ATTICA, Ohio – D.J. Foos and his Burmeister Racing team closed 2020 out on a great note and they picked up right where they left off on Saturday at Attica Raceway Park.
Foos won Saturday’s 410 sprint car feature at Attica in their second outing of the season during Venture Visionary Partners Night.
Foos and Tyler Street brought the field to green, with Street gaining the early advantage over Foos, Jamie Myers, Cole Macedo, Caleb Griffith, Chris Andrews and John Ivy. Foos drove into the lead on lap two before the caution flew a circuit later. Foos drove away on the restart over Street, Myers, Griffith, and Andrews who would bring out the caution on lap four.
When the green waved again, so did Foos, driving away from Street, Myers, Griffith, Ivy, Zane DeVault, Trey Jacobs and Byron Reed, who had charged from the last row after flipping in his heat and having to transfer from the B-main.
Just as Foos was entering lapped traffic on lap 12 the caution flew and with a clear track when the green flew Foos pulled away. Reed drove into second on lap 16 but could not close on Foos until a caution with 11 laps remaining.
Foos executed a perfect restart and drove away from Reed as Ivy jumped into third followed by Myers, and a tremendous battle for fifth involving Jacobs, DeVault and Travis Philo. The final caution flew on lap 24 after Stewart Brubaker dropped oil on the track. Once again Foos drove away on the restart to take the win over Reed, Ivy, Jacobs and Myers.
“Mikey Sommers had the car dialed in tonight. BRS shocks were on the point tonight. I looked over at the board and saw the 1 (Myers) and the 4* (Street) and I was like ‘okay I think I’ll be alright.’ Then I saw the 5 (Reed) and John Ivy in third…I just knew I had to hit every mark. When I got to lapped traffic it got kind of sketch…hard to see. I kept missing off of two and got on the back side there. I’m just so excited for this Burmeister team. Last year we sucked and to be able to come out the second night out…we showed good speed last week…but man we really capitalized on it today. We have something to work on against the All Stars next week,” said Foos.
In the Propane.com/Dirt Nerds Podcast Late Model feature, Travis Stemler battled Collin Shipley and Rusty Schlenk before taking the lead on lap 15 only to lose it to Schlenk on lap 18 before Schlenk slid off the high side of turn two giving Stemler the top spot back. Stemler drove to his first Attica win.
Paul Weaver – the all-time winningest driver in the history of Attica Raceway Park – took the lead on lap eight of the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature and never looked back, scoring his second victory in a row and the 58th of his career in the division.