Justin Brooks, Chase Williamson win at Pocono | Ultimate Summer Showdown

The third round of the NASCAR Heat 5 Ultimate Summer Showdown at Pocono Raceway concluded on Thursday night with Justin Brooks and Chase Williamson taking victories in their respective console races.

Each race was a total of 20 laps with one pit stop needed to make it to the end. Caution periods played a factor into both races, but ultimately, the fastest cars to start the night wound up on top by the end of it.

Both winners won a NASCAR Racing Experience voucher and solidify their places in the Championship Round at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

XBOX: BROOKS BESTS BUTTAFUOCO AT POCONO

In the Xbox field, it was another classic match up between Brooks and Buttafuoco. Daniel Buttafuoco took the lead just after halfway in the 20 lap event, but pole sitter Brooks saved his stuff and regained the lead four laps later, winning his second race of the Showdown.

With both Brooks and Buttafuoco locked into the Atlanta championship race already, the three advancing drivers from the Xbox race came from lower down the results. Normally a PlayStation driver, Maxwell Castro pulled double duty and it paid off with a playoff berth after finishing third. His Ganassi Gaming teammate on the Xbox side, Luis Zaiter, was also already locked in, so Chase Williamson in fifth place got the next lock in.

Finally, sixth-place finisher Tim Moore already double locked the last time out at Texas, so the final nod went to Elijah White in seventh. Essentially, the Top 7 finishers at Pocono will go up against Jeff Noe (third at Texas) and Cody Giles (third at Darlington). The remaining spots for Atlanta’s title bout will be filled by open qualifiers that start at midnight following the Pocono event.

Xbox Results
Finish	Name	Gamertag	Car	Start	Laps Led	Behind
1	Justin Brooks	mrTRACKBAR33	37	1	16	0
2	Daniel Buttafuoco	LuckyDog385	13	3	4	0.2855
3	Maxwell Castro	TrnLftGoFast	1	5	0	1.2789
4	Luis Zaiter	CGM x Rose	42	2	0	2.8235
5	Chase Williamson	Ityobrochase	22	6	0	3.6181
6	Tim Moore	Word Burton	77	14	0	4.3878
7	Elijah White	TheAviator1024	12	9	0	4.5844
8	Nick Walker	wowTHATSgarbage	11	4	0	5.3596
9	Josh Taylor	Amour Smoke	41	7	0	5.4414
10	Jordan Bane	Baner95888	19	10	0	6.3397
11	DJ Stanger	Ncarracing64	10	18	0	7.8513
12	Ryan Clark	ll Ry Bread ll	2	12	0	7.9356
13	John Freeman	JCRMcLovin55	7	11	0	8.9256
14	Drew Jewah	DrewLMAO	14	16	0	9.1821
15	Tyler Dohar	JRM Dohar88	88	19	0	9.5899
16	Jeff Noe	STOUT WHISKEY	66	24	0	11.3799
17	Sean Anderson	SeanForLife	32	23	0	11.7308
18	Dakota Long	KFB18	18	17	0	13.4857
19	Konner Cordes	DR BUSCHHHH	3	20	0	15.263
20	Jeremy Nobles	MB1day RockyTop	17	22	0	16.1151
21	Ryan Thierrien	Ol TwEeDeR29	4	8	0	16.6199
22	Tyler Glass	Tglass19	9	21	0	18.1749
23	Mitchell Kelley	tac3233	24	13	0	24.2254
24	Jordan Dworaczyk	JWOWisBACK	6	15	0	31.2723

PS4: FUEL MILEAGE PLAYS INTO CHASE WILLIAMSON’S HAND

With only 20 laps on the board, it wouldn’t take but a single caution at the right time to ensure making it on fast to the end of the race. Unfortunately, that caution came slightly early. Those who opted for a pit stop managed to luck into the right strategy, though, as the race stayed green for the rest of the time and those who could go the distance ended up with the best result.

Chase Williamson started on the pole position and led the opening laps, but an early yellow changed the complexion of the rest of the race. Some opted for the track position and stayed out, hoping for another caution or two, others pitted but didn’t think they had the chance to making it on fuel. Williamson and Tim Moore started saving from the drop of the second green, and it paid off for the two at the end.

Josh Harbin, Brennan Soderlund, Jordan Dworaczyk and Mathew Montgomery traded leading throughout the midsection of the race, but all wound up having to pit. The lead eventually cycled to Tim Moore, but Williamson was right behind. Williamson took back control and held on to win his first race of the showdown, locking his place in the PS4 title round finally after three events.

With Moore and Thomas Cohick already locked in, Matt Smith and Owen Bridges claimed the final two spots for Atlanta before the public gets a chance at making it through open qualifiers. The Top 5 at Pocono plus Joey Stone (winner at Texas), Josh Harbin (winner at Darlington), Joe West (third at Darlington) and Maxwell Castro (second at Texas) will all be locked in ahead of time.

PS4 Results
Finish	Name	Gamertag	Car	Start	Laps Led	Behind
1	Chase Williamson	Itsyourbrochase	22	1	6	0
2	Tim Moore	WordBurton	77	3	1	0.2093
3	Thomas Cohick	JCR_Clashin04	12	9	0	5.8382
4	Matt Smith	FlashNine	21	5	0	6.5355
5	Owen Bridges	NukaBobQuantum	17	18	0	9.7937
6	John Freeman	JCR_McLovin_Rcn	7	10	0	10.8813
7	Chris Perkey	ThatManPerkey	2	12	0	11.2951
8	Stephen Yavorski	FRR_BADFASMARLEY	78	8	0	14.5276
9	Daniel Basse	DBdabest20	8	16	0	15.8089
10	Mike Braas	MikeRPM44	44	14	0	17.6345
11	Maxwell Castro	MaxBoost27	1	2	0	18.6873
12	Brennen Soderlund	BBS_Brennen20	20	6	2	27.9765
13	Mathew Montgomery	Coach-Mat	10	13	5	28.0979
14	Nathan Scott	barinate02	4	11	0	32.9443
15	Brett Russell	KD35700	3	7	0	33.129
16	Josh Harbin	ThAbEaR_95	95	4	5	35.7363
17	Jordan Dworaczyk	JCR_JWOWisBACK	6	15	1	36.1383
18	Jose Ruiz	Jose_720_	9	18	0	36.6593
19	George Taylor	racehead8	34	17	0	43.4984
20	Scott Brown	JCR_Scottyb8833_	14	DNS
21	Billy Holcombe	Bholcombe_FTR	48	DNS
22	Isaac Smallwood	ColaMotorsports	38	DNS
23	Joe Gornick	JRM_Gornick7	88	DNS

As mentioned before, the final round of open qualifiers are open to the public as of midnight following the Pocono event. Stay tuned to Traxion as we’ll be bringing all the coverage from the Ultimate Summer Showdown as it happens. 

Here are the six drivers that will compete for the championship at Atlanta in a few weeks! Atlanta registration and qualifiers open at midnight!#UltimateSummerShowdown pic.twitter.com/nQ0bT6J815

— NASCAR Heat (@NASCARHeat) July 2, 2021

2021 ULTIMATE SUMMER SHOWDOWN OPEN QUALIFIERS SCHEDULE  

Darlington Raceway: April 30, 2021 (12:01 a.m. ET) – May 6, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET)  

Texas Motor Speedway: May 21, 2021 (12:01 a.m. ET) – May 27, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET)  

Pocono Raceway: June 11, 2021 (12:01 a.m. ET) – June 17, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET)  

Atlanta Motor Speedway: July 2, 2021 (12:01 a.m. ET) – July 8, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET)  

2021 ULTIMATE SUMMER SHOWDOWN RACE SCHEDULE  

Darlington Raceway: 20th May 1, 8 pm ET, 55 Laps (+2 Pace Laps)  

Texas Motor Speedway: 10th June, 8 pm ET, 60 Laps (+2 Pace Laps)  

Pocono Raceway: 1st July, 8 pm ET, 20 Laps (+2 Pace Laps)  

Atlanta Motor Speedway: 22nd July, 8 pm ET, 60 Laps (+2 Pace Laps)  

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