It's safe to say that Roseburg, Oregon's Douglas County Dirtrack's debut with Kubota High Limit Racing was a major hit on Monday night.
A jam-packed crowd came out to the 3/10-mile oval to witness Australian James McFadden collect his third win of the year with the series, and second on this west coast swing.
Starting from the outside of row two, J-Mac quickly took the Roth Motorsports #83 to the second spot on the initial start and started hounding early leader Justin Sanders. After chasing the #2X for the opening nine laps, J-Mac attacked on the second restart of the race and assumed the lead when he was able to power around the outside of Sanders through turns one and two.
From there, it was about surviving an intense bout of lap traffic while Sanders kept the pressure on through the closing stages.
The Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia native was able to survive and advance to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane - his fourth overall win of the year with Dennis and Teresa Roth's race team.
Aromas, CA native Justin Sanders finished second for the third-straight race at Douglas County Dirtrack. He's now finished runner-up twice this swing with Kubota High Limit Racing, both to McFadden wins. He'll have four more opportunities this week to get that first-career Kubota High Limit Racing victory he's been so close to.
Rounding out the podium was the fan favorite, Tanner Holmes. Hailing from down the road in Jacksonville, Oregon, nobody all night long received more cheers or a bigger ovation than the home state hero. He capped off a career-night close to home by driving from fifth-to-third in his #18T, earning his first-ever podium finish with Kubota High Limit Racing.
Rounding out the top-10 at Douglas County Dirtrack was Justin Peck, Corey Day, Cory Eliason, Spencer Bayston, Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu, and Brent Marks.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (8/26/24)
Douglas County Dirtrack (Roseburg, OR)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime - Zeb Wise (11.845)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Justin Peck
DMI Heat Two Winner - Tanner Holmes
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - James McFadden
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Tyler Courtney
FK Rod Ends Pole Shuffle Winner - Justin Sanders
B-Main Winner - Kasey Kahne
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - James McFadden (12.519)
Hard Charger - Cole Macedo +12, 23rd-to-11th
Lap Leaders - Justin Sanders 1-9; James McFadden 10-35.
Kubota A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[4]; 2. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]; 3. 18T-Tanner Holmes[5]; 4. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[13]; 6. 8-Cory Eliason[9]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston[2]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet[11]; 9. 24-Rico Abreu[12]; 10. 19-Brent Marks[8]; 11. 21-Cole Macedo[23]; 12. 21P-Robbie Price[15]; 13. 57W-Jock Goodyer[14]; 14. 41-Dominic Scelzi[10]; 15. 88-Tanner Thorson[18]; 16. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 17. 55-Chris Windom[24]; 18. 9T-Camden Robustelli[19]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[21]; 20. 9P-Parker Price Miller[20]; 21. 17W-Shane Golobic[22]; 22. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[17]; 23. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 24. 17AU-Jamie Veal[16]
Updated Championship Standings (After 37/54 Races):
- Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (2,174 PTS... -)
- Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (2,048 PTS... -126)
- Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (1,926 PTS... -248)
- Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (1,894 PTS... -280)
- Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (1,867 PTS... -307)
- Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (1,857 PTS... -317)
- Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (1,807 PTS... -367)
- PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (1,690 PTS... -484)
- CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (1,679 PTS... -495)
- Rudeen Racing #26 - Zeb Wise (1,573 PTS... -601)
- Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (1,561 PTS... -613)
- Ridge & Sons Racing #8 - Cory Eliason (1,560 PTS... -614)
- Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (1,419 PTS... -755)
- Vermeer Motorsports #55 - Chris Windom (1,377 PTS... -797)
- Shark Racing #1A - Jacob Allen (1,354 PTS... -820)
- Crouch Motorsports #1 - Brenham Crouch (1,194 PTS... -980)
UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing continues a busy week with a drive to Washington tomorrow before kicking off four-straight nights of racing in The Evergreen State. It starts on Wednesday, August 28 with a one-night only date at Elma's Gray's Harbor Raceway before the $102,226-to-win Sage Fruit Skagit Nationals takes center stage on Thursday-Saturday, August 29-31.
- administrator on Aug 27, 2024
- Article Date: 8/27/2024 by Brian Walker