In the most intense bout of lap traffic all year long, James McFadden was patient yet aggressive enough to survive a wild 35-laps at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night.
Starting from the outside pole, McFadden quickly moved the Roth Motorsports #83 into the lead ahead of pole sitter Zeb Wise, who would challenge J-Mac all race long.
Going green for the first 31 laps, things got hairy on the tight bullring as lap traffic continually kept the battle for the lead in play. Wise briefly stole the lead on Lap 11, controlling at least one lap in the Rudeen Racing #26 before McFadden quickly seized it back.
The race took a dramatic turn on Lap 31 when McFadden, Wise, and Sanders were engaged in a three-way war for the lead with only four laps to go... when chaos struck.
As lap car Jamie Veal slowed, Wise had nowhere to go and tangled with him down the backstretch only for fourth-running Brad Sweet to run out of road and directly hit the #26 at full speed. Both were okay but Wise's chance at the win was gone and Sweet was sent to the Rod End Supply Work Area.
From there, McFadden survived the final four laps and held off Justin Sanders to claim his second Kubota High Limit Racing victory, and first since June 2 at Butler Motor Speedway. This time, it came in California, the home state of car owners Dennis and Teresa Roth.
Justin Sanders followed the Roth #83 to the line for a career-best P2 finish with the series, while Corey Day closed out the podium in his Jason Meyers Racing #14.
Rounding out the top-10 at Placerville was Andy Forsberg, Cory Eliason, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Justin Peck, Ryan Bernal, and Shane Golobic.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (8/17/24)
Placerville Speedway (Placerville, CA)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime - Brad Sweet (10.354)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Andy Forsberg
DMI Heat Two Winner - Zeb Wise
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Landon Brooks
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Kasey Kahne
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Zeb Wise
C-Main Winner - Ashlyn Rodriguez
B-Main Winner - Rico Abreu
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - James McFadden (11.380)
Hard Charger - Spencer Bayston +10, 27th-to-17th
Lap Leaders - James McFadden 1-10; Zeb Wise 11; McFadden 12-35.
Kubota A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[2]; 2. 2X-Justin Sanders[6]; 3. 14-Corey Day[9]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason[8]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]; 7. 21-Cole Macedo[10]; 8. 13-Justin Peck[12]; 9. 73-Ryan Bernal[11]; 10. 17W-Shane Golobic[15]; 11. 45-Landon Brooks[7]; 12. 19-Brent Marks[14]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu[21]; 14. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[18]; 15. X1-Michael Faccinto[13]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson[17]; 17. 5-Spencer Bayston[27]; 18. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 19. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[25]; 20. 2K-Gauge Garcia[20]; 21. 83T-Tanner Carrick[22]; 22. 9P-Parker Price Miller[26]; 23. 55-Chris Windom[28]; 24. 02-Ashton Torgerson[24]; 25. 26-Zeb Wise[1]; 26. 17AU-Jamie Veal[16]; 27. 42X-Justyn Cox[19]; 28. 1A-Jacob Allen[23]
UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing will enjoy a few days off before kicking off the biggest race in California Sprint Car Racing history - the 70th Gold Cup Race of Champions at Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway, paying a record $100,070-to-win next Thursday-Saturday, August 22-24.
- administrator on Aug 19, 2024
- Article Date: 8/19/2024 by Brian Walker