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Originally Posted by Sandy Lowe
Saturday Will Mark the 501st Feature Run on the Big Track
The Lawrenceburg Speedway opened in its 3/8ths mile configuration on June 14, 2008 and Jon Stanbrough won the first feature contested on the big track. Since Stanbrough’s initial win drivers have visited victory lane on 499 more occasions with Will McRoberts winning the 500th feature this past Saturday.
126 of those 500 races have been nonwing sprints where 39 drivers have scored wins. Brady Short’s 11 wins is the most in the sprints and only modified driver Joey Kramer (37 wins), Will McRoberts (17 wins) and Scott Hensley (14 wins) in the pure stock division, and modified driver Matt Hamilton (13 wins) have had more success.
Short and Justin Grant are the only sprint drivers to win three consecutive features but if Shawn Westerfeld can accomplish this feat Saturday he will join their ranks.
Westerfeld has been on a tear this year leading feature laps in each of the five Kelsey Chevrolet sprint races he has competed in, and winning three of the six run. Defending track champion Joss Moffatt, current point leader Jarett Andretti, and Stanbrough are the only others with Kelsey Chevrolet sprint wins, while Dave Darland won the USAC sprint feature on opening night.
Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints Point Standings
1. Jarett Andretti 1,095
2. Shawn Westerfeld 1,045
3. Joss Moffatt 1,040
4. Garrett Abrams 855
5. Dickie Gaines 820
All-Time Sprint Feature Winners
1. Brady Short 11
2. Justin Grant 9
3. Dave Darland 7
3. CJ Leary 7
3. Thomas Meseraull 7
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I assume that win count is only on the current configuration