Blair Sets Record with 7th Consecutive Win

July 2, 2010
Conneaut, OH

Max Blair extended his incredible win streak to seven in a row at Raceway 7 Friday night.

Jamie Brown sat on the pole for the start of the Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Model feature with Mike Mitchell alongside. Pandemonium broke loose at the start as four cars piled up right at the green including Bob Dorman, Les Lyon, Jim Long, and Brent Rhebergen.

Mitchell led with Blair moving to second and challenging for the lead with ’09 champion Dennis Lunger third. More cautions slowed the pace but by lap six Blair managed to get by for the lead, out-braking Mitchell heading into turn three. Blair’s luck went bad at that time as Dwayne Pond spun in turn two, negating the pass.

Mitchell continued to lead with Blair hounding him every lap and John Lacki second until the halfway point when the leader succumbed to mechanical woes. Blair then opened up a bigger lead every lap over Lacki with Billy Henry running third, Dennis Lunger fourth and Shane Bambarger fifth.

After a final caution for Bud Watson’s encounter with the front-straight wall, Blair finished off the win with Henry getting by Lacki on the final lap. John Haggerty wound up fourth with Lunger fifth. It was a record-setting seventh victory in a row for the young Titusville driver. In tech it was discovered that Haggerty was light at the scales and disqualified, moving Lunger to fourth and Shane Bambarger to fifth.

Schwartz Construction Fastrak Late Models:
Heat 1: Les Lyon, Billy Henry, Bud Watson, Dennis Lunger, Kevin Decker, Bob Dorman, Newt Tackett, Dwayne Pond

Heat 2: John Lacki, John Haggerty, Shane Bambarger, Billy Cunningham, Brent Rhebergen, Jim Long, Justin Kreider

Heat 3: Michael Mitchell, Max Blair, Chad Wright, Jamie Brown, Bill Cunningham, Kyle Zimmerman, Dave Airgood

Feature: Max Blair, Billy Henry, John Lacki, Dennis Lunger, Shane Bambarger, Bill Cunningham, Dave Airgood, Kevin Decker, Brent Rhebergen, Kyle Zimmerman, Billy Cunningham, Bud Watson, Jamie Brown, Chad Wright, Michael Mitchell, Justin Kreider, Dwayne Pond, Jim Long, Newt Tackett, Les Lyon, Bob Dorman, John Haggerty (DQ)

 
Max Blair’s #111 crate late model is sponsored by Bossard’s Sales and Service, Specialty Products, Chelby’s Tanning and Hair Garage, Moody and Son Welding, 4 Your Car Connection, MWB Graphics and Web Designs, and the Intent.  Product Sponsors include Dano Badass Paints, VP Racing Fuel, Simpson Race Products, Genesis Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Rocket Chassis, Race-1 and Slavic Custom Products.