Just some notes from the action on the track at the NEW BDR Friday night....It was a SBM/URC 2 divisions show and the fans LOVE these 2 division shows as the place was PACKED with fans....The feature race action for both divisions didn't disappoint....In the URC race, 16yr old David Gavel from Ct. was AWESOME, he just checked out, only to later be DQ'd for a rules infraction....This gave the win to the 2nd car that went under the checkered flag, Jason Clauss in the #08, he also was fast all night....It was Clauss's 2nd career URC win at BDR I believe....Becca Anderson was putting on a show in her black #17, she was rim riding the top of the raceway on her way to 2nd place, the fans LOVED IT....Curt Michael gets the "never quit" award of the night....In his heat, the 5G just wasn't up to snuff, in the consi he breaks, he then uses a provisional to start the feature....Man was he on a mission, charging his way to the front, WITHOUT a front wing, IMPRESSIVE to say the least, bring home a 3rd place finish....31 URC sprints filled the pits, and it was GREAT to see some winged sprint cars back at BDR, hoping they return in '09.
The sbm feature had some INCREDIBLE racing once again....Ray Swinehart seemed to have them all covered in hisyellow #33, but with about 5 laps to go, from the grandstands, yo could see there was something wrong with the rear in the #33, about 2 laps later, it broke, ending Swinehart's run for his first win of the season at BDR, the #33 was plenty fast enough to get the job done....Jeff Strunk took the checkered flag and brought home win #2 for the #126 team at BDR....Folks, one of the most INCREDIBLE races I've seen all year took place last night....There was a 3 car battle going on for 2nd place last night that showed what dirt track is all about, the players were Mike Nicholas, Craig Von Dohren and Duane Howard....There 3 guys put a show on that had the crowd on their feet....I'm talking side by side racing, spots being shuffled EVERY LAP, sprint car style slide jobs being thrown, it was AWESOME, all of it clean, NO CONTACT....Mike Nicholas finally took the spot, with CVD 3rd, Howard 4th, and Pauch Jr took 5th....It was fan pleasing to say the least....Jordan Umbenhauer made his first start in a 358 sbm last night, driving his dad's red #19 (the spts were off, they'll be running at BDR tomorrow night, along with the rr's and lmtd late models)....Jordan won the consi and brought home a very respectable 13th place finsih, GOOD JOB by Jordan....A new entrant was at BDR making his first start of the year, it was the red #20 of Eric Kocher, he looked decent in warm ups, but then was a scratch for the rest of the night with mechanical problems....Two guys missing last night from the sbm field that have been at every show up until last nights, Terry Meitzler and Sean Merkel....Word has it Meitzler blew the motor the previous week and could be out of action at BDR till around Coal Cracker time....As for the #118, no "official" word as to why the MIA, but a bad crash at Gview last week and some mid week racing this week, COULD have been a factor the #118 wasn't in the pits.
Right now at BDR there is an issue going on with the race track surface, mostly, for the heat race action....As the new clay in turn 1 and going into 2, just doesn't want to knit properly, as it seems to just peel up every week and make it pretty rough and tumble for heat race action....Come feature time though, the track, it seems, to be VERY GOOD, as the racing has been OUTSTANDING come feature time....Even last night winner Jeff Strunk in VL commented that the surface was AWESOME for the feature, gave some props to the track crew for making it that way, but he also mentioned that it was rough at the start (heats) but widened out and was AWESOME for the feature....It's the tale of 2 tracks every week it seems at BDR, the bad one for the heats, the great one for the feature....Hopefully help will be sought out and it will be better for the heats, and remain AWESOME for the feature, only time will tell.
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