Steven Wilson emerged as a winner in his home-state race, won his fifth win of the Enascar Coca-Cola Irying season season on a virtual iowa speedway on Tuesday.
The native of Iowa City won the second consecutive race this year, in which the checker flag was taken despite being a leader for just 17 laps.
Wilson, in number 77 Chevrolet, ended 0.324 seconds from Runner-up Zack Novak in No. 2 Toyota.
Seth Demerchant number 14 came third in Toyota, in fourth place in number 89 Chevrolet with Jordan Lopez. Taylor Hurst claimed fifth in number 33 Chevrolet.
Wilson said, “This is amazing in my home state, 2 -for -2. I am no longer in Iowa, but still winning at home here, which is always good. So (in) the Hawkai kingdom, still unfamiliar.
“It was great that was able to run through the field. … I made some three-wide moves that were very bold, but I knew that I would have to defeat Novak through traffic to win the race.”
Novak said that after its third runner-up result of the year, “I really don’t know what to say. Just not so good. In fact, really disappointing. The car was good, the strategy was clearly good. …
“It was fully played for us. We had fresh tires. If we could start in the lead, it was good, but it was definitely not enough how it was played.”
The series continues on 24 June on a virtual dover (del.) motor speedway.
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