Butcher Goes Back-to-Back in Sunshine State 200 with Dominant Performance

On By Reid ScottIn Pavement, Super Late Models

March 24, 2025

Pensacola, FL — No one could stop Cole Butcher in this year’s Sunshine State 200 at Five Flags Speedway, not even a late race caution.

The Canadian wheelman dominated the ASA STARS National Tour event en route to his second consecutive victory in the Sunshine State 200.

The race started with Carson Brown’s Anthony Campi Racing machine in control of the field, but a penalty for not pitting in time during a stage break virtually ended Brown’s winning hopes, handing the lead to Butcher.

Butcher’s cruise to victory suffered a slight speed bump when a late race caution flag flew for a Nicholas Naugle spin. It was all for not though, as Butcher held off a hard-charging Jake Garcia to secure the win.

Garcia made a late race charge through the top five to secure the runner-up position, with Matt Craig rounding out the podium in third.

For Butcher, the win was a testament to Wilson Motorsports’s blistering pace so far through the first two events of the ASA STARS National Tour season.

“I just can’t thank my Wilson Motorsports team enough,” said Butcher. “Yesterday, we struggled a little bit. We found our issue after practice and here we are again.”

“I cannot thank the 35 [of Garcia], the 54 [of Craig], everybody enough for racing me clean. That was a butt-kicking.”

ASA STARS Sunshine State 200 Results

  1. Cole Butcher
  2. Jake Garcia
  3. Matthew Craig
  4. Stephen Nasse
  5. Colby Howard
  6. Gavan Boschele
  7. Kyle Steckly
  8. Kaden Honeycutt
  9. Bubba Pollard
  10. Jake Finch
  11. Dawson Sutton
  12. Derek Thorn
  13. George Phillips
  14. Connor Okrzesik
  15. Jackson Boone
  16. Austin Nason
  17. Chase Pinsonneault
  18. Conner Jones
  19. Jacob Gomes
  20. Derek Kraus
  21. Dustin Smith
  22. Johnny Sauter
  23. Nicholas Naugle
  24. Spencer Davis
  25. Buddy Shepherd
  26. Carson Brown
  27. Kasey Kleyn
  28. Ty Fredrickson

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