Becker Wins Fourth Career Feature on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road
Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker eanred his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 29. Becker worked his way through the field from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 27 from rookie Cody Blake. He held off Senator Phil Scott and Nick Sweet through six more caution flags to earn the win.
Scott took second while Sweet finished third. Last week’s feature winner Rich Lowrey earned fourth and Cris Michaud rounded out the top five. Eric Chase took sixth, while point leader Dave Pembroke bounced back from an early spin to earn seventh. Matt White, Jay Laquerre and Brooks Clark completed the top ten.
The 50 lap feature was slowed by a total of eight cautions and was completed in just over forty minutes.
The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen completed their 35 lap feature with just one caution late in the event. Marshfield’s Matt Potter picked up his second career win after battling the entire 35 laps with rookie Jason Allen. Allen would hold on for a career best second while Bobby Therrien, Jimmy Hebert and Troy Gray completed the top five. Mike Ziter, David Finck, Derrick O’Donnell, George May and Joe Steffen rounded out the top ten.