Story By: OPEN WHEEL SHOWDOWN – LAS VEGAS, NV – New York’s Dave Danzer headed west to Las Vegas and took home the jackpot.
Danzer captured the Open Wheel Showdown feature win in the Speed Tour Supermodifieds worth $5,000. The 2023 Oswego Classic winner prevailed in a wild 30-lap feature.
The Speed Tour had a ten-car inversion which saw fast-time qualifier Danzer and weekend long contender Davey Hamilton start on the fifth-row.
Hamilton advanced into the lead by lap 11. A pair of hard crashes on both ends of the track stopped the action, but the drivers involved were uninjured.
Hamilton separated himself from Danzer by a few car lengths before tangling briefly with a lapped car. The contact caused damage that stuck Hamilton’s throttle open, sending him barreling into the turn three wall and onto his side for a caution on lap 24.
Danzer inherited the lead and paced the final six circuits for the coveted win followed by Canadian Jim White and Colorado’s Cris Muhler rounding out the podium.
Supermodifieds
Rick On 360! Open Wheel Showdown Feature (40 Laps): 1. 52-Dave Danzer[11]; 2. 5K-Jim White[7]; 3. 95-Cris Muhler[8]; 4. 2-Richie Castor Jr[1]; 5. 32-Nathan Byrd[4]; 6. 4-Cody Castor[14]; 7. 3R-Ricky Otts; 8. 2A-Randy Anderson[3]; 9. 3-Matt Elliott[16]; 10. 1-Davey Hamilton Sr[10]; 11. 10-Austin Carter[6]; 12. 4U-Ken Hamilton[15]; 13. 19-Art McCarthy Jr[2]; 14. 7B-Jim Birges; 15. 36-Bobby Dalton[9]; 16. 17-Kyle Vanderpool[12]; 17. 5-Dave Adamson[17]
Risk On 360! Open Wheel Showdown Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 52-Dave Danzer, 00:11.997[16]; 2. 1-Davey Hamilton Sr, 00:12.093[17]; 3. 36-Bobby Dalton, 00:12.432[15]; 4. 95-Cris Muhler, 00:12.684[13]; 5. 5K-Jim White, 00:12.843[14]; 6. 10-Austin Carter, 00:12.983[10]; 7. 7B-Jim Birges, 00:13.042; 8. 32-Nathan Byrd, 00:13.327[3]; 9. 2A-Randy Anderson, 00:13.351[11]; 10. 19-Art McCarthy Jr, 00:13.372[8]; 11. 5-Dave Adamson, 00:13.466[5]; 12. 2-Richie Castor Jr, 00:13.525[6]; 13. 17-Kyle Vanderpool, 00:13.869[2]; 14. 3-Matt Elliott, 00:14.093[9]; 15. 4-Cody Castor, 00:14.169[7]; 16. 4U-Ken Hamilton, 00:14.649[1]; 17. (DNS) 3U-Bryan Shafer; 18. (DNS) 7-Shane Vanderpool; 19. (DNS) 91-Bryan Warf
Risk On 360! Open Wheel Showdown Practice 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Bobby Dalton, 00:12.270; 2. 91-Bryan Warf, 00:12.311[10]; 3. 52-Dave Danzer, 00:12.483[5]; 4. 95-Cris Muhler, 00:12.901; 5. 10-Austin Carter, 00:13.143[3]; 6. 19-Art McCarthy Jr, 00:13.302[7]; 7. 5K-Jim White, 00:13.398; 8. 1-Davey Hamilton Sr, 00:13.450[6]; 9. 4-Cody Castor, 00:13.564; 10. 7B-Jim Birges, 00:13.686[2]; 11. 2A-Randy Anderson, 00:13.696; 12. 2-Richie Castor Jr, 00:13.738[4]; 13. 5-Dave Adamson, 00:13.943[1]; 14. 32-Nathan Byrd, 00:14.060; 15. 17-Kyle Vanderpool, 00:14.141[9]; 16. 3-Matt Elliott, 00:14.541; 17. 3R-Ricky Otts, 00:15.230[8]