Despite starting in the pole position, Travis would fall quickly at the race start to the #4 of Drew Dilbeck. Travis would swing wide into Turn 1 and would slide up into the wall, allowing the other four drivers to slide by him. Drew would establish a dominate lead from the first lap. Ethan Maestri in the # 85 Soundcloud Ford would assume the P2 position. As the second lap started, driver Tony Tyree and Nicholas Hargrove would collide going into Turn 1, both would slide into the wall hard and take heavy damage, effectively ending their runs at top spots for the night.
Travis slides high into Turn 1 on Lap 1
Ethan nearly looses control out of Turn 4
Toward the end of lap 2, Ethan Maestri would push hard out of Turn 4 and get into the wall, sending his Ford careening off the outside wall and nearly into the inside barrier. But he was able to recover and continue on, even though he lost P2 to Travis.
Nick Hargrove would have continued trouble and would need to pit again, loosing further ground to Tony Tyree in P4. Later, Travis and Nick would get together at the exit of Turn 4 and would slide into the barriers, forcing both to pit. This would allow Ethan the chance to move back into P2 behind Drew Dilbeck. Drew would later pit, allowing Ethan to lead a few laps before having to come into the pits himself. Travis would close the gap a bit to P2, but would run out of time due to a forced two pit race.
Drew Dilbeck collects his first FRL win here at Indy. He wins the Brickyard 125 by a full 30 seconds. Truly a dominating performance and a well deserved win. Ethan Maestri finishes P2 for the third straight time and maintains his lead in the series points. Travis comes in at P3 and assumes the P3 position in points. Drew advances in the points to P2, only two back from Ethan. The series moves on to Sonoma for the Sonoma 100 next week.
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