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Steve irwin Takes home Second Checkered of the season.

The Main Event of the evening, the Lane Automotive Michigan Traditional Sprints Series rolled out for their 25-Lap Feature and the front row consisted of John Watson and Nate Bostrom and it would be Bostrom grabbing the early lead. Just three laps in, Former Three-Time Series Champion Steve Irwin rocketed by for the lead and soon he was trailed by Bostrom who tried to keep pace with the leaders.

Defending Series Champion Joe Bares from near-by Traverse City, Michigan would get up to second and try to reel in the veteran Irwin and Bares would do just that thanks to some heavy potential lapped traffic that Irwin was careful to negotiate through. With 10 laps to go, Bares suffered a right rear flat tire and was forced to pit. This gave second spot back to Bostrom who tried again to keep up with Irwin’s torrid pace.

However, Irwin, the veteran from Fenton, Michigan wouldn’t be denied as he would steer his #1 Allstar Performance machine to victory lane after scoring the Feature triumph. Bostrom finished second while Bares roared back to score the final podium position in third. Mike Austrauskas and Joe Irwin were the top five. S. Irwin, Bares, and Kevin Hawk would collect the Preliminary Heat Race Wins.



Northwesten Auto Machine Amain-
1. Steve Irwin 2. Nate Bostrom 3. Joe Bares 4. Mike Astruaskas 5. Joe Irwin 6. Mark Irwin 7. Nick Rogers 8. John Watson 9. Kevin Hawk 10. Mike Baker 11. Jim Girard 12. Don Bostrom 13. Jay Steinabach 14. Mark Strpko 15. Mark Vanhouten 16. Jacob Caines 17. Eric Smith 18. Randy Kreple (DNS) 19. Tim Champlin (DNS)

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