Thursday, July 25, 2013

Mahaney Defends Home Turf at I-88

Mike Mahaney took advantage of the second starting spot in Wednesday night's "Crazy Eights Special" at I-88 Speedway and after getting an early jump on pole-sitter Danny Johnson, led every lap en route to the $6,888 victory.

Mahaney may have led every lap, but the win didn't come easy. Mahaney had to hold off a late-race charge by Matt Sheppard to pick up the high-profile victory. The win was Mahaney's 4th of the season, and third at I-88. Here's how the top-5 rounded out...

I-88 Speedway (48 laps $6,888 to win)
1st 21 Mike Mahaney
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 21 Shaun Walker
4th 66 Danny Johnson
5th 16x Danny Creeden

There were 44 modifieds in attendance at I-88 Speedway, as the trend solid mid-week car counts continued.

This was Brett Deyo's first promoted race at I-88 since the inaugural Short Track Supernationals event back in 2006.

Tim McCreadie ran into problems with the Vinnie Salerno machine after qualifying and picked up a ride aboard the Sherlock Motorsports #10 for the feature after Billy VanInwegen failed to qualify.

Mike Ricci entered the event in Rich Ricci's back-up car.

Deyo's next promotion will be the August 6th "Battle of the Bullring" at Accord Speedway.

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