Berryhill Blows by Johnson for the Win
by Chad Buford
Aarron Berryhill pressured Jason Johnson for half of the 30 lap A-Feature on Lake Ozarks 1/3 mile oval before using lapped traffic and the low grove to power by Johnson for the white and checkered flag laps for the win. Berryhill recorded his second career Winged Outlaw Warrior win and his first career National win with ASCS.
Crossing the finish line behind Berryhill was Gary Wright who charged form a seventeenth starting spot. Johnson finished third, followed by Zach Chappell and Wayne Johnson to round out the top five. O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National Rookie canidate, Jack Dover, finished sixth followed by Tim Montgomer, Travis Rilat and Garry Lee Maier. Winged Outlaw Warrior's Rookie canidates Jonathan Cornell, J Kinder and Austin Alumbaugh battled to finish tenth, eleventh and twelfth.
Randy Martin's night ended on lap 25 when he clipped a tire and lost streering sending his car into the victory lane area of the track. Bad luck also caught Rex Combs on the opening lap of the first heat when he flipped his car in turn four. Absent from competition at Lake Ozark was Curtis Boyer. Curtis and his wife, Shonda, became parents of Chevy Andrew Boyer on Thursday, May 1st.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 97-Aaron Berryhill-Broken Arrow, OK (7), 2. 01-Gary Wright-Hooks, TX (17), 3. 41-Jason Johnson-Eunice, LA (1), 4. 50z-Zach Chappell-Talalha, OK (5), 5. 94-Wayne Johnson-Knoxville, IA (20), 6. 53-Jack Dover-Springfield, NE (4), 7. 91-Tim Montgomery-Fredericktown, MO (19)8. 29-Travis Rilat-Forney, TX (10), 9. 11x-Garry Lee Maier-Cimmeron, KS (23), 10. 28-Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO (2), 11. 88-J. Kinder-Linn, MO (8), 12. 33-Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO (15) 13. 15s-Nick Smith-Broken Arrow, OK (3), 14. 6-Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO (21), 15. 86-Josh Fisher-Smithton, MO (25), 16. 2w-Kenneth Walker-Sapulpa, OK (22), 17. b4-Eric Baldaccini-Keller, TX (6), 18. 3b-Brad Greer-Coulterville, IL (12), 19. 18-Tim Newman-Cameron, MO (16), 20. 14-Randy Martin-California, MO (18), 21. 1p-Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO (16), 22. 21h-Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO (11), 23. 3-Mark Shirshekan-Farmington, MO (13), 24. 13-Kathryne Minter-Bedford, TX (24), 25. 29T-Eric Todd-Falcon, MO (9)
Lap Leaders: Jason Johnson 1-17, Aaron Berryhill 18, Johnson 19-28, Berryhill 29-30.
Brown Takes WOW Victory at Sedalia
Sedalia, MO(May 4th)-Taking advantage of a late caution Brian Brown won the third annual Bob Ramey Memorial at Missouri State Fair Speedway with the O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors. Jason Johnson jumped into the lead at the start followed by polesitter Curtis Evans and Wayne Johnson. Johnson would bring out the yellow before a lap could be completed as he slowed coming out of turn four while running third. On the next start, Johnson again jumped into the lead followed by Evans, Brown, and Jack Dover. Action would again be stopped on lap two as WOW rookie contender Austin Alumbaugh spun into the turn four guardrail. He would be able to restart.
On the restart, Johnson again jumped out to a big lead followed by Evans and Brown.
On lap four, Brown and Dover would both get by Evans with Martin rounding out the top five. A lap later, Martin would get by Evans for fourth. Also on the move at this point were Tony Bruce Jr. and Danny Lasoski, who both had started fairly deep in the field.
A Main-20 laps
1. 21X Brian Brown-Grain Valley, MO(6) 2. 41 Jason Johnson-Eunice, LA(2) 3. 18T Tony Bruce Jr.-Liberal, KS(10) 4. 01 Danny Lasoski-Higginsville, MO(15) 5. 53 Jack Dover-Springfield, NE(8) 6. 4J Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(17) 7. 14 Randy Martin-California, MO(5) 8. 1P Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO(1) 9. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(18) 10. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO(16) 11. 92 Zach Chappell-Talala, OK(7) 12. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO(12) 13. 6 Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO(3) 14. 15 Jack Potter-Pleasant Hill, MO(19) 15. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(13) 16. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(14) 17. 94s Natalie Sather-Fargo, ND(11) 18. 18 Tim Newman-Cameron, MO(20) 19. 9C Tony Crank - Sedalia, MO(9)-DNF 20. 94 Wayne Johnson-Knoxville, IA(4)-DNF
