ROSEBURG, Ore. — It’s safe to say that Douglas County Dirtrack’s debut with Kubota High Limit Racing was a major hit on Monday night.
A jam-packed crowd came out to the three-tenths-mile oval to witness Australian James McFadden collect his third win of the year with the series, and second on this west coast swing.
Starting from the outside of row two, McFadden quickly took the Roth Motorsports No. 83 to the second spot on the initial start and started hounding early leader Justin Sanders.
After chasing the No. 2x for the opening nine laps, McFadden attacked on the second restart of the race and assumed the lead when he was able to power around the outside of Sanders through turns one and two.
From there, it was about surviving an intense bout of lapped traffic while Sanders kept the pressure on through the closing stages.
The Australian was able to survive and advance to victory lane — his fourth overall win of the year with Dennis and Teresa Roth’s race team.
Sanders finished second for the third-straight race at Douglas County Dirtrack. He’s now finished runner-up twice this swing with Kubota High Limit Racing, both to McFadden.
Rounding out the podium was the fan favorite, Tanner Holmes. Hailing from down the road in Jacksonville, Ore., nobody all night long received more cheers or a bigger ovation than the home state hero.
He capped off a career-night close to home by driving from fifth-to-third in his No. 18t, earning his first podium finish with Kubota High Limit Racing.
Justin Peck and Corey Day rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[4]; 2. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]; 3. 18T-Tanner Holmes[5]; 4. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[13]; 6. 8-Cory Eliason[9]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston[2]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet[11]; 9. 24-Rico Abreu[12]; 10. 19-Brent Marks[8]; 11. 21-Cole Macedo[23]; 12. 21P-Robbie Price[15]; 13. 57W-Jock Goodyer[14]; 14. 41-Dominic Scelzi[10]; 15. 88-Tanner Thorson[18]; 16. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 17. 55-Chris Windom[24]; 18. 9T-Camden Robustelli[19]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[21]; 20. 9P-Parker Price Miller[20]; 21. 17W-Shane Golobic[22]; 22. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[17]; 23. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 24. 17AU-Jamie Veal[16]
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