Second Race of the Season in the Books at Plymouth Speedway
By: Anita Soltis
(Plymouth, IN) The second race into the season was an exciting one at Plymouth Speedway on Saturday night.
The 600 Open Sprints opened the feature portion of the night and it was a wild sixth lap of the event. Jacob Moore flipped over B-Ray Kinzer’s car. Luckily, nobody was injured but Moore did take quite a tumble. Despite that, he fired up the car and continued in the race. Aaron Davis had the pole and he stayed out front for the entire 15-lap event and captured the win. Dawson Stealy made his way through the field after starting in the middle of the pack. He would finish second. Brad Nichols had a strong third place finish.
“I never thought this day would come,” said Davis on his first-ever feature win.
The Thunder Stocks event found Eric Brown busy behind the wheel as his win didn’t come easy. He had John Rhoads to battle and Keith Crissinger to beat doors with to get there but when he got clean air he stayed there. Third place finisher Bryce Shidler worked on second place finisher John Rhoads on the closing laps but couldn’t make the pass. Three caution flags flew during the feature and Brown said working the top of the track helped him with the win.
“I got the car working on the top of the track and let me tell you this feels a lot better than last week!” stated Brown.
The UMP Modified event always brings excitement and Saturday night wasn’t any different. Jamie Lomax was trying to win both the B-Main feature and the A-Main feature to sweep prize money, but he ran out of laps. It was Todd Sherman who found the front of the field quickly and he never looked back. Lomax started in the back of the field and by lap six he was in the sixth position. He came up one spot short by the time the checkered flag flew. Last year’s champion, Frank Marshall, was attempting a podium shot but missed it by a spot. The top three included Todd Sherman, Jamie Lomax and Darek Snyder.
"I'm just glad Jamie (Lomax) started in the back so I could have a chance," laughed Sherman.
The Super Street event was the final feature of the evening. From the drop of the green flag, Michael Clark was on his game. He was so fast he was lapping cars by the ninth lap. Tommy Beezley II, who was running in both the UMP Modifieds and Super Street races, worked his way into the top three quickly and ended up in the second position. Clark had a two second lead on Beezley II at one time. Beezley II tried to close the gap when lapped traffic became an issue, but Clark’s car was too strong to provide a challenge. Nathan Jordan started third and that’s where he finished. On the podium, he said he was pretty happy with the result. It was a rather quiet race with one caution. This was Clark’s second win on the season in as many races.
“Confidence,” said Clark when asked how winning two in a row felt. “We’re going to win next week too!”
It’ll be a special night of racing on Saturday, May 10 when Ken Schrader comes to the Plymouth Speedway to run his UMP Modified. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. ET.
About Plymouth Speedway:
Plymouth Speedway features a three-eighths (0.375) mile banked dirt oval owned by Ed Kennedy. Four different classes of racing are featured: UMP Modifieds, 600 Open Sprints, Thunder Stocks, and Super Streets. Regular season races are scheduled in the months of April through August on Saturday nights with several special events including Late Models and Sprint Cars. For information, visit www.plymouthspeedway.net, follow Plymouth Speedway’s official Facebook page, @PlymouthSpeed on Twitter, or emailplymouthspeedway@yahoo.com.
Plymouth Speedway
11631 12th Road
Plymouth, IN 46563