NASCAR Whelen All American Series Airborne Speeedway Season Opener FedEx Ground 100 Plattsburgh, NY May 2 2015

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Photo By: 
Kyle Coryea

Jason Durgan (17) cuts to the bottom of turn 1 and flings the dirt as he gets past Jason Furman (55) during the Modified Fed Ex 100 and get a third place finish on the night. It would be the season opener at Airborne Park Speedway with the Late Models, Renegades, Mini-Modified, with the feature event being the Modified 100 lapper. There would a total of 64 cars that would show up throughout the four divisions in front of a packed house. The first feature of the night would be the mini-mods and Tyler Irwin would get the win and score his first career victory as he would pass Dave O'Neill with 5 laps to go. The second feature of the night would be the Late Models 25 lapper at the front it would be Bobby Therein and Josh Masterson battling for the top spots the first half but Bobby Therein would prevail and capture the win. Then on tap would be the Renegades 30 lapper would be Richie Turner who would lead the race from wire to wite. Then it would be time for the main event of the evening the Modified FedEx 100 Nick Heywood would start on the pole and get the win. Although it would not be without a hot battle from Bucko Branham would be on the bumper the whole time until a late caution came out and Branham ran out of feul under the caution closing out the top three would be Greg Atkins and Jason Drugan. Airborne Speedway will not be in action until May 16th when they have there regular show plus the ACT Spring Green 115. Gallery

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Photo By: 
Kyle Coryea

Tyler Irwin (54) would dive bomb the corner headed into turn one and out brake Dave O'Neill and take the lead and go on for his first career victory. Gallery

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