Originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, both Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2023 Winter Heat were bumped to Saturday, January 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to avoid potential bad weather. Five drivers swept their respective division’s races; Daniel Wilk (Pro), Shaun Buffington (Masters), Bobby Gossett (Young Lions), Finn Buckley (Outlaws), and LaQuan McCoy (Bandits). The Semi-Pro Division Round 1 race was won by Lucas Vera, with the second-round race going to Sean Abell. In the Beginner Bandolero Division first round race was captured by Mason Goobic and Round 2 was won by Caden Wise.

Gossett is no stranger to Charlotte’s victory lane, but that was in a Bandolero. Saturday’s two features were his first starts in a Legend Car, and both ended with a first-place trophy. Buckley and McCoy scored their first Bandolero victories on Charlotte’s road course, and Goobic scored his first ever Beginner Bandolero victory.

Rounds 3 and 4 are scheduled for January 28 and 29. The same three-quarter short course will be used for Beginner Bandoleros. All other divisions will once again use the 1.1-mile course on Charlotte’s infield road course. Fans interested in attending are welcome to purchase a pit pass to watch the action! Tentatively, gates are scheduled to open at 8am and 10am on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

PRO

ROUND 1 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[1]; 2. 9-Nate Tretow[2]; 3. 12-PJ Evans[4]; 4. 25-Justice Calabro[3]; 5. 15-Trevor Krouse[8]; 6. 01-Cole Dockery[7]; 7. 45-Jacob Bradley[9]; 8. 08-Nicholas Sowa[11]; 9. 0-Alex McCollum[10]; 10. 20-Bryce Applegate[5]; 11. 87-Danny Chisholm[6]

ROUND 2 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[1]; 2. 9-Nate Tretow[2]; 3. 12-PJ Evans[4]; 4. 25-Justice Calabro[3]; 5. 87-Danny Chisholm[5]; 6. 20-Bryce Applegate[8]; 7. 15-Trevor Krouse[6]; 8. 01-Cole Dockery[7]; 9. 0-Alex McCollum[10]; 10. 45-Jacob Bradley[9]

MASTERS

ROUND 1 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 2. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]; 3. 46-Kris East[4]; 4. 10-Dan McKeever[6]; 5. 14-James Burke[8]; 6. 20-Mark Green[3]; 7. 5-Brandin Wrisley[7]; 8. 88-David Ferguson[10]; 9. 02J-Salvador Jimenez[12]; 10. 68-Dean Bonessi[9]; 11. 7-Bradley Shifflett[11]; 12. 217-Brad Markham[13]; 13. 22-Dwayne Holder[5]

ROUND 2 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 2. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]; 3. 46-Kris East[6]; 4. 20-Mark Green[4]; 5. 14-James Burke[5]; 6. 02J-Salvador Jimenez[9]; 7. 88-David Ferguson[10]; 8. 68-Dean Bonessi[12]; 9. 7-Bradley Shifflett[11]; 10. 217-Brad Markham[13]; 11. 10-Dan McKeever[3]; 12. 22-Dwayne Holder[8]

SEMI-PRO

ROUND 1 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 64-Lucas Vera[1]; 2. 88A-Sean Abell[4]; 3. 55-George Phillips[6]; 4. 91-Andrew Patterson[9]; 5. 8-Trevor Wester[3]; 6. 18-Chris Kuhn[5]; 7. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[2]; 8. 22-Will Robusto[7]; 9. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[8]; 10. 01-Brody Gunter[11]; 11. 88-Doug Barnes JR[16]; 12. 4P-Preston Wrisley[13]; 13. 93-Devin Kelly[18]; 14. 5-Sterling Wrisley[15]; 15. 52-Logan Drumheller[10]; 16. 22NH-Max Berry[12]; 17. 10-David Markham[19]; 18. 3NJ-Nate Divone[14]; 19. 53-Charlie Locklear[20]; 20. 33-Hubert Royal[21]; 21. 78-Justin Teresak[26]; 22. 49S-Simon Sanders[23]; 23. 11-Michael Ferguson[24]; 24. 4-Elisha Mauldin[25]; 25. 3-Emily Arenas[22]; 26. 35NJ-Ryan Kuhlthau[17]

ROUND 2 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 88A-Sean Abell[4]; 2. 8-Trevor Wester[3]; 3. 64-Lucas Vera[1]; 4. 91-Andrew Patterson[9]; 5. 18-Chris Kuhn[8]; 6. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[7]; 7. 88-Doug Barnes JR[14]; 8. 93-Devin Kelly[18]; 9. 5-Sterling Wrisley[20]; 10. 4P-Preston Wrisley[13]; 11. 22-Will Robusto[5]; 12. 22NH-Max Berry[11]; 13. 35NJ-Ryan Kuhlthau[17]; 14. 3NJ-Nate Divone[16]; 15. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[2]; 16. 55-George Phillips[6]; 17. 01-Brody Gunter[10]; 18. 49S-Simon Sanders[23]; 19. 52-Logan Drumheller[12]; 20. 53-Charlie Locklear[15]; 21. 11-Michael Ferguson[21]; 22. 4-Elisha Mauldin[25]; 23. 10-David Markham[19]; 24. 33-Hubert Royal[24]; 25. 78-Justin Teresak[26]

YOUNG LIONS

ROUND 1 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 44-Bobby Gossett[2]; 2. 00-Nicholas Chaber Jr[4]; 3. 31-Brody Monahan[10]; 4. 67-Miles Murray[5]; 5. 36-Ty Fredrickson[3]; 6. 41-David Snook jr[11]; 7. 3-Trey Williams[9]; 8. 7-Cassidy Keitt[6]; 9. 4-Ryan Zima[8]; 10. 24-Rodney Dowless[14]; 11. 16-Sam Macedo[15]; 12. 95-London McKenzie[1]; 13. 29-Cole Robie[7]; 14. 51-Eli Warren[12]; 15. 15-Mack Leopard[13]; 16. 48-Jayden Wagner[16]; 17. 99-Milania Shilosky[17]; 18. 74-Jacob Linc[18]

ROUND 2 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 44-Bobby Gossett[2]; 2. 95-London McKenzie[1]; 3. 36-Ty Fredrickson[3]; 4. 29-Cole Robie[17]; 5. 31-Brody Monahan[4]; 6. 41-David Snook jr[11]; 7. 7-Cassidy Keitt[5]; 8. 24-Rodney Dowless[13]; 9. 51-Eli Warren[10]; 10. 48-Jayden Wagner[12]; 11. 15-Mack Leopard[14]; 12. 16-Sam Macedo[18]; 13. 99-Milania Shilosky[16]; 14. 67-Miles Murray[7]; 15. 00-Nicholas Chaber Jr[6]; 16. 3-Trey Williams[8]; 17. 4-Ryan Zima[9]; 18. 74-Jacob Linc[15]

OUTLAWS-BANDITS

ROUND 1 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 16-Finn Buckley[2]; 2. 77-Ellie Gossett[1]; 3. 19-Mason Lutz[4]; 4. 9-Thomas Moon[5]; 5. 35-Owen Zacharias[12]; 6. 55-Mardy Roberts III[7]; 7. 60-Bobby Mares[8]; 8. X-Laquan McCoy[10]*; 9. 21R-Mason Roberts[14]*; 10. 21-Sarah Whitesell[16]; 11. 3-Kristopher Conrad[19]; 12. 95-Jeffrey Beck[11]; 13. 38-Aidan Zschiedrich[13]; 14. 39-Chase Spaulding[18]; 15. 40-Joshua Shine[17]; 16. 42-Ryan Likens[15]

*Bandit Division Driver

ROUND 2 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 16-Finn Buckley[1]; 2. 77-Ellie Gossett[2]; 3. 35-Owen Zacharias[9]; 4. 15-Alison Johnson[4]; 5. 9-Thomas Moon[3]; 6. 22-Joshua Culbreth[10]; 7. 55-Mardy Roberts III[6]; 8. 95-Jeffrey Beck[12]; 9. X-Laquan McCoy[7]*; 10. 3-Kristopher Conrad[19]; 11. 21-Sarah Whitesell[13]; 12. 21R-Mason Roberts[18]*; 13. 38-Aidan Zschiedrich[14]; 14. 39-Chase Spaulding[16]; 15. 81-Hunter Jordan[8]; 16. 60-Bobby Mares[11]; 17. 40-Joshua Shine[17]; 18. 42-Ryan Likens[15]

*Bandit Division Driver

BEGINNER BANDOLERO

ROUND 1 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 2-Mason Goobic[11]; 2. 10-John Gauge[2]; 3. 4-Kevin Stiene[3]; 4. T2-Camden Truett[5]; 5. 9-Charlee Hutchins[10]; 6. 52-Phillip Surles[7]; 7. 51-Carly McDuffee[9]; 8. (DQ) 36-Caden Wise[1]; 9. (DQ) 87-Tuggy Case[6]

ROUND 2 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 36-Caden Wise[2]; 2. 2-Mason Goobic[11]; 3. 10-John Gauge[1]; 4. 4-Kevin Stiene[3]; 5. 5-Corbin Cannon[10]; 6. 9-Charlee Hutchins[9]; 7. 87-Tuggy Case[6]; 8. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[4]; 9. 52-Phillip Surles[7]; 10. T2-Camden Truett[5]; 11. (DNS) 51-Carly McDuffee