ROSSBURG, Ohio — Daison Pursley took the lead on lap 10 of 25 and drove away from the field to win the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series feature at the 42nd running of the 4-Crown Nationals Saturday night at Eldora Speedway.
The victory gave the CB Industries Toyota driver a sweep of the weekend’s two midget races at Eldora. Pursley also won Saturday night’s USAC Sprint Car event.
The victory is Pursley’s seventh USAC national midget feature win of the season and his 16th career national midget feature win. Â
The win also marks CB Industries sixth triumph in their last seven series starts at the track.
The race was marred by a first-lap incident that saw eight cars involved, including Pursley’s leading rival in the series, fellow Toyota driver Cannon McIntosh, who got collected in the first turn incident after starting the race fifth.
On the restart, Logan Seavey took the early lead with Pursley moving into second on lap two and he immediately began to set his sights on the leader.
Finally, on lap 10 Pursley would slide Seavey in turn one and eventually clear him on the high line in turn three. Once he claimed the top spot, Pursley would immediately begin to pull away from the field.
By lap 18, he had stretched his lead out to 6.785 seconds on the half-mile oval, roughly a full straightaway, only to see a caution flag wave to bunch the field back together.
On the restart, Pursley would quickly pick up where he left off, stretching out a 1.285-second lead in the next three laps. Behind him, Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota driver Ryan Timms would overtake Seavey for second on lap 23.Â
Pursley would go on to take the checkered flag 4.775 seconds ahead of Timms.
Seavey, Kevin Thomas Jr. and Chris Windom completed the top five.
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2024
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake (#97K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Daison Pursley (#86 CBI), 3. Zach Daum (#17 O’Dell), 4. Briggs Danner (#98 Schneider), 5. Justin Grant (#2 RMS), 6. Thomas Meseraull (#7x Engler), 7. Luke Hall (#74 Heitmeyer), 8. Michael Smith (#76 Savage). 2:30.196
ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus), 2. Cannon McIntosh (#71K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Drake Edwards (#3p Petty), 4. Chris Windom (#89x CBI), 5. Gavin Miller (#97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 6. Kyle Jones (#27x Joyner), 7. Kayla Roell (#4K Roell). NT
T.J. FORGED / CAR IQ THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#14 4 Kings), 2. Ryan Timms (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood), 4. Jade Avedisian (#71 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Jacob Denney (#25 Malloy), 6. Zach Wigal (#89 CBI). 2:33.755
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Daison Pursley (6), 2. Ryan Timms (20), 3. Logan Seavey (2), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 5. Chris Windom (10), 6. Zach Daum (3), 7. Justin Grant (9), 8. Jacob Denney (4), 9. Drake Edwards (17), 10. Gavin Miller (11), 11. Jade Avedisian (15), 12. Briggs Danner (13), 13. Hayden Reinbold (12), 14. Michael Smith (18), 15. Luke Hall (21), 16. Thomas Meseraull (16), 17. Zach Wigal (1), 18. Cannon McIntosh (5), 19. Kale Drake (8), 20. Kyle Jones (14), 21. Kayla Roell (19).