Corey Day mounts epic charge to victory at Lake Ozark
Photo by HighLimit Racing
ELDON, Mo. — Just when you think Corey Day has done enough mind-blowing tricks behind the wheel of a Sprint Car, the teenage sensation pulls out something even more stunning.
The 18-year-old native of Clovis, California has been the single most talked about factor in the sport this month. Two weeks ago, he topped arguably the strongest field of the year in a Knoxville Nationals tuneup against the World of Outlaws. Last week, he banked almost $80,000 with a sensational drive at Skagit Speedway's Dirt Cup.
How can you top such magnificent moments? Don't worry, Corey did what Corey does when Kubota High Limit Racing rolled into Eldon, Missouri's Lake Ozark Speedway on Wednesday night.
The Jason Meyers Racing, Driven2SaveLives #14BC team immediately fell behind the eight ball with a broken rear end during Capitol Renegade Qualifying leaving them without a timed lap. Forced to start dead last in the DMI Heat Race, Day put his head down and went to work - promptly driving from 11th-to-4th in eight laps to transfer into the A-Main.
His performance was only just beginning at this point. Starting from 15th in the 35-lap A-Main, Day managed to pass a whopping 14 cars in the opening 14 laps to take the lead.
Once in control, Day refused to lose. Putting on a clinic across the final 22 laps, he dominated all the way to the checkered flag with a 2.577-second margin of victory.
The $20,000 Midweek Money Series win now makes Corey Day the highest-earning Sprint Car driver of the season. It's his fifth trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane, leaving him one score away from tying Rico Abreu, Kyle Larson, and Brad Sweet (all at six wins) as the winningest driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history.
Justin Peck and Buch Motorsports matched their season-best effort with a second-place outing after leading Laps 12-13. It's their fifth podium of the year with Kubota High Limit Racing as they sit only 63-points away from the fifth and final High Stakes Charter spot.
Spencer Bayston and CJB Motorsports rounded out the podium, their third of 2024 with the series. The TrueTimber #5 moved forward to eighth in the overall championship standings and into fourth in the Midweek Money Series points.
Closing out the top-10 at Lake Ozark was Carson Macedo, Brad Sweet, Kyle Larson, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Giovanni Scelzi, and Tanner Thorson.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (6/26/24)
Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO)
Capitol Custom Trailers Quicktime - Ryan Timms (11.575 seconds)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Cole Macedo
DMI Heat Two Winner - Spencer Bayston
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Cory Eliason
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Brent Marks
C-Main Winner - Jace Park
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Cole Macedo
B-Main Winner - Kasey Kahne
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Justin Peck (12.400 seconds)
Hard Charger - Corey Day +14, 15th-to-1st
Lap Leaders - Cole Macedo 1-12; Justin Peck 12-13; Corey Day 14-35
Kubota A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[15]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[11]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson[10]; 7. 83-James McFadden[16]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller[22]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[20]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[12]; 13. 8-Cory Eliason[8]; 14. 2MD-Cap Henry[25]; 15. 24-Rico Abreu[13]; 16. 2KS-Chase Randall[7]; 17. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[19]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne[21]; 19. 77-Jack Wagner[14]; 20. 26-Zeb Wise[18]; 21. 16T-Cole Macedo[1]; 22. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 23. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg[24]; 24. 55-Chris Windom[17]; 25. 55V-Kerry Madsen[23]
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[6]; 3. 55V-Kerry Madsen[4]; 4. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[7]; 6. 25-Daison Pursley[5]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[9]; 8. 45X-Jace Park[13]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen[11]; 10. 79-Gage Montgomery[14]; 11. 23B-Brian Bell[10]; 12. 1K-Kelby Watt[2]; 13. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 14. 42-Sye Lynch[12]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 45X-Jace Park[1]; 2. 79-Gage Montgomery[7]; 3. 50K-Kyle Bellm[9]; 4. 2MD-Cap Henry[12]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[5]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[10]; 7. 98P-Miles Paulus[4]; 8. 16TH-Kevin Newton[6]; 9. 21R-Gunner Ramey[8]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 11. 75-Tyler Blank[2]; 12. 7A-Will Armitage[11]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 16T-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[2]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 7. 2KS-Chase Randall[8]; 8. 8-Cory Eliason[7]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16T-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 5. 55-Chris Windom[6]; 6. 5T-Ryan Timms[4]; 7. 25-Daison Pursley[8]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney[7]; 9. 45X-Jace Park[10]; 10. 73-Samuel Wagner[11]; 11. 50K-Kyle Bellm[9]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Spencer Bayston[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 2KS-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 14-Corey Day[11]; 5. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[6]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]; 9. 22M-Rees Moran[10]; 10. 79-Gage Montgomery[9]; 11. (DNF) 7A-Will Armitage[8]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Cory Eliason[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[2]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[6]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 6. 55V-Kerry Madsen[7]; 7. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 8. 23B-Brian Bell[9]; 9. 75-Tyler Blank[10]; 10. 16TH-Kevin Newton[11]; 11. 1-Brenham Crouch[5]
Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 4. 83-James McFadden[5]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson[8]; 6. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 7. 1K-Kelby Watt[3]; 8. 42-Sye Lynch[9]; 9. 98P-Miles Paulus[11]; 10. 21R-Gunner Ramey[10]; 11. 2MD-Cap Henry[6]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A: 1. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:11.575[2]; 2. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:11.670[11]; 3. 16T-Cole Macedo, 00:11.687[13]; 4. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:11.746[15]; 5. 13-Justin Peck, 00:11.805[10]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:11.822[17]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.853[9]; 8. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:11.934[20]; 9. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.946[7]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.982[3]; 11. 55-Chris Windom, 00:12.014[1]; 12. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.028[4]; 13. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:12.029[22]; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:12.069[21]; 15. 25-Daison Pursley, 00:12.119[8]; 16. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:12.144[5]; 17. 50K-Kyle Bellm, 00:12.222[19]; 18. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:12.264[6]; 19. 45X-Jace Park, 00:12.270[16]; 20. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:12.358[18]; 21. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:12.452[14]; 22. (DNS) 14-Corey Day
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B: 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.828[5]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.953[18]; 3. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:11.973[7]; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 00:11.999[11]; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 00:12.032[1]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:12.050[4]; 7. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.167[8]; 8. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:12.170[19]; 9. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.178[10]; 10. 83-James McFadden, 00:12.198[22]; 11. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:12.216[6]; 12. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:12.229[2]; 13. 55V-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.229[17]; 14. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.235[9]; 15. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.246[16]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:12.334[15]; 17. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:12.336[14]; 18. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:12.461[12]; 19. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:12.628[3]; 20. 21R-Gunner Ramey, 00:12.661[13]; 21. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:12.780[20]; 22. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:13.103[21]
Updated Championship Standings (After 25/54 Races):
1 Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (1,675)
2 Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (-88)
3 Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (-192)
4 Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (-241)
5 Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (-272)
6 Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (-314)
7 Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (-335)
8 CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (-355)
9 PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (-358)
10 Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (-503)
11 Rudeen Racing #26 - Zeb Wise (-511)
12 Ridge & Sons Racing #8 - Cory Eliason (-580)
13 Shark Racing #1A - Jacob Allen (-605)
14 Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (-663)
15 Vermeer Motorsports #55 - Chris Windom (-687)
16 Crouch Motorsports #1 - Brenham Crouch (-809)
17 NEW Midweek Money Series Points (After 6/8 Races):
Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (401)
1 Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (-16)
2 Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (-43)
3 CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (-47)
4 Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (-64)
5 Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (-64)
6 PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (-69)
7 Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (-70)
8 Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (-104)
9 Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (-106)
UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing will remain in the "Show-Me State" this weekend, heading over to The Diamond of Dirt Tracks - Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The inaugural Diamond Classic runs at the state-of-the-art facility this Friday and Saturday, June 28-29, culminating with a $25,000 top prize.
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