June 27th, 2009
The Coors Light Late Models kicked the show off with a make-up 40-lap
feature; the #32 Ross Meeuwsen and #13 Tim DeVos lead the field to the
start. Trouble on track before a lap was completed forced a complete
restart when #19 Nick Shotko spun on the front stretch. Chris
Anthony was hit and out with a broker tie rod.The #21 of Terry
VanHaitsma was racy right off of the bat, claiming third on lap 3. Just
two laps later, #24 Lee VanDyk brought out the second caution with his
spin on the frontstretch. With the double-file restarts, had the advantage
on the outside and got around Meeuwsen, but he didn’t get far.
VanHaitsma was closing in the leaders and their spirited battle for
the lead. At half-way, the #15 of Brian Maxim and #61 Alec Carll spun
in turn 1. After the restart, VanHaitsma pulled to the outside of Meeuwsen,
swung around him and DeVos to take the lead. VanHaitsma took off with
the lead as Meeuwsen and DeVos continued to battle for position. The
car on the move and making up the most positions was the #1 of Randy
Sweet who drove from 18th to fifth. VanHaitsma took the win by 2.728
seconds over DeVos and Meeuwsen. The rest of the top ten were #222 Caleb
Bisacky, Sweet, #82 Tom Thomas, #28 Scott Thomas, #11 Leroy Magoon,
#6 Dave Zagaiski and #27 Billy Shotko.
After a few heat races, the Coors Light Late Models were up again,
this time with Scott Thomas and Tom Thomas on the front row. Just two
laps in, caution was out for Magoon; his car stalled while trying to
join the field. Tom Thomas took the lead on the restart and by lap 12,
he had almost three seconds on the field. That was erased just one lap
later as a caution for debris stacked the field back up. T. Thomas took
the outside lane for the restart and took off. The car on the move was
the #19 of Nick Shotko who went from 17th to 10th in 20 laps. With seven
laps to go, leader Thomas was in traffic and beginning to lap cars.
Tom Thomas finally got back in to victory lane in dominating fashion,
3.853 seconds over Meeuwsen. Sweet, S. Thomas, DeVos, VanHaitsma, Bisacky,
B. Shotko, N. Shotko and #55 Chris Anthony rounded
out the top ten.
If your company would like to sponsor Chris Anthony and the Anthony
Racing team please contact us @ 55@anthonyracing.com
Special Thanks to Tom Devette for the
photos used on this website. If your team is in need of racing photos
contact Tom! www.tomdevettephotography.com
Header photos of the #55 on the
site are courtesy of Dirk Redder. If you would like to contact Dirk
Redder regarding his photography visit his website @ pbase.com/drautofocus
