ROSEBURG, Ore. — Brent Marks picked up his first west coast national sprint car victory in Monday night’s High Limit Racing event at The Douglas County Dirtrack.
A third-place effort in qualifying led to a BR Motorsports heat three transfer and subsequent dash win. The No. 19 lost the lead on the initial start of the 35-lap feature and trailed Justin Sanders for the opening six circuits.
An early dose of lapped traffic allowed Marks to pounce on Sanders’ No. 87 and take command of the lead on Lap 7. From there, the Pennsylvania ace hammered the west coast curb and survived a pair of restarts and then more lapped traffic to win in the Western United States for the first time in his life.
The $12,000 score in the Showdown on the River presented by Seven Feathers Casino marked the third trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this year for Marks and his sixth-career win with Kubota High Limit Racing.
It snapped a 15-race dry spell for the team, dating back to Port Royal Speedway in May.
Tanner Thorson continues to knock, beat, and pound on the door of his first Kubota High Limit Racing victory — driving from fifth-to-second, even with wing issues on Monday night.
It’s his fourth runner-up of the year with the series and moves the Rod Gross Motorsports No. 88 to sixth in the standings.
After qualifying last (27th), Corey Day did what Corey Day does and put on a thrilling charge in the 35-lap feature. The reigning Gold Cup Race of Champions winner drove the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14 from 18th-to-third.
Closing the top five were Giovanni Scelzi and the Clauson-Marshall Racing No. 7bc in fourth, followed by Brad Sweet and the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 in fifth.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 3. 14-Corey Day[18]; 4. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[13]; 6. 21-James McFadden[10]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[7]; 8. 87-Justin Sanders[2]; 9. 45-Cory Eliason[14]; 10. 13-Daison Pursley[9]; 11. 2XM-Max Mittry[3]; 12. 42-Sye Lynch[12]; 13. 26-Justin Peck[19]; 14. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[24]; 15. 21L-Landon Brooks[11]; 16. 7-Tyler Thompson[15]; 17. 21P-Robbie Price[8]; 18. 5-Brenham Crouch[20]; 19. 21W-Jake Wheeler[23]; 20. 24D-Danny Sams III[21]; 21. 7O-Colin Mackey[16]; 22. 5K-Blaine Cory[6]; 23. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[17]; 24. 18T-Tanner Holmes[22]
