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Indiana RaceSaver Season Starts With Ethan Fleetwood In Victory Lane

The Lentz Paving Indiana RaceSaver Sprint Series started Saturday night at LPS. Opening night had 15 cars enter the pits for the first IMCA points night in Indiana for the RaceSavers. This setup 2 qualifying groups and since it was nice one the new wraps looked great on the winged cars. Qualifying group 1 was led by former Usac Rookie of the Year Dustin Clark who set quick time over Ethan Fleetwood, Tres Mehler and Levi Hinck. Group 2 in qualifying was led by very fast and veteran of the group Jordan Welch over John Wolforth, Justin Matthews and Blayne Ridgley. This setup the 2 heats and the invert spin was a 1 so both quick guys would be on the pole. Heat race 1 was a wild one. Ethan Fleetwood looked strong early in the 7F. A good battle between Dustin Clark and Tres Mehler unfortunately ended after contact caused the 23F to break and sent Dustin to the infield with what appeared to be a broken front end. On the restart Ethan Fleetwood hit his marks and went on for the Riverway Plumbing Heat 1 win over Tres Mehler, Levi Hinck and Blake Sholders. The Riverway Plumbing Heat 2 was won in dominating fashion by Jordan Welch over Justin Matthews, John Wolforth and Ashton Thompson. This setup the 20 lap main event and the invert spin for the feature was a 1 which put the heat race winners side by side for the A main shootout. It was a good shootout for sure with Fleetwood and Welch looking very strong early. The 23F team made repairs and Dustin Clark would start 15th but by the halfway point he was into the top 10. Keith Langley who started 9th also was into the top 5 by the halfway point. The 20 laps definitely didn’t last long at all as Ethan and Jordan were flying up front. The last 5 laps Ethan would hold on for the Brawley Group Feature win over Jordan Welch, Keth Langley (from 9th), Justin Matthews, John Worlforth, Tres Mehler and the Bridlewood Consulting Hard Charger from 15th to 7th Dustin Clark. Thanks to all the teams and sponsors for night 1 of the Lentz Paving Indiana RaceSaver IMCA battle. Next Friday at the Red Clay of Bloomington will be the next race for the RaceSavers.

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