HARTFORD, Ohio — Nate Dussel earned his first NAPA Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions victory Saturday night at Sharon Speedway.
Starting 10th in the feature, Dussel worked his way through traffic with the help of a few cautions and one red flag.
With 17 laps to go, Dussel made his way around Jeremy Weaver, who, until this point, had led every lap of the 35-lap feature. With laps winding down, Dussel pulled away from the field as Brandon Spithaler, A.J. Flick, Cale Thomas and Kalib Henry battled for second through fifth place.
As Spithaler settled into second place, Thomas bided his time and passed Flick for third with three laps to go. With a clear track ahead of the top three, that’s how they’d come to the checkered flag.
“Been doing this for a lot of years. Ran a lot of All Star shows. Ran 19th at a lot of All Star shows,” Dussel said. “It’s a tough group of cars around here. We’ve been really close the last couple of years, and that just made us want it more.”
The finish:
Feature (35 laps): 1-Nate Dussel[10]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 3. 45-Cale Thomas[4]; 4. 2-AJ Flick[3]; 5. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 6. 5W-Jeremy Weaver[2]; 7. 33W-Cap Henry[6]; 8. 38-Leyton Wagner[15]; 9. 20B-Cody Bova[8]; 10. 49X-Zeth Sabo[14]; 11. 3V-Chris Verda[24]; 12. 7NY-Matt Farnham[17]; 13. 47-Todd King[19]; 14. 13-Brandon Matus[16]; 15. 5E-Bobby Elliott[18]; 16. 15C-Chris Andrews[12]; 17. 32B-Jeremy Kornbau[22]; 18. 12DD-Darren Dryden[9]; 19. 46-Michael Bauer[23]; 20. 29-Logan McCandless[7]; 21. 5K-Adam Kekich[20]; 22. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[21]; 23. 11-Carl Bowser[13]; 24. 14-Zane DeVault[11]
