PURSLEY PASSES 145 TO LEAD USAC PROSOURCE PASSING POINTS INTO AUGUST
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (August 4, 2023)………In terms of passing cars, no one has done that better throughout the 2023 USAC National season thus far than Daison Pursley.
The Locust Grove, Okla. native has passed a combined total of 145 cars between his efforts with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. That has Pursley atop the ProSource Passing Master standings.
Wildly enough, Pursley’s 145 spots advanced are a full 61 more positions advanced than his closest competition, Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) at 84.
Astonishingly, Pursley achieved this feat in a mere 38 races. By comparison, 2022 Passing Master champion Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) had accumulated just 79 passes in his first 38 events of that season.
ProSource, of Grand Saline, Texas, has posted a $2,500 year-end reward to the USAC nationally licensed driver who passes the most total cars during feature events throughout USAC’s 2023 National season.
The bonus payday awaits the driver who advances the most positions combined between USAC’s Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget divisions.
The 2023 season marks the fourth year of ProSource’s Passing Master championship. Chris Windom captured the inaugural edition in 2020. Justin Grant has claimed the honor in each of the past two seasons in 2021 and 2022.
2023 USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER STANDINGS:
(As of August 4, 2023)
1. 145-Daison Pursley
2. 84-Logan Seavey
3. 81-Robert Ballou & Shane Cottle
5. 79-Matt Westfall
6. 77-Brady Bacon
7. 70-Justin Grant
8. 64-Emerson Axsom
9. 63-Chase Stockon
10. 51-Carson Garrett & C.J. Leary
12. 49-Kevin Thomas Jr.
13. 46-Mitchel Moles
14. 42-Kyle Cummins
15. 41-Jake Swanson
16. 39-Bryant Wiedeman
17. 38-Joey Amantea, Jacob Denney & Gavin Miller
20. 37-Thomas Meseraull
21. 31-Jadon Rogers
22. 30-Taylor Reimer
23. 29-Kaylee Bryson
24. 28-Cannon McIntosh
25. 27-Ryan Timms
26. 26-Mario Clouser
27. 25-Jerry Coons Jr. & Travis Welpott
29. 24-Hayden Reinbold
30. 23-Jake Andreotti
31. 22-Brent Beauchamp
32. 21-Gregg Cory & Tanner Thorson
34. 20-Max Adams & Jade Avedisian
36. 18-Chase McDermand
37. 17-Taylor Ferns
38. 16-Trey Burke & Bryan Gossel
40. 15-Alex Bright & Wayne Johnson
42. 14-Chance Crum, Brandon Mattox & Mike McVetta
45. 11-Jesse Love
46. 9-Dave Berkheimer, Xavier Doney & Kody Swanson
49. 8-Tyler Roahrig
50. 6-Derek Bischak, Casey Buckman, Steve Buckwalter, Shane Cockrum, Briggs Danner, Charles Davis Jr., Ivan Glotzbach & Kyle O'Gara
58. 5-Patrick Bruns, Ethan Mitchell, Carmen Perigo, Mark Smith, Kyle Steffens & Billy Wease
64. 4-Dakoda Armstrong, Sterling Cling, Davey Hamilton Jr. & Bobby Santos
68. 3-Travis Millar, Eddie Tafoya Jr. & Brent Yarnal
71. 2-Mark Bitner, Nathan Byrd, Mariah Ede, Dallas Hewitt & Brady Short
76. 1-Brenham Crouch, Chase Dietz, Ava Gropp, Danny Long, Matt Mitchell, Dalton Stevens & Ryan Thomas