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After taking the lead following a lap 15 restart, Kevin Cornelius didn’t look back as he would lead the remaining 35 laps en route to scoring his third career OSCAAR Super Late Model series victory.
The night started off with Corey Jones scoring the heat win in the first heat just ahead of J.R. Fitzpatrick, Kevin Cornelius, Mike Beyore, Dave Doucette, Shane Gowan and Rob Gibson as Dave Taylor pulled off on lap seven.
Current points leader Andrew Gresel won the second heat ahead of Glenn Watson, Shawn Chenoweth, Dwayne Baker, Rob Poole, Todd Campbell, Terry Bogusz and Craig Stevenson.
Jeff Hanley would win the third heat ahead of Kelly Balson, Jesse Kennedy, Tyler Hawn, Chris Burrows, Rob Reimer and the 5.
Kevin Cornelius would win heat two ahead of Fitzpatrick, Gowan, Passer, Beyore, Doucette and Taylor. Jones would fail to finish after suffering contact during the beginning of the heat.
Gresel would go for a spin early in the heat, while Dwayne Baker picked up the win ahead of Poole, Campbell, Watson, Bogusz and Stevenson.
Jeff Hanley went for the daily double ahead of Hawn, Kennedy, Balson, Burrows, Reimer and the 5.
Come feature time, it’d be Kelly Balson starting on pole ahead of Andrew Gresel, Dwayne Baker, Shawn Chenoweth, Kevin Cornelius, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Jeff Hanley, Jesse Kennedy, Tyler Hawn, Rob Poole, Mike Beyore, Shane Gowan, Glenn Watson, Dave Doucette, Todd Campbell, Chris Burrows, Kyle Passer, Terry Bogusz, Corey Jones, Dave Taylor, Rob Reimer, Rob Gibson, Craig Stevenson and the 5.
The feature didn’t start off as Glenn Watson would’ve hoped as he’d go for the spin on lap one. The second attempt at starting the race went smoother with Gresel jumping out ahead of the field with Chenoweth in second. Baker would hold serve in third with Cornelius moving up to fourth before the second caution flew at lap six for Passer spinning in turn four. Under caution, Fitzpatrick and Hanley would trade shots at each other as a result of some hard, close, touching racing throughout the first bit. With 44 laps to go, Gresel led Chenoweth, Baker, Cornelius, Hanley, Poole, Fitzpatrick and Kennedy.
Gresel would jump out ahead of the field once again as Cornelius moved up to second with Chenoweth slipping back to third before the caution waved again at lap 13, this time for Campbell going around on the backstretch. Balson would head down pit road under this caution for adjustments. With 37 laps to go, 2014 Bruce Gowland Memorial winner Baker sat fourth ahead of Poole, Hanley, Fitzpatrick, Kennedy, Hawn, Jones, Beyore, Doucette, Watson, Taylor, Passer, Burrows, Gowan, Bogusz, Campbell, Reimer, the 5, Gibson and Stevenson. Under yellow, Fitzpatrick would head down pit road, done for the event, with transmission issues.
Cornelius would use the restart as his opportunity to grab the lead ahead of Gresel and Baker before the caution flew once again, lap 15, for an incident with Watson, Burrows and Passer. The yellow flurry would continue with another caution on lap 16 for Gibson going around in turn two. The back-to-back cautions would allow Hanley to move into third ahead of Baker and Poole as yet again, caution as Watson, Beyore, Doucette and Passer found each other in turn two.
The restart would then bring forth a green flag stretch of racing that saw Cornelius stretch his lead over Gresel and Hanley and start to get into lap traffic. As it looked as though things could possibly get hairy with cars two-wide in front, the caution flew at lap 38 for Doucette going for a spin.
Cornelius would get a good restart to stay ahead of Gresel while Baker passed Hanley to move into third before the caution waved for the final time at lap 43 for Burrows spinning on the backstretch.
Kevin Cornelius would get another good restart to pick up the victory ahead of Andrew Gresel, Dwayne Baker, Jeff Hanley, Shawn Chenoweth, Glenn Watson, Tyler Hawn, Jesse Kennedy, Corey Jones, Dave Taylor, Kyle Passer, Todd Campbell, Dave Doucette and Rob Reimer.
