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Wagner Brothers Win the Microstock Battle of Trenton
Posted by: | CommentsTRENTON, N.J.-Bob Wagner jr took the overall win in the Microstock feature on the third day of the second annual Battle of Trenton at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton New Jersey Sunday afternoon (December 21). His brother Don Wagner took the title of highest finisher in the L206 Microstock engine class.
Two different engine classes (World Formula and L206) combined to make up the 17 car field. The L206 have 3 less HP than the World Formula so they were given a 25 lb reduction in weight to make it a level playing field.
Heat race winners Tom Ervin and Bob Wagner started on the front row in the 20-lap feature. Luck was smiling on B. Wagner because on the final lap of the heat race, his right rear tire went flat as he came to take the checkered flag. His brother Don Wagner, nearly won the heat race win but timing and scoring put him in second place. Ervin handily won his heat race and look to be a threat to repeat as the Microstock winner of the Battle of Trenton but it was not to be.
B. Wagner took the early lead with Ervin close on his bumper and D. Wagner in third place. Ervin was running a strong second when on lap seven he got too close to the outside wall while setting up for a launch into turn two and knocked the right rear tire off its rim. On the restart B. Wagner resumed the lead with his brother D. Wagner close behind. Behind them Harry who had started in 12th place, was closing steadily on the leaders. On lap eight Burd dove inside of D. Wagner to take second place and by the halfway point Burd was close on B. Wagner and looking inside for a place to make a clean pass for the lead.
The two leaders then opened a small gap on the rest of the field as D. Wagner and Ricky Collins battled for third position.
Bob Wagner went on to take his 17th checkered flag of the season and his first Battle of Trenton trophy. B. Wagner was also the highest finishing World Formula engine driver in the field. His brother Don was the highest finishing L206 engine finisher in third place.
B. Wagner said “It feels great to win. I’ve always had bad luck at indoor races and it feels real good to win here.”
Second place finisher Harry Burd said “The car got better as the race went on. I was almost flat-footing it by the end. I could get under Bob (Wagner) but I couldn’t make a clean pass and I didn’t want to wreck either of us trying to get the win.”
Third place finisher and highest place L206 driver Don Wagner said “We (his brother Bob and him) raced good and hard. My car handled better but he had a little bit more motor but I wasn’t going to lay down. I wanted to win but I didn’t want to wreck our cars.” This was D. Wagner’s second consecutive time as the highest finisher amongst the L206 Microstocks at the Battle of Trenton.
Finishing order: Bob Wagner, Harry Burd, Don Wagner, Ricky Collins, Denny Hiddeman, Bobby Sandt Jr, David Martin, Tom Ervin, Andrew Shuster, Walt Mueller, Neil Rutt, Brian Russell, Robert McGuire, Andy Hiddeman, TJ Rogers, DJ Wagner, (DNS due to broken axel) Louie Keraitis
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Brian Sullivan swept both Champ Kart features and Louie Keraitis took home top honors in the Microstock event at Wall Stadium Sunday in the second annual War at the Shore sponsored by Hamer heating.
Connecticut’s Brian Sullivan’s day got off to a rough start when his truck got two flat tires on the way to the track but ended in triumph for him and his brother. The Flathead Champ Kart feature began with Joe Pignataro in the early lead and Justin Gumley close behind him in second. Gumley spent several laps looking inside of Pignataro for a chance to make the move for the lead. Behind them B. Sullivan was moving closer to the leaders and took third place from Louie Keratis on lap eight. On lap 17 Gumley got inside of Pigataro and the two began racing door to door for the lead. In turn three B. Sullivan moved inside both of them to take the lead. At the same time the caution came out for a spun car and he had to give the lead back. On the restart Sullivan moved inside Pignataro to take the lead. His brother Tim Sullivan followed him thru to take second place. On the final lap two separate multicar wrecks occurred as B. Sullivan crossed the finish line to take the win. Early race leader Pignataro was one of the ones caught up in the last lap crash while fighting for fifth position.
Many of the drivers from the Flathead race also raced in the Animal Champ Kart race. Brian Sullivan wasted no time charging to the lead and was never strongly challenged. The main battles for position occurred mid-pack. Brian Sullivan went on to complete the Champ Kart sweep winning $1000 in each feature. He brother also finished second in both features.
When asked how he planned to spend his winnings, he said “I’m going to fix my truck.”
On the way down to Wall Stadium from his hometown of South Windsor Connecticut, his vehicle made contact with a shredded tire on the highway. This caused two of the tires on his truck to go flat and caused damage to his trailer’s axel as well. While his truck was towed home and a second truck was making his way back to their ailing trailer, the Sullivan brothers worked at repairing their trailer axel enough to get to Wall Stadium. They arrived three hours later than they planned and missed most of practice. B. Sullivcan said “ Yeah the day got off to a rough start but I had fun. The car handled great today.”
In the Microstock feature Louie Keratis took the lead. Behind him Tom Ervin and Andrew Shuster waged a very exciting battle for second place. The two traded second third positions several times during each lap. This went on until lap six when Shuster took the second place for good. Shuster was unable to close the gap on Keratis, who sailed on to victory and a $200 prize.
Finishing order:
Microstock- Louie Keraitis, Andrew Shuster, Tom Ervin, Harry Burd, Tom Arntz, George Bark,Chris Gall, Mike Fox Jr
Flathead Champ Karts-Brian Sullivan, Tim Sullivan, Brandon Tiezzi, Justin Gumley, Justin Gumley, Louie Keraitis, Richie Bryne, Joe Bodenschatz, Eric Bodenschatz, Nick Hadden, Chris Gall, Kerry Irwin, Brad Hinkleman, Kevin Cockerham, Alex Colasanto, Jimmy Wolcott, Dalton Rovira, Jordan Modiano, Tony Colandro, Joe Pignataro, Jarrett Digiantomasso, Neil Rutt lll, Jessica Little, Lisa Nalbach, Tim Gregory
Animal Champ Karts- Brian Sullivan, Tim Sullivan, Justin Gumley, Tony Colandro, Brandon Tierzi, Dalton Rovira, Jordan Modiano, Nick Hadden, Jarrett Digiantomasso, Alex Colasanto, Lisa Nalbach, Jimmy Wolcott
Wall Stadium Saturday night report
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WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Jason Hearne returned to victory lane at Wall Stadium after a long absence by winning the Modified feature Saturday night.
Jason Hearne took the lead early in the 40-lap Modified feature and never relinquished it. Andrew Krause and Steven Reed fought for second place behind Hearne for several laps. Just past the halfway mark Krause was racing outside of Reed for position when he got loose coming out of turn four. Although he was almost completely sideways, somehow Krause managed to save it. The flagger anticipating the almost wreck waved the caution flag.
On the restart, Hearne resumed the lead with Reed and Eric Mauriello close behind and Krause in fourth place. Reed stayed close to Hearne’s bumper but was unable to find a place to make a challenge for the lead. Hearne took the checkered flag with Reed a close second. Mauriello, Chas Okerson and Krause rounded out the top five.
In victory lane Hearne said “ We fought all week on this car. My dad (Gil Hearne) made all the changes on it so this is his win. I just drove the car.”
Kevin Davison won the Sportsman feature. Davison started in ninth position but found himself leading on lap two with Ken Matlach in second place. A caution that came out on lap five for a two-car incident in turn one erased Davison’s sizable lead. On the restart, Andrew Krause drag raced Matlach for position and then took second place. Krause then closed up on Davison’s bumper and put pressure on Davison for the lead. Lap after lap Krause challenged Davison for the lead. Krause constantly looked low for a place to take the lead as they opened a gap on the rest of the field. On lap 27 the caution waved once more for a two car incident.
On the restart, Davison and Krause raced side by side for the lead. As they came down the frontstretch to complete a lap still side by side, Krause got a little loose and brushed against the outside wall, giving off a shower of sparks. Krause went to the pits to change a tire and then returned. It was now a three lap shootout for the win. It took three tries to get the race back under way as single car spins kept bringing out the cautions. Each time Davison and Matlach drag raced each other for the lead with Robert Sutphin close enough to almost make it a three-way battle for the lead. In the end Davison held off Matlach to take home the win.
Brian Spencer took a narrow win in the 25-lap Legends feature. Spencer had early lead with Robert French in second place. On lap eight the engine on French’s car burst into flames going down the backstretch and came to rest in turn three. The flames were quickly out and French quickly climbed out of his car and appeared to be okay. The red flag came out briefly to clean up the incident.
On the restart Spencer took the lead with Dan Roslin close behind doggedly challenging for the lead. On lap 18 the red flag came out again for a scary incident where Nick Van Winkle’s car rolled and flipped in turns one and two. He emerged shaken but apparently okay.
On the restart Spencer resumed the lead with Roslin behind. Roslin looked high and low for the lead but Spencer held Roslin off to take the win.
In the 50-lap Factory Stock feature Bob McCormick, a regular from Riverhead Speedway, took home to the trophy. Early leader Scott Riggleman started in eight place and quickly worked his way to the lead by lap 10. Riggleman led until lap 27 when McCormick made an outside pass on Riggleman to take the lead. A lap later the caution waved for the spun car of Ronnie Mullin. On the restart McCormick held the lead as a three-way battle for second between Riggleman, Joe Mongeau and Tiffany Olejnik took place. Riggleman slid back to fourth place in the exchange but would later re-pass Olejnik for third spot. McCormick sailed on to the win with Mongeau in second place.
Shannon Mongeau took the 4 Cylinder feature win over James Meyers to win. Although Mongeau has won many times in several other divisions at Wall Stadium, this is only his second win in the 4 Cylinder division.
In the 15-lap Powder Puff Ladies race, Nancy Hills held off Cassandra Denis to win.
Finishing order:
Modified- Jason Hearne, Steven Reed, Eric Mauriello, Chas Okerson, Andrew Krause, Derek Hopkinson, Trevor Alspach, Shawna Ingraham, Shaun Carrig, Chad Churilla, Jason Treat, Zack Alspach, Glenn Slocum jr, Chris Lane, Richie Cooper
Sportsman- Kevin Davison, Ken Matlach, Robert Sutphin, Andrew Krause, Kenny Van Wikle, Matt Langbein, Chris Lane, Ron Lane Jr, Jason Caruso, Jeff Lane, Robert Silver, Joe King Jr, Joe Cocca, Jonathan Laureigh, Dave Bailey
Legends- Brian Spencer, Dan Roslin, Mitchell Dowd Brandon Traino, Louie Keratis, Chris Gall, Jim Davison, Malcolm Campbell, Steve Woytysiak, James Van Wickle, Beth MCFarlane, Casey Robicheau, Robert French, Vincent Troia
Factory Stocks- Bob McCormick, Joe Mongeau, Scott Riggleman, Tiffany Olejnik, Rob Longo, Marty VanDruten, Joey Helberg, Whitey Miller, Neil Rutt lll, Dan Birdsall, Bill Bruer, Chris Felber, Jerry Koenig, Bill Stockert, Ronnie Mullin, Scott Maher, Josh Mathews, Bob Haberstick
4 Cylinders- Shannon Mongeau, James Meyers, Alonzo Morales, Cole Ormsbee, Ron Becker, Jay Conrad, Corey Stockert, Travis Sutphin, Ron Lane Sr, Mike Wahl
Ladies race- Nancy Hills, Cassandra Vrelland, Emily Krause, Lisa Matthews, Peggy Koenig, Amy Ware, Samantha Moore
Trevor Alspach Wins the Garden State Classic at Wall Stadium
Posted by: | CommentsWALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Trevor Alspach won the action-packed 54th annual Garden State Classic Modified feature at Wall Stadium Saturday night (June 28th).
Twenty-five cars answered the call for the 125-lap Garden State Classic Modified feature. Steven Reed was the fastest qualifier with a time of 12.276. The top ten qualifiers redrew for position. This put Christian LaCicero and Andrew Krause on the front row.
Krause took the early lead followed by C. LaCicero. Krause rather quickly opened up a lead c. LaCicero. On lap 10 T. Alspach went under C. LaCicero for second place. C. LaCicero was quickly freight trained and slid back many positions. Krause and T. Alspach then battled nose to tail for position until caution on lap 19 when C. LaCicero slowed to a stop in turns one and two.
On the restart Krause resumed the lead as T. Alspach and Steven Reed raced door to door for the lead. Jason Hearne got the upper hand and took second. Two laps later the caution came out for a single car incident.
On the restart Mauriello jumped the start and the field was called back for a second attempt at the restart. Krause surged to the lead once more followed closely by Mauriello and T. Alspach. A rash of cautions slowed the race but each time Krause held off Mauriello to maintain the lead with T. Alspach close behind them in third place. On lap 64, the red flag came out when Renee Dupuis wiggled coming out of turn four and made hard contact with the frontstretch wall. She walked away apparently okay.
Once more Krause and Mauriello dueled door to door for the lead on the restart with Krause gaining the upper hand once more. This time Reed was challenging Mauriello for second place. The three pulled away from the field and raced nose to tail for position.
On lap 77, the caution came out for a single car spin. Although the lap times for the leaders had fallen off, the three leaders had yet to pit. On the restart Krause resumed the lead with Reed in second place and Mauriello close behind him.
The second red flag came out on lap 80 when several cars in the rear of the pack made contact in turns three and four. When the dust settled, half a dozen cars were involved. One of the drivers involved was defending champion Chas Okerson who had just finished pitting. His car came to a rest on top of Christian LaCicero. All the drivers involved were okay. Still the first and second place cars didn’t pit for new tires.
On the first attempt at restart, the pack stacked up coming through turn two. Third place Mauriello was the unlucky driver in that mix and spun.
Zack Alspach, who had started in the rear of the pack, had worked his way quietly through the field into third place.
On the next attempt at restart, Krause and Reed dueled door to door for the lead for a lap and a half until Krause edged his way into the lead with Reed in second, Hearne in third and Sesely in fourth place.
On lap 88 Hearne made an impressive dive inside of Reed to take second place. Later in that lap, Z. Alspach slid to a stop in turn one bringing out the caution once more. When the pits opened, second place Reed pitted for tires but leader Krause did not.
On lap 92 Krause and Hearne restarted on the front row. As they came down the take the green, the cars in third through fifth positions bounced off each other. Suddenly the front stretch was filled with spinning cars bringing out the red flag. Only Krause and Sesely appeared to have escaped the carnage unscathed. For several top contenders, their day was over.
After the cleanup, the race was restarted. As they came to the green several cars made contact coming to the green as the leaders bounced off each other. After watching numerous replays from several camera angles, the race control officials made a call. They ruled that fourth place Zeiner pushed Sesely coming through turn four causing Sesely to turn sideways into Krause, causing heavy front end damage to Krause. Since Krause was unable to continue, Zeiner was parked.
On the restart Sesely took the lead with the Alspach brothers Trevor and Zack Alspach close behind challenging for the lead. By lap 103, four cars were nose to tail fighting for the lead as Reed had caught the rear bumper of third place Z. Alspach.
As the laps wound down, Sesely, the two-time champion of this race did his best to hold off the strong advances of T. Alspach. Reed passed Z. Alspach on lap 106 to take third place. On lap T. Alspach found the opening that he was waiting for and made an inside pass on Sesely to take the lead. At the same time, his brother Z. Alspach got squirrely on lap 110 and drop from third place and out of contention.
T. Alspach began to open up a small gap on Reed, behind him Sesely and Okerson battled nose to tail for third and fourth place. The final caution waved with just nine laps to go. T. Alspach took the lead once more and opened up a gap on the rest of the pack. Reed and Okerson raced nose to tail as they battled for second place. This was a remarkable comeback considering Okerson had been involved in one of the earlier red flag incidents in the race and had ended up on top of another car.
T. Alspach went on to take the checkered flag followed by Reed, Okerson, Sesely and Shaun Carrig rounding out the top five.
In victory lane T. Alspach said “It (the race) felt like a marathon. I’m glad I won it. My neck is so sore I can hardly move it. Once I got out front I was resting my head on the side of the seat. I knew I had a real good car, but after being involved in so much out there I didn’t think I had a chance to win. I want to thank Rob Ormsbee, my brother, Tom Martino for the motor and everyone who works on this car. We made a lot of stops tonight and they worked very hard to get me back out on the track and in contention.”
Robert Sutphin won a hard-fought victory over Ken Matlach in the 30-lap Sportsman feature. Heat winner Matt Langbein had the early lead followed by Sutphin and Davison. Sutphin looked low under Langbein several times but was unable to find an opening to make a challenge for the lead until the caution came out on lap nine for the spun car of Chris Lane. On the restart Sutphin surged to the lead past Langbein. A caution two laps later by another spinning car set the complexion for the rest of the race. On the restart Matlach moved into second place on the restart and began to challenge Sutphin repeatedly for the lead spot. Matlach looked inside time and again, sometimes racing door to door with Sutphin with Sutphin keeping a narrow lead. As the race came down to the five to go, a single car spin brought out the caution and set the stage for a five lap shootout. Sutphin and Matlach raced side by side for the lead. On lap 27 both wiggled coming through turns three and four but they regained control of their cars. Sutphin held onto the lead and went on to take the win over Matlach.
In victory lane Sutphin said, “Wow, This is tough competition, this motor is three years old and we were giving it all we got.” This victory was especially sweet for Sutphin after his axel woes of two weeks ago. Tim Stephens loaned Sutphin his #52 car when the #50 was sidelined by those axel woes. This week the #50 was back in victory lane.
Randy Hart won his first career 4 Cylinder feature from a tenth place starting spot. Ron Becker had the early lead. On lap 20 Alonzo Morales and Becker became locked in an exciting battle for the lead as Morales looked inside and outside for a chance to take the lead. Three laps later both spun after making contact. On the restart Hart took the lead and went on to take the checkered flag.
Fan favorite Mike “The Rooster” Tillett took the 25-lap Limited Late Model feature. He held off Brian Doyle and Bill Vanderveen to take the win.
Finishing order-
Modified-Trevor Alspach, Chas Okerson, Anthony Sesely, Shaun Carrig, Shawna Ingraham, Zack Alspach, Richie Cooper, Jason Hearne, Scott Brannick, Derek Hopkinson, Chris Lane, Chris Reynolds, Andrew Krause, Zane Zeiner, Jonathan Mandato, Eric Mauriello, Chad Churilla, Adam LaCicero, Jason Treat, Christian LaCicero, Renee Dupuis, Ryan Cottrell, Glenn Slocum, Kevin Davison
Sportsman Feature-Robert Sutphin, Ken Matlach, Kenny Van Wickle, Andrew Krause, Kevin Davison, Chris Lane, Matt Langbein, Larry Ericson, Jason Caruso, Jeff Lane, Ron Lane Jr, Joe Cocca, Robert Silver
4 Cylinder- Randy Hart, Alonzo Morales, Ron Becker, Mike Wahl, Cole Ormsbee, Rich Massaro, Travis Sutphin, Corey Stockert, James Meyers
Limited Late Model- Mike Tillett, Brian Doyle, Bill Vanderveen, John Vullo, Kyle Lochrow, Michelle Moorman, Glen Conk, John Parker, Ronnie Mullin
Tom Ervin,” the King of the Microstocks” wins Microstock Battle of Trenton
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Tom Ervin Wins the Microstock Battle of Trenton
Photo by Bob Yurko. People in the photo: Flagger Warren Alston, car owner John Kazmierski, Little Ms Motorsports, Tom Ervin, Ms Motorsports.
King of the Microstocks- Ervin Wins the Microstock Battle of Trenton
BY ROBIN ERVIN
TRENTON NJ- Ewing native, Tom “The Trenton Tornado” Ervin took the Microstock feature win on the third day of the first annual “Battle of Trenton” event at the Sun National Bank Center Sunday.
Teenage sensation Dalton Rovira took the early lead in the race. Although Ervin started the race in third position he quickly moved into second place and began challenging Rovira for the lead. As Ervin was challenging for the lead, third place Andrew Shuster was putting the pressure on Ervin in an attempt to take second place from him. Ervin moved left and right lap after lap trying to find a weakness in Rovira’s driving that would allow him to make the pass for the lead.
While the battle for the lead was intense, the racing action behind them was equally fierce as side by side battles for position waged throughout the 22-car field.
The race was slowed just a couple of times. On lap six, during a three-wide battle for fourth position, the outermost car of Rick Collins made contact with the wall, flipped onto its side and came to rest in turn three. Simultaneously, tenth place running Jeff Weinacker’s car spun to a stop as his tire bounced down the frontstretch and the red flag flew to pause the race.
On the restart Rovira surged back to the lead closely pursued by Ervin and Shuster. Two laps later Shuster car made contact with the frontstretch wall bringing out the caution flag once more. Once again on the restart Rovira took off like a bolt of lightning. As they neared the halfway mark of the race Rovira seemed to being pulling away slightly from Ervin who had caught lap traffic but when the caution came out for a spinning car, the field bunched up once more.
When the race resumed Ervin was once again solidly on Rovira’s rear bumper. Together the two wove their way through the lapped cars as the Wagner brothers Bob and Don steadily closed in on the leaders. The red flag came out once more on lap 17 when Joe Stangle bicycled, made contact with the turn four wall and fell over on its side. This bunched the field up one more time. Again Rovira’s quick reflexes got him the lead over Ervin. The two drivers quickly encountered heavy lap traffic. Ervin used his years of experience and went to the outside lane as Rovira became caught behind the slower cars in front of him in the inside lane. Ervin made an incredible three-wide pass on the backstretch and came out of turn four in the lead with just one lap to go. Behind Rovira, Bob and Don Wagner were battling for third position. Ervin took the win easily followed by Rovira, Bob Wagner and Don Wagner in fourth
After the win Ervin said “He’s (Rovira) a good driver. I wouldn’t have been able to make that pass (for the lead) if he hadn’t got bottled up in lap traffic. I just got lucky.”
Ervin drives for the Ewing-based K&K Industries race team that is owned by John Kazmierski and has won 28 Microstock Championships so far in his career.
Microstocks to race at Battle of Trenton Extravaganza in Febuary
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Mighty Microstocks to Race at Trenton During “Battle of Trenton” Race Weekend
TRENTON, N.J. January 16, 2014 -- The Mighty Microstocks return to the indoor arena during the Battle of Trenton race weekend (February 7-9 ) at Trenton’s Sun National Bank Center.
The last time they raced at an indoor arena was at Len Sammons’ Atlantic City Indoor event at Boardwalk Hall in 2006. Microstock racers from all over the NY, NJ, PA area are eagerly preparing their Microstocks in preparation for the upcoming event on Sunday February 9, 2014, according to Microstock racer and race promoter Don Boonstra.
“The opportunity that the Sammons have offered the MicroStocks to get back into the mainstream racing is not taken lightly and is greatly appreciated” Boonstra said. “The division has been growing in popularity in the past two years, and I believe that it has not gone unnoticed by promoters. This race could possibly be a gateway to a primetime appearance in a future indoor race.”
Although the Sunday event is not open to the general public, Len Sammons has graciously created a racers’ day for the weekend’s competitors and mechanics to enjoy a day watching Microstocks and other small car divisions’ race.
Although only waist-high, Microstocks are considered by NJ State Police to be full-fledged racecars, not go-karts and must abide by the same safety regulations. Microstocks can reach speeds of 90 MPH on some tracks.
Boonstra notes “Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the Microstock race.”
For further information about the event, please contact Sammons Motorsports at 609-888-3618. For more information about Microstocks, contact Don Boonstra at dboons7133@aol.com . For media credentials, contact Earl Krause at 609-888-3618
Wall Stadium Saturday night results
Posted by: | CommentsMike Fox Jr. Wins Microstock Feature at Wall Stadium Saturday Night.
The Sunday Series Microstocks had their moment in the spotlight Saturday night at Wall Stadium as they race under the lights.
In the heat races Bob Wagner showed his dominance in the first heat race by comfortable margin and in heat two, Tom Ervin wowed the grandstand as he took the lead going five-wide on the backstretch of lap 1 from an eight place starting position to take the lead. In that same race, Mike Fox Jr came from last place to take second place by the half way mark and became closing the gap on Ervin but did not get close enough to challenge for the lead. This set the stage for an exciting feature race between Wagner “The Microstock Master” and Ervin “The King of the Microstocks”.
Mike Fox Jr. won the 20-lap Microstock feature. Tom Ervin surged to the lead at the start of the feature with Don Wagner close behind. Behind the leaders Mike Fox Jr and Carl Weinacker slide inside of Dalton Rovira to take third and fourth positions. A few laps later Wagner passed Ervin for the lead as the two pulled away from the rest of the pack.
By lap eight,Wagner had pulled away to a very comfortable lead and was starting to deal with lap traffic. Rovira had worked his way past C. Weinacker and Fox Jr and was challenging Ervin for second place. A lap later, Rovira and Fox Jr. did a two-car draft past Ervin and the two began to close the gap on Wagner.
Rovira caught Wagner with three laps to go and went inside of Wagner to take the lead. Behind them, Fox Jr was starting to reel in the leaders. As Rovira and Wagner came out of turn four heading toward the checkered flag, they made contact and their wrecked cars spun toward the infield to stop a mere 20 feet from the finish line. Fox Jr, who was in third place prior to the wreck, drove by them to win the Microstock feature.
The Microstocks normally race on Sundays at Wall Stadium in the Sunday Series program that also races Karts and Champ Karts. Fox Jr is the defending Sunday Series Microstock champion and this win was his first win under the lights in front of a packed grandstand.
In victory lane a stunned Fox Jr was practically speechless. Fox said “ After the race, I was asking the corner worker who won the race when Tom (Ervin, who finished in second) pulled up along side me and told me I won, so I went to victory lane. I feels great to win but I feel bad that I had to win it this way. Dalton (Rovira) and Bob (Wagner) had the better cars.”
MICROSTOCK FEATURE-20 Laps – 1. Mike Fox Jr., 2. Tom Ervin, 3. Ricky Collins, 4. Carl Weinacker, 5. .Jeff Weinacker, 6. Gary Sheffen, 7. Mike Fox Sr., 8. Louis Keraitis, 9. Noel Sheffen, 10. Pat Owens, 11. Andrew Shuster, 12. TJ Rogers, 13. Brian Russel (DNF) Bob Wagner, Dalton Rovira, Denny Hiddeman, Ed Kroll
