PARK CITY, Kansas (April
10, 2010) – Sherman
Davis of Sand Springs, Oklahoma
quickly took the lead from his pole
starting position and went the
entire distance virtually
unchallenged to win the 2010
O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car series
opener Saturday night at 81 Speedway
in Park City, Kansas.
Brodix rookie of the year
candidate Kirby Robe started
alongside Davis for the twenty-five
lap feature but it was Davis quickly
jumping out to a six car length
advantage. Third starting J.D.
Johnson, Trevor Grossenbacher
and Robe gave chase with the pace
quickly coming to halt on lap two
when Airflow Racing Products hard
luck driver A.J. Selenke got
sideways in turns one and two then
was collected by Luke Cranston to
bring out the first of three
cautions flags on the event. Both
drivers retired to the pits.
While under caution, defending
series champion Garry Lee Maier, who
was running eighth, stopped on the
track but would return to the event,
restarting at the tail of the field.
Once racing action resumed it
was still Davis, followed by
Johnson, Grossenbacher, Jeremy
Campbell and Aaron Berryhill with
the leader quickly opening up a
sizeable advantage by lap five.
The races second caution would
wave on lap ten when Doug Lovegrove
slowed to a stop on the backstretch.
On the restart it was the same
tune with Davis continuing to set
the pace with Johnson the only
driver able to keep pace.
The caution would wave for the
final time on lap twenty-two when
Brodix rookie of the year contender
Tanner Mullins came to a stop with a
flat right rear.
On the final restart there was
no stopping Davis as he led the
final three laps to take his first
career O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car
victory.” Starting up front, I
really didn’t know where to run or
who was coming,” said Davis, driver
of the Morgan and Chelsea
Racing/Cook Enterprises/Crankcase
Service Inc. Maxim chassis sprinter.
“The car was starting to shake there
at the end but we just kept going. I
have never had very good luck here
so about time things turned around.”
Johnson held on for second
with Brodix rookie of the year
contender Grossenbacher finishing
third. Campbell, his first night
aboard the Danny King owned, E85
Ethanol sponsored sprinter, came
home fourth while fourteenth
starting Jason Martin rounded out
the top five.
The eight lap heat races for
the twenty-six car field were won by
Davis, Robe and Campbell while
rookie Jordan Whitehead topped the
twelve lap “B” feature.
The next event for the
O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car series will
be held on Monday night, May 31st,
at 81 Speedway.
The O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car
series is entering its 21st
consecutive season while the series
itself is in the midst of their 40th
season of sanctioning dirt track
races throughout the Plains.
The series would like to thank
the following for their partnership
with the O’Reilly/NCRA sprint car
series for the 2010 race season.
2010 NCRA sprint car sponsors:
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race
Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels
2010 NCRA sprint car contingency
partners: Arizona Sports Shirts,
Airflow Racing Products, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Hooker Harness,
Keizer Racing Wheels, Pro Shocks,
Racing Optics, Rod End Supply,
Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld
Headers, Super Shox, Taylor Cable
Products, The Joie of Seating,
Ultra-Shield Race Products, Vertex
Magnetos and Winters Performance
Parts.
81
Speedway
Park City, Kansas
April 10, 2010
HEAT 1 - 1, Sherman Davis. 2,
Mike Peters. 3, Aaron Berryhill. 4,
Doug Lovegrove. 5, Jason Donley. 6,
Jason Martin. 7, Luke Cranston. 8,
Patrick Stasa. 9, Jeff Stasa.
HEAT 2 - 1, Kirby Robe. 2,
Trevor Grossenbacher. 3, J.D.
Johnson. 4, Gavin Punch. 5, Jordan
Whitehead. 6, Steve Richardson. 7,
Jeff Forshee. 8, Logan Walker. 9,
C.J. Johnson.
HEAT 3 - 1, Jeremy Campbell.
2, Tanner Mullins. 3, Garry Lee
Maier. 4, Andy Shouse. 5, Ryan
Roberts. 6, A.J. Selenke. 7, Kris
Miller. 8, Jon Freeman.
B FEATURE - 1, Jordan
Whitehead. 2, Jason Donley. 3, A.J.
Selenke. 4, Steve Richardson. 5,
Patrick Stasa. 6, Luke Cranston. 7,
Jon Freeman. 8, Logan Walker. 9,
Jeff Stasa. 10, Kris Miller. 11,
C.J. Johnson. 12, Cody Forshee.
A FEATURE - 1, Sherman Davis.
2, J.D. Johnson. 3, Trevor
Grossenbacher. 4, Jeremy Campbell.
5, Jason Martin. 6, Aaron Berryhill.
7, Gavin Punch. 8, Mike Peters. 9,
Patrick Stasa. 10, Jason Donley. 11,
Garry Lee Maier. 12, Tanner Mullins.
13, Andy Shouse. 14, Ryan Roberts.
15, Jordan Whitehead. 16, Steve
Richardson. 17, Doug Lovegrove. 18,
Kirby Robe. 19, A.J. Selenke. 20,
Luke Cranston.