TULARE, Calif. — After a torrid four-car battle and six changes for the top spot, Max Adams emerged victorious at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway Friday night.
Piloting Keith Ford’s No. 73 Triple X, Adams earned his fourth career AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series victory over fast qualifier “The Demon” Damion Gardner, Austin Liggett, Matt Mitchell and “Cody Williams.
Rookie driver Austin Grabowski claimed the night’s In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner Hard Charger Award with 19thh to eighth place run.
Brody Roa, who crossed the finish line in second, was penalized for not going to the scales after the feature.
For the third consecutive race, Gardner claimed the Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award by posting a time of 15.453 over the 21-car roster.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps, with starting positions): 1. Max Adams (5), 2. Damion Gardner (6), 3. Austin Liggett (10), 4. Matt Mitchell (3), 5. Cody Williams (9), 6. Tommy Malcolm (11), 7. Austin Williams (4), 8. Austin Grabowski (19), 9. Chris Gansen (1), 10. Austin Ervine (18), 11. Ikaika O’Brien (17), 12. Verne Sweeney (16), 13. Brody Roa (2), 14. A.J. Bender (7), 15. Tanner Boul (12), 16. Jake Hodges (14), 17. Danny Faria Jr. (8), 18. Kaleb Montgomery (13), 19. Ryan Timmons (20). NT.