HAMPTON, Ga. - Jensen Jorgensen added to his 2023 Thursday Thunder win total last week with a WJP Investments Pro division victory on Atlanta Motor Speedway’s quarter-mile “Thunder Ring.”
The Stockbridge, Georgia native battled with Donovan Strauss early on. Jorgensen took his time starting from the outside pole and finally made his move with 10 laps to go to get by Strauss for the lead.
“He started getting tight in the center and I was handling good,” said Jorgensen. “When I have a good handling car I know that I can compete with just about anybody out here.”
Jorgenson held off the field for the final 10 laps for his third win of the season.
The Associate Group Young Lions division had tight battles for the race lead from the drop of the green flag. Garrett Erwin took the victory, as he was able to hold off challenges from Aiden King and Kyle Bacon. A late race caution with five laps to go opened the door for Erwin to take the lead as pole sitter King slipped to fourth. King fought back over the final five laps to finish second while Bacon earned a podium finish in third.
Mason Lastra earned his second Semi-Pro division win of the season. Making the pass for the lead that got him to the front of the field for the win was a challenge for Lastra, as he had to fight off Jesse Martinez. Lastra was finally able to pull away with the lead late in the race while Martinez fell back and had to hold off a hard charging Jonathon Taylor to hold onto second.
Other winners on the night included Katelyn Hicks in Chargers, Allee Johnson in Fr8Auctions Rookie Bandoleros, Wyatt Coffey in Bandits, Benjamin Jones in Masters, Alison Johnson in Outlaws
Thursday Thunder action returns to quarter-mile “Thunder Ring” for round 7 action on July 20. For more information, visit AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com.
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA
Thursday Thunder Round 6 – June 29, 2023
Pro
1. 32-Jensen Jorgensen
2. 51-Donovan Strauss
3. 5-Garrett Gumm
4. 24-Cale Hall
5. 72-Nick Woodall
6. 16-Currie Pierce
7. 4-Graham Campbell
8. 17-Hudson Bulger
9. 88-Keaton Hendrix
10. 3-Taylor Jorgensen
Young Lions
1. 9-Garrett Erwin
2. 88-Aiden King
3. 48-Kyle Bacon
4. 62-Dylan Bongiovanni
5. 15-Bryce Sanders
6. 8-Cooper Gaul
7. 20-Evan McKnight
8. 28-Jack Lamarre
9. 46-Cole Denton
10. 78-Will Haire
Semi-Pro
1. 17-Mason Lastra
2. 5X-Jesse Martinez
3. 98-Sean McElearney
4. 31-Jason Treschl
5. 9-Jackson Reynolds
6. 48-Noah Ryan
7. 41-Michael Gannon
8. 316-Coleman Moody
9. 73-Ian Hampton
10. 44-Oliver Dibble
11. 30-Trey Tadrzak
12. 4W-Stuart Wilkerson
13. 72-Luke Yarbrough
14. 97-C.J. Almond
15. 7-Jonathan Taylor
16. 75WOOD-Amanda Woodall
Chargers
1. 24-Katelyn Hicks
2. 99-Baylor O’Neil
3. 27C-Brian Cosier
4. 26-Emma Teal
5. 28-Conner Butler
6. 27-Kayli Kade
7. 16-Carson Youngblood
Rookie Bandoleros
1. 75-Allee Johnson
2. 1J-James Behnke
3. 20-Kinsley Tatum
4. 95G-Colton Glass
5. 9-Luke Young
6. 51-Clair Reynolds
7. 316-Flynt Pierce
8. 16-Matt Hodges
Bandits
1. 2-Wyatt Coffey
2. 46-Lane Christensen
3. 18-Matthew Laprade
4. 38-Billy Lee
5. 9-Carson Sherman
6. 87-Briella Rudolph
7. 24-caymden hanson
Masters
1. 10-Benjamin Jones
2. 15-Bill Plemons, Jr.
3. 7-Phillip Young
4. 14-Mark Swan
5. 5-Ronnie Wehunt
6. 37-Lisa Young
7. 15M-Scott Moseley
Outlaws
1. 15-Alison Johnson
2. 4-Mitchell Flater
3. 38-Emma Britt
4. 8-J.T. O’Connor
5. 74-Addyson King
6. 95-Javier Soto
