Slinger Speedway 2021-07-10

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Event
Slinger Speedway

Date
Sat 10th July 2021 (UTC)
Sat 10th July 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-07-10T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
SRX

Season
2021

Round
5

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Location
Slinger Speedway

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Marco Andretti drew the pole position for the first 12-minute heat. With two minutes remaining, sixth-place Paul Tracy was spun by Ernie Francis Jr. Tracy's right-front tire went flat on the restart, bringing out another caution as time expired. Andretti went on to win after holding off Tony Stewart on the ensuing restart. Willy T. Ribbs began the second heat up front, but spun about 20 seconds into the race, leaving Bill Elliott with the lead. Hailie Deegan took the lead on the restart, but another caution quickly waved after Michael Waltrip was rear-ended by Hélio Castroneves. Deegan jumped out to a large lead on the restart, leading until another caution waves with five minutes remaining. Greg Biffle took the lead with two minutes left and went on to win while holding off Deegan and Francis.

Andretti and Luke Fenhaus made up the front row for the 150-lap feature and battled side by side for the lead until Fenhaus prevailed on lap 24. Stewart took the lead briefly on lap 32 but was held off by Fenhaus. After battling side-by-side, Fenhaus prevailed over Stewart just before a caution came out at lap 45. After the lap 54 restart, Fenhaus and Stewart swapped the lead several times before Stewart prevailed at lap 76. Fenhaus then regained the lead at lap 80, and the two continued battling side by side. A caution flew at lap 92 with Stewart gaining the edge over Fenhaus and Andretti. After the restart ten laps later, Fenhaus took the lead, and a caution waved for Michael Waltrip a few laps later. Following the restart at lap 112, Stewart and Fenhaus battled for the lead as Francis, Tracy, and Deegan made contact multiple times back in the field. The leaders continued to race side-by-side before Fenhaus again prevailed on lap 132. After a caution flew at lap 135, the race began to only count green-flag laps. Biffle and Castroneves spun on the restart with 12 laps remaining. Fenhaus and Andretti cleared Stewart with ten to go, and a caution flew with two laps left when Deegan spun Tracy while racing for fourth, with Tracy collecting Waltrip, Ribbs, and Castroneves. Tracy and Waltrip failed to finish the feature. Andretti passed Fenhaus on the green-white-checker restart and went on to win ahead of Fenhaus and Stewart.