Tim Perkins Takes URSS
Win At Minneapolis Raceway
The United Rebel Sprint Series made it’s
debut appearance at the Minneapolis Raceway a memorable one
with yet another first time winner in the 2007 Season.
Parker Colorado driver Tim Perkins took the top prize, but
he had to stave off two challenges in the late laps to hang
on for the win.
Greg Thyfault led the field to the
green in the 25-lap Feature and took the top spot followed
closely by Doug Roth, Perkins, Randy Bantam and Corey
Lutters. Thyfault held the top spot for the first ten
circuits until the leaders started to get into traffic. Roth
and Perkins were closing in on Thyfault when he got caught
behind a slower car and Perkins shot around them to take the
lead on lap twelve.
The lone caution of the night came out
on the following lap for an incident in turn three as Ray
Seeman made contact with another car sending him into the
wall. On the restart, Perkins jumped out to the lead with
Thyfault, Roth, Cory Lutters and Jeff Radcliffe in tow. Back
in the pack, 12th starting Cody Salem was making
a charge through the field, and by lap 15 had made it to the
5th positon closely followed by Justin Schwien
and Smokey Fairbank.
The final five laps were a shootout as
Roth, Radcliffe and Salem all were bunched up and on the
move towards the front with Perkins in their sights.
Radcliffe and Salem battled each other for the third spot,
Roth closed in on Perkins and mounted a late race challenge
for the win but Perkins held on to take the checkers. Roth
took the second spot, while Radcliffe edged Salem by inches
for third and Schwien rounding out the top five.
The Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger”
of the race was Cody Salem who came from his 12th
starting position to finish 4th.
Heat race winners were Corey Lutters
and Ray Seeman.
A-Main –
1-Tim Perkins, 2-Doug Roth, 3-Jeff Radcliffe, 4-Cody Salem,
5-Justin Schwein, 6-Greg Thyfault, 7-Smokey Fairbank,
8-Randy Bantam, 9-Corey Lutters, 10-Ken Lutters, 11-Josh
Fairbank, 12-Bill Hays, 13-Ray Seeman, 14-Paul Flynn, Larry
Radcliffe (DNS)

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