KIDS JOIN IN THE RACING ACTION AT JRP SPEEDWAY!!

     Here at JRP Speedway in West Tulsa, we have began a FWD Novice class for young drivers who don't have much or any driving experience.

Rocky Welch, of Glenpool has dominated the class thus far winning every event.  Saturday night he won his 4^th feature of the season. Even though there weren't many cars, these three youngsters put on an exciting race!

Last season's can am student, Dylan Harden debuted in his fwd novice car. Started at the rear and took a little while to catch up. He passed second place Heather Ford on lap4 to set his sights on little Rocky. He passed Rocky with one lop to go, got a little too excited and Rocky slid under him, the duo hit each other, Harden lost control and the lead for Rocky  to capture the checkered flag. Harden finished second, Heather came in 3^rd.

     Also for the youngsters  is the Can-Am school division. Jacob Ford captured his first win of the season. 6 year old Jacob Ford led from start to finish to take the top honors. #5 Alexis Holleyman, for the third race in arow took the second spot. Grant Gibson piloting the #00 machine, took third. Points leader and last season's champion Colby Anderson starting at the rear of the pack, finished fourth. #24 Gavin Moore started fifth and finished fifth. Youngster, Victor Holleyman, driving a back up car finished in the sixth spot, followed by Keith Pleasant and Jeffrey Few. #16 Douglas Buchan was unable to start the feature.

     Also a division for the young ones, The Mini Cup Future Stars, put on some great racing action!  Austin Fullerton of Claremore, once again took the top honors leading the 20 lap feature from start to finish over Austin Johnson driving the #07 car. Braden Huff, sporting a new body this week took the third spot. #98 Tanner Phillips took home fourth, followed by Adrien Hickman and Caleb Huff.

    The Baby Grand Division has been dominated by lady driver Chelsie Roe of Mounds, Oklahoma. Points leader Chelsie , took over the lead from Mark Bartley on lap 5 and remained unchallenged for the checkered flag. Mark finished in second. Tyler Herdman, in Baby Grand Jr Pro division finished third behind Mark, but was declared the winner in the Jr Pro division. #29 Austin Read took fourth, and Stacey Herdman rounded out the top five.

     Two time Champion, Chris Ford took home the win in the Factory Stock division. Ford started in the 3^rd position and passed early leader and pole sitter Billy Perkins on lap 7 of the 20 lap feature. Starting from the 6^th position, Heat winner Jeremy Allen worked his way up to finish 3^rd. Point leader Dann Gray in the #06 Chevy starting at the rear of the field finished fourth. Hot Rodder Gregg Overstreet rounded out the top five.  Joining the factory Stocks this week, was 3 time modified champion Jim Estes, Driving for owner Ted Roberts and Bayouth Insurance, finished in the sixth spot, Jimmy Kirby of Wagoner took seventh and Tyler Lane of Muskogee took eighth.

     The Mini Stock feature was an exciting one, with some drivers trying to drive on the wall instead of the track!  Herb “Cornfed” Adkins, captured his first victory of the season. The #00 led from start to finish, putting several drivers laps down.  Visiting Creek County Driver Michael Tyre, starting near the rear of the field finished in the second spot. Shawn Hopkins substituting for his brother Matt, came in third. During a 4 car pile up in turn two, #11 racer, Phillip Cook, decided to go high to avoid the crash and actually drover on top of the wall , on the other side of the crash, and continued to finish the race in the fourth position.  He was followed by Jimmy Masterson, Orby Boyce, and Evan Smith.  Lee Passmore was unable to start due to a blown engine during the heat race.  The Pro – 4's in the race was won by Brett Fuller, second week in a row, Grumpy Tyre and Billy cook.

     In the Dwarf division, points leader, Kevin Brewer of Owasso, passed early leader Rick Quinn on lap 9 to take home another checkered flag! This race got off to a rough start, when the #50 of Kelly Brewer backed into turn two wall on the first lap, ruining his race for the night.  Also Alex Bachtell driving the #25 dwarf car, left the track on lap 4, due to mechanical failure.

Rick Quinn in the #01 car, finished second, Mike Evans of Kellyville came in third, Tyler Bachtell took fourth, and David Cummins rounded out the top five.

     Eric Frakes took home his fourth win of the season in the FWD division race here Saturday night. Starting in the fifth position, Eric worked his way through heavy traffic and crashes overtaking early leader Kimberly Bishop on lap 3 to go on and capture the checkered flag. Early in the race, #76 Slim Burklin in his new purple car, spun twice and was sent to the pits early. Lap seven, we had a five car pile up in turn two involving points leader, Lea Welch, Adrien Hickman, Scott Walker and Tony Vierheller. All were able to continue, until lap 11 when the #1 of Adrien Hickman hit hard again in turn two, retiring him from the race. Visiting driver, Larry Leonard, starting from the back of the pack, took the second spot. Kimberly fell back to take third. Lady driver, Lea Welch took the fourth position, and Tony Vierheller rounded out the top five.  They were followed by: Raymond Tayloe, Toby Cooper, Mike Eastwood, and Scott Walker.

     Thats all for this week folks. We will run again next week to make up our race on the 31^st of May. We will have a fireworks display after the races!  We are now beginning an hour later due to the hot weather.  Hot laps begin at 6:00 Heats begin at 7:00

 See you at the races!

Debbie Estes

Factory Stocks: 1. Chris Ford, 2. Billy Perkins, 3. Jeremy Allen, 4. Danny Gray, 5. Gregg Overstreet, 6. Jim Estes, 7. Jimmy Kirby, 8. Tyler Lane.

Heat Winners: Chris Ford and Jeremy Allen.

FWD: 1. Eric Frakes, 2. Larry Leonard, 3. Kimmy Bishop, 4. Lea Welch, 5. Tony Vierheller, 6. Raymond Tayloe, 7. Toby Cooper, 8. Mike Eastwood, 9. Scott Walker, 10. Adrien Hickman, 11. Slim Burklin, 12. Jerry Rodman(dns).

Heat Winner: Eric Frakes and Slim Burklin.

FWD Novice: 1. Rocky Welch, 2. Dylan Harden, 3. Heather Ford. 

Heat Winner: Rocky Welch.

Pro 4: 1. Brett Fuller, 2. Billy Cook, 3. Grumpy Tyre.

Heat Winner: Brett Fuller.

Dwarf: 1. Kevin Brewer, 2. Rick Quinn, 3. Mike Evans, 4. Tyler Bachtell, 5. David Cummins, 6. Alex Bachtell, 7. Kelly Brewer.

Heat Winners: Kevin Brewer  and Alex Bachtell.

Mini Stock: 1. Herb Adkins, 2. Michael Tyre, 3. Matt Hopkins (shawn) 4. Phillip Cook, 5. Jimmy Masterson, 6. Orby Boyce, 7. Evan Smith, 8. Lee Passmore (dns).

Heat Winners: Matt (shawn) Hopkins, and Herb Adkins.

Can-Am Kids: 1. Jacob Ford, 2. Alexis Holleyman, 3. Grant Gibson, 4. Colby Anderson, 5. Gavin Moore, 6. Victor Holleyman, 7. Keith Pleasant, 8. Jeffrey Few, 9. Douglas Buchan (dns).

Heat Winners: Jacob Ford and Grant Gibson.

Mini Cup Future Stars: 1. Austin Fullerton, 2. Austin Johnson, 3. Braden Huff, 4. Tanner Phillips, 5. Adrien Hickman, 6. Caleb Huff.

Heat Winner: Adrien Hickman.

Baby Grands: 1. Chelsie Roe, 2. Mark Bartley, 3. Tyler Herdman, 4. Austin Read, 5. Stacey Herdman.

Heat Winner: Chelsie Roe.