Rain halts Mt Lawn races

Shortly after the Stock Compact feature was completed and the Crown Vic division was on the track taking the green flag the rain came cancelling the rest of the evening’s program.

Gaige Hulett of Anderson took the lead of the 25th lap Stock Compact feature on lap 16. Hulett started 14^th in the 18 car field and slowly moved up through the traffic for the win. Jarrett Smith of Shirley finished second followed by Darrell Thompson of New Castle, Jeffery Alexander of Shirley, Trey Thompson of New Castle, Brachelle Wisner of Anderson, Dakota Clark of New Castle, Ty Palmer of Indianapolis, Bailey Pauwels of New Castle and Josh Whitt of Plymouth. Wisner set fast time at 19.769 with Whitt and Chris Hodson of Anderson taking the heats.

Other heat winners were David Logsdon of New Castle, Wes Duvall of Cambridge City and Chuck Cook of Wilkinson in the Crown Vics. Mod heats went to Alan Lambert of Kennard and Adam Lee of Westwood with the Pro Comp heats to Brett Smith of Richmond and Travis Lee of Kennard.

Next week’s program will consist of 7 feature events plus the MLF (Mt Lawn Female) minivan race which will be a 15 minute enduro race for only female drivers. According to staff sources there are 10 + minivans that have indicated they will be in competition.

Because rain stopped the track activity after the Stock Compact feature the Crown Vics, Pro Compacts and Modifieds did not get to run their features there will be double features in those three classes plus the single feature in the Stock Compacts this week. As a result of getting the one feature in Saturday night rain checks will not be honored for admission this Saturday. White rain checks from the previous rainout are still good for admission, green rain checks are not.

The ticket price for this week’s exciting program is $10 with 8 years old and younger free. The pit gate opens at 2:00; grandstand gate and practice open at 4:00 followed by group qualifying with racing starting promptly at 7:00.

Mt Lawn is opening an online store that will allow fans to purchase official Mt Lawn t-shirts, hats and other items. The store can be reached from the Mt Lawn website at mtlawn.com. Fans will be allowed to pick from several designs and then choose the color and size that they want and then pay online. Product then will be shipped directly to their door. Because all items are special order all sales are final. Shirts will be available at the track this weekend so fans can see a sample shirt, feel the texture and get an idea of the size they need.

Mt Lawn is located at 1494 S CR 400 W five miles west of New Castle.