July 8, 2023 | By Bryan Hulbert

Jason Martin Snags Steve King Memorial Opener At Dodge City Raceway Park

(Dodge City, KS) -- Landing his tenth career victory with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com Friday night at Dodge City Raceway Park, Jason Martin wrestled the lead from Howard Moore on at the race’s mid-point and held on to win Night 1 of the Steve King Memorial.

“It’s nice being able to race hard wheel-to-wheel with people and they give you room. Howard’s always been a really good racer, and I appreciate and respect him for that, but traffic got a little sketchy there,” said Martin of the race for the lead.

Win No. 6 on the season with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com, and ninth in combined competition with the Malvern Bank 360 Sprint Series, Jason Martin rolled to second on the start as Howard Moore shot into the lead.

Slowed on Lap 3 as Wayne Johnson found himself missing the right front on his No. 2c, Moore put distance on the field when the race resumed. A few laps from traffic, that allowed Martin to close. Cutting the gap from 1.205-seconds to 0.424 over four laps, Jason was able to roll by for the point on Lap 12.

Working through traffic, Jason was boxed in with five laps to go. Opening the door for the AR Dyno Specialty No. 3, Moore took a shot, but could not re-secure the lead.

Able to clear lapped traffic, the Bybee Electric No. 36 pulled away to a 1.497-seconds advantage at the checkered flag. Howard Moore, in second for the third time in his career, was followed by Oklahoma’s Whit Gastineau for his first national podium finish. Matt Covington crossed fourth, with Landon Britt in fifth.

Jordon Mallett moved up to sixth from ninth, with Jake Bubak rolling eight spots to seventh. Kyler Johnson, who came back to top the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association A-Feature, was eighth, followed by Brandon Anderson, and Jeremy Huish to complete the top ten.

The field of 23 drivers on Night 1 of the Steve King Memorial was topped in The Driver’s Project Qualifying by Jason Martin with a track record time of 14.341-seconds. AR Dyno Specialty Heat Races were topped by Kyler Johnson, Jeremy Huish, and Landon Britt. The KSE Hard Charger was Jake Bubak who advanced eight spots.

The Steve King Memorial continues Saturday, July 8 with a $5,088 to win, $500 to start A-Feature.

Gates open at 5:00 P.M. with racing at 7:30 P.M. (CDT). Tickets are $20, and free for kids 12 and under. Pits are $35. Dodge City Raceway Park is located at 11322 110 Rd. in Dodge City, Kan. For more information on the track, log onto https://www.racedcrp.com or call (620) 225-3277.

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Race Results:

ASCS National

Dodge City Raceway Park (Dodge City, Kan.)

Steve King Memorial - Night 1

Friday, July 7, 2023

Car Count: 23

The Driver's Project Group Qualifying (Top 4 in each group invert into Heat Races)

The Drivers Project Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 15.261[8]; 2. 2-Whit Gastineau, 15.566[7]; 3. 6T-Kaden Taylor, 15.582[6]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile, 15.593[2]; 5. 10T-Tyler Knight, 15.594[1]; 6. 6-Christopher Townsend, 15.655[5]; 7. 7C-Chris Morgan, 15.663[3]; 8. 72-Ray Seemann, 15.829[4]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 14.873[6]; 2. 1X-Jake Bubak, 14.977[3]; 3. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 15.092[1]; 4. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 15.282[2]; 5. 14-Jordon Mallett, 15.289[8]; 6. 55B-Brandon Anderson, 15.309[7]; 7. 91-Michael Day, 15.497[4]; 8. 938-Bradley Fezard, 16.580[5]

The Drivers Project Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 36-Jason Martin, 14.341[5]; 2. 3-Howard Moore, 14.664[3]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton, 14.683[4]; 4. 10-Landon Britt, 14.712[1]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 14.733[7]; 6. 88-Jordan Knight, 15.172[6]; 7. 32-Blair Cooper, 15.855[2]

AR Dyno Specialty Heat Races (All Drivers advance to the A-Feature):

AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson[3]; 2. 2-Whit Gastineau[2]; 3. 7C-Chris Morgan[6]; 4. 6T-Kaden Taylor[1]; 5. 6-Christopher Townsend[5]; 6. 10T-Tyler Knight[4]; 7. 72-Ray Seemann[7]; 8. (DNS) 13-Elijah Gile

AR Dyno Specialty Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88J-Jeremy Huish[1]; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[2]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett[5]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[4]; 5. 55B-Brandon Anderson[6]; 6. 1X-Jake Bubak[3]; 7. 938-Bradley Fezard[8]; 8. 91-Michael Day[7]

AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Landon Britt[1]; 2. 3-Howard Moore[3]; 3. 36-Jason Martin[4]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson[5]; 5. 2J-Zach Blurton[2]; 6. 88-Jordan Knight[6]; 7. 32-Blair Cooper[7]

A-Feature

RacinDirt A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 36-Jason Martin[3]; 2. 3-Howard Moore[2]; 3. 2-Whit Gastineau[1]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[5]; 5. 10-Landon Britt[7]; 6. 14-Jordon Mallett[9]; 7. 1X-Jake Bubak[15]; 8. 45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 9. 55B-Brandon Anderson[12]; 10. 88J-Jeremy Huish[8]; 11. 6-Christopher Townsend[14]; 12. 2J-Zach Blurton[16]; 13. 938-Bradley Fezard[18]; 14. 88-Jordan Knight[17]; 15. 91-Michael Day[22]; 16. 32-Blair Cooper[20]; 17. 72-Ray Seemann[21]; 18. 10T-Tyler Knight[19]; 19. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[6]; 20. 7C-Chris Morgan[10]; 21. 2C-Wayne Johnson[11]; 22. 6T-Kaden Taylor[13]; 23. 13-Elijah Gile[23]

Lap Leader(s): Howard Moore 1-11; Jason Martin 12-25

KSE Hard Charger: Jake Bubak +8

Driver's Project Quick Time: Jason Martin 14.341-seconds (NTR)

High Point Driver: Kyler Johnson

Provisional(s): N/A

2023 Driver Points (Top 10): 1. Jason Martin 2,090; 2. Matt Covington 2,024; 3. Howard Moore 1,911; 4. Jordon Mallett 1,895; 5. Brandon Anderson 1,866; 6. Kyler Johnson 1,745; 7. Christopher Townsend 1,596; 8. Landon Britt 1,568; 9. Michael Day 1,560; 10. Seth Bergman 1,237;

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MIDGETS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71-Kyler Johnson[1]; 2. 27-Keith Rauch[7]; 3. 7X-Shannon McQueen[2]; 4. 22T-Don Droud Jr[4]; 5. 7D-Michelle Decker[3]; 6. 52J-Corey Joyner[5]; 7. 4T-Anthony Valim[6]; 8. 91-Lance Bennett[13]; 9. 2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 10. 10-Blaze Bennett[9]; 11. 6-Collin Rinehart[11]; 12. 43-Ryan Oerter[14]; 13. 7-Troy Simpson[10]; 14. 76-Mark Hamilton[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Kyler Johnson[5]; 2. 7D-Michelle Decker[1]; 3. 52J-Corey Joyner[4]; 4. 27-Keith Rauch[7]; 5. 10-Blaze Bennett[3]; 6. 6-Collin Rinehart[2]; 7. 91-Lance Bennett[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Shannon McQueen[1]; 2. 22T-Don Droud Jr[7]; 3. 4T-Anthony Valim[3]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[5]; 5. 7-Troy Simpson[2]; 6. 76-Mark Hamilton[4]; 7. 43-Ryan Oerter[6]

NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 4-Jude Allgayer[1]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden[6]; 3. 31BW-Braxton Weger[8]; 4. 97-Cash Lacombe[4]; 5. 87C-Callan Hill[3]; 6. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[9]; 7. 83-Dawson Woods[5]; 8. 24C-Cale Lagroon[7]; 9. 14C-Jayce Caldwell[14]; 10. 18-Tityn Roberts[11]; 11. 2K-Kelby Fetters[12]; 12. 73-Ty Fulghum[2]; 13. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[10]; 14. 17H-Brayden Hedges[13]; 15. 75-Deekan McRoberts[15]; 16. (DNS) 18T-Taelynne Roberts

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jude Allgayer[1]; 2. 83-Dawson Woods[2]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 4. 24C-Cale Lagroon[4]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger[8]; 6. 18-Tityn Roberts[7]; 7. 14C-Jayce Caldwell[6]; 8. 75-Deekan McRoberts[5]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cash Lacombe[2]; 2. 87C-Callan Hill[5]; 3. 73-Ty Fulghum[4]; 4. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[1]; 5. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[3]; 6. 2K-Kelby Fetters[6]; 7. 17H-Brayden Hedges[7]; 8. (DNS) 18T-Taelynne Roberts

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 00:12.851[4]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:12.977[7]; 3. 83-Dawson Woods, 00:13.157[5]; 4. 4-Jude Allgayer, 00:13.197[6]; 5. 75-Deekan McRoberts, 00:13.199[2]; 6. 14C-Jayce Caldwell, 00:13.407[3]; 7. 18-Tityn Roberts, 00:13.538[1]; 8. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:13.749[8]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 73-Ty Fulghum, 00:12.854[1]; 2. 88H-Ricky Holbrook, 00:13.235[7]; 3. 97-Cash Lacombe, 00:13.405[5]; 4. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman, 00:13.525[6]; 5. 87C-Callan Hill, 00:13.893[2]; 6. 2K-Kelby Fetters, 00:14.352[8]; 7. 17H-Brayden Hedges, 00:15.750[4]; 8. (DNS) 18T-Taelynne Roberts, 00:15.750

NOW600 A-CLASS MICROS

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 77E-Cole Esgar[2]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[6]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody[4]; 4. 27KW-Kaden Weger[3]; 5. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 6. 212-Daniel Williams[8]; 7. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[14]; 8. 31BW-Braxton Weger[18]; 9. 24C-Cale Lagroon[7]; 10. 4G-Landon Gasseling[11]; 11. 9$-Jaden Holder[15]; 12. 81-Ethan Larsen[17]; 13. 72-Mayson Seemann[12]; 14. 33K-Sean Kneeland[13]; 15. 9A-Hunter Hanson[10]; 16. 80-Cody Caldwell[9]; 17. 81B-Bobby Bates[16]; 18. 23-Evan Peitz[19]; 19. (DQ) 83-Brant Woods[1]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27KW-Kaden Weger[2]; 2. 77E-Cole Esgar[4]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[3]; 4. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[1]; 5. 33K-Sean Kneeland[6]; 6. 81B-Bobby Bates[7]; 7. 23-Evan Peitz[5]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods[4]; 2. 80-Cody Caldwell[1]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 4. 72-Mayson Seemann[2]; 5. 9$-Jaden Holder[5]; 6. 81-Ethan Larsen[6]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 78C-Chance Cody[1]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden[2]; 3. 212-Daniel Williams[3]; 4. 9A-Hunter Hanson[5]; 5. 4G-Landon Gasseling[4]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger[6]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 77E-Cole Esgar, 00:12.181[1]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:12.219[2]; 3. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:12.312[6]; 4. 17E-Kaylee Esgar, 00:12.375[7]; 5. 23-Evan Peitz, 00:12.951[4]; 6. 33K-Sean Kneeland, 00:12.965[3]; 7. 81B-Bobby Bates, 00:14.145[5]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods, 00:12.146[1]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 00:12.334[2]; 3. 72-Mayson Seemann, 00:12.345[5]; 4. 80-Cody Caldwell, 00:12.509[6]; 5. 9$-Jaden Holder, 00:12.591[4]; 6. 81-Ethan Larsen, 00:12.740[3]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 4G-Landon Gasseling, 00:12.550[1]; 2. 212-Daniel Williams, 00:12.562[2]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:12.638[3]; 4. 78C-Chance Cody, 00:12.700[4]; 5. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 00:12.886[6]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:12.886[5]

NOW600 NON-WING MICROS

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 49A-Ace Moore[2]; 2. 01-Weldon Buford[4]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[10]; 4. 45-Skyler Burns[8]; 5. 9$-Jaden Holder[11]; 6. 97-Donnie Burrows[1]; 7. 71-Shea Ricke[12]; 8. 65K-Kye Ricke[13]; 9. 1X-Reid Shipman[14]; 10. 78C-Chance Cody[3]; 11. 10S-Scout Spraggins[9]; 12. 27KW-Kaden Weger[6]; 13. 49Z-Zak Moore[7]; 14. 48-Hunter Kohn[5]; 15. (DNS) 49-Kris Moore

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78C-Chance Cody[2]; 2. 01-Weldon Buford[4]; 3. 48-Hunter Kohn[3]; 4. 49Z-Zak Moore[6]; 5. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 6. 9$-Jaden Holder[7]; 7. 65K-Kye Ricke[8]; 8. 49-Kris Moore[1]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49A-Ace Moore[2]; 2. 27KW-Kaden Weger[1]; 3. 97-Donnie Burrows[4]; 4. 45-Skyler Burns[5]; 5. 10S-Scout Spraggins[3]; 6. 71-Shea Ricke[6]; 7. 1X-Reid Shipman[7]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 01-Weldon Buford, 00:12.899[1]; 2. 48-Hunter Kohn, 00:12.912[4]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody, 00:12.923[7]; 4. 49-Kris Moore, 00:12.923[6]; 5. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:12.980[2]; 6. 49Z-Zak Moore, 00:13.033[5]; 7. 9$-Jaden Holder, 00:13.288[3]; 8. 65K-Kye Ricke, 00:13.540[8]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 97-Donnie Burrows, 00:13.183[5]; 2. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 00:13.290[2]; 3. 49A-Ace Moore, 00:13.307[6]; 4. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:13.354[7]; 5. 45-Skyler Burns, 00:13.407[1]; 6. 71-Shea Ricke, 00:13.476[3]; 7. 1X-Reid Shipman, 00:13.750[4]