Feathers Strong but Not Satisfied, Striving for More

Feathers rolled into Georgetown Speedway on Friday night.  The Delaware oval is one of those places that has been a struggle for the Winchester, VA driver.  Friday’s show didn’t reveal the answers Feathers was looking for and he departed frustrated again after a DNF.  

“We had a transmission issue but we just weren’t good there again.  We will figure it out.”, a determined Feathers said.

Saturday night Feathers brought 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 super late model back to Port Royal Speedway and he showed speed right out of the gate.

In a nonstop heat race, Feathers drove from 8th to 4th to get in the show but he was one spot short of making the handicap for the feature lineup.

From his 16th starting spot in the 25-lap main event, Feathers steadily worked his way through the field, cracking the top ten at the halfway mark.  He moved into 7th on lap twenty but couldn’t wrestle 6th away from Kyle Lee in the closing laps.  A mere tenth of a second separated the two at the finish.

On the night Feathers passed thirteen cars and zero cars passed him.  He appeared capable of more than a 7th place finish but the format and the breaks don’t always go your way.  Sometimes you need a little luck too.

“That’s the first night in quite a while I didn’t get passed by anyone.  That’s a sign we are making progress.”, Feathers said.

“I think we passed more cars tonight than anyone except Rick (Eckert), so I’m happy about that.  I started in the back of the heat race and went forward but we probably needed a caution to fall our way to give me a chance to get one more spot to get in the handicap.  That would have put us at least two rows closer to the front for the feature, then we would have had a better shot at a podium.”