6/7/2013
Caho Captures Second TSCS Win With SCVR Thriller
In their fourth race of the season, the UMSS Traditional Sprint Car Series made their second appearance at their home track on June 7. Another wet week led to more saturated grounds at St. Croix Valley Raceway on Friday, but Mother Nature relented on her deluge just long enough to allow the first of two Kids’ Night celebrations to take place at The Valley. The youngsters in attendance enjoyed an on-track autograph session with the drivers, and many drivers also handed out trinkets and treats along with hundreds of autographed photos. Several other door prizes were awarded, including seven bicycles, courtesy of the Northern Vintage Stockcar Racers and other SCVR competitors. At the final checkers, Caho would pull off an exciting charge to claim the win by a narrow margin over Tommy Kamrath in a very entertaining UMSS Traditional sprint feature.
As they so often do, the UMSS Traditional sprint cars capped the evening with one of their trademark thrillers. Tommy Kamrath and the ageless Jack Clark paced a stout fourteen car field to green and Kamrath claimed the early lead. Fifth starting Johnny Parsons quickly darted up to second, part of a gaggle of two and three wide racers that included Rob Caho Jr, Clark, Kevin Bradwell, Cam Schafer and Brian VanMeveren. Up front, Kamrath settled into a groove and looked poised to claim the night’s final checkers, but on lap ten Caho finally found his comfort zone, high off the cushion, clean and clear of competitors, allowing him to focus on Kamrath. As the laps wound down, Caho sized up his challenge of passing Kamrath while Clark was busy racing VanMeveren, Katrina Sautbine and Mike Mueller. As the white flag waved, Caho mustered all the giddy-up his #78 mount would provide and skated on the cushion’s edge to near perfection at full throttle. Keeping his substantial momentum through the final set of turns, Caho edged in front of Kamrath in the final few hundred feet of the race and drag raced him to the checkers, claiming the dramatic win. Rounding out the top five behind Caho and Kamrath were Mueller, Schafer and Parsons.
UMSS Traditional Sprint Feature (20 laps) – Rob Caho, Jr., Tommy Kamrath, Mike Mueller, Cam Schafer, Johnny Parsons, Brian VanMeveren, Mike Huesmann, Denny Stordahl, Jack Clark, Tom Porter, Kevin Bradwell, Brad Nelson, Jimmy Kouba, Katrina Sautbine.
Lap Leaders: Kamrath 1-19, Caho 20.
Article Credit: Terry Lehnertz
