ELDON, Mo. — Just when you think Corey Day has done enough mind-blowing tricks behind the wheel of a sprint car, the teenage sensation pulls out something even more stunning.
The 18-year-old native of Clovis, Calif., has been the single most talked about factor in the sport this month.
Two weeks ago, he topped arguably the strongest field of the year in a Knoxville Nationals tune-up against the World of Outlaws. Last week, he banked almost $80,000 with a sensational drive at Skagit Speedway’s Dirt Cup.
Day kept things rolling when Kubota High Limit Racing rolled into Lake Ozark Speedway on Wednesday night.
The Jason Meyers Racing, Driven2SaveLives No. 14bc team immediately fell behind the eight ball with a broken rear end during qualifying leaving them without a timed lap. Forced to start dead last in the heat race, Day drove from 11th-to-fourth in eight laps to transfer into the A-Main.
His performance was only just beginning at this point. Starting from 15th in the 35-lap A-Main, Day passed a whopping 14 cars in the opening 14 laps to take the lead.
Once in control, Day refused to lose. Putting on a clinic across the final 22 laps, he dominated all the way to the checkered flag with a 2.577-second margin of victory.
The $20,000 Midweek Money Series win now makes Corey Day the highest-earning sprint car driver of the season. It was his fifth High Limit win of the season and his seventh overall victory.
Justin Peck and Buch Motorsports matched their season-best effort with a second-place outing after leading laps 12-13. It’s their fifth podium of the year with Kubota High Limit Racing as they sit only 63 points away from the fifth.
Spencer Bayston and CJB Motorsports rounded out the podium.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[15]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[11]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson[10]; 7. 83-James McFadden[16]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller[22]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[20]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[12]; 13. 8-Cory Eliason[8]; 14. 2MD-Cap Henry[25]; 15. 24-Rico Abreu[13]; 16. 2KS-Chase Randall[7]; 17. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[19]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne[21]; 19. 77-Jack Wagner[14]; 20. 26-Zeb Wise[18]; 21. 16T-Cole Macedo[1]; 22. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 23. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg[24]; 24. 55-Chris Windom[17]; 25. 55V-Kerry Madsen[23]
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