KOKOMO, IN – Justin Peck’s streak of bad luck finally came to an end on Tuesday night with a win at the Kokomo Speedway in the High Limit Racing Series. Peck won $26,023 for his triumph, his first since January in Florida.
Peck started third, behind Corey Day and Kyle Larson. Day and Larson raced away early, while Peck put together solid laps to keep pace.
Larson got around Day on lap eight to take the lead in traffic. Peck did the same on lap 16.
Peck continued to chase Larson for the top spot as they diced in and out of three- and four-wide lapped cars.
His moment came on lap 26, when Larson bounced off the outside wall in turn two after hopping the cushion. Peck bolted away.
He faced one more challenge from Larson and the rest of the field when the caution flag flew with 33 laps complete for a spin by Dylan Norris.
Peck was up to the task. He kept Larson behind him for the final two laps to earn a much-needed victory.
Larson finished in second, followed by Rico Abreu in third. Day finished fourth, followed by Cole Macedo in fifth.
RACE RESULTS (8/1/23)
D2SL A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[7]; 4. 7BC-Corey Day[1]; 5. 21T-Cole Macedo[6]; 6. 39M-Justin Sanders[5]; 7. 21H-Brady Bacon[12]; 8. 2MD-Cap Henry[8]; 9. 24S-Logan Seavey[13]; 10. 9P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 11. 11-Cory Eliason[18]; 12. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[4]; 13. 71-Anthony Macri[21]; 14. 17AU-Jamie Veal[17]; 15. 9-Chase Randall[9]; 16. 5R-Byron Reed[20]; 17. 50YR-JJ Hickle[15]; 18. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[22]; 19. 71X-Shane Stewart[16]; 20. 55B-Jake Swanson[19]; 21. (DNF) 19-Dylan Norris[24]; 22. (DNF) 19W-Trent Pigdon[23]; 23. (DNF) 26-Zeb Wise[10]; 24. (DNF) 5T-Ryan Timms[14]
Kahne Screen Print B Feature (10 Laps): 1. 71-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[4]; 3. 19W-Trent Pigdon[6]; 4. 19-Dylan Norris[8]; 5. 7N-Darin Naida[5]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[10]; 7. 77-Geoff Dodge[9]; 8. 16THH-Kevin Newton[2]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris[7]; 10. (DNS) 28M-Conner Morrell; 11. (DNS) 3J-Dusty Zomer
Sanders Eng Dash (7 Laps): 1. 7BC-Corey Day[2]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 5. 39M-Justin Sanders[7]; 6. 21T-Cole Macedo[5]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 8. 2MD-Cap Henry[8]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39M-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[1]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[6]; 4. 24S-Logan Seavey[3]; 5. 17AU-Jamie Veal[5]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 7. 19W-Trent Pigdon[7]; 8. (DNF) 3J-Dusty Zomer[4]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 2MD-Cap Henry[2]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 4. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 5. 11-Cory Eliason[4]; 6. 47BC-Emerson Axsom[7]; 7. 37-Bryce Norris[8]; 8. 16THH-Kevin Newton[6]
Sunoco Race Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[2]; 3. 9P-Parker Price Miller[3]; 4. 50YR-JJ Hickle[4]; 5. 55B-Jake Swanson[5]; 6. 7N-Darin Naida[8]; 7. 19-Dylan Norris[6]; 8. (DNF) 99-Skylar Gee[7]
BR Motorpsorts Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Corey Day[1]; 2. 21T-Cole Macedo[2]; 3. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 4. 71X-Shane Stewart[4]; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 6. 71-Anthony Macri[5]; 7. 77-Geoff Dodge[7]
Qualifying: 1. 13-Justin Peck, 00:10.927[28]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:10.993[30]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.005[4]; 4. 7BC-Corey Day, 00:11.053[1]; 5. 39M-Justin Sanders, 00:11.140[17]; 6. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:11.164[22]; 7. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:11.175[23]; 8. 21T-Cole Macedo, 00:11.183[9]; 9. 24S-Logan Seavey, 00:11.226[12]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:11.242[24]; 11. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:11.248[5]; 12. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:11.287[7]; 13. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.290[20]; 14. 11-Cory Eliason, 00:11.313[10]; 15. 50YR-JJ Hickle, 00:11.371[29]; 16. 71X-Shane Stewart, 00:11.377[16]; 17. 17AU-Jamie Veal, 00:11.394[21]; 18. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:11.415[25]; 19. 55B-Jake Swanson, 00:11.425[2]; 20. 71-Anthony Macri, 00:11.442[3]; 21. 9-Chase Randall, 00:11.455[13]; 22. 16THH-Kevin Newton, 00:11.523[15]; 23. 19-Dylan Norris, 00:11.530[6]; 24. 5R-Byron Reed, 00:11.544[19]; 25. 19W-Trent Pigdon, 00:11.567[26]; 26. 47BC-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.582[8]; 27. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.589[11]; 28. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:11.636[14]; 29. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.756[27]; 30. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:11.938[18]; 31. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:12.184[31]
