Schwien Takes Second URSS Win of the Season at Norton

As the United Rebel Sprint Series pulled into the Elmwood Park Speedway, the excitement was building for a night of racing to remember. Twenty Nine teams made their onto the historic half-mile and when the checkered flag fell, it was Justin Schwien pulling off a repeat of his win at the same track where he picked up his first career URSS win just one year ago.

Leading the field to the green was Silver Lake Kansas’ Dominic Thyfault, as the field hit the backstretch third starter Dodge City’s Brian Herbert took the lead with Kris Miller, Ray Seeman, Ken Lutters and Thyfault rounding out the top five. The red flag flew when Thyfault and Cody Salem tangled in turn one. Both cars were through for the evening but neither driver was injured. On the restart, Herbert jumped out to the lead with Seemann in his tracks. By lap four the “Kansas Tornado” Jon Johnson had made his way from his eighth starting position to the third spot with Lutters and Keefe Hemel in tow.

Lap six saw Seemann wrestle the top spot away from Herbert with Johnson hot his heels. Johnson and Herbert battled back and forth until Johnson took the position away on lap ten. Behind this battle, Schwien, Lutters and Hemel were in their own tug of war for the fourth, fifth and sixth spots. Schwien took the third position for good on lap thirteen and set his sights on Johnson. As the trio started to work their way through traffic, the battle grew even stronger with each using slower cars to their advantage.

Lap fourteen saw the “Kansas Tornado” take the top spot with Seemann and Schwien closely in tow. Tenth starter Mike Woodruff in his URSS debut had quietly worked his way to the fourth spot after passing Lutters on lap sixteen. A little farther back in the pack a heated battle between Herbert, Lutters and Hemel was shaping up with Herbert claiming the fifth spot on lap nineteen.

The last five laps of the feature proved to be an absolute race fans fantasy as Johnson, Seemann and Schwien traded spots almost every corner. The trio used lapped traffic as picks to make their move, only to have Johnson take the lead at the flag stand. With two to go, Schwien made his move as he dove to the bottom and powered his way past Semman and Johnson going into turn one and never looked back. All Johnson and Seemann could do was watch as Schwien pulled away to take his second URSS Feature win if the season and move within 25 points of the second place points position. Rounding out the top five were Johnson, Seemann, Woodruff and Herbert.

The Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger Award” went to Randy Bantam who came from his 21^st starting position to finish 12^th for the night.

Heat race winners were Jon Johnson, Ken Lutters, Keefe Hemel and Justin Schwien.

A-Main 1) Schwien, 2) Johnson, 3) Seemann, 4) Woodruff, 5) Herbert, 6) Hemel, 7) K. Lutters, 8) Bowman, 9) S. Fairbank, 10) Velasquez, 11) C. Lutters, 12) R. Bantam, 13) Berry, 14) Roth, 15) J. Fairbank, 16) J. Radcliffe, 17) Belsky, 18) Keiswetter, 19) Miller, 20) Salem, 21) D. Thyfault

Dual Qualifiers – Top Five Transfer

Qualifier #1 – 1) S. Fairbank, 2) Salem, 3) J. Radcliffe, 4) Keiswetter, 5) Roth, 6) R. Bantam, 7) L. Radcliffe, 8) Hays, 9) Bernbeck

Qualifier #2 – 1) C. Lutters, 2) Berry, 3) Velasquez, 4) Belsky, 5) J. Fairbank, 6) M. Bantam, 7) Chaffin, 8) Perkins

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