Tampa, Florida’s Dave Steele
added another great achievement
to his long list of
accomplishments in a Sprint Car
by winning the fifth addition of
the King of the Wings Sprint Car
Challenge Presented By Pier-Mac
Plastics on the famous High
Banks of Winchester Speedway
Sunday afternoon. Steele passed
early leader Aaron Pierce and
then held off the challenge of
Jason Blonde to get the victory
and was crowned King of the
Wings in Victory Lane.
“This was a great win,” remarked
Steele in victory lane. “We had
a good car and I was able to get
out front and hold off the 42
car to get the win. This is a
really cool trophy!”
The event was organized by Must
See Racing and sanctioned by the
Auto Value Bumper to Bumper
Super Sprint Series (AVBBSS) and
the Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series
(HOSS) and brought out the stars
of both series plus some good
independents like Steele. The
King of the Wings Sprint Car
Challenge was the 1st event in a
2-race showdown called the
"Battle of The Banks". The
second race will be at Anderson
Speedway this Wednesday, May
20th. Both Tracks are heralded,
as the "Fastest in the World"
for their size tracks, and the
over-all best finisher between
the two shows, over the four
days, will be crowned the
"Battle of Banks" Champion.
Blonde finished in second. Jim
Swain finished in third. Chad
Goff was fourth with Jeff Bloom
in fifth place. Blonde was the
events fast qualifier turning a
lap of 13.729 seconds. A total
of 23 cars were on hand for the
event with 20 cars starting the
30 lap feature. Heat race
victories went to Swain, 2008
King of the Wings winner Jimmy
McCune and Steele. McCune
suffered mechanical problems in
the feature and finished in 15th
place.
