The second night of the Battle at the Border at the Sharon Speedway belonged to Ryan Gustin after he held back a challenge from Kyle Bronson to earn the victory.
The Rocket Chassis driver from Marshalltown, Iowa took the win on the track located in Hartford, Ohi in a race aired live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 39 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Dennis Erb Jr (16.383), 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Logan Martin, 5. Nick Hoffman
Group B Results- 1. Drake Troutman (16.507), 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Shane Clanton, 4. Johnny Scott, 5. Cade Dillard
Heat 1 Results: 1. Kyle Bronson, 2. Dennis Erb Jr, 3. Nick Hoffman, 4. Brent Larson
Heat 2 Results: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Tanner English, 4. Logan Martin
Heat 3 Results: 1. Drake Troutman, 2. Chris Madden, 3. Shane Clanton, 4. Cade Dillard
Heat 4 Results: 1. Johnny Scott, 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Rick Eckert
Last Chance Showdown 1 Finish: 1. Gregg Satterlee, 2. Chub Frank, 3. Stormy Scott
Last Chance Showdown 2 Finish: 1. Alex Ferree, 2. Ryan Montgomery, 3. Brian Shirley
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Kyle Bronson, 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Drake Troutman, 4. Johnny Scott, 5. Brandon Sheppard, 6. Dennis Erb Jr., 7. Chris Madden, 8. Mike Marlar
Feature Re-cap: Gustin went to the lead early on in the 25-lap main event with Bronson, Sheppard, Johnny Scott and Troutman trialing. Series points leader Madden broke into the top-5 early on just before a caution flag waved for the slowing car of Stormy Scott.
When the racing action resumed, Gustin continued to lead with Sheppard fighting Bronson for the runner-up position. Madden continued to rise as he moved around Johnny Scott for fourth then Marlar followed suit as he took the fifth spot in the running order.
Bronson took second away from Sheppard at the halfway mark of the race then set off after Gustin. However, a lap 16 caution for Ferree bunched the field.
As the laps clicked away, Bronson closed in on Gustin for the lead of the race while Marlar and Madden wrestled for fourth with Pierce also joining that fray. Eventually, though, Gustin would get away from the battling Bronson and Sheppard to claim the win.
Feature Results: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Kyle Bronson, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Mike Marlar, 5. Chris Madden, 6. Bobby Pierce, 7. Tanner English, 8. Brent Larson, 9. Nick Hoffman, 10. Shane Clanton, 11. Johnny Scott, 12. Dennis Erb Jr, 13. Brian Shirley, 14. Gordy Gundaker. 15. Cade Dillard, 16. Stormy Scott, 17. Rick Eckert, 18. Ryan Montgomery, 19. Todd Cooney, 20. Logan Martin, 21. Dustin Walker, 22. Drake Troutman, 23. Alex Ferree, 24. Gregg Satterlee, 25. Chub Frank
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