Dinwiddie, Va. -The Virginia Motorsports Park Lucas Oil Regional event rained out on April 25th and officials had no choice but to postpone the event until the weekend of May 8-9. Unfortunately for Duane Shields, the rain date landed on the last half of his hawaiian vacation with wife Betsy, so a difficult decision had to be made. Since the postponed event cut into Duane and Betsy's vacation, Duane was determined to make the best of it and win his second regional event of the year.
Duane had qualified third on the original weekend with a 5.34 at 271 MPH. This set up a first round match with Jake Allen, who was the first alternate. At the hit, Allen smoked the tires and recorded an 11.78 in a loosing effort. Meanwhile, Duane was on a clean pass and stopped the clock with a decent 5.48 @266 MPH to advance into the second round.
In round two, Duane took on Wayne Morris in his closest race of the day. Duane got out of the gate first with a .058 to Morris' .161. At the finish line it was a close race with Duane winning on a hole shot with a 5.41at 270MPH to Morris' quicker 5.38 at 266 MPH.
The final round was a classic match up between Duane and Rich McPhillips. Once again, Duane was first off the line with a .058 reaction time to McPhillips' .071. At the finish line it was all PEAK with Duane winning the battle on both ends of the track with a victorious 5.37 at 271 MPH to Rich McPhillips 5.53 at 268 MPH. Duane was happy to score another big win for PEAK. "For being a rainout weekend we couldn't have asked for more, it turned out great! This win was worth coming back from my vacation early. Go PEAK!!" In the winner's circle, Duane dedicated his win in memory of Storee Verchick who recently passed away.
Duane would like to thank his sponsors PEAK Antifreeze, PEAK Motor Oil, Final Charge, Blue Def, NGK, GRP, Brad Anderson Enterprises and Meadows Construction for all of their support in 2015.
Duane had qualified third on the original weekend with a 5.34 at 271 MPH. This set up a first round match with Jake Allen, who was the first alternate. At the hit, Allen smoked the tires and recorded an 11.78 in a loosing effort. Meanwhile, Duane was on a clean pass and stopped the clock with a decent 5.48 @266 MPH to advance into the second round.
In round two, Duane took on Wayne Morris in his closest race of the day. Duane got out of the gate first with a .058 to Morris' .161. At the finish line it was a close race with Duane winning on a hole shot with a 5.41at 270MPH to Morris' quicker 5.38 at 266 MPH.
The final round was a classic match up between Duane and Rich McPhillips. Once again, Duane was first off the line with a .058 reaction time to McPhillips' .071. At the finish line it was all PEAK with Duane winning the battle on both ends of the track with a victorious 5.37 at 271 MPH to Rich McPhillips 5.53 at 268 MPH. Duane was happy to score another big win for PEAK. "For being a rainout weekend we couldn't have asked for more, it turned out great! This win was worth coming back from my vacation early. Go PEAK!!" In the winner's circle, Duane dedicated his win in memory of Storee Verchick who recently passed away.
Duane would like to thank his sponsors PEAK Antifreeze, PEAK Motor Oil, Final Charge, Blue Def, NGK, GRP, Brad Anderson Enterprises and Meadows Construction for all of their support in 2015.
