When they were rolling them out, I remember thinking this may be the tackiest looking track I've ever seen. Even compared to other shows at TSS. This was going to be a hell of a race, but Kyle Cummins was going to be hard to beat, because he looked so, so strong in the heat race. He had just driven right to the front, from the third row, like it was nothing. Even passing Robert Ballou with ease. He would be starting on the outside of the front row, so everybody had their work cut out for them. Kyle jumped to the lead and held a nice margin for the first handful of laps. Brady then came after him and those two were all over each other for the next 25 laps!! It was simply the best wheel to wheel battle I've seen all year. Especially once they reached lapped traffic. The way they went at it tooth and nail, as they weaved in and out of back markers was mesmerizing. Extreme aggression, in a great display of close quarters combat. And as this was all going on, Robert Ballou, who had started 12th, was just tearing his way through the field. About half way through the race, he was up to fourth. Then, 19 laps in, when Carson Short put it in the wall (he had ran a hell of a race up to that point), Robert inherited third, so Brady and Kyle officially had company and we had a three car race to the finish on our hands. For most of the last ten laps you could have thrown a blanket over those three. Ballou actually pulled ahead of Kyle briefly, coming out of turn 2, with 2 laps to go. Kyle grabbed the spot back and they both chased Brady to the checkered. Brady took home the $4000, but he had to earn every penny of it, tonight. The track was great tonight and the race was even better. What a way the end the year.

Jerry