C2CRL Hometown Heroes W12 Recap

02 Mar 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 12
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Blake Chapman started the evening off jumping to the top of the boards in the first moments of qualifying in the 305 sprints tonight with a 14.914 and had a strong performance in the first heat, presented by the Super DIRTCAR Series. Nathan Aldrich started on the pole with the inverted grid with Chapman in 4th. After the first lap, Chapman was up to 2nd following Dan McLaren closely. Chapman lined up his pass over the next few laps going for the overtake on the high side using the momentum of those light weight 305 sprints to complete the pass on the final lap and took the checkered by 0.067. The second heat of the evening, presented by Pet Partners, started off with Greg Boydell leading the field to the green with Bob Degood to his outside. Degood had the better jump off the start and took an early lead with Boydell fighting back from 2nd. Degood was trying different lines trying to find the speed as he took the win with Boydell unable to challenge for the lead.

The third heat of the night, presented by World of Sports Podcast, went green with Jeffrey Kemper in the lead, but Jeremy Paulson to his outside was able to use the cushion to get ahead of him on the 3rd lap. Kemper was able to hold off John Heyn in 3rd who tried to follow Paulson around. Paulson crossed the line with almost a one second gap ahead of the rest of the pack as Kemper and Heyn continued to battle with Heyn getting into 2nd in the end. The fourth and final heat of the series, presented by Maurer Farm Management, began with Gary Taylor and Nick Schell on the front row taking the green. For the first time tonight, the outside line didn’t take the lead away off the start with Taylor getting a strong launch and pulling away. Andy Patton tried for a slider on the first lap to take away the lead, but the aggressive move failed leading to contact between himself and Taylor taking both drivers out of contention and giving the lead over to Schell with Chris Schaffer and Nick Vickrey tightly stacked together. Vickrey and Schaffer came together on lap 5 taking those drivers out of lead contention as well and Schell led the rest of the 8-lap race with almost a 2 second lead as he crossed the line.

Moving to the 10-lap consolation race, presented by Chip Bangers Racing, Donovan Ross and Steven Bixler took the front row. Bixler was able to take the lead with the outside line as other drivers had done in early races and began to pull away with Nick Vickrey in tow close behind him as Ross fought back from the inside. 5 laps in, Ross was able to utilize the inside to regain the lead as Bixler struggled falling back to 4th behind Chris Schaffer. Vickrey was able to get the lead as the white flag came out and held off Ross to the checkered flag. The drivers then settled in for the 20-lap feature event, presented by A&J Custom Creations, as the current points leader, Blake Chapman, took the pole with Bob Degood to his outside on the front row. Degood had a much strong launch than Chapman who held onto 2nd.

Chapman was able to take the lead back on lap 3 as Paulsen and Degood battled on the high side. Paulsen then ran a very high run to get around Degood and the drivers made contact sending Paulsen to the rear of the 24-car field and bringing out our first caution. Degood was able to continue behind Chapman who had a much stronger launch on the restart quickly pulling away when Dan McLaren made contact with the outside wall and collecting several drivers behind him bringing out the second caution of the night on lap 5. The restart was again in favor of Chapman who quickly pulled away again. Brennon Lacy, Randy Shreves, and Nick Schell all battled for 3rd while also keeping pressure on Degood in 2nd. The three drivers were all trying different lines looking for the speed, but Degood was able to stay ahead taking 2nd place behind Chapman who pulled away by 1.2 seconds as the drivers battled behind him.

Blake Chapman took the win tonight in the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series ahead of Bob Degood and Brennon Lacy. The win tonight also made Chapman the season points champion beating Randy Shreves who finished in 4th tonight. Chapman has been known for running the bottom line better than most, but tonight he chose to change it up and shared with us why he made that decision, “The bottom wasn’t as dominate as it usually was, at least in these past weeks, so, you know, it made it a little bit more difficult for me to not just run that bottom and run away and hide. So, I had to find some lines there in the middle. I ran a line just above the bottom where I could give it more throttle. That seemed to work and then I changed my line in [turns] three and four about halfway through the race, but overall, I think guys did a really good job, the full field keeping it clean and putting on a good show for the broadcast.”

As the night progressed to the next series, the drivers took to the track in 360 sprints with almost 300 HP more than the previous field and Stevin Goldner took the pole in qualifying with a fast lap at 13.854 beating Kyle Moonen’s time by 0.001. Steven Bixler led the first heat, presented by Super DIRTCAR Series, to the green with Zach Neubauer to his outside. Goldner forced the front row 3 wide immediately off the start with Bixler backing out and dropping back to 4th behind Jamie McCarron. Goldner found the front and pulled away from the field taking the checkered flag. The second heat, presented by Pet Partners, started with Patrick Spangler and Mike Cranmer on the front row. Spangler had a strong launch holding the lead and pulling away while Cranmer and Blake Chapman made contact sending Cranmer to the back. Chapman got the inside line below Spangler and tried a slider on the final lap with Spangler able to pull a crossover on him and crossing the line 0.006 ahead of Chapman.

Donovan Ross and Chris Schaffer sat on the front row of the third heat of the night, presented by World of Sports Podcast, as they took the green. Ross, Schaffer and Jeff Flaro were having a 3 wide battle over the lead when Flaro made contact with Schaffer spinning himself out. Schaffer continued to fight with Ross over the lead but wasn’t able to get out front before Ross took the checkered flag. The fourth heat, presented by Maurer Farm Management, started with Barry Goldner and Nick Vickrey on the front row. Vickrey had a strong start from the outside line pulling away with Bob Evertson in tow behind him as Goldner dropped back to 3rd. Evertson kept Vickrey under pressure while taking the lead away on the last lap with a slider beating Vickrey to the line. The fifth and final heat of the night, presented by P.A. Posse, took the green with Bob Degood and Preston Cranmer in the front. Cranmer was able to make the high side work as he took the lead away from Degood who found himself under pressure from Berger in 3rd. Cranmer took the win with Berger close behind after taking 2nd away from Degood.

The consolation event, presented by Chip Bangers Racing, had Steven Bixler and Mike Cranmer on the front row as the green flag came out. Only the top four drivers from the 14-car field would be able to advance to the feature event putting pressure on all of the drivers to move up through the field as quickly as possible. John Rayner was the first driver to get knocked out with contact sending him to the back along with Jeff Flaro. Lacy took the lead early and tried to build a gap ahead of Cranmer while Joe Canellas, Randy Shreves, and Steven Bixler fought hard over 3rd and the final transfer position. As the checkered flag came out, the transferring drivers were Brennon Lacy, Mike Cranmer, Randy Shreves, and Joe Canellas.

Leading the field in the 25-lap feature event, presented by ABR Setup Shop, was Stevin Goldner with Patrick Spangler to the outside. Randy Shreves, the current points leader started in the back of the field in 23rd. Goldner struggled off the start as Spangler took the lead away with Donovan Ross on his heels. The first caution of the night came out right off the launch as Kyle Moonen caught the outside wall sending his car tumbling across the track. Since it was on the first lap, Goldner was given his leading position back and had a much stronger launch on the restart holding the lead around several laps ahead of Spangler. The second caution came out as Spangler was trying to take the lead away from Goldner on lap 5 when John Heyn and Gary Taylor came together coming out of turn two sending both drivers to the rear of the field.

As Goldner had another strong launch off the restart, the caution again came out on the 8th lap when Kyle Moonen slid up going into turn three making contact with Mike Cranmer to his outside and sending Cranmer hard into the outside wall. Another strong restart for Goldner, but another caution as well when Zach Neubauer, Brennon Lacy, and Chris Berger came together going into turn one reacting to a sudden checkup and collected several other drivers. Spangler was able to stay on Goldner’s heels off the restart and the two drivers were swapping sliders for the lead as another caution came out with 14 laps remaining when Jamie McCarron made contact that sent him tumbling down the track. Goldner again started in the lead when the green came out.

The caution came out immediately off the restart again as Nick Vickrey clipped the inside causing another checkup and several cars came together with Chris Schaffer taking the worst of it being knocked onto his side and hit by several cars from behind. While that incident was playing out, Brennon Lacy and Chris Berger also made contact taking Lacy out of contention for the night. With 13 laps to go, Goldner got another strong start ahead of Spangler, but again were halted by the caution flag as Kyle Moonen went wide and made contact with the outside wall. Goldner and Spangler started battling over the lead again off the restart as Blake Chapman moved up to 3rd with 10 laps to go. Spangler dove deep for the lead and ended up running side by side with Golder as the leaders brought out the next caution. Goldner and Spangler came together while trading sliders back and forth sending both drivers around and collecting Chapman in the process. Preston Cranmer, who was in 4th, moved up to second and Chapman took the lead as the caution flag came out before the field actually passed him in the incident.

With heavy front-end damage, Chapman got a good launch off the restart but wasn’t able to hold off the field as he struggled to control the car with a missing front wing. Mike Cranmer and Gary Taylor made contact sending Cranmer around in a slow spin that brought out the caution with 5 laps to go. Chapman was starting to fall back, but the timing of the caution went in his favor giving him the lead again for the restart. Again, struggling with the damage, the leaders went 3 wide and came together bringing out another caution and collecting much of the field with only 3 laps to go. Chapman again took the lead on the restart now ahead of Nick Vickrey and Roger Craig. Chapman ran a defensive line holding Vickrey off and taking his second feature win of the night. Randy Shreves finished in 9th tonight and took the season points championship in the 360 sprints.

Blake Chapman, with Kreitz Sim Racing, commented after the race, “When I got my nose wing taken off there for the first time, I thought I was done, but then, you know, other crashes happened, and cautions came out and I was able to barely hold onto it at the end. I think this is my first time winning a race with no nose wing, so, I mean, I’ll take it that’s for sure.” Randy Shreves, with LGR Motorsports, took the season championship after what seemed like one problem after another through the night struggling from early on and getting caught up in several incidents in the feature. Still able to come out on top in the point standings, Shreves shared with us, “Overall I still pulled off the championship and I’m super happy about that. I’ve been trying for seasons to get this done and finally get one of those cool plaques.”

The drivers then rejoined the track in a preview to the fans of what’s coming next season in the 410 sprints which are a new addition to the schedule. Patrick Spangler took the pole in qualifying with his fast lap at 13.105. Andy Patton led the first heat to the green with Dan McLaren to his outside. Patton had a strong launch off the green and took the checkered while Donovan Ross and Patrick Spangler both had minor incidents that sent them to the rear. The second heat was led to the green by Terry Landis and Nick Vickrey. Landis made contact with the inside wall on the start giving the lead over to Vickrey as Landis dropped back to 4th behind Randy Shreves and Joe Canellas. The third heat for the night was led out by John Heyn with Kyle Moonen to his outside as the green flag came out. Heyn and Moonen were side by side off the start until Heyn made enough contact with the outside wall to lose his momentum dropping back to 3rd behind Blake Chapman. Chapman took the lead away from Moonen using the inside line and started to pull away taking the checkered flag with a 1.5 second lead.

The final heat of the night saw Jamie McCarron and Jeff Barker on the front row as the green flag came out. McCarron had a strong launch off the green, while Goldner and Evertson battled over 2nd place close behind. Goldner took 2nd with 4 laps to go and set his sights immediately on the lead clearing McCarron quickly and pulling away from the field to take the win. Roger Craig led the field in the 10-lap consolation event with Jeffrey Kemper to his outside. Craig cleared Kemper on the start and moved up to the outside line. Donovan Ross was able to take the lead away on the inside while Craig and Kemper battled each other on the high side. Then able to pull away, Ross took the checkered flag as Craig held off several other drivers pressuring for 2nd place.

Andy Patton started on the pole in the 30-lap feature event with Nick Vickrey to his outside and Blake Chapman to his rear. The middle of the field came together as the green flag came out taking Roger Craig, John Heyn, and Bob Evertson out of contention early and bringing out an immediate caution to start off the race. Patton got a good jump off the restart moving to the high side with Nick Vickrey following close behind. Another caution came out on the 3rd lap as Dan McLaren made contact with the outside wall and collected Randy Shreves behind him. Patton had another strong launch ahead of Vickrey and Chapman holding a very high line trying to take advantage of the momentum coming out of the corners.

Chapman tried to get the inside line to work but couldn’t manage to clear Patton until a chain reaction starting back with Stevin Goldner making contact with Vickrey that sent Vickrey into the rear of Patton and that contact sent Patton around in a slow spin into the inside wall. The third caution of the night happened at the same time further back in the field as Donovan Ross slid up the track going through turn four and made contact with Roger Craig. Chapman led the field to the restart and still tried to make the inside line work as Vickrey ran the high line keeping pace with Chapman coming out of the corners. The fourth caution of the evening came out with 23 laps remaining as John Heyn and Roger Craig came together.

Vickrey stayed closer to Chapman off the restart with Goldner following close behind along the top with Chapman dropping back to 3rd not being able to match the high line’s speed. The fifth caution of the night came out with 17 laps to go as Brian Dickens slid up into Brandon Templeton coming out of the corner making hard contact. On the restart, Chapman stayed up top behind Goldner very close behind. Another caution came out now with 14 laps remaining when Brandon Templeton ran himself into the inside wall and had to come to a stop in order to get his car straightened back out.

Going green on the 18th lap of the event Vickrey got another strong launch as Chapman went low again trying to get around Goldner but not able to find the speed. Our seventh caution of the race came out as Stevin Goldner, who was holding onto 2nd place, drove himself into the outside wall and came to a hard stop on the barriers. This sent Goldner back to 16th place as Chapman moved up to 2nd. Jack Clevenger was able to run the inside line to clear Chapman, which Chapman had been struggling to do over Goldner previously, with only 8 laps to go. Vickrey started to build up over a one second lead while Chapman tried to fight back against Clevenger side by side.

Nick Vickrey with Spartan Racing dominated tonight in the 410 sprints as he took the checkered flag 2.5 seconds ahead of Jack Clevenger and Blake Chapman. No points were awarded tonight with this being a preview race and more of a chance for the drivers to experiment with the 410 sprints and see what works and doesn’t work. “I think I found a line there at the end of the race. That slider line there in [turns] three and four was really, really fast.”, Vickrey told us after the event.

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W11 Recap

23 Feb 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 11
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Andy Patton took the checkered flag for the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series in the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series at Volusia Speedway Park beating Randy Shreves and Jeff Flaro to the line. Blake Chapman had the lead for a few laps but caught the inside wall on lap 18 sending him back to 5th giving Patton the opportunity he was looking for. “He’s definitely faster, [Chapman] is probably the fastest in the league right now”, Patton told with us, “Anytime you can even race up there with him, you know, it makes me pretty happy just to be able to do that.” Chapman holds the points lead with a great recovery after hitting the wall and finishing 5th tonight, but Shreves was able to close the gap considerably coming home in 2nd.

Kyle Moonen claimed victory tonight with a GWC finish in the ABR Setup Shop 360 Sprints Series ahead of Brennon Lacy and Blake Chapman. Randy Shreves, the current points leader in the series, went into the night with a 106-point lead. He brought it home in 5th tonight behind Patrick Spangler but has very little to worry about at this point as the unofficial series champion this season with such a commanding lead. With several cautions forcing Moonen to dictate restart after restart, he says he was limited on what he was able to do, “You definitely try to change it up a little bit, you know, every time, but there was kind of tough because the green comes out, you know, pretty quick after the pace car gets off the track so you really don’t have a ton of room to work with.”

Pat Boice was the first survivor to reach the finishing line tonight in the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hall of Fame Street Stock Enduro 75 lap special event with Nathan Aldrich and Nick Vickrey following behind. “This is my idea. This is a ton of laps, it’s a chance for everybody to get their frustrations out from the season.”, Roger Craig explained to us about this special no cautions, unlimited fast repairs survival event, “You don’t want to be leading until about lap 73 or 74 because you’re definitely a target when you’re out there.” This was a fun chance for the drivers to let off some steam after a long, hard-fought season that is coming to a close next week.

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W10 Recap

16 Feb 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 10
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Blake Chapman with Kreitz Sim Racing took home the win tonight in a very chaotic 20 laps for the 305 Sprints with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series at Volusia Speedway Park ahead of Austin Marlatt and Connor Ross under a GWC finish. Randy Shreves was the points leader coming into the event but has potentially lost the lead to Chapman after finishing in 15th after getting caught up in an incident on lap 17. “Lots of big wrecks that happened in that race”, Chapman commented after the event, “The game plan coming in was just to stick it to the bottom even though the bottom maybe wasn’t the fastest way around the whole time. It helped me survive.”

Randy Shreves of LGR Motorsports claimed victory in the 360 Sprints tonight after leading all 25 laps ahead of Blake Chapman and John Heyn. With tonight’s win, Shreves all but secures the points championship over Nick Vickrey with only two rounds remaining in the season. Shreves talked with us after his dominating performance, “Definitely a tough race, always when you have [Chapman] behind you, John Heyn up front, definitely two of the best in the league and definitely just can’t make any mistakes.”

To end the night’s excitement, the Coast 2 Coast Racing League put on a special 100 lap Pro Late Model race with a 25-car field. Dylan Perry of Chip Bangers Racing took the checkered flag in the Mr. Plumber Toilet Bowl 100 beating out Aiden Young and Brandon Bender. All three top finishers went home this evening with a special engraved toilet bowl trophy from Mr. Plumber Atlanta for their outstanding run. Perry talked with us after his win, “The way the track was if you messed up a little bit it was going to be a make it or break it and [Young and I] were both just kind of hitting our marks and when that caution came out it just kind of fell my way after that i just had to hold on and hope I had enough.”

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W9 Recap

09 Feb 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 9
Hometown Heroes Series | Charity Event

Josh Gerlach won the night’s opening 30 lap event at the Dirt Track at Charlotte in the 360 Sprints “King of the Wing” Steve King Foundation Charity Event with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League ahead of Steve Goldner and Ross Korynta with Keith Jackson claiming the last transfer spot with a 10th place finish to move to the main event at Knoxville Speedway. Gerlach commented after his win, “We had a couple of close calls there. I think we were three wide a couple times, but, you know, came out all good.” Gerlach was able to masterfully run both top and bottom lines as he took away the lead in the first half of the event and ran away from the field through the remaining laps.

Blake Chapman took the win in a GWC finish at Knoxville Speedway ahead of Kyle Moonen and Randy Shreves in the 27-car field. Moonen started on the pole tonight and was the driver to beat as he has won the last two charity events. Shreves challenged for the lead early on and had taken it away from Moonen for a majority of the race, but Chapman surprised everyone when he dove to the bottom in the last moments of the race and jumped from 4th to 1st. “That bottom was really fast there at the end and I’m glad I found it before the other guys did.”, Chapman shared after the win. Patrick Spangler, who came home in 4th, took home the Gambler Motorsports’ Hard Charger Award moving up a shocking 19 positions through the night.

Proceeds from tonight’s action were donated to the Steve King Foundation who provides assistance to race car drivers, pit crew members, racing officials and track operating personnel or the immediate families of those individuals who are involved in dirt track racing and are seriously ill, severely injured or killed. The foundation will also contribute to organizations and facilities dedicated to improving the safety of the sport, when additional funds are available. Learn more about or donated to this foundation at http://www.stevekingfoundation.org

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W8 Recap

02 Feb 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 8
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Blake Chapman took home the win in the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series feature race at Volusia Speedway after climbing up 10 positions through the field, earning the Gambler Motorsports’ Hard Charger Award for the night, to beat out Bob Everton and Chris Schaffer. “I just had the bottom working really, really well for me and at the end there I guess I kind of got lucky.”, Chapman commented.

Patrick Spangler ran his way to victory lane tonight in the ABR Setup Shop 360 Sprints Series crossing the line .116 ahead of Randy Shreves and Bob Everton that came down to a drag race out of the final turn. Brian Dickens took home the Gambler Motorsports’ Hard Charger Award from the event after moving up 12 positions finishing in 5th tonight. “I knew I could run the top pretty good here”, Spangler tells us, “[Turns] 3 and 4 I can usually get a good run off so I was just kind of seeing if I could make it stick.”

Brandon Templeton took home the feature win tonight in the COOLRAY Air Conditioning & Heating Pro Late Model Series Season Finale ahead of Nick Vickrey and Kurt Shatzer. Unfortunately, this win wasn’t enough to secure the championship as Vickrey held the lead in the point standings with Templeton finishing 2nd. Aiden Young took home the Gambler Motorsports’ Hard Charger Award after he advanced 11 positions in the field finishing in 4th tonight. Vickrey says the battle for the championship didn’t work out as he wanted with certain drivers being absent through most of the season, “Winning this one is kind of bittersweet. It’s almost like the quarterback from the opposing team was on the injured list because Stephen Spies couldn’t run the majority of the season.”

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W7 Recap

26 Jan 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 7
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Jeff Flaro takes the checkered flag in the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series feature race at Volusia Speedway ahead of Christopher Berger and Jeffrey Kemper. Multiple cautions made smart restarts a critical strategy for the win and Flaro credited his ever-changing restart strategies to his past as a baseball pitcher, “Batter to pitcher is a little bit of a head game and I find it [to be] the same thing. So, if you’re always doing the same thing, you become predictable.”

Kyle Moonen took the win in the ABR Setup Shop 360 Sprints Series 25 lap feature beating out Blake Chapman and Nick Vickrey. Moonen created a big upset taking the lead away from Chapman with 2 laps to go, who had led every lap to that point. Coming out of turn 4 on lap 23, Moonen made hard contact with the outside wall and managed to pull ahead of Chapman as they came across the start/finish line. “I just actually kept it to the floor at that point and was like ‘Well, we’re either going to wreck or somehow make my way out of this and got lucky I guess.”

The Coast 2 Coast Racing League’s Hawkeye Challenge III event was a change of pace to say the least. The 22-car field consisted of drivers in street stocks, legends, UMPs, 358 modifieds, pro late models, and 305 sprints all battling together around 50 laps with each class winner going home tonight with a special custom made C2CRL dog tag as their prize. The class winners were Jeff Flaro in the legends, Kurt Shatzer in the street stocks, Aiden Young in the UMPs, Brandon Dittmer in the 358 modifieds, John Heyn in the pro late models, and Randy Shreves in the 305 sprints and tonight’s overall race winner.

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W6 Recap

19 Jan 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 6
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Randy Shreves took the win in the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series feature race at Volusia Speedway beating Andy Patton and Jeff Flaro to the line in a GWC finish. Shreves gave us a moment to talk about getting to the inside of Patton on the last restart, “[Patton] caught me once and then after that I realized he was going a little bit before the green. So, I kind of read his start a little bit.”

Kyle Moonen dominated the ABR Setup Shop 360 Sprints Series 25 lap feature finishing ahead of John Heyn and Randy Shreves. Heyn made a strong charge to the front from the middle of the field through the event, but it wasn’t enough in the end to challenge Moonen for the lead. “When we had one with like five to go, I wasn’t too thrilled about that… that gave [Heyn] five laps to do something if we stayed green.”, Moonen commented about his late race restarts. “Once we got that second one with two to go, I knew that if I got a pretty good start and jumped out ahead of them… it’s less time for whoever’s in second and third to try something different and make it happen.”

Kyle Parker led every lap to victory in the COOLRAY Air Conditioning & Heating Pro Late Model Series feature event ahead of Brandon Templeton and Nick Vickrey. Several cautions in the first half of the race kept the field packed together, but the drivers’ seemed to find their stride afterward with a good green flag run to the finish. “I was hoping for a little more green flag running in the beginning”, Parker commented after his win. Coming back to the series after a six-month break, Parker made a strong statement with his win tonight. “To come out and lead about every lap… gets my confidence up a little bit and kind of show them that I’m not a push over.”

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W5 Recap

12 Jan 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 5
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Ross Korynta of Phantom Motorsports claimed his first win of the season at the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series 20 lap feature around Volusia Speedway ahead of Blake Chapman and John Heyn. Korynta commented on his win, “Blake [Chapman] was a little faster on the bottom and then once I saw he was down there then I moved down there kind of in block mode. I think he was a little bit faster than me tonight, but sometimes that’s racing.”

Randy Shreves of LGR Motorsports won the ABR Setup Shop 360 Sprints Series 25 lap feature beating out John Heyn and Brian Dickens in a chaotic start and stop race with multiple cautions. Many drivers had to pack it up early tonight as incidents with the restarts prevented a good, long green flag run. Shreves was unavailable for comment after the race, but Heyn, who finished in 2nd, shared with us, “This track was actually, I thought, in pretty good shape tonight so I don’t know what all of that craziness came from.”

Tader Williams led every lap all the way to the checkered flag at the COOLRAY Air Conditioning & Heating Pro Late Model Dirt Series 30 lap feature ahead of Nick Vickrey and John Heyn. Williams talked with us afterward about the last few laps of the race, “I got a good restart there with 8 to go. I knew I had a pretty good car up under me as long as I just stayed out of trouble and didn’t hit anything I was pretty much going to be alright so I just kind of rode my line and I found the bottom there with 5 to go and was able to pull away pretty good.”

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W4 Recap

05 Jan 2022
Coast 2 Coast Racing League | Week 4
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Blake Chapman of Vanderpool Racing won for the fourth time this season in the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprints Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series 20 lap feature event around Volusia Speedway ahead of Brennon Lacy and Nick Vickrey with a GWC finish. “With these restarts we don’t have much room as a leader to dictate when we go since the green comes out pretty much as soon as the pace car pulls off”, Chapman shared with us about losing the gap he had built ahead of the field as the caution came out with only two laps to go. “I guess it makes for better racing”.

Randy Shreves of LGR Motorsports took the checkered flag tonight in the iCON Sim Sports 360 Sprints Series 25 lap feature beating out Patrick Spangler and Kyle Parker. Multiple cautions ended the evening early for several drivers, including Stephen Spies and Donovan Ross, as restarts caused mayhem in the tightly stacked field. Very much a start and stop race with many cautions halting the action, Shreves told us, “It definitely takes an effect on you. You just gotta hope that you get a good restart every time because if you mess up just once, there’s your race.”

Brad Vickrey of Spartan Racing absolutely dominated Volusia Speedway as he lead every lap to his second win of the season tonight in the Pro Late Model Series 30 lap feature ahead of Tader Williams and Stephen Spies. “I knew that I had my work cut out for me if I was going to try to stay out front”, Vickrey told us about holding off Williams and Spies for 30 laps. Vickrey is leading in the points standings and has his eyes on the championship. “I’ve been trying to get a pro late model championship out of Coast 2 Coast for like 3 years now… hopefully this is the year.”

C2CRL Hometown Heroes W2 Recap

22 Dec 2021
Coast2Coast Racing League | Week 2
Hometown Heroes Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Blake Chapman with Vanderpool Racing took the win at the A&J Custom Creations 305 Sprint Series with the Coast 2 Coast Racing League Hometown Heroes Series 20 lap feature event around Volusia Speedway Park beating out Randy Shreves and Donovan Ross. Lane Snook and Brad Vickrey both ended their evenings early after unfortunate incidents. Chapman, winning in this series two weeks in a row, told us “I think I found a pretty fast line here. It worked for me last week, it worked for me in the matinee today and I stuck to it all night tonight and it seemed to work out just fine for me.”

Lane Snook with BandyBuilt took the checkered flag in the Racing iCON Sim Sports 360 Sprints Series 25 lap event ahead of Randy Shreves and Blake Chapman. Snook seemed struggle early on qualifying in 19th and yet was able to get the win for the second week in a row for this series. “Tacky tracks are not my racing style at all and I’m a lot better on a slick race track.”, Snook told us as to how he was able to take the lead from Chapman with only three laps remaining and pull away from the field.

Nick Vickrey took home the win for the final event of the night in the Pro Late Model Series 30 lap event ahead of Carson Nichelson and Kurt Shatzer after an intense battle for the lead. A surprise upset on lap 13 involving Field Miller, Andy Piercefield, and Patrick Spangler, who were running 2nd,3rd, and 5th respectively, taking all three drivers out of contention for the lead and giving Vickrey, who was in 4th, the opportunity that he needed to battle Nichelson directly for the win.