6/4/2021
GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints
DAGGET GRABS FIRST SEASON WIN AT CRYSTAL
Crystal, MI - With night 1 of last weekends double header rained out at Hartford, 28 Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro & ARP rolled into Crystal Motor Speedway for their first of 2 visits this season. Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI) opened the night setting the quick time during qualifying and making the redraw in Heat 1. Finishing the night strong, taking the checkered flag and his first win of the season.
Daggett set the bar in qualifying with a 13.619 second lap. Current points leader, Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, MI) put in a time of 13.665 second lap, good enough for second. The Hoosier Rocket, Brett Mann (Elkhart, IN) rounded out the podium with a 13.778 second lap. Dan McCarron (Britton, MI) and Danny Sams III (Northport, FL) rounded out the top 5.
In the Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1, Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH) takes the checkered flag for the win, with Daggett, Chase Ridenour (Perry, MI), Sams and Linden Jones (Edwardsburg, MI) rounding out the top 5.
Mad Max Stambaugh (Elida, OH) took the win in the PERfit Heat 2, with Ryan Coniam (Denver, CO) chasing him to the line for second. Ruhl missed the redraw by one spot finishing 3rd, while Troy Chehowski (Coldwater, MI) and Eli Lakin (Buchanan, MI) rounded out the top 5.
In the Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat 3, Jay Steinebach (Hudsonville, MI) wins and secures a redraw spot along with with Gregg Dalman (Bellevue, MI) who finished 2nd. Frank Neil (Vickery, OH), Mann and Zeth Sabo (Fremont, OH) rounded out the top five.
Corbin Gurley (Hebron, IN) led the field to the checkered flag for the win in the Specialty Fuels & Logistics Heat 4. McCarron secured the last redraw spot finishing 2nd, while Brad Lamberson (Parma, MI), Kyle Poortenga (Woodland, MI) and Tony Bures (Bristol, IN) finished out the top 5.
In the Addvance Heating & Cooling Last Chance feature, Lakin took the checkered flag and locking into the feature. Jones, Sabo and Cody Howard (Millington, MI) took the last 3 transfer spots securing their return to the feature.
As the cars rolled out for the PERfit A-Main, the track was starting to take rubber and promised to be a challenging track. With the drivers knowing how important position would be, the cars were pretty impatient as they came to the line. Coniam got a good start and had the lead after the first lap with Daggett getting around him in the second lap. Coniam got back around Daggett for 1st and was able to hold on for 10 more laps until Daggett got around him for good in lap 13.
Daggett snapped off the next 12 laps to take the checkered flag for his first win of the season. Coniam couldn't overtake Daggett, but he held his ground to take a second place finish, while Dalman, Ruhl and Steinebach rounded out the top 5.
GLSS will be back in action this weekend with another double header weekend, our last for 3 weeks. The action starts at I-96 Speedway on Friday night then we move down to the Battle Grounds of Butler Speedway on Saturday.
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Be sure to check out our sponsers, includeing PERfit/Engine Pro and ARP, Engler Machine & Tool, Beacon & Bridge Markets, Hoosier Midwest, Specialty Fuels & Logistics, Addvance Heating & Cooling and Midland Steel.
Article Credit: Barry M. Marlow
Submitted By: Barry Marlow
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