A beautiful Carolina day was upon us and everyone was anxiously awaiting race time. The off season was only a couple months long but to some it felt like an eternity. During the very short off season the track went through multiple upgrades and changes. All the wooden walls were torn down and new steel walls were put in their place. Forty sponsor billboards lined the backstretch two high and a catch fence was installed in both corners. Jimmy Elledge would be the first to collect quick time but bad luck would catch him in the heat race with a blown motor. With 21 karts signed in to the open division, a B Main followed and only four karts would advance to the A main. Tom Hubert, Mark Pollardi, Tony Mangini, and Brandon Dean would be the lucky four to continue their night. Charley McDonald, Emma Francis, and Mason Elkes were our first cadet feature. With cadets being a starter class no winner is crowned as parents use this class as a practice session before moving their child into the next division.
With most of the field in beginner box stocks moving up to box stocks everyone wondered if a full field would still be had. Thirteen kids under the age of 8 made up the field for opening night. Danny Dyszelski took off from the field and didn’t look back. Ethan Burdett was strong in second until a mishap under caution caused Landen Elkes to drive over Burdetts engine ending his night. Landen Elkes would fight back to finish second, Tyler Dolack third, Matthew Francis fourth, and newcomer Jacob Monsour finished a strong fifth.
Some argue the Box Stock feature was the best of the night. Just like the beginners thirteen karts filled the field for their class as well. The race was a splitting image of the beginner box stock events last year as Eli Adams and Caden Kvapil battled for the win yet again. Eli inched Caden at the line for the win. Crews came back through the field after an early chain issue to finish third, Skylar Chaney fourth, and Zac Israel fifth.
Ty Gibbs and Gage Painter battled for the lead in the early laps of the intermediate feature until Painter clipped the turn four wall causing him to flip. Ty Gibbs would take his first Wednesday night feature win followed by Taylor Gray, Carson Kvapil, Roy Hayes, and Tucker Scanlon.
Chad Bush led the open feature until a late caution when Ethan Mitchell took the lead coming out of turn two. Dylan Smith charged up to second, Adam Welch third, Tom Hubert fourth, and Chaz Woodward fifth. Watch the full replay on speed51.com. The DNQ Karting series will be back in action next Wednesday and the outlaw karts will be back March 23. Millbridge Speedway would like to thank all of our employees, fans, drivers, teams, and sponsors for their continued support and hard work.
Cadets
5 Charlie McDonald
14 Emma Francis
99 Mason Elkes
Beginner Box Stock Feature
1- 8 Danny Dyszelski
2- 4 Landen Elkes
3- 19 Tyler Dolack
4- 8 Matthew Francis
5- 98 Jacon Monsour
6- 4s Lucas Sandifer
7- 1F Kynzer Flynn
8- 08 Dallas Griggs
9- 14 Ethan Burdett
10- 63 Bryce Richards
Box Stock Feature
1- 45 Eli Adams
2- 35 Caden Kvapil
3- 11 Brent Crews
4- 17 Skylar Chaney
5- 98 Zac Israel
6- 48 Hunter Kohn
7- 9B Tyler Beckham
8- 12T Tiffany Claridge
9- 33 Joey Robinson
10- 10U Wyatt Underwood
11- 09 Tyler Latarte
12- 27 Nick Huntley
13- 26 Aidan Turner
Intermediate Feature
1- 20 Ty Gibbs
2- 15G Taylor Gray
3- 35 Carson Kvapil
4- 15 Roy Hayes
5- 11 Tucker Scanlon
6- 23 Ryan Israel
7- 17 George Hayes
8- 03 Kyle Campbell
9- AK47 Jordan Smithson
10- 16 Stanley Hayes
11- 12 Gage Painter
12- 11 Alex Bodine
13- 99 Cole Hilton
14- 21 Brett Suggs
Open B Main
1- 30 Tom Hubert
2- 27 Mark Pollardi
3- 7C Tony Mangini
4- 98 Brandon Dean
5- 47 Joey Stapp
6- 28 Kyler Tucker
7- 2C Tim Nagini
8- 1K Jimmy Elledge
9- 3 Karsyn Elledge
Open Feature
1- 19 Ethan Mitchell
2- 03 Dylan Smith
3- 71 Adam Welch
4- 30 Tom Hubert
5- 51 Chaz Woodward
6- 4 Dean Bush
7- 08 Devin Boutot
8- 73 Chad Bush
9- 2 Nick Hoffman
10- 25 Zach Wolfe
11- 7C Tony Mangini
12- 62 Hunter Richards
13- 98 Brandon Dean
14- 6 Clark Houston
15- 27 Mark Pollardi
16- 94W Buddy Wise