CLAUSON FASTEST IN OPEN PRACTICE SESSION IN OCALA
Noblesville, Indiana’s Bryan Clauson was fastest overall in Wednesday night’s open practice session at Bubba Raceway Park, recording a lap of 14.068 seconds around the 3/8-mile D-shaped clay oval in Ocala, Florida. Thirty entries were on hand and taking part in the night’s session in anticipation of this week’s “Winter Dirt Games VII” for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship. Rounding out the top-five in the practice were Max McGhee, Justin Grant, Brady Bacon and Jarett Andretti.
“Winter Dirt Games” begins at Bubba Raceway Park with three consecutive nights of action on Thursday (2/18), Friday (2/19) and Saturday (2/20).
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT (FEB. 17) TOP PRACTICE SPEEDS
1. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-14.068
2. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-14.145
3. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-14.227
4. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.231
5. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-14.283
6. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-14.352
7. Carson Short, 21, Short-14.360
8. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-14.366
9. Brady Short, 17GP, Dutcher-14.393
10. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.394
11. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-14.501
12. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Byram-14.639
13. Casey Shuman, 4J, Ottinger-14.683
14. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-14.713
15. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-14.717
16. Shane Cottle, 2E, Epperson-14.722
17. Chad Boespflug, 98e, NineEight/EZR-14.779
18. Tom Harris, 5E, East-14.856
19. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.857
20. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-14.882
21. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-14.905
22. Kody Swanson, 71p, Phillips/Wolters-14.999
23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.008
24. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-15.013
25. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-15.073
26. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-15.277
27. Matt Westfall, 38, Baumgartner-15.318
28. Brandon Spithaler, 57, Burkey-15.417
29. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-15.431
30. Lee Dakus, 75, DOW-NT
