On Thursday, May 1, 2025, the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas roared to life under the lights as Kubota High Limit Racing kicked off the second annual Stockyard Stampede, its expanded two-night sprint car extravaganza held during NASCAR\u2019s May weekend. Twenty-eight of the series\u2019 top 410\u2011winged sprint car pilots tackled the fast\u2011dry half\u2011mile oval, battling for the first $10,000-to-win feature of the season. Myerstown, Pennsylvania\u2019s Brent Marks emerged triumphant, leading flag-to-flag to claim victory in front of a packed grandstand and a live-stream audience on FloRacing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marks wasted no time stamping his authority on the 25\u2011lap feature. Starting from the pole, he paced the field through a series of early\u2011race restarts\u2014one of which saw him narrowly evade a charging Brad Sweet\u2014and navigated a sea of lap traffic in the closing circuits. Despite encountering heavy turbulence through slower cars, he expertly balanced aggression with precision, consistently hitting the optimal line into turns one and two to maintain the lead cushion. Behind him, Sweet and Sam Hafertepe Jr. mounted persistent challenges, but none could wrest control of the top spot from Marks once he clicked off the opening lap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This triumph marked Marks\u2019s first High Limit Racing victory of the 2025 season and extended his personal mastery at Fort Worth\u2019s dirt surface\u2014his third win in just five career starts at the track. The victory also netted the No.\u202f19 Murray\u2011Marks Motorsports team its first Casm Safety Products Win Sticker of the year and delivered Marks into Whiskey Myers Victory Lane for the fourth time under the High Limit banner. With this repeat success, Marks has firmly planted himself as a title contender as the series embarks on its mid\u2011season stretch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chasing Marks to the checkered flag was reigning series champion Brad Sweet, who settled for second after a hard\u2011fought duel and a Lap\u202f9 restart attempt that fell just 1.420 seconds short of the lead. Sweet\u2019s runner\u2011up effort represented his sixth podium in seven High Limit features, and he sported a special gold\u2011trimmed livery honoring 100 years of NAPA Auto Parts. Local favorite Sam Hafertepe Jr., racing on the heels of a successful World of Outlaws campaign this year, rounded out the podium in third\u2014becoming one of only three non\u2011full\u2011time entrants to crack a sprint car podium across both series in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the feature, a full complement of preliminaries and special\u2011award sessions added drama to the night. Aaron Reutzel topped Hot Laps with a blistering 13.699\u2011second effort and secured QuickTime honors at 13.197\u202fseconds. Heat wins went to Tyler\u202fCourtney (Heat\u202f1), Brad Sweet (Heat\u202f2), and Sam Hafertepe Jr. (Heat\u202f3), while Brent Marks triumphed in the FK\u202fRod Ends Dash. Aaron Reutzel also captured the Winters Performance B\u2011Main, and Marks logged the Jake\u2019s Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award at 13.102\u202fseconds. Tanner Thorson charged from 22nd to 10th to claim the Rod End Supply Hard Charger accolade, and Marks alone led all 25 feature laps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With night one in the books, High Limit Racing shifts gears for the second leg of the Stockyard Stampede at Texas Motor Speedway this Saturday, May\u202f3. Fans can expect more flat\u2011out winged sprint car action under the floodlights, with tickets available through the track box office and full live coverage returning on FloRacing. The weekend\u2019s combined karting and NASCAR festivities promise a memorable motorsport showcase for racing enthusiasts of all stripes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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