Sprints Take Center Stage at Gas City Speedway

Kyle Robbins Wins 1st at Gas City
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider

Saturday, July 4, 2009



GAS CITY, IN.- The USAC Sprints made their return in front of a large crowd at the Gas City (I-69) Speedway on Friday night. UMP Modifieds, and Street Stocks also ran on Friday.

New Castle racer Kyle Robbins held off a hard-charging Shane Cottle (Kokomo) for the 25 lap sprint car feature. Cottle raced his way to a hard fought second place finish. Finishing third was West Terre Haute native Blake Fitzpatrick.

After his exciting victory, Robbins said, "This win is huge. Gas City (I-69) Speedway is my favorite track, and it's huge to get my first win here." Robbins added, "I'd like to thank everyone at BCI and everyone that has supported me."

Following his hard fought second place finish, Cottle said, "We will be here Saturday to try and get the win." After his top three finish, Fitzpatrick explained, "We just built a new car, and it feels good to get a 3rd with it."

Marion's Glenn Bradley won the 20 lap UMP Modified A-Main feature on Friday night. After his victory, Bradley said, "It feels good to win. Anytime you can win, it feels good. It's also our wedding anniversary." Second place belonged to No. 25 Bub Patrick, while No. 37 JD Francis rounded out the top three finishers in third.

In Street Stock action, No. 08 Aaron Wolf took the victory. Finishing second was No. 36 Ervin Turner, while third went to No. 3N Caleb Nutter. Turner raced the No. 36 black Street Stock after an early accident involving his No. 1 Street Stock. Turner worked his way through the eight car field, to capture a second place finish.

There was a battle to decide the thunder car finale. No. 63 Mike Frederick and No. 12x Josh Owens went back and forth for five laps, but the feature victory went to Frederick. Owens finished right behind Frederick in second, while the always dangerous No. 36 DJ Holt took third place honors.

Next Saturday, July 11th, the Gas City (I-69) Speedway will host the USAC Indiana Sprint Week. There will be no racing at the speedway on Friday, July 10th.

NOTE: Micro sprint racing from the Miami County Speedway was postponed due to the dowpours in the Peru area on Saturday, July 4th. All the micro sprint racing action will return to the speedway on Saturday, July 11th.