Widdis Sweeps the Field at TVR

09/04/06
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Don Erickson
WiddisRacing.com

The Widdis Racing team was able to pull off a perfect sweep of the field this past Sunday afternoon at Thunder Valley Raceway. Bret Widdis, driver of the number 15 Pontiac, was fast qualifier with an unbelievable time of 14.88. Widdis’ qualifying run was only the beginning. He would then start in the rear of the field and work his way up to win the heat race. Bret also started the feature race looking at the behind of every car in the field (which happened to be 8 cars). Only a few short laps into the feature he became stranded behind Tom Salts driver of the number 03 car. Widdis, though, was quickly able to maneuver his way around Salts and slowly start his ascent toward the front of the field. Weaving in and out of cars, Bret quickly found himself racing the number 12 and 75 cars for first place. With the number 12 car, driven by Putch Bentley on the inside of Widdis going into turn three, the number 75 car, driven by Scott Degnan, tapped the back of the 12 car and sent both cars in spins. Both drivers were able to correct the mistake; however, it was too late. Bret quickly climbed to a 3 car lead and would never look back. Bret took the checkered flag in the feature race to complete his sweep at Thunder Valley Raceway.