It was a time when child passengers in a car didn’t wear a seatbelt, a carseat, what? The likes of Keke Rosberg and Barry Sheene were fêted for having a crafty smoke on the grid. It was a time when riding a bike without a helmet was de facto. It was a time where I was unknowingly consuming carcinogenic sweets. For me one was happening at a time when Star Wars and Matchbox were ruling my world. Some have resulted in crushed empires and industrial progress, some have been much smaller and only affect those with specific interests. (DNF) M1-Dave Marcuccilli 26.Through the annals of time there have been many revolutions. crossed the finish line fifth.įeature (60 Laps): 1. Mat Williamson finished fourth and Tim Sears Jr. Peter Britten fought his way back to third with five laps remaining, finishing there to round out the night’s podium. But all in all, it was a good run for us for running one night a week. We just restarted and were able to hang on for second. I think we had something for Matt if yellow didn’t come out. But we raced good in the Heat Race, got in a redraw spot…our car came on the last 25-30 laps. “Our car was really good tonight,” Sears Jr. Ultimately, his charge would end after passing Phelps, crossing the finish line second.
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He passed Phelps with seven laps to go, leaving onlookers eager to see if the local driver could continue his intrepid charge and pull off an incredible upset over the night’s leader with little time to do so.Īn unexpected third caution was thrown with two laps remaining, giving the Clay, N.Y., native one more shot at catching Sheppard. With 10 laps to go, he had charged up seven positions to third.
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Tom Sears Jr., uncle of full-time Series driver Tim Sears Jr., started 10th and steadily climb his way through the field, putting his experience and familiarity of the track to work. Phelps won the battle and remained there until a local favorite made a late race advance, resulting in an attention-grabbing finish. He again remained unscathed, and the battle was now for second place between Britten and Phelps. All in all, it just worked out for us tonight.”Īfter coming away unaffected from the first caution thrown on lap 11, Sheppard faced his second challenge on lap 26 when the second caution was thrown. We have a lot of laps around this place in the past. “Our car was definitely good enough, I guess. (Turn) one and two, I didn’t really feel comfortable anywhere on the racetrack, so I just stuck to the top most of the race. I felt pretty good no matter where I ran. “I moved down off the top and down into the middle. “I felt pretty comfortable in (Turns) three and four,” Sheppard said. He was smooth in turn three and four, but found he had to take an adjusted approach for turn one and two. Sheppard knocked lap after lap off the counter, giving his competition almost no openings to challenge him. He navigated his way through the field and into third behind Britten and Sheppard. Heinke-Baldwin Racing driver Jimmy Phelps, fresh off his Feature win at Weedsport, wanted a piece of the action as well. Adam Pierson contended with him for the first 15 laps but was passed by Brisbane, Queensland native Peter Britten. When the feature commenced, he jumped out in front of his competitors to quickly take the lead. 2 of SummerFAST at Brewerton Speedway Tuesday, leading all 60 laps for his fourth Super DIRTcar Series win this year.įortune seemed to be in his favor after a second-place finish in his heat race followed by pulling the pole position on the redraw. Matt Sheppard left the first night of SummerFAST at Weedsport Speedway Monday night wanting more.
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