RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. — Mike Bowman picked up his first career Krown Undercoating 358 Modified feature win at Ransomville Speedway on Friday.
Greg Martin and James Sweeting led the field of Krown Undercoating 358 Modifieds to the opening green flag. Sweeting grabbed the early lead holding off Mat Williamson to win his qualifier earlier in the night.
Mike Bowman started sixth in the feature. He was up to fourth by lap seven when the caution came out for Matt Farnham stopping on the frontstretch with mechanical issues. Two laps after the restart he got ahead of Martin to take over the second position.
Erick Rudolph came into the event a perfect three-for-three in 2019 at the “Big R”, and searching for his fourth-straight win to start the season. Rudolph had his work cut out for him after starting 12th was already up to fourth by lap 12.
The caution came out for the final time on lap 18 when Jeff McGinnis slowed on the track with mechanical issues. The set up a restart with Sweeting leading Bowman, Ryan Susice and Rudolph. Sweeting chose the outside line for the restart as he had favored the top side throughout the race.
Bowman was able to put together a solid run on the inside on lap 24 as he passed Sweeting for the lead in turn two. The pair made contact on back-to-back laps before finally separating. Bowman then drove away for the final five laps to earn his first Modified win at Ransomville.
Sweeting had to settle for second after leading 23 laps. Rudolph had his win streak snapped at three races with a third-place run. Williamson and Susice rounded out the top five.
In other action, Brett Senek won the Investors Service Sportsman feature. Cory Sawyer of Niagara Falls won the Ki-Po Chevrolet Street Stock feature. Mike Kramarz picked up third win of the year in the Gippster’s Collision Mini Stocks. In the Stevenson’s Hardware Novice Sportsman, Bubby Pawalk scored his first win of the season.