POSTED APRIL 12 , 2003

ERIC ROOT win his 2^nd Mini Stock feature of the season and took over the season points lead on cool Saturday night at the Mottville Speedway!

Root won his 2^nd feature in a row as he took the 25 lapper over Jesse Gaylord and Joe Fitzpatrick. Gaylord won the heat over Root and Fitzpatrick.

A season high 7 Mini Thunder Cars were on hand and they put on an exciting show of close racing with Steve Clifford winning his 2^nd feature of the season with a 35 lap victory over two time defending champion Fred Garrett, Chuck Hall, Derk Sargent, Bob Johnson, Danny Zimmerman and Richard Allbee.

Clifford and Garrett battled it out for 30 of the 35 laps until Garrett had a tire going down which forced him to slow down.

Clifford won the Jenkin’s NAPA Auto Parts Stores dash over Hall and Garrett while Hall took the heat over Clifford and Garrett.

Robert Sutton brought his new number 71 truck to Mottville for the first time in 2003 and won the 15 lap street stock feature over Scott Rozner.

Chad Layman won his 2^nd kart feature of the season in a 12 lapper and also took the heat.

The Short Track Trucks. Com Challenge Series had two trucks on hand for an exhibition and gave fans a preview of what to expect when they bring their full force to Mottville on June 14 and August 16! They have 23 registered drivers!

Mike Grand was expected to bring his ss, however he put it on the trailer and in doing so discovered he had engine problems!

Sunday it’s the Easter Hams race with hams going to all dash and heat winners in all divisions plus the kart feature winner! It is supposed to be even warmer than it was Saturday!

After the races Chuck Hall told me he thinks 35 laps for MTC is too many and I totally agree and plan to limit them to 15-25 laps from now on. This should save them some expense.