August 14th Results

On Saturday August 14th the Holdaway Motorsports team was back at Sunset Speedway for race 1 of a doubleheader race weekend. Even with the weather calling for 60% chance of thunderstorms, the track still managed to pull 23 limited late models from across central Ontario, to make up a very competitive field for the night.
In heat race number 1 Taylor would have to come from deep in the field, starting 8th for the 10 lap qualifying race. Right from the drop of the green flag he found himself stuck in heavy traffic, and by the time he was able to get around two cars running side by side infront of him, there was only 3 laps left, and Taylor managed a 6th place finish.
The team made a few changes to the car between heat races and Taylor would roll of 3rd for the second 10 lap heat race. Right away he knew the changes the team made didn’t help the handling but he was still able to hang on to 3rd place and not surrender any spots with an ill-handling car.
The pit crew quickly reversed the changes they had made, and tweaked on the car a bit more before the 30 lap feature race. Taylor would roll of in the 10th spot for the feature, and would get freight-trained back to 14th in the first 5 laps before he was able to get the car to the bottom groove. Once on the bottom he picked off 2 spots in one lap before a red flag on lap 6 for medical reasons in the parking lot. Once the race got going again, 2 laps after the restart the whole bottom lane checked up in turns 3 and 4, and Taylor ended up getting spun to the infield by cars behind who couldn’t get stopped in time. After a quick pit stop for a chassis adjustment and check for any damage, Taylor went back out and restarted in 20th spot. He moved his way up to 12th with the help of 2 debris cautions to bunch the field back up. With 10 to go, Taylor restarted 11th and picked up 3 spots before the second red flag for a big wreck on the front stretch. The final restart would come with 3 laps to go, and Taylor restarted in 8th spot and was unable to gain any more spots, bringing the McColl Racing Ford Fusion home in the 8th spot.

Unfortunately, Sundays races were cancelled due to rain.
Congrats to Tom Walters on the victory Saturday night, and big thanks to everyone who came out to support the 41 team and Sunset Speedway! See everyone next weekend!