Zach Blurton Wins Salt City for Second Career American Sprint Car Series Victory
HUTCHINSON, Kansas—Nearly three years since punching through for his first triumph with the American Sprint Car Series in 2022, Zach Blurton remarked, “I didn’t think I would, maybe ever, win another one.”
In front of all his friends, family, and sponsors in his home state of Kansas Friday night, he did win another one, leading all 25 laps of the main event at Salt City Speedway over Blake Hahn and Sam Hafertepe Jr. to claim his second career Series victory.
“They’re so hard to win, and the competition is so, so tough this year,” said Blurton, of Quinter, KS. “To do it on my daughter’s third birthday is pretty incredible. I remember when I was little, my dad won one on my birthday, and it’s pretty cool to look back on some days. I still have that trophy from when he won on my birthday.
“Definitely cool to have everybody here — two of my biggest sponsors and supporters are here and their families. It’s awesome.”
With the win, Blurton becomes the 102nd driver in the 34-year history of the national 360 Sprint Car series with more than one Feature win. He ends a dry spell of 151 weeks since his previous Feature win with the Series (WaKeeney Speedway on July 3, 2022) and will be marked in the record books as the first Series winner at the half-mile oval on the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
Family was a big presence in the Blurton pit throughout the evening, including Zach’s father, John, who raced Sprint Cars in the 1980s and 1990s before retiring in the 2000s. Zach recalled the days of his father’s success at the Kansas State Fair as a past track points champion and takes pride in adding his name to the track winners list alongside his father.
“It means a lot to me. He set a path for me,” he said. “To be able to win at the Hutchinson Fairgrounds means a lot. You never know how many more races are gonna be here, and to win the first the first time ASCS has been here is awesome.”
Blurton began Friday’s program by turning the fastest lap in his Qualifying group, which sent him into the Honest Abe Roofing Dash after transferring through his Heat Race. He lined up on the pole of the five-lap sprint and won, which set him up on the front row for the 25-lap main event.
With five-time Series champion and current points leader Sam Hafertepe Jr. lined up to his outside, Blurton won the race into Turn 1 on the opening lap and immediately got to work on opening a gap between himself and Hafertepe. Though a caution flag halted his progress on Lap 5, Blurton stayed strong on the restart and kept the rest of the field behind him, even in lapped traffic with Hafertepe right behind him.
With two laps remaining, the caution flag appeared again, restacking the field and getting the leaders out of lapped traffic.
“Honestly, I was kind of glad to see it,” Blurton said. “I wasn’t catching the lapped cars in front of me anymore, but I knew I was still running a pretty good pace, and I didn’t know how many laps were left. So, then I finally had the yellow and was able to see and was like, ‘Okay, three, a green-white-checkered, I can hopefully do this.’”
The green flag dropped one final time, and Blurton once again got the jump on Hafertepe into Turn 1. The separation he got proved to be enough as he led the field back to the checkered flag and sealed the victory.
Blake Hahn, who started fifth, chased Hafertepe for most of the race but was able to make the move down the backstretch on the final lap to take the runner-up spot. Hafertepe settled for third, fellow Kansas native Kyler Johnson was fourth and Oklahoma racer Whit Gastineau completed the top-five.
Matt Covington turned the fastest lap in Qualifying with a time of 18.486 seconds.
Heat Races were won by Garrett Benson (Heat 1), Whit Gastineau (Heat 2), Blake Hahn (Heat 3), and Bryan Gossel (Heat 4).
Blurton won the Honest Abe Roofing Dash.
The Smith Titanium Last Chance Showdown was won by Bryant Wiedeman.
UP NEXT - The American Sprint Car Series is back in action Saturday, May 31, at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, KS, for the 15th running of the Steve King Memorial.
Tickets will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t make it, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2J-Zach Blurton[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[3]; 5. 2-Whit Gastineau[6]; 6. 2B-Garrett Benson[7]; 7. 95-Matt Covington[8]; 8. 23-Seth Bergman[9]; 9. 71-Brady Baker[15]; 10. 88R-Ryder Laplante[11]; 11. 36-Jason Martin[12]; 12. 14-Jordon Mallett[10]; 13. 88-Terry Easum[14]; 14. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[16]; 15. 88K-Jordan Knight[21]; 16. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[17]; 17. 10-Landon Britt[18]; 18. 16G-Austyn Gossel[19]; 19. 17W-Harli White[20]; 20. 88J-Jeremy Huish[13]; 21. 91X-Jeff Stasa[22]; 22. 6G-Bryan Gossel[4]
Smith TI LCS (12 Laps): 1. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[2]; 2. 10-Landon Britt[1]; 3. 16G-Austyn Gossel[4]; 4. 17W-Harli White[3]; 5. 88K-Jordan Knight[7]; 6. 91X-Jeff Stasa[8]; 7. 11K-Tyler Knight[6]; 8. 72-Ray Seemann[9]; 9. 12W-Dale Wester[11]; 10. 11H-Rodney Huband[12]; 11. 76-Richard Wilbee[15]; 12. 0-Steven Richardson[14]; 13. 7C-Chris Morgan[10]; 14. 31-Casey Wills[16]; 15. 11-Roger Crockett[5]; 16. 88C-Brogan Carder[13]
Honest Abe Roofing Dash (5 Laps): 1. 2J-Zach Blurton[1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 3. 45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 4. 6G-Bryan Gossel[3]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 6. 2-Whit Gastineau[8]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 8. 95-Matt Covington[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson[2]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[4]; 3. 36-Jason Martin[1]; 4. 88J-Jeremy Huish[3]; 5. 16G-Austyn Gossel[6]; 6. 91X-Jeff Stasa[7]; 7. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[5]; 8. 0-Steven Richardson[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau[2]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman[1]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 4. 71-Brady Baker[3]; 5. 17W-Harli White[6]; 6. 10-Landon Britt[5]; 7. 7C-Chris Morgan[7]; 8. 31-Casey Wills[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[4]; 5. 11-Roger Crockett[5]; 6. 88K-Jordan Knight[6]; 7. 11H-Rodney Huband[8]; 8. (DNS) 76-Richard Wilbee
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6G-Bryan Gossel[1]; 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante[2]; 3. 45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[3]; 5. 11K-Tyler Knight[8]; 6. 72-Ray Seemann[7]; 7. 12W-Dale Wester[6]; 8. 88C-Brogan Carder[5]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 00:18.486[4]; 2. 36-Jason Martin, 00:18.658[5]; 3. 2B-Garrett Benson, 00:18.667[2]; 4. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 00:19.103[1]; 5. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman, 00:19.132[8]; 6. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:19.183[7]; 7. 91X-Jeff Stasa, 00:19.412[3]; 8. 0-Steven Richardson, 00:19.709[6]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:18.635[5]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 00:18.890[3]; 3. 2-Whit Gastineau, 00:18.932[2]; 4. 71-Brady Baker, 00:18.982[4]; 5. 10-Landon Britt, 00:18.994[6]; 6. 17W-Harli White, 00:19.181[8]; 7. 7C-Chris Morgan, 00:19.313[7]; 8. (DNF) 31-Casey Wills[1]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 2J-Zach Blurton, 00:18.850[4]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett, 00:19.028[1]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:19.231[8]; 4. 88-Terry Easum, 00:19.257[3]; 5. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:19.372[5]; 6. 88K-Jordan Knight, 00:19.377[2]; 7. 76-Richard Wilbee, 00:21.033[7]; 8. (DNF) 11H-Rodney Huband[6]
Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 00:18.919[4]; 2. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:19.083[8]; 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:19.160[6]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 00:19.322[3]; 5. 88C-Brogan Carder, 00:19.579[5]; 6. 12W-Dale Wester, 00:19.868[7]; 7. 72-Ray Seemann, 00:20.234[2]; 8. 11K-Tyler Knight, 00:20.411[1]
Honest Abe Roofing Dash Draw Order: 1. 2J-Zach Blurton[4]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 3. 6G-Bryan Gossel[7]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[1]; 6. 2B-Garrett Benson[3]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 8. 2-Whit Gastineau[6]
ASCS NATIONALTOUR STANDINGS
Points Updated: May 30, 2025
Pos # Competitor Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr Sunnyvale, TX 427 - 1 4 5 6
2 52 Blake Hahn Sapulpa, OK 397 -30 0 3 3 6
3 95 Matt Covington Glenpool, OK 394 -33 1 2 4 6
4 2J Zach Blurton Quinter, KS 362 -65 1 1 2 5
5 45X Kyler Johnson Quinter, KS 344 -83 0 1 2 3
6 36 Jason Martin Liberal, KS 341 -86 0 1 1 5
7 71 Brady Baker Alexander, AR 309 -118 0 0 2 3
8 16G Austyn Gossel Fort collins, CO 308 -119 0 0 0 3
9 23 Seth Bergman Snohomish, WA 258 -169 0 1 2 3
10 88C Brogan Carder Sioux Falls, SD 238 -189 0 0 0 1
11 14 Jordon Mallett Greenbrier, AR 235 -192 0 0 2 3
12 10 Landon Britt Memphis, TN 235 -192 0 0 2 3
13 17W Harli White Lindsay, OK 230 -197 0 1 1 3
14 2B Garrett Benson Concordia, MO 224 -203 0 0 1 3
15 2 Whit Gastineau Moore, OK 223 -204 0 1 1 4
16 88 Terry Easum Broken Arrow, OK 204 -223 0 0 0 2
17 88R Ryder Laplante Calera, OK 195 -232 0 0 1 2
18 6G Bryan Gossel Windsor, CO 188 -239 0 0 0 5
19 938 Bradley Fezard Bonnerdale, AR 182 -245 0 0 1 1
20 31 Casey Wills Sperry, OK 161 -266 0 0 0 1
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IMCA Stock Car
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[2]; 2. 1-Scott Miller[4]; 3. 3T-Tanner Thiel[6]; 4. 55X-Mike Burian[1]; 5. 67-Austin Ramey[10]; 6. 12G-Ryan Grit[8]; 7.
64-Ryan Carey[9]; 8. 93K-Brandon Massey[13]; 9. 11-Jason Dove[20]; 10. 775-Jayce Reimer[21]; 11. 19D-Dylan Chambers[12]; 12. 01-Chris Pitts[7]; 13. 4-Rick Dunsworth[17]; 14. 97-Chase Moore[16]; 15. 660$-David Brown[14]; 16. 17-Calvin Davis[11]; 17. (DNF) 2K-Colten Kelley[3]; 18. (DNF) 44-Braden Stoner[15]; 19. (DNF) 09B-Kaleb Dale[5]; 20. (DNF) 3G-Ryan Green[22]; 21. (DNS) 01X-Chris Griffin; 22. (DNS) 48H-Matt Holle
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1-Scott Miller[3]; 2. 25P-Mike Petersilie[4]; 3. 01-Chris Pitts[1]; 4. 67-Austin Ramey[5]; 5. 93K-Brandon Massey[2]; 6. 660$-David Brown[6]; 7. 97-Chase Moore[7]; 8. 4-Rick Dunsworth[8]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2K-Colten Kelley[4]; 2. 3T-Tanner Thiel[7]; 3. 12G-Ryan Grit[3]; 4. 17-Calvin Davis[1]; 5. 3G-Ryan Green[5]; 6. 44-Braden Stoner[6]; 7. (DQ) 11-Jason Dove[2]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 55X-Mike Burian[2]; 2. 09B-Kaleb Dale[7]; 3. 64-Ryan Carey[6]; 4. 19D-Dylan Chambers[4]; 5. (DNF) 01X-Chris Griffin[1]; 6. (DNF) 48H-Matt Holle[3]; 7. (DQ) 775-Jayce Reimer[5]
Super Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 7-JD Eveland[2]; 2. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[4]; 3. 75-Jerrod Reimer[3]; 4. 164-James Weve[1]; 5. (DNF) 24-Chevy Coleman[5]; 6. (DNF) 901-Dustin Frenya[6]; 7. (DNS) 5*-Shawn Allen Jr
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 164-James Weve[2]; 2. 7-JD Eveland[3]; 3. 75-Jerrod Reimer[4]; 4. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[6]; 5. 24-Chevy Coleman[7]; 6. 901-Dustin Frenya[5]; 7. (DNS) 5*-Shawn Allen Jr
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