Another week of road course racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway was business as usual for some drivers as victory lane welcomed several familiar faces on Saturday for Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2023 Winter Heat series, while others visited it for the first time.
Daniel Wilk placed a further stronghold on the Pro division after two more victories on Saturday. Nate Tretow lead most of the way in the Round 3 race, but Wilk eventually passed by. He holds a 15-point lead over Tretow with two more rounds to go and has swept all four Pro races in 2023.
Kevin Nowak improved upon his pair of second place finishes in Rounds 1 and 2 in the Masters division, by winning both Round 3 and 4 races. Shaun Buffington spun in Round 3 while and second, but recovered to finish third and finished second in Round 4. Nowak leads Buffington by three points.
After finishing 7th and 15th in Round 1 and 2, respectively, Jase Mongeon swept both Rounds 3 and 4 in the 30-car field, Semi-Pro division. Round 2 winner Sean Abell leads Lucas Vera, who won Round 1, by nine points. Andrew Patterson trails by 30 points. London McKenzie scored the Young Lions Round 3 win and Bobby Gossett, who won the first two rounds, captured the win in Round 4. Gossett holds 29-point lead over McKenzie for the Young Lions title.
Ben Morabito missed the first two rounds, but his Bandolero was nearly untouchable in Rounds 3 and 4, taking home both Outlaw wins. Finn Buckley commands a 12-point lead over Ellie Gossett in the Outlaw standings. LaQuan McCoy continued to be the top Bandit finisher this week, capturing 6th and 5th place finishes. For the Beginner Bandolero races, Caden Wise held off all challengers to win both Round 3 and 4 events.
The 2023 Winter Heat concludes this weekend with Rounds 5 and 6 on Saturday, February 4. Gates open at 8am.
PRO
ROUND 3 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[2]; 2. 9-Nate Tretow[1]; 3. 25-Justice Calabro[4]; 4. 97-Jake Waltman[6]; 5. 06-Garrett Lowe[3]; 6. 4-Aydan Saunders[8]; 7. 15-Trevor Krouse[7]; 8. 77-Jason Alder[5]; 9. 12-PJ Evans[10]; 10. 45-Kaleb Bradley[12]; 11. 8H-Tyler Hughes[11]; 12. 08-Nicholas Sowa[13]; 13. 01-Cole Dockery[9]
ROUND 4 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 27-Daniel Wilk[2]; 2. 97-Jake Waltman[4]; 3. 9-Nate Tretow[1]; 4. 4-Aydan Saunders[8]; 5. 77-Jason Alder[3]; 6. 15-Trevor Krouse[7]; 7. 06-Garrett Lowe[6]; 8. 12-PJ Evans[9]; 9. 8H-Tyler Hughes[11]; 10. 25-Justice Calabro[5]; 11. 08-Nicholas Sowa[13]
-POINTS-
1 – 400 Daniel Wilk
2 – 385 Nate Tretow
3 – 354 Justice Calabro
4 – 350 PJ Evans
5 – 342 Trevor Krouse
6 – 240 Cole Dockery
7 – 232 Nicholas Sowa
8 – 188 Jake Waltman
9 – 177 Aydan Saunders
10 – 172 Garrett Lowe
11 – 170 Jason Alder
12 – 164 Danny Chisholm
13 – 164 Bryce Applegate
14 – 162 Jacob Bradley
15 – 160 Alex McCollum
16 – 156 Tyler Hughes
17 – 78 Kaleb Bradley
MASTERS
ROUND 3 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]; 2. 10-Dan McKeever[4]; 3. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 4. 5-Brandin Wrisley[8]; 5. 2-Herve Thibodeau[9]; 6. 68-Dean Bonessi[10]; 7. 88-David Ferguson[7]; 8. 217-Brad Markham[12]; 9. 22-Dwayne Holder[5]; 10. 20-Mark Green[3]; 11. 46-Kris East[6]
ROUND 4 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]; 2. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 3. 10-Dan McKeever[4]; 4. 22-Dwayne Holder[5]; 5. 20-Mark Green[3]; 6. 2-Herve Thibodeau[10]; 7. 5-Brandin Wrisley[8]; 8. 88-David Ferguson[7]; 9. 68-Dean Bonessi[9]; 10. 217-Brad Markham[11]; 11. (DNS) 46-Kris East
-POINTS-
1 – 394 Kevin Nowak
2 – 391 Shaun Buffington
3 – 358 Dan McKeever
4 – 343 Mark Green
5 – 332 David Ferguson
6 – 326 Dean Bonessi
7 – 317 Dwayne Holder
8 – 312 Brad Markham
9 – 264 Kris East
10 – 259 Brandin Wrisley
11 – 176 James Burke
12 – 174 Herve Thibodeau
13 – 166 Salvador Jimenez
14 – 156 Bradley Shifflett
15 – 0 Sonny Roy
SEMI-PRO
ROUND 3 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[1]; 2. 88-Sean Abell[2]; 3. 64V-Lucas Vera[4]; 4. 4-Preston Wrisley[3]; 5. 91-Andrew Patterson[8]; 6. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[10]; 7. 55-George Phillips[5]; 8. 64-Devin Deshaies[7]; 9. 71-Nick Morabito[13]; 10. 93-Devin Kelly[20]; 11. 22-Will Robusto[9]; 12. 18-Chris Kuhn[17]; 13. 9-Sterling Wrisley[15]; 14. 52-Logan Drumheller[19]; 15. 22NH-Max Berry[18]; 16. 01-Brody Gunter[12]; 17. 88B-Doug Barnes JR[6]; 18. 51-Dominic Chisholm[16]; 19. 10-David Markham[24]; 20. 53-Charlie Locklear[22]; 21. 2-Robby Lyons[21]; 22. 14-Jake Boyle[23]; 23. 78-Justin Teresak[25]; 24. 25-Sam Brochu[26]; 25. 11-Michael Ferguson[27]; 26. 33-Hubert Royal[28]; 27. 4M-Elisha Mauldin[30]; 28. 49S-Simon Sanders[31]; 29. 8-Trevor Wester[11]; 30. 3NJ-Nate Divone[14]; 31. (DNS) 28-Daniel Cotter
ROUND 4 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[1]; 2. 88-Sean Abell[2]; 3. 64V-Lucas Vera[3]; 4. 91-Andrew Patterson[6]; 5. 55-George Phillips[5]; 6. 9-Sterling Wrisley[16]; 7. 01-Brody Gunter[12]; 8. 22-Will Robusto[11]; 9. 8-Trevor Wester[10]; 10. 18-Chris Kuhn[15]; 11. 64-Devin Deshaies[8]; 12. 51-Dominic Chisholm[13]; 13. 71-Nick Morabito[17]; 14. 3NJ-Nate Divone[14]; 15. 52-Logan Drumheller[19]; 16. 99Y-Connor Yonchuk[7]; 17. 10-David Markham[21]; 18. 53-Charlie Locklear[22]; 19. 78-Justin Teresak[30]; 20. 2-Robby Lyons[24]; 21. 14-Jake Boyle[23]; 22. 49S-Simon Sanders[31]; 23. 4M-Elisha Mauldin[27]; 24. 25-Sam Brochu[26]; 25. 22NH-Max Berry[18]; 26. 33-Hubert Royal[25]; 27. 28-Daniel Cotter[29]; 28. 93-Devin Kelly[20]; 29. 4-Preston Wrisley[4]; 30. 88B-Doug Barnes JR[9]; 31. 11-Michael Ferguson[28]
-POINTS-
1 – 391 Sean Abell
2 – 382 Lucas Vera
3 – 361 Andrew Patterson
4 – 352 Jase Mongeon
5 – 333 George Phillips
6 – 326 Chris Kuhn
7 – 319 Trevor Wester
8 – 319 Connor Yonchuk
9 – 316 Will Robusto
10 – 308 Sterling Wrisley
11 – 297 Preston Wrisley
12 – 295 Brody Gunter
13 – 287 Devin Kelly
14 – 279 Doug Barnes Jr.
15 – 270 Logan Drumheller
16 – 267 Max Berry
17 – 258 Nick Divone
18 – 256 David Markham
19 – 255 Charlie Locklear
20 – 244 Justin Teresak
21 – 242 Simon Sanders
22 – 236 Hubert Royal
23 – 236 Elisha Mauldin
24 – 233 Michael Ferguson
25 – 158 Devin Deshaies
26 – 152 Nick Morabito
27 – 139 Dominic Chisholm
28 – 129 Ryan Kuhlthau
29 – 125 Robby Lyons
30 – 123 Jake Boyle
31 – 118 Sam Brochu
32 – 58 Emily Arenas
33 – 56 Daniel Cotter
34 – 0 Sean McElearney
YOUNG LIONS
ROUND 3 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 95-London McKenzie[2]; 2. 44-Bobby Gossett[1]; 3. 41-David Snook jr[7]; 4. 4-Ryan Zima[6]; 5. 8C-Conner Weddell[12]; 6. 67-Miles Murray[4]; 7. 7-Cassidy Keitt[5]; 8. 00-Nicholas Chaber Jr[9]; 9. 48-Jayden Wagner[13]; 10. 99-Milania Shilosky[11]; 11. 29-Cole Robie[3]; 12. 24-Rodney Dowless[10]; 13. 36-Ty Fredrickson[8]
ROUND 4 FEATURE (10 Laps): 1. 44-Bobby Gossett[1]; 2. 95-London McKenzie[2]; 3. 67-Miles Murray[4]; 4. 4-Ryan Zima[6]; 5. 29-Cole Robie[3]; 6. 41-David Snook jr[8]; 7. 36-Ty Fredrickson[7]; 8. 8C-Conner Weddell[12]; 9. 7-Cassidy Keitt[5]; 10. 00-Nicholas Chaber Jr[9]; 11. 24-Rodney Dowless[10]; 12. 48-Jayden Wagner[13]; 13. 99-Milania Shilosky[11]
-POINTS-
1 – 397 Bobby Gossett
2 – 368 London McKenzie
3 – 352 David Snook Jr.
4 – 341 Miles Murray
5 – 338 Ty Fredrickson
6 – 330 Cassidy Keitt
7 – 328 Ryan Zima
8 – 327 Cole Robie
9 – 325 Nicholas Chaber Jr.
10 – 310 Rodney Dowless
11 – 299 Jayden Wagner
12 – 288 Milania Shilosky
13 – 182 Brody Monahan
14 – 170 Conner Weddell
15 – 151 Trey Williams
16 – 150 Eli Warren
17 – 150 Sam Macedo
18 – 144 Mack Leopard
19 – 130 Jacob Linc
OUTLAWS-BANDITS
ROUND 3 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ben Morabito[2]; 2. 16-Finn Buckley[4]; 3. 77-Ellie Gossett[1]; 4. 19-Mason Lutz[3]; 5. 35-Owen Zacharias[12]; 6. *X-Laquan McCoy[5]; 7. 95-Javier Soto[9]; 8. 40-Joshua Shine[11]; 9. 55-Mardy Roberts III[16]; 10. *21R-Mason Roberts[19]; 11. 38-Aidan Zschiedrich[17]; 12. 39-Chase Spaulding[20]; 13. 78-Atley Wiese[14]; 14. *2-Wyatt Coffey[15]; 15. 95J-Jeffrey Beck[6]; 16. 15-Alison Johnson[8]; 17. 60-Bobby Mares[10]; 18. 9-Thomas Moon[7]; 19. 21-Sarah Whitesell[13]; 20. 22-Joshua Culbreth[18]
ROUND 4 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ben Morabito[2]; 2. 16-Finn Buckley[4]; 3. 77-Ellie Gossett[1]; 4. 9-Thomas Moon[7]; 5. *X-Laquan McCoy[8]; 6. 95-Javier Soto[10]; 7. 40-Joshua Shine[12]; 8. 15-Alison Johnson[6]; 9. 60-Bobby Mares[9]; 10. 21-Sarah Whitesell[13]; 11. 19-Mason Lutz[3]; 12. 95J-Jeffrey Beck[5]; 13. 78-Atley Wiese[11]; 14. 39-Chase Spaulding[18]; 15. *2-Wyatt Coffey[15]; 16. 55-Mardy Roberts III[14]; 17. 38-Aidan Zschiedrich[17]; 18. *21R-Mason Roberts[20]; 19. 22-Joshua Culbreth[16]; 20. 35-Owen Zacharias[19]
*BANDIT DIVISION DRIVER
-OUTLAW POINTS-
1 – 394 Finn Buckley
2 – 382 Ellie Gossett
3 – 338 Thomas Moon
4 – 336 Owen Zacharias
5 – 322 Mardy Roberts III
6 – 306 Jeffrey Beck
7 – 304 Joshua Shine
8 – 303 Bobby Mares
9 – 301 Sarah Whitesell
10 – 292 Aidan Zschiedrich
11 – 290 Chase Spaulding
12 – 263 Mason Lutz
13 – 247 Alison Johnson
14 – 219 Joshua Culbreth
15 – 200 Ben Morabito
16 – 174 Javier Soto
17 – 154 Kristopher Conrad
18 – 150 Atley Wiese
19 – 132 Ryan Likens
20 – 68 Jordan Hunter
-BANDIT POINTS-
1 – 370 LaQuan McCoy
2 – 355 Mason Roberts
3 – 179 Wyatt Coffey
BEGINNER BANDOLERO
ROUND 3 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 36-Caden Wise[2]; 2. 2G-Mason Goobic[1]; 3. 87-Tuggy Case[6]; 4. 4-Kevin Stiene[5]; 5. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[3]; 6. 5-Corbin Cannon[11]; 7. T2-Camden Truett[8]; 8. 10-John Gauge[4]; 9. 8-Jakob Peterson[10]; 10. 19-Ava Grace Tobias[9]; 11. 52-Phillip Surles[12]; 12. 9-Charlee Hutchins[7]; 13. (DNS) 51-Carly McDuffee
ROUND 4 FEATURE (8 Laps): 1. 36-Caden Wise[2]; 2. 10-John Gauge[1]; 3. 2G-Mason Goobic[4]; 4. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[3]; 5. 87-Tuggy Case[5]; 6. 4-Kevin Stiene[6]; 7. 5-Corbin Cannon[11]; 8. 19-Ava Grace Tobias[10]; 9. 8-Jakob Peterson[7]; 10. 52-Phillip Surles[12]; 11. 9-Charlee Hutchins[9]; 12. T2-Camden Truett[8]; 13. (DNS) 51-Carly McDuffee