[Jerry Shaw]

It was one of those nights that started out really bad, but ended up better than it could have. It wasn't the worst night of Indiana Sprint Week, so far. Not even close. But, it was nowhere near the thrillers we witnessed at Terre Haute and Kokomo, either.

Chad Boespflug jumped out to the early lead and for a little bit, it was a nice lead. And it lasted for more than half the race. Eventually, Casey Riggs would reel him in, while being caught by Brady Short and Levi Jones, himself. Riggs would eventually take the lead and Boespflug would nearly spin, shortly after. He made a real nice save, although he would drop back several spots. At the same time, although passing wasn't all that easy, Bobby East had it working on the bottom and was gaining spots within the top 10. And Shane Cottle, who had started near the back, was passing everybody. So, there was a point most of the way through the race, that you had Riggs starting to pull away some, Levi eventually passing Short back for second. East threatening to gain some more spots. And Hines, Schurenberg, Stanbrough, Ballou and Boespflug were all working each other over to establish the pecking order for the pack right behind the leaders. Hines found something up top and not only come out on top of this group, but would eventually take East's position away from him, too. Boespflug regrouped and had a resurgence that would help him win one of the race's better battles, with Cottle. And Gulick would pressure Ballou for nearly the entire race to finally take his spot away from him. That one was half way decent, as well. All as Riggs extended his lead and ended up winning comfortably.

So, all in all, the feature kind of saved the day, for this program. There were enough things going on for most of it to keep it interesting. It was one of those cases of the best drivers anywhere bailing out a not-so-well ran show.

Jerry