GASS IS KING OF MONARCH IN USAC WSO OPENER
Wichita Falls, Texas (June 5, 2020)………Noah Gass captured the victory in Friday night’s USAC Wingless Sprints Oklahoma season opener at Monarch Motor Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gass, of Mounds, Okla., led from start to finish in the 20-lap main event after starting from the outside of the front row. The only stoppage of the night came on lap 10 when 16-year-old Emilee Lowry flipped between turns three and four. She was okay.
From there, Gass, who made feature starts in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars and USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets in 2019, carried onto victory over T.J. Herrell (Wichita Falls, Texas), Ty Hulsey (Owasso, Okla.) and two-time and defending champion Brett Wilson (Coweta, Okla.), with Cameron Hagin (Broken Arrow, Okla.) rounding out the top-five.
Larry’s Marine Center of Wichita Falls, Texas added a trio of awards to the event. Gass picked up an extra $250 bonus in addition to the winner’s share while Hagin took home a bonus as the feature hard charger by finishing 5th after starting 12th. Ninth place finishing Alison Slaton (Edmond, Okla.) earned a bonus as the last car on the lead lap of the feature at the checkered flag.
USAC WINGLESS SPRINTS OKLAHOMA RACE RESULTS: June 5, 2020 – Monarch Motor Speedway – Wichita Falls, Texas
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting position in brackets) 1. 21-Ty Hulsey [1]; 2. 24-T.J. Herrell [5]; 3. 1s-Tyler Webb [2]; 4. 31-Mason Smith [7]; 5. 1-Justin Zimmerman [3]; 6. 6x-Cameron Hagin [6]; 7. 911-Waylon Weaver [4]; 8. 54-J.C. Wilson [8]
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting position in brackets) 1. 04-Kyle Jones [3]; 2. 7D-David Baxter [2]; 3. 20G-Noah Gass [5]; 4. 53-Brett Wilson [4]; 5. 57-Chase Parson [1]; 6. 82-Austin Saunders [7]; 7. 6-Alison Slaton [8]; 8. 6N-Emilee Lowry[6]
FEATURE: (20 laps, starting position in brackets) 1. Noah Gass [2]; 2. T.J. Herrell [4]; 3. Ty Hulsey [1]; 4. Brett Wilson [8]; 5. Cameron Hagin [12]; 6. Austin Saunders [9]; 7. Chase Parson [11]; 8. Tyler Webb [7]; 9. Alison Slaton [13]; 10. Mason Smith [5]; 11. Justin Zimmerman [10]; 12. David Baxter [6]; 13. Emilee Lowry [15]; 14. Waylon Weaver [14]; 15. Kyle Jones [3]; 16. J.C. Wilson. NT
**Emilee Lowry flipped on lap 10 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Noah Gass.
LARRY’S MARINE CENTER WINNING BONUS: Noah Gass
LARRY’S MARINE CENTER HARD CHARGER: Cameron Hagin (12th to 5th)
LARRY’S MARINE CENTER LAST CAR ON LEAD LAP: Alison Slaton
NEW USAC WINGLESS SPRINTS OKLAHOMA POINTS: 1-Noah Gass-150, 2-T.J. Herrell-142, 3-Ty Hulsey-135, 4-Brett Wilson-130, 5-Cameron Hagin-125, 6-Austin Saunders-122, 7-Chase Parson-119, 8-Tyler Webb-116, 9-Alison Slaton-113, 10-Mason Smith-110.
NEXT USAC WINGLESS SPRINTS OKLAHOMA RACE: June 6, 2020 – Oklahoma Sports Park – Ada, Oklahoma