Lonnie Wheatley, McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (September 10, 2011) – Gregg Bakker picked off his first American Sprint Car Series feature win since August of 2007 by wiring the field in Saturday night’s 25-lap Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest main event at Junction Motor Speedway.
Starting from the pole position, Bakker gunned into the lead at the outset and fought off Danny Wood in the early going before fending off a charge from Jason Johnson in the closing laps to secure the $3,000 triumph.
Bakker beat Johnson to the stripe, with Trevor Grossenbacher, 12th-starter Brian Brown and Zach Chappell rounding out the top five. Lee Grosz was sixth, with Brady Bacon, Johnn Cressman, Jordan Boston and Tony Bruce, Jr., completing the top ten.
Bakker, Bryan Gossel, Boston and Chappell topped heat race action for the 32-car field, with Seth Bergman winning the “B” Main.
Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Results from Junction Motor Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 96-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 6. 31-Mark Pace, 7. 2m-Dustin Morgan. DNS: 71r-Ryan Anderson.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 2. 12-Tyler Drueke, 3. 81-Danny Wood, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 56-Johnn Cressman, 7. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 8. 44k-David Kubart.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4b-Jordan Boston, 2. 4j-Lee Grosz, 3. 76-Jay Russell, 4. 24a-Billy Alley, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 0-Jeff Osborn, 8. 4-Ryan Jones.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach Chappell, 2. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 91-Mitchell Moore, 6. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 7. 11w-Wyatt Burks, 8. 6-Nick Bryan.
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 56-Johnn Cressman, 3. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 4. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 8. 82-Jason Danley, 9. 31-Mark Pace, 10. 91-Mitchell Moore, 11. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 12. 0-Jeff Osborn, 13. 11w-Wyatt Burks, 14. 6-Nick Bryan, 15. 44k-David Kubart. DNS: 2m-Dustin Morgan, 4-Ryan Jones, 71r-Ryan Anderson.
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 50z-Zach Chappell, 6. 4j-Lee Grosz, 7. 99-Brady Bacon, 8. 56-Johnn Cressman, 9. 4b-Jordan Boston, 10. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 11. 24a-Billy Alley, 12. 53-Jack Dover, 13. 96-Bronson Maeschen, 14. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 15. 81-Danny Wood, 16. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 17. 23-Seth Bergman, 18. 5m-Miranda Arnold, 19. 12-Tyler Drueke, 20. 76-Jay Russell.
Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Points (Top 10): 1. Jack Dover 2,042, 2. Bryan Gossel 1,586, 3. Jordan Boston 1,574, 4. Lee Grosz 1,508, 5. Wayne Johnson 1,344, 6. Brian Brown 1,232, 7. Billy Alley 1,179, 8. Jeff Osborn 1,055, 9. Gregg Bakker 1,014, 10. Don Droud, Jr. 1,008.