Jake Swanson Thunders To USAC Eastern Storm Victory At Grandview Speedway
Jake Swanson Thunders To USAC Eastern Storm Victory At Grandview Speedway
Jake Swanson continued his stellar season by winning Tuesday's USAC Eastern Storm opener for USAC Sprints at Grandview Speedway.
Bechtelsville, Penn. -- Right now, Jake Swanson is on a roll unlike he’s ever experienced in sprint car racing.
And it’s led him straight to the top of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship point standings for the first time in his career.
Swanson (Anaheim, Calif.) led all 40 laps of Tuesday night’s Jesse Hockett Classic at Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway, fighting off a furious charge by Emerson Axsom during the final laps of the opening round of USAC Eastern Storm.
For Swanson, it’s now his third USAC National Sprint Car victory in his last four starts, and his sixth consecutive result on the podium, with three wins, a pair of seconds and a third to his credit during that time frame in his Team AZ Racing/Apache Transport – Stratis Construction – USW Cat Construction/DRC/1-Way Chevy.
Swanson is now in the driver’s seat as the early point leader of the six-race Eastern Storm series and stands atop the overall USAC National Sprint Car standings by a single point over Kyle Cummins.
USAC Sprint Cars at Grandview Speedway Highlights
VIDEO: Watch highlights from the USAC Eastern Storm opener at Grandview Speedway.
Winning Quote From Jake Swanson
“I can get used to this; this is pretty unreal. I’m just so pumped to be able to win USAC National Sprint Car races. We’ve worked really, really hard for this, and it feels good to be able to go anywhere and be in the hunt. As long as we do our jobs and everyone pulls together, we’re always going to be there and in position, and if the cards fall right, they fall right, and that’s what they did tonight.”
USAC National Sprint Car Series At Grandview Speedway Results
1. Jake Swanson (1)
2. Emerson Axsom (7)
3. Robert Ballou (10)
4. Timmy Buckwalter (12)
5. Kyle Cummins (6)
6. Daison Pursley (17)
7. Thomas Meseraull (2)
8. Shane Cottle (15)
9. Chase Stockon (4)
10. Alex Bright (22)
11. Steven Drevicki (8)
12. Carson Garrett (18)
13. Matt Mitchell (11)
14. Brady Bacon (16)
15. C.J. Leary (13)
16. Justin Grant (5)
17. Mitchel Moles (9)
18. Anton Hernandez (20)
19. Briggs Danner (3)
20. Max Adams (23-P)
21. Logan Seavey (19)
22. Matt Westfall (14)
23. Charles Davis Jr. (24-P)
24. Bobby Butler (21)
USAC National Sprint Car Standings
With his second straight win on Tuesday night, Jake Swanson leaps from third all the way to the top of the USAC National Sprint Car point standings. Swanson now leads Kyle Cummins by just one point entering Round 2 of USAC Eastern Storm Wednesday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park.
Full USAC Sprints Points Standings
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