CANEY, Kan. — A race that saw every high and low imaginable Saturday night at Caney Valley Speedway, the highest moment came as 13th starting Alex Sewell stormed into victory lane for the first time with the American Sprint Car Series.
The 168th winner with the American Sprint Car Series, Sewell is the second in as many races to add his name to the list, joining Jeffrey Newell, who won Thursday at Lawton. Drivers from 11 cities in Oklahoma have won with the American Sprint Car Series. Sewell is the fifth from Broken Arrow.
“This is a dream come true me. I’ve been racing with this series for, shoot I don’t know, 15 years now, and these wins; they don’t come easy,” stated an ecstatic Alex Sewell.
Wrapped up in a massive hug by his Father in victory lane, emotionally, Alex talked about what that meant to him.
“It means the world to get to come out here and do this with him, and to be able to pay him back a little bit with a win. It feel freaking nice,” Sewell said. “I wouldn’t want to do this with anyone else.”
After several cautions throughout the 30-lap event, Sewell kept his nose clean and made it into the top five on lap eight. Rolling like a shot on restarts, Sewell battled past Howard Moore for second on lap 13. Out front from the start, Andrew Deal led the way by over two seconds as he worked into traffic on lap 15.
Trying to work around a slower car, that would be where his night ended as Fred Mattox went around and collected the No. 15d in the process.
Advancing Sewell to the point, the last challenge for the No. 8 came with a caution on lap 27 for debris off the fourth turn. Able to find his marks through the final three revolutions, clean air allowed Sewell to pull away by 1.619-seconds.
Howard Moore, from ninth, held on for second as Brandon Anderson salvaged his night with a massive run from the back of the pack to third after getting collected and turned on lap 2. Sidelined in his Heat Race with a failed engine, Jordon Mallett had to grid the field 22nd but was able to march ahead 18 positions to finish fourth. Bradley Fezard completed the top five.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 8-Alex Sewell[13]; 2. 3-Howard Moore[9]; 3. 55B-Brandon Anderson[4]; 4. 14-Jordon Mallett[22]; 5. 938-Bradley Fezard[7]; 6. 45X-Kyler Johnson[12]; 7. 95-Matt Covington[6]; 8. 87J-Jace Park[5]; 9. 36-Jason Martin[16]; 10. 1T-Joshua Tyre[21]; 11. 6-Christopher Townsend[15]; 12. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[3]; 13. 26M-Fred Mattox[18]; 14. 00-Broc Elliott[23]; 15. 15D-Andrew Deal[1]; 16. 91-Michael Day[19]; 17. 3X-Noah Harris[20]; 18. 7C-Chris Morgan[17]; 19. 8M-Kade Morton[14]; 20. 1-Sean McClelland[2]; 21. 12-Jeffrey Newell[10]; 22. 31-Casey Wills[11]; 23. 10-Landon Britt[8]; 24. 1H-Hank Davis[24]