I don't care whether you are a Brady Short fan or not, you had to be impressed with what you saw, tonight. He just took a very strong field full of some of the best drivers anywhere and demolished it, with ease. There was never any doubt who was going to win the race. At one point I think he had more than a half a lap lead on second place. Had it not been for a yellow with 7 laps left, the rout could have been even more one-sided. Now behind him, there were several pretty good races. Casey Shuman was all over Nic Bilbee for second place and even grabbed the spot for a short time. Nic would eventually battle back and never relinquish the spot, again. Although a surging Dave Darland looked to be a serious threat for the runner up spot late in the race, only to be fought off be Bilbee, who was tough as nails from beginning to end, in this one. Most of the race had Bilbee, Darland, Shuman, Shane Cottle, Robert Ballou and Jon Stanbrough mixing it up for the top 7 or 8 spots. Late in the race, however, Chad Boespflug made a furious charge and passed a lot of those guys to throw himself in the mix, as well.

There was a nice car count and a real big crowd. Between those two things and the excellent job that Pat Sullivan and some of Josh's friends did with different parts of the opening ceremonies, I think the memory of Josh was served very well. The outpouring of respect was quite impressive.

Jerry