Brad Sweet
When someone who didn’t see the race saw that Brad Sweet led every lap in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series-sanctioned Federated Auto Parts Showdown at Sharon Speedway they might assume it was a boring race. That assumption, however, would be wrong as ‘The Big Cat’ found himself constantly fighting off challenges from David Gravel and Giovanni Scelzi before finally taking the checkered flag.
The Kasey Kahne Racing driver from Grass Valley, California earned $10,000 for his win on the track located in Hartford, Ohio in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 36 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Carson Macedo(14.749), 2. Sheldon Haudenschild, 3. James McFadden, 4. Giovanni Scelzi, 5. David Gravel, 6. Justin Sanders, 7. Brad Sweet, 8. Tanner Holmes, 9. Logan Schuchart, 10. Landon Myers
Heat Race Results
Heat 1 Finish: 1. David Gravel, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Cole Duncan, 4. A.J. Flick, 5. Logan Schuchart
Heat 2 Finish: 1. Sheldon Haudenschild, 2. Justin Sanders, 3. Dave Blaney, 4. Landon Myers, 5. David Kalb
Heat 3 Finish: 1. James McFadden, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Dale Blaney, 4. Jeremy Weaver, 5. Bob Felmlee
Heat 4 Finish: 1. Giovanni Scelzi, 2. Tanner Holmes, 3. Spencer Bayston, 4. Brandon Matus, 5. Brock Zearfoss
WoO Dash Finish: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. David Gravel, 3. Tanner Holmes, 4. Giovanni Scelzi, 5. James McFadden, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild, 7. Justin Sanders, 8. Carson Macedo
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Danny Kuriger, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Ricky Peterson
Feature Re-cap: At the start of the 30-lap feature it was Sweet who went to the lead with Scelzi, Gravel, Holmes and Haudenschild in arrears. On the second lap, Haudenschild made a move to grab fourth away from Holmes but the top-5 would then hold station for the next several laps.
By lap 9, the leaders had caught the tail of the field which allowed Scelzi to run Sweet down and begin to challenge for the lead. Just behind, Gravel also closed in to make it a three car race for the lead.
As the show reached the halfway point, Scelzi was trying the low line in hopes of finding enough traction to get around the topside running Sweet. Several times, Scelzi would put a nose out front but was never able to complete the pass for the lead.
Gravel then moved up to give it a try as he passed Scelzi for second on lap 22. The No. 2 made an attempt to get under the No. 49 as the race approached the 5-to-go point. But like Scelzi, Gravel was never able to complete the pass.
In the end, it was Sweet who would claim victory.
Feature Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. David Gravel, 3. Giovanni Scelzi, 4. Tanner Holmes, 5. Carson Macedo, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild, 7. Dave Blaney, 8. Dale Blaney, 9. Spencer Bayston, 10. Cole Duncan, 11. James McFadden, 12. Logan Schuchart, 13. Brock Zearfoss, 14. Justin Sanders, 15. A.J. Flick, 16. Donny Schatz, 17. Landon Myers, 18. Brandon Matus, 19. Danny Smith, 20. Ricky Peterson, 21. Jeremy Weaver, 22. David Kalb, 23. Danny Kuriger, 24. Bob Felmlee
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