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Hockett a Rocket in ASCS Western World Opener!
Lonnie Wheatley, PHOENIX, Ariz. (November 6, 2008)
Missouri's Jesse Hockett kicked off the Parker Store ASCS Non-Wing Western World Championships atop Manzanita Speedway's 1/3-mile clay oval by wiring the field in Thursday night's 20-lap preliminary feature.
Hockett gunned into the lead at the outset of the feature and weathered several cautions along the way to capture his first Discount Tire. Co. American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature win aboard the Massey Motorsports No. 2az entry.
"It was a lucky night for us," Hockett commented from victory lane. "It's not too often you draw the pole for both your heat and the feature, it makes it easier."
After winning his heat race, Hockett drew the pole position for the main event. And, after outgunning fellow front row starter Rex Calderwood on the initial start and then Zach Sawyers on the second try, never looked back.
While Hockett cruised out front, O'Reilly ASCoT National shoe Gary Taylor climbed from the sixth starting position into second by the midway point and held on the rest of the way for an auspicious start to a wingless weekend.
Chasing Hockett and Taylor across the stripe were ninth-row starters Nathan High and Casey Shuman, with current series points leader Jeremy Sherman charging from 20th to round out the top five.
Shuman rebounded from an opening lap incident and charged from the tail of the field with a broken right rear shock to snare fourth, while Sherman recovered from a cut left rear tire on the fourth round after contact that resulted in Bo Baker tipping over.
Seventeen-year-old Nick Aiuto held down the third position until a last-lap bobble relegated him to a sixth-place finish, with Thomas Ogle, 21st-starter Shon Deskins, Zach Sawyers and Bugs Norbury completing the top ten.
After blitzing from 19th to fourth in the opening 12 circuits, Charles Davis, Jr., strong run was cut short with suspension woes.
Rex Calderwood, Mike Leslie, Taylor, Andrew Reinbold, Hockett and Bobby Marcum topped heat race action, with High and Shuman winning the twin "B" Mains.
(Terry Shaw photo)
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Thursday Results from Manzanita Speedway's Parker Store ASCS Non-Wing Western World Championships:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 6-Rex Calderwood, 2. 88-Johnathon Henry, 3. 78m-Leland Michael, 4. 77m-Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. 16-Mike Martin, 6. 15-R.J. Johnson, 7. 611-Bill Rose, 8. 74-Derek Williams, 9. 25-Jesse Dunham.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 76-Mike Leslie, 2. 48-Thomas Ogle, 3. 91-Bugs Norbury, 4. 5x-Jody Wirth, 5. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 97az-Jon Stanbrough, 7. 99-Chuck Jackson, 8. 76a-Art Mankel.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 5*-Gary Taylor, 2. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 3. 34-Robert Ballou, 4. 32-Casey Shuman, 5. 12-Nathan High, 6. 50az-Charles Davis, Jr., 7. 73-Josh Ford, 8. 6x-Bryan Swinehart, 9. 20-Shon Deskins.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 2. xxx-Zach Sawyers, 3. 41-Joshua Williams, 4. 44-Jeremy Reagles, 5. 0-Stevie Sussex, 6. 7x-Rick Johnson, 7. 9x-Larry Carter. DNS: 97-Brandon Lane.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 2. 22x-Justin Grant, 3. 96-Carson Ditsch, 4. 17az-Michael Bryan, 5. 28-Steve Sussex, 6. 7-Steve Tellas, 7. 00-Ken Caskey.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 85-Bobby Marcum, 2. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 3. 61x-Bo Baker, 4. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 5. 22-Jesse Baker, 6. 11-Seainn Hendricsen, 7. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 8. 8x-Chris Beal.
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 12-Nathan High, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 78m-Leland Michael, 5. 16-Mike Martin, 6. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 7. 26az-Bobby Taylor, 8. 17az-Michael Bryan, 9. 76a-Art Mankel, 10. 99-Chuck Jackson, 11. 96-Carson Ditsch, 12. 9x-Larry Carter, 13. 8x-Chris Beal, 14. 5x-Jody Wirth, 15. 97az-Jon Stanbrough, 16. 7x-Rick Johnson, 17. 11-Seainn Hendricsen.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32-Casey Shuman, 2. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 77m-Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. 15-R.J. Johnson, 5. 0-Stevie Sussex, 6. 74-Derek Williams, 7. 6x-Bryan Swinehart, 8. 28-Steve Sussex, 9. 25-Jesse Dunham, 10. 7-Steve Tellas, 11. 611-Bill Rose, 12. 22-Jesse Baker, 13. 73-Josh Ford, 14. 00-Ken Caskey, 15. 41-Joshua Williams. DNS: 97-Brandon Lane.
“A” Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2az-Jesse Hockett, 2. 5*-Gary Taylor, 3. 12-Nathan High, 4. 32-Casey Shuman, 5. 77-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 7. 48-Thomas Ogle, 8. 20-Shon Deskins, 9. xxx-Zach Sawyers, 10. 91-Bugs Norbury, 11. 5m-Brian O'Donnell, 12. 22x-Justin Grant, 13. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 14. 85-Bobby Marcum, 15. 50az-Charles Davis, Jr., 16. 76-Mike Leslie, 17. 34-Robert Ballou, 18. 88-Johnathon Henry, 19. 61x-Bo Baker, 20. 6-Rex Calderwood, 21. 44-Jeremy Reagles, 22. 77m-Hunter Schuerenberg.
Jesse Hockett gets the biggest win of his career at
the famed Budwieser Oval Nationals at Perris Motor
Speedway in California!!!
Wednesday Jesse
Hockett was down with the
flu and stayed in his hotel most of the day. Thursday, still under the weather, Jesse finished 15th in the B Main. Friday, Duke and Scott McMillen Motorsports entry showed their strength as Hockett battled for the lead eventually finishing 4th. Hockett and the McMillens would have their work cut out for them starting mid pack in the B main. Jesse transfered with a 7th. Starting 19th in the feature, it would seem imposible to finish on the podium but not for Jesse Hockett. With each lap Jesse passed cars and with each red they made adjustments. On lap 38 restart, Hockett threw a slide job on race leader Jerry Coons Jr. to take the lead. Hockett's ability to communicate setup and his never-quit attitude are only second to his desire to win. Watch for Jesse on the cover of December's Flat Out Magazine with a feature article by Gary Costa inside. Hockett drove for Duke and Scott McMillen in their MCMillen Motorsports #2 Maxim / S&D Race Engines. The McMillens have partnered with Hansen Machine, JF McCray, LRB Manufacturing, Kaeding Performance, and ART Enterprise. Jesse Hockett drives the VKCC Motorsports, LRB Manufacturing, Indy Race Parts, HRP Wings, Parker Stores of Phoenix, Massey Truck Repair, Rod End Supply, Hoosier Tires, DMI, Simpson, Lucas Oil, Penske Shocks, Red Onion Lounge, Fischer Body Shop, Pro Powder Coating.
Jesse Hockett Runs 2nd Both Nights and Sets New Track Record at the Louie Vermeil Classic USAC Race at Calistoga Speedway. On Saturday, Jesse Qualified 11th, started 6th in the Heat finishing 2nd. In the Main, Hockett started front row out side stretching out the lead to 1/2 lap just to have it called back for a yellow. It felt like there was 50 yellows! On a restart about lap 21, Tim Kaeding and Kevin Swindell got under Jesse. Hockett passed Swindell back right away. For the next 9 laps Hockett and TK swapped the lead in each corner. Hard and Clean !!! Hockett passed TK comming to the White Flag just to have another yellow come out. On the restart Hockett gave it all he had finishing next to TK at the line. On Sunday, Hockett blistered a New Track Record 19.530. Started the heat last to Win it driving away. Jesse started the Main 8th. It took about 20 laps to get into 2nd and battling lap for lap with TK. Hockett and TK both started running down Swindell but at that point there was not enough laps left. Hockett will drove for legendary west coast car owners Duke and Scott McMillen in there MCMillen Motorsports #2 Black Maxims with S&D Race Engines. The McMillens have partnered with Hansen Machine, JF McCray, LRB Manufacturing, Kaeding Performance, and ART Enterprise.
8/21/08
Jesse runs a hard fought 5th at the Missouri State Championship!
Jesse would miss his heat race as the rear end broke in hot laps. He would then tag the rear of the B main, starting 14th . In three laps Hockett would take the lead and go on for the win. This would put the #75 VKCC Motorsports team lined up 17th for the A main. He would make some early charges and before the track went rubber down and single file, make his way up to 5th where he would settle in for the finish. Overall a top five night, after starting the night behind the eight ball.
8/13/08
Jesse Hockett Gets 100th Career Win at Double-X Sunday Night
With Frankenstein hungry, Hockett had no choice but to give it what it wanted. Hockett started 8th in the Heat, passing to 3rd. Hockett started 5th in the feature, slicing and dicing to take the lead by about half way. In 12 nights out this season, Frankenstein has posted 9 wins, 2 seconds, 1 eighth.
8/6/08
Jesse Hockett Run up Front at the 360 Knoxville Nationals
On Friday night Jesse qualified 5th and ran 4th in 5th Heat. Jesse finished 5th in the feature to earn a spot for Saturday's Main Event. On Saturday, Hockett started 9th and finsihed 7th. On Monday, Hockett jumped in Tom Buch owned #13x for the Front Row Challenge at Oskaloosa. Hockett qualified 17th and won the 2nd Heat. In the Feature, Hockett started 8th row outside and passed his way to a 7th place finish.
7/29/08
Jesse Hockett's Frankenstein Wins #8 at Double-X Sunday Night
Jesse Hockett's Frankenstein wins #8 at Double-X Sunday night. After winning the Heat, Hockett was disqualified for having the wrong compound right rear. Jesse started the Feature from the 11th row outside (Dead Last). Hockett charged threw the pack like a man possessed passing 2 and 3 cars per lap to take the win. In 11 nights out so far, Frankenstein has posted 8 wins, 2 seconds, 1 eighth. On Saturday, Jesse was at Knoxville's weekly show to test for the Knoxville 360 Nationals. Jesse ran 6th to 2nd in his heat and was high point starting the feature. Pill draw was as bad as could be putting Hockett starting 10th to finish the shortend race 7th.
6/22/08
Jesse Hockett partnered
with INDY Race Parts to
compete this week in their
house car #71 at Paragon
Raceway for the KISS show.
Jesse Hockett passes 43 cars to run 5th at Paragon Raceways King of Indiana Sprint Series Saturday Night. Hockett, driving for Bernie in an Indy Race Parts machine that was finished being assembled at 4:00 Saturday got caught up in a wreck at the start of the second head that sent him to the pits for repairs. Starting the C main in 20th Hockett made a last lap pass for the final transfer spot finishing 5th in the 10 laps. In the B main, Hockett started 19th to again grap the last transfer spot finishing 5th in 12 laps. In the feature, Hockett started 19th, ran the top on his way to a 5th place finish. The crowd had plenty to cheer as Jesse passed 43 cars of the 47 car field. Special thanks to Bernie at Indy Race Parts for putting Jesse in the #71 Eagle.
As Always, Jesse Hockett and the VKCC Motorsports team would like to thank some of their great sponsors, LRB Manufacturing, Indy Race Parts, Wesmar Racing Engines, DRC Chassis, HRP Wings, Massey Truck Repair, Rod End Supply, Hoosier Tires, DMI, Simpson, Lucas Oil, Penske Shocks, Red Onion Lounge, Fischer Body Shop, Pro Powder Coating.
5/25/08
The Rocket's up and down
week ended the way he likes it,
in victory lane at the WOW
"Larry Martin Memorial !"
The week started at Anderson Speedway, IN at the USAC pavement race. Jesse was impressive qualifing 9th, 2nd in his heat. He started 9th in the feature and was running in the 6th position when he was taken out on lap 72. The next night was a USAC dirt race at the Terre Haute Action Track whene he qualified 8th quick, then 3rd in his highly contested heat. The feature would see him start 8th and work up to 3rd early until the fuel pump went south. The week would start looking up as the Rocket would take his personal car, the #77 Frankenstien car to I70 Speedway to run a non-wing show, where he was the class of the field, taking the heat win and dominating all laps in the feature. The next night though would be the biggest highlight of the week. Jesse and team would travel to XX Speedway to race against the tough WOW winged sprints. The heat would see him charge from the rear to third, putting him in the 6th starting position in the feature. He would then put on a hard charge getting to 2nd by halfway, and once they met lap traffic it was his race as he raced past the leader and went on for a straight away victory. Jesse Hockett drives the VKCC Motorsports, LRB Manufacturing, Indy Race Parts, DRC Chassis, HRP Wings, Massey Truck Repair, Rod End Supply, Weld Wheels, Hoosier Tires, DMI, Simpson, Lucas Oil, Penske Shocks, Red Onion Lounge, Fischer Body Shop, Pro Powder Coating , #75 using Westmar / DRC.
Hockett Tops 2008 WOW Opener
LaMonte, MO(April 5th)-by Chad Buford
Jumping into the lead from his front row outside starting position, Jesse Hockett went on to lead all 20 laps in Saturday’s season opener for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors. The race would get off to a rough start as Terry Hinck would receive front axle damage to bring out a yellow on the initial start. After this, the race would go nonstop with Hockett jumping into the lead followed by Brian Brown, Jay Kinder, and Randy Martin.
On lap two, Hockett continued to lead Brown, but Martin was able to get by Kinder for third. The top three would continue this way, but on lap six, Bryan Grimes moved by Kinder for fourth. A lap later, Josh Fisher cracked the top five with a pass of Kinder as well. The front five would stay this way throughout the remaining laps and Hockett would lap all the way up to sixth place. Hockett would be followd by Brown, Martin, Grimes, and Fisher. Rounding out the top ten were Jonathan Cornell, Austin Alumbaugh, J Kinder, Jesse Giannetto, and Jeff Wingate.
The Winged Outlaw Warriors will next race on Friday April 18th at Midway Raceway in Lebanon, MO followed by an April 19th show at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland.
