Brandon Vaughan opened the Independence Day weekend at Limaland Motorsports Park by grabbing his second Midwest Shooting Center DIRTcar UMP Modified feature win of the season in his NO. 36 entry.
Also during “Firecracker Friday,” Shawn Valenti won the Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature in his No. 28V entry and Randy Hannagan picked up an exciting NRA Sprint Vader feature win in his No. 22H car.
Before racing action started, a moment of silence was held for Dennis Kaser, the former co-promoter of Limaland, long time car owner and huge supporter of racing.
First out on the track were the Midwest Shooting Center Modifieds for their 20-lap feature.
Vaughan and Jeff Koz would bring the field to green with Vaughan grabbing the lead. Koz, Jerry Bowersock and Todd Sherman would battle early for second but Bowersock was on the prowl on the bottom of the race track throughout the 20-lap feature, nearly getting underneath Vaughan on lap 19.
However, the caution flag would wave for a spin on the backstretch, setting up a one-lap dash to the finish. Vaughan would hold off Bowersock for the win, while Bowersock, Koz, Shane O’Connor and Tony Anderson completed the top five.
Next up were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks for their 15-lap feature.
Valenti and Brendan Rassel would make up the front row to start the feature with Valenti wasting no time in grabbing the lead. Rassel would keep the leader in striking distance. He looked to be setting up for a late race run, but the front bumper of the No. 18 would fold under the front of the car, upsetting the handling.
That was enough for “T-Bone” Tony Anderson to slip by and grab the second position, but that’s far as he would get as Valenti picked up the victory over Anderson, Rassel, Chris Douglas and UNOH racer Sean Verwys.
The NRA Sprint Invaders would wrap up racing action for the evening with their 25-lap feature event under the banner of the Great Lakes Super Sprints. Dan McCarron and Randy Hannagan would bring the field to green, with McCarron taking the lead into the back straightaway.
However, the caution flag would wave for the No. 97X of Rodney Hurst spinning and the No. 73 of Cody Fendley spinning and coming to a stop on the back straghtaway, forcing a complete restart of the feature event.
On the restart, Hannagan grabbed the advantage and set sail.
Jared Horstman made his way to second on lap two, and kept Hannagan in striking distance until the leaders got into lapped traffic. Hannagan appeared to pull away and have an easy win, but the caution flag would wave on lap 23 for No. 23 Devon Dobie spinning in turn four. That set up a green-white-checkered finish, allowing Horstman one more shot without lapped traffic.
Hannagan would pick up the win over Horstman. McCarron would finish third, Mike Keegan fourth and Luke Griffith would finish fifth.
Modified Feature Results (20 Laps)
1. 36-Brandon Vaughan[1]; 2. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[3]; 3. 16-Jeff Koz[2]; 4. 34X-Shane O’Connor[7]; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson[9]; 6. 82B-Brennan Sherman[10]; 7. 82-Dalton Lane[6]; 8. 9C-Troy Cattarene[8]; 9. 9R-Garrett Rons[13]; 10. 72H-Wayne Gibson[12]; 11. 65-Todd Sherman[5]; 12. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[14]; 13. 71T-Chris Hicks[17]; 14. 0-Dylan Murray[18]; 15. 1-Randy Giroux[11]; 16. 4M-Dustin Moore[16]; 17. C4-Alex Siefer[22]; 18. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[21]; 19. 316-Devon Hower[20]; 20. 21-Roger South[23]; 21. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[4]; 22. 22C-Chad Coleman[19]; 23. 1X-Jerry Butler[15]