Friday at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was jammed full of fast pace Legend Car action. Day two at for the 2023 Asphalt Nationals hosted a single round of practice, qualifying, heat races, and four Race of Champions presented by MPI races.

In qualifying, Austin Thompson (Pro), Robbie Woodall (Masters), Carson Haislip (Semi-Pro) Ashton Williams (Young Lions) and Wyatt Coffey (Bandoleros) were the top qualifiers during the five-lap session.

A single heat race was held for the unified Bandolero race, which was won by Wyatt Coffey. Young Lions heat race winners were Ashton Williams, Max Reaves, Kai Johnson, and Andrew Riehl. In the Semi-Pro Division, Carson Haislip, Mason Lastra, Alex Roe, and Brendan Tracy were heat race winners.

Robbie Woodall, Kevin Rollins, Rusty Young, and Lonnie Hochstetler were victorious in the Masters Division heat race, with Austin Thompson, Jacob Staten, Jeremy Doss, and Cody Hall winning their respective Pro Division heat races.

Immediately following the conclusion of heat races was the Young Lions Race of Champions presented by MPI race. The race got off to a slow start with two back-to-back cautions, both involving Jackson Denton and Ayrton Brockhouse. The first incident occurred just after the start of Lap 2 when Denton collided with Brockhouse’s nose, sending Denton around. The second was due to Denton shoving Brockhouse through the first corner. The contact sent him around, and collected the innocent bystander, Wyatt Dent.

Both are tied at the top of the Young Lions Asphalt National championship points standings, with Saturday’s championship feature deciding the 2023 champion. Both raced hard for several laps, crossing each other over and using their bumpers, giving the audience a prelude for what to expect during the championship feature.

Up front, Harvick took the lead during the Lap 4 restart and never looked back. Riehl was able to mount a charge, but the pace wasn’t quick enough. Harvick would hold him off by three-tenths of a second. Following Riehl in third was Denton, Kyle Bacon finished fourth, and in fifth was Brockhouse.

Brendan Tracy walked away with the Semi-Pro Race of Champions victory. The most compelling battle of the race was between Austin MacDonald and Michael Crafton. For much of the race, the pair were together. MacDonald made the initial pass on Crafton on Lap 11, but Crafton returned the favor, retaking third. MacDonald looked several times to get back around Crafton, but wasn’t able to make a pass stick until the final set of corners on the white flag. Following Tracy in second was Parker Traves, then MacDonald, Crafton, and Isaiah Newcomb.

In the Masters Race of Champions presented by MPI race, Robbie Woodall lead early after keeping Kevin Rollins at bay on his outside. Woodall scooted away as Lee Jordan and Lonnie Hochstetler mixed it up with Rollins behind him. By Lap 5, Doug Stevens, who started last, was up to fifth place. A few laps later, Hochstetler, Bill Plemons, and Stevens were three-wide, resulting in Plemons taking over second, Plemons moved to third, and Hochstetler moved back to fourth.

Plemons and Stevens marched towards Woodall, but it was Stevens who caught him after passing Plemons on Lap 14. Stevens quickly chopped the lead down and took control of the race with four laps to go. Stevens won by nearly 1.3 seconds over Woodall, Plemons, Hochstetler, and Rollins.

Georgia drivers Cody Hall and Donovan Strauss were at the top early of Pro Race of Champions presented by MPI race early with Hall getting passed by Strauss on Lap 4. Branden Giannini was in second for a while before falling back to third and slowing on the frontstretch and pulling off the track. He slowed so much it drew a caution. During the restart, Strauss pounced at the restart line to regain easy control. Hall nearly spun off the front of Jonathan Mawhinney’s bumper, but kept the car pointed straight. Strauss wasn’t contested for the lead and took home a Race of Champions victory for the second straight year. Hall was second, with Jake Bollman in third, Mawhinney in fourth, and Kyle Lang in fifth.

For their efforts, Strauss, Stevens, Tracy, and Harvick all were gifted a new steering wheel, curtesy of MPI.

Replays of Friday’s action can be viewed on uslegendcars.tv. Coverage of Saturday’s Championship features will begin at approximately 1:30pm PT/4:30 pm ET on uslegendcars.tv.

 

PRO DIVISION

Pro Qualifying (5 Laps): 1. 99-Austin Thompson, 00:16.713[2]; 2. 39-Jacob Staten, 00:16.758[36]; 3. 35-Jeremy Doss, 00:16.822[10]; 4. 28-Cody Hall, 00:16.842[29]; 5. 71-Jake Bollman, 00:16.852[6]; 6. 24-Joel Smith, 00:16.860[4]; 7. 51R-Brenden Ruzbarsky, 00:16.875[34]; 8. 72-Nick Woodall, 00:16.878[7]; 9. 51-Donovan Strauss, 00:16.881[5]; 10. 88X-Cody Brown, 00:16.891[1]; 11. 87-Tyler Hicks, 00:16.895[30]; 12. 24P-Colton Page, 00:16.910[11]; 13. 23-Corey Gordon, 00:16.913[8]; 14. 5-Garrett Gumm, 00:16.913[28]; 15. 8-Mike Alcaro, 00:16.916[12]; 16. 25-Branden Giannini, 00:16.923[27]; 17. 43-Christian Bazen, 00:16.955[21]; 18. 66-Trayten Tarr, 00:16.968[37]; 19. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney, 00:17.017[33]; 20. 58-Cody Winchel, 00:17.018[39]; 21. 77-Devin Clayton, 00:17.036[14]; 22. 04-Cole Brown, 00:17.044[23]; 23. 32-Jensen Jorgensen, 00:17.047[31]; 24. 05-Robert Czub, 00:17.048[3]; 25. 78-Colton Crocker, 00:17.059[24]; 26. 33-Kyle Lang, 00:17.071[13]; 27. 3-Dirk Henry, 00:17.106[15]; 28. 66S-Gabe Sessler, 00:17.115[35]; 29. 56-Tristan Corpron, 00:17.122[19]; 30. 91-Martin Gatzulis, 00:17.167[17]; 31. 11-Chris Justice, 00:17.182[18]; 32. 86-Joe Decker, 00:17.222[25]; 33. 38-Gerald White Jr, 00:17.285[16]; 34. 51Z-John Zaretzke, 00:17.296[40]; 35. 12-Chase Eisenzimer, 00:17.313[26]; 36. 17-Dustin Tilbury, 00:17.330[38]; 37. 25B-Kaleb Bradley, 00:17.392[22]; 38. 18-JK Kinney, 00:17.399[32]; 39. 1-Marissa Sawin, 00:17.404[20]; 40. (DQ) 92-Levie Jones, 00:16.680[9]

Pro Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Austin Thompson[1]; 2. 51-Donovan Strauss[3]; 3. 71-Jake Bollman[2]; 4. 23-Corey Gordon[4]; 5. 77-Devin Clayton[6]; 6. 78-Colton Crocker[7]; 7. 43-Christian Bazen[5]; 8. 56-Tristan Corpron[8]; 9. 38-Gerald White Jr[9]; 10. 25B-Kaleb Bradley[10]

Pro Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 39-Jacob Staten[1]; 2. 88X-Cody Brown[3]; 3. 24-Joel Smith[2]; 4. 5-Garrett Gumm[4]; 5. 33-Kyle Lang[7]; 6. 04-Cole Brown[6]; 7. 66-Trayten Tarr[5]; 8. 91-Martin Gatzulis[8]; 9. 51Z-John Zaretzke[9]; 10. 18-JK Kinney[10]

Pro Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 35-Jeremy Doss[1]; 2. 32-Jensen Jorgensen[6]; 3. 51R-Brenden Ruzbarsky[2]; 4. 8-Mike Alcaro[4]; 5. 11-Chris Justice[8]; 6. 87-Tyler Hicks[3]; 7. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney[5]; 8. 3-Dirk Henry[7]; 9. 1-Marissa Sawin[10]; 10. (DNS) 12-Chase Eisenzimer

Pro Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Cody Hall[1]; 2. 72-Nick Woodall[2]; 3. 05-Robert Czub[6]; 4. 58-Cody Winchel[5]; 5. 24P-Colton Page[3]; 6. 66S-Gabe Sessler[7]; 7. 17-Dustin Tilbury[9]; 8. 86-Joe Decker[8]; 9. 25-Branden Giannini[4]; 10. 92-Levie Jones[10]

PRO RACE OF CHAMPIONS (20 Laps): 1. 51-Donovan Strauss[5]; 2. 28-Cody Hall[2]; 3. 71-Jake Bollman[3]; 4. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney[9]; 5. 33-Kyle Lang[11]; 6. 32-Jensen Jorgensen[10]; 7. 91-Martin Gatzulis[12]; 8. 24-Joel Smith[4]; 9. 25-Branden Giannini[8]; 10. 24P-Colton Page[7]; 11. (DNS) 39-Jacob Staten; 12. (DNS) 88X-Cody Brown 

MASTERS DIVISION

Masters Qualifying 1 (5 Laps): 1. 77W-Robbie Woodall, 00:16.842[2]; 2. 93-Kevin Rollins, 00:16.952[3]; 3. 88-Rusty Young, 00:16.960[42]; 4. 15-Bill Plemons Jr, 00:16.994[9]; 5. 21M-Josh Mullins, 00:17.001[33]; 6. 13H-Andy Hulcy, 00:17.021[4]; 7. 34H-Scott Harbison, 00:17.070[27]; 8. 53-Bruce Silver, 00:17.078[36]; 9. 81-Lee Jordan, 00:17.083[30]; 10. 32-Mike Holden, 00:17.099[28]; 11. 13J-Jeramiah Johnson, 00:17.109[11]; 12. 31H-Lonnie Hochstetler, 00:17.110[5]; 13. 64-Zeke Hanger, 00:17.123[10]; 14. 03-Darrell Stewart, 00:17.129[1]; 15. 11R-Rick McNeill, 00:17.146[8]; 16. 2-Robert Thurston, 00:17.155[7]; 17. 75-Mike Doss, 00:17.168[24]; 18. 3-Neena Kik, 00:17.180[6]; 19. 59W-Josh Wharton, 00:17.185[41]; 20. 37-Dannie Carpenter, 00:17.224[15]; 21. 34-Jeff Regier, 00:17.225[34]; 22. 30-Doug Sheldon, 00:17.242[14]; 23. 08-Steve Gareau, 00:17.253[26]; 24. H20-Darrell Buckingham, 00:17.273[23]; 25. 44-Ty Torkelson, 00:17.293[39]; 26. 1-Shane Sawin, 00:17.317[35]; 27. 11-Jeremy Lange, 00:17.318[31]; 28. 10-Chris Thompson, 00:17.319[38]; 29. 00-Michael Vanderlip, 00:17.325[18]; 30. 71-Josh Ayers, 00:17.338[21]; 31. 31E-Greg Erhardt, 00:17.364[12]; 32. 98-Aaron Flett, 00:17.399[19]; 33. 46-William Evans, 00:17.414[25]; 34. 13T-Casey Traxler, 00:17.421[13]; 35. 9-Gene Traxler, 00:17.462[40]; 36. 31-Giles Martin, 00:17.531[17]; 37. 28-Jim Smith, 00:17.556[16]; 38. 51-Dennis McMullen, 00:17.752[32]; 39. 8-Scott Janssen, 00:17.836[29]; 40. 32A-Scott Anderson, 00:18.733[20]; 41. (DNS) 13-Tim Brockhouse; 42. (DNS) 77S-Doug Stevens

Masters Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 77W-Robbie Woodall[1]; 2. 21M-Josh Mullins[2]; 3. 81-Lee Jordan[3]; 4. 64-Zeke Hanger[4]; 5. 75-Mike Doss[5]; 6. 46-William Evans[9]; 7. 34-Jeff Regier[6]; 8. 00-Michael Vanderlip[8]; 9. 28-Jim Smith[10]; 10. 44-Ty Torkelson[7]; 11. (DNS) 13-Tim Brockhouse

Masters Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 93-Kevin Rollins[1]; 2. 13H-Andy Hulcy[2]; 3. 32-Mike Holden[3]; 4. 3-Neena Kik[5]; 5. 13T-Casey Traxler[9]; 6. 71-Josh Ayers[8]; 7. 30-Doug Sheldon[6]; 8. 51-Dennis McMullen[10]; 9. (DNF) 1-Shane Sawin[7]; 10. (DNF) 03-Darrell Stewart[4]; 11. (DNS) 77S-Doug Stevens

Masters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 88-Rusty Young[1]; 2. 34H-Scott Harbison[2]; 3. 11R-Rick McNeill[4]; 4. 13J-Jeramiah Johnson[3]; 5. 59W-Josh Wharton[5]; 6. 08-Steve Gareau[6]; 7. 31E-Greg Erhardt[8]; 8. 11-Jeremy Lange[7]; 9. 9-Gene Traxler[9]; 10. 8-Scott Janssen[10]

Masters Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 31H-Lonnie Hochstetler[3]; 2. 53-Bruce Silver[2]; 3. 31-Giles Martin[9]; 4. 32A-Scott Anderson[10]; 5. 2-Robert Thurston[4]; 6. H20-Darrell Buckingham[6]; 7. 98-Aaron Flett[8]; 8. (DNF) 15-Bill Plemons Jr[1]; 9. (DNF) 37-Dannie Carpenter[5]; 10. (DNF) 10-Chris Thompson[7]

MASTERS RACE OF CHAMPIONS (20 Laps): 1. 77S-Doug Stevens[15]; 2. 77W-Robbie Woodall[1]; 3. 15-Bill Plemons Jr[4]; 4. 31H-Lonnie Hochstetler[8]; 5. 93-Kevin Rollins[2]; 6. 81-Lee Jordan[7]; 7. H20-Darrell Buckingham[13]; 8. 03-Darrell Stewart[9]; 9. 3-Neena Kik[10]; 10. 59W-Josh Wharton[11]; 11. 31E-Greg Erhardt[14]; 12. (DNS) 88-Rusty Young; 13. (DNS) 13H-Andy Hulcy; 14. (DNS) 53-Bruce Silver; 15. (DNS) 30-Doug Sheldon 

SEMI-PRO DIVISION

Semi-Pro Qualifying (5 Laps): 1. 08-Carson Haislip, 00:16.822[24]; 2. 17-Mason Lastra, 00:16.858[2]; 3. 92-Alex Roe, 00:16.868[33]; 4. 98-Brendan Tracy, 00:16.910[35]; 5. 2B-Stephen Brucker, 00:16.914[22]; 6. 57-Parker Traves, 00:16.965[4]; 7. 85-Saygen Boehmer, 00:16.965[10]; 8. 71-Nick Morabito, 00:16.978[29]; 9. 9-Michael Crafton, 00:16.994[6]; 10. 09-Chase VanHouten, 00:16.994[36]; 11. 48-Noah Ryan, 00:17.003[12]; 12. 27-Austin MacDonald, 00:17.013[3]; 13. 21-Mitch Wright, 00:17.023[8]; 14. 5X-Jesse Martinez, 00:17.040[5]; 15. 43D-Dylan Wolf, 00:17.044[37]; 16. 36C-Travis McCullough, 00:17.048[14]; 17. 55-George Phillips, 00:17.052[7]; 18. 88-Kellen Dean, 00:17.052[9]; 19. 31M-Sam Mazzo, 00:17.066[28]; 20. 22-Isaiah Newcomb, 00:17.090[30]; 21. 1-Zach Sansom, 00:17.100[11]; 22. 38B-Henry Barton, 00:17.103[19]; 23. 15-Mike Lovell, 00:17.122[26]; 24. 38-Cameron White, 00:17.124[13]; 25. 24R-TJ Roberts, 00:17.138[1]; 26. 24-Wyatt Sansom, 00:17.143[34]; 27. 42-Nathan Quella, 00:17.152[32]; 28. 15D-Davis Jacobson, 00:17.158[25]; 29. 75-Makenna Crocker, 00:17.167[23]; 30. 99-Tessa Marine, 00:17.181[27]; 31. 9B-Michael Bradshaw, 00:17.201[20]; 32. 12B-Bryanna Bruce, 00:17.302[21]; 33. 37-Mason Nelson, 00:17.362[16]; 34. 73-Zachary Honaker, 00:17.378[15]; 35. 22P-Mitch Peterson, 00:17.617[31]; 36. 97-Jacob Baker, 00:17.757[17]; 37. 38P-Travis Paul, 00:18.584[18]

Semi-Pro Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 08-Carson Haislip[1]; 2. 2B-Stephen Brucker[2]; 3. 55-George Phillips[5]; 4. 24R-TJ Roberts[7]; 5. 9-Michael Crafton[3]; 6. 1-Zach Sansom[6]; 7. 21-Mitch Wright[4]; 8. 75-Makenna Crocker[8]; 9. 37-Mason Nelson[9]; 10. 38P-Travis Paul[10]

Semi-Pro Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Mason Lastra[1]; 2. 57-Parker Traves[2]; 3. 38B-Henry Barton[6]; 4. 5X-Jesse Martinez[4]; 5. 09-Chase VanHouten[3]; 6. 88-Kellen Dean[5]; 7. 99-Tessa Marine[8]; 8. 24-Wyatt Sansom[7]; 9. 73-Zachary Honaker[9]

Semi-Pro Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 92-Alex Roe[1]; 2. 85-Saygen Boehmer[2]; 3. 15-Mike Lovell[6]; 4. 9B-Michael Bradshaw[8]; 5. 42-Nathan Quella[7]; 6. 48-Noah Ryan[3]; 7. 22P-Mitch Peterson[9]; 8. 43D-Dylan Wolf[4]; 9. 31M-Sam Mazzo[5]

Semi-Pro Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Brendan Tracy[1]; 2. 27-Austin MacDonald[3]; 3. 22-Isaiah Newcomb[5]; 4. 38-Cameron White[6]; 5. 36C-Travis McCullough[4]; 6. 71-Nick Morabito[2]; 7. 15D-Davis Jacobson[7]; 8. 12B-Bryanna Bruce[8]; 9. 97-Jacob Baker[9]

SEMI-PRO RACE OF CHAMPIONS (20 Laps): 1. 98-Brendan Tracy[3]; 2. 57-Parker Traves[4]; 3. 27-Austin MacDonald[6]; 4. 9-Michael Crafton[5]; 5. 22-Isaiah Newcomb[7]; 6. 24R-TJ Roberts[8]; 7. 88-Kellen Dean; 8. 15D-Davis Jacobson[9]; 9. 12B-Bryanna Bruce[10]; 10. 08-Carson Haislip[1]; 11. 17-Mason Lastra[2]

YOUNG LIONS DIVISION

Young Lions Qualifying (5 Laps): 1. 20-Ashton Williams, 00:16.811[2]; 2. 97-Isaac Kitzmiller, 00:16.831[1]; 3. 7-Kai Johnson, 00:16.841[30]; 4. 69-Andrew Riehl, 00:16.847[3]; 5. 62-Keelan Harvick, 00:16.859[29]; 6. 24-Rodney Dowless, 00:16.899[27]; 7. 29-Cole Robie, 00:16.916[35]; 8. 12-Ayrton Brockhouse, 00:16.924[5]; 9. 94-Hayden Wise, 00:16.929[37]; 10. 88R-Max Reaves, 00:16.929[34]; 11. 48-Kyle Bacon, 00:16.929[4]; 12. 7B-Karter Beattie, 00:16.930[9]; 13. 124-Jackson Denton, 00:16.945[6]; 14. 95-London McKenzie, 00:16.947[32]; 15. 5X-Caden Tufts, 00:16.985[11]; 16. 78-Gracie Crocker, 00:17.024[8]; 17. 4-Ryan Zima, 00:17.030[10]; 18. 17-Ben Morabito, 00:17.052[33]; 19. 79-Neal Dulin, 00:17.071[7]; 20. 88-Cade Fox, 00:17.094[28]; 21. 18M-Keller Meechudhone, 00:17.180[12]; 22. 13-Logan Chambers, 00:17.187[23]; 23. 15X-Kai Lovell, 00:17.209[14]; 24. 68D-Wyatt Dent, 00:17.209[25]; 25. 24D-Cole Dasenbrock, 00:17.228[24]; 26. 99-Spencer Bradshaw, 00:17.229[21]; 27. 13B-Ayden Brockhouse, 00:17.243[22]; 28. 68-Kaylee Decker, 00:17.260[15]; 29. 43-Trent Dillard, 00:17.321[17]; 30. 15-Alison Johnson, 00:17.353[13]; 31. 8J-Jarrett Dickson, 00:17.440[26]; 32. 74-Trayc Walker Scott, 00:17.479[36]; 33. 27-Dakota Gruchalla, 00:17.490[16]; 34. 12L-Madilyn Lange, 00:17.677[31]; 35. 7P-Braxton Paul, 00:17.813[18]; 36. (DQ) 42-Stephen Bazen, 00:16.896[19]; 37. (DNS) 33-Clayton Bohanon

Young Lions Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Ashton Williams[1]; 2. 62-Keelan Harvick[2]; 3. 94-Hayden Wise[3]; 4. 124-Jackson Denton[4]; 5. 4-Ryan Zima[5]; 6. 18M-Keller Meechudhone[6]; 7. 24D-Cole Dasenbrock[7]; 8. 43-Trent Dillard[8]; 9. 27-Dakota Gruchalla[9]; 10. (DNS) 33-Clayton Bohanon

Young Lions Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 88R-Max Reaves[3]; 2. 97-Isaac Kitzmiller[1]; 3. 24-Rodney Dowless[2]; 4. 95-London McKenzie[4]; 5. 17-Ben Morabito[5]; 6. 13-Logan Chambers[6]; 7. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[7]; 8. 15-Alison Johnson[8]; 9. 12L-Madilyn Lange[9]

Young Lions Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Kai Johnson[1]; 2. 29-Cole Robie[2]; 3. 79-Neal Dulin[5]; 4. 5X-Caden Tufts[4]; 5. 48-Kyle Bacon[3]; 6. 15X-Kai Lovell[6]; 7. 13B-Ayden Brockhouse[7]; 8. 8J-Jarrett Dickson[8]; 9. 7P-Braxton Paul[9]

Young Lions Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 69-Andrew Riehl[1]; 2. 12-Ayrton Brockhouse[2]; 3. 78-Gracie Crocker[4]; 4. 42-Stephen Bazen[9]; 5. 88-Cade Fox[5]; 6. 68D-Wyatt Dent[6]; 7. 7B-Karter Beattie[3]; 8. 74-Trayc Walker Scott[8]; 9. 68-Kaylee Decker[7]

YOUNG LIONS RACE OF CHAMPIONS (20 Laps): 1. 62-Keelan Harvick[2]; 2. 69-Andrew Riehl[1]; 3. 124-Jackson Denton[5]; 4. 48-Kyle Bacon[4]; 5. 12-Ayrton Brockhouse[3]; 6. 79-Neal Dulin[7]; 7. 68D-Wyatt Dent[8]; 8. 4-Ryan Zima[6]; 9. 43-Trent Dillard[11]; 10. 13B-Ayden Brockhouse[10]; 11. 12L-Madilyn Lange[12]; 12. (DNS) 24D-Cole Dasenbrock

UNIFIED BANDOLERO

Bandolero Qualifying (5 Laps): 1. 2-Wyatt Coffey, 00:18.877[1]; 2. 15-Rhylee Hutchins, 00:18.938[4]; 3. 12-Aspyn Lange, 00:19.255[6]; 4. 38-Gerald White III, 00:19.646[8]; 5. 40-Roo Reaves, 00:19.662[7]; 6. 88-Austin Steinke, 00:19.788[2]; 7. 50-Ryder Juarez, 00:19.931[5]; 8. 8X-Addison Martinez, 00:20.005[3]

Bandolero Heat (10 Laps): 1. 2-Wyatt Coffey[1]; 2. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[2]; 3. 12-Aspyn Lange[3]; 4. 40-Roo Reaves[5]; 5. 38-Gerald White III[4]; 6. 88-Austin Steinke[6]; 7. 8X-Addison Martinez[8]; 8. 50-Ryder Juarez[7]