Cap Henry opens All Star Midwest Swing with victory in Lake Ozark’s Beach Brawl Preliminary
ELDON, Mo. (July 23, 2021) – For the second time this season, Republic, Ohio’s Cap Henry powered his way to FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane, doing so in spectacular fashion in an all-out brawl at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Missouri, on Friday, July 23. The victory, earning Henry an $8,000 payday, was accomplished from the pole position, leading early before fading slightly to fourth, all before finding some late race stamina around the bottom to charge his way back to the top spot. Henry now owns six-career All Star Circuit of Champions victories, earning his first of the year at Gas City I-69 Speedway on May 22.
“We were so good at the beginning, then I messed up and allowed all of those guys to get by me. It got hairy there a few times, but I’m happy to be standing here,” Cap Henry said in Lake Ozark Speedway victory lane, driver of the Lane Racing, Blake’s Hard Cider, No. 4 sprint car. “I could see I was making gains, so I had to stick with it. With about five to go, I was starting to struggle a little bit and I was missing the bottom. I knew then that it was time to move up and just get going.”
Despite starting the 30-lapper from the pole position, Henry’s Beach Brawl preliminary campaign was far from a walk in the park. In fact, Henry was forced to battle with some of the sport’s finest including Series point leader and recent Kings Royal champion, Tyler Courtney, as well as KCP Racing’s Gio Scelzi, and rising open wheel star, Zeb Wise. Scelzi, who joined Henry on the front row, actually earned the initial jump before Henry took command for the first time on lap two.
A brief stronghold, Henry’s initial command over the field was quick, eventually losing the top spot to Courtney on lap four. A pair of cautions on laps 14 and 17 acted as Henry’s saving grace, allowing the Ohioan, who had faded to fourth by lap 12, to power his way back to the top of the running order. Utilizing each of the ensuing restarts to his advantage, as well as the very bottom of the speedway, Henry was back in charge by lap 18, ultimately driving back by Clauson Marshall Racing’s Tyler Courtney at the exit of turn four. The main event’s final caution appeared on lap 20, this time allowing Zeb Wise to also sneak by Tyler Courtney.
Wise, the 2021 Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race winner, did his best to reel in Henry around the very topside of the speedway, but a kiss with the wall on lap 25 sealed Henry’s fate; Wise held on to finish second, followed by a hard-charging Christopher Bell.
Lake Ozark Speedway’s inaugural Beach Brawl will conclude on Saturday evening, July 24, with the $10,000-to-win finale. Series action will then resume on Sunday, July 25, at Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas, where the All Star Circuit of Champions will hit center stage as the first-ever 410 sprint car program in the track’s history. The first and only Series visit to Kansas in 2021, the All Star event will award a $6,000 top prize.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Lake Ozark Speedway | Friday, July 23, 2021:
Event: Inaugural Beach Brawl
Entries: 30
C&R Racing Hot Laps: Zeb Wise | 12.180
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Gio Scelzi | 11.580
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Paul McMahan
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Cap Henry
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Cory Eliason
Kear’s Speed Shop Dash presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Winner: Cap Henry
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Tanner Holmes
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Jack Wagner
FloRacing A-Main Winner: Cap Henry
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Christopher Bell (+11)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 18-Gio Scelzi, 11.580; 2. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 11.667; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 11.688; 4. 21BP-Brinton Marvel, 11.760; 5. 10-Zeb Wise, 11.767; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 11.774; 7. 5-Paul McMahan, 11.789; 8. 4-Cap Henry, 11.821; 9. 26-Cory Eliason, 11.839; 10. 31-Joe B. Miller, 11.872; 11. 20G-Noah Gass, 11.918; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 11.966; 13. 11-Cale Thomas, 11.968; 14. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.983; 15. 39-Christopher Bell, 11.993; 16. 13-Justin Peck, 12.059; 17. 9JR-Derek Hagar, 12.155; 18. 24W-Garet Williamson, 12.164; 19. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 12.206; 20. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, 12.244; 21. 47N-Marcus Dumesny, 12.286; 22. 7B-Ben Brown, 12.372; 23. 1X-Jake Bubak, 12.374; 24. 50K-Kyle Bellm, 12.387; 25. 21-Kameron Key, 12.441; 26. O7-Skylar Gee, 12.721; 27. 22s-Slater Helt, 12.757; 28. 77-Jack Wagner, 13.004; 29. 73-Samuel Wagner, 13.306; 30. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 13.528
Heat #1 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 5-Paul McMahan [2]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 3. 11-Cale Thomas [5]; 4. 31-Joe B. Miller [1]; 5. 13-Justin Peck [6]; 6. 21BP-Brinton Marvel [3]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes [7]; 8. 21-Kameron Key [9]; 9. 77-Jack Wagner [10]; 10. 7B-Ben Brown [8]
Heat #2 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 4-Cap Henry [2]; 2. 20G-Noah Gass [1]; 3. 10-Zeb Wise [3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [4]; 6. O7-Skylar Gee [9]; 7. 1X-Jake Bubak [8]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner [10]; 9. 9JR-Derek Hagar [6]; 10. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [7]
Heat #3 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [1]; 4. 39-Christopher Bell [5]; 5. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [3]; 6. 24W-Garet Williamson [6]; 7. 50K-Kyle Bellm [8]; 8. 47N-Marcus Dumesny [7]; 9. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [10]; 10. 22S-Slater Helt [9]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 5. 10-Zeb Wise [8]; 6. 5-Paul McMahan [7]; 7. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [6]; 8. 21BP-Brinton Marvel [5]
B-Main (12 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 18T-Tanner Holmes [2]; 2. 1X-Jake Bubak [3]; 3. 50K-Kyle Bellm [4]; 4. 47N-Marcus Dumesny [5]; 5. 21-Kameron Key [6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [9]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner [8]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner [7]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown [11]; 10. 22S-Slater Helt [12]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 10-Zeb Wise [5]; 3. 39-Christopher Bell [14]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 5. 18-Gio Scelzi [2]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [15]; 8. 5-Paul McMahan [6]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [10]; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [7]; 11. 18T-Tanner Holmes [19]; 12. 50K-Kyle Bellm [21]; 13. O7-Skylar Gee [18]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog [13]; 15. 1X-Jake Bubak [20]; 16. 20G-Noah Gass [9]; 17. 21-Kameron Key [22]; 18. 21BP-Brinton Marvel [8]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [23]; 20. 11-Cale Thomas [11]; 21. 13-Justin Peck [16]; 22. 31-Joe B. Miller [12]; 23. 24W-Garet Williamson [17]; 24. 47N-Marcus Dumesny [24] Lap Leaders: Gio Scelzi (1), Cap Henry (2, 3), Tyler Courtney (4-17), Cap Henry (18-30)
Midwest Swing Outline:
Saturday, July 24
Lake Ozark Speedway | Eldon, Missouri
Driver’s Meeting: 6 p.m.
Hot Laps: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 25
Humboldt Speedway | Humboldt, Kansas
Driver’s Meeting: 6:30 p.m.
Hot Laps: 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 27
I-70 Motorsports Park | Odessa, Missouri
Driver’s Meeting: 6:45 p.m.
Hot Laps: 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 29
Missouri State Fair Speedway | Sedalia, Missouri
Driver’s Meeting: 6:15 p.m.
Hot Laps: 7 p.m.
Friday, July 30
34 Raceway | West Burlington, Iowa
Driver’s Meeting: 6 p.m.
Hot Laps: 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 31
Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville, Iowa
Driver’s Meeting: 6 p.m.
Hot Laps: 7:15 p.m.
2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
1. Screven Motor Speedway, Georgia (January 29, 2021): Donny Schatz
2. Screven Motor Speedway, Georgia (January 30, 2021): Aaron Reutzel
3. East Bay Raceway Park, Florida (February 2, 2021): Donny Schatz (2)
4. Volusia Speedway Park, Florida (February 3, 2021): Logan Schuchart
5. Volusia Speedway Park, Florida (February 4, 2021): Carson Macedo
6. Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (April 3, 2021): Justin Peck
7. Virginia Motor Speedway, Virginia (April 15, 2021): Tony Stewart
8. Williams Grove Speedway, Pennsylvania (April 16, 2021): Kyle Larson
9. Port Royal Speedway, Pennsylvania (April 17, 2021): Logan Wagner
10. Bedford Speedway, Pennsylvania (April 18, 2021): Anthony Macri
11. Sharon Speedway, Ohio (May 1, 2021): Justin Peck (2)
12. Tri-City Raceway Park, Pennsylvania (May 2, 2021): Sam Hafertepe Jr.
13. I-96 Speedway, Michigan (May 14, 2021): Tyler Courtney
14. Dirt Oval at Route 66, Illinois (May 15, 2021): Kyle Reinhardt
15. Circle City Raceway, Indiana (May 20, 2021): Tyler Courtney (2)
16. Circle City Raceway, Indiana (May 21, 2021): Tyler Courtney (3)
17. Gas City I-69 Speedway, Indiana (May 22, 2021): Cap Henry
18. Kokomo Speedway, Indiana (May 23, 2021): Zeb Wise
19. Port Royal Speedway, Pennsylvania (May 31, 2021): Lance Dewease
20. Fairbury Speedway, Illinois (June 3, 2021): Tyler Courtney (4)
21. Wilmot Raceway, Wisconsin (June 4, 2021): Tyler Courtney (5)
22. Plymouth Dirt Track, Wisconsin (June 5, 2021): Bill Balog
23. Angell Park Speedway, Wisconsin (June 6, 2021): Bill Balog (2)
24. SW Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (June 11, 2021): Ian Madsen
25. SW Fremont Speedway, Ohio (June 12, 2021): Cole Duncan
26. SW Wayne County Speedway, Ohio (June 14, 2021): Kyle Larson (2)
27. SW Sharon Speedway, Ohio (June 15, 2021): Danny Dietrich
28. SW Waynesfield Raceway Park, Ohio (June 16, 2021): Kyle Larson (3)
29. SW Muskingum County Speedway, Ohio (June 17, 2021): Justin Peck (3)
30. SW Portsmouth Raceway Park, Ohio (June 19, 2021): Paul McMahan
31. Stateline Speedway, New York (July 9, 2021): Hunter Schuerenberg
32. Sharon Speedway, Ohio (July 10, 2021): Spencer Bayston
33. Lake Ozark Speedway, Missouri (July 23, 2021): Cap Henry (2)
2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of 7/23/21):
1. Tyler Courtney – 3908
2. Cory Eliason – 3656
3. Hunter Schuerenberg – 3644
4. Zeb Wise – 3606
5. Cap Henry – 3588
6. Bill Balog – 3570
7. Paul McMahan – 3510
8. Kyle Reinhardt – 3206
9. Justin Peck – 3186
10. Ian Madsen – 2926
About the All Star Circuit of Champions:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first ‘outlaw’ Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015.
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