RPW Exclusive: The Big Cat Takes Lion Share Of High Limit Money Away From Outlaw Thursday

Column By: MARTY CZEKALA / RPW – DUNDEE, NY – Brad Sweet took the lead on lap 12 from Zeb Wise with a slide job in turn one to score his sixth Kubota High Limit Racing win of the season at Outlaw Speedway.

This was Sweet’s first time running at the 4/10 mile track, and he immediately became a fan.

“I had fun tonight,” Sweet told RPW post-race. “I thought the track was racy, wide and smooth. Kind of what you expect out of a New York track. We haven’t been as good at these New York tracks in the past.”

Zeb Wise and James McFadden made up the front row for the 30-lap feature. Wise pulled out to the early lead. In lapped traffic just a handful of laps in, McFadden challenged Wise for the lead before Sweet attacked to take the runner-up sport inside turn on lap nine.

At the halfway mark, Sweet threw a slider to take the lead. Wise tried to counter underneath, but Sweet had the momentum on the outside.

“I was making speed up high, and I don’t think Zeb had grip off turn four,” Sweet says. “Wasn’t trying to show it to him too early. Finally got my run right and then get going and set a good pace.”

Sweet has gotten used to the clean racing in New York, as tonight’s event went green-to-checkered in the feature without yellows. He had a car dialed in for the long run, which helped him get a chance at the win.

“It’s something we’ve been working on,” Sweet said. “We don’t want to lose that grip. I thought tonight was pretty good.”

Tyler Courtney made his way up to the runner-up spot, passing Wise with 11 to go. “Sunshine” had an opportunity to strike in the final laps, but Sweet quickly made his way through lapped traffic. Much like last year when he won an All-Star feature at Outlaw, Courtney was hoping for no yellow.

“I felt like I was in the right spot if he caught traffic wrong,” Courtney told FloRacing post-race. “He’s a five-time [World of Outlaws] champion for a reason. They’re on right now, but I feel we are, too.”

Wise finished third after an incredible night. The driver of the No. 26 was the quickest amongst all drivers in his heat during qualifying, which meant he started fourth. Taking the checkers first meant that he started pole in the Dash, which he won off a slidejob last-lap pass over James McFadden.

“It was a great night,” Wise said to Flo post-race. “This deal is so hard. To be third to [Sweet and Courtney], I don’t think there are two better cars to be third to. Really happy for our team. Very up-and-down season. Hopefully, this is the start of turning it around.”

36 cars signed in with High Limit, one of the higher car counts for 410 racing in New York state.

High Limit returns tomorrow at Utica-Rome Speedway, with hot laps expected to begin at 6:30 p.m. Based on the large crowd Thursday night, it is recommended that you get to the track as early as possible.

Kubota A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise[1]; 4. 83-James McFadden[2]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 6. 13-Justin Peck[8]; 7. 14-Corey Day[14]; 8. 5-Spencer Bayston[6]; 9. 9P-Parker Price Miller[10]; 10. 9-Kasey Kahne[11]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu[12]; 12. 42-Sye Lynch[9]; 13. 19-Brent Marks[22]; 14. 35-Jared Zimbardi[7]; 15. 10-Mark Smith[24]; 16. 21-Jonathan Preston[18]; 17. 88-Tanner Thorson[16]; 18. 79-Jordan Thomas[21]; 19. 28-Jordan Poirier[17]; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen[15]; 21. 55-Chris Windom[19]; 22. 7NY-Matt Farnham[20]; 23. 8-Cory Eliason[25]; 24. 66-Ryan Newton[13]; 25. 17-Dylan Norris[23]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 3. 17-Dylan Norris[2]; 4. 10-Mark Smith[7]; 5. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 6. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[5]; 7. 10B-Kerry Madsen[6]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[10]; 9. 88C-Chad Miller[8]; 10. 8-Cory Eliason[11]; 11. 29-Logan McCandless[9]; 12. 3-Denny Peebles[15]; 13. 0-Glenn Styres[16]; 14. 66H-Jordan Hutton[14]; 15. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[12]; 16. 28F-Davie Franek[13]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 26-Zeb Wise[1]; 2. 83-James McFadden[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]; 6. 5-Spencer Bayston[6]; 7. 35-Jared Zimbardi[3]; 8. 13-Justin Peck[7]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[3]; 3. 9-Kasey Kahne[2]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[7]; 7. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[6]; 8. 29-Logan McCandless[8]; 9. 28F-Davie Franek[9]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Spencer Bayston[2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 66-Ryan Newton[1]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 5. 55-Chris Windom[7]; 6. 79-Jordan Thomas[5]; 7. 10-Mark Smith[8]; 8. 8-Cory Eliason[6]; 9. 3-Denny Peebles[9]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 21-Jonathan Preston[5]; 6. 17-Dylan Norris[6]; 7. 10B-Kerry Madsen[7]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[8]; 9. 66H-Jordan Hutton[9]

Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Zeb Wise[4]; 2. 35-Jared Zimbardi[2]; 3. 14-Corey Day[1]; 4. 88-Tanner Thorson[3]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[5]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[6]; 7. 88C-Chad Miller[8]; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[7]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[9]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A: 1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.686[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.834[10]; 3. 83-James McFadden, 00:12.910[14]; 4. 66-Ryan Newton, 00:12.938[8]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.957[11]; 6. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.957[2]; 7. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:12.974[17]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.086[9]; 9. 28-Jordan Poirier, 00:13.087[5]; 10. 79-Jordan Thomas, 00:13.101[6]; 11. 10X-Reese Nowotarski, 00:13.108[3]; 12. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.114[15]; 13. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.149[18]; 14. 55-Chris Windom, 00:13.153[16]; 15. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.318[7]; 16. 10-Mark Smith, 00:13.433[13]; 17. 28F-Davie Franek, 00:13.462[12]; 18. 3-Denny Peebles, 00:14.023[4]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B: 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.971[2]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.028[13]; 3. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.074[11]; 4. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.115[18]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.116[4]; 6. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 00:13.194[6]; 7. 13-Justin Peck, 00:13.198[17]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.199[3]; 9. 21-Jonathan Preston, 00:13.210[14]; 10. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:13.221[12]; 11. 17-Dylan Norris, 00:13.375[7]; 12. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.424[10]; 13. 10B-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.441[15]; 14. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:13.448[8]; 15. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.492[16]; 16. 88C-Chad Miller, 00:13.619[5]; 17. 66H-Jordan Hutton, 00:13.749[1]; 18. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:13.808[9]

Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:12.891[30]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.986[31]; 3. 13-Justin Peck, 00:12.989[35]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.024[34]; 5. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.040[29]; 6. 10-Mark Smith, 00:13.091[13]; 7. 83-James McFadden, 00:13.129[14]; 8. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:13.137[18]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.159[10]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.170[22]; 11. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.171[21]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.181[20]; 13. 55-Chris Windom, 00:13.199[16]; 14. 28-Jordan Poirier, 00:13.228[5]; 15. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.254[1]; 16. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 00:13.257[24]; 17. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.280[15]; 18. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.306[36]; 19. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.314[17]; 20. 66-Ryan Newton, 00:13.321[8]; 21. 10X-Reese Nowotarski, 00:13.324[3]; 22. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.339[28]; 23. 21-Jonathan Preston, 00:13.358[32]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.359[9]; 25. 79-Jordan Thomas, 00:13.431[6]; 26. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.438[2]; 27. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.477[11]; 28. 28F-Davie Franek, 00:13.624[12]; 29. 3-Denny Peebles, 00:13.659[4]; 30. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:13.666[27]; 31. 17-Dylan Norris, 00:13.699[25]; 32. 10B-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.718[33]; 33. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.817[7]; 34. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:13.903[26]; 35. 66H-Jordan Hutton, 00:14.186[19]; 36. 88C-Chad Miller, 00:14.186[23]