Dittman Strikes Kansas Gold At 81 Speedway
October 3, 2009 (Wichita, Kansas)
Frank Dittman of Moore, Oklahoma took his third A Feature win in four Oil Capital Racing Series attempts Saturday night at the famed 81 Speedway in Wichita, Kansas. The event produced 37 race teams. A 2009 high for OCRS.
Oklahoma City hot shoe Joe Wood Jr. started in row two of the 25 lap affair and wheeled his J.D. Porter Racing's #71 racer sponsored by Jeff's Performance and BKG Graphics into the lead at the drop of the green flag and led the first 6 circuits. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver Jonathan Beason chased Wood during those first six laps in the Broken Arrow Lawn and Garden racer until taking the top spot for himself on the seventh lap. Beason led until lap number 16 when Wood went back out front briefly. Wood then encountered racings tough love as he was forced pit-side on lap 17 when his brakes failed thus giving Beason back the lead.
Three laps later, a yellow would slow the action for Johnny Kent who spun. On the restart, Dittman snared the lead from Beason in his Bishop Racing Components / Ratti Kool Grapfics #83 mount and he would lead the rest of the way for the win. Beason would cross the stripe in second only to be disqualified for a weight infraction in post race inspection. A similar fate struck Michelle Decker. Decker hit the checkers behind Beason for what would of been a third place finish (second after Beason's DQ) but was also dq'd herself for having a non approved right rear tire.
Waylon Weaver was credited with second after the official finish was posted with Dean Drake Jr third, Travis Jenkins fourth and point leader Jamie Passmore fifth. Dittman was also victorious in the Dash for Cash race.
The first of two B features was won by Ty Williams followed by Johnny Kent, Taylor Milton, Tanner Mullins and David Dutton. The second B main found Evan Sewell the winner with David Stephenson, Brian Roberts and Keith Bolton and Phillips Davis next.
Fred Mattox flipped in the third heat while Kris Miller turned over in the second B Feature. Both drivers walked away.
The next race for the OCRS sprint cars is next Friday October 9, at the Outlaw Motor Speedway in Wainwright, Oklahoma
OCRS Results From October 3, 2009
37 Cars
Heat1:
1) Jonathan Beason 2) Joe Wood Jr. 3) Earl McDoulette 4) David Stephenson 5) Brian Roberts 6) Keith Bolton 7) Kaycee Frazier 8) Burt Davis
Heat 2:
1) Larry Neighbors 2) Dean Drake Jr. 3) Jamie McDonald 4) Kyle Clark 5) Phillip Davis 6) David Dutton 7) Kurt Gariss 8) Jeff Garnett
Heat 3:
1) Mike Goodman 2) Brian Herbert 3) Waylon Weaver 4) Ty Williams 5) Tanner Mullens 6) Nathan Campbell 7) Fred Mattox
Heat 4:
1) Frank Dittman 2) Rafe Essary 3) Matt Sherrell 4) Jamie Passmore 5) Evan Sewell 6) Johnny Kent 7) Kris Miller
Heat 5)
1) Travis Jenkins 2) Michelle Decker 3) Danny Smith 4) Taylor Milton 5) Terry Easum 6) Dustyn Caudle 7) Michael Tyre
Mid-America Speedway / Same Day Auto "Dash For Cash:":
1) Frank Dittman 2) Mike Goodman 3) Jonathan Beason 4) Joe Wood Jr. 5) Travis Jenkins 6) Larry Neighbors (DNS)
B Feature #1 (Top 2 Transfer):
1) Ty Williams 2) Johnny Kent 3) Taylor Milton 4) Tanner Mullens 5) David Dutton 6) Kurt Gariss 7) Jeff Garnett 8) Michael Tyre 9) Terry Easum
B Feature #2 (Top 2 Transfer):
1) Evan Sewell 2) David Stephenson 3) Brian Roberts 4) Keith Bolton 5) Phillip Davis 6) Dustyn Caudle 7) Kaycee Frazier 8) Nathan Campbell 9) Kris Miller
A Feature (25 Laps):
1) Frank Dittman 2) Waylon Weaver 3) Dean Drake Jr. 4) Travis Jenkins 5) Jamie Passmore 6) Matt Sherrell 7) Rafe Essary 8) Danny Smith 9) Kyle Clark 10) Earl McDoulett 11) Davis Stephenson 12) Johnny Kent 13) Joe Wood Jr. 14) Mike Goodman 15) Jamie McDonald 16) Brian Herbert 17) Evan Sewell 18) Ty Williams 19) Michelle Decker (DQ) 20) Jonathan Beason (DQ) 21. Larry Neighbors (DNS)
