GAS CITY, Ind. – Since Scotty Weir and Tyler Kendall were the only drivers still in contention for the Gas City I-69 Speedway non-winged sprint car championship Friday night, it was fitting that they should be the stars of the 25-lap feature.
They were the only drivers who led the race, they finished first and second, and at the checkered Kendall had his first Gas City feature victory and Weir had his second track championship.
Weir started on the pole and led the first five laps of the sprint car feature in Paul Hazen’s famous No. 57 DRC with a Kercher engine sponsored by Physical Medicine Consultants. Those early laps were slowed twice; once with two laps down when Anthony D’Alessio stopped high in turn four, and once with four laps down when Matt McDonald and Parker Fredrickson flipped in turn two. Fredrickson was seventh and McDonald was eighth at the time. Luckily they both walked away.
Kendall, who started fourth, got a good start too and ran in second for the first five laps until he dipped under Weir in turn two for the lead with the Kendall Racing No. 20 DRC. With no other cautions or reds to slow the pace, Kendall extended his lead to a whopping 5.109 seconds over Weir at the checkered.
“I just hugged the bottom and made sure no one else got by me,” said Weir after earning his second Gas City sprint championship, the first coming in 2013.
Tyler Hewitt started second and finished third. Korbyn Hayslette came from the sixth starting spot to place fourth, while Max Guilford started and finished fifth.
With a fourth-place feature finish, Bub Roberts sealed up the track’s UMP modified track championship in a 20-lap race won by Todd Sherman.
Andy Bishop made a statement in the street stock feature by leading all 15 laps to defend his 2020 track championship in that division.
James Headley Jr. had already sewed up the hornet championship, so he advanced to the street stock division Friday night. Kolton Sollars ended up with the 15-lap hornet feature victory while Alexes Spaulding finished second for the second week in a row.
The 15-lap American Vintage Sprint Car Association feature went to Danny Pittman.