Ocala Speedway (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
2/10/24
Ocala Speedway
Ocala, FL
USAC National Sprint Cars
28 cars
Chase Stockon (18th car out to time) set quick time on the 3/8-mile at 14.075 seconds. CJ Leary (15th car out) was second quick, followed by Logan Seavey (7th), Justin Grant (25th), Kevin Thomas Jr. (2nd), Daison Pursley (21st), Zach Daum (22nd), Brandon Mattox (28th), Joey Amantea (16th) and Briggs Danner (19th)
Heat one (started): 1. Jake Swanson 2B (2) 2. Matt Westfall 33m (1) 3. Amantea 88J (4) 4. Thomas Jr. 3R (5) 5. Stockon 5s (6) / 6. Brady Bacon 69 (3) 7. Hunter Maddox 24m (7)
8-lap heats took the top five to the feature. Swanson led the distance. Bacon had passed Amantea for third on lap two when he spun in turn four. Cars were successful in avoiding him. He fell short of the final transfer. Thomas gained fourth from Stockon on lap three.
Heat two (started): 1. Tom Harris 84 (2) 2. Danner 39 (4) 3. Jadon Rogers 17GP (3) 4. Pursley 21AZ (5) 5. Alex Bright 27 (3) / 6. Leary 15x (6) 7. Chase Howard 13 (7)
Harris coasted to his first what was to be believed USAC sprint car heat win. Danner worked on Rogers until passing him for second with two to go. Rogers got by Pursley on the last lap for third after giving that spot up.
Heat three (started): 1. Carson Garrett 15 (2) 2. Kyle Cummins 3P (1) 3. Timmy Buckwalter 20 (4) 4. Seavey 57 (6) 5. Trey Osborne 5 (3) / 6. Daum 5D (5) 7. John Mollick 4J (7)
Garrett led the distance. Osborne bobbled back to fifth on the opening lap. Daum engaged in a good battle, but fell short of the final transfer.
Heat four (started): 1. Robert Ballou 12 (1) 2. Grant 4 (6) 3. Tye Mihocko 5T (4) 4. Mitchel Moles 19AZ (3) 5. Mark Smith 43 (2) / 6. Mattox 28 (5) 7. Shane Butler 18 (7)
Ballou led wire to wire. Grant snagged second from Mihocko on lap two. Moles used the low side of turn four to move by Smith for fourth with two to go. Butler exited early.
B main (started): 1. Leary (1) 2. Daum (2) 3. Bacon (4) 4. Mattox (3) / 5. Howard (6) 6. Mollick (7) 7. Maddox (5) DNS – Butler
The 10-lapper took the top four to the feature. Daum led until Leary passed him on lap nine. The top four stayed the same the whole way.
A main (started): 1. Grant (4) 2. Thomas Jr. (3) 3. Seavey (5) 4. Leary (11) 5. Ballou (10) 6. Bright (18) 7. Pursley (2) 8. Amantea (1) 9. Danner (14) 10. Mihocko (16) 11. Buckwalter (15) 12. Bacon (17) 13. Swanson (7) 14. Moles (20) 15. Garrett (9) 16. Rogers (23) 17. Westfall (22) 18. Stockon (6) 19. Cummins (24) 20. Osborne (19) 21. Mattox (13) 22. Smith (21) 23. Daum (12) 24. Harris (8)
Amantea led the 30-lapper early over Thomas Jr., Grant, Stockon and Seavey. Seavey got by Stockon for fourth on lap three. On lap four, Thomas Jr. used the low side of turn four to take the lead from Amantea. At that point, Osborne spun, bringing the first caution. Rogers repaired a flat right rear at the same time. The restart saw Thomas Jr. leading Amantea, Grant, Seavey and Stockon. Ballou was on the move and challenged Stockon for fifth when the two made contact in four, sending Stockon spinning. Daum exited with a flat right rear at that point. The restart saw Thomas ahead of Amantea, Grant, Seave and Ballou. Bacon, who started in row nine had moved up to tenth when he spun on lap 13. Cummins also spun to avoid. After the restart, Garnt began working on Amantea and gained second on lap 15. Ballou and Seavey put on a great battle for fourth at that point. Seavey would win that one and gain third form Amantea with ten to go. On the same lap, Grant diamonded turns three and four and shot by Thomas Jr. for the lead. Ballou and Leary moved into fourth and fifth on lap 22. Grant was into lapped traffic with four to go and cruised to the $7,500 win and a total of $13,500 for the weekend.