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The 2008 2nd Annual Daniel E. McMillin Memorial Race T-shirt. The shirt will be available at the race on July 5th, 2008 at Lake Ozark Speedway!
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.
WOW summary
LA Raceway
April 5th-35 cars
1st Heat- 8 laps(top four to A) 1. 88 J Kinder-Linn, MO(2) 2. 61A Toby Brown-Carthage, MO(8) 3. 86x Josh Fisher-Smithton, MO(9) 4. 19S Steven Cross-Fair Play, MO(4) 5. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(5) 6. 4C Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(7) 7. 04 Brad Graham-Strafford, MO(6) 8. 5MA Mallory Armfield-St. Joseph, MO(4) 9. 10 Clint Todd-Lynchburg, MO(3)-DNF
2nd Heat- 8 laps(top four to A) 1. 77 Jesse Hockett-Warsaw, MO(2) 2. 14 Randy Martin-California, MO(3) 3. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO(4) 4. 89 Todd McVay-Grain Valley, MO(1) 5. 23F- Matt Fox-Sedalia, MO(9) 6. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(8) 7. 72 Curtis Boyer-New Haven, MO(6) 8. 75 Tyler Blank-California, MO(5)-DNF 9. 9C Tony Crank - Sedalia, MO(7)-DNF
3rd Heat- 8 laps(top four to A) 1. 6 Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO(8) 2. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO(5) 3. 8 Jeff Wingate-Centertown, MO(3) 4. 22 Dustin Barks-Farmington, MO(7) 5. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(6) 6. 4 Evan Martin-Jefferson City, MO(9) 7. 93 Kenny Potter-Harrisonville, MO(2)-DNF 8. 48 David Brown- Marshall, MO(4)-DNF 9. 43 Frank Brown - Marshall, MO(1)-DNF
4th Heat- 8 laps(top four to A) 1. 21X Brian Brown - Grain Valley, MO(5) 2. 1P Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO(6) 3. 24 Lanny Carpenter-Clarksburg, MO(2) 4. 18W Chris Walker-Oak Grove, MO(1) 5. 4X Rex Combs-Tipton, MO(3) 6. 14K Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO(7)-DNF 7. 21 Eric Todd-Falcon, MO(4)-DNF 8. 32L David Langford-Kearney, MO(8)-DNF
B Feature #1-12 laps( top two to A) 1. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(1) 2. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(4) 3. 72 Curtis Boyer-New Haven, MO(6) 4. 75 Tyler Blank-California, MO(8) 5. 23F- Matt Fox-Sedalia, MO(2) 6. 4C Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(3) 7. 10 Clint Todd-Lynchburg, MO(9) 8. 5MA Mallory Armfield-St. Joseph, MO(7) 9. 9C Tony Crank - Sedalia, MO(10)-DNF 10. 04 Brad Graham-Strafford, MO(5)-DNF
B Feature #2 10 laps(top two to A) 1. 4X Rex Combs-Tipton, MO(2) 2. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(1) 3. 93 Kenny Potter-Harrisonville, MO(3) 4. 4 Evan Martin-Jefferson City, MO(5) 5. 32L David Langford-Kearney, MO(5) 6. 14K Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO(DNS) 7. 21 Eric Todd-Falcon, MO(DNS) 8. 48 David Brown- Marshall, MO(DNS) 9. 43 Frank Brown - Marshall, MO(DNS)
A Feature- 20 laps 1. 77 Jesse Hockett-Warsaw, MO(2) 2. 21X Brian Brown-Grain Valley, MO(4) 3. 14 Randy Martin-California, MO(6) 4. 6 Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO(3) 5. 86x Josh Fisher-Smithton, MO(9) 6. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO(10) 7. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO(7) 8. 88 J Kinder-Linn, MO(1) 9. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(17) 10. 8 Jeff Wingate-Centertown, MO(11) 11. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(19) 12. 4X Rex Combs-Tipton, MO(18) 13. 1P Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO(8) 14. 18W Chris Walker-Oak Grove, MO(16) 15. 24 Lanny Carpenter-Clarksburg, MO(12) 16. 19S Steven Cross-Fair Play, MO(13) 17. 61A Toby Brown-Carthage, MO(5)-DNF 18. 89 Todd McVay-Grain Valley, MO(14)-DNF 19. 22 Dustin Barks-Farmington, MO(15)-DNF 20. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(15)-DNF
MISSOURI STAR JESSE “THE ROCKET” HOCKETT ENTERS USAC/CRA SEASON OPENER AND PAS 360 CHAMPIONSHIP!
(JANUARY 28, 2008, PERRIS, CA) With the 2008 season opener less than two weeks away, Perris Auto Speedway officials are pleased to announce that young Warsaw, Missouri superstar Jesse “The Rocket” Hockett has posted an entry for the Perris 360 Sprint Car Championship and the USAC/CRA season opener on February 8th and 9th. Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply will present the two nights of racing. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM both nights.
Last November 2nd, Hockett, 24, journeyed to The PAS and defeated one of the toughest fields of Sprint Cars assembled in 2007 when he the won the main event on the second preliminary night of the Budweiser Oval Nationals. It was Hockett’s first ever-main event win on the brightly lit Riverside County clay oval. One night later he ended up an impressive fourth in the prestigious Oval Nationals A main event.
Hockett heads into The PAS season opener coming off a very impressive showing in the USAC National Series in 2007. He ended up fifth in USAC National points and along the way posted one win (mentioned above), eight top five finishes and 14 top tens. His season was impressive enough to earn the “Most Improved Driver” award in what is commonly known as the nation’s toughest non-wing sprint car series.
While 2007 was Hockett’s first full season with the USAC National Sprint Car Series, he is no stranger to racing fans or success. In fact, he won his first main event at Pikeston, Kansas’ Linn County Speedway 10 years ago at the tender age of 14. In 2003, he pocketed $10,000.00 when he won the Non-wing World Championship at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas. He made the A main at the 2004 Knoxville Nationals and journeyed down under to win the Western Australia Points Week Championship in 2005. Two weeks ago, Hockett placed 12th in the A main at the Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That is extremely impressive as 275 cars vied for the 24 spots in the A main!
Hockett will be behind the wheel the familiar VKCC Motorsports #75s in both halves of the season opening program.
Another driving star named Jesse is also among the early entries for the 360 portion of the program. Jesse Mack, of San Luis Obispo, California is the defending Bandit Sprint Car Series champion. Mack won four main events on his way to last year’s title and all four of his wins came at the Santa Maria Speedway.
Advance tickets for the season opening doubleheader are available now by calling (800) 595-4849 or (951) 940-0134. You can also order tickets on the Internet at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.
Anyone wishing more information could contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951) 940-0134.
Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds, home of the Southern California Fair. The track is approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit at the Ramona Expressway and go two miles east to the fairgrounds.
Video and DVD productions for all Lucas Oil USAC/CRA at races Perris Auto Speedway are available from North Hollywood, California’s Raceway Video. For more information on these shows call Jeff Kristensen at (818) 618-9764 or visit the website at www.racewayvideo.com
Video and DVD productions for all PASSCAR events are available from Pasadena, California’s RAZ Video. For more information on these shows call Howie Zechner at (626) 449-1175 or send an E-mail to: Howie@razvideo.com.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment
(Jesse Hockett)
Consistency has been the key to recent success for VKCC Motorsports and driver Jesse "the rocket" Hockett. The rocket recently celebrated his 24th birthday in style by winning the ASCS Midwest season finale at US 36 Raceway in Cameron MO. Jesse has shown his versatility finishing in the top 5 in 12 of his last 13 starts and 2 wins in 3 different types of sprint cars (410 wing, 360 wing, and 410 non wing). Jesse and team also captured the 410 non wing Sprint Bandit season long points championship along the way. The wins at US 36 Raceway and the Preliminary win at the LOS 360 National were the highlights of the 13 race stretch since the Knoxville Nationals. " We didn't have the Nationals that we had hoped for but we didn't get down and kept working hard, its definitely starting to pay off now. Gary Eastwood and Jared Schneiderman have done an excellent job keeping the car fast and consistent lately. Hopefully we can use this momentum to finish out the usac season strong, and make up some positions in the National standings." The next race up for Jesse and team will be the All Stars $10,000 to win Hoosier Nationals at Lawrenceburg speedway. Jesse drives the Tom and Asta Vankeirsbilck owned VKCC Motorsports #75 sponsored by Rod End Supply, Fischer Body Shop, LRB Manufacturing, Massey's Truck Repair, Red Onion Lounge, and the Kasey Kahne Foundation. Consistency requires strong parts and components Penske Shocks, DRC Chassis, Hoosier Tires, AZ Race Mart, Weld Wheels, DMI, LRB, HRP wings, and Indy Race Parts have all provided the reliability to run hard and fast night after night.VKCC Motorsports and Jesse Hockett are weighing options for the 2008 season and are searching for a major sponsor, as well as associate sponsors to keep on the road for next season. For more information on being a part of a professional and strong team; contact rocketracing75@yahoo.com or visit jessehockett.com for more info.
