Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet Team Knock Off Top-10 Finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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“Today was my 333rd NASCAR Cup Series start, so it’s really cool to be able to add another top-10 finish to our season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We started the race with a tight-handling Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet, but our Chevy got freer as we ran. Justin Alexander and the team did a good job addressing various balance issues throughout the day. We definitely made the right call to take tires at the end of the race. We restarted 16th and ended up finishing 10th. We maybe could have had a sixth or seventh-place finish if we would have had a better restart. The No. 22 car won it, and he took tires, too. He took the top from me on the restart, so we were right there. Overall, another solid day.” -Austin Dillon

Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet Team Cap Off Strong Run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway With Sixth-Place Finish

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“We ran well and led a good bit of the race early today in our ALSCO Uniforms Chevrolet. The balance of our car went from too loose to too tight during the first two stages. Randall Burnett and the guys kept making adjustments and late in the race we were pretty good. It’s certainly nice to get another top-10 finish. The restarts here are frustrating, but we came away with a good finish. Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of my favorite tracks and I can’t wait to get down there next week.” -Tyler Reddick

October 16, 2022

After a promising performance in qualifying, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team came away with a 26^th-place finish in Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Burton started a season-best eighth in Sunday’s 400-miler but fell out of the top 10 during a 78-lap green-flag run that opened the race.

The DEX Imaging team made a handling adjustment during a green-flag stop on Lap 37 and ended the first 80-lap Stage in 22^nd place.

After more tuning during a pit stop following the end of the Stage, Burton rejoined the race in the top 20 and remained there for much of the second Stage before ending that segment in 25^th place.

In the third and final segment of the race Burton ran inside the top 25 until a brush with the wall led to him losing two laps while the DEX Imaging crew repaired the rear suspension.

He regained one lap by getting the free pass when the caution flag flew with 20 laps remaining, but the caution flag he needed to rejoin the lead lap never flew and he wound up 26^th, one lap off the pace.

Burton and the No. 21 team now head to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Dixie Vodka 400 on Oct. 23.

NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SOUTH POINT 400 TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE NOTES & QUOTESOCTOBER 16, 2022

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:POS.   DRIVER2nd     Ross Chastain, No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL16th      Tyler Reddick, No. 8 ALSCO Camaro ZL18th      Erik Jones, No. 43 FOCUSfactor Camaro ZL19th      AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Celsius Camaro ZL110th    Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Camaro ZL1 TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS: POS.  DRIVER1st      Joey Logano (Ford)2nd     Ross Chastain (Chevrolet)3rd      Kyle Busch (Toyota)4th      Chase Briscoe (Ford)5th      Denny Hamlin (Toyota) Race Two of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8 will get underway next Sunday, October 23, at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Dixie Vodka 400 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC, the NBCSports Gold App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE NOTES AND QUOTES: ROSS CHASTAIN, NO. 1 TOOTSIES CAMARO ZL1Finished: 2ndWhat a move that was to take the lead.“Yeah, I had the same opportunity 30-laps earlier, and I didn’t take it because it just wasn’t the right time. It was putting a lot of risk on the table to do it. We got the lead and did everything we could for our No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevy. It was all we could do.” I know you think about wanting to win this race, but when you’re thinking about the championship and making the final 4, it’s good to have a day like today.“It hurts, right? It hurts to lose like that with just a few laps to go to fresher tires. It’s so good to be driving these Trackhouse Racing Chevy’s for everybody at AdventHealth, Moose Fraternity, Jockey and Worldwide Express. To keep bringing this kind of speed in the playoffs is a dream come true.” KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1 Finished: 35th Did his (Bubba Wallace) reaction and retaliation surprise you?“No, it didn’t surprise me. I obviously made an aggressive move into (turn) three; got in low, got loose and chased it up a bit. He (Bubba Wallace) got to my right front, and it got him tight and into the wall. I knew he was going to retaliate. He had a reason to be mad, but his race wasn’t over until he retaliated.It is what it is. Just aggression turned into frustration and he retaliated.” Is retaliation at that speed an acceptable thing?“I think with everything that’s been going on here lately, with head injuries, fractured ligaments and all that, I don’t think it’s probably the right thing to do. We’ve all done it – maybe not all of us – but I have. I’ve let the emotions get the best of me before, too. I know he’s probably still upset. I’m sure with everything going, he’ll know that he made a mistake in the retaliation part and I’m sure he’ll think twice about that next time.” What about the off-track retaliation when he came up and tried to shove you.. did that catch you off guard?“No, I saw him walking over, so I figured he would do something. Like I said, he had every right to be upset. I would rather him do that than tear up our cars in a dangerous manner. It is what it is.”CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 HOOTERS CAMARO ZL1Finished: 21st Can you describe what you were feeling out there?“I just did a really bad job. I’m obviously missing something at places like this to compete with the gentlemen that know what they’re doing.” Homestead-Miami Speedway is another 1.5-mile track, but it’s very different from Las Vegas. Do you feel like you can bounce back; or does this make you more concerned for Homestead?“Homestead is definitely different, but I need to re-evaluate myself, in general, to have a shot next week.” AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 16 CELSIUS CAMARO ZL1 Finished: 9th “Overall, I felt like it was a solid day for our No. 16 Celsius Chevrolet team. We fought being a little bit tight most of the day. Track position was critical and we lost that a couple of times. I was fairly happy with the speed we had. The car was fairly comfortable. We had one run where we got really loose, but other than that, we just fought the front issue. We had good speed and it’s something to build on when we come back to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. To get another top-10 was really solid and I’m proud of both cars. Justin (Haley) was fast. We’ll keep working on that.” WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 RAPTORTOUGH.COM CAMARO ZL1Finished: 13th“We just struggled. We were kind of just bouncing all day and we could never really get our car to stop bouncing, so we just struggled with that. At times, we had the balance OK, but really could never get the right balance to get ourselves to be able to run up front. We just hoovered around the fifth- to eighth-spot all day. It was just unfortunate that we couldn’t really finish there.” How frustrating is that when it’s the first race of this round? “I thought Las Vegas (Motor Speedway) was going to be good for us, but unfortunately all day, we couldn’t really show that. We had some decent stage points, but never enough to really get up towards the front. Just a struggle all day.”  JUSTIN HALEY, NO. 31 LEAFFILTER GUTTER PROTECTION CAMARO ZL1 Finished: 14th A pit strategy call that didn’t quite work out and you ended up finishing 14th. Take us through those final laps and what more you needed to hang onto that lead. “I think we would have been fine with those two tires there in clean air. As soon as that caution came out, the tires cycled and they just cycled too tight. I got into some dirty air and just fell back after that.  Awesome effort by everyone on this No. 31 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet. It’s cool to run up here and start slowly building up these finishes. We started a little slow, but I feel like the speed is where we want it right now at the end of the season.” TY DILLON, NO. 42 LUCKY 29 VODKA CAMARO ZL1Finished: 33rd“We had a good day in Las Vegas and were on our way to a strong run, but made contact with the wall late in the race and broke something in the suspension that ended our day early. Thanks to Lucky29 Liquors for coming on board this weekend, wish we could have gotten them a better finish, but appreciate their support and look forward to the next one!” ERIK JONES, NO. 43 FOCUSFACTOR CAMARO ZL1 Finished: 6th “We had a good, uneventful day in Las Vegas with another solid top-10 finish. We had speed all weekend, didn’t qualify where we wanted, but were able to adjust on our FOCUSfactor Chevy all race to improve throughout the day. We were there at the end, just needed a little more to get up front and be in the mix for the win. We’ll head to Homestead next weekend where I feel like we made gains at the test a few weeks ago and see what we can do.”

TEAM CHEVY RACE QUICK NOTESStage One:·       Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 ALSCO Camaro ZL1 team recorded their third pole win of 2022 to lead the field to the green in Race One of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ·       A caution on lap 79 brought the end of Stage One, with Daniel Suarez leading Chevrolet with a fourth-place finish in the stage in his No. 99 Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Camaro ZL1. ·       The 80-lap Stage One saw five different leaders, with pole sitter Tyler Reddick leading the most laps of the stage (32 laps). ·       Stage One Team Chevy Top-10: 3rd   Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Camaro ZL17th   Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL19th      Tyler Reddick, No 8 ALSCO Camaro ZL1 10th  William Byron, No. 24 RaptorTough.com Camaro ZL1 Stage Two: ·       During the stage break pit stops, Phil Surgen (crew chief) brought Ross Chastain down pit road for a four tire and fuel pit stop. A fast stop by the No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL1 pit crew gained Chastain six-positions during the race off pit road. ·       After a top-10 finish in Stage One, Kyle Larson was involved in an accident on lap 96, with damage sustained forcing the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 team to retire early from the race. ·       In similar fashion to the opening stage, Daniel Suarez took another top-five finish in Stage Two, driving his No. 99 Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Camaro ZL1 to a third-place finish. ·       Stage Two Team Chevy Top-10:3rd      Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Camaro ZL14th      Ross Chastain, No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL16th      William Byron, No. 24 RaptorTough.com Camaro ZL1 Final Stage / Post-Race Notes: ·       Under caution with 71 laps remaining in the race, the majority of the field came down pit road for a round of pit stops. The No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL1 pit crew executed another fast stop, gaining Chastain two spots on pit road to win the race off pit road. ·       Ross Chastain recorded a second-place finish in his No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL1, leading Chevrolet to five top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ·       Chevrolet Playoff driver, William Byron, scored valuable stage points in today’s opening race for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8, piloting his No. 24 RaptorTough.com Camaro ZL1 to top-10 finishes in both stages. ·       Chevrolet Playoff drivers in the points standings following the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8: Ross Chastain – 2nd in Playoff Standings (+18 points)Chase Elliott – 3rd in Playoff Standings (+17 points)William Byron – 5th in Playoff Standings (- 6 points)

(10/15/2022 – Alex Nieten) Tulare, CA… Leading into this weekend, Rico Abreu hadn’t raced with the NARC Fujitsu General Sprint Cars all year, but he made the absolute most of the only two series appearances he expects to make in 2022.

On Saturday night, Abreu completed a weekend sweep of two of the year’s most lucrative events as he came out on top of the inaugural Dennis Roth Classic at Thunderbowl Raceway following his Anthony Simone Classic triumph on Friday. For the second straight night, the main event produced a 30-lap slugfest with some of the left-coast’s best throwing haymaker after haymaker and Abreu prevailing late.

The Simone netted Abreu $10,000, and the latter earned him another $8,300, totaling nearly $20,000 for two day’s work in his home state. He also took home 30 pounds of ribeye courtesy of the Roth win. Abreu now owns 17 career NARC wins in 69 starts, upping his winning percentage to just a touch under 25%. It was Abreu’s fourth series win at Tulare, his personal best. With Abreu planning to head back east after next weekend’s Trophy Cup, he’ll finish up his 2022 NARC endeavors with a perfect two-for-two record.

“Dennis and Teresa (Roth) have been supporters of sprint car racing for longer than I’ve been alive, so it’s a pleasure to be standing up here talking to all of you guys at one of my favorite tracks in the country,” said a grateful Abreu in victory lane.

The win would by no means come easy as the front few rows were loaded with talent. Abreu started eighth, and some of the drivers lining up ahead of him included defending NARC champ, Dominic Scelzi, this year’s All-Star Circuit of Champions runner-up, Justin Peck, a pair with seven combined NARC titles between them in Jonathan Allard and Kyle Hirst, and perhaps the country’s best young talent, Corey Day.

Scelzi and Peck led the field to green, but a quick red flag flew on lap two as Max Mittry flipped in turn four and collected Bud Kaeding. Both were okay, and Kaeding was able to rejoin.

When the green flag again flew, Abreu began his charge. Just four laps in, he had already sliced his way up to fourth from eighth in the Rowdy Energy No. 24. Ahead, Scelzi paced the field until the action was slowed for Bud Kaeding spinning in turn four.

On the ensuing restart, Abreu utilized a great jump to leap from fourth to second by the time the field exited turn two. However, the St. Helena gasser couldn’t quite keep his momentum up after the move, and Peck and Day slipped back by.

Those three began a war for the runner-up spot allowing Scelzi to distance himself heading into the race’s halfway mark. Just like the night before in Hanford, it was sliders and crossovers galore as the battle narrowed to just Abreu and Day while Peck faded into the clutches of Justin Sanders.

Eventually, Abreu was able to secure second and quickly closed on Scelzi as he navigated traffic. With just 12 laps to go, Abreu made an amazing move as he split two lapped cars heading into

turn one and managed to complete a slider on Scelzi for the top spot. Scelzi crossed over heading out of turn two. The next time around Abreu threw a turn three slide job, but Scelzi again countered. A red flag for a flipping Jake Morgan temporarily halted the intense battle. Morgan was okay.

One more yellow slowed the race with nine to go, but when the green flag came back out after the final caution, the battle was on.

Abreu and Day traded sliders for second. Day edged ahead and tossed a slider at Scelzi for the lead, and Scelzi promptly drove back by out of turn two. Abreu rallied and came back to again duel with Day. Things got a little ugly with six to go as Abreu made contact with Day in turn one, sending Day sliding into the fence. Miraculously, Day saved the car without losing the third position.

With Day a ways behind him, Abreu set his sights on Scelzi with just five laps to go. Abreu steadily closed in, and with three laps to go he capitalized on a huge run out of turn two, launching a massive slide job on Scelzi into turn three and clearing him by enough that Scelzi couldn’t cross him over.

“The pace changes when you catch lap traffic,” Abreu detailed of he and Scelzi’s battle. “You’re kind of sitting in the cat-bird seat being in second. You don’t know where to run. The top gets dirty when lapped cars throw crumbs up there, and you can slip one lap, and someone can get a run off of four and break someone’s momentum very quickly. It’s just how it goes in sprint car racing. I know Dominic has been in that position before. He’s one of the best cars in California right now.”

After abreu took the top spot, Scelzi made one final attempt to snatch the lead back with a turn three slide job but fell just short. Abreu went on to win by just under seven tenths of a second to collect another strong payday.

“Again, thank you Dennis and Teresa for all you do for sprint car racing,” said the inaugural Dennis Roth Classic champ. “This is from the bottom of my heart. I always make sure to walk up to Dennis Roth if I see him at the races. He’s just an unbelievable person.”

Finishing second was Dominic Scelzi, who was driving a tribute car that paid homage to Dennis Roth’s first sprint car driven by Todd Ventura. It was Scelzi’s series leading 12th podium of the year and he extended his points lead, but the lifelong friend of the Roth family only wanted to win and couldn’t help but be disappointed after leading the opening 27 circuits.

“It was a great race, just not from where I was sitting,” Scelzi said. “It’s really hard to get pumped up and excited to come to a second place interview after racing your absolute ass off from lap one to lap 30 and just coming up short. We just got beat. Hats off to Rico. It was a hell of a race.”

Competing the podium was Corey Day aboard the Meyers Constructors/Four CCCCs Construction No. 14, his second straight top-three and sixth of the year with NARC.

“If things go different in two or three spots that race, I think we’d be standing on the top step, but that’s how it goes,” Day said. “Definitely not disappointed with this. We started fourth and ended up third. We went forward and that’s the biggest thing.”

The remainder of the top-10 included Justin Sanders, Justin Peck, Shane Golobic, Tim Kaeding, Austin McCarl, Tanner Carrick, and Justyn Cox.

FUJITSU GENERAL USA FEATURE (30 laps): 1. Rico Abreu 24 2. Dominic Scelzi 41 3. Corey Day 14 4. Justin Sanders 2X 5. Justin Peck 17 6. Shane Golobic 17W 7. Tim Kaeding 83 8. Austin McCarl 88 9. Tanner Carrick 83T 10. Justyn Cox 42X 11. Willie Croft 29 12. Mitchell Faccinto 21 13. Dylan Bloomfield 83V 14. Jonathan Allard 0 15. Kyle Hirst 83JR 16. Ryan Bernal 22 17. Mitchel Moles 01 18. Logan Forler 2L 19. Craig Stidham 36 20. Blake Carrick 38B 21. D.J. Netto 88N 22. Billy Aton 26 23. Jake Morgan 45 24. Bud Kaeding 69 25. Max Mittry 2XM

METTEC TITANIUM LAP LEADERS: Scelzi 1-27, Abreu 28-30

SWIFT METAL FINISHING HARDCHARGER: Tim Kaeding 25th to 7th

ARP FAST QUALIFIER (25 Cars): Dominic Scelzi 13.595

BROWN AND MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS HEAT ONE (8 laps): Mittry, Scelzi, Netto, Cox, T. Carrick, Faccinto, Aton, T. Kaeding, Croft

KIMO’s TROPICAL CAR WASH HEAT TWO (8 laps): Day, Allard, McCarl, Abreu, B. Carrick, Forler, Morgan, Bloomfield,

DIRT.TRAVEL CLUB HEAT THREE (8 laps): Peck, Hirst, Golobic, Sanders, Stidham, Moles, B. Kaeding, Bernal

SUNNYVALLEY “POWERED BY BACON” TROPHY DASH (6 laps): Scelzi, Peck, Allard, Day, Hirst, Mittry

Daum & teams ready CB Industries backup minutes before green flag, drives 23rd-to-ninth

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oct. 15, 2022 – When the pressure turned up, the heroes emerged Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway.

It was a nail-biting conclusion to the inaugural season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, where the first-ever repeat winner was found and the first-ever champion was crowned by the end of the night.

Jade Avedisian all 35 laps of the 18th annual Charlene Meents Memorial to become the first-ever two-time winner of the Series and the first-ever two-time female Feature winner of a national Midget tour, while Zach Daum piloted one of Avedisian’s backup cars from the CB Industries stable to a ninth-place finish, earning him enough points to clinch the inaugural Series championship.

“The first one was awesome, but I think this one’s just a little more special that I could do it twice,” Avedisian said after the Feature, reflecting on the significance of her trailblazing accomplishment.

Starting from the pole after setting quick time in Group 4 Qualifying and a third-place Heat finish, Avedisian jumped out to the lead at the drop of the green and began setting a torrid pace. She stretched her lead as large as two seconds on more than one occasion and was able to hold the lead through even the toughest restarts.

But after the final restart just before the halfway point, Avedisian found herself riding on another two-second gap with lots of traffic ahead and a hungry pack of drivers behind her. The hungriest of which was Bryant Wiedeman, who was in the midst of a points battle with Daum that was coming right down to the wire.

If Wiedeman won the race, a 15th-or-worse finish for Daum would have been enough to earn Weideman the title. Both were dangerously close to those exact positions in the final laps, and every position mattered. With five laps-to-go and a two second gap to Avedisian, Wiedeman pinned the throttle.

A smooth line, a few smart moves in traffic and some help from the slower cars allowed Wiedeman to reel-in Avedisian in only three laps.

“I didn’t know exactly [how far back], but I knew [someone] was right there because I kinda felt my pace slow down in lapped traffic,” Avedisian said. “I wasn’t sure where to go, and this lapper changed lanes on the straightaway, and I was on the outside. I knew someone was close, but just wasn’t sure who.”

The two stayed relatively close as they took the white flag until Wiedeman attempted a last-ditch slide job in Turn 3. But Avedisian held strong on the top and denied the Keith Kunz Motorsports driver out of Turn 4 to collect the win and the $5,000 paycheck.

“Thanks to [Wiedeman] for driving me clean because we all want to win, and I know what he could’ve done to win,” she said.

Wiedeman crossed the stripe in second to record his best Series finish since the win at Davenport in August. But in the end, it was not enough to make up the points he needed to win the title. Daum had climbed all the way from a provisional starting spot in 23rd to finish 9th and clinch the inaugural season championship.

“I needed the bottom to get slicker so them guys couldn’t run the bottom,” Daum said. “Once that happened, then I got better and could just start picking them off.

“I just tried not to do anything dumb, put myself in a bad position to get crashed that late in the race. Just had to play it smart, play it like a veteran should.”

In his words, this was the hardest he’s ever worked to clinch a national Midget title. As fate would have it, Daum broke an engine after Friday’s event, forcing him to swipe the engine out of teammate Ethan Mitchell’s car to compete Saturday. Then, while leading coming to the white flag in his Heat Race, engine issues snakebit Daum once more, sending him to the pits with limited time to ready another car for the Feature.

In Daum’s hour of need, CB Industries leader Chad Boat offered up a spare car, primarily fitted for Avedisian, to Daum to finish out the night. With crew members from several different teams furiously wrenching and drilling on it, the car was readied just in time for Daum to take his provisional starting spot in the Feature.

“There were other people offering cars, and I appreciate every last one of them,” Daum said. “There were more people in the hot pit and in Chad’s pit tonight than I could even begin to think about. And I thank every one of them, because without them, we wouldn’t have made it in time.”

The thrash effort proved fruitful, giving Daum the avenue to collect the $10,000 title for he and Bundy Built Motorsports. Though they may not have all the shiniest, new equipment in the pit area, Daum and his team let their resiliency power through and proved how far determination can really go.

“Everybody on this team – I can’t explain the shoestring that they race on,” Daum said. “It’s rinky-dink stuff, and we somehow make it work every night. We have nice stuff; we just don’t have any extra stuff.

“Hopefully, 30 years from now, this [series] has exploded and we’re [remembered as] the inaugural champion.”

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 84-Jade Avedisian[1]; 2. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[4]; 3. 55-Jonathan Beason[3]; 4. 71-Daison Pursley[11]; 5. 08-Cannon McIntosh[17]; 6. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 7. 71M-Gavin Miller[2]; 8. 26-Chance Crum[13]; 9. 9M-Zach Daum[23]; 10. 25K-Taylor Reimer[8]; 11. 71K-Dominic Gorden[15]; 12. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[7]; 13. 72J-Sam Johnson[22]; 14. 11A-Andrew Felker[12]; 15. 14X-Chelby Hinton[9]; 16. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[21]; 17. 57-Daniel Whitley[14]; 18. 71E-Mariah Ede[10]; 19. 32T-Trey Marcham[24]; 20. 80-Josh Hawkins[18]; 21. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 22. 50-Daniel Adler[20]; 23. 81G-Greyson Springer[19]; 24. 00-Talin Turner[16]

PORTSMOUTH, OH (October 15, 2022) –  Garrett Smith picked up the biggest win of his young career on Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. The Georgia native took home $100,000 for his victory in the 42nd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship Presented by Optima Batteries. Smith, at age 19, is now the youngest driver to ever to win the crown jewel event. Tim McCreadie, who had clinched the 2022 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Championship before the race began, finished second to Smith. Mike Marlar came home in third followed by Hudson O’Neal, and Earl Pearson Jr. Smith, who earned the pole position in his first ever Dirt Track World Championship, took the lead at the start of the race with McCreadie and Brandon Overton in tow. Overton was able to take over the second spot from McCreadie just before the first caution of the race with 13 laps completed. The top three of Smith, Overton, and McCreadie stayed that way until McCreadie regained the second slot on a lap 89 restart. Overton slowed shortly after to draw the caution with a flat right rear tire.  Smith, who became the 27th different driver to win the event, was emotional in victory lane after he climbed from his car to celebrate his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win. “I have been working so hard to get here and I finally got it done,” said Smith, who became the 21st different winner this season. “I was just making sure I wasn’t getting them [the tires] overheated and going down like what happened to those other guys. I was just trying to stay straight there at the end and not wheelspin any. I talked to Scott Bloomquist all week. He’s a good guy and I used everything he told me, and I put all of that into play tonight.” McCreadie, with his second straight national championship worth a dirt late model record of $150,000, came up just short of his first Dirt Track World Championship. “It was tough out there. He [Smith] did a great job. Hats off to him. That was a very poised drive for someone his age. They did a phenomenal job. I tried early and thought if I could get in traffic and try to move off the bottom that was my only shot and then I fell back. I hated that I got into him [Overton] on the restart there. It looked to me like he was having a right rear flat, and he was he was wheelieing it down the frontstretch and I had such a good run on him.” Marlar who tried to move through the middle of the track to gain some positions fell back early but was able to round out the podium with a third-place finish. “I was moving around there trying to pass people and it cost me a few times and somehow, I fell back into getting third. I fell back there quite a bit early trying to pass people. It worked out tonight. It was a good season. It’s always fun to race with Lucas, they have lots of big races and big crowds and it’s a cool environment, so we always enjoy it. Congrats to Garrett for winning the race and Timmy on a great season with two championships in a row that’s hard to do. So, we’re proud of him.” The winner’s Scot Smith owned Rocket Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Atlanta Paving and Concrete, Terminal Maintenance and Construction, Davis Tire, Garrett Smith Performance, Base Racing Fuels, Senior Life Insurance Company, Dirt Car Lift, and The World Famous Cadillac Ranch. Completing the top ten were Jonathan Davenport, Jimmy Owens, Ricky Thornton Jr., Daulton Wilson, and Brandon Sheppard. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 42nd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship Presented by Optima BatteriesSaturday, October 15th, 2022Portsmouth Raceway Park – Portsmouth, OH Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]; 3. 71C-RJ Conley[4]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 5. 12-Jason Jameson[25]; 6. 66C-Matt Cosner[2]; 7. 33-Kevin Wagner[11]; 8. 7H-Zach Hill[6]; 9. 25-Mike Benedum[16]; 10. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[10]; 11. 59-Larry Bellman[12]; 12. 55-Jesse Wisecarver[8]; 13. 29K-Clint Keenan[15]; 14. 11A-Ryan Abel[18]; 15. 354-Chris Nash[21]; 16. 21H-Robby Hensley[1]; 17. 1C-Lucas Crooks[14]; 18. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[13]; 19. 3-Austin Neely[19]; 20. 5T-Erick Christian[22]; 21. 28-Tyler Carpenter[9]; 22. 16S-Steve Sabo[17]; 23. (DNS) 145-Chase Frohnapfel; 24. (DNS) 5M-Garet McCloud; 25. (DNS) 17C-Chris Carpenter UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 44B-Colten Burdette[5]; 3. 9-Devin Moran[6]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 6. 11R-Josh Rice[7]; 7. 111V-Max Blair[4]; 8. 12D-Doug Drown[10]; 9. 11H-Jared Hawkins[1]; 10. B1-Josh Bocook[9]; 11. 81-Brandon Fouts[11]; 12. 22-Cody Rogers[12]; 13. 1BN-Nick Bocook[14]; 14. 71R-Rod Conley[17]; 15. 00-Justin Cooper[18]; 16. D8-Dustin Linville[22]; 17. 17T-Shannon Thornsberry[15]; 18. 21K-Kirk Phillips[24]; 19. 1B-Shane Bailey[20]; 20. W1-Ronnie Whitt[21]; 21. 2-Justin Carter[19]; 22. 79R-Fast Eddy[23]; 23. 73-Charlie Mullett[25]; 24. 0-Scott Bloomquist[13]; 25. 10-Nathon Loney[16] Jim Dunn Memorial Non-Qualifier Race Finish (25 Laps): 1. 71C-RJ Conley[1]; 2. 9-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 111V-Max Blair[8]; 5. 33-Kevin Wagner[7]; 6. 7H-Zach Hill[9]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 8. 12D-Doug Drown[10]; 9. 25-Mike Benedum[11]; 10. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[13]; 11. B1-Josh Bocook[14]; 12. 59-Larry Bellman[15]; 13. 55-Jesse Wisecarver[16]; 14. 71R-Rod Conley[21]; 15. 29K-Clint Keenan[18]; 16. 17T-Shannon Thornsberry[26]; 17. 00-Justin Cooper[23]; 18. 22-Cody Rogers[17]; 19. 1BN-Nick Bocook[19]; 20. 11A-Ryan Abel[20]; 21. 354-Chris Nash[22]; 22. D8-Dustin Linville[25]; 23. 11H-Jared Hawkins[12]; 24. 12-Jason Jameson[4]; 25. (DNS) 11R-Josh Rice; 26. (DNS) 21H-Robby Hensley 42nd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship Presented by Optima Batteries Feature Finish (100 Laps):

Race Statistics Entrants: 68Lap Leaders: Garrett Smith (Laps 1-100)Wrisco Feature Winner: Garrett SmithArizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Garrett SmithBrandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Garrett SmithMargin of Victory: 1.084 secondsStop-Tech Cautions: Mason Zeigler (Lap 13); Brandon Fouts (Lap 33); Ross Robinson (Lap 84); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 85); Tyler Erb (Lap 88); Zack Dohm (Lap 88 restart); Brandon Overton (Lap 90); Chris Ferguson (Lap 97); Devin Gilpin (Lap 98)Series Provisionals: Tyler Erb; Ross RobinsonFast Time Provisional: n/aSeries Emergency Provisionals: n/aTrack Provisional: Brandon FoutsBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Garrett Smith, Tim McCreadie, Mike MarlarPenske Shocks Top 5: Garrett Smith, Tim McCreadie, Mike Marlar, Hudson O’Neal, Earl Pearson, Jr.Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Advanced 14 Positions)Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Garrett Smith (Laps 1-100)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Earl Pearson, Jr.Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadieO’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Daulton WilsonDirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Garrett Smith (Lap 4 – 15.670 seconds)DirtonDirt.com Tough Break of the Race: Tyler ErbOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: JC Crockett (Tim McCreadie)ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Jonathan Davenport (15.015 seconds)Time of Race: 55 minutes 39 seconds Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

Results are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day

Lakeside Offers Three Different Leaders as J-Mac Snaps 81-Race Winless Streak

KANSAS CITY, KS – October 15, 2022 – With pressure mounting and the calendar winding down, James McFadden came through in the clutch and found his way back to Victory Lane in Saturday’s Lakeside Speedway Showdown presented by Micro-Lite.

Ending an 81-race drought that dates back to September 2021, the Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia native provided an outstanding charge as he led the final 11 laps to make his long-awaited return to the win column with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

Not only did the sigh of relief net J-Mac his fifth career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt, but it came with perfect timing on the night that his Hall of Fame car owner was being honored at the Dennis Roth Classic in California. He’s now the 15th different driver to win aboard the iconic #83 and delivered Roth his 99th win as a car owner with the Series.

Entering Saturday, McFadden’s 2022 World of Outlaws stat line read as four runner-up finishes, 10 podium appearances, 21 top-five results, 37 top-10 showings, and 0 wins. That is no longer the case, though.

“Going 70+ races without a win really wears you down,” McFadden admitted with relief. “It’s been such a long wait. This is a testament to Dennis and Teresa for sticking by us and these guys working on the car. We’ve always had good speed, but could never finish it off this season. It’s such a big relief. You talk about it and you see the stats, but think you’ll be fine. Then all of a sudden there is 10 races left, and now five races, and you really start to worry. Winning in such an iconic car is a privilege. Now I want to get them to 100 wins.”

Charging to victory from the third spot, McFadden slipped back to fourth in the early running as he trailed Giovanni Scelzi, Logan Schuchart, and Aaron Reutzel. He waited in the wings as Scelzi and Schuchart offered a sensation battle for the lead near halfway, swapping the top spot on four occasions, officially.

McFadden pounced on Schuchart to take second on Lap 17, then quickly hunt down Scelzi to clear a super slider and lead Lap 20. The final restart with seven laps left presented one final challenge for the Australia ace, but one he mastered as he ran off to a 0.557-second margin of victory.

“I wish [son] Maverick was here to stand on the frontstretch with me, but I’m gonna get back and celebrate with him tomorrow,” an elated McFadden added. “This win is big for me and it’s big for all of these guys – Brent Ventura, Gary Patellaro, Rob Beattie – who work their butts off for me. When you have bad nights and travel up and down the road together, it gets tough. It doesn’t matter what the relationship is whether it’s your wife, son, or the team. These guys deserve this.”

After leading on three separate occasions for a total of 15 laps, Giovanni Scelzi ultimately slipped back to finish second aboard the KCP Racing #18. The Fresno, CA native was trying to join Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell as the only back-to-back winners at Lakeside but fell short by 0.557-seconds following the final restart on Lap 23.

“I really wanted to win that one and go back-to-back but watching James win on the same night of the Roth Classic is really cool,” Scelzi admitted. “My car was great all night, I honestly don’t know what I would’ve changed. I was running it as hard as I could there at the end and thought I would get back to him. He just out-raced me in lap traffic, I think it was as simple as that.”

Rounding out the podium and earning his sixth-straight top-five finish was David Gravel in the Big Game Motorsports #2. The strong result snapped his nine-race spell of zero top-fives at Lakeside and chopped another two points out of Brad Sweet’s championship lead. The 30-year-old Connecticut racer now trails by 54-points with four races remaining in the $200,000 title chase.

“A great weekend for us in the grand scheme of things,” Gravel said afterward. “It’s nice to beat the #49 again, but only two points don’t help that much – he’s leading the points for a reason, though, he’s the most consistent guy out here. I felt like my car was great through the middle stages tonight, but I faded a bit near the end. I’m really happy with the product my guys are giving me right now when they send me on the track. I’m going to go home and enjoy some family time and focus on that $75,000 next weekend.”

Closing out the top five at Lakeside Speedway was Brad Sweet in fourth place aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49, and Sheldon Haudenschild in fifth place in the Stenhouse Jr. / Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #17.

Rounding out the top-10 on Saturday was a group of full-time Outlaws including the #1S of Logan Schuchart in sixth, the #41 of Carson Macedo in seventh, the #15 of Donny Schatz in eighth, the #3Z of Brock Zearfoss in ninth, and the #1A of Jacob Allen in 10th.

NOS NOTEBOOK (LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY, 10/15/22)

James McFadden’s fifth-career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win puts him in a tie with Danny Wood, Johnny Anderson, Brian Paulus, Brad Furr, Danny Dietrich, Christopher Bell, and Giovanni Scelzi for 62nd on the All-Time Win List. Saturday’s score at Lakeside makes McFadden the 18th different winner this season with the World of Outlaws and gives Roth Motorsports their 99th Series victory – one away from becoming the sixth team to reach 100.

McFadden is the 15th different driver to win a World of Outlaws race with Roth Motorsports, extending a record they already owned – joining Danny Lasoski (41), Tim Kaeding (19), Joey Saldana (6), Tim Shaffer (6), Daryn Pittman (5), Aaron Reutzel (4), David Gravel (4), Paul McMahan (4), Sammy Swindell (3), Cory Eliason (2), Kyle Hirst (1), Shane Stewart (1), Jac Haudenschild (1), and Mark Kinser (1).

Giovanni Scelzi led My Place Hotels Qualifying with a lap of 13.633 seconds around Lakeside Speedway. It’s his fourth World of Outlaws QuickTime Award of the season and the ninth of his career with the Series.

Winning NOS Energy Drink Heat Races were Scelzi (23rd career), Garet Williamson (1st career), James McFadden (36th career), and Brad Sweet (216th career). Scelzi kept his perfect night alive by topping the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash to earn his fourth pole position of 2022. After winning the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown, Spencer Bayston claimed his second KSE Hard Charger Award of the year with a 21st-to-13th drive in the CJB Motorsports #5.

UP NEXT (Sat) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will head back to “The Keystone State” next Saturday, October 22 to finish the 60th annual Champion Racing Oil National Open. The famous battle between the Outlaws and PA Posse pays out $75,000-to-win at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. Fans can BUY TICKETS HERE, or watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.

NOS Energy Drink Feature Results (30 Laps) – 1. 83-James McFadden [3][$10,000]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [1][$6,000]; 3. 2-David Gravel [4][$3,500]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$2,800]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [11][$2,500]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2][$2,300]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo [13][$2,200]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [15][$2,100]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [10][$2,050]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [17][$2,000]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne [8][$1,600]; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [14][$1,400]; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston [21][$1,200]; 14. 21-Brian Brown [9][$1,100]; 15. 2KS-Ian Madsen [22][$1,050]; 16. 5T-Ryan Timms [12][$1,000]; 17. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [18][$1,000]; 18. 1-Justin Henderson [16][$1,000]; 19. 22-Riley Goodno [23][$1,000]; 20. 7S-Robbie Price [20][$1,000]; 21. 8-Aaron Reutzel [6][$1,000]; 22. 6-Bill Rose [25][$]; 23. 1X-Jake Bubak [19][$1,000]; 24. 24X-Terry McCarl [24][$1,000]; 25. 24-Garet Williamson [7][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Giovanni Scelzi 1-8, 12-13, 15-19; Logan Schuchart 9-11, 14; James McFadden 20-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-Spencer Bayston[+8]

NEW Championship Standings (70/74 Races) – 1. Brad Sweet (6,752); 2. David Gravel (-54); 3. Carson Macedo (-136); 4. Donny Schatz (-240); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (-258); 6. Logan Schuchart (-394); 7. James McFadden (-474); 8. Spencer Bayston (-620); 9. Jacob Allen (-706); 10. Brock Zearfoss (-972).

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 15, 2022) – Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) put the finishing touches on his successful title defense as a thrilling 2022 Progressive American Flat Track season came to its conclusion with this evening’s Mission Volusia Half-Mile Finale II presented by Daytona Dodge and Zo CBD at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida. The defending Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle king was well positioned to retain the #1 plate after outdueling his title rivals on Friday. As a result, he only needed to avoid catastrophe in order to add yet another premier-class crown to his already incredible résumé. That near catastrophe came in the Semi when Mees made the save of the season – perhaps the save of his career – after hitting a bump and going airborne and sideways with his front wheel loft high in the air. Somehow he not only stayed up on two wheels but made a pass to take the checkered flag first. With that drama out of the way, Mees basically just had to show up for the Main to win the title. Instead, he chose to fight, executing passes on the likes of Friday winner Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) and rookie hero Dallas Daniels(No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) to finish on the podium in third. Already firmly established as one of the greatest riders in the history of the sport, Mees now boasts a remarkable assortment of accomplishments, including the ’12, ‘14, ‘15, ’17, ’18, ‘21, and ‘22 Grand National Championships, the 2009 and 2011 GNC1 Twins Championships, and the 2012 GNC1 Singles Championship. “They are all sweet, they are all awesome, and they are all a lot of hard work,” Mees said. “This one is a little different because of what we were up against at the beginning of the year. The Indian Motorcycle backed by Progressive was strong all year long. My team did a phenomenal job. We had no mechanical failures all year, and we were able to come into this last race with a nice cushion. I was able to go out there and race hard. I’ll be honest, I really wanted to cap off the year with a win.” That win instead went to Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750), who inherited the lead from JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) after Beach’s machine expired just prior to mid-distance with a potential Progressive Triple Crown victory within his reach. Beach’s misfortune brought out the red flag, after which Robinson had to fight off Briar Bauman (No. 3 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) to claim his third win of ‘22. Robinson said, “This is the perfect way to end the season, just knowing you are the baddest man in the last race of the year. And you get to sit on that all offseason. That’s a great feeling.” Daniels finished close behind Mees in fourth, while fifth went to Vanderkooi. That was good enough for the VDK to add the $25,000 prize awarded for the Progressive Triple Crown to what was already destined to be an unforgettable weekend for the Ohioan. Vanderkooi said, “I was nervous as can be – way more nervous than yesterday. This is just awesome.” Sixth through tenth went to Davis Fisher (No. 67 Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing Indian FTR750),Brandon Price (No. 92 G&G Racing/Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT-07), Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Dodge Brothers Racing/Happy Trails Racing Harley-Davidson XR750), Dan Bromley (No. 62 Memphis Shades/Corbin Seats/Vinson Construction Yamaha MT-07) and James Rispoli (No. 43 Wally Brown Racing/Haversack KTM 890 Duke). Beach, meanwhile, made the restart but could only advance to 11th after being forced to start from the back of the field. Despite falling from second to fourth in the final standings (266), ranking behind Mees (298), Bauman (276), and Daniels (267), the Estenson Yamaha pilot did end the year with the bragging rights for taking the most wins of any rider this season with four. Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines Similar to the situation of Mees in the premiere class, Jesse Janisch (No. 33 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R) got the hard work out of the way prior to the Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines finale and only required a relatively modest result on Saturday to lock down his first-career Progressive AFT title. Unlike Mees, Janisch was perfectly happy to put in that modest performance. While running as high as fourth early, he didn’t offer any resistance when challenged in quick succession by James Rispoli (No. 43 Wally Brown Racing/Haversack KTM 890 Duke), Kolby Carlile (No. 36 KC36 Las Vegas Harley-Davidson XG750R), Mikey Rush (No. 15 Helipower Racing/Las Vegas Harley-Davidson XG750R), and finally Cameron Smith (No. 34 Thee Cathy Gray/Al Barker Yamaha MT-07), whom he gladly waved past before settling into a safe eighth. And that’s where he’d finish to lock down that long elusive #1 plate. “It’s amazing,” Janisch said. “Honestly, that race was kind of boring. I just had to maintain. It was pretty wild – I was up front early – I was around fifth and then it was just about moving over when everyone was coming through. I was just taking my happiness to the back. “Shout out to the Vance & Hines team. Everything about this is from them. They gave me the opportunity last year to fill in, and they gave me a heck of an opportunity this year. We had a great season – seven wins and 14 podiums. This is good – I don’t know what else to say.” Janisch was joined on the podium by Memphis Shades/Corbin Seats/Vinson Construction teammates Dan Bromley (No. 62 Memphis Shades/Corbin Seats/Vinson Construction Yamaha MT-07) and Cole Zabala (No. 51 Memphis Shades/Corbin Seats/Vinson Construction Yamaha MT-07). For Bromley, the runner-up saw him successfully complete his perfect podium streak on the season, as he registered six seconds and two thirds in just eight starts. Meanwhile, it was Zabala’s second visit to the box after previously finishing third at Springfield. And while he ultimately came up short in his quest for a third class crown, Cory Texter (No. 1 G&G Racing/Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT-07) went out like the champion he is. The two-time Mission Production Twins conqueror grabbed the holeshot and proceeded to dominate the final Main Event of his long and varied professional racing career. Texter said, “First off, hats off to Jesse. I’m so proud of him. If I couldn’t win it, he’s a heck of a competitor, and it’s cool to see somebody else enjoy that moment. It was well deserved. “Man, I’m going to miss it. It’s been a great ride. A long career – I’m burnt out and it’s been a lot of hard work – but to finish off with a win is great. I was really enjoying it, trying to soak it in while still trying to lead the race. Hats off to my team, G&G Racing. Without their help, none of my dreams would have come true. They gave me a shot four years ago when nobody else would, and we’ve had a really good run.” Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) earned runner-up honors in the 2022 Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER standings in just about the most satisfying way possible, twice overhauling newly crowned champion Kody Kopp (No. 12 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE) en route to the season’s final victory. Less than a minute into the Main, Kopp threw a committed pass in on Chase Saathoff (No. 106 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) to take control of the race. Kopp then found himself in the sights of not only the rookie standout, but his experienced Turner Racing Honda teammates Morgen Mischler (No. 13 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) and Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R). But when an intra-team scrap for second broke out, Kopp appeared to have the perfect opportunity to make his escape at the front. That only proved effective until Gauthier fought his way up from fourth into second, as the ‘19 class champ clearly had the measure of Kopp once into the position Following a temporary stoppage due to a red flag, Gauthier made his move up the inside of Kopp. A second red flag reverted the order, and Gauthier promptly pulled off the same pass yet again. Kopp remained on Gauthier’s rear wheel but was unable to retaliate, crossing the stripe in second, 0.196 seconds short of obtaining a single-season record-equaling eighth victory. Mischler came home third, another 0.089 seconds back. The win saw Gauthier (255) leapfrog both Mischler (250) and Trevor Brunner (No. 21 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) (249) – who finished seventh on the night – to steal away second in the final rankings. “That was the best win of the year for me,” Gauthier said. “I came into this last race of the year and just wanted to enjoy it. We definitely did that. I just played my cards right tonight. I was fourth at the beginning, got past my teammates and then worked on Kody. He was riding a flawless race, but I was just getting stupid good drives out of four, and it just ended up working out in my favor. I’m super stoked on this one.” Saathoff finished fourth to add to the team’s joy, while two-time class runner-up Max Whale(No. 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE) rounded out the top five. The Mission Volusia Half-Mile Finale I will premiere on FS1 on Sunday, October 23, at 11:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. PT, while the Mission Volusia Half-Mile Finale II will air one week later, on Sunday, October 30, at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT. Both broadcasts will include exclusive features, cutting-edge aerial drone and onboard footage, and expert commentary. You can catch the livestream of every weekend’s racing activities on FansChoice.tv. FansChoice.tv provides free-to-view livestreaming of Practice and Qualifying. FansChoice.tvsubscribers will then be able to watch the drama unfold from Opening Ceremonies through the Semis, Main Events, and podium celebrations. FansChoice.tv offers two subscription options, granting unlimited access to premium AFT content. Monthly subscriptions start at just $7.99, while a six-month subscription is available for $44.99. For more information on Progressive AFT visit https://www.americanflattrack.com. To score the latest gear for the Progressive American Flat Track fan, visit our official merchandise store at https://store.americanflattrack.com.

ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2022) – Aaron Stanfield and his Stanfield Racing Engines Chevrolet COPO Camaro captured the final No. 1 qualifying position of the 2022 Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown season Saturday at the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals and picked up two round victories to reach the semifinals at Texas Motorplex. 

Stanfield earned the No. 1 spot with his 7.705-second pass at 171.94 mph setting him up to run against David Davies and the DH Davies Racing Dodge Drag Pak in the first round. Stanfield would win his first round race on the starting line with Davies going .019-second red. Stanfield would have a clean 7.772-second pass at 178.37 mph.

No. 1 qualifier Aaron Stanfield, photo by Gary Nastase/Auto Imagery

“We just want to end the season on a high note,” said Stanfield, who is also No. 2 qualifier in Pro Stock. “The Texas Motorplex was nice enough to let us test on Wednesday. I knew after that we had a couple good and fast hot rods. We have been working hard. We ran well in Indy and then we fell off with ET in Reading. We got back to where we were in Indy here at the Texas Fall Nationals, I am just happy as a group with how we are running this weekend. That is what is important to me.”

In the quarterfinals against Warren Walcher in the WW Speed & Customs Dodge Drag Pak, Stanfield would once again take the win on the starting line with Walcher leaving .191 seconds early for a redlight start. Stanfield would have the quickest run of the session at 7.767-seconds and 178.41 mph. 

“I am pumped up because we have three of our cars in the semifinals,” said Stanfield. “I am racing my good friend, Conner, who I am with just about every day at the shop in the next round. We have worked really hard together and we get to run each other tomorrow. We have Stephen Bell over on the other side of the ladder. We are at least going to have one Stanfield car in the final and hopefully we can have two. That is our goal.”

Qualified fourth, newly crowned Factory Stock Showdown champion David Barton and the Saw Mill Auto COPO Camaro had an upset loss in the first round. Lenny Lottig would have a solid run of 7.803-seconds and 175.79 mph while Barton would have an issue at the 1,000-ft. mark. Through the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown Bounty Program Lottig picked up the $2,000 bounty for beating Barton who had carried the target for two consecutive races with back-to-back wins. 

Lottig would end his eliminations in the second round against Conner Statler. Statler and his Janac Brothers Racing Dodge Drag Pak would go 7.795-seconds at 176.53 mph to defeat Lottig’s 7.819 at 170.64. 

Solidly No. 2 in the Factory Stock points, Bill Skillman and the Ray Skillman Auto Ford Cobra Jet qualified No. 3 and earned their first-round win with a 7.837-second pass at 177.87 mph after Don Belles had a red-light start in his Ray Barton Racing Engines COPO. Skillman would get the second round bye with Lee Hartman and the Carrier Service Group Dodge unable to make the call. 

The final two rounds of the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown will begin following the 11 a.m. start of the Camping World Drag Racing Series from the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex.

First Round Results:

No. 9 Warren Walcher def. No. 8 Ricky Hord

No. 6 Lee Hartman def. No. 11 Dan Condon

No. 3 Bill Skillman def. No. 14 Don Belles

No. 5 Conner Statler def. No. 12 Jesse Alexandra

No. 2 Stephen Bell def. No. 15 Mark Pawuk

No. 13 Lenny Lottig def. No. 4 David Barton

No. 1 Aaron Stanfield def. No. 16 David Davies

No. 10 Anthony Troyer def.   No. 7 David Janac

Second Round Results: 

Bill Skillman def. Lee Hartman

Conner Statler def. Lenny Lottig

Aaron Stanfield def. Warren Walcher

Stephen Bell def. Anthony Troyer

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 15, 2022) – Austin Prock in the Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist Chevrolet dragster earned his first career No. 1 qualifying position Saturday at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. Robert Hight in his AAA Texas Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car will start form No. 2 while Brittany Force and the Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac dragster settled into the No. 3 position and John Force with the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy are No. 6. Already sitting No. 1 after his 3.682-second pass at 334.57 mph from Friday night, Austin Prock and the Montana Brand Rocky Mountain Twist team followed up on Saturday with two solid runs. In the afternoon, Prock would handle the Montana Brand dragster to a 3.862-seconds and 334.57 mph before coming out in the final session to run 3.780 at 324.58. “I wasn’t for sure we were going to keep the top spot. I know what Brittany and David Grubnic are  capable of and they came swinging for us in that last session,” Prock said. “I’m glad to keep No. 1 spot, hopefully in translates to a good day on Sunday. We could use a good day, go some rounds. We’re off to a good start. We went down the track all four runs, the last time we did that was in Reading when we won. This team never quits. Everybody kept their head down and kept working for the same common goal of competing for wins. All the parts and pieces are here and when we make the right decisions, we’re right the. We have to keep making those smart decisions tomorrow and if I drive well, we’re going to turn on some win lights.” Brittany Force and her Monster Energy team picked up a total of seven bonus points throughout qualifying, two from Friday and five from Saturday for being quickest and second quickest of each session. Force started the day with a 3.745-second pass at 333.11 mph before surprising everyone with a standout 3.698 pass at 335.07. “Fourth race of the Countdown and we’re in a good position. We ended up qualifying number three with four clean, solid runs down the racetrack. That’s huge for this Monster Energy team. Looking at the ladder tomorrow, we’re feeling confident,” Force said. “We went testing in Indy a couple days ago and found an issue, but it looks like we solved it, so we’re looking for a long race day tomorrow. We need it to be long, we want to stay in the hunt for this championship and we’re chasing down that top spot.” Robert Hight and the AAA Texas Chevy kept up their consistency Saturday afternoon laying down a 3.930-second pass at 331.35 mph that earned them a bonus point for being third quickest. In the final session, the Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car stayed on point with a 3.910-second pass at 325.78 mph. Hight is locked into the No. 2 spot to race Jack Wyatt in the first round. “This AAA Texas Chevy team is consistent. We’re picking up some points but there’s more out there. Jimmy Prock and Chris Cunningham, they’ll find it, we’ll pick it up a bit and be good tomorrow,” Hight said. “I love racing here in Texas and I’m hoping we can put on a good show for the fans tomorrow. We’re in the points lead but we aren’t getting comfortable, we know there’s still a lot of work ahead of us and this AAA team is up to it.” After a clutch malfunction Friday night, Force came into Saturday sitting in the No. 6 spot. He’d have a solid run in the PEAK Chevy in the third qualifying session going 3.912-seconds at 333.11 mph to be second quickest of the session and earn two bonus points. In their final qualifying try, the PEAK Chevy would stumble losing traction before Force had to shut it off. Force will start race day from the No. 6 position to face longtime rival Cruz Pedregon in the first round. “Good qualifying for this PEAK Chevy. We would have been quicker the first run today, it shot a spark plug out,” said Force. “I just have to do my job as a driver on the starting line. This PEAK team, they’re learning and we’re fast. Tomorrow is where it’s really important for the championship and I’m still in it with this PEAK Chevrolet.” Eliminations at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex continues eliminations on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Television coverage will be on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) Sunday starting with a qualifying show at 10:00 a.m. ET and eliminations at 10:30 p.m. ET. -30-

AUSTIN PROCK, 27, Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist DragsterQualifying:1st; 3.682-seconds; 334.57 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+5 (quickest Q2, 3rd quickest Q3 &Q4)BRITTANY FORCE, 36, Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac DragsterQualifying:3rd; 3.689-seconds; 335.75 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+7 (2nd quickest Q1 & Q3; quickest Q4) JOHN FORCE, 73, PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SSQualifying:6th; 3.907-seconds; 331.93 mphBonus Qualifying Points: +5 (quickest Q1, second quickest Q3)ROBERT HIGHT, 53, AAA Missouri Chevy Camaro SSQualifying:2nd; 3.854-seconds; 333.43 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+4 (2nd quickest Q1 & Q2)

Photo Credit: Gary Nastase, Auto Imagery

ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2022) – The 2022 Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown battle between Chevrolet COPO Camaros, Ford Cobra Jets and Dodge Challenger Drag Paks for the 2022 championship came to an end Saturday at the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex when David Barton and his Saw Mill Auto COPO Camaro qualified for eliminations.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet. It is hard to believe we came out on top amongst all these people who are trying so hard to accomplish the same goal. It has been a lot of work from all our teammates and all our employees and all our families,” said Barton. “This whole operation is like a big travelling family circus. I have to thank all our customers. It has been great and I am honestly speechless.” 

David Barton, Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown world champion, photo by Gary Nastase/Auto Imagery

Through the first seven races of the 2022 eight race schedule, Barton raced his way to five final round appearances picking up three wins at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Father’s Day weekend in Bristol, Tennessee, and the two most recent, the prestigious U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis where he took over the points leads for good and his hometown race, the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania.

David Barton (right) , photo by Gary Nastase/Auto Imagery

“We knew going into Indy we were neck and neck with Bill Skillman and I didn’t realize how real it was until we took him out and then we started gaining rounds quickly. I was like wow we really turned a corner here and we could really pull this thing off as long as we keep a cool head moving forward. For him to get taken out early in Reading and we just skated right through to another win at our home track. It was just amazing. Even that hasn’t sunk in yet. I can’t believe we have the championship and I won at my home track after all these years.”

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

ALSCO UNIFORMS 302

TEAM CHEVY PRESS RELEASE

OCTOBER 15, 2022

500 Wins for Chevy, Sixth Consecutive Series Title 

LAS VEGAS (October 15, 2022) – Josh Berry’s NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway also capped a memorable afternoon for Chevrolet: It marked Chevy’s 500th all-time win in the series and it clinched Chevrolet’s sixth consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series Manufacturer’s Championship.

The 2022 season marks the manufacturer’s 24th time winning the Bill France Performance Cup, extending its series-leading record over any other manufacturer. The prestigious award is also the eighth for the Camaro SS, captured in its 10th season as Chevrolet’s flagship vehicle in the series. 

“It’s been quite a day for Chevrolet, and it’s been quite a season,” said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president of Performance and Motorsports. “First, congratulations to Josh Berry for winning his third race of the season. Each race win is special and memorable in its own way, and I’m sure he’ll remember today for a long time. JR Motorsports, Kaulig Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Jeremy Clements Racing, Big Machine Racing and Hendrick Motorsports contributed valuable manufacturer points this season. Many people contribute to accomplishments like these, and I’d like to thank all of the Chevrolet engineers, and all of the drivers, crew chiefs, teams and owners who have been a part of our 24 championships and 500 wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series over the years.”

Chevrolet secured its series-leading championship title with 30 of 33 races complete. Eight drivers from five different Chevrolet teams have amassed 23 wins thus far, giving the Bowtie brand a winning percentage of 76 percent. Team Chevy drivers contributing to those wins include: Noah Gragson (seven wins), AJ Allmendinger (five wins), Justin Allgaier and Josh Berry (three wins each), Austin Hill (two wins), and Jeremy Clements, Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick (one win each). Sam Mayer and Landon Cassill also contributed points toward the championship. 

In pursuit of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Championship, Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger won the regular-season championship title, and led Chevrolet to a manufacturer-leading eight playoff contenders. Now reaching the Playoffs Round of 8, six Chevrolet drivers remain to vie for a spot in the Championship 4, with Josh Berry now the first driver to secure his spot to compete for the championship title. 

The 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season will conclude at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday, November 5, for the series’ Championship race

NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SOUTH POINT 400 TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT OCTOBER 15, 2022    TYLER REDDICK RECORDS THIRD POLE OF 2022 AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAYFour Camaro ZL1’s to Start in Top-10 ·       Tyler Reddick clocked-in a lap of 29.252 seconds, at 184.603 mph, to capture the pole position for tomorrow’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  ·       This marks Reddick’s fourth career pole in 107 NASCAR Cup Series starts.·       Reddick’s pole gives Chevrolet its ninth NASCAR Cup Series pole win of 2022; and 732nd all-time in NASCAR Cup Series history.   TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 ALSCO CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Winner Press Conference TranscriptTALK ABOUT STARTING UP FRONT FOR TOMORROW’S RACE. “It’s awesome. I didn’t really know what was going to be in the cards for us after how practice went. We didn’t really fire off great. We had to make some pretty big adjustments on our car. Normally with this car, it’s been pretty challenging to go from a 20th-place car to where we ended qualifying at.  Just a great effort from our team. We worked really, really hard today. That’s just what we’re about. We just keep fighting.” EARLIER YOU SAID YOU WERE PRETTY EXCITED JUST THINKING ABOUT PRACTICE, THINKING ABOUT QUALIFYING. YOU SAID YOU WERE HAPPY ABOUT THE NEWS FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WEREN’T REALLY SHOWING IT. WHAT’S THE EMOTION RIGHT NOW, KNOWING THAT YOU’RE STARTING ON THE FRONT ROW FOR TOMORROW’S RACE?“For the race tomorrow, it’s a big deal for us.  I’m really excited about next year, but there’s still a number of races left this year that I’m going to continue to remain focused on and do everything I can for my team to run well and do well.  Certainly, it is nice to know – like, ‘hey, this is what the future is going to hold’. I’m going to get to go over there earlier than I planned and just start working on those things that myself and a lot of the ownership over there talked about wanting to do and why we wanted to get together. We just get a year earlier start on that and that is very exciting for me. I’m excited about the opportunity, but I understand and know – I’m excited in a weird way for all of the things that we’re going to have in front of us. In a weird way, it’s always been really fun for me to put a lot of work into something like I have at RCR and see how much has come out of it. So, I’m really excited to do that again and do that at 23XI.” WITH THE DISTRACTIONS OF YOUR SITUATION NOW SETTLED, IS IT EASIER TO NOW FOCUS ON THESE FINAL RACES? “It wasn’t a distraction at all, honestly.” YOU SHARED A LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT CHANGING THE SETUP FROM A 20TH-PLACE CAR TO NOW SITTING ON THE POLE. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU BELIEVE THIS OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS GOING ON IN THE SKY THAT ARE PREVENTING THE SUN FROM POSSIBLY COMING OUT THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF THAT ENDS UP COMING, WHAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE AGAIN?“I don’t even know what you’re talking about. Are you talking about rain.. that word?  Well, we don’t do anything until tomorrow, so that’s fine. I hate it for these guys. They might be stuck here a little bit later. But when it rains, it pours, it seems like. The only thing that’s going to stink about that is that I was really excited about going back to South Point and hanging out at the pool; and if it rains, that’s going to ruin that. I guess that will effect my strategy for the rest of the day (laughs).” SAME TIRE AS TEXAS AND KANSAS. CERTAINLY WE SAW ISSUES AT TEXAS AND A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION SEEMED TO BE ABOUT AIR PRESSURES. THE LEARNINGS FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES, HOW DOES THAT CARRYOVER OR WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT COULD TIRES PLAY IN THAT SENSE TOMORROW?“It just depends on what happens. If we’re talking about the thing that nobody wants to talk about in the sky, like if the track cools off a bunch and people aren’t right on top of it on the air pressures.. I think that’s what made Texas so crazy when the track cooled off a lot. As it was cooling off, the speeds picked up, the load in the tire picked up, especially in (turns) three and four and I think that’s where people saw issues. I think those are the situations that could come into play. But certainly as people get more desperate to try and make their cars better on the long run, all that sort of stuff – I think the air pressure can play a role into that. I think.. I’m not a crew chief though.  And then there are other factors, just like what you bring as a setup in your car to the racetrack. Some of us unfortunately, just depending on what we bring – if we guess wrong, we’re in a bad spot and we’re being really hard on the construction of the tire.” EARLIER IN HERE, CHASE ELLIOTT WAS SAYING ‘HEY, WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, LET IT GO’ AND YOU JUST HAVE TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT RACE. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS, WHETHER IT’S SOMETHING LIKE TODAY OR WINNING A RACE HERE IN THE PLAYOFFS AFTER YOU’VE BEEN ELIMINATED – IT’S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT IS THERE A LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN BECAUSE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN? AS AN ATHLETE, HOW DO YOU NOT LET THAT CONSUME YOU? “At this moment, I don’t. But certainly if depending on how things go – say we win another race now that we’re in the Round of 8 and go out there and outrun all of the Championship 4 at Phoenix –  I guess then, that’s when you can be like ‘dang, those two points’. But up until then, there are so many different ways that things could play out, so at this moment, no. If it does go that way, it stinks, but it shows that we were right there and we just needed one or two things to go a little bit differently. At the end of the year, if it ends that way, that will sting. But in a way, it’s a good problem to have because it means that we were right now.” WE’VE HEARD FROM SOME DRIVERS THAT THE WIDER TIRE MIGHT BE HELPING TO RUBBER UP THE OTHER LANES A LITTLE BETTER THIS YEAR ON SOME OF THE OTHER INTERMEDIATE TRACKS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?“I don’t know if it has anything to do with the tire width. I think in our case here, with this car when it comes to laying tire rubber, it just seems like it’s air temperature and track surface temperature dependent. We’ve been able to go to Martinsville like we did in the summer a couple months ago and lay all sorts of rubber with the same tire that wouldn’t lay any rubber when we raced there in the spring. Today, just how it played out for whatever reason – (turns) one and two in the shade were laying a lot more rubber than three and four in the sun. So, I think in some weird ways, it’s temperature dependent, more so than the 1.5-mile tracks. I feel like of the tracks that we go to, the 1.5-mile tracks probably test the tires the most laterally.. not even really accelerating. So it could be a few of those things, but I think it’s mostly track temperature.” YOU EARNED YOUR FIRST CUP SERIES WIN AT ROAD AMERICA AND YOU’VE SINCE THEN ADDED ANOTHER TWO WINS THIS SEASON. WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN YOUR LAST YEAR AT CUP, AND WHAT KIND OF MOMENTUM DOES THAT BRING TO YOU FOR NEXT SEASON? “We’ve just had a little bit more speed at more tracks this year. And then in those situations, like Road America and Indy, the races played out pretty naturally and we were able to navigate our way to win. Look at Texas, it was a little bit more chaotic for us.  In the years past, the first year we had a race or two capable of that. Just as the race played out, we didn’t run a complete race without any mistakes and that was the difference. As we’ve moved to this Next Gen car, a lot of those same details remain where you have to really execute all aspects of the race. We’ve just had a little bit faster cars. We’ve been able to mix it up a little bit more in certain situations and get our way up there. I think, consistency-wise, it’s been one of my worst years. But if we were running at the end of the race, we’re in the top-10. If not, we’re in the garage five-laps down because something went wrong.” ONLY ONE TIME HAS THE RACE BEEN WON BY THE POLE SITTER AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. DO YOU FEEL ANY CONVINCING REASON ON WHY THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR YOU, AND WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? “I don’t know. I think the track changes a lot from practice, to qualifying and then to the race. The lane choice you have and the decisions you make when the track is pretty green when we start practice is a lot different than it is in the race.  And then there’s just a lot of really smart teams and drivers out here that have raced here many, many times and know what adjustments to make to hit the certain aspects of this car. For us, when we’ve started on the pole or we’ve started towards the front at these 1.5-mile tracks, we’ve had a lot of speed. We’ve just, unfortunately, had some things not go our way. But we were really safe on a lot of that stuff today, so I feel pretty good about it.. kind of like how we were at Texas. We’ll just see how it plays out. Hopefully we’ll change that tomorrow and it will be two and not one.”

October 15, 2022

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team matched their best qualifying effort of the season with an eighth place in time trials for Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In Saturday’s qualifying session, Burton turned a lap at 182.908 miles per hour to put four Ford Mustangs in the top eight starting spots.

It was his third top-10 start of the season, joining another eighth-place start in the season-opening Daytona 500 and a ninth at Gateway in St. Louis.

Burton’s qualifying speed significantly bettered his best lap in practice earlier in the day. His best lap there, at 181.178 mph came in the fifth of the 25 laps he ran in the session. 

He was ninth best among drivers who ran 10 consecutive laps, averaging 179.953 mph over his first 10 laps on the track.

Sunday’s 267-lap, 400-mile race is scheduled to get the green flag just after 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. Eastern Time), with TV coverage on NBC.

Stage breaks are planned for Laps 80 and 165.


 

NASCAR CUP SERIES

LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

SOUTH POINT 400

TEAM CHEVY POLE WINNER QUOTE & NOTES

OCTOBER 15, 2022

TYLER REDDICK RECORDS THIRD POLE OF 2022 AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Four Camaro ZL1’s to Start in Top-10

·       Tyler Reddick clocked-in a lap of 29.252 seconds, at 184.603 mph, to capture the pole position for tomorrow’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.   

·       This marks Reddick’s fourth career pole in 107 NASCAR Cup Series starts. 

·       Reddick’s pole gives Chevrolet its ninth NASCAR Cup Series pole win of 2022; and 732nd all-time in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 ALSCO CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Winner Quote

There was a moment off of turns three and four that might have slowed him down a little bit. He described that to two or three people here.. what was going on there? 

“Well, it didn’t slow me down. I was either going to hit the wall or if I didn’t, it was going to be a really good lap. It wasn’t my intentions to be that close. I knew I was going to have to get through (turns) three and four really well; and that wall off of turn four came a lot closer and a lot sooner than I initially anticipated.

Man, what a turnaround for our group from practice this morning. Everyone on this No. 8 ALSCO Chevrolet worked really, really hard. We weren’t really firing off in practice where we wanted to be. We were a bit off and we really went to work. We found some life in the second run. We tried a couple of things on the third run that didn’t really pan out. Just again, my team made some fantastic adjustments going into qualifying and got our car a lot closer. Still a little sketchy through (turns) one and two, but it carried a lot of speed. We learned a lot and we’ll be able to make some pretty good adjustments going into tomorrow’s race.”

What does this run tell you about getting the checkered flag and the trophy tomorrow? 

“It’s a long race, that’s for sure. It’s nice to have that track position. We’ve been really fast at these 1.5-mile tracks and this is one of the first practices that we really didn’t show that, so it was really nice to turn it around like we did. We’ll have a great pit stall for tomorrow.

We have a lot to digest here. It’s still morning out here, but we have a lot of things to look at. I don’t think we need to do anything crazy, but I do think we’ll need to make some small adjustments to prepare for the race.”

Is it safe to say now that anything good that happens to you and the No. 8 team, it’s nice to have them happen as you end your time with them? 

“Yeah, man. We work really, really hard as a group. We’ve come a long way in the three years. I’ve learned a lot on the Cup side as a driver and it’s been great to do it with a lot of the same people over the years. We fight together as a group. Unfortunately, we can’t always bring our families. I get to bring Alexa and Beau quite a bit. It’s tough to be away from your families, but we sure make the most of the time we have together. We enjoy working together. We have fun and we enjoy the time that we spend together at the race track and that’s the biggest thing. We get to do what we love. We get to have a lot of fun and enjoy being together as a group as we do it.”

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-20 STARTING LINEUP:  

POS.   DRIVER

1st      Tyler Reddick, No. 8 ALSCO UNIFORMS CAMARO ZL1

3rd      William Byron, No. 24 RaptorTough.com Camaro ZL1

6th      Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Camaro ZL1

10th    Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Camaro ZL1

11th    Ross Chastain, No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL1

14th    Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1

17th    Noah Gragson, No. 48 Ally / Koker’s Garage Camaro ZL1

20th    Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hooters Camaro ZL1

TOP-FIVE UNOFFICIAL STARTING LINEUP:  

POS.  DRIVER

1st      Tyler Reddick (Chevrolet)

2nd      Austin Cindric (Ford)

3rd      William Byron (Chevrolet)

4th      Ryan Blaney (Ford)

5th      Joey Logano (Ford)

·       At the conclusion of the Group A and B practice sessions, Ross Chastain led Chevrolet drivers to second-fastest on the speed chart, clocking in a lap of 29.452 seconds, at 183.349 mph, in his No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Camaro ZL1.

·       Joining Chastain in the Team Chevy Top-10 of practice included Erik Jones (3rd), AJ Allmendinger (4th) and Daniel Suarez (8th).

·       Pole winner, Tyler Reddick, led Chevrolet to four top-10 starting spots for tomorrow’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Joining Reddick in the top-10 is William Byron (3rd), Daniel Suarez (6th) and Austin Dillon (10th).

·       NBC will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 16. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … In 78 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts 11 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes. Tyler Reddick led RCR with a seventh-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this season. Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … RCR has four wins at Las Vegas Vegas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series: Kevin Harvick (2004), Jeff Burton (2007), Austin Dillon (2015) and Tyler Reddick (2019 – fall). The organization has four poles at the 1.5-mile speedway with Kevin Harvick (2007), Ty Dillon (2014), Austin Dillon (2015) and Myatt Snider (2020).  Introducing the Carolina Cowboys … Driven by the same passion for performance that guides his race team, Richard Childress’ latest endeavor brings Professional Bull Riding to the Carolinas. The Carolina Cowboys represent Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in the PBR Team Series, an elite new league featuring the world’s top bull riders in games that began in July 2022. The team is operated by Richard Childress Racing with 2018 Daytona 500 Champion Austin Dillon serving as General Manager.  Catch the Action … The NASCAR Xfinity Series ALSCO Uniforms 302 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be televised live on Saturday, October 15, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The race will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.  Follow Sunday’s Action at Las Vegas … The NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be televised live on Sunday, October 15, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The race will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

This Week’s Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Camaro ZL1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Austin Dillion is entering this weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with 14 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile track. He earned a best finish of fourth in 2020. In his most recent NASCAR Cup Series appearance at the track in the spring of 2022, Dillon finished 11th.  Former Winner … Dillon is a two-time winner at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 2013 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion went to Victory Lane in Xfinity Series competition at the track in March 2015, leading 183 of the scheduled 200 laps. Dillon also has a NASCAR Truck Series win in September 2010.  Career Milestone … Dillon is scheduled to make his 333rd NASCAR Cup Series start on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 32-year-old Welcome, NC native made his NASCAR Cup Series debut on October 9, 2011, at Kansas Speedway in the No. 98 Chevrolet for Mike Curb Racing.  TRACKER Off Road … Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 prominently features TRACKER ATVs, a game-changing new line of all-terrain vehicles and side-by-sides offering breakthrough performance, service, and value in the off-road industry. TRACKER OFF ROAD was born out of a powerhouse partnership formed between Bass Pro Shops and TRACKER founder Johnny Morris and Textron Specialized Vehicles, bringing together the undisputed world leader in boating with a global leader in innovation and technology.  Bass Pro Shops … Bass Pro Shops is North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company. Founded in 1972 when avid young angler Johnny Morris began selling tackle out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today the company provides customers with unmatched offerings spanning premier destination retail, outdoor equipment manufacturing, world-class resort destinations and more. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela’s to create a “best-of-the-best” experience with superior products, dynamic locations, and outstanding customer service. Bass Pro Shops also operates White River Marine Group, offering an unsurpassed collection of industry-leading boat brands, and Big Cedar Lodge, America’s Premier Wilderness Resort. Under the visionary conservation leadership of Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is a national leader in protecting habitat and introducing families to the outdoors and has been named by Forbes as “one of America’s Best Employers.” Bass Pro Shops has a long relationship with NASCAR, dating back to 1998. For more information, visit http://www.basspro.com/. AUSTIN DILLON QUOTE:What are your thoughts on Las Vegas Motor Speedway?“Las Vegas Motor Speedway has always been one of my favorite tracks, so I’m looking forward to going there this weekend in the Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet. Being able to turn through the bumps in Turn 1 is very important. In Turn 3, you can’t miss the entry, the track has gotten a lot of character over the last couple of years, and that is what makes it fun to drive on. You really have to challenge yourself to be disciplined on your marks. We learned a lot at Las Vegas in the Spring with the Next Gen car, so I’m curious to see how much it has changed since then.”

This Week’s ALSCO Uniforms Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway …Tyler Reddick will be making his sixth NASCAR Cup Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. The driver of the ALSCO Uniforms Chevrolet has reeled off two consecutive top-10 finishes in his last two races at the 1.5-mile Nevada speedway, a personal best sixth-place finish in the 2021 fall race and most recently a seventh-place effort in March. He has also won at Las Vegas in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (2019 fall event with Richard Childress Racing) and in the NASCAR Truck Series (2016). Reddick won the most recent Cup Series event on an intermediate style track in September at Texas Motor Speedway, his third win on the 2022 season. About Alsco Uniforms … Alsco is a fifth-generation family-owned and operated uniform company founded in 1889 and recognized by the prestigious Hohenstein Institute for having invented the uniform rental industry. Celebrating over 130 years of business, Alsco provides uniform laundry services and other products that keep businesses clean and safe to all kinds of customers in the healthcare, automotive, industrial and hospitality industries. With more than 180 locations and 20,000 employees, Alsco provides laundry rental services to more than 355,000 customers in 14 countries, which makes Alsco Uniforms the largest uniform company in the world. Visit www.alsco.com to learn more about how Alsco Uniforms is the industry’s best kept secret.  TYLER REDDICK QUOTES:The confidence level for you and the team must be high after running so well a few weeks ago at Texas. “It certainly is. The first time we were at Las Vegas we struggled a little bit but we still had a decent car underneath us and a lot of these mile-and-a-half tracks we’ve done a decent job of bringing really stout cars to the track. I’m very excited about it. The temperatures and the conditions will be different. We’ve been really strong at Las Vegas from time to time. Actually, at this race last year we were really, really strong and we were able to battle with Denny Hamlin for a lot of it. As I recall Chase Elliott pulled some aggressive pit strategy and was able to leapfrog all of us and win the race. We had a strong outing last year and we’re looking to do that again when we go back.”    You had a strong year on the road courses this season.“We had a really good year on road courses. It’s been fun to be that competitive. In hindsight we wish we could have won more of them but we had strong days and got a lot of points. We had two races this season that went just about perfect. We dominated one and the other we picked ‘em off one at a time and eventually got there. Certainly the Next Gen car we’ve closed the gap even more to the guys like Chase Elliott and AJ Allmendinger who are really stout everywhere they go.”

This Week’s Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Camaro SS at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Sheldon Creed will make his second Las Vegas Motor Speedway Xfinity Series start on Saturday. His first start came earlier this season when he started eighth and finished seventh. During his time in the NASCAR Truck Series, Creed made six starts at the 1.5-mile track with two top-five finishes and four top 10s. Creed, who is in his rookie season, has three top-five finishes, 11 top 10s and has led 155 laps. Creed’s best finish this season came at the Fall Darlington race when he started third and finished runner-up. Last weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, Creed started fourth and finished 16th. He was running up front and leading laps, contending for the win, before being spun by another car on track. Whelen Celebrates 70 Years … From a small garage workshop in Connecticut in 1952 to a worldwide leader in emergency warning equipment today, Whelen Engineering continues to push the boundaries of innovation. As we mark our 70th anniversary, we’re proud to continue our founder’s mission of making it safer for those who serve and protect. Whelen has been manufacturing in America for 70 years—we never left, and we’re here to stay. About Whelen … Whelen Engineering is a family-owned company with a pioneering spirit and a passion to protect the lives of those who protect and serve others. The company mission is to provide industry-defining safety solutions around the world, while creating a community of problem-solvers who are inspired to push boundaries and continue our legacy of delivering ground-breaking innovation. As a global leader in the emergency warning industry, Whelen has been trusted to perform since 1952, when George Whelen III invented the first rotating aviation beacon. Whelen now encompasses two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Connecticut and New Hampshire with over 750,000 square feet of engineering and manufacturing space and the largest design staff in the industry. Every part of every Whelen product is proudly designed and manufactured in America. We embrace quality as our foundation, we celebrate innovative engineering in every product we produce. SHELDON CREED QUOTE:You’ve been having some strong runs recently, is that motivating as we head to Las Vegas?“Yeah, we’ve had some really strong runs recently. When we unloaded at the ROVAL last weekend, we were fast. We topped practice and then qualified fourth and had a really strong car to start the race. We were running up front and made good strides throughout the race. I think we could have had a chance to win at the end of the race if we weren’t taken out. We’ve been improving every weekend and we’re seeing the results on track. We seem to get caught up in other people’s messes sometimes, though, so our finishing results haven’t always been the best. I’m working hard and doing what I need to do and my guys are working really hard in the shop so I know we’ll get the result we deserve here soon.”

This Week’s United Rentals Chevrolet Camaro SS at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … For the second time this season and the third time of his NASCAR Xfinity Series career, Austin Hill heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hill made his first start at the track in 2020 and finished 17th. Most recently, earlier this season, Hill started 15th and was involved in a crash at the end of the race forcing him to complete only 188 laps of 200 total. Hill saw a lot of success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during his time in the NASCAR Truck Series. He accumulated two wins (2019, 2020), four top fives, six top 10s and led 80 laps in eight starts. He had an average start of 12.5 and an average finish of 10.1. Hill’s numbers at 1.5-mile tracks have been strong this season. Keeping Tabs on the Playoffs … Austin Hill advanced to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of 8 last weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. The Round of 12 kicked off at Texas Motor Speedway where Hill finished runner-up. The series went to Talladega after that and Hill won the pole award, swept both stages and finished 14th. At the ROVAL, Hill started in the top 10 but suffered from a power steering issue at the end of Stage 1 that set him back for the entire race. Luckily, he had a good points cushion and after Stage 2, he officially clinched a spot in the next round. This is Hill’s rookie season and his first Playoff appearance. About United Rentals … United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has an integrated network of 1,278 rental locations in North America, 11 in Europe, 28 in Australia and 18 in New Zealand. In North America, the company operates in 49 states and every Canadian province. The company’s approximately 20,100 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and others. The company offers approximately 4,300 classes of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $15.72 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the Barron’s 400 Index and the Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com. AUSTIN HILL QUOTE:You advanced to the Round of 8 and now you’re heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a track that you’ve seen success at. What’s your mindset?“The Charlotte ROVAL was definitely a tough race for our team. We didn’t give up all day but losing the power steering at the end of the Stage 1 put us in a really bad place. It was a relief knowing we clinched a spot in the Round of 8 but I would have really liked to have a better finish than I did. So, looking forward to getting to Las Vegas to redeem ourselves. This team has busted their tails and because of it, we had a pretty decent points buffer heading into the ROVAL. Now, we can sort of start over with a blank slate at Las Vegas. I love Las Vegas, it’s probably my favorite track on the circuit. I have two wins from the Truck Series, and I’ve always qualified really well and run upfront at the track. Earlier this season, we were running up front and leading laps until we got taken out so that was tough, but we’ll bounce back this weekend. We’ve been working hard in the shop and on the simulator all week and talking about strategy s I think we have a good setup heading into the weekend.”

(10/14/2022 – Alex Nieten) Hanford, CA… On a night when the NARC Fujitsu General Sprint Cars were honoring a man known as “Mr. Excitement,” the main event surely had the late Anthony Simone smiling from above.

Excitement might be an understatement to describe the Fujitsu Feature of Friday’s second Annual Anthony Simone Classic. The final 15 circuits of the 30-lap finale saw 12 unofficial lead changes between four different drivers. It was slider after slider and crossover after crossover that saw some of the sport’s best in Rico Abreu, Corey Day, Dominic Scelzi, and Justin Sanders waging war around the 3/8ths mile for a $10,000 payday. Ultimately, it was Abreu emerging as the winner.

With his 2022 schedule primarily focusing on racing with the World of Outlaws, All-Stars, and other major races out east, Friday was Abreu’s first NARC appearance of the year aboard the Rowdy Energy No. 24. It was his third series victory at Keller Auto Speedway and 16th overall with NARC in his 68th career feature start.

For Abreu, the celebration included not only the joy of topping one of the most entertaining races of the year that included a stout paycheck, but also the emotion of collecting another victory at the place where his sprint car career began.

“Man, I’m out of breath. That was a hell of a race,” said a winded Abreu. “My first race ever in a sprint car was at Hanford in March of 2011. This place always has a special spot in my heart. I really struggled here through the beginning of my career. Then as I matured as a driver I learned to slow everything down and breathe while I’m racing.”

Dominic Scelzi and Mitchel Moles led the field to green to kickoff the 30-lap tilt. The early pace of the race was slowed by a few cautions and one red flag for Mauro Simone getting upside down. He was unharmed.

As the field progressed through the first half, Scelzi led while Corey Day wasted no time making moves as he sliced through the field from his 15th starting spot. The Clovis teenager had made it all the way up to third before getting too sideways with 22 laps to go in turn four and nearly bringing the car to a halt.

Despite Day’s save, the yellow flag flew but was deemed an inadvertent yellow, allowing Day to blend in line where he would’ve if the race stayed green, lining him up seventh for the ensuing restart.

Scelzi brought the field back to green and continued to control the race on the bottom groove. Battles in and around the top-five raged on leading to the race’s halfway mark, and when the second half of the main event commenced, the brawl for the lead broke out.

With 13 laps to go, Abreu threw a turn one slider at Scelzi, and Scelzi promptly crossed over to regain the spot down the backstretch. The next time around, Abreu launched another turn one slide job. Scelzi couldn’t manage to crossover, but he returned the favor with a slider of his own in turn one on the next lap.

Scelzi crept away after the move as Abreu, Cole Macedo, Justin Sanders, and Day threw haymakers for the runner-up spot.

Abreu maintained second, and with six laps left, he gathered momentum for yet another turn one slide job. Scelzi matched the move in turn three, but Abreu ducked underneath him exiting turn four.

The next lap was nearly disastrous as Scelzi slid in front of Abreu in turns three and four and was bringing Justin Sanders with him. Sanders nosed ahead of both for just a moment, and Abreu launched off the cushion and between both of them, creating a wild three-wide battle, and Abreu powered away down the front stretch. After the hold-your-breath moment, Abreu was able to get a small amount of breathing room with just four laps to go.

The breathing room didn’t last long as Day roared back into second with three laps to go. Then, as Abreu and Day crossed the stripe with two to go, Day threw a massive turn one slider to clear Abreu. Day left a gap heading into three, and Abreu returned the favor. On the last lap, Abreu rolled the bottom in turns one and two while Day ripped the cushion and built momentum. In the final set of corners Abreu slid himself to protect, and Day followed in his tracks sliding across the track but with no opening to pass. Ultimately, Abreu held on to win by just a couple car lengths.

“I just kept telling myself all night that we’ve just got to be there the last 10 laps,” Abreu said of his strategy. “My car was really, really good. It was kind of just floundering around lane choice there, and I caught Dom (Scelzi) on the top, and he kind of fishtailed up there. I got to the bottom off of (turn) two a couple times and could just run across from him.

“You get into some tense battles like tonight, and you just sense there’s cars behind you,” Abreu added. “You know if you slip up these guys here are all good enough to win this race. It was just a matter of who minimized their mistakes.”

Corey Day’s valiant drive aboard the Meyers Constructors/Four CCCCs Construction No. 14 not only earned him the runner-up spot, but it was also worth the night’s Swift Metal Finishing Hardcharger as he advanced 13 spots.

“I was just kind of hammering in,” Day said of his all-out approach. “When it curbs up around the top like that, that’s my style. Noisy had the car really good for it to be able to do that.”

Completing the podium was Justin Sanders in the Farmers Brewing Co./Mittry Construction No. 2X. It marked Sanders’ sixth NARC top-three of the season.

“I feel like I won the normal man’s race,” Sanders joked. “You got Rico who is an Outlaw guy, and Corey Day is the next Kyle Larson, so I guess I won the normal California race. I’ll take it.”

The balance of the top-10 included Dominic Scelzi, Cole Macedo, Shane Golobic, Austin McCarl, Kyle Hirst, Mitchel Moles, and Tim Kaeding.

FUJITSU GENERAL USA FEATURE (30 laps): 1. Rico Abreu 24 2. Corey Day 14 3. Justin Sanders 2X 4. Dominic Scelzi 41 5. Cole Macedo 21T 6. Shane Golobic 17W 7. Austin McCarl 88 8. Kyle Hirst 83JR 9. Mitchel Moles 01 10. Tim Kaeding 83 11. D.J. Netto 88N 12. Mitchell Faccinto 21 13. Dylan Bloomfield 83V 14. Justyn Cox 42X 15. Jonathan Allard 0 16. Bud Kaeding 69 17. Blake Carrick 38B 18. Billy Aton 26 19. Willie Croft 29 20. Tanner Carrick 83T 21. Craig Stidham 36 22. Bill Balog 7 23. Justin Peck 17 24. Kaleb Montgomery 2K 25. Mauro Simone 10.

METTEC TITATIUM LAP LEADERS: Scelzi 1-18, 20-24. Abreu 19, 25-30

SWIFT METAL FINISHING HARDCHARGER: Corey Day 15th to 2nd

ARP FAST QUALIFIER (31 Cars): Mitchell Faccinto 13.544

BROWN AND MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS HEAT ONE (6 laps): T. Kaeding, Hirst, Balog, Faccinto, Myers Jr., B. Carrick, Mittry

KIMO’s TROPICAL CAR WASH HEAT TWO (6 laps): Scelzi, Macedo, Carrick, Allard, Montgomery, Shaw

DIRT.TRAVEL CLUB HEAT THREE (6 laps): Abreu, Peck, Croft, Netto, Aton, Danell

KAEDING PERFORMANCE HEAT FOUR (6 laps): Bloomfield, McCarl, Day, Golobic, Stidham, Simone

METTEC TITANIUM HEAT FIVE (6 laps): Sanders, Moles, B. Kaeding, Cox, Forler, De Wees

SUNNYVALLEY “POWERED BY BACON” TROPHY DASH (8 laps): Scelzi, Moles, Abreu, Peck, Bloomfield, Macedo, Sanders, McCarl, T. Kaeding, Hirst

STARR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SEMI (12 laps): Montgomery, Stidham, Aton, B. Carrick, Myers Jr., Forler, Shaw, Danell, Simone, De We

Home-state driver becomes ninth different winner in nine Series races

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oct. 14, 2022 – He’s been one of the most dominant forces in Dirt Midget racing this season, and he’s just broken through with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.

Cannon McIntosh led the last 22 laps of Friday’s portion of the 18th annual Charlene Meents Memorial at I-44 Riverside Speedway to collect his 15th national Midget win of the year. The victory also extended the different winners streak to nine in the first nine Xtreme Outlaw races.

Despite his success at the national level this year, McIntosh said it’s been tough sledding for he and the Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports team as of late. They experienced engine issues in Thursday’s Feature event at Port City Raceway, taking them out of the running while contending for a win at the head of the field, but rebounded nicely with a backup car and a trip to Victory Lane Friday night.

“I feel like going into every Xtreme race, I had a shot to win and had a car to win; we just haven’t been able to put the cap on it,” McIntosh said. “To be able to rebound tonight and finally get the monkey off of my back was a good feeling.”

Taking the green from inside Row 2, McIntosh put himself in good position early. Inside of the first 10 laps, he was already chomping at the bit for the lead, hounding the tail tank of polesitter Jonathan Beason. Using the top side around the 1/5-mile track, McIntosh wound-up the momentum and surged past Beason to take the lead on Lap 9.

“I felt like we were carrying momentum up there,” McIntosh said. “The top seemed to have a little bit more speed early.

“Beason having to lift and getting tight there in the center – it was a little tricky getting by him with him running a wide lane down the strightaway. But once I was able to get by him, I was good.”

From there on out, it was all McIntosh out front. The 19-year-old from Bixby, OK, led each of the remaining 22 laps to score the $4,000 grand prize and complete a 180-degree turnaround from their 24th-place DNF on Thursday night.

“When we’re down, I think it’s been how well we’re able to turn it around and how fast we’re able to do that,” McIntosh said. “We turn things around pretty quick when things aren’t as good. Recently, we’ve struggled a little bit and kinda got out of rhythm. But tonight, we got back on the horse, pulled the backup car down and did what we needed to do.”

While McIntosh had things covered out front, the battle for position raged on behind him. Daison Pursley was going on a mission through the top-10, picking off one car every few laps until he was at the front of the field with only 10 laps to go.

“I felt like the top came in pretty good later in the race; the bottom slicked-off and I was kinda just the first one up there trying it,” Pursley said. “That definitely played to my advantage.”

Wading through several caution flags and restarts, Pursley held strong in battling with the top-five and was able to make the move for second on Beason after the final restart with three-to-go.

“I just had to be really patient with Beason,” Pursley said. “I probably waited a little bit too long; later in the race like that, you kinda gotta go. I feel like I kinda waited too long for Beason.”

Similar in style to Pursley’s runner-up finish, Chance Crum came to the front in similar fashion. From 15th on the starting grid, Crum drove the Rudeen Racing entry to the front in a hurry, advancing 10 spots inside of the first 20 laps.

“That middle lane started coming in toward the end,” Crum said. “In the second half of the race, I was able to keep my momentum up through there.

“A little bit of attrition helped, and I just kinda survived until the end.”

With three laps left, Crum was riding fifth, battling for position in a hornet’s nest with Beason, Pursley and Gavin Miller. He got around Miller for fourth on Lap 29 and nipped Beason at the finish line for the last podium spot – the second of his Xtreme Outlaw career.

“It definitely got hairy’ they were racing really hard,” Crum said. “A couple of them bounced-off each other, I think, so I was just trying to be patient, wait for a lane to open up, and it did.

“We were able to sneak by one, and then get Beason there at the line by like a foot. It was really close.”

Further back in the field was the scene for the two leading drivers in Xtreme Outlaw points – Zach Daum and Bryant Wiedeman. Daum was up front for the first half of the race, riding fifth when he suddenly lost power on his Bundy Built Motorsports #9m coming to the green on a Lap 18 restart.

He went to the work area, made repairs under yellow and was able to race back to a 12th-place finish. Meanwhile, Wiedeman was quietly advancing positions, but was only able to make up five points on Daum in the points standings with a ninth-place finish.

UP NEXT

The inaugural season finale for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets hits I-44 Riverside Speedway Saturday night, Oct. 15, in the conclusion of the 18th annual Meents Memorial, where a champion will be crowned. Tickets will be on sale at the track on Saturday, and if you can’t be there in person, stream all the action live on DIRTVision.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 2. 71-Daison Pursley[8]; 3. 26-Chance Crum[15]; 4. 55-Jonathan Beason[1]; 5. 71M-Gavin Miller[6]; 6. 97-Brenham Crouch[17]; 7. 7U-Kyle Jones[12]; 8. 71K-Dominic Gorden[21]; 9. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[14]; 10. 32T-Trey Marcham[22]; 11. 21-Emilio Hoover[24]; 12. 9M-Zach Daum[2]; 13. 84-Jade Avedisian[4]; 14. 25K-Taylor Reimer[5]; 15. 17B-Austin Barnhill[10]; 16. 11A-Andrew Felker[20]; 17. 57-Daniel Whitley[19]; 18. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[16]; 19. 71E-Mariah Ede[23]; 20. 81G-Greyson Springer[18]; 21. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[7]; 22. 61-Kale Drake[13]; 23. 06-Rylan Gray[9]; 24. 14J-Jody Rosenboom[11]

Gravel Continues to Close on Championship Lead, Trails by 56 with 5 Nights Left

GREENWOOD, NE – October 14, 2022 – While I-80 Speedway ends an era this week as the track closes, David Gravel begins a new one as a father.

On Friday night, the two coincided as Levi’s dad, a championship hopeful, dominated all 30 laps of the final World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event at the Greenwood, NE 4/10-mile.

The 30-year-old Watertown, CT native continued his life-changing week – after welcoming his first son with wife Jillian on Monday – by increasing his title odds as he now only sits 56-points behind Brad Sweet with five races remaining.

It’s a bittersweet win for the Big Game Motorsports #2 team, as the sport also says goodbye to a beloved track with I-80 Speedway selling and shutting down after this weekend.

“Man, I’m so sad to see this place go,” Gravel told a sold-out crowd that attended the 34th and final World of Outlaws race. “It’s so unique. We don’t get to race tracks this wide typically. We’re losing a couple of race tracks this year and that’s not what we need. It’s pretty cool to say I won the final race here, but that’s not really a good thing. Hopefully, we can do it again tomorrow and I can get back to celebrate with my new family.”

Leading all 30 laps of the contest from the outside pole, Gravel’s game plan didn’t exactly come to fruition as trouble on the opening lap took pole sitter Giovanni Scelzi out of the mix.

“I thought we were good every time we hit the track, but I was a little nervous at the start of the Feature,” Gravel noted. “I wanted Gio to lead at the beginning to try and pace off him, but obviously that didn’t happen. It feels like you’re flying around the top here so I struggle to judge my pace leading by myself.”

A handful of restarts and an #Open Red – handled by crew members Cody Jacobs, Trey Bowman, and Zach Patterson – could do nothing in deterring Gravel’s path to victory lane. While he celebrated a seventh win of the season and 76th of his career, all eyes remain locked on an increasingly intriguing battle for the $200,000 World of Outlaws championship.

“I just plan on beating him every night and wherever we end, that’s where we end up,” Gravel said as he trails Sweet by 56-points with fives races left. “We’re just going to keep racing hard and putting the pressure on them. I know that we probably need a really bad night for him to make it happen, so I’m just minding my own business. I’d love to get to 10 wins this year, that’s what is first on our mind right now.”

Storming from ninth-to-second, Sheldon Haudenschild ends his I-80 Speedway career with three top-fives in three World of Outlaws starts at the track. The Stenhouse Jr. / Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #17 came on late in the running and cut into Gravel’s lead, but simply ran out of time.

“I love this place,” Haudenschild told an energetic crowd. “I wish we could keep it going and come back here every single year. Overall, a good night for us. We rallied pretty well from Qualifying to Feature and had a great car by the end. We’ve been trying some stuff as the season winds down to find what we like best.”

After battling for the lead early on, Carson Macedo slipped back to finish third and claim his Series-leading 25th podium in the Jason Johnson Racing #41. The Lemoore, CA native never finished off the podium in three trips to I-80, finishing second, third, and third at the track.

“There was a certain point where I thought I could win this deal tonight and then the very next moment, I knew I was struggling,” Macedo said on his whirlwind 30-lapper. “I thought when I got to traffic that I would be able to do something with David, but it only got tougher from there and Sheldon got me then. All in all, a good run for us to get back on the podium tonight.”

Closing out the top-five at I-80 was James McFadden in the Roth Motorsports #83 and Brad Sweet in the Kasey Kahne Racing #49, who now leads the championship by 56 markers after losing 38-points over the last three races to Gravel.

Rounding out the top-10 on Friday was Brock Zearfoss in sixth, Logan Schuchart in seventh, Brian Brown in eighth, Donny Schatz in ninth, and Giovanni Scelzi in 10th.

NOS NOTEBOOK (I-80 SPEEDWAY, 10/14/22)

David Gravel’s 76th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win brings him within three more from tying Brad Sweet (79) for 11th on the All-Time Win List. He added I-80 Speedway as the 41st track he’s won at and Nebraska as the 23rd state he’s won in.

Gravel opened the night with his 97th QuickTime Award, topping the final My Place Hotels Qualifying session at I-80 Speedway with a run of 13.674 seconds. He’s on the verge of joining Joey Saldana (157) and Donny Schatz (106) as the only drivers to hit triple-digits in World of Outlaws QuickTimes this century.

James McFadden (35th career), Brad Sweet (215th career), David Gravel (207th career), and Spencer Bayston (12th career) topped NOS Energy Drink Heat Races. Giovanni Scelzi won the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash to claim his third pole position of the season.

UP NEXT (Sat) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is heading three hours south tonight in anticipation of Saturday’s showdown at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS. Fans can BUY TICKETS HERE, or watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.

NOS Energy Drink Feature Results (30 Laps) – 1. 2-David Gravel [2][$10,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [9][$6,000]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo [3][$3,500]; 4. 83-James McFadden [7][$2,800]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$2,500]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [10][$2,300]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [16][$2,200]; 8. 21-Brian Brown [5][$2,100]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [15][$2,050]; 10. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [1][$2,000]; 11. 5T-Ryan Timms [12][$1,600]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [11][$1,400]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne [17][$1,200]; 14. 8-Aaron Reutzel [22][$1,100]; 15. 2KS-Ian Madsen [8][$1,050]; 16. 24-Garet Williamson [14][$1,000]; 17. 20G-Noah Gass [20][$1,000]; 18. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [13][$1,000]; 19. 1X-Jake Bubak [21][$1,000]; 20. 7S-Robbie Price [24][$1,000]; 21. 22-Riley Goodno [18][$1,000]; 22. 1-Justin Henderson [23][$1,000]; 23. 27-Carson McCarl [19][$1,000]; 24. 5-Spencer Bayston [4][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+9]

NEW Championship Standings (69/74 Races) – 1. Brad Sweet (8,610); 2. David Gravel (-56); 3. Carson Macedo (-130); 4. Donny Schatz (-232); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (-256); 6. Logan Schuchart (-390); 7. James McFadden (-482); 8. Spencer Bayston (-602); 9. Jacob Allen (-694); 10. Brock Zearfoss (-962).

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 14, 2022) – Austin Prock and the Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist Chevrolet dragster rocketed to the top of the Top Fuel class Friday night at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. Brittany Force has the Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac dragster sitting No. 3 and, in Funny Car, Robert Hight currently sits No. 3 in his AAA Texas Chevrolet Camaro SS while John Force and the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy are No. 6. Austin Prock and the Montana Brand / RMT dragster ran 3.804-seconds at 324.61 mph to put themselves in the No. 6 spot heading into Friday evening. Tuned by veteran crew chiefs Joe Barlam and Rahn Tobler, Prock handled the Montana Brand dragster to a stellar 3.682-second 334.57 mph pass to jump to the No. 1 spot. Their performance earned them three bonus points and a $15,000 bonus check part of the Texas Motorplex’s Stampede of Speed Friday Night Live. If it sticks through Saturday’s final two qualifying runs, it will be the first No. 1 of Prock’s career. “I’ve dreamt of getting a No. 1 qualifier, so I hope it sticks. This Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist dragster has been coming along since before Indy. It hasn’t really showed the last two weekends, but everything is still there. We just need to make the right adjustments and then you get a performance like this. We seem to be peaking at the right time. To get this $15,000 on top of it, just have to say thank you to Billy Meyer and the Texas Motorplex,” Prock said. “We have that fire under us again. We made a decent run in the first session, went sixth quick and then low this session. This is kind of how it went for us when we won in Reading [Pennsylvania], if we keep going up and down the track, you don’t want to race Joe Barlam and Rahn Tobler on Sunday.” Robert Hight and the AAA Texas team were second quickest of the first qualifying session with their 3.924-second pass at 331.79 mph earning them two bonus points. With header flames lit, Hight handled his Chevy hot rod to a solid 3.854 at 333.43 to once again be second quickest of the session. “Good day for this AAA team. We’re taking it one run at a time, these qualifying points are important, we want them every run. Two qualify runs today with two more tomorrow, we’ll stay consistent and just keeping doing what we know how to do,” Hight said. “Great show tonight, second year in a row with the Stampede of Speed and the extra money on the line for all the classes. Makes it exciting for the teams and for the fans. We won it last year, would have been nice to do it again but now we’re getting set for race day.” Brittany Force and the Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac team had a stout 3.777-second pass at 332.50 mph to earn two bonus points narrowly missing being quickest of the session. In the night run, lined up side-by-side with teammate Austin Prock, Force would break her previous track record speed with a 335.75 mph, 3.689-second pass that would earn her a bonus point for being third quickest of the session. “Good start to our weekend here in Dallas. We’re excited about that extra qualifying pass that we get and the money that was on the line. Unfortunately, we didn’t get it but very proud of our teammate Austin Prock who took home the big check and low qualifier for the night,” Force said. “For our Monster Energy team, we had two solid passes and that is the most important thing for us chasing down this championship. We ran a 3.77 and a 3.68 so very impressive runs for us, we picked up some bonus points and we’ll come out tomorrow sitting No. 3.” John Force and the PEAK Chevy came out of the gate running well with a 3.907-second pass at 331.93 mph that earned some three bonus points for being quickest of the first session. A clutch malfunction during the second qualifying session had the PEAK Camaro up in smoke at the hit coasting to a 12.085 at 81.14. “Had a little bit of a problem there in the second session, but we had a good run in the afternoon. The PEAK Chevy, it’s fast right now, and it’s been consistently fast. We’ll be okay. Two more tomorrow and Danny Hood and Tim Fabrisi, they’ll have it figured out,” Force said. “Great show Billy Meyer put on tonight, great for the fans. Can’t wait to get back tomorrow and keep it going.” Competition at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex continues with qualifying Saturday at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. Eliminations for the event will start on Sunday at noon. Television coverage will be on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) Sunday starting with a qualifying show at 10:00 a.m. ET and eliminations at 10:30 p.m. ET. -30-

AUSTIN PROCK, 27, Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist DragsterQualifying:1st; 3.682-seconds; 334.57 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+3 (quickest Q2)BRITTANY FORCE, 36, Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac DragsterQualifying:3rd; 3.689-seconds; 335.75 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+2 (2nd quickest Q1) JOHN FORCE, 73, PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SSQualifying:6th; 3.907-seconds; 331.93 mphBonus Qualifying Points: +3 (quickest Q1)ROBERT HIGHT, 53, AAA Missouri Chevy Camaro SSQualifying:2nd; 3.854-seconds; 333.43 mphBonus Qualifying Points:+4 (2nd quickest Q1 & Q2)