Paragon Speedway: Chili Bowl Champion Wins No Way Out 40, Eversole Earns a Win in Hornets Division

Paragon, Indiana - March 12, 2023

Sprint Cars

The No Way Out 40 took place at Paragon Speedway, on Saturday, with Logan Seavey taking the top spot early on. As they worked their way through turns one and two and down the back straightaway for the first time, Seavey continued to lead through turn number four. Kevin Thomas Jr. was second, and CJ Leary was third.

Thomas tried to get around Leary, and they battled for second. Seavey pulled away, but then there was an incident in turn number four, causing the caution flag to come out.

After the restart, Seavey led the field to turn one and two, with Brady Bacon running second and Leary third. Matt Westfall battled for fourth position. Seavey continued to pull away, while Leary slid up and down in his position with Bacon. They were side-by-side for the second spot. Westfall looked on and ran in fourth.

Leary eventually took the lead from Seavey, but then came to a stop in turn number two, causing another caution. Seavey continued to lead after the restart, with Bacon in second and Westfall in third. Emerson Axsom moved back into third position.

With 14 laps to go, Seavey and Bacon were battling for the lead. Seavey had it, but Bacon wanted it. They were side-by-side, with Bacon trying to find a way around. They had to clear a lap car and continued to battle.

Seavey eventually extended his lead to 1.3 seconds, then to 1.9 seconds. There was a crash in turn number two, causing another caution. Seavey held on to win the No Way Out 40, with Westfall in second and Bacon in third.

Logan Seavey, from Sutter, California, won the event. The race was exciting with several lead changes and battles for positions all the way to the checkered flags.

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Hornets

Ryan Eversole started in 13th place, but that didn't stop him from winning the A Feature for the Hornets category. Alex Wilson finished second, Owen Cosman third, and Matt Freeman fourth.

Dale Hobbs started in tenth place but advanced to fifth before the end of the race. The top ten finishers were AJ Hobbs, Terry Henderson, Mark Houston, Scott Howe, and Schyler Smith.

Chris Hillman Jr. won the first qualifying round with a time of 00:19.380, followed by Owen Cosman in second place and Matt Freeman in third place. Warren Hopkins won the second round with a time of 00:20.409 seconds, followed by Alex Wilson in second and Corey Prince in third.

Hillman Jr. began first and finished first in Heat 1, followed by Cosman in second and Freeman in third. Wilson won Heat 2, with Hopkins second and Prince third.

The Hornets division put on a thrilling race, with Eversole's remarkable win from 13th place demonstrating the drivers' skill and commitment on the track.

Non-Wing Sprint Cars

A Feature (40 Laps):

1. 2B-Logan Seavey[1]

2. 33M-Matt Westfall[7]

3. 98-Brady Bacon[3

4. 3R-Kyle Cummins[11]

5. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[5]

6. 28-Brandon Mattox[6]

7. 2H-Brian Hayden[14]

8. 5T-Jake Swanson[10]

9. 17GP-Kevin Thomas Jr[2];

0. 44-Geoff Ensign[16]

11. 06-Rylan Gray[18]

12. 04*-Jordan Kinser[21]

13. 09-Clayton Rossmann[13]

14. 10-Aric Gentry[19]

15. 81B-CJ Leary[4]

16. 10G-Gabriel Gilbert[17]

17. 26-Matt Thompson[9]

18. 4J-Jadon Rogers[12]

19. 34-Parker Frederickson[15]

20. 16K-Koby Barksdale[20]

21. 33-Jake Scott[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10G-Gabriel Gilbert[4]; 2. 10-Aric Gentry[1]; 3. 14N-Kevin Newton[3]; 4. 9-Jim Tribby[5]; 5. 1S-Nathan Seale[6]; 6. (DNS) 77FR-Ryan Thomas; 7. (DNS) 21S-Bryar Schroeter; 8. (DNS) 24M-Hunter Maddox

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 06-Rylan Gray[2]; 2. 16K-Koby Barksdale[1]; 3. 04*-Jordan Kinser[3]; 4. 16*-Harley Burns[4]; 5. I1-Ivan Glotzbach[8]; 6. 16-Jackson Slone[5]; 7. 87-Tony Helton[6]; 8. (DNS) 04-AJ Hopkins

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Logan Seavey[2]; 2. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[1]; 3. 26-Matt Thompson[4]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann[3]; 5. 10-Aric Gentry[5]; 6. 14N-Kevin Newton[7]; 7. 9-Jim Tribby[8]; 8. 24M-Hunter Maddox[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17GP-Kevin Thomas Jr[1]; 2. 28-Brandon Mattox[4]; 3. 5T-Jake Swanson[3]; 4. 2H-Brian Hayden[6]; 5. 16K-Koby Barksdale[5]; 6. 04*-Jordan Kinser[7]; 7. 16-Jackson Slone[8]; 8. 04-AJ Hopkins[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Brady Bacon[1]; 2. 33M-Matt Westfall[2]; 3. 3R-Kyle Cummins[3]; 4. 34-Parker Frederickson[6]; 5. 77FR-Ryan Thomas[4]; 6. 10G-Gabriel Gilbert[5]; 7. 1S-Nathan Seale[7]; 8. 21S-Bryar Schroeter[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81B-CJ Leary[1]; 2. 33-Jake Scott[2]; 3. 4J-Jadon Rogers[3]; 4. 44-Geoff Ensign[4]; 5. 06-Rylan Gray[8]; 6. 16*-Harley Burns[5]; 7. 87-Tony Helton[6]; 8. I1-Ivan Glotzbach[7]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 47BC-Emerson Axsom, 00:15.120[3]; 2. 2B-Logan Seavey, 00:15.781[6]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 00:15.813[5]; 4. 26-Matt Thompson, 00:16.097[4]; 5. 10-Aric Gentry, 00:16.098[8]; 6. 24M-Hunter Maddox, 00:16.544[1]; 7. 14N-Kevin Newton, 00:16.710[2]; 8. 9-Jim Tribby, 00:17.469[7]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 17GP-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:14.971[3]; 2. 04-AJ Hopkins, 00:15.097[5]; 3. 5T-Jake Swanson, 00:15.395[6]; 4. 28-Brandon Mattox, 00:15.622[1]; 5. 16K-Koby Barksdale, 00:15.664[2]; 6. 2H-Brian Hayden, 00:15.723[7]; 7. 04*-Jordan Kinser, 00:15.911[4]; 8. 16-Jackson Slone, 00:15.993[8]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 98-Brady Bacon, 00:15.316[8]; 2. 33M-Matt Westfall, 00:15.467[4]; 3. 3R-Kyle Cummins, 00:15.511[7]; 4. 77FR-Ryan Thomas, 00:16.015[6]; 5. 10G-Gabriel Gilbert, 00:16.146[2]; 6. 34-Parker Frederickson, 00:16.533[3]; 7. 1S-Nathan Seale, 00:16.706[5]; 8. 21S-Bryar Schroeter, 00:16.706[1]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 81B-CJ Leary, 00:15.536[7]; 2. 33-Jake Scott, 00:16.070[3]; 3. 4J-Jadon Rogers, 00:16.217[5]; 4. 44-Geoff Ensign, 00:16.282[2]; 5. 16*-Harley Burns, 00:16.385[8]; 6. 87-Tony Helton, 00:17.123[6]; 7. I1-Ivan Glotzbach, 00:17.162[1]; 8. 06-Rylan Gray, 00:17.448[4]

20 entries

HORNETS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 00-Ryan Eversole[13]; 2. 44-Alex Wilson[2]; 3. 0N-Owen Cosman[3]; 4. 90-Matt Freeman[5]; 5. 6H-Dale Hobbs[10]; 6. 9H-AJ Hobbs[7]; 7. 4-Terry Henderson[14]; 8. 81H-Mark Houston[16]; 9. 40H-Scott Howe[18]; 10. 55-Schyler Smith[20]; 11. 11-Chris Hillman Jr[1]; 12. 22H-Sy Hobbs[17]; 13. 39-Abby Stierwalt[8]; 14. 630-Corey Prince[6]; 15. 54-Casey Elliott[9]; 16. 1-Stanley Lane[11]; 17. 88J-Justin Tackett[15]; 18. 19K-Warren Hopkins[4]; 19. (DNS) 89-Deron Freeman; 20. (DNS) 11F-Kemper Freeman

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Chris Hillman Jr[1]; 2. 0N-Owen Cosman[2]; 3. 90-Matt Freeman[3]; 4. 9H-AJ Hobbs[5]; 5. 54-Casey Elliott[4]; 6. 1-Stanley Lane[7]; 7. 00-Ryan Eversole[6]; 8. 88J-Justin Tackett[8]; 9. (DNS) 22H-Sy Hobbs; 10. (DNS) 89-Deron Freeman

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Alex Wilson[2]; 2. 19K-Warren Hopkins[1]; 3. 630-Corey Prince[3]; 4. 39-Abby Stierwalt[6]; 5. 6H-Dale Hobbs[7]; 6. 11F-Kemper Freeman[4]; 7. 4-Terry Henderson[5]; 8. 81H-Mark Houston[9]; 9. 40H-Scott Howe[8]; 10. 55-Schyler Smith[10]

Qualifying 1: 1. 11-Chris Hillman Jr, 00:19.380[5]; 2. 0N-Owen Cosman, 00:19.684[2]; 3. 90-Matt Freeman, 00:20.975[10]; 4. 54-Casey Elliott, 00:21.159[9]; 5. 9H-AJ Hobbs, 00:21.325[4]; 6. 00-Ryan Eversole, 00:21.432[6]; 7. 1-Stanley Lane, 00:22.112[8]; 8. 88J-Justin Tackett, 00:22.232[1]; 9. 89-Deron Freeman, 00:23.715[7]; 10. 22H-Sy Hobbs, 00:23.715[3]

Qualifying 2: 1. 19K-Warren Hopkins, 00:20.409[5]; 2. 44-Alex Wilson, 00:20.524[8]; 3. 630-Corey Prince, 00:20.840[3]; 4. 11F-Kemper Freeman, 00:21.432[7]; 5. 4-Terry Henderson, 00:21.552[9]; 6. 39-Abby Stierwalt, 00:21.621[1]; 7. 6H-Dale Hobbs, 00:21.723[6]; 8. 40H-Scott Howe, 00:22.041[4]; 9. 81H-Mark Houston, 00:22.404[10]; 10. 55-Schyler Smith, 00:23.043[2]

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