Photo by Jacey Pate
Fresh off of his 2nd MOWA win of the season last week at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL, Paul Nienhiser scored his 3rd feature win of the year! This time at Jacksonville Speedway in front of his hometown crowd during a weekly racing event.
He started the night off strong, winning his heat race after starting 4th, navigating the already narrow cushion all the way around the outside of the track. The track crew did a phenomenal job getting the track into racing condition, after the Morgan County fair had been going on the previous week.
His heat race passing points were enough to be the high point getter of the night, starting him on the pole of the 25 lap main event. The opening 2 laps saw Paul trade the lead with AJ Bruns several times, both throwing slide jobs in every corner. After near contact that got Paul sideways, he lost another position to Jimmy Hurley. As Paul settled in and got passed Hurley to take back second, the yellow flag flew for a stopped car on the track. Taking advantage of the next restart, Paul used the even narrower cushion now, to power past both lead cars and retake the lead. When the checkered flag flew he had over a half-track lead over the second place car, while getting into victory lane for the first time in a sprint car in front of his hometown fans.
Paul and the entire team would like to thank the following partners and friends for their continued support in 2015: Cam2 Blue Blood Racing Motor Oil, Mason Sound, Fierce Herbicide, Wessler Bros. Agency, Bradshaw Custom Pumping, Byers International, Arends-Awe John Deere, Engler Machine & Tool, Factory Kahne Indy, Bob Hawks Autobody, Kaeding Performance, Steve Thomas Racing, JR1 Race Cars, Butlerbuilt Seats, Ralph & Drake Willhite, and Roger Staake!
If you are interested in becoming a part of the team with Paul and all of PNR, contact Paul at paul@nienhiser.com or John at john.a@nienhiser.com for marketing and sponsorship opportunities.
- Paul Nienhiser on Jul 19, 2015
- Article Date: 7/19/2015