JVM Enterprises/Nelson Kohman 125 Post-Race Notes

Brian Campbell earned his second series victory of the season at Columbus and produced his second consecutive top-five finish. Campbell finished just 0.225 seconds ahead of Scott Hantz.

For the fourth occasion in the previous five CRA events at Columbus, Scott Hantz earned a podium finish with crossing the finish line in second position. Hantz was running in the fourth position on lap 95 when leader Tyler Nuckles and second running John VanDoorn made contact forcing both drivers to restart on the tail of the lead lap. That moved Hantz to second behind Campbell. The two battled nose to tail over the final laps with Hantz in the runner-up spot at the checkered flag.

"With the sun going down and then the red flag that car just wouldn’t fire on restarts. After the sun went down and it cooled down the car was decent again. I lost a couple spots by that point and then couldn’t get around Brian (Campbell) at the end after the leaders got together. Second is not bad. Would have liked to win, but there is always next time," said Scott Hantz.

Robbie Pyle rallied from an early race accident with Nick Gullatta while battling for fifth position to cross the finish line in third position. With less than 25 laps remaining Pyle got around Tommy St. John to secure his podium finish. Gullatta followed his fourth place run at Toledo with a ninth at Columbus and earned the Perfect Circle RaceCars Rookie of the Race award.

Early in the event Tommy St. John had one of the quickest cars moving up to third around Brian Campbell. The driver of the No. 14 Welch & Wilson Motorsports Chevrolet finished in fourth spot.

"Our car got tighter and tighter on the long runs. The first four or five laps it was good and then just became hard to turn. I will take a fourth-place finish. We tested last week and we were off and to finish fourth is great for our team," said Tommy St. John.

Jim Crabtree Jr. rounded out the top-five finishers with moving up from the 10th starting position to collect his third top-10 performance of the season.

"The car was pretty tight in the middle of the corner and I had to give up a lot to keep it on the bottom. I’m pretty happy to finish in fifth spot and we didn’t get a scratch on the car," said Jim Crabtree Jr.

 

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