The first feature to take to the track on the night was the 15 lap SportMods, with Brandon Smith and Lucas Lundry drawing the front row for the event. Lundry took advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Matt McCahen and Smith. Lundry then started to pull away from the field, when the first and only caution of the race on lap 8 brought the field back to his back bumper. Colby Heishman spun in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Lundry moved back out front, with Kip Siems glued to his back bumper. Siems would get under Lundry coming off turn 4 on lap 11, as the two raced side-by-side for the lead. While McCahen and Ryan Maitland, who started 8th and looked like he had rear suspension troubles under the caution, ran side-by-side for the third spot. Lundry was able to hold off Siems over the final 4 laps to claim the win. Siems settled for 2nd, McCahen won the battle for 3rd, Maitland was 4th, with Smith holding on for 5th.
Tony Snyder and Tyler Droste drew the front row for the 20 lap Modified feature, with Synder grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Vern Jackson and Droste. Snyder then held the top spot until lap 4 when he slipped high in turn 4, which allowed Jackson to sneak by for the lead. While Jackson paced the field out front Darin Duffy, who started 5th, was trying to work his way to the front. Duffy was battling for the third spot when he drifted high off turn 4 and fell clear back to 6th. Joe Docekal, who started 9th and had worked his way to 4th, slowed to a stop in turn 2 with a broken gear on lap 7 to bring out the only caution of the race. On the restart Jackson moved back out front, while Duffy went thru the middle of Snyder and Droste down the front stretch to go from fifth to second. Duffy then went to work on Jackson for the lead, as the two came off turn four on lap 18 side-by-side. Jackson was able to hold off Duffy over the final laps to pick up the win. Duffy settled for 2nd, J.D. Auringer came from 6th to finish in 3rd, Snyder was 4th, with Droste rounding out the top 5.
The final feature up on the night was the 25 lap Sprint Invaders, with Tony Schilling and Jarrod Schneiderman leading the field to the green flag. Schilling took advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Schneiderman and Terry McCarl, who was behind the wheel of Jimmy Davies #99 Sprinter. The action up front was slowed on lap 2, as debris down the front stretch brought out the yellow. On the restart Schilling moved back out front, with McCarl over taking Schneiderman for the second spot. A red flag on lap 3 brought the field to a halt, as Cole Wood spun in turn 3 with Russ Hall having no where to go and his right rear clipped the front of Wood's car. As a result Hall was sent for a roll in turn 4 to bring out the red. He climbed from his car okay. On the restart Mike Houseman Jr. and Chase Wanner both spun in turn 4 to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Tasker Phillips spin off turn 4 to bring out the yellow, just as McCarl got under Schilling in turn 1 to grab the lead. But as a result of the lap not being scored complete, Schilling was moved back out front for the restart. McCarl would power under Schilling going into turn 1 on the restart to take over the top spot. McCarl started to enter lapped traffic on lap 6, which allowed him to pull away from the field. But disaster would strike Schneiderman on lap 15, as he spun in turn 3 while running 3rd to bring out the yellow. McCarl grabbed the lead on the restart, with Schilling working to hold off Jon Agan for the second spot. Once again McCarl started to get into lapped traffic on lap 20. But that didn't slow him down, as he went on to claim the win and the $1,200 top prize. Schilling was 2nd, Chris Martin came from 12th to finish in 3rd, Bobby Mincer started 8th and finished 4th, with Agan coming home in 5th.
Notes from Indy: Despite the low car counts in both the Modifieds and SportMods, the side-by-side action in both feature events provided plenty of exciting racing action!......Colby Heishman recovered from his lap 8 spin in the SportMod feature to come back up to finish in 6th....Brian Hilbert came from 10th to finish in 7th......Josh Schneiderman started the Sprint feature in 21st. He passed 15 cars to bring home a 6th place finish....Bret Tripplett passed 16 cars from his 23rd place starting spot to come home in 7th....Cole Wood recovered from his lap 3 spin to come back up to finish 10th....Harold Pohren, in only his second Sprint event of 2014, started 18th and passed 7 cars to finish in 11th....Daniel Bergquist came from 20th to finish in 15th....Tim Moore started 24th and passed 7 cars to finish in 17th....Rookie Kelly Graham came from 22nd to finish in 18th....Carson McCarl was suppose to start the feature in 15th, but troubles in his heat raced forced him to fall to the rear on the start. He would make a few laps before pulling off to end his night in 24th.
Thanks to Ryan Clark and the entire staff at the Independence Motor Speedway for allowing me to come up and cover the action! It's always a great time every time I make a visit to the speedway.
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