CALIFORNIA, Mo. — The Father’s Day Special at Double X Speedway provided a lot of excitement and enjoyment for those in attendance at the quarter-mile oval Sunday night. The excitement at the end of the evening was 14-year-old Garrett Benson picking up his first feature win in a 360 powered winged sprint car.
After the feature was delayed going green due to separate mishaps involving Gunner Ramey and Jack Wagner, taking both drivers out of contention, the event got underway with Tucker Daly and Miles Paulus moving into the top two positions.
After one lap was complete another caution bunched the field single file behind the leader Daly. On the return to green flag racing as Daly and Paulus were jockeying for the top spot, Samuel Wagner saw a groove around the outside and passed both the first and second-place cars to take over the top spot. For the next 22 laps the gray No. 73 held the point as positions were shuffling behind him.
Lapped traffic started to provide a challenging track for the leader and allowed Benson to move into second place close behind the leader.
On lap 23, Benson took the lead coming out of turn two only to see Wagner move back in front in turns three and four. Benson once again passed Wagner on lap 24 and went on to record his feature victory in the 360 winged sprint car division.
Wagner posted a strong second-place showing with Ben Brown finishing third after starting ninth, Paulus crossed the stripe in fourth and Tyler Ellliott placed a solid fifth.
Benson took home $1936 for his victory courtesy of DirtXIndustries of Australia.
The Super Stock feature was not without its share of mishaps either as the track proved to be a bit technical for some of the drivers.
Through a series of cautions, long time competitor Clayton Campbell was able to avenge his mechanical troubles of two weeks ago and take home the winner’s trophy. Following Campbell under the checkers were Jody Romig taking second with a last-lap pass, Zack Smith finished third in his first time out at Double X this year.
Darin Porter picked up the Pure Stock victory.