"It sure was interesting out there."  Redmond commented.  "My arms will be tired tomorrow, I took the power steering off to get a few more horse power, and I am feeling it now. I’m not sure how I got thru all that traffic but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!"

The day started with the Vore’s Welding and Steel FWD Compacts qualifying at Winchester for the first time. Bill Charles was the fast qualifier with a time of 21.468 seconds. His teammate Rex Zimmerman was the second fast qualifier at 21.656 with Redmond third fast, Tim Dilg fourth and Jordan Flynn was fifth.

The invert put Zane Fisher and Justin Brown on the front row. Brown jumped out to the early lead. He could only hold the lead for one lap as Troy Frazier took his Toyota around Brown on the second lap. Charles started 15^th, but came charging through the field, caught and passed Frazier on the ninth lap. But Charles had brought Redmond with him and Redmond drove under Charles on the next lap to take a lead he would not give up.

The racing was close throughout the field, with cars three wide through the turns, forcing Redmond to pick his way carefully. He built up a sizable lead while Charles and Jess Drook fought for second, trading positions as they threaded the lapped traffic. Then it was Redmond’s turn to get caught up in slower cars, as several worked to stay on the lead lap.

With a pack of cars catching him Redmond drove around these cars on the high side, the bottom of the track and by splitting them and forcing the cars to run three wide. As he drove through, the holes closed, forcing the cars following to find their own way around, often involving the same exploits Redmond just did.

Charles took control of second with a couple of laps to go, but could not catch Redmond, Drook finished third just ahead of Tim Dilg with Greg De St Jean finishing fifth. With the win Redmond took home the Brandy’s Pizza Hungry Team Award as the first finisher with a Brandy’s Pizza sign on his car. The award gives the winner a 24" pizza.

The Vore’s Welding and Steel CRA FWD Compacts will compete in a non-points race, the CRA vs Mt Lawn Hornets Challenge at Mt. Lawn Speedway on June 13^th where the CRA Street Stocks will be competing in the Gibo Chew Memorial 75 the same night. The Plymouth 30 will follow this event on July 12 with the CRA Super Series at Plymouth Speedway. For more information about Mt. Lawn Speedway see www.mtlawn.com. To learn more about Vore’s Welding and Steel CRA FWD Compacts, including schedule and rules, go here.