GEORGETOWN, Del. — Ryan Godown returned to victory lane at Georgetown Speedway for the first time May 2018, topping the 25-lap J.W. Brown Logging Modified feature on Northeastern Supply night.
In the midst of his career season, the Ringoes, N.J., resident now moves into the Sunoco Championship point lead with his triumphant performance, which also came with a $3,000 check.
“We’ve won here before, but man it seems like it’s been forever,” Godown said. “I just gotta tip my hat to my guys, we’ve been working really hard to get everything going the right way . . . this big-block wasn’t 100% tonight but we got the job done.”
Godown fired from the outside of the front row with Brandon Grosso alongside. Godown quickly slid by Grosso in the opening turn of the race, taking the top spot in the early going.
The opening 10 laps of the 25-lap affair were plagued by several caution flags for multiple drivers.
Jordan Watson and H.J. Bunting, who was running third, both had problems on lap six, bringing out a caution. Watson would return, while Bunting’s night was over. Watson ultimately brought out another yellow one lap later and returned for good after the lap-seven yellow.
“My only concern was restarts because our carburetor was skipping a little on them and it seemed like there were a million tonight,” Godown said.
The next nine laps clicked off while Godown continued to set the pace up front and Bouc continued his pursuit. The race’s final yellow came on lap 16 when Austin Hubbard slowed in the first turn.
The final nine laps went off without a hitch. Though Bouc was catching Godown in the late stages, he came up short.
Godown raced away with the $3,000 top prize.
Bouc settled for second in the Craig and Leslie Pondish No. 6 while Richie Pratt Jr. rounded out the podium cars in the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz No. 51. Grosso took fourth in his family-owned No. 32 and Joseph Watson rebounded from losing a left-rear tire and cutting another one to round out the top five.
Dallas Schott grabbed his second career URC 360 Sprint Car feature of his career on Friday night.
The Myerstown, Pa., resident led all 25 laps in dominant fashion to pick up the win — the first of his Georgetown Speedway career.
Tyler Ross, last year’s winner of the event, got to second in the late stages but was unable to seriously challenge Schott for the victory. Ross came home the runner-up followed by Adam Carberry, Troy Betts and Kyle Spence.
After problems in the modified, Austin Hubbard was victorious in the 20-lap First State Chevrolet Late Model feature driving the Karl Klink No. 49.
Hubbard passed Trevor Collins on a mid-race restart to take the lead, which he would never relinquish. Collins closed in late as Hubbard ran the bottom groove, but Hubbard switched to the top in the final three laps to pull away with the win. Collins took second while Matt Hill, Joey Warren and Michael Duritsky rounded out the top five.