The 2023 Winter Heat series has come to an end after a doubleheader full of action on Saturday. Through six rounds, 14 different drivers rolled into victory lane, including Mason Goobic who claimed victories in the Beginner Bandolero and Bandit divisions.

Daniel Wilk proved unbeatable over the past three weeks, sweeping all six rounds of the Pro division and claiming the title of 2023 Winter Heat Pro Champion. Nate Tretow and Justice Calabro finished second and third in the standings.

Shaun Buffington won the Round 5 Masters race and Kevin Nowak won the Round 6 race. Nowak finished 10th in Round 5, compared to Buffington’s second in Round 6, giving Buffington the edge to win the 2023 Winter Heat Masters Championship. Dan McKeever finished third in points, following consistent runs.

Jase Mongeon may have won the final four rounds of Winter Heat this year, but four second place finishes and a victory in Round 2 lifted Sean Abell to become the Semi-Pro champion this year. Jase Mongeon finished second in the standings, followed by Andrew Patterson.

With five top two finishes, Bobby Gossett was crowned Young Lions champion, including three race wins. London McKenzie finished second in points with two race wins and David Snook Jr. finished third. Finn Buckley was all top two finishes this year, capturing wins in Rounds one, two, five, and six. Ellie Gossett earned second place and Mason Lutz was third.

Finally, in the Bandits division, which ran combined all series long with the Outlaws, LaQuan McCoy earned the championship, despite not competing in the final two rounds.

Up next is the 2023 Winter Nationals at Citrus County Speedway in Inverness, Florida, February 12-17.

PRO

ROUND 5 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[2]; 2. 97-Jake Waltman[3]; 3. 12-PJ Evans[9]; 4. 06-Garrett Lowe[7]; 5. 25-Justice Calabro[5]; 6. 4-Aydan Saunders[4]; 7. 01-Cole Dockery[12]; 8. 8H-Tyler Hughes[11]; 9. 77-Jason Alder[10]; 10. 9-Nate Tretow[8]; 11. 15-Trevor Krouse[1]; 12. 20-Connor Zilisch[6]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[2]; 2. 97-Jake Waltman[1]; 3. 20-Connor Zilisch[4]; 4. 4-Aydan Saunders[5]; 5. 15-Trevor Krouse[6]; 6. 9-Nate Tretow[7]; 7. 25-Justice Calabro[3]; 8. 12-PJ Evans[10]; 9. 06-Garrett Lowe[8]; 10. 01-Cole Dockery[12]; 11. 77-Jason Alder[9]; 12. 8H-Tyler Hughes[11]; 13. (DNS) 45-Bryce Applegate

-POINTS-

  1. 600 Daniel Wilk
  2. 549 Nate Tretow
  3. 526 Justice Calabro
  4. 526 PJ Evans
  5. 506 Trevor Krouse
  6. 402 Cole Dockery
  7. 382 Jake Waltman
  8. 354 Aydan Saunders
  9. 343 Garrett Lowe
  10. 326 Jason Alder
  11. 312 Tyler Hughes
  12. 232 Nicholas Sowa
  13. 168 Connor Zilisch
  14. 164 Danny Chisholm
  15. 164 Bryce Applegate
  16. 162 Jacob Bradley
  17. 160 Alex McCollum
  18. 78 Kaleb Bradley

MASTERS

ROUND 5 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 23S-Shaun Buffington[4]; 2. 58-Carl Cormier[1]; 3. 10-Dan McKeever[5]; 4. 05-Darren Gallant[6]; 5. 22-Dwayne Holder[8]; 6. 05ME-Bob Weymouth[7]; 7. 88-David Ferguson[10]; 8. 68-Dean Bonessi[9]; 9. 5-Brandin Wrisley[3]; 10. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 53-Kevin Nowak[4]; 2. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 3. 58-Carl Cormier[2]; 4. 05-Darren Gallant[3]; 5. 5-Brandin Wrisley[6]; 6. 10-Dan McKeever[5]; 7. 22-Dwayne Holder[8]; 8. 05ME-Bob Weymouth[7]; 9. 88-David Ferguson[10]; 10. 68-Dean Bonessi[9]

-POINTS-

  1. 588 Shaun Buffington
  2. 572 Kevin Nowak
  3. 538 Dan McKeever
  4. 496 David Ferguson
  5. 489 Dwayne Holder
  6. 486 Dean Bonessi
  7. 427 Brandin Wrisley
  8. 343 Mark Green
  9. 312 Brad Markham
  10. 264 Kris East
  11. 191 Carl Cormier
  12. 182 Darren Gallant
  13. 176 James Burke
  14. 174 Herve Thibodeau
  15. 168 Bob Weymouth
  16. 166 Salvador Jimenez
  17. 156 Bradley Shifflett

SEMI-PRO

ROUND 5 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[4]; 2. 88-Sean Abell[3]; 3. 91-Andrew Patterson[2]; 4. 55-George Phillips[6]; 5. 71-Nick Morabito[5]; 6. 22-Will Robusto[9]; 7. 18-Chris Kuhn[7]; 8. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[10]; 9. 52-Logan Drumheller[12]; 10. 3NJ-Nate Divone[11]; 11. 16-John Geesbreght[14]; 12. 53-Charlie Locklear[13]; 13. 33-Hubert Royal[15]; 14. 40-Nick Loden[21]; 15. 02-Zachary Mertes[20]; 16. 4-Elisha Mauldin[17]; 17. 11-Michael Ferguson[19]; 18. 3-Emily Arenas[22]; 19. 49S-Simon Sanders[18]; 20. 14-David Curtis[16]; 21. 4P-Preston Wrisley[1]; 22. 9-Sterling Wrisley[8]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[1]; 2. 55-George Phillips[4]; 3. 71-Nick Morabito[7]; 4. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[8]; 5. 22-Will Robusto[5]; 6. 18-Chris Kuhn[10]; 7. 9-Sterling Wrisley[9]; 8. 88-Sean Abell[3]; 9. 91-Andrew Patterson[2]; 10. 16-John Geesbreght[14]; 11. 3NJ-Nate Divone[12]; 12. 33-Hubert Royal[15]; 13. 4-Elisha Mauldin[17]; 14. 02-Zachary Mertes[20]; 15. 3-Emily Arenas[19]; 16. 11-Michael Ferguson[22]; 17. 40-Nick Loden[21]; 18. 53-Charlie Locklear[13]; 19. 14-David Curtis[16]; 20. 49S-Simon Sanders[18]; 21. 4P-Preston Wrisley[6]; 22. 52-Logan Drumheller[11]

-POINTS-

  1. 570 Sean Abell
  2. 552 Jase Mongeon
  3. 535 Andrew Patterson
  4. 521 George Phillips
  5. 496 Chris Kuhn
  6. 492 Connor Yonchuk
  7. 490 Will Robusto
  8. 453 Sterling Wrisley
  9. 421 Preston Wrisley
  10. 412 Nate Divone
  11. 411 Logan Drumheller
  12. 394 Charlie Locklear
  13. 382 Lucas Vera
  14. 382 Hubert Royal
  15. 375 Elisha Mauldin
  16. 369 Simon Sanders
  17. 366 Micheal Ferguson
  18. 334 Nick Morabito
  19. 319 Trevor Wester
  20. 295 Brody Gunter
  21. 287 Devin Kelly
  22. 279 Doug Barnes Jr.
  23. 267 Max Berry
  24. 256 David Markham
  25. 244 Justin Teresak
  26. 191 Emily Arenas
  27. 158 Devin Deshaies
  28. 154 John Geesbreght
  29. 139 Dominic Chisholm
  30. 138 Zachary Mertes
  31. 136 Nick Loden
  32. 129 Ryan Kuhlthau
  33. 127 David Curtis
  34. 125 Robby Lyons
  35. 123 Jake Boyle
  36. 118 Sam Brochu
  37. 56 Daniel Cotter

YOUNG LIONS

ROUND 5 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 67-Miles Murray[3]; 2. 41-David Snook jr[6]; 3. 4-Ryan Zima[5]; 4. 36-Ty Fredrickson[15]; 5. 7-Cassidy Keitt[8]; 6. 24-Rodney Dowless[10]; 7. 14-Mack Leopard[9]; 8. 48-Jayden Wagner[11]; 9. 16-Sam Macedo[12]; 10. 99-Milania Shilosky[14]; 11. 74-Jacob Linc[13]; 12. 95-London McKenzie[2]; 13. 44-Bobby Gossett[1]; 14. 29-Cole Robie[4]; 15. (DQ) 8C-Conner Weddell[7]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 95-London McKenzie[2]; 2. 44-Bobby Gossett[1]; 3. 29-Cole Robie[3]; 4. 8C-Conner Weddell[8]; 5. 4-Ryan Zima[5]; 6. 7-Cassidy Keitt[7]; 7. 36-Ty Fredrickson[15]; 8. 24-Rodney Dowless[10]; 9. 48-Jayden Wagner[12]; 10. 16-Sam Macedo[11]; 11. 41-David Snook jr[6]; 12. 14-Mack Leopard[9]; 13. 74-Jacob Linc[13]; 14. 67-Miles Murray[4]; 15. 99-Milania Shilosky[14]

-POINTS-

  1. 566 Bobby Gossett
  2. 542 London McKenzie
  3. 525 David Snook Jr.
  4. 513 Ty Fredrickson
  5. 511 Miles Murray
  6. 510 Ryan Zima
  7. 504 Cassidy Keitt
  8. 491 Cole Robie
  9. 478 Rodney Dowless
  10. 461 Jayden Wagner
  11. 434 Milania Shilosky
  12. 325 Nicholas Chaber Jr.
  13. 308 Sam Macedo
  14. 302 Mack Leopard
  15. 278 Jacob Linc
  16. 261 Conner Weddell
  17. 182 Brody Monahan
  18. 151 Trey Williams
  19. 150 Eli Warren

OUTLAWS-BANDITS

ROUND 5 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 16B-Finn Buckley[1]; 2. 19-Mason Lutz[3]; 3. 35-Owen Zacharias[6]; 4. 95J-Javier Soto[7]; 5. 39-Chase Spaulding[9]; 6. 16-Cillan Tennant[13]; 7. 40-Tristan Loidl[11]; 8. *2-Mason Goobic[14]; 9. 77-Ellie Gossett[4]; 10. 60-Bobby Mares[10]; 11. 95-Jeffrey Beck[5]; 12. (DQ) 17-Ben Morabito[2]; 13. (DQ) 9-Thomas Moon[8]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 16B-Finn Buckley[2]; 2. 19-Mason Lutz[3]; 3. 95J-Javier Soto[7]; 4. 39-Chase Spaulding[9]; 5. 16-Cillan Tennant[14]; 6. 40-Tristan Loidl[13]; 7. *2-Mason Goobic[11]; 8. 77-Ellie Gossett[4]; 9. 9-Thomas Moon[6]; 10. 17-Ben Morabito[1]; 11. 35-Owen Zacharias[5]; 12. 95-Jeffrey Beck[8]; 13. (DNS) 22-Joshua Culbreth; 14. (DNS) 60-Bobby Mares

*BANDIT DIVISION DRIVER

-OUTLAW POINTS-

  1. 594 Finn Buckley
  2. 544 Ellie Gossett
  3. 521 Mason Lutz
  4. 506 Owen Zacharias
  5. 469 Chase Spaulding
  6. 456 Jeffrey Beck
  7. 418 Thomas Moon
  8. 381 Bobby Mares
  9. 359 Javier Soto
  10. 322 Mardy Roberts III
  11. 304 Joshua Shine
  12. 301 Sarah Whitesell
  13. 292 Aidan Zschiedrich
  14. 278 Ben Morabito
  15. 247 Alison Johnson
  16. 219 Joshua Culbreth
  17. 174 Cillan Tennant
  18. 170 Tristan Loidl
  19. 154 Kristopher Conrad
  20. 150 Atley Wiese
  21. 132 Ryan Likens
  22. 68 Hunter Jordan

-BANDIT POINTS-

  1. 394 LaQuan McCoy
  2. 379 Mason Roberts
  3. 191 Wyatt Coffey
  4. 188 Mason Goobic

BEGINNER BANDOLERO

ROUND 5 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 36-Caden Wise[2]; 2. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[1]; 3. 10-John Gauge[3]; 4. 93-Carson Wise[5]; 5. 87-Tuggy Case[11]; 6. 4-Kevin Stiene[6]; 7. 19-Ava Grace Tobias[8]; 8. 52-Phillip Surles[10]; 9. 9-Charlee Hutchins[7]; 10. 8-Jakob Peterson[9]; 11. 5-Corbin Cannon[4]

ROUND 6 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 36-Caden Wise[2]; 2. 10-John Gauge[4]; 3. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[3]; 4. 5-Corbin Cannon[1]; 5. 4-Kevin Stiene[6]; 6. 87-Tuggy Case[11]; 7. 9-Charlee Hutchins[8]; 8. 93-Carson Wise[5]; 9. 8-Jakob Peterson[9]; 10. 52-Phillip Surles[10]; 11. 19-Ava Grace Tobias[7]