After two nights of racing a slick track greeted the drivers. Passing was going
to be at a premium all night in the Northwest Auto Machine 25 lap A main and
lucky for Nick Landon there wouldn't be need for to much of that. Landon would
start in row two and grab the early lead. Both Steve Irwin and Brett Mann would
take their shots at Landon but to no avail as the Dorr Michigan native would
hold on to pick up his first checkered flag with the series. Ovid's Keith Love
would protect his tires and come home second while Ohio native Chad Wilson
picked up the final podium spot.
In the Strpko Engineering heat race one John Watson would start on the outside
of the first row and hold off Mike Baker with Keith Love rounding out the top
three. In the Hoosier Race Tire heat race number two Jay Steinbeck wild find
victory lane over Chris Pobanz and Nick Landon. While in the final heat of the
evening "the Hoosier rocket " Brett Mann would use the low grove to pick up the
win Steve Irwin would hold on for second and 2011 MTS champion Joe Bares would
come home third. Mark Irwin would pick up the win in the Irwincraft B Main.
The Lane Automotive Michigan Traditional Sprint Series will next be in action on
June 15th at the South Buxton speedway in Merlin Ontario Canada in a
co-sanctioned event with the can-am sprint series. Check out www.mtsprints.com
for a complete schedule, race results, and series standings.
Strpko Engineering Heat 1
1. John Watson 2. Mike Baker. 3. Keith Love. 4. Tim Champlin. 5. Nic Rogers. 6. Joe Irwin 7. Gary Hayward 8. Mark Strpko 9. Phil Rutledge.
Hoosier Race tire Heat 2.
1. Mark Irwin , 2. Joe Irwin, 3. Don Smith, 4. Gavin Hunyady , 5.Mark Strpko, 6. Phil Rutladge 7. Tom Davies, 8. Gary Hayward, 9. Dave Okerman. 10. Lukas Smith
Northwestern Auto Machine A Main Results (Starting Position):
1). 82 Nick Landon(4), 2) 77 Keith Love(5), 3) 14 Chad Wilson(6), 4) 26 John Watson(7), 5) 81 John Gall(10), 6) 3a Mike Austrauskus(11) 7) 14m Brett Mann(3) 8) 00 Joey Irwin(17) 9) 11 Mark Irwin(16) 10) M1A Gavin Hunyady(18) 11) 31 Chuck Wilson(14) 12) 61x Don Smith(18) 13) 3 Phil Rutlidge(21) 14) 7 Nic Rogers(13) 15) 89 Chris Pobanz(8) 16) 0 Steve Irwin (1) 17) 8 Tim Champlin(10) 18) 19 Joe Bares(9) 19) 44 TomDavies(21) 20) 35 Mark Strpko(19) 21) 12 Mike Baker(2)
