Wednesday night saw only 8 drivers contest Round 3 of the Bluegrass Streetstock Tour at South Boston Speedway. Duane Burns claimed his third pole position, ahead of Ashley Dodgson, Shayne Bowen, Garry Wellman and Karl Withey.

An early caution kept the field bunch up early before Burns and Dodgson started their race long battle whilst slowly pulling a gap over the field. Burns would take his fifth straight win by just under a second over Dodgson, with Wellman, Bowen and Withey rounding out the top 5.

Sprint Race Report

25 Laps

1 Caution

1 Leader

0 Lead Changes

1st - Duane Burns

2nd – Ashley Dodgson

3rd – Garry Wellman

4th – Shayne Bowen

5th – Karl Withey

Stewards Summary:

Lap 3 – Nicholas Uhrig

Starting places for the Feature Race were the inversion of the finishing places from the Sprint Race, with Tom Williams and Ben Heneker off row 1, with Shayne Bowen and Karl Withey from row 2.

Williams got a good start and led early, whilst Dodgson and Bowen made quick work of the small pack to be side by side battling for second, with Burns close behind in fourth.

17 laps in and Williams was struggling with his rear tyres, drifting up the race track and allowing Dodgson underneath into the lead. Once on the highline, Williams was easily picked off by Burns and Bowen before being able to get back to the low line.

Unfortunately for Williams, his night came unstuck on Lap 34 and bringing out the caution and bunching the field up for the dash to the finish. Dodgson was able to maintain the pressure from Burns and claim the win by three tenths and giving Burns his first defeat of the series.

Feature Race Report

50 Laps

1 Caution

2 Leaders

1 Lead Changes

1st - Ashley Dodgson

2nd – Duane Burns

3rd - Shayne Bowen

4th – Karl Withey

5th – Ben Heneker

Stewards Summary:

Cautions:

Lap 35 – Tom Williams

Duane Burns continues to extend his lead at the top of the standings, now 83 points clear of Shayne Bowen, with Karl Withey, Hamish Gallagher and Ben Heneker rounding out the top 5. Round 4 will be held at the Thompson Speedway on Wednesday 24th July.