June 1st 2018 Results

Henry survives 1 lap shoot out for FAST 410 win at Attica; Shiels gets 2nd late model victory; Miller scores 305 win

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – Cap Henry had to hold off eight time 410 sprint Attica Raceway Park track champion Byron Reed in a one lap shoot-out to score his first win of 2018 on Sutton Bank/Burns Electric Night. A caution just after the white flag was displayed necessitated the one-lap dash to the checkers and Henry, from nearby Bellevue, Ohio stayed glued to the bottom groove and drove to his fifth career win in the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprints at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant.

The irony of the situation….Henry used a restart on lap 12 to take the lead from Craig Mintz. Henry also gained very valuable points in the chase for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series presented by Ohio Logistics title, coming into the weekend third in the series’ standings.

“You can’t say what I was thinking when that caution came out…not in front of all these little kids. I’ve never had to do a green white restart leading race the whole time I’ve raced sprint cars. I new how the top worked passing Craig (Mintz) at that restart. I knew I just had to defend the bottom and hope for the best. When we got to the center of three and four I never saw Byron’s nose wing…I knew we were okay,” said Henry beside his Lane Racing, Beer Barrel Bourbon, Metropolitan Landscaping, UTEC, Geck Electric, Wings Unlimited, FK Rod Ends backed #4.
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