Mother Nature once again threatened the evening of racing all around the facility for the 2011 debut for the INSSA Super Late Models in Post Falls, Idaho. Severe thunder storms brewing all around the track made for some scheduled changes of events for the night.
Following opening ceremonies and trophy dashes, race fans had the opportunity to see the Competitive Edge Racing Series 25-lap heat race of limited late model racing. Kahlen Koch, driver of the #26, pulled off a new track record for the school and finished with a first place win in the heat race. Series drivers will resume competition Sunday May 22, 2011 at Stateline Speedway for their main events.
As the evening progressed and with the threat of rain, track officials decided that heats for the super stocks would be cancelled and move straight to their 100-lap main event. With 15 cars on the starting grid for the main event, pole sitter Todd Havens wasted no time jumping out in front of the pack early, while things heated up behind the #20. Lap 15, the first of 3 cautions on the night brought the field once again together. On the restart Havens #20 had plenty of pressure from Andy Brown #41 who started at the rear of the field. Brown took over as the leader on lap 16 and opened a very impressive lead until lap 22 when the second caution flew for Havens #20, who spun in turn two. With the cone on the track for the line-up, Brown took to the outside of row one and David Garber #93 moved down into the pole position. On the green flag restart, Brown #41 showed that his car’s setup was just right for the second grove and pulled out in front of Garber #93. The next 25 laps, fans watched as Brown #41 and Garber #93 side by side switched leads by a bumper length each lap. Following behind the leaders, Blake Williams #16 and Kameron McKeehan #72, series defending champion, watched as Garber #93 and Brown #41 raced and hoped that the two drivers used all their tires up racing up in front of the pack with Williams #16 running in fourth and McKeehan #72 running third. On lap 75, McKeehan had the misfortune of making contact with lapped traffic and lost position to Williams #16. On the final restart of the main event, Brown #41 took to the outside one more time, Garber #93 on the pole and Williams #16 on Garber’s tail in third. What fans watched all night with Garber and Brown side by side once again and swapping lead changes on the back stretch, Brown on the outside got trapped by slower traffic and lost the outside position and fell back two car lengths to Garber #93. David Garber #93 picks up the first main event of the season.
