Grant Garners Vegas Showdown USAC Night One Honors

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 28, 2018) – Starting on the outside of the second row, Justin Grant (Ione, California) led all 25-laps to claim the opening night of the “FVP Outlaw Showdown” at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Racing Bill Michael’s #77M Kodiak Products / Beal’s Auto Body Sherman, Grant earned the Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest / West Coast Sprint Car triumph and pocketed $3,000 for his efforts. Dennis Gile, Brady Bacon, Dalton Hill, and Tyler Courtney rounded out the top-five drivers. Michael Fanelli earned the Saldana Racing Products / Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award with a thirteenth place run from twenty-fourth.

Grant also topped the 24-car field in Woodland Auto Display / Beaver Stripes Time Trials. Kevin Thomas Jr., Dennis Gile, and Brody Roa claimed victory in the 8-lap heat races.

SANDS CHEVROLET USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RESULTS: February 28, 2018 – Las Vegas, Nevada – The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway –  “7th FVP Outlaw Showdown”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / BEAVER STRIPES QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Justin Grant, 77M, Michael-17.663; 2. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-17.771; 3. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-17.807; 4. Tyler Courtney, 56, Phulps-17.842; 5. Brady Short, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-17.953; 6. Landon Cling, 54, Cling-17.988; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 42, Cheney-17.990; 8. Stevie Sussex, 34AZ, Grau-17.994; 9. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-18.027; 10. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-18.059; 11. Dennis Gile, 13, Gile-18.064; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.142; 13. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Davis-18.182; 14. Jake Swanson, 34, Grau-18.193; 15. Colton Hardy, 74, Williams-18.333; 16. Dalton Hill, 81D, Double D-18.448; 17. Brandon Halverson, 13MJ, Halverson-18.523; 18. Tanner Carrick, 83T, Carrick-18.706; 19. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-19.049; 20. Larry Kesterson, F2, Kesterson-20.673; 21. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-20.866; 22. Johnnie Butler, 54X, Butler-21.103; 23. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-NT; 24. Michael Fanelli, 2, Fanelli-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Grant, 3. Courtney, 4. Mihocko, 5. Hill, 6. Davis, 7. Shaw, 8. Butler. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gile, 2. Sussex, 3. Short, 4. Bacon, 5. Swanson, 6. Halverson, 7. Stolz, 8. Kesterson. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED / ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Copeland, 3. Curtis, 4. Cling, 5. Carrick, 6. Hardy, 7. Ervine. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Dennis Gile, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Dalton Hill, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. Jake Swanson, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 8. Brady Short, 9. Tye Mihocko, 10. Landon Cling, 11. Colton Hardy, 12. Koen Shaw, 13. Michael Fanelli, 14. Ryan Stolz, 15. Johnnie Butler, 16. Stevie Sussex, 17. Austin Ervine, 18. Michael Curtis, 19. Brody Roa, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Tanner Carrick, 22. Brandon Halverson, 23. Colby Copeland, 24. Larry Kesterson. NT

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**Kesterson flipped during the second heat. Halverson and Curtis flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Grant

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Michael Fanelli (24th to 13th)

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT: March 1 – The Dirt Track at Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway – “7th FVP Outlaw Showdown”