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DREW HEISTAND GRABS HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON ON CHAMPIONS NIGHT AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY
The ARDC returned to New Egypt Speedway on Saturday Night and Drew Heistand picked up his first win of the season.
The
wide smooth surface created a wild start to the feature with pole
sitter Dave Shirk, fourth place starting Donnie Trent and seventh place
starter Steve Buckwalter all crossing the strip side by side on the
first lap.
Buckwalter took command as the three raced into the
first turn and started to open a commanding lead. Shirk pulled into
second and was able to hold off Trent and Bruce Buckwalter Jr who was
running the low groove.
Buckwalter had opened up a sizeable lead
when action was halted on the eighth lap for a wild flip by Jason Rice.
Rice racing down the back stretch appeared to have something break on
his racer and he started a series of side over side, then end over end
flips flying high in the air.
The flip that started about half
way down the backstretch ended with Rice sitting near the guardrails in
the third turn. Rice was taken to the hospital to be examined.
On
the restart, Buckwalter again opened up the lead over Shirk, Trent and
Buckwalter plus the ninth place starter, Drew Heistand.
Heistand
continued his move forward and on lap 16 was able to get by Shirk,
however a yellow flag negated the pass and on the restart, Heistand was
moved back behind Shirk to third place.
Heistand was able to get by Shirk on the restart but was not able to close up and ground behind Buckwalter.
Another
red flag was waved on the 23rd lap when Trevor Kobylarz, blew his
engine and his car erupted in flames. Quick action by the fire crew
prevented any injury.
On the restart, Buckwalter was followed by
Heistand, PJ Gargiulo who had picked his was forward from his 11th, Ryan
Smith and Ryan Watt.
Before the race could be restarted,
Buckwalter pulled to the pits to replace both his right side tires,
which were going flat. Buckwalter was able to rejoin the field before
the green came out.
Heistand had the best of the restart but
right behind him, Watt was able to get by Gargiulo and Smith before the
yellow flew again on the following lap.
The last lap was all Heistand but the big move was made by Smith who got by Gargiulo and was also able to nip Watt at the line.
The
win was Heistands’ first of the season and the seventh of his career.
Smith was second followed by Watt, Nick Wean and PJ Gargiulo. The top
ten was rounded out by Steve Buckwalter, Dusty Heistand, Tim
Buckwalter, Andrew Hannula and Brett Arndt.
NOTES Fred Schell
announced that he was selling his equipment and teaming up with Donnie
Hoffman to field a car for Ryan Watt next season. Andrew Hannula, who
moved to Indianapolis earlier this year traveled home and raced the car
normally driven by Chris Zrinski. Steve Drevicki had engine problems
in his heat. Nick Wean’s crew lent Drevicki some parts so he could
race in the feature. It was announced that the ARDC would be racing in
the Sunday portion of the big two day event at Big Diamond Raceway next
weekend.
NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY September 25, 2010
ARDC Midgets 25 laps (24 Entries)
1) 12 Drew Heistand 2) 34 Ryan Smith 3) 75 Ryan Watt 4) 78 Nick Wean 5)
51 PJ Gargiulo 6) 0 Steve Buckwalter 7) 6 Dusty Heistand 8) 52 Tim
Buckwalter 9) 25 Andrew Hannula 10) 46 Brett Arndt 11) 19 Steve Drevicki
12) 91 Donnie Trent 13) 77 Alex Bright 14) 01 Steve Bull 15) 84 Jimmy
Cammock 16) 7 Shawn Jackson 17) 99 Scott Zipp 18) 16 Dave Shirk 19) 49
Trevor Kobylarz 20) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 21) 17 Donnie Hoffman 22) 57
Jason Rice 23) 39 Justin Grosz 24) 9 Steve Lenig
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