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Briscoe Bags BOSS Bucks at Fremont

The 2018 season got underway last night for the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series with 28 cars on hand. NASCAR XFinity Series driver, Chase Briscoe from Mitchell, Indiana, held off a determined Thomas Meseraull in the closing laps to score his first ever win with the tour.

In the 25 lap feature defending series champion Dustin Smith looked to have things well in control leading the first 19 laps. But he had to check up in heavy lapped traffic and Briscoe and Meseraull to pounce. Following a caution with four laps to go Meseraull drove to Briscoe's outside to take the lead but before the lap could be completed another caution flew handing the lead back to Briscoe. Briscoe did not waste the opportunity and held off Meseraull the final three laps to score the close win, his first ever at Fremont Speedway.

Dustin Smith and Steve Little brought the non-wing BOSS sprint cars to the green for their 25-lap season opener. Smith grabbed the lead over fifth starter Trevor Kobylarz, Briscoe and Meseraull. Carmen Perigo brought out the caution with two laps scored and when the green flew so did Smith, pulling away from Briscoe, Kobylarz and Meseraull. T-Mez took third a lap later as Smith had built a 1.6 second lead over Briscoe.

Smith's lead increased to 2.6 seconds by lap 12 as he prepared to race into heavy lapped traffic. Briscoe and Meseraull began to close and Smith's lead was only .7 seconds when he had to check up for a lapped car on lap 18, nearly spinning as Briscoe and Meseraull sliced through the lapped cars and Smith.

The yellow flag flew on lap 21 for a stopped Paul Dues with Briscoe leading Meseraull, Smith, Kobylarz, Bill Rose and Tyler Gunn. When the green reappeared Meseraull quickly jumped to the cushion to pull along side of Briscoe and took the lead just as the caution flew for a stalled Cody Gardner, handing the top spot back to Briscoe.

Briscoe dropped the hammer on the restart and held off Meseraull the final three laps for the win with Smith, 14th starter Matt Westfall and Rose rounding out the top five.

"That was cool. It's been awhile since I really ran dirt a lot. Today I ran three races. I ran over at Mid-Ohio in a sports car then the winged car and non-wing. It's awesome to get a win in this paint scheme. This is the paint scheme my grandpa always ran and my dad ran. We decided to bring it back this year. I'm excited to call dad and see what he says. I can't say enough about my crew. They worked their tails off all weekend and they have another one tomorrow night. Thanks for all the fans for coming out and I look forward to coming back," Briscoe said.

"When I saw Thomas there I knew he was going to be around the top and I felt as long as I didn't miss the bottom no one was going to pass me so I just kept trying to knock the cushion down as much as I could down there. It's pretty cool battling with T-Mez. He drove my car last year and he still drives it quite a bit. I probably got on it a little too early on that restart but I knew he was going to pass me if I didn't. I hope that was exciting for the fans," Briscoe added beside his Mid-American Salt; Cunningham; Hoosier Tires backed #5.


Fremont Speedway
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Starting position[*]

TCB Speed - Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 2. 21-Carmen Perigo[2] ; 3. 6-Bill Rose[7] ; 4. 12-Ted Hines[3] ; 5. 48-Mike Burkin[1] ; 6. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[6] ; 7. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[5]

Lias Tire - Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 9X-Thomas Meseraull[2] ; 2. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 3. 82-Mike Miller[6] ; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[7] ; 5. 5M-Mike Moore[4] ; 6. 86-Rick Holley[5] ; 7. 5-Bob McMillen[3]

Hoosier Race Tire - Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77-Dustin Smith[1] ; 2. 14K-Trevor Kobylarz[3] ; 3. 41-Cole Ketcham[2] ; 4. 39-Kyle May[4] ; 5. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 6. 87-Paul Dues[7] ; 7. 42-Ty Tilton[6]

All Pro Cylinder Heads - Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5B-Chase Briscoe[6] ; 2. 26-John Watson[1] ; 3. 19-Matt Cooley[7] ; 4. 44-Joe Liguori[2] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 6. 31L-Buddy Lowther[5]

B-Main 1 - (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 9G-Cody Gardner[3] ; 2. 48-Mike Burkin[1] ; 3. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 4. 87-Paul Dues[7] ; 5. 5M-Mike Moore[2] ; 6. 31L-Buddy Lowther[8] ; 7. 86-Rick Holley[6] ; 8. 5-Bob McMillen[10] ; 9. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[9] ; 10. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[5] ; 11. 3-Joe Butera[12]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 5B-Chase Briscoe[7] ; 2. 9X-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 3. 77-Dustin Smith[1] ; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[14] ; 5. 6-Bill Rose[9] ; 6. 14K-Trevor Kobylarz[5] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8] ; 8. 21-Carmen Perigo[6] ; 9. 26-John Watson[3] ; 10. 82-Mike Miller[10] ; 11. 44-Joe Liguori[16] ; 12. 12-Ted Hines[13] ; 13. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 14. 87-Paul Dues[20] ; 15. 48-Mike Burkin[18] ; 16. 19-Matt Cooley[12] ; 17. 41-Cole Ketcham[11] ; 18. 14-Chad Wilson[19] ; 19. 39-Kyle May[15] ; 20. 9G-Cody Gardener[17]

Bonus Award Winners:

Hoosier Tires Bonus (free tire): Chase Briscoe

American Racer Bonus (fre tire): Dustin Smith

The Bridge Restaurant Hard Charger $50: Matt Westfall +10

Cowen Truck Line Steel Block Bonus $50: John Watson

J F Construction Hard Luck Award $50: Thomas Meseraull

Apple Metal Polishing Lucky Pill Draw $50: Carmen Perigo

Horne Performance Motorsports Perseverance Award $50: Matt Cooley

All Star Performance Sweet Move Award $50 Certificate: Dustin Smith

Superior Bearing Bonus Awards $50 Certificates: Matt Cooley and Kyle May