Reitnauer Confronts His Nightmare At The Cave

I will prepare and someday my chance will come-Abraham Lincoln. Budd Reitnauer picked a bad night to try and win his first feature at The Cave. With the likes of '07 Nightmare winners Mike Parrill Sr, '06 Black Friday winner Alan Sagi, '09 Earl Grimm Memorial winner Dwain Welsh, and reigning Little World 100 winner Steve Welsh making up a field of 22 drivers tuning up for The World, and setting their sights on The Nightmare. Right out of the gate Reitnauer would set third fast time behind Joe Shifflett and eventual fast time setter Alan Sagi (2.34). Sagi and Shifflett would waste little time advancing to the A Main, winning the first two heats respectively. Reitnauer would claim the third heat as his own and Matt Williamson came out on top of the fourth. If you didn't make the feature through the heats your back was against the wall, with four mains acting as last chances for 18 drivers. The E Main saw Doug Tolley outlast Joe Saunders to advance to the D Main with Rick Williamson topping the field to gain entrance to the C Main. With four drivers fighting it out for the win, Mike Parrill Jr. had to flex a little muscle to claim the top spot. The B Main however turned out to be whole different animal for the drivers due largely in part to the high number of drivers making up four heat races meaning only two would transfer to the A Main. Mike Nail and Tyler Williamson held on tight to the top two spots to punch the last two tickets available to the big show. The feature would be nothing short of amazing, prompting veteran racer Rick Williamson to comment the it was the best racing he had seen since the '07 World where four racers were on the lead lap. With the laps counting down, Reitnauer would keep his brand new #44 Moon Shiner chassis in the groove to hold off a very determined Alan Sagi and Matt Williamson by one lap to take home his very first victory at The Cave Speedway. The final rundown- 1st Budd Reitnauer, 2nd Alan Sagi, 3rd Matt Williamson, 4th Mike Nail, 5th Tyler Williamson, 6th Joe Shifflett.