MARNE, Mich. — Tyler Roahrig made an inside pass of race leader Kyle O’Gara on lap 10 and never looked back on his way to the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper 500 Sprint Car Tour feature event at Berlin Raceway Saturday night.
It was the third career series victory at the speedway for Roahrig. Roahrig won two previous events last season.
Roahrig began the feature event from the eighth starting position after setting quick time in qualifications and inheriting an 8-invert number. Roahrig wasted no time getting to the front once the green flag drop aided by early lapped traffic.
Roahrig dove under race leader O’Gara going into turn one in a surprise move on lap 10. Roahrig would go on to win by a margin of 2.9 seconds over runner-up Bobby Santos in the 40-lap feature event.
Billy Wease came home third, followed by Kody Swanson and Kyle O’Gara rounding out the top five.
“It was about going where they’re not I think, and making sure your car can do that” Roahrig said. “It was a great night for us overall, west fast time and won the race. The car was good. I was on the phone all day with one of my buddies trying to get the car dialed in. Seems like we got it.”
The finish:
Feature (40 laps): 1. 56-Tyler Roahrig; 2. 22a-Bobby Santos; 80-Billy Wease; 4. 77-Kody Swanson; 5. 67-Kyle O’Gara; 6. 1-Dakoda Armstrong; 7. 64-Jake McElfresh; 8. 18-Shane Butler; 9. 24-Jackson Macenko; 10. 53-Justin Harper; 11. 27-Nick Marcott; 12. 77s-Quintin Saayman; 13. 55-Taylor Ferns; 14. 18-Travis Welpott; 15. 44-Teddy Alberts; 16. 4b-Cory Butler; 17. 11-Tom Paterson; 18. 28-Jeff Bloom