OCALA, Fla. — C.J. Leary timed in quickest general in Sunday’s USAC AMSOIL Dash Automotive Nationwide Championship follow day at Florida’s Ocala Speedway.
Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) turned the highest time of 15.347 seconds through the afternoon session on the three-eighths-mile grime monitor, all of which is in preparation for the beginning of the 2025 season and Winter Dust Video games XVI, which begins on Feb. 10-11 at Volusia Speedway Park and February 12-15 at Ocala Speedway.
For Leary, it was his first outing of the season for the Crew AZ/Curb-Agajanian Racing workforce, which he joined late final 12 months and competed in a pair of USAC CRA Dash Automotive occasions through the Western World Championships. Leary was victorious in the newest USAC Nationwide Dash Automotive occasion at Ocala held in February 2024 for BGE Dougherty Motorsports.
Total, 30 automobiles and 29 drivers took half within the follow. Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.), additionally making his first run for the brand new CB Industries dash automotive workforce, was second general at 15.389. Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Ind.) was third at 15.428 for Petty Efficiency Racing.
In the meantime, Chase Stockon (Fort Department, Ind.) put two automobiles contained in the top-five of the ultimate follow end result. He took fourth within the main Tom & Laurie Sertich experience at 15.492, then rounded out the top-five at 15.621.
The USAC Nationwide Dash Automotive season begins Monday, Feb. 10, at Volusia.
PRACTICE: 1. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Crew AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.347; 2. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-15.389; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.428; 4. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.492; 5. Chase Stockon, 92m, Sertich-15.621; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.695; 7. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.715; 8. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-15.728; 9. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-15.975; 10. Tom Harris, 84, Harris-16.072; 11. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-16.103; 12. John Mollick, 4J, Intelligent-16.149; 13. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-16.180; 14. Kale Drake 2B, 2B Racing-16.183; 15. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.190; 16. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-16.205; 17. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-16.228; 18. Oliver Akard, 32, Akard-16.256; 19. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-16.291; 20. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-16.313; 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Regular-16.362; 22. Kyle Jones, 79, Corridor-16.391; 23. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-16.602; 24. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-16.612; 25. Mike Haggenbottom, 51, Haggenbottom-16.681; 26. Nic Harris, N2, Harris-16.876; 27. Eddie Vancil, 7v, Vancil-17.187; 28. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE-20.265; 29. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-23.293; 30. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-NT.
