The Xfinity 40 Week Series Alsco 300 night race at Kentucky Speedway started with Mike Schrader #4 Winning the Marc Cohn pole award (Schrader says “I enjoys the Pole more than winning the race”) and setting the fastest lap of the race. John Hastings gained 10 spots for the most positions gained bonus. The race produced many close battles for position through the field with many position changes. Mike Schrader #4 Likes to blow his own horn and led the most laps with 101, going on to take the win. This week the drivers showed good race-craft, which resulted in no cautions with 11 lead changes and there were no disqualifications and 2 disconnect in a 23 car field The race ended with Mike Schrader #4 Bush Beer Sponsored capturing his 4th win of the season, with Bill Benedict taking 2nd, Brian Glass in 3rd and Joel Kilburn nabbing 4th.
This week the Xfinity Series moves to the Lakes Region 200 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with the current points leader Mike Schrader looking to maintain the lead in the series and all the series in league. The question is … can he hold off the charging Old Bastards?
We shall see when the green flag drops at 11:40 am Eastern time.
In the Xfinity 40 Week Series points championship Kent “Big Time” Connolly in 2nd, Joel Kilburn 3rd Brian Glass in 4th and Dwayne McArthur in 5th.
The New Hampshire race will be intense, and expect to see close battles all over the track.
July 17, 2018
Written By Mike Schrader
