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Candor's Fast Eddie White picked up his first Autoworks of Ithaca Sportsmen feature win of the year on Spring Championship Night at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Bret Welch and Larry HIllis brought the field to the green flag with Hillis taking the early lead. White pulled into second place on the first lap and through turns three and four was able to slip by the leader for first spot.
White pulled away to the win with P.J Goodwin finishing second, Hillis held on to third with Jim Howard fourth and Scott Conover fifth.
Jeremy Shaw of Downsville NY solved his early season handling difficulties in a big way in out dueling Chris Fleming to take the checkers in the Hunts Auto Service IMCA Modified feature. K.C. Cole and Fleming battled for the lead in the early stages of the race with Fleming taking the lead by out dragging Cole down the front stretch on lap 5. Shaw had starting moving through the field and was running in fifth after starting ninth. With Fleming maintaining his lead, Shaw drove by Dave Barrows for on lap 11. By lap 14 Shaw had moved into second and was challenging for the lead. With two laps to go Shaw got pas Fleming to take the lead and the win. Fleming finished second with Dave Barrows third, K.C. Cole fourth and Mike Stoddard fifth.
After coming close last week Curt Decker finished the job this week in picking up the win in the Hunt's Auto Service Hurricane Street Stock feature. Jason Bennett and Scott Edwards brought the field to the green with Bennett getting the early advantage. Decker slipped by Mike Wilbur into second place on the fourth lap and one lap later powered by Bennett coming off turn two to take the lead. Decker cruised to his first victory of the season with Mike Wilbur finishing second, Bill Rampe third, Mike Wilbur Jr. fourth and Jason Bennett fifth.
Rick Frisco out raced Figure 8 specialist Mark Andrus coming off turn two on the eleventh lap to take the lead and the win in the Road Warrior feature. Andrus and Justin Rowley made up the front row for the start of the Spring Championship event for the division. Andrus took the lead at the start with Frisco in tow. As the two battle for the lead Royce Currie moved into third place. At the line it was Frisco picking up the win with Andrus finishing second, Currie third, Stan Wayman fourth and Justin Rowley fifth.
Nick Griest returned to victory lane in the Road Bandit feature. Ray Oakley took the early lead and held off the charges of two time feature winner Bobby Edwards. A caution on lap 10 put Griest on Oakley's bumper for the restart. Sticking to what has worked all year, Griest stayed on the inside of the speedway in taking the lead on lap twelve. At the checkers it was Griest taking his fourth win of the season. Oakley held on to second with Austin Welch third, Bobby Edwards fourth and Nick Alexander fifth.
Track Notes: It was Spring Championship night and all classes with the exception of the IMCA Modifieds drew for their starting positions in the heats. The top drivers redrew for the line up and then the winner of the first heat race drew to determine whether the start would be head's up, top half inverted or full field inverted. Current IMCA Modified points leader Sean Lias had engine problems in the heat and pulled in early during the feature. The bounty on Steven Deinhardt remains unclaimed as Deinhardt did not compete on Friday night. The Road Warrior x2 of Rick Frisco made two trips to Victory Lane as his wife won the Powder Puff event.
AutoWorks of Ithaca Sportsmen Finish: Ed White, P.J. Goodwin, Larry Hillis, Jim Howard, Scott Conover, Jim LaRock, Bret Welch, Ken Hammond, Jamie Batzel, Chris Stull, Russ Hefti, Ben Bushaw, Brian White, Gary Card Jr., Mike Austin, Kevin Jordan
Hunt's Auto Service of Ithaca IMCA Modified Finish: Jeremy Shaw, Chris Fleming, Dave Barrows, K.C. Cole, Mike Stoddard, Joe Miles, Jerry Lobdell, Tom Eiklor, Tyler Stoddard, Cliff Pierce, Sean Lias, DNS Joe Cole
Hunt's Auto Service Hurricane Street Stocks Finish: Kurt Decker, Mike Wilbur, Bill Rampe, Mike Wilbur Jr., Jason Bennett, Scott Edwards, K.J. Yager, Roger Walburn, Gil Sharpsteen, John Cooper Jr., T.J. Anderson, Ricky Marsh, DNS Mike Morse
Road Warrior Finish: Rick Frisco. Mark Andrus, Royce Currie, Stan Wayman, Justin Rowley, Jeff Witt, Brian Hartman, Ed White, Paul Lockwood, Jessy Velez, Tommy Velez
Road Bandits Finish: Nick Griest, Ray Oakley, Austin Welch, Bobby Edwards, Nick Alexander, Wayne Ross, Jeremie Hale Sr., Dave Jenkins, Bobby Wagner, Jerry Dashnau, Chuck Jenkins, George Brown, Phil Clapper, Dennis McKinney, Jeff Wagner
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