A late race caution was triggered when Essentia made contact with Jason Langley heading to pit lane to send him into the wall, collecting Jasper Rowles.
While the field needed gas, Tyler Reid did not. Reid managed to run on fumes for the last two laps under caution to collect his first career victory and earn a playoff birth. Some tried the same strategy and failed, like Josh McCoy, Keith Young, and Hunter Cox, all giving up potentially great nights. "I think a lot of the teams tonight wanted to go the conservative route and get a good points night," Reid said. "We didn't think anyone will make the playoffs on points, only winners. We were willing to take that risk tonight because the other races likely wouldn't matter unless we win them." In taking the victory, Reid also took over the points lead as previous leader Clint McComb got caught up in the first accident and stalled on the apron, finishing a couple laps down. Four winners make up the top four spots on the standings, all separated by one point, including Reid, McComb, Dalton Wise, and Mike Simpson. "It's a little tense to all be so close right now," Simpson said. "We're potentially looking at a final four right here and no one's clearly ahead." Two races remain before the playoffs and only drivers who have won maintain playoff spots. Columbia International Speedway winner Barry Watson is in the most precarious position, 19th in standings and just nine points ahead of the dreaded 25th place cutoff. "We need a a lot of cooperation in these final two races to get us back to where we were," Watson said. "I'm going to be 100 percent committed to working with my crew and on myself for Mayville [Lakeside Park] and Texas World [Superspeedway]."
Three drivers remained within the top-10. Emerson Sims held steady at P2 while Recency and Robbie Bell gained a few spots.
Here's who looks best heading into the superspeedway: 1) Dylan Lexton - 1:27.265 (29 laps) 2) Emerson Sims - 1:27.287 (31) 3) Tyler Reid - 1:27.291 (32) 4) Recency - 1:27.420 (31) 5) Clint McComb - 1:27.426 (30) T6) Robbie Bell - 1:27.554 (30) T6) Jim Fowler - 1:27.554 (30) 8) Taylor The Pig - 1:27.602 (30) 9) Aaron DuMatte - 1:27.656 (32) 10) Keith Young - 1:27.663 (31)
Tyler Bate was the only part-timer to crack the top-10 this session.
Here's who turned the best laps on the near-five mile track: 1) Andy Quinn - 1:29.256 (48 laps) 2) Emerson Sims - 1:29.635 (47) 3) Dalton Wise - 1:29.666 (44) 4) Daniel Voyles - 1:29.744 (47) 5) Recency - 1:29.797 (49) 6) Billy Thompson - 1:29.842 (48) 7) Hunter Cox - 1:29.866 (47) 8) Trevor Nicks - 1:29.905 (48) 9) Robbie Bell - 1:29.936 (45) 10) Tyler Bate (i) - 1:29.937 (47) |
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