- Starting eighth Tim Dilg fought through traffic to take the lead on
the fourth lap of the Vore’s Welding and Steel 20 at Winchester
Speedway and built it
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while the other cars fought the same traffic. Justin Brown came
from his 12th starting position to get into second with Dilg having a
long lead. As the laps wound down Brown was creeping up on Dilg
but it seemed he was going to run out of race before catching him.
Then on the 15th lap two cars got together and spun coming out of the
fourth turn bringing out the only caution of the race. Brown
jumped ahead on the restart and held on to win his second Vore's
Welding and Steel CRA FWD Compacts race in a row on Old Timer's
Weekend. Dilg finished second, Jeff Shelmadine third, Jess Drook
fourth and Cary Arbell fifth.
"I was very surprised I could get him on the
restart, I was really nervous about it." Brown stated. "The car
was good, it started pushing when the sun came out but I fought
through it and did the best I could."
Brown started the day by setting the new track
record for the FWD’s at Winchester Speedway with a time of 20.947
seconds to average 85.913 mph, just eclipsing the Rex Zimmerman’s
record of 20.967 seconds set on October 4, 2009. Abrell was second at
21.040 seconds, Jeff Shelmadine third, Jess Drook fourth and Tim Dilg
fifth.
Tim Dilg won the first heat race over Jess Drook
leading from the third lap. The first heat had only one caution when
Abrell developed a transmission leak after the plug blew out oiling
the track. Jeff Williams won the second hear over Bobby Cook taking
the lead from Eric Vore on the seventh lap.
The next event for Vore’s Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts will be the Vore’s Welding 20 at Winchester Speedway during
the exciting World Stockcar Festival Labor Day weekend. The weekend
will also feature the CRA Super Series in the McGunegill Engine
Performance 100, the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman, Vore’s Welding and
Steel CRA FWD Compacts, the USA Modifieds and Thunder Endro Cars as
well as the legendary Labor Day party featuring the band Crossfire in
the pavilion Sunday night. For more information about the World
Stockcar Festival or Winchester Speedway go to
www.winchesterspeedway.com. To learn more about any of the CRA
series or events see www.craracing.net.
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while the other cars fought the same traffic. Justin Brown came
from his 12th starting position to get into second with Dilg having a
long lead. As the laps wound down Brown was creeping up on Dilg
but it seemed he was going to run out of race before catching him.
Then on the 15th lap two cars got together and spun coming out of the
fourth turn bringing out the only caution of the race. Brown
jumped ahead on the restart and held on to win his second Vore's
Welding and Steel CRA FWD Compacts race in a row on Old Timer's
Weekend. Dilg finished second, Jeff Shelmadine third, Jess Drook
fourth and Cary Arbell fifth.