5/25/2018
Dacotah Speedway
Carter Hangs on to Win Season Opener
In a brand new race car, Jeremy Englehardt took the lead in the WISSOTA Street Stock feature from pole sitter Matt Brendel. Engelhardt had his hands full as Jonny Carter and Shawn Volk made it a three car battle for the lead. Carter found speed along the high side of the track and took the lead on lap five. Engelhardt cleared Volk for second before John Weber started to catch Volk. Weber passed Volk for third, bringing Royce Jawaski with him. A caution with three laps to go erased Carter’s large lead over the field. On the restart, Zach Frederick raced from eighth to third, making it a three car battle for second between Jawaski and Weber. Weber started to fall back in the closing laps but Jawaski and Frederick continued to race for second. Caution returned when Engelhardt, running fourth, spun in the front of the field. Luckily, no one hit Engelhardt but he took his race car with minimal damage to the pits. On the restart, Frederick passed Jawaski for second and looked low under Carter for the win.The raced side by side to the white flag but as they came off corner four, Jonny Carter held off Zack Frederick for the feature win. Royce Jawaski finished third while Geoff Hellman finish fourth ahead of Brad Kadrmas.
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Article Credit: Becca Rattei
Submitted By: Becca Rattei