Wings and
Winchester
By Danny
Burton of the Hawkeye Racing News
This combination means lots of speed as the
Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series invaded the high banks of
Winchester on a hot Sunday afternoon and didn’t disappoint.
26 winged sprinters from Canada to Florida
were signed in with an astounding eight cars qualifying less than 14
seconds on the paved half mile, led by Canadian Mike Ling with a
13.686 second lap. Heat race winners were Troy DeCaire, Tim Cox and
Geoff Kaiser. Jason Blonde’s bad luck at Salem continued as he met the
wall in his heat, ending his day. Ron Koehler won the B.
Kaiser and Cox led the field of 20 to the
green but DeCaire was on a mission as he stormed to the front to lead
the first 28 laps. But the Floridian, who had crashed with Blonde at
Salem two weeks ago, slowed with a tire problem. Steele, who had
started seventh, was steadily working his way forward. By lap seven he
was fifth. Lap 23 saw him fourth. But as contenders dropped out,
Steele moved up, taking the lead from DeCaire to lead the last two
laps of 30. The ageless Jeff Bloom also took advantage of others’
troubles and finished second. Bo Hartley was third, trailed by Travis
Miniea and Tim Cox.
The Must See gang tackles the Anderson
Speedway on May 26, then comes their main event of the year, the
venerable Little 500, a must see itself, as it were. Winchester’s next
racing will be July 18 with the USA Modified Series, along with the
best in pavement stock car racing by the Championship Racing
Association.
