(PENSACOLA, FLORIDA) – A busy practice day on Saturday at Five Flags Speedway has the stars of the ASA STARS National Tour ready for tomorrow’s Sunshine State 200. 29 drivers have presented cars this weekend for the second race of the 2024 ASA STARS National Tour schedule.
Connor Okrzesik led the final practice over Canadian driver Cole Butcher. The final round of practice proved to be costly for some drivers as Jett Noland, who was second in the Clyde Hart Memorial 200 at New Smyrna in February crashed in the final round of practice. Also, Rookie driver Jo Lawrence had a late practice crash that ended the final practice.
Dawson Sutton led the first two rounds of practice and showed the best overall consistency by being at the top of the charts in two rounds. Only Jett Noland, Stephen Nasse, and Austin Nason were in the top five in two of the three rounds.
Sutton had the best lap of the day when he ran a 16.578 in the first practice. The rookie from Lebanon, Tennessee has been fast all weekend and hopes to keep things rolling tomorrow afternoon.
The ASA STARS National Tour Sunshine State 200 will go green tomorrow at 3 pm CT. Qualifying will take place at high noon central time in the Pensacola sun. Fans at Five Flags Speedway will have an autograph session at 1:30 pm ahead of the 3 pm green flag start. Tickets are still available and those who can’t be there can log on to TrackTv.com to subscribe and watch the action live.
Final Practice Top Five
Connor Okrzesik 16.827
Cole Butcher 16.837
Austin Nason 16.857
Stephen Nasse 16.894
Michael Atwell 16.913
Practice Two Top Five
Dawson Sutton 16.728
Austin Nason 16.833
Jett Noland 16.912
Michael Hinde 16.916
Timothy Watson 16.927
Practice One Top Five
Dawson Sutton 16.578
Casey Roderick 16.624
Stephen Nasse 16.671
Jett Noland 16.709
Jacob Gomes 16.731