LACROSSE, Kansas (July 25, 2020) – The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing took to the Bullring at Rush County Speedway in LaCrosse, Kansas on Saturday night for night one of “The Bullring Nationals”. A stacked and talented nineteen-car field was in attendance as Hutchinson, Kansas’ Steven Richardson maneuvered a last-lap pass to claim the night one feature win.
Zach Blurton and Jordan Knight set the pace for the 25-lap feature event as Blurton took off with the early lead, Koby Walters and Jordan Knight would fall in line behind the race leader. Blurton finessed lap traffic on lap seven, separating some distance between himself and the runner-up.
A late-race caution would see the field bunched back up and confusion on the restart would cause chaos for the front-runners of Zach Blurton and Koby Walters. As the Kansas competitors, eager to race on the restart, would get in too much of a hurry racing into turns one and 2, but the wave of the green had not yet occurred. Walters and Blurton would tangle and be sent to the tail of the field on the next restart, putting Jordan Knight into the top position.
The green-white-checkered restart was one for the books and would find Knight with the lead, but Steven Richardson right there to challenge for the top spot. The two would battle hard with Richardson edging past Knight at the checkers, winning the race by only 0.057-seconds. Connor Atkinson, Tyler Knight, and JD Johnson rounded out the top-five finishers.
Jetmore, Kansas resident Jeremy Huish would gain the Keizer Aluminum Wheels hard-charger award of the evening, passing nine cars to finish in the ninth position. Steven Richardson, Tyler Knight, and Koby Walters each claimed heat race wins with the United Rebel Sprint Series on Saturday night.
Next up for the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is night two of The Bullring Nationals at Rush County Speedway in LaCrosse, Kansas. The victor will take home a $1,000 payday.
A Feature (25 laps): 1) Steven Richardson, 2) Jordan Knight, 3) Connor Atkinson, 4) Tyler Knight, 5) JD Johnson, 6) Jed Werner, 7) Kyler Johnson, 8) Taylor Velasquez, 9) Jeremy Huish, 10) Ray Seeman, 11) Zach Blurton, 12) Willie Wynn, 13) Koby Walters, 14) Ross Essenburg, 15) Howard Van Dyke, 16) Jody Reeves, 17) Monty Ferriera, 18) Chad Salem, 19) Darren Berry
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- administrator on Jul 26, 2020
- Article Date: 7/26/2020