ATLANTA — Davie Franek from Wantage, New Jersey, claimed the USCS Winter Heat Series presented by Engler Machine and Tool Championship for the 12-race kickoff to the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder campaign.
Franek used two stops in the USCS Victory Lane to his advantage. He won races at Henry County Motorsports Park in Florida and North Alabama Speedway.
Franek was consistent during all 10 races that were completed as he had eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes along the way to his first USCS Winter Heat Series title.
Defending United Sprint Car Series national champion and 2015 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Danny Smith finished in the second position in the mini-series standings.
Smith was followed by 13-time USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour champion and Terry Gray, who will be inducted into the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in June.
Johnny Bridges followed Gray in fourth place in the standings after competing in all 10 events.
Jeff Willingham rounded out the top five in the Winter Heat standings.
All five of those drivers were awarded money from the Dirt2Media-sponsored point fund.
picked up that previously mentioned second USCS Winter Heat 2022 victory in Round 11. In the USCS Winter Heat mini-series finale on Sunday, March 20th, the 2013 USCS National Champion, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas captured his 64th United Sprint Car Series victory.
Seventy-one different sprint car drivers from 19 states, plus the countries of Australia, Canada, and England competed in the 10 events.
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