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Gohn Gains ASCS Rebel Win at Ocala
Lonnie Wheatley, OCALA, Fla. (April 11, 2008) – Bryn Gohn reached victory
lane in Friday night's 25-lap American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region feature
event as Sprint Cars took to the clay at Ocala Speedway for the first time in
over a decade.
Gohn took advantage of Matt Tiffany's late misfortune and then outdueled
Danny Martin, Jr., over the final two laps to snare his second career ASCS
Regional win aboard Kenny Adams' Don Ott-powered B&W Trucking/Goodson Farms No. 4b
Shaw.
Slated to start the feature from the front row outside, Gohn originally
expected stepfather Kenny Adams to start on the pole. But when Adams required a
second push before the main event, it was Tiffany moving up to the pole
position while the current series point leader started at the tail.
Gohn gunned into the early lead, pacing the opening eleven circuits before
Tiffany took command. Tiffany led the way until the 23rd lap when his right
rear tire shredded and sent him into wall.
Gohn led the way on the restart, but Martin battled into the lead and held
the point as the white flag flew. Gohn battled back in the final lap to take
the win though, with Martin settling for runner-up honors.
Defending series champion T.J. Winegardner claimed the show position, while
Michael Miller raced from 16th to snare fourth. Adams rallied from the tail
of the field to round out the top five.
Sport Allen was sixth, with Matt Linder, 17th-starter Shane Kreidler,
Samantha Taylor and Danny Jones completing the top ten.
Adams, Tyler Godwin and Allen topped heat race action, with Miller winning
the "B" Main.
American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region Results from Ocala Speedway:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 4a-Kenny Adams, 2. 11T-T.J. Winegardner, 3. 6-Mike
Schroeder, 4. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 5. 29-Gavin Thomas, 6. 83-Bob Auld, 7. 12b-Brian
Eckley. DNS: 21-Mark Beldock.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 4c-Tyler Godwin, 2. 00-Danny Martin, Jr., 3. 2-Frank
Beck III, 4. 3x-Brian Maddox, 5. 02-Gene Lasker, 6. 4m-Michael Miller, 7.
92-Matt Kurtz, 8. 80-Danny Jones.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 3-Sport Allen, 2. 19T-Matt Tiffany, 3. 1x-Matt
Linder, 4. 17-Samantha Taylor, 5. 2-Red Stauffer, 6. 88-Shane Kreidler, 7.
20-Frank Carlsson, 8. 7-Mike Love.
"B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4m-Michael Miller, 2. 88-Shane Kreidler, 3.
92-Matt Kurtz, 4. 80-Danny Jones, 5. 20-Frank Carlsson, 6. 83-Bob Auld, 7.
12b-Brian Eckley, 8. 7-Mike Love, 9. 21-Mark Beldock.
"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 2. 00-Danny Martin, Jr., 3.
11T-T.J. Winegardner, 4. 4m-Michael Miller, 5. 4a-Kenny Adams, 6. 3-Sport Allen, 7.
1x-Matt Linder, 8. 88-Shane Kreidler, 9. 17-Samantha Taylor, 10. 80-Danny
Jones, 11. 20-Frank Carlsson, 12. 2-Frank Beck III, 13. 92-Matt Kurtz, 14.
19T-Matt Tiffany, 15. 3x-Brian Maddox, 16. 4c-Tyler Godwin, 17. 29-Gavin Thomas,
18. 6-Mike Schroeder, 19. 2-Red Stauffer, 20. 02-Gene Lasker.
ASCS Rebel Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kenny Adams 290, 2. Bryn Gohn 288,
3. Danny Martin, Jr., 270, 4. Matt Tiffany 266, 5. Samantha Taylor 258, 6.
Matt Kurtz 254, 7. Frank Carlsson 250, 8. Red Stauffer 248, 9. Bob Auld 191,
10. Terry Gray 146.
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