Bill Mooney Gets 6th Late Model RCS Victory

5/29/2016

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By Mike Spieker

The Up North Financial Late Models got after it at the drop of the green flag as Bill Mooney, Jeff Hapala, and Dustin Strand went three wide into turn one. Mooney and Hapala made contact as Mooney wrestled his way to the lead. Strand followed Mooney and slid into second as Joey Pederson made his way into fourth from his sixth starting position.

Both Mooney and Strand broke away from the rest of the field as they entered lapped traffic on lap six. Strand peaked to the inside of the OMG Chocolatey Clusters #2M at the exit of turn four, which momentarily brought the crowd to its feet. Mooney powered back by the defending NLRA Late Model champion down the front stretch to lead at the line.

With seven to go, both leaders were still going for broke in heavy lapped traffic. As they exited turn two they went four wide as they split a pair of slower cars. Meanwhile, Brad Seng moved into third from ninth with a pass on Dusty Peterson.

But Seng was almost in a different zip code than the top two as Strand tried to mount one last charge on the Selkirk, Manitoba runner. Mooney proved to be too tough, however, as he took his sixth career RCS victory.