BY: CHRIS SANTOS
9/13/22…CHICO CALIFORNIA: WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CHANCE GRASTY & HIS TEAM WOULD MAKE THE TRIP TO SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY FOR THE SPRINT CAR CHALLENGE TOUR VERSION OF THE 2022 GOLD CUP RACE OF CHAMPIONS. A VERY STRONG FIELD OF 32 WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS WOULD PACK THE PIT AREA, READY TO GET THE GOLD CUP UNDERWAY.
CHANCE WOULD GET HIS NIGHT OFF TO A GREAT START IN QUALIFYING. HE WOULD GO OUT IN THE FIRST GROUP, AND WOULD END UP GOING QUICK TIME IN HIS GROUP OUT OF 8 WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS. “WE STARTED OFF THE NIGHT ON A GOOD NOTE QUALIFYING P1 IN OUR GROUP.”
HIS QUALIFYING EFFORTS WOULD PUT HIM ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW TWO FOR HIS HEAT RACE IN THE 4TH STARTING POSITION. STARTING 4TH HE WOULD JUST NEED TO FINISH IN THE TOP FOUR TO MAKE THE DASH. CHANCE WOULD DO JUST THAT AS HE WOULD MAKE HIS WAY UP TO 2ND WHERE HE WOULD FINISH HIS HEAT RACE. “STARTED 4TH IN THE HEAT RACE & ENDED UP RUNNING 2ND.”
THE REDRAW WOULD GIVE HIM THE NUMBER TWO PILL PUTTING HIM OUTSIDE OF ROW ONE IN THE 2ND STARTING POSITION FOR THE DASH. CHANCE WOULD GET A GREAT START AND WOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN THE DASH AND NEVER LOOK BACK, LEADING EVERY LAP AND WINNING THE DASH. “WAS THE LAST ONE TO DRAW AND IT WAS A TWO. GOT THE START IN THE DASH AND WON IT.”
GOING INTO THE FEATURE, CHANCE WOULD START ON THE INSIDE OF ROW ONE ON THE POLE, LEADING THE FIELD TO GREEN. EARLY ON CHANCE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD & LEAD THE FIRST 13 OR SO LAPS. HOWEVER IN TRAFFIC HE WOULD GET STUCK BEHIND A SLOWER CAR ALLOWING MITTY (MAX) TO GET BY HIM AND TAKE THE LEAD. EVENTUALLY CHANCE WOULD FALL TO 5TH WHERE HE WOULD FINISH THE FEATURE & BRING HOME A TOP FIVE FINISH! “STARTED ON THE POLE OF THE MAIN AND LED 12 LAPS AND FELL BACK TO 5TH ON THE FINISH.”
IT WAS A CAREER NIGHT FOR CHANCE AS HE WOULD TAKE HOME NOT JUST HIS BEST SCCT FINISH, BUT HIS BEST WINGED SPRINT CAR FINISH EVER. “OVERALL IT WAS A REALLY GOOD NIGHT & A LOT OF FUN.”
NEXT RACE: TBA
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