By Dave Sully - SARVER, PA- The Lernerville express continued to roll on Friday, July 27th , as the team recorded a third place finish, which combined with a win in his heat and a seventh place finish for second place point man Jeremiah Shingledecker, padded the championship lead. With a win in the last outing, Mat was consigned by the handicapping to the tenth place starting position for the feature
After being shuffled back briefly, Mat pedaled forward as fast as he could, but with the race going caution free was unable to catch the leader, Dave Mudick or second place Rex King Sr, although Mat was breathing down his neck at the end. The No. 6W enters August with a 48 point lead over Brian Schwartzlander, who finished fourth this night and a 51 point lead over Shingledecker, who finished eighth and dropped to third in the standings.
Mat summarized the evening, noting, “We started outside pole in the heat and won by half a track. We started tenth in the feature because we won the week before. We ran third. There were no cautions. I think if we had a caution it would have helped us, but with no cautions that’s what we were faced with. Dave Murdick was pretty fast and so was Rex King. They definitely kept me on my toes, but I think it would have been a different story if the caution came out. I think I was faster than they were. I just couldn’t catch them through traffic.”
As for the track conditions, Mat added, “We (the Modifieds) ran last, so it was really slippery. I’m surprised that Shingledecker didn’t run as well as he usually does. He had a small block in it. He struggled.”
With five point races remaining, there is reason for optimism. Mat concluded, “We’ve got quite the point lead. We’re on our way to our first championship, as long as we can keep everything together.”
That about sums it up.
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