QUINCY, Mich. — Visiting Butler Motor Speedway for the first time, J.J. Hickle adjusted quickly and ended the night with feature wins in the Home Pro Roofing 360 and 410 cars.
A pretty good night for Hickle and his whole team.
Going out on the track first tonight, the Great Lakes Super Sprints cars hot lapped/qualified at the same time with three cars on the track. At the end of the qualification sessions, Hickle set on top of the field earning him the Ti22 Perforamnce Fast Qualifier, with an average lap time of 13.897 seconds or roughly 97 mph. Ryan Ruhl and Dustin Daggett rounded out the top three spots.
Rolling out first for features, we were treated to a well-prepared track that proved to be fast and racey all night. Hickle, who started on the outside of the front row, jumped out front for the lead on the first lap and he would never relinquish that lead the rest of the feature.
Nickles was able to keep Hickle in his sights and follow him through lap traffic for 21 laps.
Behind Nickles, Sheffer had managed to work his way into third from his sixth spot. After cruising around behind Nickles for four laps, Sheffer was able to get around Nickles in lap 22.
Taking the checkered flag behind Hickle, Sheffer claimed second and Nickles finished third, with Lamberson and Ruhl rounding out the top five.