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  Jared Hortsman in Winged Sprint Cars, Jake Rendel in UMP Modifieds and Street Stocks, and Tim Wilber in Sportsman were all victorious in feature events Saturday night at the Butler Motor Speedway.

  From the minute I set foot on the grounds of the Speedway, you could tell things were different this week.  The track had undergone a complete rework with help from a professional excavating company, and the Butler track staff.  Numerous days of excavating work and countless number of man hours were put in during the week in an attempt to better the track for racing.  The transitions into the banking were smoother and the attempt was put in to make the bottom of turn one a little better.  After hot laps, the excavating crew took to the track, to recut the bottom, to make it smoother prior to racing action.  In the meantime, the Butler crew was changing out the pump motor for the water truck.  The motor had a complete rebuild put on it prior to the season, but it still quit.  The crew scrambled to change out the pump motor with a different one, and it was race time.

  The racing itself would be very good and the UMP modifieds would be the first feature to hit the track.  Jake Rendel would take advantage of a front row starting position and would go on to win the feature, holding off challenges from Jake Bailey, Tim Wilber and Nick Kurtz.  Mike Tarlton would round out the top 5.  Twenty five modifieds would take to the speedway on this night with Josh Lolmaugh, Mark Pifer and Justin Matson all winning heat races, while Jordan Bailey would capture the B main.

  The Street Stock feature event would roll out next.  Jake Rendel would waste little time jumping into the lead and would go on to win the feature over Chris Garrett, Bob Rendel, Terry Milliman and Jeff Hinkley Jr.  With 33 Street Stocks on hand, heat races were won by Hinkley Jr, Milliman, Bob Rendel and Chris Garrett while Randy Smith won the B Main.

  The Sprint Car feature would roll out next and would see the initial start come to a stop as Aaron Huff would flip in turn 1.  A complete restart would see Mike Burns jump to the lead until lap 6 when 5^th place starting Jared Hortsman would charge around Burns.  The race would come to a halt on lap 17 when Burns and Max Stambaugh would take a nasty double flip.  Both drivers were ok, but the cars both suffered heavy damage.  Hortsman would motor to the feature win, followed by Doug Zimmerman, Chris Jones, John Gall and Shawn Dancer rounding out the top 5.  With 22 Winged Sprint Cars taking action, the heat races were won by Shelby Bilton, Zimmerman and Brad Lamberson.  Scott Hull would capture the B main.

  The Sportsman would be the final race of the night with Tim Wilber taking the win over Dwayne Feltner, Logan Beckwith, Jake Rendel and Steve Langdon rounding out the top 5.  With 13 Sportsman on hand, the heat races were won by Beckwith and Wilber.

  A huge thank you goes out to the professional excavating crew and the Butler track crew for the hours spent working on the track for, and during the Saturday night program.