{"id":2910,"date":"2022-10-04T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:56:23","slug":"what-to-watch-for-xtreme-outlaw-sprint-cars-continues-championship-battle-at-atomic-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/nonwingsprints\/what-to-watch-for-xtreme-outlaw-sprint-cars-continues-championship-battle-at-atomic-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Cars continue championship battle at Atomic Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"
The inaugural championship season for the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Car Series presented by Low-E Insulation makes its penultimate stop of the season at Atomic Speedway, Oct. 7-8.<\/p>\n
The doubleheader weekend will give one driver the chance to walk away with $11,000 between the two days with Friday\u2019s Feature paying $5,000 to win and Saturday\u2019s paying $6,000 to win.<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll also mark the Series\u2019 debut at the 3\/8-mile track and its debut in Ohio.<\/p>\n
With four races left this season, and the championship battle down to 26 points between Shane Cockrum and Alex Bright, the two races at Atomic Speedway could help set up an epic championship conclusion for the Texas Non-Wing Nationals at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, Oct. 28-29.<\/p>\n
Here are the top storylines to follow this weekend:<\/em><\/p>\n POINTS CHASE:<\/strong> The inaugural championship battle for the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Car Series is building toward to potential thrilling conclusion as the top three get closer every race. Shane Cockrum, of Benton, IL, currently holds a 26-point lead over Alex Bright and a 53-point lead over Jake Swanson, of Anaheim, CA.<\/p>\n While Cockrum has been consistent this season, finishing outside the top 10 only once, he\u2019s yet to win with the Xtreme Outlaw Series. Bright has one victory (at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55), and Swanson currently holds a season high three wins \u2013 recently sweeping the Series\u2019 last doubleheader in Illinois.<\/p>\n No matter who claims the title at the end of the season it will be their first national Sprint Car title.<\/p>\n And if they\u2019re not careful, Matt Westfall is sitting fourth in points (-87 points behind Cockrum), entering his home territory at Atomic.<\/p>\n SWANSON\u2019S SWEEP: <\/strong>Jake Swanson is currently the winningest driver on the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Car Series tour, having won the last three straight events. His first Series win came at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in June. Then, he won back-to-back events at the beginning of September at Jacksonville Speedway and Spoon River Speedway.<\/p>\n Those three victories helped propel him into the championship battle. And with his win at Spoon River, he\u2019s currently the only driver on tour with a Series win at a 3\/8-mile track.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll look to transfer that momentum to the doubleheader at Atomic to try and conquer the 3\/8-mile Ohio track for the first time.<\/p>\n HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: <\/strong>Of the championship contenders, Matt Westfall, of Pleasant Hill, OH, has the most experience at Atomic Speedway. He is the two-time and defending Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series champion and has three victories at Atomic \u2013 most recently in 2019.<\/p>\n He finished third against the Buckeye Outlaws at Atomic last year and earlier this year finished 11th there with the USAC Sprint Car National tour.<\/p>\n PROVEN WINNERS: <\/strong>When the USAC Sprint Cars visited Atomic Speedway earlier this year, Brady Bacon, of Broken Arrow, OK, emerged the victor. He has one victory with the Xtreme Outlaw Series this season at Lake Ozark Speedway.<\/p>\n Isaac Chapple, of Wilkinson, IN, who has run five races with the Xtreme Outlaw Series this season, is the latest Buckeye Outlaw Sprint winner at Atomic. He earned his first victory at the track last year.<\/p>\n Justin Grant, of Ione, CA, is a two-time winner at Atomic \u2013 one in a Non-Wing Sprint Car and the other in a Winged-Sprint Car. His Non-Wing victory came in 2011 with the Buckeye Outlaw Sprints. He\u2019s still searching for his first Xtreme Outlaw Series victory.<\/p>\n If you can\u2019t make it to the track, you can watch every lap live on DIRTVision \u2013 either at DIRTVision.com or by downloading the DIRTVision App<\/a>.<\/p>\n AROUND THE CORNER:<\/strong> The Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Car Series presented by Low-E Insulation will conclude its inaugural championship season at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway for the Texas Non-Wing Nationals, Oct. 28-29.<\/p>\n 2022 XTREME OUTLAW SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n No. \/ Day, Date \/ Track \/ Location \/ Winner (Total Wins)<\/strong><\/p>\n The inaugural championship season for the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Car Series presented by Low-E Insulation makes its penultimate stop of the season at Atomic Speedway, Oct. 7-8. The doubleheader weekend will give one driver the chance to walk away with $11,000 between the two days with Friday\u2019s Feature paying $5,000 to win and Saturday\u2019s paying … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[133,96,127,225,137,128,134,104],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nonwingsprints","tag-alex-bright","tag-atomic-speedway","tag-brady-bacon","tag-isaac-chapple","tag-jake-swanson","tag-justin-grant","tag-matt-westfall","tag-shane-cockrum","infinite-scroll-item"],"yoast_head":"\n\n