Monday, January 29, 2007

Parrill Wins the Nightmare



Mike Parrill, Sr. made the Nightmare his fourth win of the season and opened his point lead to 50 points Friday night at The Cave. Fast time for the 17 racers on hand was Dwain Welsh at 2.556 seconds. Heat winners were Parrill, Sr., Frenchy Bennington, and Joe Shifflett. The D and C-Mains were won by Greg Poffenberger with the B-Main going to Andrew Tyson followed by JP Welsh and Greg Poffenberger going to the feature. The feature started with a mad scramble for the lead with four drivers taking the lead in the first 10 laps. A Lap 26 pass for the lead put Parrill out front for the first time until Frenchy Bennington took over on Lap 68 and the Frenchy/Parrill shootout was on. The last 35 laps was a barn burner with Parrill taking the lead with 5 to go to hold on for the win. Lap leaders were: JP Welsh - Laps 1-2; Frenchy Bennington - Laps 3-7; Joe Shifflett - Lap 8; Frenchy - Laps 9-25; Mike Parrill, Sr. - Laps 26-67; Frenchy - Laps 68-87; Parrill - Laps 88-89; Frenchy - Laps 90-95; and Parrill Lap 96 to the finish.