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Aero 88 series has a week off so we will have a fun run tonight at a halloween version of rockingham!! Bring your A game and see if you can handle the New double-file restarts and wave arounds are also in effect for the upcoming season.
Server up at 7:30 Eastern
Qualifying at 8:30 Eastern
Thursday Night was a cool night, but the action on the track was hot. First up, the 55’s put on a great show as they showed you can run 3 and 4 wide at The DIRT Track. OGR’s Brian Schilling juped out to an early lead and never looked back winning the first of three features. Next up the 358 Modifieds took to the track for there feature. This one was a dandy as Chad Barcomb led 18 laps before getting into trouble with another car. That left Matt Corliss to take the top spot only to be overtaken by Jim Windrow, who would then go one to capture the Modified feature. The last race of the night and season saw Bill Kring start from the pole. Kring had a great run leading 27 laps before making a mistake on a restart. Corliss slid by to take the lead and lead the remaining 18 for the checkered flag to end the season. Schilling was 2nd, Bruce Phalin 3rd, Newbee Ricky Laduke had a great run in 4th, and Kring ended up 5th. All though the season ended, the Champions were crowned and the celebrating began. Florida native Bruce Phalin in the #13 machine grabbed the points championship in the 55’s and the 358 Modifieds. Phil Loedeman from Kalamazoo Michigan took the title in the Late Models. Congrats to all the drivers for another great DIRTcar season. Be sure to watch the forums for news on the upcoming season 3.
The lights came up on the shortest track of the Indycar Series schedule. As always, the wall coming out of turn two lay in wait for any driver who didn’t remember which end of the track they were at. OGR Outlaw rolled off on the pole but OGR Bama quickly proved he had the track’s number and pulled out a nice lead. ECT Q brought out the first caution of the night when the turn 2 wall jumped out and bit him. With fresh tires and fuel, ‘Bama again pulled out to a comfortable lead. The second and final caution flew outside of the pit window for everyone, or so The leader believed. When the starter gave the “one to go” signal everyone pitted to top off hanging OGR Bama out front alone. With the race going green the rest of the way Bama would be forced into a green flag stop late for fuel handing the race back to OGR Outlaw and putting him a lap down to the leaders. Bama would get back to a podium finish with a 170 mph bump and run on Q in the final turn of the race. OGR Ellie finished second. Next week we’re back to high speed and banking when we visit the Lone Star Stae. Join us for the fun !
