Bacon Recovers From Heat Race Spin to Win Wednesday at Ventura

By T.J. Buffenbarger For the second race in a row Brady Bacon found himself in victory lane on the west coast. Wednesday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature victory during the opener of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway came with far more drama leading into the feature than the previous week at Bakersfield. Bacon overcame a spin in his heat race to pass Dave Darland for the final transfer spot into the main event. From there Bacon passed Troy Rutherford for the lead on lap five and never looked back on his way to the victory. “We just barely squeaked in there during the heat race,” said Bacon in victory lane. “I have to thank the guys on my sprint car team. They didn’t have to bring the car out here (to the west coast).”. With the victory and being near the top of the leader board in practice for the USAC National Midget Car Series Bacon positioned himself as the favorite to possibly win a $50,000 bonus if he can win both the midget and sprint car portions of Thursday’s Turkey Night Grand Prix. Rutherford and Brody Roa on the front row for the [...]