TULARE, Calif. — Thunderbowl Raceway has long been atop Corey Day’s list of favorite race tracks.
It’s not only home, but it’s where he does some of his best work as one of the most exciting young prospects in sprint car racing.
On Friday night, the 19-year-old Clovis, California driver shined once more against the boards – driving from third-to-first for his third win of 2025 with Kubota High Limit Racing.
It was his long-awaited first win at Tulare on the national level following a NARC victory and two Trophy Cup titles at the track.
Scoring his 10th career win with the series — third-most behind Rico Abreu (18) and Brad Sweet (13) — Day’s path to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane required a face-off with his former Jason Meyers Racing teammate, Spencer Bayston.
Bayston, competing aboard Kevin Kozlowski’s Works Limited No 57w for the first time, enjoyed a successful opening night with Paul Silva on the wrenches.
The Lebanon, Ind., native set Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime and led the opening 12 laps before settling for a season-best runner-up result behind Day.
Rounding out the podium was another new driver/car combination with Giovanni Scelzi finishing third in the Clauson-Marshall Racing NOS Energy Drink No. 7bc. The Fresno, Calif., native has been tabbed to substitute for the injured Tyler Courtney the rest of the year and his No. 1 goal is delivering a championship for CMR.
A last-lap pass by “Hot Sauce” was crucial as he nabbed Brad Sweet by 0.059 seconds to cut the title deficit to nine points behind the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49.
Closing out the top five were Sweet and Justin Sanders, who is filling-in for injured Aaron Reutzel in the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[3]; 2. W-Spencer Bayston[2]; 3. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 87-Justin Sanders[1]; 6. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]; 7. 21-James McFadden[10]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[17]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[12]; 10. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[9]; 11. 18T-Tanner Holmes[24]; 12. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 13. 5-Brenham Crouch[21]; 14. 42-Sye Lynch[13]; 15. 121-Caeden Steele[19]; 16. 73-Ryan Bernal[15]; 17. 0-Tim Kaeding[18]; 18. 10-Dominic Gorden[23]; 19. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 20. 2K-Gauge Garcia[16]; 21. X1-Chance Grasty[20]; 22. 41-Dominic Scelzi[22]; 23. 45-Cory Eliason[14]; 24. 13-Daison Pursley[25]; 25. 21L-Landon Brooks[11]
