5/25/2019
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Nienhiser emerges victorious in MOWA sprints at Jacksonville
By Brandon Bauman (Jacksonville, IL) -- Returning to Jacksonville Speedway for the second scheduled event of 2019, the Built Ford Tough MOWA Sprint Cars Delivered by Morrow Brothers Ford, Inc. put fans on the edge of their seat during the 25 Lap A-Main event. Fast qualifier Joey Moughan, led the field to the green with Terry Babb to his outside. The field slowed for a multi-car accident in turns three and four on the first lap, resulting in Cory Bruns flipping his #44 machine, as four other competitors were caught up in the accident. All drivers, excluding Bruns were able to rejoin the field. Just a short handful of laps later, a second caution involving three drivers who spun in turn three slowed the field once again.
PHOTO CREDIT: Brandon Bauman
Veteran Terry Babb had gained the lead and was in control of the field heading back to green flag action on a lap six restart. Babb had command of the race, while Joey Moughan, Paul Nienhiser and Joe B. Miller battled each other for the second spot. Once more, the field was slowed for a yellow as Dustin Barks’ no. 22 came to a stop at the top of turn three.
Babb continued to show his dominance over the field, as racing action resumed. A hard charging Nienhiser had worked his way to second, and made a pass for the lead off of turn two, only to be overtaken by Babb halfway down the backstretch. Joey Moughan, running third, saw his night come to end after falling victim to the cushion in turn four, when he collided with the wall, bringing out the last caution on lap 18.
Babb knew that he had to protect his territory as Nienhiser was in striking distance. Fortunately, for Nienhiser, he was able to find some traction on the restart and worked past Babb, entering turn one on the highside. Nienhiser never looked back over the remaining seven laps of the feature as he picked up his second win of 2019 with the MOWA Sprint Cars, his fourteenth career victory.
“This feature was one of those where you definitely had to stay out of trouble, the leaders had a couple close calls. The track was pretty dominant so I knew whenever somebody would move, I needed to be in the right place at the right time – and tonight I was,” Nienhiser said.
Coming Up: The MOWA Sprint Car Series will make their first appearance of 2019 at Macon Speedway, next Thursday, May 30
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For more information, visit: http://www.midwestopenwheel.com or http://www.maconracing.com
RESULTS:
MOWA Feature [25 Laps] : 1 - Paul Nienhiser 9X (3), 2 - Terry Babb 47 (2), 3 - Jacob Patton 79J (9), 4 - Joe B Miller 31 (7), 5 - Jeremy Standridge 10S (4), 6 - Jason Keith 28 (5), 7 - Kyle Schuett 9K (11), 8 - Andy Bishop 33 (18), 9 - Jim Moughan 1M (8), 10 - Logan Faucon 52F (12), 11 - Austin ODell 97 (19), 12 - Dustin Barks 22 (13), 13 - Christopher King 13K (22), 14 - Joey Moughan 29 (1), 15 - Brayton Lynch 29X (16), 16 - George Crawford 57 (23), 17 - Bret Tripplett 83 (15), 18 - Mario Clouser 6 (20), 19 - Robbie Standridge 17* (14), 20 - Chris Urish 77U (17), 21 - Brayden Fox 53 (6), 22 - Cory Bruns 42 (10), DNS - Tyler Shoemaker 9TX (24), DNS - Dylan Tuxhorn 9T (21); Hard Charger: Andy Bishop 33 [+10]
Article/Photo Credit: Brendon Bauman
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
