CRARY, N.D. (June 7, 2017) – Casey Mack picked up his first win of the 2017 season Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway after getting upside down in his heat race. Seventeen Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints were checked for the first of four appearances at the high-banked quarter-mile dirt oval.
Jade Hastings grabbed the early race lead over his front row starting counterpart, Zach Wilde, on the opening lap. Hastings jumped out to a comfortable lead early on as Austin Pierce moved into the second spot.
Mack, who started in 15th, cracked the top 10 by lap five before making his way into the top five around the halfway point.
As Hastings entered lapped traffic, Pierce erased the gap as the race for the lead was on. With 15 to go, Pierce took the lead down the back straightaway.
In the closing laps, a caution regrouped the field and put Hastings and Mack right behind Pierce. On the restart, Mack used the bottom to maneuver a three wide pass for the lead, advancing from third to first in one set of corners.
Despite one final restart and a malfunctioning nose wing, Mack held on to take the win over Pierce, Wilde, Nick Omdahl, and Hastings.
The NOSA Sprints will be back in action this weekend with two complete shows. Friday the series will be at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks before heading to Jamestown Speedway for their first appearance since 2014.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 8-Casey Mack, [15]; 2. 2A-Austin Pierce, [4]; 3. 6-Zach Wilde, [1]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl, [6]; 5. 8H-Jade Hastings, [2]; 6. 26-Blake Egeland, [14]; 7. 31-Shane Roemeling, [12]; 8. 20A-Jordan Adams, [5]; 9. 7-Trent Stengl, [10]; 10. 99-Jordan Graham, [9]; 11. 4M-Cale Mack, [13]; 12. 35-Brenden Wilde, [11]; 13. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [17]; 14. (DNF) 91M-Jackson Moffett, [8]; 15. (DNF) 24-Jon Sorenson, [16]; 16. (DNF) 10TRB-Robert Martin, [3]; 17. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland, [7]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 0-Nick Omdahl, [4]; 2. 14-Tom Egeland, [1]; 3. 20A-Jordan Adams, [8]; 4. 91M-Jackson Moffett, [2]; 5. 7-Trent Stengl, [3]; 6. 35-Brenden Wilde, [6]; 7. 26-Blake Egeland, [7]; 8. (DNF) 8-Casey Mack, [5]; 9. (DNF) 12-Brayden Pengilly, [9]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2A-Austin Pierce, [2]; 2. 10TRB-Robert Martin, [4]; 3. 8H-Jade Hastings, [6]; 4. 6-Zach Wilde, [7]; 5. 99-Jordan Graham, [3]; 6. 31-Shane Roemeling, [5]; 7. 4M-Cale Mack, [8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Jon Sorenson, [1]