Chris Buescher led each of the final 60 laps of the Southern Illinois 100 to win the classic dirt oval event in DeQuoin on Labor Day. Canadian Andrew Ranger had a field day and finished 5th.
Chris Buescher had never once raced a stock car on dirt until August 21 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, where he finished eighth, but proved his ability to adapt quickly.
Chris Buescher (No. 17 Reliance Tool Ford) had not led before his 60-lap stretch to close the race, but passed Vaught (No. 55 Manpower to Horsepower Chevrolet) in the second turn on Lap 45; he would not relent.
Ty Dillon started his afternoon in the front after driving the No. 41 Hemelgarn/CIPT Chevrolet to the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell for the seventh time this year.
Andrew Ranger, making his first dirt start in an ARCA car after winning on the New Jersey Motorsports Park road course in May, drove the No. 53 Van Dyke Baler/Bollegraaf starting from the 10th spot.
Soon enough, Andrew Ranger moved up the order and fought with the leaders all thru the race and even went as high as second. But in the end, a loose car made it impossible for him to resist his pursuers.
Chris Buescher led Dillon and would not let him drive by. He led Lap 103 by 0.742 second and drove a clean final lap to take his first win of 2011 by 0.785 second.
Vaught ended third after his impressive charge on the restart, and Kovski and Ranger filled out the top five.
Chris Buescher had never once raced a stock car on dirt until August 21 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, where he finished eighth, but proved his ability to adapt quickly.
Chris Buescher (No. 17 Reliance Tool Ford) had not led before his 60-lap stretch to close the race, but passed Vaught (No. 55 Manpower to Horsepower Chevrolet) in the second turn on Lap 45; he would not relent.
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Ty Dillon started his afternoon in the front after driving the No. 41 Hemelgarn/CIPT Chevrolet to the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell for the seventh time this year.
Andrew Ranger, making his first dirt start in an ARCA car after winning on the New Jersey Motorsports Park road course in May, drove the No. 53 Van Dyke Baler/Bollegraaf starting from the 10th spot.
Soon enough, Andrew Ranger moved up the order and fought with the leaders all thru the race and even went as high as second. But in the end, a loose car made it impossible for him to resist his pursuers.
Chris Buescher led Dillon and would not let him drive by. He led Lap 103 by 0.742 second and drove a clean final lap to take his first win of 2011 by 0.785 second.
Vaught ended third after his impressive charge on the restart, and Kovski and Ranger filled out the top five.