Briggs Danner, an Allentown, Pa., native, won the Justin Owen Memorial presented by Tempstar at Lawrenceburg Speedway, taking the 30-lap feature for the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series on the three-eighths-mile Lawrenceburg oval. Danner started fifth, seized the lead just before the midway point and rode the rim to the checkered flag, leading laps 13 through 30 and earning the Clean Air award. He held off multiple late restarts, including repeated challenges from Kyle Cummins, to secure the victory.

The win was Danner’s first in the USAC AMSOIL series this season and his second at Lawrenceburg; it was the eighth national sprint car victory of his career, tying him with Mike Bliss, Chet Fillip, Johnny Rutherford, Joe Saldana and Jake Swanson for 62nd on the series’ all-time wins list. Kyle Cummins led the opening 12 laps and finished second, retaining the national points lead at 527 points after the race. Justin Grant finished third.

Danner posted the second-fastest qualifying lap at 14.223 seconds, while C.J. Leary was the LearnLab fast qualifier at 14.210. The Lawrenceburg program also featured a flipped semifinal by Kyle Shipley and Hard Charger honors for David Gasper, who advanced from 23rd to 14th.

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