[Jerry Shaw]

Wes Mac must really love racing at Haubstadt, because he is just a fun driver to watch, when he's flying around that place. A couple of times there that I remember, he employed a back it in Bob Kinser-style to make a quick line around the bottom. Tonight, he did something completely different. He was cutting a diamond pattern, racing up to the apex of the turns at each end, throwing the back end around and then just standing on the gas. On most laps in the turn three and four end, the left front was high off the ground as he began his exit. There has to be some photographers who took me poster quality shots of him, tonight.

Come feature time, he was on the front row, lined up outside Robert Ballou, who has been real strong paired with Baldwin Brothers, this year. Behind them sat Stockon and Stanbrough, Hunter and Short, Sterrett and Gross and the fifth row was one that everybody had their eyes on, because it contained Kevin Thomas Jr. and Daron Clayton. No way those two were going to be 9th and 10th for long. When the green dropped, Wes Mac led and was challenged briefly by Ballou, then he began to widen his lead, lap by lap. He was flying. About then, Ballou was starting to have a problem. That problem was red and had 66's painted on it. They went at it tooth and nail for, five or so laps. It was the first great battle of many, in this one. When the smoke cleared, Stanbrough owned second, but McIntyre had gotten into lapped traffic, which let Jon and Robert close back in on the leader. Then there was a yellow. So you had a restart with Wes Mac, a lapped car, Stanbrough and then Ballou. Wes took off a bit, till Jon cleared the lapped car. He then started to reel the leader in. While all this was happening, KT Jr. was hooked up on the bottom and had wrestled positions away from Sterrett, Gross, Schuerenberg and Stockon, just as Brady Short had overtaken Ballou. And after Robert had lost that position, he encountered Daron Clayton and they began the race's second best battle. This one lasted for a bunch of laps. Slide jobs. Banging wheels several times. It was an intense scrap, that probably left both drivers not being happy with one another, by the time it was over. And while this was going on, they both were overtaken by KT, who then went to work on Wes Mac. KT wrestled second away from Wes and set sail for our leader. You knew at that point that it was now "ON". He reeled Jon in, as the laps wound down. When he caught him with just a few laps left, Jon changed tactics and ran the real low line that was working for KT. Then Thomas nosed ahead, but he still had Stanbrough glued to him. Then as they came down for the white flag, Jon pulled along side of KT on the front stretch, but then they encountered a lapped car. KT ducked under the lapped car, but Jon was partially blocked by it and KT skated away and opened up too a big of lead for Jon to overcome. What a race. What a job by Tommy, Blake and their crew. The track was perfect all night. It was a real big crowd and they all got their money's worth. It was a popular win for KT, as everyone has seen him grow up at this place. And he earned his money, tonight. He had to pry this win out of the jaws of a pitbull. One that will be in the Hall of Fame, someday.