Sammy Smith, Garrett Lowe & Isaak Love Lead Winners List for Winter Heat

CONCORD, NC : The penulimate round of the 2018 edition of the Winter Heat on the road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway took place this past Saturday afternoon.

For the second consecutive Legends Semi-Pro feature, Iowa’s Sammy Smith took the win in his #12 Ladyga Motorsports TMC car over Vincent Midas and Carter Weedon.

2013 INEX Legends Young Lions national champion William Byron, returned to his racing roots and battled teammate Dennis Lambert for the Legends Pro feature win over the eight lap distance.  Byron was able to hold off the late charge by Lambert to add a Pro division road course feature win to his resume before he begins his first full-time season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

Isaak Love and Leland Honeyman put on a show for the race win in the Young Lions class before Love made a late race pass to take the win.

The Masters feature was a fight from the drop of the green flag with Cuz Bruce leading the early going.  Carl Cormier battled back from a back of the field starting spot to take the race win away from Bruce and Sean Buffington.

The Bandolero Bandits and Outlaws both ran double features to make up for rainouts earlier in the month.  Garrett Lowe doubled up with two feature wins on the day and made it three in a row going back to his first win last week.  Lowe had to start last after the invert for the second feature, but wasted no time in taking over the race lead.

Lucas Vera cruised in the first Bandits feature race to victory in his Stillwell Racing prepared Bandolero.  Bobby Elder looked like he was on his way to a win in the second feature before a brake issue in the closing laps allowed Jaiden Reyna to catch and pass him late to take the the race win in race number two.

The Winter Heat concludes on Saturday, February 3rd with one more race for each division before the annual INEX awards banquet on Saturday evening.

Race Results – January 27th, 2018 :

Legends – Semi-Pro :

1. Sammy Smith (#12S)
2. Vincent Midas (#14)
3. Carter Weedon (#22)
4. Nate Tretow (#99)
5. Mitchell Hedstrom (#12)
6. Gracie Trotter (#11)
7. Ryan Heim (#18H)
8. Tristen Love (#6)
9. Glenn Korner (#27)
10. Craig Biryla (#08)
11. Ryo Ogata (#14O)
12. Carson Poindexter (#49)
13. Cole Dockery (#01)
14. Ryan Vargas (#22V)
15. Ryan DiMartini (#22D)
16. Zach Helms (#53)
17. Tony Mangini (#1)
18. Wes Burton (#13)

Legends – Young Lion :

1. Isaak Love (#6)
2. Leland Honeyman (#4)
3. Jak Crawford (#52)
4. Will Robusto (#22)
5. Isabella Robusto (#55)
6. Matt Gaudreau (#8M)

Legends – Pro :

1. William Byron (#25)
2. Dennis Lambert (#48)
3. Noah Korner (#31)
4. Sam Mayer (#22)
5. Jordan O’Brien (#140)
6. Nick Sanchez (#98)
7. Kevin Girard, Jr. (#19)

Legends – Master :

1. Carl Cormier (#58)
2. Sean Buffington (#23S)
3. Craig Bruce (#36)
4. Dewayne Holder (#22)
5. Todd Midas (#50)
6. Bob Conner (#9)
7. Jack Green (#13)
8. Sal Jimenez (#02)

Bandolero – Bandits (Race 1) :

1. Lucas Vera (#74)
2. Bobby Elder (#48)
3. Jaiden Reyna (#19)
4. Truett Miranda (#18)
5. Sean Abell (#88)

Bandolero – Outlaws (Race 1) :

1. Garrett Lowe (#6L)
2. Justin Gareis (#53)
3. Santiago Hill (#9)
4. Carson Ramsey (#77)
5. Jadyn Daniels (#24)
6. Cameron Murray (#04)
7. Trevor Wester (#8)
8. Zac Fowler (#5)
9. Emily Hedstrom (#23)
10. Logan Clark (#15)
11. Parker Frazier (#17X)
12. Josh Speas (#54)
13. Caleb Williams (#81)
14. Eric Brown (#99) – DQ

Bandolero – Bandits (Race #2) :

1. Jaiden Reyna (#19)
2. Bobby Elder (#48)
3. Lucas Vera (#74)
4. Sean Abell (#88)
5. Truett Miranda (#18)

Bandolero – Outlaws (Race #2) :

1. Garrett Lowe (#6L)
2. Justin Gareis (#53)
3. Trevor Wester (#8)
4. Santiago Hill (#9)
5. Eric Brown (#99)
6. Carson Ramsey (#77)
7. Zac Fowler (#5)
8. Josh Speas (#54)
9. Jadyn Daniels (#24)
10. Caleb Williams (#81)
11. Logan Clark (#15)
12. Cameron Murray (#04)