“Kyle Lear on the Wheel, Scores First Potomac Win of the Season”
By Doug Watson
Budds Creek, MD- Severn Maryland’s Kyle Lear was victorious for the first time this season in last Friday night’s 25-lap limited late model headliner at Potomac Speedway.
Stevie Long and former track champion Paul Cursey brought the field down to the waving of the green flag. Long grabbed the top-spot by lap-one and appeared to have the car to beat as he led the event for the first 20-circuits. Third starting Kyle Lear, who had taken second by the first lap, was applying heavy pressure to Long until Longs racer dropped a driveshaft coming down to complete lap-21. From that point on Lear would lead the final 5-laps to post his fourth career Potomac LLM feature win.
“Its all about momentum.” Lear stated from Potomac’s victory lane. “Track position is so important down here and we had our car set-up to run the bottom tonight. That was a tough brake for Stevie (Long) but we’re here to win.” Lear stated off-season preparation is the key to his early season success. “We did a lot of off research and development during the winter months and the on-track results are starting to show.”
Sommey Lacey came home second two-time winner Tommy Wagner Jr. was third, Mike Latham was fourth and PJ Hatcher completed the top-five. Heats for the 14 cars on hand went to Lacey and Paul Cursey.
In the 20-lap modified feature Dan Arnold broke James Marshalls two-race win streak as he scored his first feature win of the season. Marshall started on the pole and would eventually lead every lap to post the win. Joey Polevoy took second, Rich Marks was third, Defending class champion Brett Hamilton was fourth and 12th starting James Marshall rounded out the top-five.
In other action, Richard Gwizdale captured his first win of the season in the 15-lap four-cylinder feature, Veteran Larry Fuchs took top honors in the 50-lap strictly stock event and John Latham collected his third win of the season in the 15-lap hobby stock main after apparent winner Rusty Alton failed a post race inspection.
Limited Late Models 25-laps (Lap leaders Stevie Long 1-20, Kyle Lear 21-25)
1. Kyle Lear 2. Sommey Lacey 3. Tommy Wagner Jr. 4. Mike Latham 5. PJ Hatcher 6. Chuck Cox 7. Derrick Quade 8. Paul Cursey 9. Brendan Long 10. Ed Pope 11. Stevie Long 12. Glen Buckler 13. Dave Adams 14. Jeremy Nichols (DNS)
Modifieds 20-laps
1. Dan Arnold 2. Joey Polevoy 3. Rich Marks 4. Brett Hamilton 5. James Marshall 6. Chet Gagnon 7. Josh Harris 8. Jack Foulkes 9. Craig Ramich 10. Brandon Galloway 11. Wayne Taylor 12. Tony Quade
