Henry appeared to be on his way to making it four straight wins for invaders from the west and east as the first three Ti22 Sprint features had been captured by Ohioans Cole Duncan and Danny Smith, and most recently by PA Posse transplant Daryn Pittman.
Enter Jack Sodeman Jr.! Sodeman started seventh on the grid, but quickly made his way to second by lap five and began his pursuit of Henry. By mid-race, Henry’s tires appeared to be giving up on him as Sodeman, Carl Bowser and Danny Holtgraver were all closing in. On successive laps, Henry gave way to Sodeman for first, then Bowser for second and Holtgraver for third. As Holtgraver rocketed down the back stretch, he dove to the bottom of Bobbi Rankin, (yes the daughter of front row mates Gary & Sheila), entering turn three. Bobbi checked up hard and spun, resulting in Henry doing the same. Both came to a stop and brought out the caution.
Undaunted by the restart with Bowser and Holtgraver in position to steal the win away, Sodeman launched off turn four and cruised to Sheetz Victory Lane for his first win of the season. Bowser and Holtgraver chased him to the checkers for second and third respectively. Brandon Matus scored his third straight top five finish and a career best fourth. Early leader Cap Henry recovered from his lap 18 snafu to finish fifth. Gary Rankin, Brent Matus, Rod George, Kevin Schaeffer and Jimmy Light rounded out the Ti22 Top Ten. Sodeman and Light took the checkers in National Guard heat race action.
- administrator on Jun 05, 2011
- Article Date: 6/2/2011