July 24/2010
Mark Lucas wins heat race. Mark Millard sails to winners circle in Feature event!
Hello Pro 4 fans. July 24th the Pro 4 modified's took the track produced some great racing. Mark Lucas wins heat with Craig Shaver all over him. Mark Millard Wins Feature with Bob Mercer inches behind!
Heat Race.
The heat race lineup was set up by the draw. #63 Mark Lucas started pole with #9 Brian Nanticoke on the outside. Row 2 was Bob Mercer and Craig Shaver. Row #3 was Mark Millard and Stan Pokupec. Row 4 consisted of Dan Nanticoke and Dan Petit. R0Row 5 was John Verney. The field rolled out of 4 and took the green flag. Into corner 1 Mark Lucas took the lead with Bob Mercer hot on his tail. Mark Millard got under Craig Shaver and cleared him for 3rd. Craig Shaver got Under Brian Nanticoke down the back stretch and tucked up under Mark Millard for 4th. Craig Shaver was getting a run on the outside of Mark and drove hard into 1. It took a entire lap but Craig Shaver was able to clear the #3 of Mark Millard for 3rd. Bob mercer was trying high and low on Mark Lucas. Down the front stretch Bob Mercer's #2 lost a cylinder and he pulled high going in to 1 to get out of the racing line. He went a little high and got into the marbles spinning down into the grass. Craig Shaver went under Bob as he came down the track. Mark Millard locked up the brakes and just missed the #2 as he slid into the grass. On the restart Craig Saver's #8 was tight the the #63 and tried to get under Mark through 1 and 2 but could not make it stick. Craig's #8 was trying high and low with Mark Millard's #3 there waiting for a mistake.#43 John Verney cleared Stan Pokupec then the #37 of Dan Nanticoke and was trying to catch the leaders. meanwhile Craig Shaver was under , Outside Inside of the #63 Mark Lucas but could not get a run on the #63 as he held on for the Heat event win followed by
#8 Craig Shaver
#3 Mark Millard
#43 John Verney
#37 Dan Nanticoke
#9 Brian Nanticoke
#66 Dan Petit
# 17 Stan Pokupec
#2 Bob Mercer
Feature Race.
The feature event is lined up by inverting the points. This put the #9 of Brian Nanticoke on the pole with #3 Mark Millard on the outside. Row 2 consisted of Stan Pokupec and Bob Mercer. Row 3 had #37 Dan Nanticoke inside and #63 Mark Lucas on the outside. Row #4 was loaded with Craig Shaver inside and #43 John Verney on the outside. Row 5 was #66 Dan Petit. Out of 4 the field took the green and everyone was on the gas. Craig Shaver and John Verney tried to clear the #37 in to corner 1. Mark Millard took the lead but lost his filter into corner 1. Down the back stretch Craig Shaver and Jon Verney were on the gas when the caution was thrown for debris on the track(Mark Millard's filter). The field was restarted in the same order. Out of 4 no one was waiting. Craig Shaver and John Verney Split to get around the #37 of Dan Nanticoke. Craig Shaver was very low and got loose out of 2. Mean while Mark Millard took the lead and was setting sale to try and get away from the pack. Bob Mercer's #2 was running good and he cleared #9 Brian Nanticoke down the back stretch. Craig Shaver and John Verney were hard on the gas trying to get to the front. They were all over the track trying to get by the #17 of Stan Pokupec. into 1 John took the high line and Craig Shaver dove low. John Verney's #3 got into he marbles up high and shot down the track collecting up the #8 of Craig Shaver. They slid of into the infield. he drivers got out and surveyed the damage. They both broke suspension pieces in the front end ending their night.After the clean up the field took the green with 6 laps to go.Out of 4 the #2 of Bob Mercer tried to get under the #3 of Mark Millard but had to tuck in for 2nd. #17 of Stan Pokupec tried to get a run on the #63 of Mark Lucas but couldn't complete the pass and tucked back in for 4th.The #37 of Dan Nanticoke was running good and was on Stan's bumper for 5th. with 1 lap to go Mark Millard had moved up a half of a lane into 1. Bob Mercer tried to use the bottom but got on the flat and got loose so he tucked back in behind Mark. Out of 4 the top 5 were tight and Mark Millard held on for the first Feature win of 2010. He was followed by:
#2 Bob Mercer
#63 Mark Lucas
#17 Stan Pokupec
#37 Dan Nanticoke
#9 Brian Nanticoke
#66 Dan Petit
#43 John Verney DNF
#8 Craig Shaver DNF
Thank you for reading and hope to see everyone out on August 14/2010 for some more exciting racing at Flamboro Speedway.
Craig Shaver.
