Race Results 3/10/06

Saturday's upcoming Winchester Speedway car show affected the car count at The Cave Speedway Friday night as several drivers were no shows because they were working on their "other" race cars getting them ready for the show. The 11 drivers that did compete found the track surface at The Cave to be a slick one and some cars dealt with the track conditions better than others. Qualifying times were a good indication of just how slick the track was as all the times were considerably off the mark. A 2.552 second lap time was good enough for Matt to hold on to the top qualifier spot. Heat #1 had a full field of strong cars and the young gun, Mikey, took an early lead and held on for the win. Tyler was the winner of Heat #2. The 9-car B-Main was yet another example of how the drivers were having a hard time getting a handle on the track surface with the cars having trouble getting through the turns. The top four positions would transfer to the feature. They were: JP, Matt, Nick and Dwain, just beating Mike P. for that final transfer spot by a matter of inches. This would be Nick's first feature event. Way to go, Nick! Mikey started on the pole in Lane #1 and he and Tyler would battle hard for the lead through the first three 18-lap segments. They stayed within one lap of each other through the fourth segment while Dwain was moving up through the field. Mikey's lead started to open up during the next to last segment and he never looked back, taking his first feature win by a margin of six laps over second place Tyler and earning the title of The Cave's youngest feature winner to date. Great job, Mikey! As the season has progressed you could tell that he was destined to end up in Victory Lane as each week he got a little closer and closer to his goal. Mikey was also the 6th different driver to win a feature event setting up a full field for a Race of Champions to be run next Friday night. It should be a great race! The final finishing order was: 1st - Mikey; 2nd - Tyler; 3rd - Dwain; 4th - Matt; 5th - JP; and 6th - Nick. The first ever "Bentonville 200" trophy race (and the last trophy race of the season) will be on tap for next Friday night at The Cave with qualifying beginning at 7:30 SHARP! All drivers are urged to get to the track early so racing can begin promptly at 7:30. Come be a part of the excitement as the Winter Points Season at The Cave starts to wind down. Does Tyler have time to chase JP down in the points with only four races left or will Mike F. be the spoiler? Come find out at The Cave, where REAL racers go to hibernate!