MILTON, Fla. — Driving Matt Covington’s familiar No. 95 sprint car, Matthew Howard won Saturday night’s Paul Rondel Classic for the USCS Thunder Tour at Southern Raceway.
Howard started third and held off Friday night winner Mark Smith to take the checkered flag first in the 40-lap event.
Hayden Martin, Michael Miller and Corbin Gurley rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (40 laps): 1. 95H-Matthew Howard[3]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[4]; 3. 67M-Hayden Martin[1]; 4. 4M-Michael Miller[6]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[2]; 6. 4-Danny Smith[8]; 7. 116-Nick Snyder[14]; 8. 29-Kyle Amerson[5]; 9. 44-Ronny Howard[10]; 10. 28M-Conner Morrell[23]; 11. 13F-Todd Fayard[18]; 12. 33-Joe Larkin[21]; 13. 77-Jeff Smith[22]; 14. (DNF) 7E-Eric Gunderson[13]; 15. (DNF) 99-Tanner Witherspoon[11]; 16. (DNF) 13-Chase Howard[17]; 17. (DNF) 88-Brandon Blenden[7]; 18. (DNF) 197-Ryan Harrison[15]; 19. (DNF) 83-Bob Auld[16]; 20. (DNF) 67-Brian Thomas[12]; 21. (DNF) 9-CJ Miller[20]; 22. (DNF) 28-Jeff Willingham[24]; 23. (DNF) 10-Terry Gray[25]; 24. (DNF) 43-Terry Witherspoon[9]; 25. (DNF) C5-Scott Craft[19]