Race three of the Northern Indiana Points Series is in the books! Michiana RC had 78 entries laying a groove down yesterday, and the Madness shook up the points much like a race at Talladega would!
In Losi Mini Sliders, Daren Miller has tied it up with Chuck "Orange Julius" Bolin with a TQ and Win yesterday. Chuck finished third behind Dave Kemper, who's not in the points. Colin Hardy had a rough weekend, having to pull out of the racing. Wade Krull's fourth place finish ties him with Colin for the third spot in points going into the finals.
In 10th Scale Sliders, Kyle Pittenger TQ'ed and Won, extending his points lead by 10 over Colin Hardy, who finished second. Chuck Bolin holds onto third with a third place finish.
In SuperStock, a strong showing of mixers really shook up the points series! Most everyone who was anyone came out to race SuperStock, including a strong showing of BRL regulars! Young ace Thiler Claxton really took a hard hit- from leading the points by five to being down 50(!) to Anthony Searls, your current points leader. Anthony finished third in the A-Feature, behind Snowbirds Champ Brian Deel and Travis Russell. After a second place finish in the A-Feature at race one on this same track, Thiler finished second in the C Main. Josh Carlton is still in third, extending his gap on new fourth place runner Kyle Grindle, who moved up from seventh by finishing third in the C Main behind Thiler. Josh finished 6th in the C Main. Taylor Baney is now dropped to fifth place after bad luck in qualifying put Taylor in the F Main, which he won. Due to the high car count (33 SuperStockers), many racers, due to the points system, received zero points!
In Pro Stock, it's a dead heat! Travis Russell and Todd Falkowski are both tied with 290 points. Todd and Travis finished 1-2 in Sunday's A-Feature, in front of Brian Deel who finished third. For them, it's down to the finals to decide it! Tied for third were John Sparks and Dave Zipp- Dave missed the race, dropping to seventh in points. John Sparks won the B-Main, giving him third outright. Now tied for fourth are Ken Bajdek and Dustin Williams, with their B-Main finishes.
In Outlaw Sprint Cars, the lead has changed! Travis Russell erased a 20 point defecit to take the points lead by five going into the finals over previous leader Ken Bajdek. Ken TQ'ed and led early at the Madness, but failure to navigate through traffic led to his demise. Travis went onto win the A-Feature, with Ken finishing sixth. Third place in points, Jon Tully, finished second- putting the top three 10 points apart going into the finals!
The Finals are March 28th at Pete Russell's Hobby Shop. Travis will be posting information soon on the race. See ya there!!!
Here are the points (in PDF form) after the Michiana Oval Madness, Race #3 of 4:
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