August 2, 2023 | By Kyle McFadden

Justin Peck outruns Kyle Larson for $23,023 at Kokomo

Kokomo, IN —  Justin Peck surged to one of the biggest wins of his career on Tuesday by outdoing Kyle Larson in High Limit Sprint Car Series competition at Kokomo Speedway, the very place he spent many childhood nights as a Monrovia, Ind., native.

Peck, who grew up an hour south of the quarter-mile, led the final 10 laps for the $23,023 payday. Larson appeared on his way to a fourth series victory upon slapping the turn two wall on lap 25 as he navigated traffic. That allowed Peck to make his go-ahead move in the following corner for his second overall win of the season.

Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif., rounded out the podium in third. Seventeen-year-old rising talent Corey Day, filling in Tyler Courtney's No. 7BC at Clauson Marshall Racing, led the opening seven laps and faded to finish fourth.

Anthony Macri of Dillsburg, Pa., raced from the B-main and 21st-starting position to finish 13th in his season debut aboard Bernie Stuebgen's No. 71.

RESULTS

D2SL A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[7]; 4. 7BC-Corey Day[1]; 5. 21T-Cole Macedo[6]; 6. 39M-Justin Sanders[5]; 7. 21H-Brady Bacon[12]; 8. 2MD-Cap Henry[8]; 9. 24S-Logan Seavey[13]; 10. 9P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 11. 11-Cory Eliason[18]; 12. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[4]; 13. 71-Anthony Macri[21]; 14. 17AU-Jamie Veal[17]; 15. 9-Chase Randall[9]; 16. 5R-Byron Reed[20]; 17. 50YR-JJ Hickle[15]; 18. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[22]; 19. 71X-Shane Stewart[16]; 20. 55B-Jake Swanson[19]; 21. (DNF) 19-Dylan Norris[24]; 22. (DNF) 19W-Trent Pigdon[23]; 23. (DNF) 26-Zeb Wise[10]; 24. (DNF) 5T-Ryan Timms[14]

Kahne Screen Print B Feature (10 Laps): 1. 71-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[4]; 3. 19W-Trent Pigdon[6]; 4. 19-Dylan Norris[8]; 5. 7N-Darin Naida[5]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[10]; 7. 77-Geoff Dodge[9]; 8. 16THH-Kevin Newton[2]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris[7]; 10. (DNS) 28M-Conner Morrell; 11. (DNS) 3J-Dusty Zomer

Sanders Eng Dash (7 Laps): 1. 7BC-Corey Day[2]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 5. 39M-Justin Sanders[7]; 6. 21T-Cole Macedo[5]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 8. 2MD-Cap Henry[8]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39M-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[1]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[6]; 4. 24S-Logan Seavey[3]; 5. 17AU-Jamie Veal[5]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 7. 19W-Trent Pigdon[7]; 8. (DNF) 3J-Dusty Zomer[4]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 2MD-Cap Henry[2]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 4. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 5. 11-Cory Eliason[4]; 6. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[7]; 7. 37-Bryce Norris[8]; 8. 16THH-Kevin Newton[6]

Sunoco Race Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[2]; 3. 9P-Parker Price Miller[3]; 4. 50YR-JJ Hickle[4]; 5. 55B-Jake Swanson[5]; 6. 7N-Darin Naida[8]; 7. 19-Dylan Norris[6]; 8. (DNF) 99-Skylar Gee[7]

BR Motorpsorts Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Corey Day[1]; 2. 21T-Cole Macedo[2]; 3. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 4. 71X-Shane Stewart[4]; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 6. 71-Anthony Macri[5]; 7. 77-Geoff Dodge[7]

Qualifying: 1. 13-Justin Peck, 00:10.927[28]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:10.993[30]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.005[4]; 4. 7BC-Corey Day, 00:11.053[1]; 5. 39M-Justin Sanders, 00:11.140[17]; 6. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:11.164[22]; 7. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:11.175[23]; 8. 21T-Cole Macedo, 00:11.183[9]; 9. 24S-Logan Seavey, 00:11.226[12]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:11.242[24]; 11. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:11.248[5]; 12. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:11.287[7]; 13. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.290[20]; 14. 11-Cory Eliason, 00:11.313[10]; 15. 50YR-JJ Hickle, 00:11.371[29]; 16. 71X-Shane Stewart, 00:11.377[16]; 17. 17AU-Jamie Veal, 00:11.394[21]; 18. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:11.415[25]; 19. 55B-Jake Swanson, 00:11.425[2]; 20. 71-Anthony Macri, 00:11.442[3]; 21. 9-Chase Randall, 00:11.455[13]; 22. 16THH-Kevin Newton, 00:11.523[15]; 23. 19-Dylan Norris, 00:11.530[6]; 24. 5R-Byron Reed, 00:11.544[19]; 25. 19W-Trent Pigdon, 00:11.567[26]; 26. 47BC-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.582[8]; 27. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.589[11]; 28. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:11.636[14]; 29. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.756[27]; 30. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:11.938[18]; 31. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:12.184[31]