Marsh Wins 2 at MCS

Saturday, June 14, 2008
By: Matt "Night" Rider

It was another wild night of racing at the Miami County Speedway. Saturday night’s sprint program featured the Junior Class Special, which meant double Championship points plus an extra purse that was awarded to the winner of the Junior Class feature. Along with the Junior Class Special was the regular Saturday night program for the sprints.

The #21 Junior Class Sprint of Addison True, Spiceland, came away with the win in the Junior Class Feature. Addison went home with double the Championships and a nice winner’s purse of $125.00. “It feels good to win in the Junior Class tonight”, said Addison. Behind True, taking home a hard fought second place finish was the #11 Junior Sprint of Delphi’s Kolt Kinsler. Rounding out the top three in Juniors, was the #7 of Jake Reif, who races out of Antigo, Wisconsin.

The night belonged to Muncie’s own Tyler Marsh, who drove to not only one but two feature victories on the night, winning both the Restrictor and Open Class Features. “It was awesome to win both the Restrictor and Open Class tonight”, said Tyler Marsh.

Finishing behind Marsh in the Restrictor Class Feature was the #95 Restrictor machine of Garret Miller in second, and the #29 Restrictor of Braxton Hanft finished in third.

Taking home second place in the Open Feature was the #57 Open Class Sprint of Brian Busz, while the #73 machine of Aaron McClure drove his way to a third place showing in the Open Feature.

In the Stock Class Feature, the #19T of Ben Taylor, Kendallville, took home the win. “It feels good to win. It doesn’t ever get old”, said Taylor after the win. The #4 Stock Class machine of Sam Kimmel took home a second place finish, while the #92K of Kris Knox finished the night in third place.

Rounding out the five features was the Non Wing Feature. The #69H Non Wing of Stuart Hanft took home the Non Wing victory. “It feels good to win tonight. I haven’t won here in two years”, said Hanft. Following Hanft in second place was the #23 Non Wing of Jordan Lambert, and in third was the #4 Non Wing of Sam Kimmel.