Austin Wood earns checkers at Merrittville Speedway
Austin Wood won the 50 lap Championship Night at the Merrittville Speedway on Saturday. This was Austin's first win of the season. This is Austin's first win since 2002! For Wood it was their first win putting him thirty-fifth on the Merrittville Speedway win list since 2002. Finishing 0.7840 seconds behind in second was Gary Lindberg. This was Gary's ninth Top 5 of the season, seventh at Merrittville Speedway this year, and seventh Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Mike Bowman, their ninth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Fred Carleton, their sixth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Chad Chevalier, their third top 5 of the year. Pete Bicknell, Tyler Willard, Jay Mallory, Shayne Pierce, and Trevor Wright rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event wins since 2002: Austin Wood - 1 Merrittville Speedway wins since 2002: Austin Wood - 1 Weekly top 10's since 2002: Tyler Willard - 75 Weekly wins since 2002: Austin Wood - 1 Consecutive top 10's all events: Tyler Willard - 15 Consecutive top 5's at Merrittville Speedway: Gary Lindberg - 5 Consecutive top 10's at Merrittville Speedway: Tyler Willard - 16 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Tyler Willard - 13