Brent Marks earned $75,000
Brent Marks outlasted Daryn Pittman in a spirited battle on Saturday night to then drive on to the win in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series-sanctioned Champion Racing Oil National Open. The 61st edition of this crown jewel event played out at the historic Williams Grove Speedway and often features the rivalry between WoO regulars and the Pennsylvania Posse, which was represented by Marks.
The Murray Marks Motorsports driver from Myerstown, Pennsylvania earned $75,000 from the track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 52 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1, Rico Abreu(16.462), 2. David Gravel, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Justin Peck, 5. Kasey Kahne, 6. Spencer Bayston, 7. Lance Dewease, 8. Brock Zearfoss, 9. Buddy Kofoid, 10. Anthony Macri
Group B Results- 1. Brad Sweet(16.812), 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Sheldon Haudenschild, 4. Brent Marks, 5. James McFadden, 6. Giovanni Scelzi, 7. Cory Eliason, 8. Daryn Pittman, 9. Aaron Reutzel, 10. Kyle Reinhardt
Heat 1 Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Lance Dewease, 5. Donny Schatz
Heat 2 Results: 1. David Gravel, 2. Justin Peck, 3. Brock Zearfoss, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Anthony Macri
Heat 3 Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Sheldon Haudenschild, 3. Cory Eliason, 4. James McFadden, 5. Skylar Gee
Heat 4 Results: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Brian Brown, 5. Kyle Reinhardt
C-main Finish: 1. Sam Hefertepe Jr., 2. T.J. Stutts
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Buddy Kofoid, 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Aaron Reutzel, 4. Zeb Wise
WoO Dash Results: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Justin Peck, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. David Gravel, 6. Daryn Pittman, 7. Sheldon Haudenschild, 8. Tyler Courtney
Feature Re-cap: The 40-lap main event began with Marks leading ahead of Peck, Abreu, Pittman and Sweet. Peck moved by Marks for the lead on lap 2.
Sweet took fourth away from Abreu on lap 5 as Peck worked to slip away. Further back, Marks and Pittman fought over second. Gravel got by Abreu for fifth on lap 9.
Pittman wrested the lead away from Peck on lap 12 as he, Peck and Marks ran in tight formation. A lap 15 caution for Dewease then led to an open red flag for fuel and adjustments. On the restart, Pittman continued to lead over Marks, Abreu, Sweet and Haudenschild.
Marks got by Pittman for the lead on lap 23 as those two cars separated from the pack. Pittman continued to harass Marks as the race moved toward the three-quarter point. But Marks would then begin to pull away employing the high line around the speedway.
Pittman, Abreu and Sweet closed the gap on Marks in traffic with six laps remaining. But once clear of traffic, Marks pulled back ahead.
Over the closing laps, Marks maintained control and drove on to the crown jewel victory.
Feature Results: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Sheldon Haudenschild, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Justin Peck, 7. David Gravel, 8. Donny Schatz, 9. Danny Dietrich, 10. Tyler Courtney, 11. Spencer Bayston, 12. Giovanni Scelzi, 13. Cory Eliason, 14. Brock Zearfoss, 15. Kasey Kahne, 16. Freddie Rahmer, 17. Buddy Kofoid, 18. Skylar Gee, 19. Carson Macedo, 20. Brian Brown, 21. James McFadden, 22. Logan Schuchart, 23. Anthony Macri, 24. Zeb Wise, 25. Lance Dewease, 26. Kyle Reinhardt, 27. Aaron Reutzel, 28. Landon Myers
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