HARTFORD, Ohio — Zeth Sabo won his first NAPA Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Valvoline feature on Saturday during night two of the 44th Annual Overwatch Precision Ohio Sprint Speedweek at Sharon Speedway.
Ryan Newton, bouncing back from issues in the feature at Attica Raceway Park on Friday night, led the feature to the green flag. But Sabo, who started in fourth position, didn’t waste any time by passing veteran All Star drivers Dale Blaney and Tim Shaffer in turn 2 of lap one, putting him into second place. A mere two laps later, Sabo overtook Newton for the lead.
The first caution of the feature came on lap 17 when Newton’s right-rear tire started going down. He slowed in turn 2 and collected Cale Thomas.
On the restart, Blaney, living up to the Lowrider nickname, battled with Sabo as Leyton Wagner started to work his way into the top five. The 45 of Devon Borden made moves and cracked the top three to race Blaney for the second spot.
With five laps to go, Creed Kemenah and Zane DeVault tangled in turn 3, bringing out the only red flag of the night. The incident ended Kemenah’s night.
On the final restart of the night, Sabo pulled away from Blaney and Borden. As Sabo pulled away from the field with 3 laps to go, Wagner passed Borden for third place. And that’s how they’d finish.
“Man, I’m speechless. I thought Dale had me on that one restart. He just would not go away,” Sabo said. “Hats off to my guys. They’ve been working their butts off lately. I’m glad we finally got one, and for it to be an All Star win is pretty cool.”
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 29Z-Zeth Sabo[4]; 2. 10-Dale Blaney[3]; 3. 38-Leyton Wagner[7]; 4. 45-Devon Borden[9]; 5. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[12]; 7. 01-Tim Shaffer[2]; 8. 13-Brandon Matus[11]; 9. 71-Parker Price Miller[10]; 10. 27H-Bryce Lucius[17]; 11. 101-Kalib Henry[8]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[15]; 13. 20B-Cody Bova[13]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson[20]; 15. 32B-Jeremy Kornbau[21]; 16. 49X-Cale Thomas[14]; 17. 14-Zane DeVault[6]; 18. 22-Brandon Spithaler[16]; 19. 19-TJ Michael[18]; 20. 98-Ricky Peterson[24]; 21. 15K-Creed Kemenah[19]; 22. 33J-Jeremy Weaver[23]; 23. 66-Ryan Newton[1]; 24. 11-Carl Bowser[22]
