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In what has become the norm at Port Royal Speedway for a super late model show, another stout field of 38 teams was on hand.

The McFarland Custom Painting & Wall Coverings, George’s Used Cars, Martin’s Pumping, North River Farm, Feathers & Son’s Roofing, Leggett Engine Research, Coffelt Graphics, Shane McDowell Racing, Fox Racing Shox No.20 was quick right from the start.  Feathers qualified 2nd fastest in group one by a mere 0.075 seconds behind Greg Satterlee.

Feathers dominated heat race number two.  From the pole, he led every lap and cruised to the win.  The speedway was using the Lucas Oil Late Model format to help teams prepare for the series’ invasion on April 28th, which put the Winchester, VA native on the inside of row two for the 25-lap main event.

In that feature event, Feathers climbed into second for two laps just before the midpoint of the race but he couldn’t hang on to it and came home a solid 3rd at the end of the night behind winner Gregg Satterlee and runner-up Rick Eckert.

“I was hoping for better tonight.  We were fast in qualifying and in our heat, but I was just too tight in the feature.  I lost time from the middle of the corners through exit.”, said Feathers.

“Our Team Zero Race Car has been fast every time out so far this year.  We will find victory lane soon.  I can’t thank Shane McDowell Racing, my uncle Jimmy McFarland, George’s Used Cars, Larry Royston at Martin’s Pumping, North River Farm, Feather’s and Son’s Roofing, Rick Leggett, Jon Coffelt, and the folks at Fox Shox enough for everything they all do for us.”

In little more than a week, Feathers and his team took the bare bones chassis and made it race-ready with a limited engine under the hood.

“The difference from Monday to Saturday was unbelievable.  My guys and sponsors are truly amazing.”, Feathers said of the effort by his team.

Feathers took his McFarland Custom Painting & Wall Coverings, George’s Used Cars, Martin’s Pumping, North River Farm, Feathers & Son’s Roofing, Leggett Engine Research, Coffelt Graphics, Shane McDowell Racing, Fox Racing Shox No.27 to Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday to put it to the test.

You might have noticed the number change from his usual No.20 that adorns the sides of his super late model.

“That’s the number I first started racing with, so I just thought I would bring it back for this car.”, Feathers explained.

Feathers was originally slated to start 7th in his 8-lap heat race but lineup adjustments put him inside row two for the green flag.  From the start it was clear the newly built machine was up to the task.  Feathers drove into 2nd on the opening lap, then on lap six he drove by race-long leader Kyle Lear to take over the lead.  He went on to win by 1.8 seconds.

The Winchester, VA native showed more of the same in the main event.  Once again he took the green from inside row three.  It took him only three laps to claim the top spot and he dominated the rest of the way, winning by 1.96 seconds.