Heading into Thursday night's program Tim Crawley had not won a Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) main event since the 2011 season, but by the time the night's final checkered flag had dropped he had changed all of that.
Thirty-six Sprint Cars invaded the 1/4 mile oval, and Crawley advanced from the back of his heat race to a 2nd place finish to lock into the redraw for the feature, where he was the recipient of the 4th starting spot. As the main event went green Crawley jumped to the 2nd spot behind race leader, Cody Gardner, and would pursue Gardner until lap 3, when he shot by for the lead. Once out front Crawley never looked back and went on to lead the final 28 laps to score the victory over Gardner, Jeff Swindell, Derek Hagar, and Sam Hafertepe Jr.
Full results from the race are available at www.ASCSRacing.com.
Friday evening found the team taking a knife into a gun fight as they entered the 410 cubic inch Sprint Car program at Benton Raceway Park (Benton, Missouri) with their 360 cubic inch Sprinter. Despite being down on horsepower Crawley would blast to his second win of the weekend! Seventeen entries took part in the program, and Tim started his night by winning his heat race from the front row to move onto the dash. In the dash he finished 2nd to earn the 2nd starting spot for the feature alongside Tim Montgomery. The main event found Crawley blasting to the lead and never looked back on his way to the win the feature for his fifteenth win of 2013!
Full results from the racing program are available at www.BentonRacewayPark.com.
The weekend concluded on Saturday night at Lexington 104 Speedway (Bargerton, Tennessee) with the Lucas Oil ASCS, and the outing would begin on a strange note. Tim was asked to be part of an interview with RacinBoys in the late afternoon, and while he was in the interview the driver's meeting and pill draw was held. As a result he didn't get to draw a pill and had to start on the back of his heat with no passing points.
After advancing from the tail of his heat race to a 5th place finish Crawley started 10th in the main event and went on to pass even cars to finish 3rd behind race winner, Jason Johnson, and Johnny Herrera.
Full results from the event are available at www.ASCSRacing.com. |