PETERSEN MEDIA-Friday night in Greenwood, NE, Shane Stewart charged from his 10th starting position to post a sixth place finish during the ASCS Midwest Region race at I 80 Speedway.
After grabbing the second spot in heat race four, Stewart narrowly missed out on the redraw and gridded the field in the 10th spot aboard his Silva Motorspots/ROCKSTAR/Makita/A.R.T. No. 57.
Early in the feature Shane put his Finley Farms/Lucas Oil Products/Wesmar powered machine both on the top and bottom of the track as he adapted to the tricky track conditions.
Once Shane got in his rhythm, he then began working his was through traffic has he was able to sneak under Logan Forler to take over the eigth spot, before getting around Lee Grosz to assume the seventh position.
The next handful of laps saw the Cross Creek Trucking/Probilt Construction/Palmero properties mount get into an entertaining battle with Chad Humston as the duo battled for the sixth position.
On the 15th lap Shane grabbed the sixth spot from Humston, as he looked to again track down Danny Lasoski for the second night in a row.
As Shane continued to gain on Lasoski he simply ran out of laps as the checkered flag flew with the ROCKSTAR/Makita machine in the sixth spot.
“Tonight was just one of those tough nights,” said Stewart. “Passing was tough, but luckily Paul gave me a car that I could work with, and tomorrow night we’ll bolt the 410 in and go see what we can do at Knoxville.”
Shane and his Silva Motorsports team thank ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK, Makita Industrial Power Tools, Lucas Oil Products, A.R.T. Speed Equipment, Pro Bilt Construction, Palmero Properties, Cross Creek Trucking, Finley Farms, Car and Fleet, Race Gear X, OMP Racing, Wesmar Racing Engines, McColloch’s RV, Shift Creative, Amerikote, XYZ, Hoosier Tire, Pro, Banshee Graphics, Dan Olson Products, K&N Filters, RE Technologies, Weld, Schoenfeld Headers, Butlerbuilt Seats, Vortex Wings, CP Pistons, Cometic Gaskets, Huggins Cams BR Ignitioneering and Seven Industries for their partnership in 2011.
ON TAP: Up next for Stewart will be a trip to the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA for a tune-up before next months prestigious Knoxville Nationals.
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- Petersen Media on Jul 02, 2011
- Article Date: 7/2/2011