Rob Nugent, Track Announcer/Social Media/PR

THE EVENT

POCOLA, OK (August 3^rd - 4^th, 2018) – The 2018 Pepsi-Cola Summertime Classic, featuring $1,000 to win, 30-lap A features for the Factory Stocks and the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods, was held at the mighty Tri-State Speedway on Friday night, August 3^rd, 2018 and Saturday night, August 4^th, 2018. Temps on both nights were in the mid to upper 90’s. Due to the heat, the start times were moved later in the evening. The track prep crew, yet again, did not disappoint, even with the hot temps. A fast, wide and smooth racing surface was provided, on both nights of racing action, with the last race on Saturday night producing 3-wide battles through-out the race.

Saturday night was also the annual back to school backpack giveaway where 75 backpacks full of school supplies were given away to the kids at the track. A big thanks goes out to Angela Bourland for the hard work in procuring and stuffing the backpacks.

The pre-race ceremonies started at 8:10 PM, on Friday night, with the invocation along with several cars who presented the American flag during the national anthem. Saturday night’s pre-race ceremonies started at 8:20 PM with the invocation and the top two qualifiers in each of the two big-money classes presenting the nation’s colors.

Heat races were determined by the driver’s draw at sign in on both nights. The classes advanced to their features, during this event, via passing points earned in their heat races, except for the USRA Modifieds, on Saturday night, who advanced, to their features, by our normal race procedures.

At intermission, each night, everyone grabbed themselves some great food from the concessions, including the sometimes elusive TSS funnel cakes, along with an ice-cold Pepsi product. 50/50 money was given away on Saturday night while the top eight drivers, who locked into Saturday night’s A Feature, drew their starting positions by picking Pepsi cans and bottles from an ice chest.

TOP THREE – FRIDAY

Friday night saw heat racing action for both the Factory Stocks and the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods as well as two qualifying features, for each class, that were lined up from heat race passing points.

Factory Stock feature one saw Dale Richardson (327 – Muskogee, OK) take home the win over Justin Johnson (55 – Van Buren, AR) and Jacob Cox (99 – Pocola, OK). The second Factory Stock feature on Friday night, was won by Dallas Bourland (38 - Fort Smith, AR), while JR Owen (79 – Pocola, OK) and Kyle Hamby (7K – Hackett, AR) finished second and third. The top four finishing cars from each qualifying feature locked into Saturday night’s $1,000 to win 30-lap A Feature.

The Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature one saw Daniel Tarkington (2 - Checotah, OK) take home the win over Cody King (510 - Fanshawe, OK) and Hunter Byers (88B – Rogers, AR). The second Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature, on Friday night, was won by Steve Holzkamper (5 – Gentry, AR) while Brian Williams (4$ - Fayetteville, AR) and Dean Green )28 – Siloam Springs, AR) finished second and third. The top four finishing cars from each qualifying feature locked into Saturday night’s $1,000 to win 30-lap A Feature.

TOP THREE – SATURDAY

The first feature on Saturday night was the last chance qualifying (LCQ) feature for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods. JR Owens (79 - Pocola, OK) took home the victory over Lonny Flanagan (7 - Rudy, AR) and Camden Perry (14C - Lincoln, AR).

The next feature up was the last chance qualifying (LCQ) feature for the Factory Stocks. Wesley Bourne (5 – Cameron, OK) took home the win as Neil Johnston (27N – Fort Smith, AR) finished in second over Ron Grover (27 – Pocola, OK).

The NexGen drivers, along with the Super Stocks, had the weekend off. There is still time to get racing this season with your own NexGen car. The NexGen class is an entry-level, low-cost, no racing experience class. You can find the simple rules on our website, at www.Tri-StateSpeedway.com, under Driver Info and then Rules. Blaise Leatherman (94L – Muskogee, OK) is the current points leader.

After intermission, the first A Feature on the track was for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods to see who would take home the big prop check in Victory Lane.  Brian Williams (4$ - Fayetteville, AR) crossed the finish line first, after 30 laps, as Hunter Byers (88B – Rogers, AR) and Daniel Tarkington (2 – Checotah, OK) finished in second and third. Brandon Wilson (4B- Fort Smith) remains on top of the point standings with a slimmer 15-point advantage over Tarkington.

The next A Feature on the track was for the USRA Modifieds where Steve Holzkamper (16 – Gentry, AR) took the win over Lonnie Robins (33 – Alma, AR) and Brent Holman (17 - Rogers, AR). George Martin (15 – Fort Smith, AR) is on top of the points by only 24 points.

The last A Feature was for the 30-lap, $1000 to win Factory Stock A Feature.  Dale Richardson (327 – Muskogee, OK) made the trip to Victory Lane for his photo and trophy. Justin Johnson (55 – Van Buren, AR) and Jacob Cox (99 – Pocola, OK) finished second and third. Kyle Hamby (7 – Hackett, AR) remains the point leader with a smaller 58-point advantage over second.

Complete race results for the final night can be found on our website under the “See All Results” link at the bottom of the Results menu page.  Current season points can also be found under the Points menu link.

NEXT TIME

The next event for the mighty Tri-State Speedway will be a night of point racing for all five classes on August 11^th, 2018.

We will see YOU soon!

Rob Nugent, Track Announcer/Social Media/PR

THE EVENT

POCOLA, OK (July 19^th-21^st, 2018) – The 20^th Annual Super Stock Showdown and John Stand Memorial kicked of at the mighty Tri-State Speedway on Thursday night, July 19^th, 2018. Thursday night practice cars were met with temps in the mid 90’s. Friday night fans and Super Stocks faced 108-degree temps. Saturday night, July 21^st, there was a “cold front” that moved through and dropped the temps down to 100 degrees at race time. Due to the excessive heat the start time was moved later in the evening. The track prep crew worked their magic, even with 100+ degree temps, with a fast, wide and smooth racing surface for both nights of racing action.

The pre-race ceremonies started at 8:30 PM, on Friday night, with the invocation along with two #6 cars to honor the late John Stand who presented the American flag during the national anthem. Saturday night’s pre-race ceremonies started at 8:10 PM with the invocation.  During the national anthem, three #6 cars paced the memorial parade lap, with other cars following. The #6 being symbolic as the late John Stand drove car #6. Leading the parade lap on Saturday night were Susan Stand (#6), Jeff Metcalf (#6) and Jack Kirby (#6).

Heat races were determined by the driver’s draw at sign in on both nights. The classes advanced to their features, during this event, via passing points earned in their heat races.

At intermission, each night, everyone grabbed themselves some food items from the concessions along with an ice-cold Pepsi product. A few drivers received previous week’s trophies during intermission, on Saturday night, while Burl Woods (135 – Republic, MO) threw T-shirts into the stands. Fans could also buy their chances to win the race-ready Super Stock that will be given away at the end of the race season.

TOP THREE – FRIDAY

Friday night saw heat racing action for the Super Stocks as well as two qualifying features that were lined up from heat passing points. Feature one saw Kevin Salter (23 – Batesville, AR) take home the win over Gean Davlin (26 – Shady Point, OK) and Grant Davis (1 – Muldrow, OK). The second feature was won by Neil Johnson (17 – Fort Smith, AR) as Danny Womack (3 – Bixby, OK) and Kyle Slader (19S – Muskogee, OK) finished in second and third. The top six cars from each qualifying feature, from their finishing positions, locked into Saturday night’s $5,000+ to win A Feature.

TOP THREE - SATURDAY

The NexGen drivers, along with the USRA Modifieds, had the weekend off. There is still time to get racing this season with your own NexGen car. The NexGen class is an entry-level, low-cost, no racing experience class. You can find the simple rules on our website, at www.Tri-StateSpeedway.com, under Driver Info and then Rules. Blaise Leatherman (94L – Muskogee, OK) is the current points leader.

The first feature on Saturday night was the first of two last chance qualifying (LCQ) features for the Super Stocks. Feature one saw Dylan Davlin (26D – Shady Point, OK) take home the victory over Kris Lloyd (1X – Peach Orchard, AR) and Scooter Scruggs (43 – Hensley, AR). Feature two had Burl Woods (135 – Republic, MO) crossing the line first ahead of Richie Tosh (11 – Batesville, AR) and Jeff Metcalf (6 – Siloam Springs, AR).

The next feature up was for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod B Feature. Shawn Pinkerton (999 – Cedarville, AR) took home the win as Steve Butler (40 – Siloam Springs, AR) finished in second over Lonny Flanagan (7 – Rudy, AR). 

The first A Feature on the track was for the Factory Stocks where Andrew Bohanan (33 - Stigler, OK) took home his second win of the season. Wesley Bourne (5 – Cameron, OK) and Marshall Penson (1P – Van Buren, AR) finished in second and third. There was an anonymous sponsor "in memory of my dad" who paid a $175 Hard Charger bonus for the feature which was won by Jim Philpot (1S – Greenwood, AR). Philpot went from 19th to 4th, to pick up the award. Kyle Hamby (7 – Hackett, AR) sits atop the point standings with a 64-point advantage over Bourne.

The big feature of the weekend was for the Super Stocks competing for $5,000+ to win in a $17,000+ purse. At the end of 50 laps, Gean Davlin (26 – Shady Point, OK) out-dueled his son, Dylan Davlin (26D – Shady Point, OK), for the win. Eddie Martin (10-4 – Stillwell, OK) crossed the finish line in third place.  The $500 hard charger award went Jared Hays (4 – Jonesboro, AR) who moved from 20^th to 7^th. Muskogee Powder Coating awarded the top ten finishers, as well as the top two non-qualifiers, a $500 gift certificate. Schoenfeld Headers $250 gift certificate went to Neil Johnston for his 6^th place finish. Since this was a non-points race, the point standings remain the same as the previous week.

The last A Feature was for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod A Feature.  Hunter Byers (88B - Rogers, AR) picked up his second win of the season. Brandon Wilson (4B – Fort Smith AR) and Dalton Ragsdale (22 – Muskogee, OK) finished second and third. The Temple of Zoom Motorsports $100 Hard Charger Award went to Todd Broyles (09 – Fayetteville, AR) who moved from 17^th to 7^th. Wilson takes over the point standings for the class with a 22-point lead over Tarkington.

Complete race results, for July 21st, can be found on our website under the “See All Results” link at the bottom of the Results menu page or by clicking here: https://www.tri-statespeedway.com/full-results?EventDate=7/21/2018&EventId=242658 Current season points can also be found under the Points menu link or by clicking here: https://www.tri-statespeedway.com/points

NEXT TIME

The next event for the mighty Tri-State Speedway will be the Annual Summertime Classic Factory Stock Special on August 3^rd and 4^th, 2018. Complete information will be published soon. Our annual Back to School event with free backpacks for the kids will be that weekend, as well.

We will see YOU soon!

Rob Nugent, Track Announcer/Social Media/PR

THE EVENT

POCOLA, OK (July 14^th, 2018) – Racing action resumed at the mighty Tri-State Speedway on Saturday night after a week off with the annual BACA (Biker’s Against Child Abuse) Kid’s Night and Bicycle Races. Mother Nature kept the heat cranked up with 96 degrees on the thermometer at race time. The track prep crew had the track ready to go at race time, with no packing required from the drivers. The track was fast, wide and smooth for both nights of racing action.

The pre-race ceremonies started at 8:15 PM with the invocation and a memoriam parade lap to honor the late Tony Bone. The national anthem followed with many cars carrying the American flag during parade laps. The start time was held back slightly to allow some other cars to arrive from another track that rained out late in the afternoon.

Heat races were determined by the driver’s draw at sign in. The classes advanced to their features heads up with an invert redraw that determined how many cars would be realigned.

At intermission it was time for some kid’s bicycle races on the front straight. There were three age groups for boys and girls with each winner receiving a brand-new bicycle from Tri-State Speedway. While everyone grabbed themselves some food items from the concessions along with an ice-cold Pepsi product, BACA member Buffalo explained to the crowd what BACA is and what they do. They also had an information table set up in the commons area for people to get more information,

TOP THREE

There were no NexGen drivers on hand Saturday night, but there is still time to get racing this season with your own NexGen car. The NexGen class is an entry-level, low-cost, no racing experience class. You can find the simple rules on our website, at www.Tri-StateSpeedway.com, under Driver Info and then Rules. Blaise Leatherman (94L – Muskogee, OK) is the current points leader.

The first A Feature was for the Out Pace USRA B-Mod A Feature.  Brian Williams (4$ - Fayetteville, AR) picked up his third win of the season. Brandon Wilson (4B – Fort Smith AR) and Hunter Byers (88B – Rogers, AR) finished second and third. Daniel Tarkington (2 – Checotah, OK) remains at the top of the class point standings with a 28-point lead.

The next A Feature on the track was for the Factory Stocks. Wesley Bourne (5 – Cameron, OK) took home his second win of the season. Chuck Smith (55X – Van Buren, AR) and Marshall Penson (1P – Van Buren, AR) finished in second and third. Hamby sits atop the point standings with a narrower 34-point advantage over Penson.

The last A Feature of the night was for the always fast and exciting USRA Modifieds. In a race that had multiple lead changes and slide jobs in the last four to five laps, Steve Holzkamper (16 – Gentry, AR) captured his third trophy of the season. Last season’s track champion, Trevor Latham (27L – Rogers, AR), finished a very close second while Jeremy Vaughn (8 – Pocola, OK) finished third. George Martin (15 – Fort Smith, AR) sits atop the class point standings with only a 26-point advantage over second place.

Complete race results can be found on our website under the “See All Results” link at the bottom of the Results menu page or by clicking here: https://www.tri-statespeedway.com/full-results?EventDate=7/14/2018&EventId=242649 Current season points can also be found under the Points menu link or by clicking here: https://www.tri-statespeedway.com/points

NEXT TIME

The next event for the mighty Tri-State Speedway will be the 20^th Annual $5,000 to win Super Stock Showdown & John Stand Memorial on July 19^th. 20^th & 21^st, 2018. Complete information can be found here: https://www.tri-statespeedway.com/news/20th-annual-super-stock-showdown-john-stand-memorial
The following week will see our annual Back To School races with free backpacks for the kids on July 28^th, 2018.

We will see YOU soon!