Brady Bacon celebrating his win(Photo: WoO Sprints)
Brady Bacon had never won a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series feature until Saturday night at the Tr-State Speedway. The fast rising No. 21 car flew through the top-5 late in the going of the feature ultimately passing Sheldon Haudenschild in the closing laps to secure the win.
The driver from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma won on the Haubstadt, Indiana track in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 37 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Giovanni Scelzi(12.358), 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Parker Price-Miller, 5. Jacob Allen, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Brock Zearfoss, 8. Sheldon Haudenschild, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. David Gravel
Heat 1 Results: 1. Giovanni Scelzi, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Jacob Allen, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Kraig Kinser
Heat 2 Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. David Gravel, 5. Joe B. Miller
Heat 3 Results: 1. Carson Macedo, 2. Robbie Price, 3. Brock Zearfoss, 4. Justin Peck, 5. Daison Pursley
Heat 4 Results: 1. Parker Price-Miller, 2. Sheldon Haudenschild, 3. Emersom Axsom, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Buddy Kofoid
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Logan Schuchart, 2. Darin Naida, 3. James McFadden, 4. Justin Grant
Dash Results: 1. Carson Macedo, 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Parker Price-Miller, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Robbie Price, 8. Sheldon Haudenschild
Feature Re-cap: Macedo paced the field when the 40-lap feature got underway with Scelzi, Courtney, Sweet and Haudenschild following. When Courtney attempted to make a move on Scelzi contact between the two cars caused Courtney to slow allowing Sweet and Haudenschild to pass.
A yellow flag would be displayed to the field on lap 5 when Courtney slowed. Macedo led at that point over Scelzi, Sweet, Haudenschild and Bacon. Caution would again be displayed before a lap could be completed because of a multi-car incident involving Bayston, Price, McFadden and Grant.
Just after the restart, Haudenschild moved around Sweet for third trailing Macedo and Scelzi. Haudenschild then grabbed second from Scelzi and lap 13 just before a lap 14 caution came out for a flat tire on Kofoid’s car. Also, Gravel, who entered the night second in the series standings behind Macedo, would retire from the race when the rear end of his car locked up.
Bacon took fourth away from Scelzi on lap 16 as Macedo continue to lead over Haudenschild and Sweet. Haudenschild closed in and began to challenge for the lead, eventually forging ahead on lap 22 as the front runners fought through traffic.
An incident involving Schuerenberg and Axsom brought out another caution on lap 23 with Haudenschild showing the way ahead of Macedo, Bacon, Sweet and Scelzi.
On the restart, Courtney, who had pitted early to repair damage, moved all the way to fourth. Haudenschild began to slip away from his pursuers until a red flag on lap 28 for the upended car of Schuchart.
On the restart, Macedo made a bid for the lead but Haudenschild held on. The No. 17 then began to pull away from a battle between Macedo and Bacon for second. At the same time, Sweet and Courtney were fighting for positions within the top-5.
With three laps remaining, Bacon closed quickly on leader Haudenschild and made a move for the lead that would pay off. Bacon then held on to take the checkered flag and claim his first World of Outlaws victory.
Feature Results: 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Sheldon Haudenschild, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Carson Macedo, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. Justin Peck, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Joe B. Miller, 9. Giovanni Scelzi, 10. Spencer Bayston, 11. Jacob Allen, 12. Donny Schatz, 13. Buddy Kofoid, 14. Logan Schuchart, 15. Justin Grant, 16. Darin Naida, 17. Daison Paisley, 18. Brock Zearfoss, 19. Robbie Price, 20. Kraig Kinser, 21. Emerson Axsom, 22. Parker Price-Miller, 23. David Gravel, 24. James McFadden
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