Legends and Bandoleros raced Saturday, August 19, at Dominion Raceway (VA). Conner Weddell won both Legends features while Brian Rundstrom Jr won the Bandolero feature. Story below, as posted by the track. Photo credits: track posted photos
Next up the Tru By Hilton INEX Legends took to the track with tight racing throughout the pack all the way up to leaders Conner Weddell #8c and David Polenz #33 who lost control of his machine on the outside of Weddell exiting turn 2 bringing out the only caution of the first Legends race. With 10 to go Polenz would battle his way back into 4th before passing Mike Weddell to snag a podium finish behind Alec Andrecs and race winner Conner Weddell. “Two races in a row, this is the first time I’ve ever done that which is really cool. Want to say thank you to David Polenz for racing me clean on that battle.” Conner would draw a 1 out of the bag which would see him start P1 for race #2 of the night.
Carlisle III Home inspection and consulting Dinger Depot INEX Bandoleros took to the track for 15 laps with Tuggie Case #1Va starting from the pole. Tuggie would stay out front even after a caution from PJ Surles and Eli Van Patten would create a restart scenario. With a few laps remaining contact between the #21 Sarah Whitesell and #18 Tristan Brunelli lead to a scary crash in turn 1 & 2 also involving #11 Addison Schumann, #04 James Monolo and #28 Kaitlyn Stradley. Multiple drivers hit hard and were attended to by track safety officials, ultimately informing safety officials they were ok despite some soreness. The #11 of Addison Schumann was transported to nearby MWH where she was observed and released without any broken bones. and would later be credited on social media Thanking those who checked on her stating ” I’m alright just sore. but I’ll be back at Dominion Raceway in Spotsylvania Virginia next weekend for my birthday race and we will come back stronger than ever.” (as of Sunday all drivers involved are doing well) Once racing resumed for the Bandos it was a tight battle to the end as Tuggie Case would eventually give up his lead to #88 Brian Rundstrom Jr with 3 to go. In victory lane Brian would taunt the ability for his machine to outperform such a motor for the win.
The second Tru by Hilton Legends race saw a similar scary crash at the top of turn 1 & 2 when Charlie Beals and Chris Fahed hooked bumpers and smacked the outside wall hard, almost sending Fahed onto his roof. Both drivers thankfully walked away from the incident and the race would resume after the red flag with Conner Weddell and David Polenz battling again for the lead. In a short lived tit-for-tat Polenz would take the lead then quickly give it back to Weddell who would go on to pull away from the #33 completing his first ever sweep of his career. “Ive never had such a great car where I was able to Pull away, at a drive in track” the win would mark Conners 4th of the season and 3rd in a row.
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