David Gravel
David Gravel did what he needed to do on the first night of the World Finals for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series points lead. After his win on Thursday night at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, Gravel now trails series leader Brad Sweet by 42 points with two races remaining.
The Big Game Motorsports driver from Watertown, Connecticut earned $15,000 for his efforts on the track located in Concord, NC.
A total of 53 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Sheldon Haudenschild(13.694), 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Brent Marks, 5. Cory Eliason, 6. Cole Macedo, 7. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 8. Justin Henderson, 9. Zeb Wise, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg
Group B Results- 1. Tyler Courtney(13.843), 2. David Gravel, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Giovanni Scelzi, 4. 5. Logan Schuchart, 6. Brian Brown, 7. Justin Peck, 8. Anthony Macri, 9. Brock Zearfoss, 10. Cap Henry
Heat 1 Results: 1. Sheldon Haudenschild, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 4. Cory Eliason, 5. Noah Gass
Heat 2 Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Cole Macedo, 3. Brent Marks, 4. Justin Henderson, 5. Kasey Kahne
Heat 3 Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Justin Peck, 4. Logan Schuchart, 5. Tanner Holmes
Heat 4 Results: 1. David Gravel, 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Brian Brown, 4. Anthony Macri, 5. Cap Henry
C-Main Results: 1. Riley Goodno, 2. James McFadden
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Sye Lynch, 3. Jacob Allen, 4. Brock Zearfoss
WoO Dash Results: 1. Sheldon Haudenschild, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. David Gravel, 4. Carson Macedo, 5. Cole Macedo, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Giovanni Scelzi, 8. Tyler Courtney
Feature Re-cap: The 25-lap feature began with Abreu leading Haudenschild, Macedo, Gravel and Sweet. Abreu quickly built a lead of just over two seconds before he began to encounter slower traffic. At the same time, Macedo began to challenge Haudenschild for second. Further back, Sweet got by Gravel in a battle between the top-2 in WoO Sprint Car points.
Sweet then moved in on Haudenschild and took second away. Macedo and Gravel then followed suit as both got by Haudenschild to move into third and fourth respectively on lap 8. Sweet issued a challenge on Abreu for the race lead as the two worked among slower traffic.
On lap 12, Gravel got by Macedo to grab third. Two laps later, the No. 2 machine swept by both Abreu and Sweet to assume the race lead. At the back of the top-5 Scelzi, Haudenschild and Courtney were engaged in a battle.
Macedo briefly got around Abreu and Sweet to move to second but Abreu would regain that position two laps later. In the end, Gravel held back a late charge by Abreu to score his sixth career win at Charlotte.
Feature Results: 1. David Gravel, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. James McFadden, 7. Giovanni Scelzi, 8. Logan Schuchart, 9. Brent Marks, 10. Donny Schatz, 11. Sheldon Haudenschild, 12. Justin Peck, 13. Cole Macedo, 14. Justin Henderson, 15. Cory Eliason, 16. Jacob Allen, 17. Anthony Macri, 18. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 19. Cap Henry, 20. Brian Brown, 21. Noah Gass, 22. Kasey Kahne, 23. Sye Lynch, 24. Tanner Holmes
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