Mojave Valley Raceway Oct 10th,2009
NADCAR Points Race #17

October 10th Main Event Winner Pat Henesey

10/10 - NADCAR took the show to Mojave Valley Raceway and put on some great racing for the fans in the grandstands. All eyes were on the championship contenders since it is still up for grabs. Heat #1 saw points leader Pat Henesey follow Mike Dunn the entire 6 laps and at one point tapping the #67 Dunn truck on the rear bumper trying to find a way around. Dunn takes the win followed by Pat Henesey and Matt Decker. Heat #2 saw another green to checker run with Tim Cotherman, Helen Henesey, and Randy Deines finishing first, second, and third. All the action was in heat #3 with Storm Phillips breaking a suspension on the green flag putting him out. Mike Williams checked out until 3 laps in when Todd Cameron wheel hopped AJ Breu on the back straight sending Todd into the tire barriers in turn three. After the red flag, Butch Dunn was unable to restart due to a broken engine part and the leader Mike Williams had to limp to a second place finish with a broken suspension mount. Rookie driver AJ Breu takes his first heat race win!

NADCAR paraded the track with a Four Wide Salute To The Fans that brought the crowd to their feet. When the green flag flew it was all about the outside lane. AJ Breu dropped the hammer and lead the field with Matt Decker in tow. Pat Henesey got to the outside of Mike Dunn for third and started his march to the front. By lap three, Pat had taken the lead and was checking out on Dunn with Mike Williams in hot pursuit gunning for that championship. With excellent driving from all the NADCAR drivers the Main Event went green to checkers without any yellow flags.

With this years Best of 12 Championship Points format coming into play, the points race is very close for the top two positions as well as third on down. With only one race left on the schedule and using a best of 11 race formula to calculate points, Mike Williams has a one point advantage over Pat Henesey. For third in the points it's Tim Cotherman with an eight point advantage over Mike Dunn. It looks like it will come down to the final race at MVR on Oct.. 24th to see who takes the top three spots in the NADCAR points championship for 2009.

 

Heat #1

1st	Mike Dunn #67
2nd	Pat Henesey #12
3rd	Matt Decker #18
4th	Ryan Henesey #1
5th	Heather Henesey #11
6th	Rick Hasse #63 (R)

Heat #2

1st	Tim Cotherman #43
2nd	Helen Henesey #10
3rd	Randy Deines #90
4th	Russ Madden #60
5th	John Ogden #6
6th	Scott Cardella #24

Heat #3

1st	AJ Breu #93 (R)
2nd	Mike Williams #2
3rd	Butch Dunn #02
4th	Todd Cameron #39
5th	Storm Phillips #4

Main Event

1st	Pat Henesey #12
2nd	Mike Dunn #67
3rd	Mike Williams #2
4th	Matt Decker #18
5th	Ryan Henesey #1
6th	Russ Madden #60 (R)
7th	Randy Deines #90
8th	Helen Henesey #10
9th	Tim Cotherman #43
10th	Heather Henesey #11
11th	AJ Breu #93 (R)
12th	Rick Hasse #63 (R)
13th	John Ogden #6
14th	Butch Dunn #02
15th	Todd Cameron #39
16th	Scott Cardella #24
17th	Storm Phillips #4

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