MESQUITE, Texas — Despite starting in the sixth row, Jason Rogers knew he had an advantage over the 10 drivers lined up in front of him for Monday’s Sniper Speed IMCA Lone Star Stock Car Tour headliner at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
“Looking at the cars ahead of me, they hadn’t seen how the track had changed,” said Rogers, who followed his B-feature victory with the $1,000 main event checkers on night two of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Tour. “There were a lot of heavy hitters up there but right then I thought I had a shot at it.”
Blake Clark was fast early on with Jesse Sobbing, G.W. Egbert IV and Jeffrey Abbey running in the top four.
Rogers raced his way into the top five seven circuits into the 25-lapper. His first charge to the front was erased by a lap 10 caution but he got the lead back for good the next time around.
“We brought a brand new Sniper to Texas and it was on a rail. We put it on the track and let it eat,” said Rogers, now eligible for the $10,000 Sunoco Race Fuels Bobby Bonus Bucks award if he can win again Saturday when the tour concludes at Kennedale Speedway Park. “After that caution, I still had a pretty good feeling I was going to be able to get back around. I felt I was that much quicker.”
Rogers led Abbey by just over a second when the final caution waved with six to go. He pulled away again, beating 2019 tour champion Abbey, Lance Hanson Jr., Shelby Williams and Ryan Powers across the stripe.
The win, Rogers’ first of the season and IMCA Stock Car career 111th, makes him eligible to qualify for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational.
William Gould scored a dominating win in the IMCA Modified feature, ahead of Jon White and Ryan Williams. Rowdy Day outran Steven Ashcraft for the Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod victory.
Devil’s Bowl hosts the Tuesday night installment of the Sniper Speed IMCA Lone Star Stock Car Tour. All tour events are broadcast on IMCA.TV, a SPEED SPORT TV affiliate.
Results:
- Jason Rogers, Selden, Kan.; 2. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche; 3. Lance Hanson Jr., Palmer; 4. Shelby Williams, Bonham; 5. Ryan Powers, Kennedale; 6. Dan Mackenthun, Hamburg, Minn.; 7. Kyle Clough, Wallace, Neb.; 8. Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa; 9. G.W. Egbert IV, Salado; 10. Jordan Zillmer, Cleveland, N.D.; 11. Jason Riddle, Balch Springs; 12. Taylor Carver, Lockesburg, Ark.; 13. Blake Clark, Joshua; 14. Dustin Mooney, Forney; 15. Dallon Murty, Chelsea, Iowa; 16. George Egbert III, Salado; 17. William Gould, Calera, Okla.; 18. Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake, Iowa; 19. Abe Huls, Carthage, Ill.; 20. Matt Speckman, Sleepy Eye, Minn.; 21. Mike Childs, Hudson Oaks.