CLEWISTON, Fla. — Mark Smith battled from fourth starting position to his first victory of the season with the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour during Saturday night’s 30-lap Snow-Free Sprint Car Winter Nationals at Hendry County Speedway.
Smith chased early race leader, 14-year-old Oklahoman Ryan Timms, who had earlier won the dash and the second heat, taking the lead midway through the feature.
Smith then pulled away to a comfortable margin for the win. Timms chased Smith across the finish line in second place.
Greg Wilson came home third, ahead of Connor Leoffler and Paulie Colagiovanni.
Friday night winner Todd Gracey was sixth.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. M1-Mark Smith [4]; 2. 5T-Ryan Timms [1]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 4. 22-Connor Leoffler [6]; 5. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [7]; 6. 3-Todd Gracey [5]; 7. 44-Chris Martin [13]; 8. 28F-Davie Franek [10]; 9. 83-Mark Ruel Jr. [16]; 10. 10-Terry Gray [8]; 11. 1X-Brent Crews [17]; 12. 18J-RJ Jacobs [9]; 13. 88N-Frank Neill [11]; 14. 43-Terry Witherspoon [18]; 15. 7C-Phil Gressman [20]; 16. 28-Jeff Willingham [19]; 17. 26-Jeff Bye [21]; 18. (DNF) 14R-Sean Rayhall [12]; 19. (DNF) 4-Danny Smith [15]; 20. (DNF) 14B-Brett Wright [2]; 21. (DNF) 3M-Dennis Misuraca [14].