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Scotty Thiel – Podium at Plymouth to cap the IRA Season

The final night of the 2017 IRA Sprint Car Season took place at the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday night in Plymouth, WI. This was the 29th race of the season for the IRA series and the third visit to the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds. After setting quick time in qualifying and charging his way to a heat race victory, Scotty Thiel would work his way to a respectable third place podium finish capping off the 2017 IRA Season.

31 cars were on hand Saturday night in the Sprintacular event at Plymouth. Scotty was the fourth car out to qualify and that started out a little rough. Thiel jumped the cushion coming out of turn four and spun the car as he saved it from hitting the wall. He was trying to stop before the line to get regrouped to make two good laps but the transponder triggered the starting time. So, after getting restarted, Thiel would have one lap to make it count and he did just that. With an 11.757 lap time it was Quick Time on the night! That would place Thiel to start in the fourth position in the first heat race event. As the field took the green, Scotty began his charge forward. He worked his way into the third spot quickly but a red flag came out shortly after. On the restart, Thiel charged around the top side of the track and moved into second position. A few laps later he would slide his way into the lead and capture the heat race win! During the redraw, Thiel drew the number five starting position for the 30 lap main event. The field went green for the main event. Thiel was stuck down on the bottom side of the track for the first few laps of the race and lost several positions. A caution came out shortly after which helped get the field bunched back up. On the restart, Thiel jumped to the top of the track and began to make forward progress. He worked his way into the third position with only ten laps to go. He battled for the lead for a couple of laps as heavy lap traffic began to play a factor but was unable to get enough momentum to make the pass for position. After 30 laps, Thiel would cross the finish line in the third position. “I’m a little disappointed in myself for that one. We started off really strong tonight and I felt really good for this main event. I was on the bottom of the track way too long and it costed me a lot of ground early on. Once we got back up to the top three it was just so hard to gain any ground. I thought maybe we had a small chance in traffic to get back up there but just didn’t have enough drive off the corners to make it happen. Overall though it was a solid night for this team. Great year actually. I can’t thank these guys enough for all of their hard work to get us where we are right now. We worked really hard all year and our consistency improved which was one of our biggest goals.” Scotty commented after the race.

Next on tap is this Saturday night for the STM team. They will make another visit to the Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, IL on Saturday night.

STM would like to thank all of their marketing partners for all of their support in the 2017 season. They encourage everyone to check out these fine businesses and support those who support racing!

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