000 for his efforts.
Taking off with the lead from the front row, Chance Morton got the positions away from Noah Harris to open the 66-lap affair. Racing through several caution and red flags, the race truly became an act of iron will as a Seattle style mist fell off and on. Keeping cars on the track, each restart as the track came back into shape saw the No. 7m put distance on the field.
Using cautions and attrition to his favor from eighth, Blake Hahn raced into second on Lap 20. Keeping pace with Morton on restarts, it took only a couple corners for Chance to again pull away. Getting a long green flag run through the race’s half-way point, Hahn was challenge by Kyle Clark. Working top-shelf on the field from seventh, the No. 9$ gabbed second on Lap 37 and using the high line began running down Morton.
Closing nearly a straightaway gap, Clark's run was halted on Lap 45 as Koby Barksdale came to a stop in turn two. Taking the opportunity to go under red for a fuel stop, the mist returned with the track keeping push trucks rolling and calling the Modifieds out to help. Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the race was brought to an end as the track had taken too much moisture to continue.
Chance Morton was declared the winner with Kyle Clark second. Blake Hahn third was followed by Jeffrey Newell. Advancing 13 positions, Craig Carroll completed the top-five with Michael Tyre also advancing a baker’s dozen for sixth.
Dave Stephenson was seventh wit, Ty Hulsey, picking up the night’s Hard Charger Award with a run from 22nd to eighth. Alex DeCamp in ninth was trailed by Matt Ward who, like Hulsey, passed 14 cars to complete the top-ten.
A field of 41 drivers were on hand for the Non-Wing Sprints.
Joined by Dwarf/Mod 600 and Modifieds, the A-Feature for the Dwarf/Mod 600 division went to Jared Hickes who came through the field from 10th for the win in a Mod 600. Samuel Stegeman was second with Larry Pense crossing highest for the Dwarf Cars. Robbie Russell and Paul York made up the top-five overall.
With the rain cutting things short on the Sprint Cars, the Modified A-Feature was not run. The $700 to win event will be run on Saturday, September 15 as soon as Hot Laps have concluded.
Next at Creek County Speedway, the Fast Five Weekly Series returns on Saturday, September 15 with Champ Sprints, Modifieds, Factory Stocks, Dwarf Cars, and Mini Stocks in action. Admission $10 for adults. Youth 11-14 get in for $6 and kids 10 and under get into the grandstands for free. Pits are $30 (under 10 years of age is $15).
Gates open at 5:00 P.M. with Hot Laps at 7:00 P.M. and Racing at 7:30 P.M.
Creek County Speedway is located at 18450 West Hwy. 66 between Sapulpa and Kellyville. For more information on Creek County Speedway, including a complete lineup of events and directions, log onto http://www.creekcountyspeedway.co or call (918) 693-RACE (7223) or (918) 838-3777. The track can also be found on social media at https://www.facebook.com/CreekCountySpeedway.
Race Results:
Creek County Speedway – Sapulpa, Okla.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Iron Man 66
Non-Wing Sprints:
A-Feature stopped on Lap 45 of 66 due to rain
A Feature (45 Laps): 1. 7M-Chance Morton, [2]; 2. 9$-Kyle Clark, [7]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn, [8]; 4. 22X-Jeffrey Newell, [6]; 5. 24C-Craig Carroll, [18]; 6. T16-Michael Tyre II, [19]; 7. 22-David Stephenson, [4]; 8. 24H-Ty Hulsey, [22]; 9. 84-Alex DeCamp, [12]; 10. 22M-Matt Ward, [24]; 11. 82-Keith Bolton, [14]; 12. 22K-Koby Barksdale, [9]; 13. 36-Jonathan Beason, [13]; 14. 4PM-Mike Goodman, [5]; 15. 20H-Noah Harris, [1]; 16. 15D-Andrew Deal, [15]; 17. 98K-Dane Fields, [17]; 18. 13-Len Larkin, [23]; 19. 5$-Danny Smith, [10]; 20. 777-Bailey Hughes, [3]; 21. 5-Cameron Hagin, [16]; 22. 222-Jaiden Hughes, [21]; 23. 18J-Cody Jarvis, [20]; 24. 98-Ryan Padgett, [11]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15D-Andrew Deal, [2]; 2. 98K-Dane Fields, [4]; 3. T16-Michael Tyre II, [3]; 4. 222-Jaiden Hughes, [6]; 5. 11-Jackie York, [8]; 6. 53-Brett Wilson, [7]; 7. 5X-Jordan Weaver, [11]; 8. 20G-Noah Gass, [14]; 9. 55H-Zach Chappell, [13]; 10. 13-Len Larkin, [12]; 11. 97-Kevin Cummings, [1]; 12. 96-Taylor Peterson, [9]; 13. 55-Johnny Kent, [5]; (DNS) 54-Will Scribner,
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 5-Cameron Hagin, [2]; 2. 24C-Craig Carroll, [1]; 3. 18J-Cody Jarvis, [4]; 4. 24H-Ty Hulsey, [3]; 5. 31-Casey Wills, [8]; 6. 22M-Matt Ward, [5]; 7. 2X-Billy McKinney, [6]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox, [12]; 9. 24-Ben Frey, [7]; 10. 79-Tim Kent, [10]; 11. 911-Waylon Weaver, [13]; 12. 13W-Grant Wresche, [11]; (DNS) 1-Warren Fields,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7M-Chance Morton, [2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn, [3]; 3. 22-David Stephenson, [6]; 4. 5-Cameron Hagin, [5]; 5. 98K-Dane Fields, [7]; 6. 96-Taylor Peterson, [1]; 7. 5X-Jordan Weaver, [4]; 8. 54-Will Scribner, [9]; 9. 911-Waylon Weaver, [8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4PM-Mike Goodman, [1]; 2. 84-Alex DeCamp, [2]; 3. 82-Keith Bolton, [4]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark, [8]; 5. 22M-Matt Ward, [6]; 6. 11-Jackie York, [3]; 7. 31-Casey Wills, [7]; 8. 55H-Zach Chappell, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20H-Noah Harris, [6]; 2. 22K-Koby Barksdale, [3]; 3. 97-Kevin Cummings, [4]; 4. 98-Ryan Padgett, [7]; 5. 2X-Billy McKinney, [5]; 6. 222-Jaiden Hughes, [8]; 7. 13-Len Larkin, [2]; 8. 20G-Noah Gass, [1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Bailey Hughes, [2]; 2. 5$-Danny Smith, [3]; 3. 24H-Ty Hulsey, [1]; 4. 55-Johnny Kent, [4]; 5. 24C-Craig Carroll, [8]; 6. 53-Brett Wilson, [7]; 7. 79-Tim Kent, [5]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox, [6]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Jeffrey Newell, [1]; 2. 36-Jonathan Beason, [2]; 3. 15D-Andrew Deal, [3]; 4. T16-Michael Tyre II, [5]; 5. 18J-Cody Jarvis, [7]; 6. 24-Ben Frey, [4]; 7. 1-Warren Fields, [6]; 8. 13W-Grant Wresche, [8]
Dwarf Cars / Mod 600
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jared Hicks, [10]; 2. 19-Samuel Stegeman, [5]; 3. X15-Larry Pense, [4]; 4. 23-Robbie Russell, [9]; 5. 52-Paul York, [3]; 6. 35-Jason Miles, [8]; 7. 57-Paul Kaseman, [12]; 8. 33-Jeff Robertson, [11]; 9. 1H-Cory Hicks, [2]; 10. 73-Shawn Jorski, [1]; 11. F4-Chandler Foltz, [7]; 12. 17-Rob McQuary, [6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1H-Cory Hicks, [2]; 2. X15-Larry Pense, [1]; 3. 52-Paul York, [6]; 4. 35-Jason Miles, [5]; 5. 23-Robbie Russell, [4]; 6. 57-Paul Kaseman, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Shawn Jorski, [4]; 2. 19-Samuel Stegeman, [1]; 3. F4-Chandler Foltz, [3]; 4. 17-Rob McQuary, [6]; 5. 82-Jared Hicks, [2]; 6. 33-Jeff Robertson, [5]
Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23G-Robbie Gates, [4]; 2. 24-Justin Cartwright, [8]; 3. 77-Kendall Shultz, [6]; 4. 20-James Esmond, [7]; 5. 27-Dan Morris, [3]; 6. 29H-Brandon Hacker, [5]; 7. 777-Jeff Hall, [1]; 8. 11-Brandon James, [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Matt French, [7]; 2. T16-Joe Wright, [1]; 3. 1-Collin Wiseley, [4]; 4. 52R-Dillon Rupe, [3]; 5. 17-Brandon Dean, [5]; 6. 63-Richie Moody, [2]; 7. 22-Chase Hubbard, [6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Chad Davis, [5]; 2. 127-Andy Morris, [3]; 3. 39-Ho Dean, [1]; 4. 64-Chris Miles, [7]; 5. 10-Anthony Neel, [4]; 6. 30D-Michael Greenleaf, [2]; 7. 7T-Taylor Howell, [6]
Feature was not run due to rain.
- Bryan Hulbert on Sep 09, 2018
- Article Date: 9/9/2018