It all started with Heat #1 to get things underway for the evening. Charli Brown and Brent Sweet led the field to the green flag.
Five cautions slowed the pace of the race, but the drivers made up for it, with two attempts at a green-white-checker finish.
The first attempt would result in a caution not too long after the green flag had come out. But the drivers would give it a second try and produced another great finish.
Matt Riley and Wesley Hoag led the field back to the green flag with 2 laps to go. Riley wouldn't get a very good restart and Hoag jumped into the lead.
Hoag would hold on to win his 2nd heat race of the season. Matt Riley finishes 2nd, Justin Collison 3rd, Charli Brown 4th and Robert Hill rounded out the top 5. Brent Sweet (6th) and Johnny Williams (7th) had engine troubles after getting in a wreck together and rounded out the finishing order.
Heat #2 would get underway shortly after with Tyler Tucker and Bertus De Jong leading the field down to the green flag.
The race would go caution free as Tyler Tucker led all the way, taking his first heat race victory of the season. Mike Husby was all over the rear of Tucker throughout the heat and finishes 2nd, Will Goshen came home 3rd, Thomas Mohl Jr. rallied from the back to finish 4th, and Tim Johnston rounded out the top 5. Bertus De Jong would round out the finishing order in 6th.
After the heats concluded it was time to draw for starting positions in the Feature races. Tyler Tucker would draw the pole and Bertus De Jong would take the outside pole position as the two would lead the field down to the green flag for the 50 lap event.
The first caution of the night came out for contact between Wesley Hoag and Tyler Tucker. Both drivers would be able to continue.
Four more cautions would fly throughout the night, setting up a 7 lap dash to the finish. Charli Brown and Matt Riley led the field back to the green flag with 7 laps to go.
Wesley Hoag would get a good restart and took over the 2nd position as Riley fell back to 4th. But with 3 laps to go Hoag would make contact with the #46 of Charli Brown, keeping both drivers out of victory lane.
The field raced back to the caution as Mike Husby and Will Goshen battled for what would be the race lead.
Husby would just edge out Goshen at the line to take his first feature win of the season. Will Goshen finishes a very close 2nd, Matt Riley 3rd, Brent Sweet 4th and Tyler Tucker rounded out the top 5. Thomas Mohl Jr. battled back to a 6th place finish after dropping back from a late race caution, Tim Johnston came home 7th, Charli Brown 8th, Robert Hill 9th and Wesley Hoag rounded out the top 10. Bertus De Jong finished 11th after flipping over with 3 laps to go, Johnny Williams retired from the race early one finishing 12th and Justin Collison rounded out the finishing order in 13th.
Going into this week's race Matt Riley holds a 45 point lead over Will Goshen and a 60 point gap over Mike Husby. Will Matt Riley continue to be as consistent as he has over the first 5 races? Or will the competition creep up on him? Find out this week when the CASCOR Winter Late Model series heads to South Boston Speedway for the Strutmasters.com 50. Remember to get your entries in before 6:30pm EST time Tuesday December 13th! You won't want to miss any of the action!
