Danny Lasoski executed a last-lap pass in this Schnee Chassis to score the $12,000 top prize during Round 4 of the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown that would aid in his overall series title.
Lasoski is the fourth different driver to win a feature during the inaugural event, which wraps up on Saturday with a $12,000-to-win feature and a $4,000 bonus to the overall champion of the five-race event.
“We’ve got a really good team,” he said. “It may be a bunch of buddies together, but we have a really good team.”
Blaney built a sizeable advantage during the first half of the race despite entering traffic on Lap 8. Meanwhile, Lasoski, who started fifth, began to advance in the running order near the midpoint of the feature.
Lasoski passed Joey Saldana for third place exiting turn two on Lap 15 and he repeated the move in the same spot on McMahan during the ensuing lap. Heavy traffic with approximately 10 laps remaining played to Lasoski’s favor.
Lasoski inched closer to the lead every lap. He remained a couple of car lengths out of the lead when the white flag was waved. However, Blaney was slowed while trying to lap a car in turn one on the final lap.
Lasoski took advantage and the cars exited turn two three wide with Lasoski on the bottom, the lapped car in the middle and Blaney on the outside. Lasoski was first to the bottom groove entering turn three and he slid up to the cushion exiting turn four. Blaney drove off the bottom leaving the final turn, but Lasoski’s momentum gave him a car-length advantage across the finish line.