Jake Swanson won the round-two USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National feature at Volusia Speedway Park — the 30-lap Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals finale of Winter Dirt Games XVII — taking the lead on lap six after starting third (an initial pass of C.J. Leary was briefly negated by a caution) and leading to the checkered flag. He lapped 10 cars, built a multi-second advantage by lap 15 and finished 6.951 seconds ahead in 3:26.025. Swanson earned the Little Gator trophy, a $12,000 winner’s purse, the Clean Air Award for leading 25 laps and posted the fastest Dirt Draft Hot Laps time.

Logan Seavey finished second, claimed the Big Gator trophy and — according to one report — secured his second career DIRTcar Nationals championship. Seavey remained the USAC AMSOIL points leader after Volusia with 151 points to Swanson’s 147. Seavey had won round one at Volusia, running green-to-checkered and setting a new USAC track record for the 25-lap distance in 8:10.705.

Kevin Thomas Jr. finished third in the round-two feature, Justin Grant was fourth and Briggs Danner fifth. Brady Bacon charged from 18th to finish sixth, earning Hard Charger recognition and the event lead in passing master points. Heat winners reported for the weekend included Kevin Thomas Jr., Kyle Cummins and Briggs Danner.

Reports differ on some timing and qualifying details: accounts conflict over the LearnLab fast qualifier (one credited Kevin Thomas Jr., another credited Jake Swanson) and one report listed C.J. Leary with the fastest hot lap. Swanson, 32, who competes as both driver and car owner, recorded his second USAC victory of the season; some sources describe that as two wins in the opening two races, but outlets vary in their reporting.

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