ALTAMAHAW, N.C. – A special Friday night showdown for the zMAX CARS Tour saw the series roll into Ace Speedway on May 3 for a combined 225 laps around the .400-mile speedway just north of Elon.
It was a bad night to be anyone not named Kvapil, as Caden Kvapil took home the win in the Pro Late Model division, while his older brother Carson Kvapil prevailed in the Late Model Stock Car division.
For their father Travis Kvapil (who owns Caden’s PLM team), it was a night that was chock full of proud dad moments.
Here are three overall takeaways from the night at Ace.
Caden Leads Wire-to-Wire in PLM Race of Attrition
The Pro Late Model race was nothing short of chaotic, with only 12 cars finishing of the 21 that entered. The race quickly became a wreckfest, highlighted by a late restart that saw Nick Loden climb over the rear of Jake Bollman‘s car.
Dylan Garner also spun in avoidance of the chaos. The crash brought out the first of two red flags in the PLM race. Despite the wild ride, Loden climbed out and was okay after the crash. Bollman and Garner both continued on and finished the race; however Bollman had to make significant repairs to his No. 24 before reentering the race.
The only consistency of the race was Caden Kvapil’s No. 35 up front. After starting on pole, Kvapil led all 100 laps, fending off the likes of Loden, Spencer Davis and even William Sawalich on several late race restarts to take his first CARS Tour PLM win of the season.
“The car never really fell off at all throughout the whole race,” Kvapil told FloRacing in victory lane. “I was able to manage a good gap from me to second place [Davis].”
Davis finished second, still seeking his first CARS Tour win. Kaden Honeycutt had an impressive drive to third, followed by Sawalich and Conner Jones to round out the top five.
Carson Prevails in Spectacular Battle For LMSC Win
Meanwhile, the elder Kvapil had to fight his way up front in the LMSC division. Carson had qualified eighth, despite setting the pace in practice, due to what Kvapil believes was a mistake he made on his qualifying lap.
“I messed up in qualifying and kind of put us in a hole,” Kvapil told Frontstretch after the race.
Kvapil spent the first 90 laps of the 125 lap feature…
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