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Feathers took the green for his heat race Saturday from outside the second row.  With the top three finishers transferring into the lucrative finale, he was in good position thanks to his recovery in the closing laps the night before.  Unfortunately, he couldn’t capitalize and wound up finishing 4th.

In the B-main Feathers started 3rd.  With the top two finishers set to claim the final two transfer spots into the A-main, the task at hand was clear.  At the drop of the green, Feathers charged into 2nd and held command of the spot through lap seven when the caution lights flashed on and slowed the field.

Before the caution, Feathers had built up a comfortable cushion but that was erased.  On the ensuing restart, Feathers went low and Greg Satterlee went hard to the cushion and used a charge around the top side to wrestle the runner up spot away.

Satterlee kept Feathers at bay and took the final transfer spot at the checkers.

“Only word that sums up our weekend is ‘frustrating’.“, Feathers said.  “One spot short in the heat, one spot short in the B-main.  I had the transfer spot in the heat but my left front tire started going down and I got passed.  We had the transfer spot in the B-main and got passed after a late caution erased a nice cushion.  Not making excuses.  Just needed one of those things to break our way.“

“The Hoosier tires wear out pretty quick, so we spent a chunk of our funds there.  It would have really helped our situation if we had just made the show.  I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.“

Sunday afternoon back at the shop the team discovered a left front shock issue that unknowingly had also been working against them at Port Royal.

Feathers put himself in good position by kicking off the night with the 13th quickest time trial lap despite going out 28th in the qualifying order.  Although he wasn’t able to advance in the heat race, he held his ground and brought home a 3rd place finish in the 8-lap qualifying race.

“We were off just a tick in the heat race but it was pretty much one preferred line through the middle, so I think we pretty much got what we could get in that one.“, Feathers commented.

The McFarland Custom Painting & Wall Coverings, Larry Royston’s Septic Services, Martins Pumping Service, Feathers & Sons Roofing, North River Farm, Leggett Engine Research, Hot Rod Septic Treatment, Team Zero Race Cars, Shane McDowell Racing, Coffelt Graphics, Larry Royston Properties, Larry Royston Equipment, Fox Racing Shox, Bo Feathers Racing, Clem’s Garage, No.20 lined up 11th for the 25-lap feature event.  After slipping a few spots on the initial start, Feathers found his rhythm and broke into the top ten on lap seven.

Feathers continued to grind and worked his way further inside the top ten, ultimately coming home with an 8th place finish when the checkers waived.

“We have some balance stuff to work on.  We have been a lot better lately with this Team Zero car but we aren’t quite where we need to be yet.  We’re close.  We’ll keep chipping away at it.“, Feathers said.

“We had a rough week last week at Hagerstown.  We broke a transmission, which broke the drive shaft and damaged the rear end, so we had a lot of work to do this past week to be ready for (Port Royal) tonight.  With all that, tonight wasn’t a bad run for us.“

Sunday night’s Frank Sagi Tribute race at Hagerstown Speedway in northern Maryland attracted a strong field of 43 super late models.  A shower hit the speedway less than two hours before racing was to begin, putting a little extra moisture into the surface.

Feathers turned in the 4th fastest lap in Group 2 qualifying, landing him outside row two to start his heat race.

On the start of the 8-lap race, Feathers took the 3rd spot, but he slid high off turn two slipped back to 4th at the line.  On the fast, locked down surface that was difficult to pass on, he went on to finish 4th in the Larry Royston’s Septic Services, Martins Pumping Service, McFarland Custom Painting & Wall Coverings, North River Farm, Leggett Engine Research, Feathers & Sons Roofing, Hot Rod Septic Treatment, Team Zero Race Cars, Shane McDowell Racing, Coffelt Graphics, Larry Royston Properties, Larry Royston Equipment, Fox Racing Shox, Bo Feathers Racing, Clem’s Garage, No.20.

After making some adjustments during the break, Feathers lined up 14th for the 30-lap main event and settled into a rhythm in the early going.  On lap eight he moved into the 12th spot and started to chip his way toward the top ten.

On lap twelve Feathers cracked the top ten and continued to methodically close on the front-runners.  With seven laps remaining, he wrestled the 7th spot away from Jeff Rine and set his sights on Jason Covert in 6th.  The laps ran out with Feathers in 7th.

“Man, the car was phenomenal tonight.  We needed to time a little better earlier tonight and we would have been right in the thick of it.“, Feathers said.  “It was a good late rally though.  The extra moisture probably worked against us.“

“This car is comfortable, and it responds to what we are doing.  We’ve only got a few races under our belt with it, but we are learning quickly.”

“I’m excited for the rest of our season; we just need to be smart about using the resources we have.  It would really help us compete in some of the bigger shows that are coming up if we could add another partner to the team.  Hopefully we will catch somebody’s eye.“, Feathers added.