“We really just caught a lot of breaks all night,” Larson said. “Didn’t qualify well, got a little lucky in the heat, and then the cautions fell at the right time in the Feature. Hopefully, we didn’t use up all of our luck before tomorrow. It’s been since Knoxville when I was last in a Sprint Car, I had to get used to how fast it felt again early in the night.”
“I started sniffing dirty air, it was getting dusty, hard to see the cushion, and I just got over it,” Larson added. “Logan was good all night, so I wasn’t surprised to see him slide me down there. I knew I just had to make a couple of good decisions to hold the lead.”
“I didn’t think I would get the chance to come race here with the NASCAR Playoffs, but I’ve got a great team that allows me to chase an awesome goal,” Larson said. “It’s always fun to race here in Central PA, I would love to win this event tomorrow night.”
Feature Results:
1. 57-Kyle Larson [1][$10,000]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2][$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][$3,200]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri [3][$2,600]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5][$2,350]; 6. 69K-Lance Dewease [7][$2,150]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer [26][$1,200]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [21][$1,950]; 9. 39-Daryn Pittman [9][$1,900]; 10. 41-Carson Macedo [22][$1,850]; 11. 5C-Dylan Cisney [6][$1,400]; 12. 73-Justin Peck [20][$1,200]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [12][$1,000]; 14. 9-James McFadden [24][$950]; 15. 49-Brad Sweet [25][$]; 16. 71-Justin Henderson [8][$900]; 17. 83-Kasey Kahne [11][$900]; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [14][$900]; 19. 21C-Matt Campbell [19][$900]; 20. 5-Spencer Bayston [18][$900]; 21. 10X-Ryan Smith [17][$900]; 22. 27-Devon Borden [28][$]; 23. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [15][$900]; 24. 23-Pat Cannon [13][$900]; 25. 2-David Gravel [10][$900]; 26. 8-Aaron Reutzel [16][$900]; 27. 11K-Kraig Kinser [27][$]; 28. 44-Dylan Norris [23][$900].
Championship Standings:
1. Brad Sweet (9,532); 2. David Gravel (-138); 3. Carson Macedo (-162); 4. Donny Schatz (-212); 5. Logan Schuchart (-308); 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (-334); 7. James McFadden (-704); 8. Kraig Kinser (-1094); 9. Brock Zearfoss (-1374); 10. Jacob Allen (-1678).
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