The #01 driver went from a likely favorite to out of contention in the matter of a corner as his truck stalled between the two surfaces.
"Just completely blew it," Rowles said. "You want to lose as little time as you can and I didn't look at the overall picture." The caution put Ross Kispin in the lead after pit stops, but with Rowles on the inside line at the restart, Benny Seitzer took advantage of the opening and snookered Kispin to take over the lead, holding off Dylan Lexton on the low line through turn 2. He would never look back as the #83 led the remainder of the laps and claimed its first career victory. "That race at Texas World [Speedway] was pretty annoying for our team cause we had a shot to be in the playoffs and missed it by that much," Seitzer said. "As much as I would've liked to run for the title, our great finishes were pretty few this season so just to say we're a race winner is pretty special." Despite Rowles' mistake, his points position was not heavily impacted, at least in regards to the Round of 6 cut line, as furthest back drivers Clint McComb, Steve Rea, and Dalton Wise all had poor showings between 36th-38th that keep them in tight quarters heading to Ontario Motor Speedway. Three points separate McComb and Rea, with Wise five points back from the line. The only major accident to take place was a turn 2 accident by Taylor The Pig striking the outside wall and tumbling several times after getting loose on the banking, a very similar occurrence to several part-timers in the heat races. |
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