Winchester, IN (July 18, 2010) – Two morning showers and the constant threat of rain couldn’t keep away the great racing action at Winchester Speedway on Sunday. "Family Fun Day SUNDAY" featured first visits of the year by the USA Modifieds and the Howe/CRA Late Model Sportsman, as well as a return visit by the Vores/CRA F.W.D. Compacts. Activities were delayed due to morning showers and heat races were dropped in favor of trying to ensure that feature racing took place.

28 Cars signed in for the USA Modifeds event with Mike Carroll setting fast time in qualifying, followed by Brad Springer, Brian Nester, Kyle Jones and Bud Perry in the top five. With the elimination of heat races, the top 10 drew for starting spots with the fast timer Carroll continuing his lucky street by drawing the pole. At the drop of the green flag Carroll jumped out to a lead only to be tracked down by Chad Poole who would eventually take the point. Back in the pack, Bud Perry was working his way through the field. A caution late in the race bunched the field back up and Perry was able to take the lead from Poole.

With the white flag coming up and Perry in the lead, positions two through six became entangled in turn two with numerous cars almost spinning, everyone checking up, but in the end no one actually spun and thus no caution flew. The race back to the line behind eventual winner Perry, was won by Brian Nester for second, with Poole, Tim Burkett and Kyle Jones rounding out the top five.

In Howe/CRA Late Model Sportsman action, Jason Atkinson paced the field in qualifying with fast time, followed by Charlie Hanna, Keith Sterkowitz, Rick Rinehart and Mark Parker. With an invert of 10, Winchester first timer Brandon Mefford would start on the pole and jump to an early lead at the drop of the green. Early on it appeared the Winchester rookie Mefford would be able to hang on for a real shot at victory, but a very loose racecar forced him to drop back near the mid point of the race. Fast timer Atkinson was working his way through the field and was up to fourth when he pushed up into the third place car of Rinehart, which resulted in Atkinson finding the wall and ending his day.

Up front Al Cook Jr. would take over the lead near the mid point of the race and looked to be in a position to hold off the rest of the field for a victory, but a billowing plume of smoke under the hood sent him to the pits and ended his shot at victory. Next on point would be Rinehart, who would have to hold off the charges of Parker and Hanna. Rinehart held on for the victory followed by Parker and Hanna in a photo finish for second, with Hanna prevailing for the spot. Fourth and fifth place went to Joe Beaver and Keith Sterkowitz respectively.

The Vores/CRA F.W.D. Compacts took to the track for the final stock car race of the day. 20 cars checked in to race with Justin Brown leading the way, followed by Cary Abrell, Jeff Shelmadine, Brian Redmond and Tim Dilg in the top five of qualifying. Early in the race Gary Bragg Jr. was able to take the point while trying to hold off point leader Tim Dilg and Justin Brown. Those three waged a terrific side by side battle which allowed the cars of Shelmadine and Abrell to catch up. Abrell would eventually make his way to the front, only to be black flagged for running 3 laps under the three tenths breakout rule. That opened the door for step-son Brown to take the point and eventually the victory. Bragg, another Winchester first timer, would come home second followed by Shelmadine, Dilg and Redmond in the top 5.

The next event on the Winchester Speedway schedule is "Old Timers Weekend" August 21^st and 22^nd featuring the Vintage Race Car Displays on both days, and racing on Sunday with the USAC National Sprint Car Series, the SuperPro Crate Late Model Series and Vores/CRA Front Wheel Drives. Information on tickets and times can be found at www.winchesterspeedway.com.

Modified Feature Results

Modified Qualifying Results

Vore's Welding Steel CRA FWD Compacts Feature Results

Vore's Welding Steel CRA FWD Compacts Qualifying Results

Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Feature Results

Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Qualifying Results