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By the URSS

BEAVER, Okla. — This time, Jason Martin didn't have
things slip away.And when he got to the
lead, he proved why he's one of the best sprint car drivers in the region.Martin came from his seventh-place starting
spot to win the second United Rebel Sprint Series race of the year Sunday night at Beaver County Raceway in Beaver,
Okla.

Martin finished second to Luke Cranston at the season-opener April 17 at the
same track."The first night, I thought we had a chance to win it,"?the Liberal
driver said. "Then we had a caution and rode around for about 10 to 15 laps, it
seemed, and the tires sealed up. We wanted to make a point this time. We had our
guns loaded and ready to go."Pole-sitter
Keefe Hemel led until just near
the halfway point while Martin worked his way through the field. Martin took the
top spot from Hemel on lap 15 and steadily increased his lead the rest of the
race.

Hemel, who finished 17th at the April 17 race, said he had a feeling he could
have an opportunity to win the race."You
always hope you do,"?he said. "You just have to wait until the checkered flag comes out. I got in
lap traffic, and it held me up a little bit."
Hemel said Martin, who earned his 10th career URSS win, was on a
mission."He always runs good on a
dry-slick track," Hemel said. "It sucks getting passed for first."It was the
first time Martin won a URSS race since Aug. 1 at Liberal.
"It was really good racing," Martin said about the entire field. "Twice
down the backstretch there were lap cars four-wide down the straightaway, and it
was that way for a lot of places. It was just good racing throughout."

Brian Herbert, the 2008 URSS national
champ, battled Hemel for the runner-up spot but was third for the second race in
a row at Beaver.Ty Williams, the 2010 national champ, edged by Ray
Seemann, who was fourth at the April 17 race, at the finish line to take fourth.

Martin, Herbert and Josh Fairbank were heat-race winners.

Martin won the Keizer Aluminum Racing Wheels
Hard-Charger award in the caution-free race.

The URSS returns to action Sunday, May 15 at the Great American Dirt Track at
Jetmore Motorplex.

For more information about the United Rebel Sprint Series, contact Rick Salem
at (785) 475-7010 or email [email protected], or visit the URSS online at