ATTICA, Ohio — Skylar Gee not only held off challenges from Tim Shaffer and Brady Bacon and a late-race caution, but the Canadian driver also defeated Mother Nature on Saturday at Attica Raceway Park.
Following two rain delays, Gee, aboard the Fenton Racing No. 99, started seventh in the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint Feature that featured position changes throughout the field during the 30-lap affair.
Gee worked his way into second just past the halfway point behind leader Shaffer and used lapped traffic to take the lead on lap 18. Bacon was closing late in the race when the caution flew with just four laps to go. Gee utilized the clear track to drive to his third career win at Attica over Bacon, Emerson Axsom and Dale Blaney.
“I made the move for second and the yellow came out and I was a little worried,” said Gee. “I struggled to get going after that and finally got a rhythm back and was able to get by Shaffer when he got slowed up. There were so many guys criss-crossing everywhere on the track.
“Thanks to my dad and Rog for working hard all week. We’ve had our teeth kicked in the past couple of weeks so it feels good to rebound like this. I have to thank Logan and Becky for standing behinds us.”
Other Results
The Dirt Nerds Podcast presented by Propane UMP Late Model feature was also very entertaining featuring side-by-side battled throughout the 25-lap affair. Clint Coffman lead the opening lap before defending track champion and fourth starter Devin Shiels took over. The lone caution came on lap three and once the green flew, the battles up front continued. Seventh starter Rusty Schlenk used lapped traffic to take the lead with just seven laps to go and picked his way through dense traffic for his 39th career late model win at Attica over Shiels, Doug Drown, Nathon Loney and Mike Bores.
The Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature saw five different lead changes between Tyler Shullick and Steve Rando during the 25-lap event that saw only one caution. Shullick bolted into the initial lead but fourth-starter Rando used heavy lapped traffic to close and take the lead on lap 11 only to see Shullick drive back by the next circuit. Rando blasted back into the lead on lap 17 but Shullick maintained his composure and took it back a lap later. A caution with just six laps to go would see defending track champion Jamie Miller challenge Shullick and Rando for the lead on the restart. Shullick moved his line to the high side and drove away to his first Attica win over Rando, Miller, Bryan Sebetto and Jimmy McGrath.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee[7] ; 2. 21H-Brady Bacon[3] ; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[4] ; 5. 32B-Dale Blaney[1] ; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak[9] ; 7. 4*-Tyler Street[11] ; 8. 23-Cale Thomas[14] ; 9. 2-Ricky Peterson[8] ; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[18] ; 11. 12-Luke Griffith[10] ; 12. 19-TJ Michael[13] ; 13. 29M-Logan McCandless[12] ; 14. 4-Zane DeVault[19] ; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[23] ; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell[16] ; 17. 91-Tyler Gunn[22] ; 18. 29-Zeth Sabo[24] ; 19. 101-Kalib Henry[21] ; 20. X-Mike Keegan[17] ; 21. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5] ; 22. 15C-Chris Andrews[15] ; 23. 5T-Travis Philo[20] ; 24. 9-Trey Jacobs[6]