CHANCE MORTON STEALS KANSAS GOLD! Becomes Third First Time Feature Winner This Season
John Lemon OCRS Public Relations
Caney Kansas (May 25, 2013)
– Last month, Kade Morton pulled off a shocking win in the Oil Capital
Racing Series with a sprint car feature victory. Tonight at the Caney
Valley Speedway, Morton’s younger brother Chance equaled the same feat
older brother accomplished when he won the evenings 25-lap A feature. It
was an early birthday gift of sorts as Chance turns 15 years old on
Monday. In taking the grand prize, Chance becomes the third first time
OCRS feature winner in the young season with brother Kade and Harli
White also accomplishing maiden victories.
Upon the start of
the feature that was contested on a dry slick track where taking
positions from others would require careful execution, C. Morton brought
the field down to green in his Morton Excavating / Shock Doc / A-C Man
Of Oklahoma / Napa-Coweta Auto Supply / STK Engines / XXX along with
fellow front row starter Alex DeCamp in his Klint Pursley Trucking / STK
Racing Engines / Eagle chassis. DeCamp would use the outside ring of
the ¼ oval to his advantage by taking the early lead. As the cars were
working the second lap, inside second row starter Fred Mattox would
spinout in the second turn resulting in an early caution. Mattox would
restart at the tail. On the restart, Kyle Clark, who was working the
topside, got into turn two a bit heavy and slid up to the wall where he
would slam to a stop. As he sat idle, Harli White and Brodix / PM Pro
rookie of the year contender Joshua Tyre would be collected in the
incident thus resulting in an immediate caution. Clark and White would
be towed pitside with damage while Tyre would rejoin the field.
Mickey Walker (2) and Chance Morton (7m) in hot lap action / Mike Spivey Photo
After
getting a couple of laps in when the race was restarted, Johnny
‘Hotrod’ Kent would have the same misfortune as Clark and in the same
exact spot. Hotrod would also be towed off with suspension damage. The
restart still had DeCamp at the front, C. Morton second then Danny
Smith, Alex Sewell, Brian McClelland and Casey Wills as your top five.
When back to green, Decamp would head back to the topside cushion where
he was comfortable running while C. Morton worked the extreme inside
lane. On lap six, C. Morton reeled DeCamp in and shot into the lead as
the duo exited turn two. DeCamp continued to work the high side and kept
sight of the leader.
While the front runners were waging their
battle, Sewell was pressuring Smith in his Action Auto Collision /
Sewell Mechanical / Butler Built Seats / Factor 1 Racing / ART chassis
with a Rob Forehand built bullet for the third position. Sewell would
make the pass on the eleventh lap then Smith almost spun to a stop but
managed to keep the car righted. As the group reached the halfway mark,
McClelland tried to get a nose between OCRS first time competitor Mickey
Walker and the infield. Contact was made and Walker spun to a stop in
turns three and four. Walker was putting on an excellent drive as he
started in the scratch position (last) and was up to sixth when the
incident happened. He would rebound for a tenth place finish.
Alex DeCamp puts the #84 Eagle chassis to test / Mike Spivey Photo
Sewell
immediately when into attack mode on Decamp for second on the restart
and took the spot away on the 13th lap only to have Decamp fight back
and get the spot back at the line. The duo then came upon a lapped car
in turn two where they split it and Sewell won the drag race down the
backstretch for the position as the cars went into turn three. While
they were fighting for position, C. Morton was out to a 10 car length
lead and cruising on the bottom line. On the 19th lap, Smith, in his
Same Day Auto Repair / DSO Engines / XXX, tagged the wall allowing K.
Morton the opportunity to get by.
The final yellow would fall
when Michael Tyre and Joshua Tyre would spin to a stop in turn three.
All cars would run the bottom from this point forward. Smith would
retake the spot he lost to K. Morton and a lap later, McClelland would
work his way past Kade on the 22nd lap. Chance would hold on to claim
victory with Sewell, Decamp, Smith and McClelland completing the top
five. Positions 6-10 were: K. Morton, David Stephenson (up from 16th),
Wills, Rafe Essary and Walker.
With nine cars passed,
Stephenson was the AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories ‘Hard Charger’ of the
race. Terry Easum was the Dyno Services of Oklahoma Hard Luck award
recipient after not being able to start the feature due to mechanical
issues. Smith took honors in the AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories heat,
Essary did likewise in the Bob Hurley Auto Family heat and Mattox got
the score in the Drive Shaft Inc. Heat.
Contingency award winners were: Lightning Wings: Mickey Walker Wesmar Power Parts: Joshua Tyre M&W Aluminum Products: Fred Mattox Grand Prix Auto Center: Michael Bookout
Chance Morton and family in victory lane / Mike Spivey Photo
The
Oil Capital Racing Series is currently without our fellow members Dan
Schnackenberg and Whit “Gasman” Gastineau” as they, along with Steve
Gastineau (Whit’s father), lost homes in the devastating tornado that
hit Moore Oklahoma. OCRS drivers went into the grandstands with their
helmets and the Caney Valley fans were very generous in donating cash to
these families. OCRS wishes to give a special thank you to Wayde and
Amy Klingsick of South Coffeyville Oklahoma. The Klingsick’s are
longtime race fans that won the night’s 50/50 drawing. They in turn took
their winnings and turned it over to OCRS to give to the families in
need. There were OCRS teams who either donated their purse monies for
the night and/or donated outright. All together, over $1700 was raised
for the families in need. THANK YOU everyone for your support!
Next
up for the OCRS warriors will be the return to Outlaw Motorsports Park
in Wainwright Oklahoma next Saturday night, June 1st. We will look
forward to seeing everyone there for another night of great sprint car
action. Will a fourth first time winner emerge? Could that actually
happen? Come check it out and see.
OCRS Race Results Date of Race: Saturday, May 25, 2013 Car count: 18 (Pos-Car-Driver-Start)
AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories Heat 1,
5$-Danny Smith[4]. 2, 87F-Brian McClelland[5]. 3, 31-Casey Wills[3]. 4,
7m-Chance Morton[6]. 5, 7F-Joshua Tyre[1]. 6, 007-Michael Bookout[2].
Bob Hurley Auto Family Heat 1,
26-Rafe Essary[2]. 2, 84-Alex DeCamp[1]. 3, 55-Johnny Kent[4]. 4,
2-Mickey Walker[4]. 5, 8M-Kade Morton[3]. 6, 11-Michael Tyre[5].
Drive Shafts Inc. Heat 1,
26M-Fred Mattox[1]. 2, 9$-Kyle Clark[2]. 3, 88-Terry Easum[3]. 4,
8-Alex Sewell[5]. 5, 17W-Harli White[4]. 6, 22-David Stephenson[6].
OCRS A Feature 1,
7m-Chance Morton[1]. 2, 8-Alex Sewell[5]. 3, 84-Alex DeCamp[2]. 4,
5$-Danny Smith[7]. 5, 87F-Brian McClelland[8]. 6, 8M-Kade Morton[14]. 7,
22-David Stephenson[18]. 8, 31-Casey Wills[9]. 9, 26-Rafe Essary[10].
10, 2-Mickey Walker[11]. 11, 7F-Joshua Tyre[13]. 12, 26M-Fred Mattox[3].
13, 007-Michael Bookout[16]. 14, 11-Michael Tyre[17]. 15, 55-Johnny
Kent[6]. 16, 9$-Kyle Clark[4]. 17, 17W-Harli White[15]. 18, 88-Terry
Easum. (DNS).
AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories Hard Charger: David Stephenson +9
Dyno Services of Oklahoma Hard Luck Award: Terry Easum
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