BRADENTON, Fla. — Jett Noland made a late-race pass of Johnny Sauter and drove to the biggest victory of his career on Saturday night at Freedom Factory.
Noland banked $30,000 for winning the Bill Bigley Sr. Memorial 128 on the three-eighths-mile track. The event was broadcast by SPEED SPORT affiliate PitRow.tv.
Noland grabbed the lead from Sauter following the final green flag of the race and controlled the final 17 laps, beating Sauter to the finish by .536 seconds in the event that was sanctioned by the SRL National Tour.
Jeremy Doss finished third, with last year’s Bigley Memorial winner, Michael Atwell, fourth.
Anthony Sergi rounded out the top five.
Doss earned an extra $4,000 as the fast qualifier.
The finish:
Jett Noland, Johnny Sauter, Jeremy Doss, Michael Atwell, Anthony Sergi, Derek Kraus, Michael Hinde, Luke Fenhaus, Ty Majeski, Stephen Nasse, Johnathan Guy, Paul Shafer Jr., Nick Neri, Tim Sozio, Steve Dorer, Dylan Bigley, Tony Elrod, Dave Farrington, Granger Perra, Jared Irvan, Jeff Storm, Jesse Dutilly, T.J. Decaire, Daniel Webster, Albert Francis, Derek Griffith, Colin Allman, Chad Rutherford, Cody Krucker.