Briggs Danner rebounded from a late-race disappointment at Grandview Speedway to win the second round of the USAC Yokohama Tire Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine on Wednesday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey. The victory was Danner’s third USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship win of the season, his second career Eastern Storm feature victory and the 10th win of his career. Danner had been denied victory Tuesday at Grandview when he made contact with Kyle Cummins coming to the white flag and spun out.
At Bridgeport, Danner started sixth, set the fastest qualifying lap at 15.244 seconds and passed Robert Ballou for the lead on lap nine of the 30-lap feature. He led the rest of the race and the final 22 laps. Mitchel Moles finished second, Brady Bacon was third, Chase Stockon came home fourth and Justin Grant took fifth.
Stockon earned hard-charger honors after moving from 12th to fourth. Danner’s win gave him 10 career victories and moved him into a tie for 54th on the series all-time win list. The Eastern Storm was scheduled to continue June 18 at Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
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