Franklins Sweep

Mikey Franklin picked up his third win of the season Friday night at the Cave Speedway. Mikey qualified 6th and finished 2nd in the B-Main to gain the 5th starting spot in the night's feature. Heat winners for the night were Mike Parrill, Sr., JP Welsh, and Brad "Frenchy" Bennington. Mike Franklin won the C-Main with Andrew Tyson winning the B-Main taking Mikey and Mitch Bragg along to the feature. JP Welsh would jump out and lead the first lap and it looked like it was going to be a shoot out between Welsh and Parrill, Sr. as they dominated the first 81 laps until Mikey took over on Lap 82 and held off a fast closing Frenchy to hold on for the win. Lap leaders were: JP Welsh - Laps 1-11; Mike Parrill, Sr. - Laps 12-36; JP Welsh - Laps 37-81; Mikey Franklin - Laps 82 to the finish. Finishing order was Mikey Franklin 1st, Frenchy Bennington 2nd, Mike Parrill, Sr. 3rd, JP Welsh 4th, Andrew Tyson 5th, and Mitch Bragg 6th. This was a good one! At the end of the 5th 18-lap segment Mikey was up by a half lap over the field who ALL had 81 laps. Great racing, guys!

In the Pure Stock Division, "Mr. Pure Stock", Mike Franklin, made it a clean sweep. He time trialed 1st, won his heat, and topped the night of eleven racers with another feature win. Heat winners were Franklin (who led from flag to flag), and his son, Mikey. Mitch Bragg won the C-Main and the B-Main taking JP Welsh, Frenchy Bennington, and Mike Parrill, Jr. along to the feature. Franklin jumped to the lead from his pole starting spot and dominated the event giving up the point briefly to Bragg who led 4 laps early. Finishing order: Franklin, JP Welsh, Mikey Franklin, Frenchy Bennington, Mitch Bragg, and Mike Parrill, Jr.