GAS CITY, Ind. — Scotty Weir became the first two-time non-winged sprint car feature winner at Gas City I-69 Speedway during Friday’s Beach Night Bash.
The pits were brimming with 33 sprint cars and a total of 119 race cars in all for the five-division program that was enjoyed by a large crowd.
Weir had a perfect night in the non-wing sprint car division with his white No. 4P, which is a DRC chassis powered by a Pedersen Chevy engine that is sponsored by Red’s Racing Engines, Indy Race Parts and AFCO Shocks.
The current sprint car point leader was smoother than anyone else and he topped his qualifying group, won his heat, started fourth in the feature but led all 25 laps, and he also set the fastest race lap of the main event.
Runner-up Robert Ballou had a harder trip with his Ballou Motorsports No. 12, which is a Triple X chassis sponsored by Murray’s Body Shop, Berks Western Telecomm and Suburban Subaru, and powered by a Don Ott-prepped engine.
He started 14th, but he was tenth by lap two and fifth by lap six. He ran in fourth place from laps seven through 14 before he passed Matt Westfall for third on lap 15 and Cole Bodine for second on lap 18. Ballou did his best to pass Weir during the last eight laps too, but Weir fought him off. Ballou was just 0.141 of a second behind Weir at the checkered.
Bodine posted his best finish at Gas City ever by placing third after starting eighth in his family sprint car, the Driven2SaveLives/Elliotts Trailers No. 57. The 22-year-old driver was always in contention, as he ran in the top five from lap three to the finish.
Chance Crum posted his first career USAC Midwest Regional Midget feature victory, while defending champion Derek Losh became the first two-time modified feature winner of the season. Lee Hobbs earned his second street stock feature victory of the season at the Grant County quarter-mile dirt track and Aaron Tatman captured his first career Gas City hornet feature victory.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Scotty Weir (4); 2. Robert Ballou (14); 3. Cole Bodine (8); 4. Shane Cockrum (3); 5. Matt Westfall (6); 6. Tyler Kendall (16); 7. Sterling Cling (1); 8. Dustin Ingle (20); 9. Korbyn Hayslett (13); 10. Garrett Aitken (19); 11. Zack Pretorius (15); 12. Brayden Clark (12); 13. Adam Byrkett (18); 14. Nick Bilbee (7); 15. Tye Mihocko (10); 16. Paul Dues (11); 17. Jadon Rogers (2); 18. Tyler Hewitt (9); 19. Travis Hery (5); 20. Max Guilford (17).