Stambaugh Stars In Great Lakes Sprint

LAKE ODESSA, Mich. — With another night of racing threatened by Mother Nature, nearly 30 cars showed up Friday night at I-96 Speedway for race two of the season for the Michigan CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints.

After the redraw, luck continued to be on the side of the Smith Motorsports No.71, Max Stambaugh was tasked with bringing the field to green for the second week in a row.

Alongside Mike Keegan, the 20-car field went green for 25 laps with rain quickly approaching the track; some believed it would be a race to halfway, and it was evident by the style of racing fans enjoyed.

Stambaugh will get credit for leading every lap on Friday night, but fans know he didn’t lead every moment.

Dustin Daggett gave him all he could handle near the halfway mark of the race, with the pair exchanging sliders and crossovers for two laps while in heavy lapped traffic.

Stambaugh pulled away in the closing laps to secure the win. Behind him, however, the race was very much on. Jared Horstman came from fifth to get Daggett at the line for the second spot, and Keith Sheffer Jr. earned the Hard Charger Award for the second week in a row, this week improving six spots to finish fourth. Keegan rounded out the top five.

The finish:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[3]; 4. 14-Keith Sheffer Jr[10]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[2]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[6]; 7. 31-Jac Nickles[4]; 8. 13V-Van Gurley Jr[9]; 9. 12-Corbin Gurley[12]; 10. 23-Devon Dobie[8]; 11. 22-Aaron Shaffer[16]; 12. 66-Chase Dunham[7]; 13. 6-Ryan Coniam[11]; 14. 38-Chase Ridenour[15]; 15. 10-Jason Blonde[13]; 16. 10S-Jay Steinebach[17]; 17. 49T-Gregg Dalman[14]; 18. 13-Andy Teunessen[19]; 19. 27K-Zac Broughman[20]; 20. 70-Eli Lakin[18]