On a beautiful Saturday night at Sharon Speedway local racer and New Brighton product Kevin Bolland brought home the checker flag in his #777 Big Block modified. He picked the perfect night to win in that one of his sponsors ANSYS was having their company picnic at the track. Bolland led all 20 laps of the non-stop Hovis Auto & Truck Supply feature holding off Murdick and point leader Rex King, Jr. for his first win of the season!! Bolland and Murdick started on the front row and battled hard into turn one with Bolland prevailing. King, Jr. closed in on Murdick on lap four in the race for second. Bolland had opened up a straightaway lead over Murdick; however, by the halfway point Murdick cut the lead in half. With green flag racing continuing, lapped traffic came into play on lap 11. Three laps later, Murdick was right on Bolland’s  rear bumper. For the remaining six laps Murdick moved around the track trying to find his way around Bolland, but Bolland was too strong taking the checkers  by just 0.596 of a second in front of Murdick in his Bolland Machine/Boundary Systems/ANSYS/Cintas/Budisak Boys-sponsored #777. With Bolland’s 22nd career victory, he became the season’s ninth different winner at Sharon Speedway. Bolland swept the night by also winning his heat race.

Photos taken by Trina Bolland  and used with permission.