Herbert Duels His Way To URSS Win at Dodge City.

 

Despite chilly and windy conditions, those who braved the elements where treated to a whale of a race.  Track conditions where fast, smooth and tacky, which made for some good old fashioned petal to the metal feature which kept the fans on their feet.

 

Leading the field the green flag was Dodge City’s Keefe Hemel and Brian Herbert who started their battle for the drop of the green. Following closely was Brandon Fisher, Kris Miller and Nick King rounding out the top five. Herbert was in Hemel’s tire tracks as they made lap after lap. The top five stayed the same as by lap six the leaders started to come up on lap traffic. Herbert tried to use lapped cars as picks but Hemel kept the lead as the pair continued to dice their way through the field.

 

Back in the pack Taylor Velasquez, Ray Seemann and Darren Bowman put on a show battled for the 7^th through 9^th spots. The positions swapped back and forth lap after lap as the trio exchanged positions, but at the flag stand Velasquez prevailed to hold on to the 7^th spot.

 

Herbert continued to mirror Hemel as they battled lap traffic until lap 13 when Herbert took the top spot away from Hemel. Herbert continued to keep Hemel at bay until lap 18 when Hemel got by Herbert on the back stretch, but it was to be short lived as Kris Moore spun in turn three giving the lead back to Herbert. On the restart, the pair stayed glued together until lap 19 when Herbert bicycled in turn one but saved it as Hemel drove around Herbert to claim the top spot. Herbert got a run down the back stretch and dove under Hemel in turn three to take the spot away for good.

 

After the white flag fell for the leaders, Darren Bowman made contact with another car and took a wild ride in turn one catch fence to bring out the red flag. Bowman was taken to a local Hospital to be checked out and was released according to information from the Bowman Racing Team. Herbert took the win with Hemel, Fisher, Miller and King rounding out the top five.

 

The “Weld Racing Wheels Hard Charger Award” went to Mike Woodruff who came from his 12^th place starting position to finish in 7^th for the evening.

 

Heat race winners were Darren Bowman, Brian Herbert and Ray Seemann.

 

A-Main

1-Brian Herbert (97), 2-Keefe Hemel (11), 3-Brandon Fisher (14), 4-Kris Miller (33),

5-Taylor Velasquez (21), 6-Nick King (83), 7-Mike Woodruff (83X), 8-Ray  Seemann (72), 9-Darren Bowman (9B), 10-Taylor Milton (91X), 11- John Colbert (79C), 12- Smokey Fairbank (2) 13- Steve Dalton (12D), 14- Kris Moore (49), 15-Justin Chaffin (69),

C J Johnson (45X) DNS, Ty Williams (1X) DNS