By: Chris Santos
DYLAN WOULD START HIS NIGHT OFF WITH GROUP QUALIFYING LOOKING FOR A GOOD START TO HIS NIGHT. HE WOULD END UP GOING 4TH QUICK OUT OF A STRONG GROUP OF 8 WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS, PUTTING HIMSELF INTO THE 4 CAR HEAT RACE INVERT.
THE HEAT RACE WOULD SEE DYLAN ROLL OFF FROM INSIDE OF ROW 2 IN THE 3RD STARTING POSITION NEEDING IT FINISH TOP-5 TO MAKE THE FEATURE. AFTER STARTING 3RD HE WOULD FALL BACK TO 4TH WHERE HE WOULD FINISH THE HEAT RACE & TRANSFER DIRECTLY TO THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEATURE.
IN THE FEATURE, DYLAN WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW 7 IN THE 14TH POSITION. EARLY ON HE WOULD FALL BACK ALMOST TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOP-20. HOWEVER HE WOULD SOON GET INTO A RHYTHM AND START MAKING MOVES. WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG FELL HE WOULD FINISH IN THE 13TH POSITION.
THURSDAY NIGHT, DYLAN WOULD HOP INTO THE 410 FOR PRELIMINARY NIGHT ACTION WITH THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS FOR THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE 2022 GOLD CUP. A GREAT FIELD OF 29 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS WOULD PACK THE PIT AREA LOOKING TO LOCK INTO THE GOLD CUP FINALE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
HOT LAPS & QUALIFYING WOULD GO WELL AS HE WOULD WOULD TOP THE CHARTS IN HOT LAPS. IN QUALIFYING HE WOULD GO OUT EARLY & LAY DOWN A VERY GOOD LAP. HIS LAP WOULD GET HIM TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, AND BY THE END OF QUALIFYING HE WOULD GO 3RD QUICK ONLY BEHIND BRAD SWEET & KYLE LARSON.
IN HIS HEAT RACE, HE WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW 3 IN THE 6TH POSITION AS ONE OF THE HIGH POINT GUYS. THE TRACK WOULD BE TOUGH TO PASS ON & IT SEEMED AS THOUGH HE MAY NOT TRANSFER. HOWEVER, A LATE RACE SPIN BY JOHN CLARK WOULD PUT DYLAN INTO THE 5TH & FINAL TRANSFER SPOT AND HE WOULD HOLD ON TO LOCK INTO THE FEATURE.
DYLAN WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW 3 IN THE 6TH SPOT FOR THE FEATURE AS HE HAS ACCUMULATED THE 3RD HIGHEST POINT TOTAL UP TO THAT POINT. EARLY ON IN THE FEATURE HE WOULD STAY AROUND 6TH. HOWEVER, HE WOULD HAVE FUEL ISSUES THAT WOULD HURT HIM THROUGHOUT THE FEATURE. HE WOULD END UP FALLING BACK TO 17TH WHERE HE WOULD FINISH.
SATURDAY NIGHT, DYLAN WOULD RETURN TO THE SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY PIT AREA FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 2022 GOLD CUP WITH A SOLID CHANCE TO MAKE THE FEATURE. A VERY STRONG FIELD OF 51 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS WOULD RETURN WITH THE HOPES OF LOCKING INTO THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW.
HEAT RACE LINEUPS WOULD BE SET UP BY POINTS AND DYLAN WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW 3 IN THE 6TH SPOT NEEDING TO FINISH TOP-4 TO LOCK INTO THE FEATURE. HOWEVER, THE TRACK WOULD BE TOUGH TO PASS ON IN HEAT RACES
AND DYLAN WOULD FINISH WHERE HE STARTED IN THE 6TH SPOT.
THE B-MAIN WOULD SEE DYLAN ROLL OFF FROM THE 9TH SPOT JUST A HANDFUL OF SPOTS OUTSIDE A TRANSFER. UNFORTUNATELY THINGS WOULD NOT GO HIS WAY AS HE WOULD END UP FINISHING THE B-MAIN IN THE 9TH POSITION AND HIS WEEKEND WOULD END THERE.
OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR DYLAN AND HIS TEAM. THEY WOULD BRING HOME A TOP-15 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEN ON THE PRELIM NIGHT. HE WOULD HAVE ONE OF THE FASTEST CARS ALL NIGHT & MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
DYLAN WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS SPONSORS; PRIMARY SPONSOR: AIR ONE HEATING AND AIR, OTHER SPONSORS: VALLEJO COIN EXCHANGE, MARTINEZ COIN AND JEWELRY EXCHANGE, GARY SILVA RANCHES, TEL TAC OVAL TRACK PRO, BRYANT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS, 33 MOTORSPORTS, EAST BAY MEAL PREP, DELTA CONTRACTING, BRENTWOOD NAPA AUTO PARTS, K1 RACE GEAR, CASEY'S AUTO BODY, MATT STREETER RACING, AMERIKOTE POWDERCOATING, PPG PAINTS, SAM SPINELLI.
NEXT RACE: 9/16, KELLER AUTO SPEEDWAY, WOO
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