Mann, What a Race! Jett Mann Captures First Career GLSS Win at Butler Saturday
2025-08-20 14:21
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Quincy, MI - The second night of a doubleheader weekend brought some different drivers to the table, hoping to find victory lane with the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP. A mix of championship hopefuls and ringers looking for a win put on an intense show for fans at Butler Motor Speedway.
Alongside Boston Mead, Jett Mann led the field to the green ahead of the 25-lap main event on Saturday night. Mann held off Dustin Daggett and Jared Horstman to lead the opening lap. Mead fought back into third behind Daggett putting Horstman back to fourth ahead of Chase Ridenour.
The first caution flag of the night came out just four laps in when Phil Gressman spun at the bottom of turn one. On the restart, things remained relatively unchanged throughout the field until the halfway mark of the race when the leaders started working through heavy lapped traffic.
On lap 15, Mann missed the bottom entering turn one, opening the door for Daggett to get to his inside. Daggett took the lead down the backstretch and now had the task of navigating lapped traffic. The pass for the lead allowed Boston Mead to work back into the conversation for the top spot.
With eight laps to go, Daggett caught a piece of the tractor tire exiting the turn, which gave Mann a run going into three. Entering the turn, Daggett was taking a big arch to try to get under a lapped car, opening the door for Mann on the extreme bottom. The pair made contact and bumped side-by-side several times until the center of the corner, when Mann was able to drive away, and Daggett spun to the bottom of the track which was the preferred line.
Daggett attempted to hit the spin cycle and drive out of the incident, but with heavy traffic coming into three, officials called a caution which sent the No.85 to the tail, setting up a final restart with less than 10 to go. Mann was able to hold off Mead and Jared Horstman for his first career GLSS Feature victory in just his second start since a vicious crash at I-96 Speedway in June.
The next event for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Friday, August 22nd from Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and Saturday, August 23rd from Buxton Speedway. Fans who can't make the trip can catch the action live on www.GreatLakesSprints.TV.
Max Stambaugh set the Ti22 Performance Quick Time.
Max Stambaugh won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race one.
Dustin Daggett won Beacon & Bridge Market Heat Race two.
Jett Mann won Miami Pain Heat Race three.
Michigan CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 19-Jett Mann[2]; 2. 42-Boston Mead[1]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 4. 38-Chase Ridenour[5]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[6]; 6. 16-Ryan Ruhl[7]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie[9]; 8. X-Mike Keegan[13]; 9. 83-Adam Cruea[11]; 10. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 11. 7C-Phil Gressman[10]; 12. 27K-Zac Broughman[14]; 13. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 14. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[12]; 15. 70-Eli Lakin[16]; 16. 49-Brian Ruhlman[18]; 17. 23B-Charlie Baur[19]; 18. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[21]; 19. 13T-Andy Teunessen[17]; 20. 67-Kevin Martens[20]; 21. 13-Van Gurley Jr[8]