Rampage has two career victories, both of which come on tracks 2.5 miles or longer. Eight Bowl is 2.5 miles long.
Much like the NFRN Amateur Cup Series, the first practice leader didn't catch the same draft. Jake Baskinger was 29th this session. Here's the fast ten from final practice: 1) Rampage - 46.017 (56 laps) 2) Jek Porkins (R) - 46.094 (58) 3) William Brock - 46.120 (60) 4) Zachary Fitzwater Sr. (R) - 46.141 (58) 5) Rambo (R) - 46.141 (58) 6) Jonny Gardner - 46.144 (57) 7) Mitchell Marc (R) - 46.236 (55) 8) Noah Kars - 46.242 (62) 9) John Arndt - 46.250 (61) 10) Phillip Fry (R) - 46.269 (61)
Jek Porkins, who earned his first career top-10 last week, came in at runner-up, and points leader Brad Stover was 12th in the session.
Here's a look at the other fastest times at Eight Bowl: 1) Jake Baskinger (R) - 44.948 (91 laps) 2) Jek Porkins (R) - 45.070 (88) 3) Caleb Campbell (R) - 45.097 (93) 4) Mitchell Marc (R) - 45.139 (87) 5) William Brock - 45.156 (94) 6) Eli Bright (R) - 45.166 (88) 7) Nick Smith - 45.175 (92) 8) Ryan Maiden (R) - 45.177 (88) 9) John Arndt - 45.217 (96) 10) Jonathan Raines (R) - 45.219 (91)
Twists and turns were the name of the game at Twin Ring Motegi, but when it came down to the end, Pikes Peak NACS winner Dwayne Callaway showed a ton of muscle to become the first driver in NFRN history to win in two different divisions.
"Holy cow is all I can say," Callaway said post-race. "We have a lot of confidence and teamwork within our family-owned operation, but this success is pretty sudden for us." Callaway did have some competition during his final green flag stretch. Dalejrfan8883 made a pass for the lead and led two of the final laps before falling to 3rd by the end. "Our #76 Chevy SS was fast but the #93 had the better car," Dalejrfan8883 said. "Hopefully we can pull it off next week and get our first win." While last week's winner Reece Butcher put up a solid enough run to maintain the points lead in a tie with Brad Stover, the runner-up in that race was not so fortunate. Gerrard Oran came to pit road while running in the top-10, but a hit by Chris Harley into the end of pit road, which collected nascarfan19, took the #91 out of the race. "I have no clue what the #2 was thinking. Complete dumba** move," Oran said. " I will say though we proved finally that we are a top team, it's just we have some of the worst luck in the league." Polesitter Rambo wasn't a fan of pit road either, as an unexpected stop put the #4 near a lap down for most of the race and gave him a 28th place finish. Harley's nasty hit wasn't the only one of the day. Knox got turned by Phillip Fry coming to a caution flag, rebounded back toward the racing groove and was struck by Jett Kraus, overturning once. "Certainly a brutal hit I took, feels about the same as our crash at Piggz Cliff [Super Speedway]," Knox said. "I feel fine though, just a hurt pride."
Donnie Moore and Jay Jefferson beat out the full load of full-time drivers in final practice at Twin Ring Motegi. Dwayne Callaway also placed in the top-10 for the second straight session.
For the first NACS race winner of the year, the result felt sweet. "We've gotta have better runs then we've been doing up here [in the NECS], at least in the races we actually make," Moore said. "We're only running around 30th place or worse, and that's just too low for my standards." Consistency was also key in this practice. Four drivers who placed top-10 in the first session did the same today. Here's the official results from that session: 1) Donnie Moore (i) - 33.559 (89 laps) 2) Jay Jefferson (i) - 33.579 (86) 3) Noah Pontzer (R) - 33.590 (89) 4) Gerrard Oran (R) - 33.592 (85) T5) Jake Baskinger (R) - 33.595 (89) T5) Reece Butcher - 33.595 (90) 7) Phillip Fry (R) - 33.596 (90) 8) TheOtherJR (R) - 33.603 (84) 9) Dwayne Callaway (i) - 33.610 (85) 10) Dalejrfan8883 (R) - 33.616 (85) |
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