2019 USAC Sprints and Midgets at Arizona Speedway

CJ Leary Tops Sprints at Western World Practice

CJ Leary Tops Sprints at Western World Practice

USAC National Sprint point leader C.J. Leary got his weekend off to a hot start with the top speed during Wednesday’s Sprint practice at Arizona Speedway.

Nov 15, 2019
CJ Leary Tops Sprints at Western World Practice

USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader C.J. Leary got his weekend off on the right foot by setting the top lap during Wednesday night’s open practice.

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Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) ripped around the 1/3-mile dirt oval with a top lap of 14.682. That was just less than six-hundredths off the one-lap track record of 14.625 set by Chad Boespflug in 2016. Leary leads Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) by 44 points in the standings entering the weekend’s final two-race set.  Courtney was 4th in practice at 15.175.

Leary’s teammate Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, Mo.) was second at 14.791, while Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.) was third and Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, Ariz.) rounded out the top-five.