A driver that deserves mention here is Brandon Mattox. Man, was he ever tough tonight! Taking spots and fending off challenges from a list that includes many of the USAC top ten in points. With racing budgets that he could probably only dream of. And Shane Cottle, Jason McDougal and Brady Short fought their way from the back, to increase their payday. Cottle earned both the Hard Work and Hard Charger Awards, on his way to the top ten, all the way from the C Main. And to the winner, who led all 30 laps. It was no drive in the park for him though (except it kinda was, since it was at Lincoln Park
) , as he had Brady Bacon and CJ Leary stalking him the whole way. Late in the race, he and Bacon encountered a couple of lapped cars. Kyle slipped under them on the backstretch and Brady had to fight his way around them. That was the knockout punch and you knew it was over, at that point. It was a well run show, even though they had to overcome a transformer problem that sparked by the turn 1 grandstand. It was a nice car count of 40 cars and an enormous crowd. That place was jam packed. Pretty good for a Thursday night.
Jerry