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Strane Jr. Wins John Smith Memorial

20 cars were in attendance for the 2nd annual John Smith Memorial race at Sycamore Speedway back on the big track. Brian Strane Jr. would set quick time while Mark Heinert would claim Allstar Performance Heat 1 and Nick Petska would grab Rod End Supply Heat 2. Rookie of the Year contender Chad Stouthamer would lead the field to green with Mike Neau in tow. Stouthammer would maintain the lead for 11 laps until Neau would use lapped traffic to get under him in turn 3 and take the point. It looked as if Neau would be on track for his first win of the year but on lap 21, Brian Strane Jr. would pass Neau on the back straightaway as Neau’s car was visibly slowing. Heinert would also pass Neau 2 laps later as the 25 lap feature would finish with Strane picking up his 6th win of the year with Heinert in 2nd and Neau hanging on for 3rd after later finding out his GoPro camera broke off the car and was lodged under his throttle pedal for the closing laps of the race. Strane would also claim the Weld Racing Hard Charger at +3.

8/24/2024 at Sycamore Speedway

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22S-Brian Strane Jr[4]; 2. 55-Mark Heinert[5]; 3. 16-Mike Neau[2]; 4. 5S-Chad Stouthamer[1]; 5. 18-Nick Petska[3]; 6. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[7]; 7. 74-Tim Brannam[8]; 8. 63-Jacob Irwin[6]; 9. 9-John Kirk[12]; 10. 13-Tucker Richards[10]; 11. 11-Derek Fortier[9]; 12. 74M-Max Brannam[15]; 13. 18Q-Chris Quillman[16]; 14. 01-Ron Brannam[13]; 15. 23-Dominick Swierad[17]; 16. 59X-Phil Brannam[18]; 17. 15-Cole Olson[14]; 18. 6-Jeff Schmidt[11]; 19. 87R-Josh Rehberg[19]; 20. (DNS) 59-Ethon Stear

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 55-Mark Heinert[2]; 2. 22S-Brian Strane Jr[4]; 3. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[1]; 4. 16-Mike Neau[3]; 5. 13-Tucker Richards[7]; 6. 01-Ron Brannam[10]; 7. 15-Cole Olson[8]; 8. 18Q-Chris Quillman[9]; 9. (DNF) 59X-Phil Brannam[6]; 10. (DNS) 6-Jeff Schmidt

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Nick Petska[4]; 2. 63-Jacob Irwin[2]; 3. 5S-Chad Stouthamer[3]; 4. 74-Tim Brannam[1]; 5. 11-Derek Fortier[6]; 6. 9-John Kirk[5]; 7. 74M-Max Brannam[8]; 8. 23-Dominick Swierad[9]; 9. 87R-Josh Rehberg[7]; 10. (DNS) 59-Ethon Stear

Qualifying: 1. 22S-Brian Strane Jr, 00:14.693[10]; 2. 18-Nick Petska, 00:14.731[13]; 3. 16-Mike Neau, 00:14.840[14]; 4. 5S-Chad Stouthamer, 00:14.887[1]; 5. 55-Mark Heinert, 00:14.945[11]; 6. 63-Jacob Irwin, 00:15.159[16]; 7. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 00:15.252[9]; 8. 74-Tim Brannam, 00:15.252[19]; 9. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 00:15.272[3]; 10. 9-John Kirk, 00:15.286[5]; 11. 59X-Phil Brannam, 00:15.294[7]; 12. 11-Derek Fortier, 00:15.403[20]; 13. 13-Tucker Richards, 00:15.449[4]; 14. 87R-Josh Rehberg, 00:15.612[17]; 15. 15-Cole Olson, 00:15.654[8]; 16. 74M-Max Brannam, 00:15.680[2]; 17. 18Q-Chris Quillman, 00:15.757[6]; 18. 23-Dominick Swierad, 00:15.849[18]; 19. 01-Ron Brannam, 00:15.877[15]; 20. 59-Ethon Stear, 44:44.444[12]

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