On a night when the United Sprint Car Series visited the 411 Motor Speedway, track owners Mitch and Tanya McCarter offered extra incentive for racers in the Mini Stock and Sportsman classes to compete as well. The Mini Stocks would race for a winner’s purse of $400 while the winning Sportsman driver would secure a $500 payday for his efforts.
Michael Courtney has been all but untouchable in the Mini Stock class all season at 411 and this night would prove to be no different.
After winning the second heat race for the division, Courtney earned the outside front row starting spot in the feature alongside first heat race winner Kyle Courtney.
At the start, Courtney bolted to the early lead and never really looked back. By lap 5 the #41 car was pulling away from the pack. A caution briefly brought the field back together but Courtney drove back out to a relatively comfortable lead once the green flag waved again.
Due to a massive crash in the USCS sprint car event that took several minutes to clean up, the Mini Stock feature had to be reduced from 20 to 15 laps so that the event could be completed before the track’s curfew was violated.
At the finish, Michael Courtney beat out Nick Perry, Jason Gregory, Rocky McNabb and Derik Duggan.
Michael Courtney in Victory Lane at 411.
In the Sportsman class, it was Terry Poore who would prove to be every bit as dominant as Courtney had been in the Mini Stocks.
Poore started on the front row in the feature after winning his heat race along with fellow preliminary victor Kip Sawyer.
From the beginning of the feature, Poore asserted that was the car to beat by jumping out to a commanding lead. A couple of cautions kept things close during the early laps but a long stretch of green flag laps to close out the 20-lap feature allowed the eventual winner to pull away from the competition.
Jordan Horton moved up from his 5th starting spot to claim 2nd with Sawyer and Austin Atkins following.
Terry Poore and crew celebrate their victory at 411.
