Brad Sweet got his second win of 2023 on Friday night
It’s still early in the season but four-time and defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Brad Sweet looks to already be in championship form as he claimed his second win of the 2023 campaign and his second career win at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday night in what served as the first of a two-race weekend on the Mesquite, TX track that once served as the birthplace of the WoO Sprints Series,
The Kasey Kahne Racing driver from Grass Valley, CA scored the win in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 31 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Buddy Kofoid(13.943), 2. Logan Schuchart, 3. Brent Marks, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Jacob Allen, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Rico Abreu, 8. Blake Hahn, 9. David Gravel, 10. Carson Macedo
Heat 1 Results: 1. Buddy Kofoid, 2. Spencer Bayston, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Giovanni Scelzi, 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr.
Heat 2 Results: 1. Jacob Allen, 2. Logan Schuchart, 3. Blake Hahn, 4. Ayrton Gennetten, 5. Kasey Kahne, 6. Hunter Schuerenberg
Heat 3 Results: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. David Gravel, 4. Robbie Price, 5. Donny Schatz, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. James Mcfadden, 2. Brock Zearfoss, 3. Austin McCarl, 4. Bill Balog, 5. Wayne Johnson, 6. Brian Brown
WoO Dash Finish: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Logan Schuchart, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Jacob Allen, 5. Buddy Kofoid, 6. Spencer Bayston
Feature Re-cap: The 25-lap feature took the green flag with Marks leading the way ahead of Sweet, Allen, Schuchart and Kofoid. Sweet immediately began to apply pressure to the race leader as the top-2 cars began to pull away in a race that would ultimately go caution free.
Sweet took to the outside lane and grabbed the lead away from Marks on lap 10. Further back, a furious battle involving Allen, Schuchart, Kofoid and Gravel was unfolding as those drivers fought for top-5 positions in the running order.
Sweet began to show his dominance by the midway point pulling away to healthy advantage.
Gravel took fifth away from Kofoid on lap 12 then set out after Shark Racing teammates Schuchart and Allen. Both Gravel and Kofoid would eventually get by Schuchart to round out the top-5 but there was no match for Sweet who had pulled away to a five second lead by the time he sailed under the checkered flag.
“An unbelievable team right now,” Sweet declared in his victory lane interview with DirtVision.com. “They’re making such great decisions all night long. We didn’t unload that great, I think we threw four bars at it, changed everything under the sun. Even though we went sixth to third in the Dash I still didn’t think we were that good so we still made some pretty big changes for the A. I’m just really impressed with our decision making. We’re really just working well together.”
Feature Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Brent Marks, 3. Jacob Allen, 4. David Gravel, 5. Buddy Kofoid, 6. Logan Schuchart, 7. Carson Macedo, 8. Spencer Bayston, 9. Blake Hahn, 10. Rico Abreu, 11. Robbie Price, 12. Donny Schatz, 13. James McFadden, 14. Kasey Kahne, 15. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 16. Sheldon Haudenschild, 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 18. Giovanni Scelzi, 19. Brock Zearfoss, 20. Austin McCarl, 21. Bill Balog, 22. Ayrton Gennetten, 23. Noah Gass, 24. Brian Brown, 25. Wayne Johnson
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