It
was redemption Friday at Lernerville Speedway.
Mat
Williamson and Mike Pegher Jr. overcame troubles of the past few weeks to earn
victories in their respective divisions.
Williamson
won the V-8 Modified feature with a backup motor and Pegher responded from, two
DNFs to win the Late Model feature. The features were two of the better races
so far this season.
Williamson,
the defending track champion, recorded his sixth career victory at Lernerville
by finishing in front of Jeremiah Shingledecker in second, Steve Feder in
third, Dave Murdick in fourth and Rex King Jr. in fifth.
Williamson
started seventh, took the lead from Tommy Winkle on lap 10 and never
relinquished the lead.
“We
broke the motor the second week and the third week,” Williamson said. “So, we
just put the motor in and came on down. We wanted to come down and do some
testing. It was the same motor that we broke
two weeks in a row.
“Absolutely, it
has been frustrating because last year we had a perfect season, and this has
been a nightmare start,” Williamson added. “This is a tough sport. You can be
down in the dumps one week and be right back in it the next. Tonight I just
rode the bottom and found the bite. Plus, we were good in lapped traffic.”
Shingledecker,
the 2009 and 2011 track champion, was pleased with his car despite a few
problems and had his best finish of the season.
“I
thought the car was pretty good all night, but we had a little bit of trouble
with the carburetor,” Shingledecker said. “But I'd say this was probably the
best setup we have had this season for the track conditions.”
For
Feder, the night started out with a scare as he avoided trouble in his heat
race and then worked out some bugs in the car's setup to have his best finish
of the season. His top two finishes at Lernerville are a pair of seconds.
“We
were having some trouble with the car, turning, and after that it was just
staying out of trouble,” Feder said. “We had Randy Williamson (Mat's father and
partner) come up and give us some ideas.
The track seemed a little slick
tonight, but we kept it going pretty good tonight.”
Thomas Zuck is a freelance writer.
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