Sweet Tops Kahne In KKR High Limit Battle
Written by I Dig Sports
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. For the second week in a row, a Kasey Kahne Racing 1-2 finish led the way with Kubota High Limit Racing.
Like last time, it was Brad Sweets No. 49 taking the win over bossman Kasey Kahnes No. 9 extending the wait for what is the much-anticipated first-career national sprint car win for the popular Kahne.
The big difference this time was that Kahne controlled his own destiny and led the opening 10 laps before Sweet pounced on his team owner in lap traffic at Central Arizona Raceways Avanti Duel in the Desert.
Ultimately, Sweet led the final 15 laps and survived a slight scare in the closing laps as traffic allowed Kahne to narrow the margin of victory down to 0.384 seconds.
The win marked Sweets 12th overall trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane, tying him with Rico Abreu as the winningest driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history.
It was his second win of the season, putting him alongside Aaron Reutzel as the only repeat winners through six races.
Kahne matched his career-best runner-up result from a week ago with another second-place finish in the Kahne Screen Print, HendrickCars.com No. 9.
Rounding out the podium was Tyler Courtney aboard his Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 7bc.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 2. 9-Kasey Kahne[1]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[8]; 6. 26-Justin Peck[6]; 7. 21P-Robbie Price[2]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[7]; 9. 13-Daison Pursley[9]; 10. 14-Spencer Bayston[14]; 11. 21-Tanner Holmes[11]; 12. 88-Tanner Thorson[21]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 14. 5-Brenham Crouch[10]; 15. 7-Ashton Torgerson[24]; 16. 9R-Chase Randall[13]; 17. 19T-Colby Thornhill[18]; 18. 73-Ryan Bernal[19]; 19. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[22]; 20. 10-Dominic Gorden[16]; 21. 34-Sterling Cling[17]; 22. 17GP-Landon Crawley[23]; 23. 88W-Austin McCarl[12]; 24. 42-Sye Lynch[20]