“We’ve been really strong lately,” Gravel noted. “Luckily, I got Donny back there in the beginning. I went to the top at the start knowing it was the faster lane, but he just snookered me on that first lap. I tried hard to get by him, but it turned out to be better running second with lap traffic here. That’s what won us the race.”
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel [1][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2][$5,500]; 3. 14-Kerry Madsen [5][$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$2,800]; 5. 57-Kyle Larson [6][$2,500]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [8][$2,300]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3][$2,200]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,100]; 9. 7-Justin Henderson [9][$2,050]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13][$2,000]; 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [10][$1,500]; 12. 9-James McFadden [21][$1,200]; 13. 17W-Shane Golobic [12][$1,150]; 14. 5-Parker Price-Miller [14][$1,100]; 15. 41-Carson Macedo [15][$1,050]; 16. 2C-Wayne Johnson [17][$1,000]; 17. 11-Spencer Bayston [18][$1,000]; 18. 26-Cory Eliason [16][$1,000]; 19. 21-Brian Brown [19][$1,000]; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [24][$1,000]; 21. 17A-Austin McCarl [23][$1,000]; 22. 19-Paige Polyak [20][$1,000]; 23. 83-Aaron Reutzel [7][$1,000]; 24. 27-Carson McCarl [22][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-9, David Gravel 10-35. KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-James McFadden[+9]
NEW Championship Standings (34/81 Races): 1. Brad Sweet (4,754); 2. David Gravel (-42); 3. Carson Macedo (-100); 4. Donny Schatz (-138); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (-140); 6. Logan Schuchart (-198); 7. Aaron Reutzel (-260); 8. Kraig Kinser (-552); 9. James McFadden (-584); 10. Brock Zearfoss (-752).
Full race recap by Brian Walker: