TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — Brad Bowden led 23 of 25 caution-free laps to win the Hoosier Race Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gears Winter Heat Shootout Round 11 on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway.
Winter Heat point leader Davie Franek took the lead on lap 18 in search of his seventh win of the season, but Bowden reclaimed the point on lap 20.
Derek Hagar finished second and Franek faded to take the third spot. Joe B. Miller was fourth and former USCS National Champion and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Smith drove to a fifth-place finish.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. 8x Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS (1); 2. 9jr Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (4); 3. 28f Davie Franek, Wantage, NJ (3); 4. 51m Joe B. Miller, Millersville, MO (5); 5. 4 Danny Smith, Chillicothe, OH (6); 6. 12 Corbin Gurley, Hebron, IN (7); 7. 10m Morgan Turpen-Havener, Gallatin, TN (9); 8. 48 Coen McDaniel, Gaffney, SC (11); 9. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (14); 10. 22 Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (15); 11. 13 Van Gurley Jr., Valparaiso, IN (12); 12. 938 Bradley Fezard, Bonnerdale, AR (10); 13. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (16); 14. 51k Jeremy Kornbau, Hermitage, PA (13); 15. 51 Shelby Kelly, Runnemede, NJ (17); 16. 9 Tyler Blankenship, Bakersfield, CA (8); 17. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (2) DQ; 18. 3 Jordan Mallett, Greenbrier, AR DNS; 19. 42 Jason Milam, Guntown, MS DNS.
