FLAT ROCK, Mich. — Point leader Greg Studt withheld the challenge of Jim Froling as he picked up the victory in the Corrigan Race Fuels 100 for the ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks Saturday night at Flat Rock Speedway.
Troy Brehmer won the 30 lap B Main and Howard Kelley Jr. captured the ARCA Late Model Sportsman contest.
An outstanding 38-car field was primed for the biggest race of the season at the track for the Street Stocks. The 10-car inversion put Rob Moore and Landon Schuster on the front row. Moore darted into the lead at the start and held that spot as Studt began to apply the pressure. The duo ran door to door for several laps until Greg nosed out front on lap 24.
Froling fell back early on, then moved back into the top five by lap 35. That pair began to pull away from the field and at lap 50 it was Studt, Froling, Rob Moore, Ethan Stadnicuk and Nick Shanks.
Stadniczuk broke loose and moved to third by lap 55, but his car began to slow and then resume speed the rest of the race, as he tried to reel in the leaders. A great battle for fourth waged on for about 35 laps as Moore, Shanks, Jeff Metdepennigen and Guy Fire were bunched together. Jeff ran the outside groove for much of that time, trying to move up. He and Rob Moore tangled and the yellow came out, with both cars going to the rear of the field. Several yellows in the final 20 laps slowed the action and gave
Froling the chance to apply more pressure to Studt. Greg stayed tucked in the low lane, Froling in the second groove, as they ran door to door. Greg held on for the big win worth $1,000 and with lap money, took home $1380 for the night.
Froling was second, Metdepeningen got back to third, Clarity Patton was fourth and Moore fifth.
Brehmer took advantage of a skirmish with the lead pair with 2 laps to go and sped to the win in the 30 lap ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock B Main. Race leader Lonnie York and Trevor Farmer battled up front and the lead duo tangled on lap 28 as both cars spun, bringing out the yellow flag. Both cars went to the rear.
Brehmer, who was running third and gaining ground on the leaders, was now in charge and zipped to the win. Alan Kennedy, Jerry Farmer, York, Chris Diovardi, Ian Jezylo, Trevor Farmer, LJ Farmer, Leroy Farmer and Conor Papineau completed the top 10.
Toledo resident Howard Kelley Jr. zoomed into the lead in the early stages of the 25-lap ARCA Late Model Sportsman feature, only to see his lead go away when the red flag came out on lap 16. Jimmy Wahl and Robert Meiring got hooked together and crashed into the turn-one wall, sending Meiring up onto his side, driver door down. The safety crews did a great job getting his car back on all four wheels and Meiring climbed out and waved to the crowd.
When the race restarted, Kelley had lots of company at the front. Tom O’Leary IV and then Ron Allen challenged the leader, as Allen got by Tom and went right to the outside groove. The battle ensued as that pair ran door to door for the final seven laps with Kelley holding on for the win over Allen, Mike Young, O’Leary IV and Grant Hedges.