Kevin scores first feature win at Oakshade Raceway. It was a chillie night in August and had everyone wondering if they brought enough to wear. Kevin would finally get a decent draw for the heat race and start on the outside pole. That track was pretty tacky still due to the deep cloud cover which would make the car pretty tight. The top 2 would run side by side for 3 or 4 laps until Kevin made adjustments to his line and took off into the lead. By the checkered flag, Kevin would have nearly a full straightaway lead. The stars were apparently aligned as Kevin would pull 3rd starting spot for the feature event.

At the start Kevin would find himself alone in the high line, but not making any progress as the bottom was the place to be for the first half of the race, settling in to 4th spot. We all had pretty much accepted a 4th place finish until the yellow flew with 5 laps to go. Not knowing if we had anything left at this point, we felt confident that we could at least maintain our 4th spot. On the final restart 2nd and 3rd would get together momentarily going into turn 2 and slow them for just a split second...it was just enough for Kevin to blast by on the topside into 2nd spot and set sail for the leader. Kevin would put 3 perfect laps together to pull along side the leader at the white flag..and with everyone in the place on their feet, Kevin would rocket off of the topside of turn 2 to a 2 car length advantage. Dropping low for the final set of corners, he would charge to the checkers for his first feature victory at Oakshade Raceway, 2nd feature win of the year and 9th Career Feature Win.

I think this shows that we have definitely made some improvements over the past few weeks. Hopefully we can keep things rolling into the end of the season. Not sure what the plan is for the rest of the year, but we'll be in Mt. Pleasant this Friday...then if everything goes well there, we will be back at Oakshade Saturday night for their last points race. The following weekend will be the ALMS race at Oakshade as well.