Keith Martin
Keith Martin (ASCS photo)

Martin Rides The Top Shelf To Glory

CRANDALL, Texas — Parking in victory lane for the seventh time in his career with the ASCS Elite Non-Wing Series presented by Abilene Powder Coating, Keith Martin topped Friday night’s action at RPM Speedway.

Besting a field of 30, Martin worked top shelf through the opening lap to snag the lead from Dalton Stevens with Justin Zimmerman working into second.

Working down the track through the A-Feature, Martin held through red flags and numerous cautions as ninth starting Chase Randall worked his way into the runner-up spot and began applying pressure.

Putting the bumper to the No. 79x a few times to try and shake him off the inside groove in the closing laps, a final shot off the final turn would not be enough to deny Martin the win.

Chase Randall settled for second with Paul White in third. Justin Zimmerman ended up fourth, with Kyle Jones working from 14th to complete the top five.

The finish:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 79X-Keith Martin[2]; 2. 9-Chase Randall[9]; 3. 1-Paul White[5]; 4. #1-Justin Zimmerman[4]; 5. 04-Kyle Jones[14]; 6. 20-Shon Deskins[6]; 7. 11-Justin Melton[8]; 8. 31-Mason Smith[12]; 9. 57-Chase Parson[3]; 10. 24-TJ Herrell[19]; 11. 72-Harli White[16]; 12. 49-Justin Fifield[18]; 13. 99K-Dane Fields[13]; 14. 00-Jaden Brown[7]; 15. 99X-Dalton Stevens[1]; 16. 91-Cody Price[11]; 17. 48-Caden McCreary[20]; 18. 10-Bryan Debrick[17]; 19. 52-JD Fry[10]; 20. 82-Austin Saunders[15]