Jared Fryar’s absence from Sunday night’s Memorial Classic at Carteret County Speedway paved the way for a different winner in the 75 lap shootout – and that winner ended up being fellow CARS Tour competitor Trevor Ward.
Entering Sunday night’s Memorial Classic, Trevor Ward had an average finish of 12.67 across three starts at Carteret County Speedway, all of which coming in the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour. The fourth time would be the charm.
The Winston Salem driver entered Sunday’s race with a win on the season, which came at the reopening of Ace Speedway in Alamance County – a track that is flat much like Carteret but has a different configuration. After falling back to sixth on the race’s opening lap, Ward methodically raced his way through the field over the course of the 75 lap race, taking the lead from on lap 42 and never looking back, taking home the winner’s trophy and a $5,000 check.
“We’ve been needing another win,” Ward said. “We got one earlier this year. All I told myself was I wanted to win one this year for my little girl. She just turned one and I wish she was here today. She’ll be happy. We struggled in practice, car felt good but I’m not real familiar with the rules here. There’s a lot less horsepower than what we have. We missed it in qualifying but I knew we had a good racecar. I’ve got to thank the good Lord above. It’s always good to get a win. I’m not familiar with who I was racing with. Just raced everyone as clean as we could and put on a good show.”
In addition to the money and the trophy, Ward’s name will be added to the Wall of Winners on the track’s frontstretch.
“That would be awesome,” Ward stated. “I definitely should make it back here. We’ll see how the money goes. Y’all treat everybody good. Great track owner here. Couldn’t ask him for any better for what he’s trying to put on for short track racing.”
Connor Hall settled for a second-place finish while Daniel Vuncannon, Boo Boo Dalton and Kenneth Mercer rounded out the top-five.
Results
- Trevor Ward
- Connor Hall
- Daniel Vuncannon
- Boo Boo Dalton
- Kenneth Mercer
- Zach Lightfoot
- Tim Allenswroth
- Chris Burns
- Chris Horton, Jr.
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