[Jerry Shaw]

Other than in qualifying, at no point did anybody have or even come close to having anything for C. J Leary, tonight. Started in the 3rd row of the heat, quickly raced to the front and drove off. In the feature, started in the second row, had brief skirmishes with Hunter and Bacon and then just said "hasta la vista." Simple as that. Sometimes you get to see races that go down to the wire and other times you don't, but you are witness an individual performance that is just as spellbinding to the crowd as the first type of race. Both of those types of races, you get your money's worth. Tonight, you got to see C J Leary do what most race fans like to see. A courageous driver that just goes up and runs the wall for 30 laps, on a big, high banked, scary track. Not only did he do that, but he also made some pretty bold moves, getting in and out of lapped traffic. That would have been a perfect opportunity to fall prey to the 2-Time USAC champ, who was looming back in second. But that didn't happen. Other than that, the other notable performance was Kevin Thomas, Jr methodically working his way through the top 10 and taking the last podium spot away from Dave Darland at the very end. It was a great night for CJ, Donnie Gentry and that whole team.

Jerry