7/17/2015
Caho Cruises To Fourth SCVR Win This Season
After a one week mid-summer break, St. Croix Valley Raceway returned to action in hot, humid conditions under clear skies on July 17. Heavy rains earlier in the week left the track heavy and saturated – forcing track officials to remain active throughout the night, constantly grooming and smoothing the clay. The surface work paid dividends for Rob Caho, Jr. as he continued his mastery at the 1/4 mile dirt oval for his fourth win of the season.
The UMSS Traditional Sprints completed yet another caution-free 25-lap main event; something the group has accomplished six times so far this season in thirteen series events. Maybe not coincidentally, the throttle-mashing Rob Caho Jr. has won three of the six all-green affairs, including the latest one on Friday. Apparently the two-time series champion doesn’t like to slow down. Caho started outside the #55 of Joseph Kouba, came out of the first set of turns as the leader, and never looked back. Rick Kobs was following Caho in the high groove early, followed by Kouba and the low-running Johnny Parsons III – who was dueling with Kevin Bradwell. It’s a rare occurrence for Caho to give up a position on the track, and that was the case again on Friday, securing his series leading fourth win on the season. The low groove came in late for Parsons, going from fourth to second in the latter stages of the race with a final lap pass for the runner-up position at the checker. Kobs, Joseph Kouba and Jimmy Kouba rounded out the top five. Heat race wins went to Bradwell and Kobs. Fifteen of the sixteen starters in the feature were still running at the end of 25 laps with 12 cars still on the lead lap.
Traditional Sprint Car Series Race Results - July 17, 2015 SCVR:
GRP Motorsports A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 78-Rob Caho Jr[2]; 2. 12-Johnny Parsons III[6]; 3. 81-Rick Kobs[4]; 4. 55-Joseph Kouba[1]; 5. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[5]; 6. 48-Neal Matuska[8]; 7. 11-James Giossi[9]; 8. 95-Kevin Bradwell[3]; 9. 50-Chase Viebrock[10]; 10. 87-Mike Mueller[7]; 11. 5-Mike Haseltine[11]; 12. 7B-Scott Brandt[14]; 13. 23-Jake Hendrickson[12]; 14. N1-Tony Duran[16]; 15. 21J-Jori Hughes[13]; 16. (DNF) 90-Tony Klose[15]
Lap Leader: Caho 1-25. No cautions!
Meeks Video Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 95-Kevin Bradwell[1]; 2. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[2]; 3. 12-Johnny Parsons III[4]; 4. 48-Neal Matuska[3]; 5. 11-James Giossi[5]; 6. 50-Chase Viebrock[7]; 7. 21J-Jori Hughes[6]; 8. 90-Tony Klose[8]
Lap Leader: Bradwell 1-10. No cautions.
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Rick Kobs[3]; 2. 78-Rob Caho Jr[6]; 3. 87-Mike Mueller[1]; 4. 55-Joseph Kouba[7]; 5. 5-Mike Haseltine[2]; 6. 23-Jake Hendrickson[4]; 7. 7B-Scott Brandt[5]; 8. N1-Tony Duran[8]
Lap Leaders: Mueller 1, Kobs 2-10. No cautions.
Article Credit: Terry Lehnertz
