LAWRENCEBURG, IN (September 30, 2016) - Early on it looked like Bloomquist was going to run away with a win at Lawrenceburg, but midway through Naffe was able to make his car stick in the middle and close in to pass Bloomquist to take the lead. Naffe then pulled away until he got into slower traffic and his car started to loosen up to the point where he made contact with the turn four track entrance gate and allowed Bloomquist to get back by with four laps to go. Naffe stayed in the throttle and was able to battle Bloomquist till the end of the event swapping the lead multiple times each lap. On the final lap Naffe was able to get around Bloomquist entering turn three, but Bloomquist got the run off the corner and was able to take the win by 3/4's of a car length. Naffe was very irritated when talking to us after the event saying, " These tracks need to do away with ute tires in the infield and pit exit walls sticking out into the track, if you get low far enough or into the wall, you're going to end up hurting yourself enough without something that may cause serious damage to your car or yourself. All you have to do is look at Dustin Linville 's wreck at the Ralph Latham Memorial. Luckily he was able to walk away, but these things can certainly cause serious damage and something needs to be done about it." The win is Scott Bloomquist's 5th DTWS win in his career. Tomorrow night the series heads to Eldora Speedway for the UMP Fall Nationals.
Heat race #1 - Jonathan Davenport, Darrell Lanigan, Bobby Pierce, Eric Wells
Heat race #2 - Scott Bloomquist, Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar
Heat Race #3 - Alex Naffe, Steve Francis, Jason Feger, Don O'Neal
B Main - Chris Madden, Randy Weaver, Dustin Linville, Rick Eckert, Shannon Babb, Eddie Carrier Jr, Jimmy Mars, Gregg Satterlee, Chris Simpson, Brian Shirley, Brandon Sheppard, Billy Moyer Jr, Chad Simpson, Dennis Franklin, Brady Smith, Jason Covert
A Main -
1. Bloomquist (2)
2. Naffe (3)
3. Lanigan (4)
4. Davenport (1)
5. McCreadie (5)
6. Pierce (7)
7. Wells (9)
8. Owens (8)
9. Madden (13)
10. O'Neal (6)
11. Marlar (10)
12. Feger (12)
13. Linville (15)
14. Eckert (16)
15. Weaver (14)
16. Francis (11)
Fast Time Award: Jonathan Davenport 13.52
Hard Charger Award:Chris Madden (Started: 13th;Finished: 9th; Advanced 4 Positions)
Tough Loss Award: Steve Francis (Started: 11th; Finished: 16th; lost 5 Positions)
DTWS Point Standings -
1. Naffe 97
2. Davenport 96
3. McCreadie 96
4. Lanigan 93
5. Owens 89
6. Madden 89
7. Pierce 88
8. Bloomquist 85
9. Wells 83
10. O'Neal 83