Erick Rudolph won the 25 lap Little Guy Nationals Night 1 at the Michaels Mercer Raceway on Friday. This was Erick's eighteenth win of the season, second at Michaels Mercer Raceway this year, and fifth Non-series win of the season. For the 31 year old Rudolph it was their fifth win putting him twenty-third on the Michaels Mercer Raceway win list since 1996. Finishing 1.3670 seconds behind in second was Rex King Jr.. This was Rex's twenty-eighth Top 5 of the season, fifth at Michaels Mercer Raceway this year, and fouth Non-series Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Chad Brachmann, their fifteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Ayden Cipriano, their tenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Eric Grice, their first top 5 of the year. Eric Beggs, Mike Kinney, Tom Holden, Chad Reitz, and Hayden Holden rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksNon-series top 10's since 1996: Erick Rudolph - 100 Consecutive top 5's all events: Rex King Jr. - 28 Consecutive top 10's all events: Rex King Jr. - 28 Consecutive top 5's at Michaels Mercer Raceway: Chad Brachmann - 6 Consecutive Non-series top 5's: Erick Rudolph - 5 Consecutive Non-series top 10's: Erick Rudolph - 14