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Herbert takes win No. 5 at Dodge City
By the URSS
Special to The Hays Daily News
DODGE CITY — Mother Nature had been baking Southwestern Kansas all weekend with temperatures over the century mark and Saturday was no different. Twenty-Two drivers checked in at the gate to do battle at DCRP and the racing action was hot and heavy and the fans on hand were not disappointed. When the checkers flew in was Dodge City’s Brian Herbert picking up his fifth URSS Feature win of the 2008 Season.
Ulysses Kansas’s Jerry Caldwell brought the field to the green with Fowler Kansas’s Ritchie Dewell jumping out to the early lead with Caldwell, John Colbert, Kevin Smith and Darren Bowman rounding out the top five. Dewell held the lead but the battle for second heated up between Caldwell and Kevin Smith who was pressuring him for the spot. Tyler Knight worked his up to the fourth spot by lap four relegating Colbert to fifth.
Darren Bowman and Taylor Velasquez took the fifth and sixth spots on lap five with Brian Herbert applying the heat to Colbert for the sixth position. Lap six saw the caution wave as Brandon Fisher came to a stop in turn two after making contact with the wall. On the restart Dewell once again stretched his legs out as he rocketed off into the lead. Caldwell and Smith returned to their battle for the runner up spot with Smith making the pass for the spot on lap nine bringing Velasquez with him into the third position. Lap ten saw Velasquez take over the second spot as Smith slipped to third.
Brian Herbert continued his run through the field as he took the third spot on lap twelve. As the trio started to come upon lapped traffic, the battle for the lead heated up once again. Dewell, Velasquez and Herbert dice their way in and out of traffic for the next five laps as they jockeyed for the position only to have Dewell retain the lead at the stripe. Lap eighteen saw Dewell and Velasquez come up on a lapped car and Herbert dove around the pair to take the lead on lap eighteen. Velasquez took the second spot from Dewell on lap nineteen and set his sights on Herbert. Velasquez used a lapped car to grab the lead on lap twenty-one.
Back in the pack, Keefe Hemel had been working his way through the field from his thirteen starting spot to grab the sixth position on lap twenty-one. Hemel and fifth place Tyler Knight had their sights set on Dewell as they worked their way through traffic. Herbert used a lapped car once again to take the lead from Velasquez on lap twenty-three as Knight turned up the wick on Dewell. Knight grabbed the third spot from Dewell on lap twenty-four as the leaders took the white flag. When the checkers flew it was Herbert picking up his fifth URSS Feature win with Velasquez, Knight, Dewell and Hemel rounding out the top five.
The Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger Award” went to Taylor Milton who came from his twentieth starting spot to finish in the seventh position. It wasn’t without a Herculean effort by members of several crews to get Taylor’s car back together after a Heat # 2 tumble. Parts came from all over the pits to rebuild his mount.
Heat Race Winners were Darren Bowman, Ty Williams and Brian Herbert.
A-Main” 1-Brian Herbert (97), 2-Taylor Velasquez (21), 3-Tyler Knight (11K), 4-Ritchie Dewell (112), 5-Keefe Hemel (11), 6-Darren Bowman (9B), 7-Taylor Milton (91X), 8-Kevin Smith (62K), 9-Lance Davis (9DJ), 10-Brian May (8), 11-Jerry Caldwell (80), 12-John Colbert (79C), 13-Kris Moore (49), 14-Justin Chaffin (69), 15-Steve Dalton (12D), 16-Barry Crane (30C), 17-Cody Caldwell (77), 18-Van Kuhn (K3), 19-Ty Williams (1), 20-Brandon Fisher (14)
Heat #1: 1-Bowman, 2-Moore, 3-J. Caldwell, 4-Dewell, 5-Fisher, 6-Crane, 7-Chaffin, 8-Jecha
Heat #2: 1-Williams, 2-Colbert, 3-Knight, 4-Dalton, 5-May, 6-Reinhardt, 7-Milton
Heat #3: Herbert, 2-Smith, 3-Velasquez, 4-Hemel, 5-Davis, 6-C. Caldwell, 7-Kuhn
Special to The Hays Daily News
DODGE CITY — Mother Nature had been baking Southwestern Kansas all weekend with temperatures over the century mark and Saturday was no different. Twenty-Two drivers checked in at the gate to do battle at DCRP and the racing action was hot and heavy and the fans on hand were not disappointed. When the checkers flew in was Dodge City’s Brian Herbert picking up his fifth URSS Feature win of the 2008 Season.
Ulysses Kansas’s Jerry Caldwell brought the field to the green with Fowler Kansas’s Ritchie Dewell jumping out to the early lead with Caldwell, John Colbert, Kevin Smith and Darren Bowman rounding out the top five. Dewell held the lead but the battle for second heated up between Caldwell and Kevin Smith who was pressuring him for the spot. Tyler Knight worked his up to the fourth spot by lap four relegating Colbert to fifth.
Darren Bowman and Taylor Velasquez took the fifth and sixth spots on lap five with Brian Herbert applying the heat to Colbert for the sixth position. Lap six saw the caution wave as Brandon Fisher came to a stop in turn two after making contact with the wall. On the restart Dewell once again stretched his legs out as he rocketed off into the lead. Caldwell and Smith returned to their battle for the runner up spot with Smith making the pass for the spot on lap nine bringing Velasquez with him into the third position. Lap ten saw Velasquez take over the second spot as Smith slipped to third.
Brian Herbert continued his run through the field as he took the third spot on lap twelve. As the trio started to come upon lapped traffic, the battle for the lead heated up once again. Dewell, Velasquez and Herbert dice their way in and out of traffic for the next five laps as they jockeyed for the position only to have Dewell retain the lead at the stripe. Lap eighteen saw Dewell and Velasquez come up on a lapped car and Herbert dove around the pair to take the lead on lap eighteen. Velasquez took the second spot from Dewell on lap nineteen and set his sights on Herbert. Velasquez used a lapped car to grab the lead on lap twenty-one.
Back in the pack, Keefe Hemel had been working his way through the field from his thirteen starting spot to grab the sixth position on lap twenty-one. Hemel and fifth place Tyler Knight had their sights set on Dewell as they worked their way through traffic. Herbert used a lapped car once again to take the lead from Velasquez on lap twenty-three as Knight turned up the wick on Dewell. Knight grabbed the third spot from Dewell on lap twenty-four as the leaders took the white flag. When the checkers flew it was Herbert picking up his fifth URSS Feature win with Velasquez, Knight, Dewell and Hemel rounding out the top five.
The Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger Award” went to Taylor Milton who came from his twentieth starting spot to finish in the seventh position. It wasn’t without a Herculean effort by members of several crews to get Taylor’s car back together after a Heat # 2 tumble. Parts came from all over the pits to rebuild his mount.
Heat Race Winners were Darren Bowman, Ty Williams and Brian Herbert.
A-Main” 1-Brian Herbert (97), 2-Taylor Velasquez (21), 3-Tyler Knight (11K), 4-Ritchie Dewell (112), 5-Keefe Hemel (11), 6-Darren Bowman (9B), 7-Taylor Milton (91X), 8-Kevin Smith (62K), 9-Lance Davis (9DJ), 10-Brian May (8), 11-Jerry Caldwell (80), 12-John Colbert (79C), 13-Kris Moore (49), 14-Justin Chaffin (69), 15-Steve Dalton (12D), 16-Barry Crane (30C), 17-Cody Caldwell (77), 18-Van Kuhn (K3), 19-Ty Williams (1), 20-Brandon Fisher (14)
Heat #1: 1-Bowman, 2-Moore, 3-J. Caldwell, 4-Dewell, 5-Fisher, 6-Crane, 7-Chaffin, 8-Jecha
Heat #2: 1-Williams, 2-Colbert, 3-Knight, 4-Dalton, 5-May, 6-Reinhardt, 7-Milton
Heat #3: Herbert, 2-Smith, 3-Velasquez, 4-Hemel, 5-Davis, 6-C. Caldwell, 7-Kuhn
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