Boland drives away from field in "358" sprint car feature

Dover's Matt Boland was the class of the field in the 20-lap "358" sprint car feature. Boland started fifth, passed polesitter and race-long leader Nick Palmerino on lap four, and raced away to his second career Lincoln win. The only thing that kept the rest of the field close was a last-lap restart after Boland made contact with a car at the back of the lead lap in turn three of the final lap. Billy Dietrich came from 10th-starting spot to drive under Austin Reed for second on the final restart, with Reed third. Logan Schuchart's fourth-place finish, coupled with Dale Hammaker's failure to qualify after flipping in his heat, pulled Schuchart into a tie with Hammaker (3,505 points each) entering the final 358 point race of the year on September 11th. Adrian Shaffer came from 12th starting spot to cross fifth, with Steve Owings (nursing a sick motor), Tim Berkheimer, Eric Tomecek, 21st-starting Tim Wagaman, and Chris Shuttlesworth completing the top ten. Heat for the 37 "358" Sprints were won by Jan Luckenbaugh, Shuttlesworth, Boland, and Michael Ruttkamp. Twin consolations were won by Mike Bittinger and Glenndon Forsythe.

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS Feature (20 Laps) - 1. 22T-Matt Boland; 2. 88-Billy Dietrich; 3. 34-Austin Reed; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 5. 91-Adrian Shaffer; 6. 35-Steve Owings; 7. 50-Tim Berkheimer; 8. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 9. 1-Tim Wagaman; 10. 50-Chris Shuttlesworth; 11. 2J-Billy Johns; 12. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 13. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp; 14. 66H-Doug Hammaker; 15. 99-Jan Luckenbaugh; 16. 51N-Nick Schlauch; 17. 7C-Chad Trout; 18. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF); 19. 99F-Derek Frohlich; 20. 00-Mike Bittinger (DNF); 21. 15B-John Barnett (DNF); 22. 16-Arron Spahr (DNF); 23. B52-Brook Weibley (DNF); 24. 94-Ted Thomas, Jr.. No Time

Lap Leaders - Nick Palmerino (1-3), Matt Boland (4-20)