Forty-seven ARP Street Stocks, split between four six-lap Heat Races, battled for 16 available transfer spots Friday night at the Dirt Track at Charlotte for the seventh annual World Short Track Championship.
Those who finished in the transfer spots, locked themselves into Saturday’s Feature event.
Here is how the Heat Races played out…
HEAT RACE 1
Two cautions hindered the flow of Heat Race 1 within the first six laps.
Hurt the most by them was 2020 World Short Track Championship winner Calob McLaughlin. He was involved in a pileup in Turn 1, forcing him to now have to make up ground in Saturday’s Last Chance Showdown.
From that point on, the race went green-to-checkered, seeing Mike Grady Jr. win the first Heat Race of the night.
The other three transfers were Brandon White, Bradley Weaver and Justin Barber, respectively.
Heat 1 Results:
1. 70-Mike Grady Jr[1]; 2. 26-Brandon White[6]; 3. 2-Bradley Weaver[4]; 4. 81-Justin Barber[7]; 5. 92-Tanner Fortune[9]; 6. 73-Timmy Smith[11]; 7. 7B-Mickey Barnes[5]; 8. 40B-Todd Bolin[2]; 9. 7-John Cagle[3]; 10. 83-Calob McLaughlin[8]; 11. 5N-Nick Evans[10]
HEAT RACE 2
Mitchell Duvall reigned supreme in Heat 2, leading all six laps. But behind him, drivers waged war for the final transfer spot.
Dalton Pannell finished second, Patrick Lyon third and Phoenix Lawter hung on to the final transfer spot at the end.
Heat 2 Results:
1. 18D-Mitchell Duvall[3]; 2. 96-Dalton Pannell[5]; 3. 01-Patrick Lyon[4]; 4. 51-Phoenix Lawter[9]; 5. 7DD-David Duke[10]; 6. 15-Rick Potter[8]; 7. 11-Robbie Mooneyham[6]; 8. 9S-Chris Steadman[2]; 9. 40-TJ Bolin[1]; 10. 1-Brandon Blair[11]; 11. 39-Steve Greene[7]
HEAT RACE 3
In the third heat, chaos ensued from the drop of the green flag. Second-row starter, Blake Pryor, took the front row three-wide into Turn 1, with him gaining the lead at the end of Turn 2.
It was smooth sailing for the driver out of Mooresboro, NC for the rest of the race, taking the Heat 3 victory. From there on, the transfers were Dalton Perry in second, Chris Stowe in third, and Russell Douville rounding out the top-four transfers.
Heat 3 Results:
1. 78-Blake Pryor[3]; 2. 9P-Dalton Peavy[6]; 3. 17-Devon Morgan[7]; 4. 41-Mattison Hoots[9]; 5. 06-Andrew Durham[10]; 6. 91F-Chris Stowe[2]; 7. 14-Megan Erwin[5]; 8. BB2-Jesse Wall[8]; 9. 17D-Russell Douville[1]; 10. 17M-Cameron Martin[4]
HEAT RACE 4
Heat 4 provided, arguably, the wildest race for the final transfer spot.
Like Heat 3, the race began with drivers battling three-wide into Turn 1 for the lead. Kade Langley, who started on the outside pole, prevailed, and ran away with the lead.
The rest of the field was left jostling for spots in the remaining laps.
Heat 4 ended with a last-lap crash, involving four cars, locking the finishing order in place. That gave Langley the win, while Ronnie Mosley finished second, Bailey Loftin finished third and Ricky Greene rounded out the top four.
Heat 4 Results:
1. 11L-Kade Langley[2]; 2. 9-Ronnie Mosley[7]; 3. Y44-Bailey Loftin[5]; 4. 18-Ricky Greene[10]; 5. 32-Garrett Killman[1]; 6. 00-Cody Ussery[9]; 7. 15L-Donovan Long[3]; 8. 53-Eric Grant[6]; 9. 11W-David Wells[4]; 10. (DNS) 5-Junior Johnson
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If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every lap of the World Short Track Championship live on DIRTVision – either at DIRTVision.com or by downloading the DIRTVision App
