**Gavin Chatham's Stunning Charge Steals the Show in Charlotte Opener** Aiden Forster controlled the feature from wire to wire at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, leading 22 laps to secure the Round 1 victory. But the real story belonged to Gavin Chatham, who launched from P20 and muscled his way to the podium in third place — a relentless +17 position gain that defined this opener. Chatham's climb through traffic was the narrative thread that ran through the entire feature. While Forster managed the lead and Aiden W Stull ran a steady second, Chatham was surgical in his passing, working through the field with the kind of aggression that sprint car racing demands on dirt. By the time the checkered flag dropped, he'd worked his way into third and announced himself as a threat moving forward. Forster's command was clean and efficient — no drama, no second-guessing. Stull backed him up for the entire distance. The heat races had sorted three different winners across Larry Moody, Ashton Mealer, and Aiden W Stull, while Noah Bowman2 and Shane Yost were victorious in consolation competition. Tanner Pettit earned pole position honors in qualifying but didn't carry that momentum into the feature