Cale Thomas
The show was moving along pretty good and then it was dash time. The first dash was a dandy as Shaffer, PPM and Philo were throwing slide jobs and haymakers at each other, lap after lap. One of the best races I have seen this year actually. The finish was Macedo, Mintz, Shaffer, Philo and PPM. The second dash finish was Cale Thomas, Lee Jacobs, Cap Henry, Brubaker and Reutzel.
The B main finish was Ryan Smith, Cole Duncan, Chad Kemenah and T.J. Michaels. With 2 laps to go, Andrew Paulker had worked up from the back and had passed T.J. for the 4th and final transfer spot. On the next lap, Michaels pushed Paulker up and over the backstretch at the exit of turn 2 and went on to transfer.
At the start of the A main, Thomas grabbed the lead with Macedo following. On the 2nd lap, Thomas raced into turn 1 a little too hot and went up and over turn 2, handing the lead to Macedo. Thomas kept going and came back onto the track in the 4th position. By lap 5, the leaders caught lapped traffic and on lap 9 Mintz passed Macedo for the lead. On lap 10, Brubabaker flipped in turn 2 bringing out a red flag. Philo was caught up in it too. Philo would return but Brubaker was done. The running order was Mintz, Macedo, Jacobs, Thomas, Henry, Shaffer….and…hey wait, they are giving Philo his spot back? Why? Because he stopped to avoid a flipping car after the red was shown? I always understood that if you were caught up in something, and you stopped on the track, even if not your fault, you went to the back.