PURSLEY PURSUES PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER, LEADS WITH 182 ENTERING OCTOBER
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (October 3, 2023)………Thus far, Daison Pursley has passed more cars and advanced through the field more often than any other driver throughout the 2023 USAC National season, placing him right at the top of the ProSource Passing Master standings.
The Locust Grove, Okla. native has passed a combined total of 182 cars total between his full-time duties on the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship trails.
That’s 39 more than his nearest competitor, Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), with a total of 10 USAC National events remaining on the 2023 season (six midget, three sprint and one Silver Crown).
The single season record for feature passes made in a single USAC National season came in 2021 when Justin Grant accumulated 236.
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.
Next up for Pursley and company is this Saturday night, October 7, with the running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway, paying $20,000-to-win. A $10,000 bonus is also on the line for any driver outside the top-12 in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings.
Pits open at 3pm Eastern with the grandstands opening at 5pm, the drivers meeting at 5:15pm and cars on track at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. General admission tickets are $35, kids 7-12 are $7 and children 6 and under are free.
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2023 USAC PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINT STANDINGS
(As of October 3, 2023)
1. 182-Daison Pursley
2. 143-Logan Seavey
3. 113-Justin Grant
4. 112-Emerson Axsom
5. 106-Shane Cottle
6. 105-Matt Westfall
7. 100-Robert Ballou
8. 92-Brady Bacon
9. 90-Chase Stockon
10. 78-Mitchel Moles
11. 73-Kevin Thomas Jr.
12. 66-Kyle Cummins
13. 62-Carson Garrett & C.J. Leary
15. 58-Thomas Meseraull
16. 57-Jacob Denney & Gavin Miller
18. 52-Jake Andreotti, Hayden Reinbold & Bryant Wiedeman
21. 50-Taylor Ferns & Jake Swanson
23. 49-Kaylee Bryson
24. 47-Jadon Rogers
25. 45-Ryan Timms
26. 43-Wayne Johnson
27. 39-Joey Amantea & Taylor Reimer
29. 38-Cannon McIntosh
30. 37-Jerry Coons Jr.
31. 36-Jade Avedisian
32. 34-Travis Welpott
33. 33-Tanner Thorson
34. 30-Chance Crum
35. 28-Mario Clouser
36. 26-Trey Burke & Chase McDermand
38. 25-Briggs Danner
39. 22-Brent Beauchamp & Kody Swanson
41. 21-Gregg Cory & Bryan Gossel
43. 20-Max Adams
44. 18-Tyler Courtney
45. 17-Dave Berkheimer
46. 16-Russ Gamester & Brandon Mattox
48. 15-Alex Bright, Casey Buckman, Mike McVetta & Ethan Mitchell
52. 14-Bobby Santos
53. 13-Shane Cockrum & Daniel Whitley
55. 11-Jesse Love
56. 10-Derek Bischak
57. 9-Patrick Bruns, Xavier Doney, Davey Hamilton Jr. & Carmen Perigo
61. 8-Cole Bodine, Chris Fetter & Tyler Roahrig
64. 7-Dakoda Armstrong, Nathan Byrd, Eddie Tafoya Jr. & Ryan Thomas
68. 6-Steve Buckwalter, Charles Davis Jr., Ivan Glotzbach, Nathan Moore, Kyle O'Gara, Steven Russell & Brady Short
75. 5-Mark Smith, Kyle Steffens & Billy Wease
78. 4-Sterling Cling, Chris Urish & Korey Weyant
81. 3-Mariah Ede, Danny Long, Travis Millar, Tom Paterson & Brent Yarnal
86. 2-Mark Bitner, Chase Dietz, Dallas Hewitt, Davey Ray & Brian Ruhlman
91. 1-Brenham Crouch, Ava Gropp, Matt Mitchell, Kyle Robbins & Dalton Stevens