Dustin Storm from Prince Frederick Md. continued his quest for the track
championship Saturday night at the Old Dominion Speedway, taking home his eighth feature
win in 2001 in the NASCAR 200 lap feature for the Bailey’s Late Model Stock Cars.
Storm took control at about the ¾ mark, and easily took home the win. Starting from his 4th
starting spot, Storm elected to just ride behind early leader Mike Colabucci and McFarland
until the end of the event. Storm made his move, and quickly showed the strength of the
TEAM FAXWORLD machine, stretching his lead on just about every lap. MacFarland would
eventually get around Colabucci, but had nothing for Storm at the end. Storm crossed the
stripe some 15 car lengths ahead of McFarland. Following Storm and McFarland were Frank
Dieny Jr, Colabucci, and Andreas Kestermann. Storm now lead the points chase over
McFarland by 18 point with 3 races remaining on the schedule.
After just less than 2 years of trying, 2000 Rookie of the Year Jerry Black from Elkridge
Md made it to victory lane, as he beat Willard Lawrence to the stripe in the wild Redman
Fleet Service Grand Stock 50 lap feature. With just a few laps remaining, the top 3 cars
of Black, point leader Jimmy Hardin, and Chris Donnelly went three wide exiting turn two,
with Hardin getting sideways and falling back to the eighth spot. Donnelly held on, but
was passed by early leader Bryan Short. Black ended up with the lead, and held off
Lawrence at the end. Rounding out the top 5 were Short, Donnelly, and Ray Terczak.
Sean Dawson picked up his fourth win in 5 races, taking home the checkers in the 30 lap
D&K Electric / Aldie Construction Mini Stock feature. Dawson took the top spot from
early leader Keith Machliet, and held off Adam Flis for the win. In the 25 lap Gaston
Automotive Speedway Sportsman feaure, Les Miranda took home his first ever feature win,
passing point leader Dave Gibbs with two laps remaining. Giibbs tried to retake the lead
on the final turn, but Miranda was able to hold him off as they crossed the stripe.
Next Saturday night, the Old Dominion Speedway oval is closed. Racing action returns on
Saturday night, September 15th with twin 50 lap features for the Late Models.
Also on the schedule is a 30 lap feature for the Legends cars, a 50 lap event for the
Grand Stocks, 30 laps for the Mini Stocks, and 25 laps for the Speedway Sportsman. Lustine
Chevrolet Quick Qualifying begins at 5:15 PM, with racing action set to take the green at
7:00 PM.