55 late models were on hand for opening night at Kamp Motorspeedway in Boswell, IN. Lots of fans were in the stands too, braving an extremely cold night. When we left the track, the tempature according to my car was 34 degrees.
Qualifing: FEGER FAST TIME in his group and overall.
Heat: Feger won his heat.
Feature: The drivers who won the heats drew numbers to determine feature starting positions. Jason was starting third behind Darrin Friedman and Dennis Erb on the outside.
Feger got off to a really horrible start, shuffled back to fifth.
Erb got out to an early lead and Loomis was right on his tail. Ted was able to get pass Erb on the low side while Jason battled his way back to third. After a yellow, Dennis nudged Ted to get him out of position and take back the lead.
Feger passed Loomis on the highside and was reeling in Dennis when another yellow came out. Jason put a very slick move on Dennis down low and took out the lead, only to relinquish it back for a yellow that came out for Unzicker.
Feger and Erb continued to battle. Jason nearly had Erb when another yellow came out. The two were pretty far out in front and DARN IT!!!!! Feger pulled into the infield. Grandma swears Jason would have had Dennis, but I'm not 100%. Erb was pretty darn fast, so we would have had second for sure.
Ted finished second, but was light on the scales. Sometimes, he just can't get a break. So that put Friedman in second who ran a very good race. Weaver also had a good race, coming from the rear of the field to the top ten, only to have to pull out after an altercation with another car. Richie looked strong early but faded. He had a fast run earlier in the night and won his heat.
So -- what happened. To quote the Brettman -- they had a twenty-five lap battery in a thirty lap race. The darn battery quit. The race sure seemed like 50 or 60 laps with the yellows, but what can you do.
Next week -- the car will be in full charge :)
Thanks to Kamps and track for a fun night of racing, sure they had to work hard to get it in after all the rain last week.
