Two $2,000 feature wins are result of McDaniel’s Frontier Days sweep
LOVELOCK, Nev. (July 27-28) – Ryan McDaniel’s first visit to Lovelock Speedway has him looking forward to a return trip to the Nevada speedplant. McDaniel swept Frontier Days IMCA Modified features picking up $2,000 wins Friday and Saturday night. “I had never been to Lovelock before Friday and this was the first time I’d swept weekend shows with big payouts,” the new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier said. “It’s been a long time coming, that’s for sure.” McDaniel won from eighth starting, ahead of James Thibodeaux and Cory Sample, on opening night and from seventh starting, in front of Sample and Joel Myers, on Saturday. A good run on the outside line took him to the front following a restart with seven laps left on Friday. McDaniel then went to the lower groove and used lapped traffic to his advantage in leading to the finish. Rounding out the top five were Robert Miller and Myers. Traffic didn’t do McDaniel any favors while he ran second on Saturday, however, as Sample found the way through [Read More]