Johnson Picks Up Third URSS Win in Hugoton

With storm clouds looming all around the Dirtona Raceway, the “Kansas Tornado” Jon Johnson swept into Victory Lane to claim his third URSS Feature win. Johnson is the first Driver to pick up three wins in the Fourteen Events held this season. Johnson had his work cut out for him as he battled Ken Lutters for the first half of the race before taking the lead.

Ransom Kansas native Reed Bernbeck lead the field to the green with Larry Radcliffe along side. By the exit of turn two, Ken Lutters jumped the lead followed by Larry Radcliffe, Axtell Nebraska’s Doug Roth, Bernbeck and Jeff Radcliffe rounding out the top five positions. By lap five, Justin Schwien had started making his charge to the front by taking over the fifth spot. One lap later Johnson took the position away from Schwien and they both set sight on the leaders.

Lap seven saw Schwien take the runner up spot with Johnson in his tire tracks in third with Ray Seemann in tow. Lutters kept the trio at bay lap after lap as the foursome behind him battled for position. Further back in the pack a five-car race was heating up between Kris Miller, Reed Bernbeck, Taylor Velasquez, Smokey Fairbank and Randy Bantam as the quintet battle for positions four through eighth. Miller held the fourth position as the four behind him swapped spots back and forth from lap ten to lap twenty with Bantam finding some grip in the middle of the track for a short time while the other took the high and low lines to jockey back and forth.

Up front Johnson finally got past Lutters for the top spot on lap seventeen with Seemann, Schwien and Miller following close behind. Lap twenty-one saw Schwien take the runner up spot only to have Seemann pass him a lap later. Fairbank made the pass for the fifth position on the white flag lap as the checkers flew Johnson took the win with Seemann, Schwien, Lutters and Fairbank rounding out the top five.

Heat Race winners were Larry Racliffe, Jon Johnson and Ray Seemann.

The Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger Award” went to Jon Johnson who parlayed his tenth starting position into a win.

A-Main – 1) Johnson, 2) Seemann, 3) Schwien, 4) K. Lutters, 5) S. Fairbank, 6) Miller, 7) R. Bantam, 8) Bernbeck, 9) Perkins, 10) Decker, 11) Velasquez, 12) Roth, 13) Davis, 14) Hays, 15) J. Radcliffe, 16) L. Radccliffe, J. Fairbank DNS, Van Kuhn DNS

B-Main – 1) Velasquez, 2) R. Bantam, 3) Perkins, 4) Davis, 5) Hays, 6) Decker, 7) J. Fairbank, 8) Kuhn

United Rebel Sprint Series

702 W. Frontier Parkway

Oberlin KS. 67749

785-475-7010

or e-mail Rick at

rksalem@eaglecom.net

All content property of United Rebel Sprint Series® 2007.

Website maintained by the United Rebel Sprint Series.