By lap 22, Shepard was on Rahmer's bumper and looking for a chance to make a pass. Lap 23 saw Shepard still poised and his opportunity came on lap 24. He dove under Rahmer entering turn three and emerged with the lead. Shepard pulled away, and his second consecutive Tri-City Speedweek victory was his. It never ran the rest of the race.
Second place sucks.
Hodnett remained in third, with Dewease finishing fourth and Blaney fifth. The rest of the top ten were Jimmy Hawley, up from 13 th , Rodney Duncan and Joey Saldana. Carriage City Car Wash. In the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Zoresco Senior Series for retired drivers in pure stocks, heat winners were Jack Smith and Terry Wheeler. In the 15 lap feature, Jack Smith, age 71, took over the lead from Don Gamble on lap seven and went on to victory. Gamble, Wheeler, Ed Bashaar, Bill Wheeling, Tom Knight, Sr., John Shetler, Gary Proper, Bob Sloss and Don Luffy completed the field.