Elliott
Finishes 3rd, Closes in on Point Leader
The
cool weather last weekend meant fast times at Flamboro
Speedway.
The
#37 Lucas Oil Chevrolet rolled of the trailer and was quick
from the onset on September 15th. The David
Elliott Racing Team recorded a 2nd and 6th
in the qualifying heat races. But David wasn’t worried about
the qualifying races, he was hungry for a feature win.
The
#37 started in the 6th spot, but when the Jeff
Stewart’s car broke and slid up the track on the first lap,
David had to slow to avoid the #56 and was passed by a
couple cars. Just one lap later the #07 slowed on the front
straight and was rear-end the #82, ending the evening for
the point leader Jason Shaw.
David found himself back in 6th on the restart
and moved up to 5th after just a couple of
green-flag laps. As leader Paul Howse pulled away, the #95
of Anthony Simone, the #36 of Gary Elliott and the #52 of
Scott Lyons battled for second place, with David right
behind them, waiting for an opening.
That opening came when the #36 and #95 got together causing
Simone to slide up the track coming off turn 2. Lyons had to
slow and David ducked beneath both cars to move into 3rd
place behind his father.
The
Elliotts weren’t quick enough to reel in the #8 of Howse and
David settled for a 3rd place finish.
With Shaw’s misfortune, David moved to within 23 points of
the points leader and stayed 9 points behind Lyons in the
battle for 2nd. With one night of points racing
left David still has an outside shot at another title and
you know he will be doing everything possible to repeat as
track Late Model champion.
Be
sure to join us at the track this Saturday to see who will
claim the title.
Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing begins at 6:30 p.m.
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