Ponderosa Speedway
Feistritzer takes richest Crate race at Ponderosa
By Michael Despain
Ponderosa SpeedwayJUNCTION CITY, Ky. (Aug. 14) — P.J. Feistritzer of Danville, Ky., overtook race-long leader Victor Lee of Stanford, Ky., on the 27th lap and led the rest of the second annual Colston Paving 40 at Ponderosa Speedway. Feistritzer earned $2,000 in the richest-ever Crate Late Model event at the 3/8-mile central Kentucky oval.
Lee, who had a straightaway lead erased by a lap-19 caution, settled for second while division points leader Jeremy Hines of Seymour, Ind., took the third spot. Robbie Sanders and Rick Hines, father of the third-place finisher, rounded out the top five.
Notes: Feistritzer's No. 88 Rayburn Race Car is sponsored by Self Service Storage. .... Ponderosa's Crate division is sponsored by the Kentucky National Guard. ... Kevin Colston ran as high as third on the 15th lap but ended up seventh. ... Logan Whitis was running eight as the last car on the lead lap when he spun in turn one to draw a lap-28 caution. ... Whitney McQueary slowed for the lap-19 yellow. .... The race paid at least $125 to each starter.
Colston Paving 40: (1) P.J. Feistritzer, (2) Victor Lee, (3) Jeremy Hines, (4) Robbie Sanders, (5) Rick Hines, (6) Gary Yeager, (7) Kevin Colston, (8) John Mulligan, (9) Kyle Madison, (10) Jeff Johnson, (11) Clarence Belcher, (12) Dusty Maybrier, (13) Sammy Brown, (14) Aaron Matthews, (15) Logan Whitis, (16) Whitney McQueary, (17) Zane Morgan, (18) Bartley Grant, (19) Robert Ritchie. Fast qualifier (among 19 cars): Lee, 14.183 seconds. Heat race winners: Lee, Feistritzer, Hines.
