August 4, 2024 | By John Rittenoure

Herring, Jr. leads the way in Sooner action at Enid Speedway

ENID, Okla. — Jon Herring, Jr. returned to the APEX Healthcare Partners Sooner Late Model Series winners circle with a strong run Saturday at Enid Speedway.

Herring, who picked up his first Sooner career victory at Beaver County Raceway on May 11, took the early lead and led all 25 laps around the high-banked 3/8’s mile oval. Kip Hughes tried to keep pace with Herring but could not reel him in and finished 1.988 seconds behind in second. Eli Ross chased Hughes from his third place position and finished ahead of Damian Patocka who was in fourth. Points leader Zach Nickell moved into fifth on lap 10.

The APEX Healthcare Partners Sooner Late Models are back in action next Saturday at Oklahoma Sports Park in Ada.


Sooner Late Model Series Results
Enid Speedway - Enid, Oklahoma

August 3, 2024

APEX Healthcare Partners A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 96JR-Jon Herring Jr[3]; 2. 60-Kip Hughes[2]; 3. 66-Eli Ross[4]; 4. 229-Damian Patocka[5]; 5. 65-Zach Nickell[13]; 6. 96-Jon Herring Sr[9]; 7. 27X-Ron Brown[8]; 8. 4X-Dalon Helm[7]; 9. 27D-Jared Dunkin[10]; 10. 27-Ryan Harris[12]; 11. 88S-Richard Shepler[6]; 12. (DNS) 81-Troy Bynum; 13. (DNS) 95-Jerry Derr; 14. (DNS) 99J-Nate Jantz

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 96JR-Jon Herring Jr[5]; 2. 66-Eli Ross[3]; 3. 229-Damian Patocka[4]; 4. 4X-Dalon Helm[6]; 5. 96-Jon Herring Sr[2]; 6. 81-Troy Bynum[1]; 7. 65-Zach Nickell[7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 60-Kip Hughes[6]; 2. 95-Jerry Derr[4]; 3. 88S-Richard Shepler[5]; 4. 27X-Ron Brown[1]; 5. 27D-Jared Dunkin[7]; 6. 27-Ryan Harris[3]; 7. (DNS) 99J-Nate Jantz

Lap Leaders:1-25 Jon Herring, Jr.

Margin of victory: 1.988

2024 Winners: 4/6 - Kip Hughes, Enid Speedway; 4/13 - Jon Herring, Jr., Beaver County Raceway; 5/11 - Joe Godsey, Caney Valley Speedway; 5/17 - Kip Hughes, Longdale Speedway; 5/18 - Eli Ross, Oklahoma Sports Park; 5/26 - Geoff Aitken, Crawford County Speedway; 6/8 - Brandon Conkwright, 81 Speedway; 6/28 - Hudson O’Neal, Thunderbird Speedway; 6/29 - Brett Hansen, Salina Highbanks Speedway; 7/5 - Kip Hughes, Beaver County Raceway; 7/6 - Eli Ross, Enid Speedway; 7/26 - Clayton Stuckey, Thunderbird Speedway; 7/27 - Jon Kirby, Tri-State Speedway; 8/3 - Jon Herring, Jr., Enid Speedway. 

2024 Top 10: 1. Zach Nickell, 5120; 2. Eli Ross, 5030; 3. Dakota Dillinger, 4210; 4. Troy Bynum, 4055; 5. Dalon Helm, 3825; 6. Kip Hughes, 3680; 7. Ron Brown, 3485; 8. Damian Patocka, 3175; 9. Jon Herring, Jr., 2680; 10. Richard Shepler, 2600.