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Oh So Close to $50,000
$50,000 was on the line Saturday night at Tyrepower Sydney Speedway as Craig Dollansky and the D&B Goodyer Development team were back in action for the conclusion of the Scott Darley Classic.
With heat races lined up according to points accrued from Friday night, Dollansky would race in heat race four where he worked his way up to 2nd in the 12-lap event. Once heat races were complete the top-ten point scorers went to the front stretch for the 'Typrepower Top Ten' which sets the starting lineup for the first five rows of the main event.
When the unique 'Tyrepower Ten Ten' was complete, Dollansky was chosen to start third in the 40-lap, $50,000 to-win A-feature. After working past Tony Stewart, 'The Crowd Pleaser' set his sights on another Stewart, race leader Shane Stewart, who he caught with twenty laps remaining and surged into the lead heading into turn three. Dollansky set the pace for the next thirteen laps until 8-time Classic champion, Donny Schatz assumed the lead with seven to go. With two laps remaining, Cody Darrah spun right infront of Schatz in turn two allowing Dollansky to retake the lead heading to the white flag. As the leaders raced nose to tail through turns one and two, Dollansky on the bottom and Schatz on the top, Dollansky maintained the lead into turn three but a lapped car would prove to be the difference as Dollansky got held up and Schatz squeezed by on the top for the win.
"We had a good race car with this D&B team, it's a new team and they gave us a great team to work with, this is our fourth night working together and I was happy with the car", said Dollansky. "I started getting a little loose and put my wing back to help me out a little bit. On the last lap I thought protecting the bottom we'd be in good shape but Donny got a good run and stuck in the middle. My hat is off to him and his team but we won't hang our hats to hard on this one."
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- Craig Dollansky Racing on Jan 08, 2011
- Article Date: 1/8/2011