For the second week in a row, a rare event in motorsports, nearly exclusive to Limaland Motorsports Park, saw a University of Northwestern Ohio athletic motorsports driver win an A-Main feature. This time it was in a K & N UMP Modified, as Racer team driver Kody Weisner was able to make a late race pass on one of Limaland Motorsports Park's greatest names in the division, multi-time former champion Terry Hull. It marked the fourth time in Racer history for an A-Main feature win and the second for Weisner, a winner last season in a stock car.
Weisner's conquest is even more impressive as four of the most successful drivers in Modifieds started in front of him. Hull, point's leader Todd Sherman, and former feature winners Jerry Bowersock and Casey Luedeke all had similar intentions as Weisner, yet better starting positions.
Terry Hull bolted to the front when the green flag dropped with fellow outside row starters Bowersock and Weisner moving behind him. A pair of cautions, brought on by flat tires to Nick Rosselit and Andy Bibler, set up a restart on lap 13 with Hull, Bowersock, Weisner, pole starter Luedeke and Todd Sherman racing nose-to-tail.
Kody Weisner drove fearlessly on the dangerous high side cushion as it gave him excellent speed. Earlier in the season, Weisner was running at the front of a feature when he crashed into the unforgiving wall in turn three. Hull, taking a lower line around the ¼-mile oval had a shorter distance to cover. Finally on lap 15, the Muskegon, Michigan undergraduate simply powered his way around Hull coming thru turn two. The dominating move brought the usual big Limaland Motorsports Park crowd to its feet in approval. "At that point I just told myself, don't overdrive and that's all I could do," recalled Weisner.
The final five circuits of the 20-lap event saw Weisner roar to the victory, with Hull, and Bowersock following him across the line. The collective Racer Motorsports athletic team members ran across the track from the pit area to celebrate on the front straight winner's circle. It was a particularly emotional win for Kody Weisner as his grandfather passed away just two days earlier. "This is for him," said Weisner. "He was there for me since day one. He bought me a go-cart, just a little yard cart back in '97 and really started me racing at about age nine or ten. It has progressed to this and seeing what this school (UNOH) is about, this is me."
Racer athletic motorsports team membership has developed into coveted positions for the students, hailing from all across the United States. "These guys are awesome. I can't thank them enough for putting up with us drivers as we sometimes tear up this stuff," declared Weisner. "Driving is easy when these guys do all of this for us. With the set-up and hours we put in with the cars, working together as a team, it's awesome."
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