11/1/2024
Crate Racin' USA
Eighteen Drivers Secure Spots through Heat Races on Friday
(Concord, NC - November 1st, 2024) – Day two of the 9th Annual World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte saw 18 drivers secured their positions in Saturday night’s main event through six thrilling Chevrolet Performance Heat Races.
Heat race winners included:
Heat 1: John Ruggiero-Lincoln, NC
Heat 2: Bubba Roling(R)-Clay Hill, FL
Heat 3: Austin Yarbrough-Blackshear, GA
Heat 4: Layton Sullivan-Gaffney, SC
Heat 5: Trent Ivey-Union, SC
Heat 6: Colby Quick-Sailsbury, MC
In addition to the heat race victors, a strong field of competitors advanced to the main event, including Ethan Wilson, Hunter Kohn, Matt Dooley, Blake Pryer, Dillon Brown, Beckham Malone, Jeremy Steele, Benji Hicks, Matt Henderson, John Price, Jody Knowles, and Joey Warren through the six heat races as well.
Chevrolet Performance Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00R-John Ruggiero Jr[1]; 2. 32W-Ethan Wilson[4]; 3. 48-Hunter Kohn[3]; 4. 4-Jason Knowles[8]; 5. 5S-Travis Steele[2]; 6. 8L-Joe Leavell[7]; 7. 7J-Dalton Jacobs[6]; 8. 6M-Freddy Mooney[9]; 9. 8-Matthew Larson[5]; 10. (DNS) 7W-Mike West
Chevrolet Performance Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 515-Bubba Roling[1]; 2. 98-Matt Dooley[4]; 3. 78-Blake Pryor[3]; 4. 18D-Chuckie Duncan[5]; 5. P14-Matt Pridgen[6]; 6. 21-Mario Gresham[8]; 7. 89-Timmie Harrelson[9]; 8. 2C-Mitchell Childress[7]; 9. 88D-Dalton Dowdy[10]; 10. 111-Max Blair[2]
Chevrolet Performance Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Austin Yarbrough[1]; 2. 6-Dillon Brown[3]; 3. 23-Beckham Malone[2]; 4. 555-Brock Pinkerous[6]; 5. 1B-Brent Trimble[4]; 6. 17J-John Winge[8]; 7. 99-Kyle Hardy[7]; 8. 28S-Cale Schwartzmiller[5]; 9. 4Z-Zack Loe[9]; 10. 302-Bill Tesh[10]
Chevrolet Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Layton Sullivan[1]; 2. 22-Jeremy Steele[3]; 3. 55H-Benji Hicks[7]; 4. 18G-Ricky Greene[2]; 5. 67-Gregory Carrico[5]; 6. T86-Jesse Rockett[6]; 7. 00-Kendal Tucker[4]; 8. C10-Carl Currin[9]; 9. 11K-Davin Kaiser[8]; 10. (DNS) 14A-Lucas Adams
Chevrolet Performance Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. G4-Trent Ivey[1]; 2. 22H-Matt Henderson[3]; 3. P4-John Price[2]; 4. 24-Jacob Brown[4]; 5. 20G-Chub Gunter[6]; 6. 914-Matt Adams[5]; 7. 45-Nathan Dallas[7]; 8. 37-Tommy Eastridge[10]; 9. 46-Andrew Lankford[9]; 10. 47-Gavin Cowan[8]
Chevrolet Performance Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Colby Quick[1]; 2. 66-Jody Knowles[3]; 3. 11W-Joey Warren[2]; 4. 22T-Jimmy Thomas[4]; 5. 43-Jarrett Edwards[5]; 6. 15JR-Ronnie Martin Jr[7]; 7. 74-Mike Franklin[6]; 8. 151KB-Brian McDonald[9]; 9. 12-Randy Pinnix[8]; 10. (DNS) 10E-Patrick Evatt
The final 42 drivers will need to navigate through two Rogers-Dabbs Chevrolet B-Mains, with only 3 from each advancing to the main event. Championship Saturday will kick off with pit gates opening at 11 AM, followed by a mandatory drivers meeting at 2 PM. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 4 PM.
For rules and information on the Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series (604 Late Models) visit our website at www.crateracinusa.com or email us at crateracinusa@gmail.com.
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Photo Credit: DirtCar Racing (X page)
Article Credit: Cody Earley
