ATTICA, Ohio — D.J. Foos capitalized on the opportunity when it presented itself Friday at Attica Raceway Park to score his second career 410 sprint win on Gordon Lumber/Edward Jones Mike Neill Financial Advisor Night.
When race leader Buddy Kofoid tangled with a car he was trying to lap with nine circuits remaining, Foos used the ensuing restart to power around Trey Jacobs and drove to the win.
Foos, a former Attica 305 sprint champion, driving the Burmeister Racing machine, knew his team was on the verge of getting a win. It was also a big night for Foos in his bid to win an Attica Raceway Park season title as it was double points on the line for mid-season championship and it was an All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group point night as well.
“To be honest I thought I was moving up through there pretty good. I couldn’t see really and then I saw the Kofoid kid…it’s a shame what happened to him. Right now Buddy and the Linders…they are the car to beat. It’s a shame to see him taken out like that. I really thought if I got to him I had something for him. There at the end I could cruise in the middle, the bottom…where ever I needed to go. I was pretty good. I feel like we have had speed all year. We’ve just had bad starting spots. Tonight we started eighth. I fell back there pretty far at the beginning and I saw Cale (Conley) peak under me and I knew I had to get going. I can’t thank this Burmeister crew enough. These guys put everything they have into this deal. I texted Mikey, the crew chief today and said ‘dude we need to get a top three both nights this weekend so we can go into speedweek with some momentum.’ He said ‘why don’t you just win.’ I thought I was just being conservative but here we are…this is awesome. It feels so good to win at Attica. This is the toughest competition around,” said Foos beside his Jet Express/CR Juices/Crown Battery/Greer Automotive/Burmeister Trophy/KS Sales & Service/Kistler Engines/Kistler Racing Products/NAPA Auto Parts/Dave Story Equipment/Minor Customs backed machine.
Jacobs finished second ahead of Cap Henry, Nate Dussel and Byron Reed.
Australian transplant Stuart Williams – in his first night of racing for 2019 – led all 25 non-stop laps in the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints to score his first career Attica win worth $1,000.
Kent Brewer looked on his way to the win in the dirt truck feature but a trio of lapped trucks held him up in the last corner of the final lap and Wayne, Ohio’s John Brooks snuck by for his first career Attica victory.