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The first 4 in each heat would be locked into a redraw and with much discussion regarding the 360 spin rule being thrown out, it put the driver talents on the line as everyone did a great job in a smooth running set of qualifiers that saw Don Zrinski and Tyler Potts showing the way when the checkers were thrown. The Canada Contingent looked really strong as did STR rental chauffeur Chris Stockham looking right at home in the Bulldog Arts Special # 5 which saw victory lane a week before with "The Mayor of Woxall" Rick Schaffer at the controls.

A new STR delivery for Jean-Nicholas Gareau had him planted firmly in the front row for his qualifying event and after falling back at the start he held his own for the remaining laps and was looking forward to feature time. As the green flag for the first ever SpeedSTR race at DunnHill 2 was being waved it was evident that each team had notes to fall back own after the heats and a competitive race was about to transpire. Jeff Gallup from Baldwinsville, NY, got caught up on the turn 2 banking as he looped the 9 during lap 1 action. A complete restart was called for from the yellow and for the next 18 laps it was a challenge to see who took the best notes and had their car set-up for the tricky banking.

Mario Page, Chris Stockham and Gabriel Richer all had different lines on the track, but heading through the field from his 7th place starting spot was the 75 of Don Zrinski and he had a groove no one used to become a challenger for the victory as he planted himself firmly behind the Page # 10,lapped traffic was now becoming a part of the scenery and it was here that Page realized he had to go slower to go faster and he used this theory to it's fullest as the lapped traffic held their lines giving Page a chance to pick and choose the best spots to get by.

The 5 to go was being displayed and now the next 6 drivers in line all knew that time was running out as Salfordville, Pa's, Fred Rahmer got the Rahmer Motorsports  51 by the THP Racing # 12 of Tyler Potts and was looking to challenge DJ Macri in the SE # 2 for 4th.Potts now had to contend with Brandon Rahmer in the RMS # 8 as Kaitie McCardle got the McCardle Motorsports # 11 hooked up in the late stages of the 20 lap main to now hope to be a factor in the top 5 at the finish.

There was no stopping Page at the front and just as the 2 lap to go sign was displayed Don Zrinski's KIWI Farms 75 spun in turn 4 after a great run and a serious bid for the win dashed, he was now hoping he could still pass a few cars once the green brought the cars to speed for the remaining 2 laps. The single file start went off without a hitch as Page resumed his command on the field with Stockham having to ward off the outside line attempts for the runner-up spot from Gabriel Richer, who had his green 10X up against the turn 2 retaining wall in hopes of keeping the line heading into turn 3,with Stockham holding his line and thwarting the Canadians advances. White flag now out to the field and it was a race to the finish line to declare a 9th place finisher as Scott "The Bulldog" Munroe had the power off of turn 4 to hold off a last lap dash by Brittany Wixon who just nosed out a resurgent Don Zrinski for 10th. The action was non-stop and many drivers were impressed with the speedway and it's ever changing track conditions.