DODGE CITY, Kan. — Adding his name to the list of winners at Dodge City Raceway Park, Matt Covington captured the $5,088 to win Steve King Memorial with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com.
Covington’s second win of the season with the American Sprint Car Series presented by RacinDirt.com, the victory is his 18th overall in 368 A-Feature starts, and first at the Dodge City Raceway Park.
“We had a really good car, and I’ll admit, I had some lucky breaks with Wayne and Bubak dropping out, but that No. 36 has been kicking my butt all year, so I can’t be talking too much trash, but we got him this time,” said Covington. “With Jason restarting behind me, I knew I had to be perfect because he’s good here. We saw that last night, so I didn’t want to give him any chances.”
The third leader of the 30-lap affair, the first 17 laps were commanded by Wayne Johnson. A couple of close calls in traffic that allowed Jason Martin and Jake Bubak to close the gap on the Outlaw Wings No. 2c, disaster struck Johnson working the 18th circuit, as the car coasted in the infield off the backstretch.
Having worked by Martin for the runner-up spot at the same time Wayne’s night came to a close, Bubak took command in the Ochs Racing No. 1x, but the lead was short-lived as mechanical failure struck as Jake competed lap 19. Nearly eighth-tenths of a second ahead of the race for second when the car began to slow into the first and second turns, that battle went the way of Matt Covington as the caution lights blinked on.
In clean air on the restart, Covington pulled away quickly, with his advantage growing to over two seconds before caution lights came on one last time on lap 26. Setting up a four laps dash to the finish, Martin stayed with the No. 95 on the start but would not keep pace as Covington sped away by 1.255-seconds.
Martin crossed second for his 25th career podium finish, with Jordon Mallett taking the final podium step. Landon Britt moved up spot spots to fourth, with Christopher Townsend advancing eight positions to complete the top five.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 95-Matt Covington[5]; 2. 36-Jason Martin[2]; 3. 14-Jordon Mallett[4]; 4. 10-Landon Britt[6]; 5. 6-Christopher Townsend[13]; 6. 45X-Kyler Johnson[8]; 7. 3-Howard Moore[11]; 8. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[9]; 9. 2-Whit Gastineau[12]; 10. 55B-Brandon Anderson[18]; 11. 2J-Zach Blurton[7]; 12. 7C-Chris Morgan[15]; 13. 88J-Jeremy Huish[14]; 14. 88-Jordan Knight[10]; 15. 938-Bradley Fezard[17]; 16. 1X-Jake Bubak[3]; 17. 2C-Wayne Johnson[1]; 18. 91-Michael Day[20]; 19. 10T-Tyler Knight[21]; 20. 72-Ray Seemann[19]; 21. 6T-Kaden Taylor[16]