Eddie Ends Weekend with Win in Classic at KC Raceway!
Story Courtesy: Brian Liskai (ASLMS)
In the third annual 40-lap $4,000-to-win “Classic” for the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Late Models, the Salt Rock Express, Eddie Carrier Jr. (Salt Rock, W. Va.) blitzed the field for the victory.
Jeep VanWormer led the field to the green with Matt Miller alongside. Carrier quickly stormed to fourth from his eighth place starting spot in the opening laps. A caution on lap eight bunched the field up for a Deleware style restart allowing Carrier to move into third. VanWormer began to work lap traffic around lap 16 as Carrier and Duane Chamberlain battled for second.
VanWormer's rail around the topside wouldn't last long as the leader took his machine pitside with mechanical problems on a lap 17 caution for a stalled car, handing the lead to Chamberlain.
On the restart, Carrier won the drag race to the first turn taking the lead from Chamberlain while Jason Montgomery moved into fourth. Chamberlain suffered a flat on the next caution at lap 20. Now second place Montgomery stalked Carrier at the worked lap traffic coming as close as three car lengths within the leader. However, in the end Carrier would hold off a hard charging Montgomery for the win and collect the $4,000 top prize.
Full results can be found at www.aslms.allstarsprint.com
Tough Night Ends in Disappointment for Carrier at Lake Cumberland
Eddie Carrier, Jr. visited his home state this past Saturday Night for the inagural
event of the newly formed STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League.
Eddie turned in a decent lap during qualifying. Problems under the hood of the #28 machine during his heat race would force him into a backup car for the consolation race. Carrier won the consolation race from the back of the field and was holding his own in the 40-lap feature event, but further terminal problems would end his night prematurely and earn him an 18th place finish.
