Zeb Wise
Zeb Wise won his first career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series feature on Saturday night on the second night of the Nittany Showdown at Port Royal Speedway. The No. 26 started up front but had to pass many time Port Royal winner Lance Dewease to captured the checkered flag.
The Rudeen Racing driver from Angola, Indiana scored the win at the track located in Port Royal, Pennsylvania in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 41 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. David Gravel(17.071), 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Zeb Wise, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Spencer Bayston, 6. Brent Marks, 7. Carson Macedo, 8. Rico Abreu, 9. Parker Price Miller, 10. Sheldon Haudenschild
Group B Results- 1. Logan Schuchart(17.188), 2. Brian Brown, 3. Jeff Halligan, 4. Devon Borden, 5. Kyle Reinhardt, 6. Justin Peck, 7. Tyler Courtney, 8. Tanner Holmes, 9. Lance Dewease, 10. Lucas Wolfe
Heat 1 Results: 1. Zeb Wise, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. David Gravel, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Parker Price Miller
Heat 2 Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Brent Marks, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Sheldon Haudenschild
Heat 3 Results: 1. Logan Schuchart, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Jeff Halligan, 5. Kyle Reinhardt
Heat 4 Results: 1. Brian Brown, 2. Devon Borden, 3. Justin Peck, 4. Tanner Holmes, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg
WoO Dash Results: 1. Zeb Wise, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Carson Macedo. 5. Giovanni Scelzi, 6. Brian Brown, 7. Devon Borden, 8. Logan Schuchart
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Danny Dietrich, 2. Donny Schatz, 3. Lucas Wolfe, 4. Buddy Kofoid
Feature Re-cap: The 30-lap feature got underway with Dewease leading Wise, Sweet, Courtney and Macedo. Courtney moved in to challenge Sweet for third in the early going but Sweet held the position.
Dewease built a lead of more than one second until a lap 6 caution for an incident involving Schatz and Schuerenberg regrouped the field. On the restart, Wise briefly went to the lead but the move was negated when a red flag was displayed when Peck flipped. The driver was reported to be uninjured.
On the second attempt to restart on lap 6, Dewease continued to lead Wise but Courtney passed by Sweet for third. Further back, Schuchart passed Macedo for fifth on lap 9.
By the race’s midway point the top-3 of Dewease, Wise and Courtney had separated themselves from the pack as they approached slower traffic. Wise pulled alongside Dewease for the lead but Dewease held the spot on lap 17. But two laps later Wise would not be deterred as the grabbed the top spot.
Dewease fought back as the top-2 went side-by-side with Courtney joining the fray. At the back of the top-5, Gravel passed points leader Sweet.
Courtney took second from Dewease on lap 25 and took off in pursuit of Wise as the leader worked slower traffic. Schuchart moved around Dewease for third with three laps to go.
Courtney caught up to Wise as the laps clicked away making an inside bid but the move was unsuccessful as Wise held on and drove to the victory.
Feature Results: 1. Zeb Wise, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Logan Schuchart, 4. David Gravel, 5. Lance Dewease, 6. Giovanni Scelzi, 7. Rico Abreu, 8. Carson Macedo, 9. Tanner Holmes, 10. Brent Marks, 11. Brad Sweet, 12. Brian Brown, 13. Jeff Halligan, 14. Kyle Reinhardt, 15. Devon Borden, 16. Sheldon Haudenschild, 17. Parker Price Miller, 18. T.J. Stutts, 19. Spencer Bayston, 20. Noah Gass, 21. Lucas Wolfe, 22. Danny Dietrich, 23. Kody Lehman, 24. Justin Peck, 25. Hunter Schuerenberg, 26. Donny Schatz, 27. Buddy Kofoid
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