SOPHIA, N.C.- The zMAX CARS Tour made its lone stop at Caraway Speedway this past Wednesday night in what turned out to be an action-packed midweek special. Both the Pro Late Models and Late Model Stock cars were in action for the 47th annual Firecracker 265.
While Tristan McKee made the Pro Late Model feature a snoozer, leading 99 of 100 laps, the Late Model Stock feature was anything but. It provided action throughout the field, multiple airborne cars airborne, and a quintessential short track ending for the ages.
Connor Hall, Carson Kvapil and William Byron seemed to be in position to win in the closing laps. But it was Brent Crews who crossed under the checkered flag to score his second win of the season.
Here are three takeaways from a wild Wednesday night at Caraway.
Brent Crews Steals One
Crews must be paying attention to his boss Kevin Harvick, because Wednesday’s late rally was very reminiscent of ‘The Closer’ – featuring the same No. 29 and the same “where did he come from?” performance.
After qualifying ninth, Crews was a non-factor for a good portion of the night at Caraway. Even when he clawed his way to third with 55 laps to go, it never truly felt like he was part of the battle for the win.
When the final caution flew with eight laps to go, Crews was scored fourth. Coming to the final restart, the No. 29 lined up fifth, third on the inside lane.
Then Kvapil and Hall came to blows and the seas parted.
Crews made his move to the inside of Kvapil with six laps to go and cleared his No. 8 entering turn 1 on the ensuing lap. The two traded crossovers for the following two laps, allowing Hall to rejoin the battle.
Hall retook the lead with a shove to Crews’ back bumper with three laps to go, setting Crews up to take the final swing.
Swing he did. Crews laid the bumper to Hall in the final set of corners, powering off turn 4 to claim his second CARS Tour win of the season. When asked about the racing post race, Crews claimed the others around him set the tone for the finish.
“One thousand percent,” Crews told Frontstretch. “They set the principle of what the night’s going to be like. If nobody is touching each other then I don’t think that ever happens in three and four. I would normally not do something like that, but my back bumper is destroyed to. Kind of how the night was, kind of how it was at…
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