Stacy Gets First Win

Steve Stacy used lapped traffic over the final five laps of the Champion Racing Association Sportsman feature to hold off points leader Charlie Hanna for the win at Anderson Speedway on Saturday. Stacy, who started fourth in the field, took the lead with an outside pass of early leader Mark Lambert on a restart on the 41^st lap. From there he opened a lead but Hanna closed with five laps remaining. With the lapped car of David Fox II in front of the two leaders, Hanna went to the high side but was unable to complete the pass. Stacy split the cars of Fox and Kent Carson with two laps remaining to seal the victory. 

The complexion of the race changed on lap 40 when Joe Beaver, running second at the time, make slight contact with Lambert on the back straight and spun to the inside.  Prior to the fourth and final caution Beaver, Stacy, fast qualifier Todd Marsh and Hanna were putting on exciting racing for the second through fifth positions.  After his spin Beaver was sent to the rear of the pack and Marsh appeared to lose his brakes and couldn’t continue to contend for the win.  Finishing third behind Stacy and Hanna were Howard Kelly Jr., a regular at Toledo Speedway, making his first appearance at Anderson, Lambert and Marsh.

“I felt a lot of pressure,” Stacy said of the run by Hanna toward the finish. “It’s great to finally win one, we’ve been close several times this year.

Unofficial Results

Marsh, Hanna and Beaver lead qualifying

ANDERSON - Todd Marsh grabbed his first career fast qualifier honors at Anderson Speedway on Saturday for the 75-lap feature event.  Marsh toured the quarter-mile high-banked oval in 13.289 seconds (67.725 miles per hour) to take the top spot. Current points leader Charlie Hanna was second quick with a time of 13.374 seconds (67.295 mph) and Joe Beaver was third fastest with a time of 13.54 seconds (66.450 mph).  Steve Minich Jr., currently second in the point standings was not in attendance at Anderson Speedway. Steve Stacy, leading rookie and third in points, qualified ninth with a time of 13.746 seconds (65.474 mph).

Mark Lambert will be starting on the pole with a 12-car inversion for the 75-lap feature with David Fox II on the outside of the front row.