LIMA, Ohio — Rains forced the rescheduling of the 3rd annual Mike Streicher Memorial Race at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday night, but not before one of Streicher’s former students, Brendan Rassel, picked up his first career Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature win in the Razzle Dazzle Racing No. 18.
Kicking off feature action were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks, with perennial favorite Tony Anderson starting on the pole in the Troy Breidenbach owned No. 22T. Jarrod Klay would start alongside Anderson as they brought the field to green. Anderson would grab the point on the start, but Klay would use a big slide job in turns three and four to slip past Anderson briefly.
Anderson would charge back to the point in turns one and two on lap two with Klay in tow.
As the leaders headed into turns three and four, Klay would attempt to power around the outside of Anderson, but made contact with the No. 22T, causing Anderson to nearly spin, which would allow the No. 18 of Rassel to slip by and grab the lead. Rassel would stretch out his lead and garner his first career Lock Sixteen Thunderstock victory, dedicating the win to Mike Streicher in an emotional victory lane interview.
Anderson would finish second, with No. 28V Shawn Valenti third, No. 11 Sean Verwys fourth and No. 27 Frank Paladino fifth.
Before cars could come out on the track for the USAC Midwest Thunder Midget A Main, the skies opened up and officials were forced to cancel the rest of the evening’s racing program. The USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets, Midwest Shooting Center UMP Modifieds and Dirt Track Truck Series feature lineups are set, and will be ran at the start of the evening on Friday, June 16, prior to the regularly scheduled event.