Dillard Drives Off For Twenty Two Thousand Dollar Fall Nationals Payday
Photo by Cade Dillard won the Rancho Milagro USRA Modified feature.
2019 Fall Nationals Champion Cade Dillard rolled off from the outside of the second row in the night’s 50-lap, $22,000 to win Rancho Milagro USRA Modified Fall Nationals feature event and after dogging early leader Johnny Scott for the first half of the event and then blasted by around the high side after a mid-race restart and proceeded to drive away for his biggest career payday for his effort.
Scott, who started on the outside of the front row got the jump on polesitter Terry Phillips and lead the first part of the race until Phillips made slight contact, sending Scott spinning in front of the field. Everyone was able to avoid the spun 1st and Johnny was restored to the lead on the restart and jumped back out front with Dillard on his heels. Cade put heavy pressure on Johnny up front lap after lap until he was finally able to use the high line to his advantage and roared by into the top spot, which he would never relinquish on his way to the 2.729 second victory.
While Scott and Dillard ran out front, Jake O’Neil ran a solid third for the majority of the event, while Dereck Ramirez and Jake Timm circled the speedway door to door for what seemed like eternity with Rodney Sanders and Tanner Mullens doing the same just behind.
Dillard raced to the huge win with Scott a solid second. O’Neil was third with Ramirez edging Timm at the line for fourth. Sanders raced from 12th up to sixth with Mullens seventh, Kale Westover eighth, Bo Day ninth and Jake Gallardo rounded out the top ten.
In the Hacienda Carpet & Tile USRA B-Mod feature, Aasa Flores took the lead from pole sitting Jesse Haynie at the start of the 25-lapper and lead early with 4th starting Lucas Ward working into second early. The three, along with point leader Justin Allen and Donavon Flores began to pull away from the field and the fivesome were putting on a great show out front.
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Ward was stuck to the bottom of the speedway and was able to use that low line to his advantage and raced into the top spot while the battle ensued behind him. Unfortunately, A. Flores and Dustin Smith made contact eliminating both from competition and at the same time D. Flores headed to the work area. Both Flores cars were able to continue but Ward ran alone out front on his way to the biggest payday of his career. Hunter Sandy edged Allen at the line for a very impressive second place finish with D. Flores rallying from the tail to cross the finish line in fourth, just ahead of John Carney in fifth.
Josh Cain led from start to finish in the night’s $2,200-to-win S&J Automotive USRA Stock Car feature, but was disqualified in post-race tech, elevating second place finisher RC Combs to the biggest win of his career in the process. Cain got out front and paced the field for the entire 25-lap distance with Combs and Mike Rosales in tow. The trio ran alone out front while 13th starting Austin Huskey was working his way forward and appeared in the top five as well.
As the laps wound down, Cain worked his way flawlessly through traffic and crossed the finish line first but Combs would be declared the winner. Rosales crossed the line third but was elevated to second, just ahead of Huskey in third. Bryan Bennett finished fourth but was also dinged for a post-race infraction moving Shane McNutt to fourth and 14th starting Zachary Madrid into the top five at the finish.
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