It was a pretty light field for the 2nd race of the season, with only 11 cars signing in for battle at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The first heat saw a solid run from all drivers with things settling into a nose-to-tail formation by about the 6 lap mark, and finishing things off the same way with Sebastian Rios-Davis taking the top spot and James Burk in tow. Heat 2 would see some action toward the front for awhile before Jordan Navarro and Mitch Maynard would break past Joshua Stewart and drive away. Maynard would challenge Navarro once before pushing too hard the following lap and getting Navarro sideways. Maynard backed off heavily to allow Navarro to regain control of the number 96 Sport Compact as Joshua Stewart snuck around the outside of the two cars to steal the win at the line for heat race number 2.

Joshua Stewart (#52) and Jordan Navarro (#96) coming to the finish in heat 2

Feature time would see a rough initial start as multiple drivers would experience net code issues, which would ultimately cause a caution. The field would try it again briefly before a spin on lap 4 would cause the field to simmer once more. After returning to green, the field would see a 10 lap stint before the leader, Jordan Navarro would experience connection issues. The field would return to action after a brief caution, which many drivers utilized to get some fresh tread on their cars. From then on, it was gloves off and elbows up as the field made a mad dash too the finish. Joshua Stewart would control the field off the start before dropping back gradually.

Race winner, Brayton Kajewski would take the lead from Stewart on lap 20 and would remain untouchable but within sight for the drivers that would fight tooth and nail for 2nd place. J. Burk, M. Maynard, J. Stewart and T. Williams would all form a pack around the 2nd place position and trade it around. Stewart would ultimately fade as the race continued, but it would remain fierce between the aforementioned trio for the remaining 6 laps. Maynard would hold the 2nd position uncontested for a few laps before James Burk would stick a nose under, slowing the two up enough that Williams could rejoin the battle. Coming to the twin sticks, Burk would push hard to the inside of turn 3 and slide up before receiving a shot to the rear bumper from Maynard. The two would be side by side going into turn 1 with minor contact as Williams would push it 3 wide going to the back shute. Maynard would power from the middle lane out in front of Burk but slide high, opening the door for Burk to poke between Maynard and Williams off of 4. The two inside cars would drift high but a minor net code incident would cause Burk to cross the nose of Williams to his inside and take the two out of the battle.

Coming to the white flag, an unfortunate series of events leads to James Burk pointed toward the infield, ultimately ending a 3-way battle for the runner-up spot.


Kajewski would see all of this in his rear view from a large 1.5 second lead over Maynard who escaped unscathed. Rios-Davis would break through the carnage and emerge for the third position and the three would hold on to it for the finish. Despite the less-than-stellar car count, the action was far from non-existent. Next week the series will take a break before resuming the action at Bristol Motor Speedway the following week.