Chappell Cruises to Victory at Salina

From John Rittenoure SALINA, Ok. (June 24, 2017) – Just last week after a second place finish at Lawton Speedway Zach Chappell said he was looking forward to racing at the Salina Highbanks Speedway. After Saturday night one can see why. Chappell looked very comfortable as he flew around the high-banked 3/8’s mile oval on the way to his first Ameri-Flex / OCRS sprint car feature victory of the season. “I have always loved this racetrack,” said Chappell of the Salina track. “We have had a lot of seconds and thirds here and it feels good to finally get a win here. “We were fortunate to start up front and we were there for the taking. It was a great track.” Starting on the pole by virtue of a redraw that was done at intermission, Chappell jumped into the early lead and was chased by Whit Gastineau and Jamie Passmore. Gastineau and Passmore swapped positions for a lap then Alex Sewell joined battle moving around Passmore to third. Gastineau could not catch Chappell but had one last chance when the yellow waved with three laps remaining but Chappell was too strong and pulled away on the restart and led the [...]